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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:
Dec. 23, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tatsuhisa Chikada, Hirakata, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/10 ;
Abstract
A battery pack is fabricated as follows. A pack case, made from a resin sheet by vacuum molding, is formed of an upper case and a lower case coupled to each other via a hinge. Inside the lower case is housed a battery block composed of a rechargeable battery and circuit substrates formed integrally together. The pack case is folded in two on the hinge whereby the upper case covers the battery block. The side surfaces thereof are sealed with sealing tapes.