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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2009
Applicant:
Akira Kiyama, Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Akira Kiyama, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/02 (2006.01); H01M 4/82 (2006.01); H01R 43/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A battery () provided by the present invention includes an electrode body () having a positive electrode and a negative electrode (), a bottomed battery case () for holding the electrode body (), and a current collecting plate () that connects the battery case () with either the positive electrode or the negative electrode of the electrode body. A part of the current collecting plate () and a bottom part () of the battery case () are fixed to each other by welding, and a sealed structure () that surrounds a weld () composed of a portion that has been welded is formed at the periphery of the weld ().