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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2012
Yasuhiro Yamauchi, Moriguchi, JP;
Kenji Nansaka, Moriguchi, JP;
Toshiyuki Nohma, Moriguchi, JP;
SANYO Electric Co., Ltd., Moriguchi-shi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The external terminalhas sword-guard portionprovided with a terminal portionformed at one end thereof and a cylindrical crimping memberformed at another end thereof, the cylindrical crimping memberbeing inserted through openings each formed at a first insulating member, the opening-sealing plate, a second insulating memberand the collector, and being crimped in a diameter-enlarging direction, so that the sword-guard portionof the external terminal, the opening-sealing plateand the collectorare mechanically-fixed and a thin-walled portion made thinner than other portions formed in a tip portion of the cylindrical crimping memberis adhered to the collector, and the thin-walled portionand the collector being welded with a high energy beam.