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Battery including strip-shaped electrode group folded in a zigzag pattern

US7794873B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 21, 2006
Grant dateSep 14, 2010
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Expiry dateMar 2, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P70/50
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A battery of the present invention has a strip-shaped electrode group. The electrode group includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween. The first electrode has a strip-shaped first current collector and a first active material layer carried on one surface thereof. The first active material layer faces the separator. The second electrode has a strip-shaped second current collector and a second active material layer carried on one surface thereof. The second active material layer faces the separator. The electrode group is folded in a zigzag pattern to form a laminate having a plurality of flat portions, at least one first bent portion located on a first end side of the plurality of flat portions in which the first current collector is located on the outermost side, and at least one second bent portion located on a second end side that is opposite to the first end side in which the second current collector is located on the outermost side. The laminate has a first terminal connected to the at least one first bent portion and a second terminal connected to the at least one second bent portion.

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