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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2002
Yoshinori Iwaizono, Okayama, JP;
Shoji Konishi, Kyoto, JP;
Shigeru Kajiwara, Hirakata, JP;
Takeshi Ishimaru, Moriguchi, JP;
Masaru Kawabe, Suita, JP;
Katsuyuki Shirasawa, Osaka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A rechargeable battery pack includes a rechargeable battery having a first electrode and a second electrode; a circuit assembly disposed at one end on a side of a sealing portion of the rechargeable battery; a battery protection circuit for protecting the rechargeable battery from overcharging, the battery protection circuit arranged on a side of the circuit assembly which faces the sealing portion of the rechargeable battery; a plurality of input and output terminals arranged on another side of the circuit assembly, said input and output terminals to which said first electrode and said second electrode are respectively each connected via the battery protection circuit, thereby constituting an intermediate unit in which the rechargeable battery and the circuit assembly are integrated; and an outer case for sealing therein said intermediate unit, the outer case having openings formed at locations corresponding to the input and output terminals.