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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2022
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Ryo Kagami, Ichinomiya, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 50/14 (2021.01); H01M 50/103 (2021.01); H01M 50/46 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 50/14 (2021.01); H01M 50/103 (2021.01); H01M 50/46 (2021.01);
Abstract
To suppress formation of wrinkles at any corner of a joint portion of an exterior body to suppress the breakage of the exterior body, a battery includes: an electrode body that is a quadrilateral in a plan view; and an exterior body housing the electrode body therein, wherein the exterior body has a joint portion along at least three sides thereof in a circumferential end thereof, a spacer is arranged between each corner of the electrode body and an inner surface of the exterior body, and the spacer has a projection extending toward the joint portion of the exterior body.