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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1998
Tadamitsu Azema, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Yoshinori Ishikawa, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
The pressure sensitive circuit breaker comprises a diaphragm portion formed by grinding a part of a lid so as to have a wall thickness which is small in comparison with other portions of the lid, the diaphragm portion being displaced by an internal pressure of a battery, a cut-off element having a cut-off circuit and held by the lid, the cut-off element functioning to cut off the cut-off circuit by displacement of the diaphragm portion with an increase in internal pressure of the battery, an external electrode connected to one end of the cut-off circuit, and inner connection means for connecting an opposite end of the cut-off circuit of the cut-off element with a power generating element located in the interior of the battery.