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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 20, 2018
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Christopher R. Pasma, Redwood City, CA (US);

Brian K. Shiu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 50/119 (2021.01); H01M 50/145 (2021.01); H01M 50/191 (2021.01); H01M 10/0585 (2010.01); H01M 50/172 (2021.01); H01M 50/116 (2021.01); H01M 50/543 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 50/172 (2021.01); H01M 50/116 (2021.01); H01M 50/543 (2021.01);
Abstract

The disclosed technology relates to an electrical feedthrough for a battery cell. The electrical feedthrough may include a rivet, an outer gasket, an inner gasket, a terminal and an insulator. The rivet compresses the outer gasket, inner gasket, and terminal to create a hermetic seal at an opening through an enclosure of the battery cell. The inner gasket includes a recessed portion for seating of the terminal to prevent rotation of the terminal with respect to the inner gasket, a protrusion for engaging a corresponding notch on the terminal to further prevent rotation of the terminal with respect to the inner gasket, and a mating surface for attaching to the insulator to align and position the insulator within the enclosure. The insulator is positioned between the battery cell and the inner gasket to prevent physical and electrical contact between the set of layers and the feedthrough.


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