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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2016
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHI, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/20 (2014.01); H01M 2/04 (2006.01); H01M 10/04 (2006.01); H01M 2/36 (2006.01); B23K 101/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/206 (2013.01); H01M 2/0426 (2013.01); H01M 2/0434 (2013.01); H01M 10/0404 (2013.01); H01M 10/0431 (2013.01); B23K 2101/36 (2018.08); H01M 2/365 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a sealed battery includes a welding step of forming a welded portion, and the welding step includes a first step of sequentially forming a plurality of weld beads in an opening edge portion and an outer peripheral edge portion such that the plurality of weld beads are spaced apart from one another, and a second step of forming a weld bead in each gap portion located between the weld beads, with a plurality of gap portions being formed in the opening edge portion and the outer peripheral edge portion.