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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2015
Samsung Sdi Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sang-Won Byun, Yongin-si, KR;
Seok-Yoon Yoo, Yongin-si, KR;
Chi-Young Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Kwan-Hyung Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, KR;
Abstract
A rechargeable battery includes: an electrode assembly including a first electrode and a second electrode; a case accommodating the electrode assembly; a first terminal electrically coupled to the first electrode, and a second terminal electrically coupled to the second electrode; a cap plate combined to the case and having a short-circuit hole formed therein; a membrane fixed to the cap plate and arranged in the short-circuit hole, the membrane being deformable to short-circuit the first electrode and the second electrode; and a short-circuit protrusion electrically coupled to the second electrode and arranged above the membrane to protrude theretoward, the short-circuit protrusion being arranged toward a side from a center of the short-circuit hole.