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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:
Feb. 25, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Aiden Bryan, Belfast, IE;
Assignee:
Valence Technology, Inc., Henderson, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/02 ;
Abstract
A battery package assembly comprises a package having an interior volume sealingly containing at least one electrochemical cell therein, and opposite polarity electrical connectors adapted to connect said at least one electrochemical cell to an external load. At least one of the opposite polarity electrical connectors is adapted to automatically shut down the battery in response to a sufficient increase in internal pressure within the battery package.