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Secondary battery

US8748030B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 2, 2011
Grant dateJun 10, 2014
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Expiry dateJul 26, 2032

Classification

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

Abstract

A battery includes a housing, the housing including an opening, an electrode assembly, the electrode assembly being disposed in an interior space of the housing, and a short-circuiting member including a first plate and second plate disposed proximate to the first plate, the first plate having an inverting portion and an edge portion, the inverting portion projecting toward an interior space of the housing, the edge portion including a fixed portion that is fixed to a periphery of the opening, and a recess in a surface of the edge portion that faces the interior space, at least a part of the recess overlapping the periphery of the opening.

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