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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2020
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Daito, JP;
Masayoshi Yoshida, Osaka, JP;
Oose Okutani, Hyogo, JP;
Takahiro Nogami, Osaka, JP;
Akira Takano, Osaka, JP;
SANYO Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A sealed battery, which is an exemplary embodiment, comprises a battery case including a bottomed cylindrical outer can and a sealing body that closes an opening of the outer can, a gasket disposed between the outer can and the sealing body, and an electrode body including an electrode and housed in the battery case. The sealing body includes a metal plate, and the metal plate has a thin portion formed in an annular shape, a valve portion having a convex shape inside the battery case, and an annular portion to which the electrode lead is connected. The gasket is provided with an elastically deformable portion that abuts against the inner surface of the valve portion and urges the valve portion to the outside of the battery case.