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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
On-Kok Chang, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Valence Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
429162 ; 429163 ; 429181 ;
Abstract
A battery unit includes a battery having an anode including an anode current collector tab, a cathode including a cathode current collector tab, and an electrolyte disposed between the anode and the cathode. The battery is sealed by packaging material such that portions of the anode current collector tab and the cathode current collector tab extend past the exterior of the packaging material. The extended portions of the anode current collector tab and the cathode current collector tab are secured to the exterior of the packaging material to reinforce the extended portions.