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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2014
Applicant:
Samsung Sdi Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventor:
Min-Hyung Guen, Yongin-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/34 (2006.01); H01M 2/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/34 (2013.01); H01M 2/263 (2013.01); H01M 2/345 (2013.01); H01M 2/348 (2013.01); H01M 2200/103 (2013.01); H01M 2200/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode and a second electrode; a case accommodating the electrode assembly; a cap plate coupled to the case; a terminal electrically connected to the first electrode and protruding out of the cap plate; a short-circuit member at a short-circuit opening in the cap plate and configured to deform to electrically connect the first electrode and the second electrode; and a blocking member below the short-circuit opening and having a plurality of openings.