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Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010

Filed:

Jan. 14, 2009
Applicants:

Seok Gyun Chang, Yongin-si, KR;

Soon Ki Woo, Yongin-si, KR;

Youn Han Chang, Yongin-si, KR;

Yoo Eup Hyung, Yongin-si, KR;

Inventors:

Seok Gyun Chang, Yongin-si, KR;

Soon Ki Woo, Yongin-si, KR;

Youn Han Chang, Yongin-si, KR;

Yoo Eup Hyung, Yongin-si, KR;

Assignee:

Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/12 (2006.01); H01M 2/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A lithium ion secondary battery including an electrode assembly, a center pin positioned within the electrode assembly, a variable-length member coupled to the center pin, the variable-length member adapted to increase in length when an interior temperature of the center pin reaches a critical temperature, a can containing the electrode assembly, the center pin, and the variable-length member, and a cap assembly coupled to the can, the cap assembly having safety means fracturable in response to the variable-length member being increased in length.


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