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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2012
IN Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Duk-jung Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Hyung-sik Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Zin Park, Yongin-si, KR;
In Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Duk-Jung Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Hyung-Sik Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Zin Park, Yongin-si, KR;
Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, KR;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A rechargeable battery including an electrode assembly including a positive electrode and a negative electrode; a case containing the electrode assembly; a terminal electrically connected to the electrode assembly; a current collecting member fixed to the electrode assembly; and a connection member electrically connecting the electrode assembly and the terminal, and the connection member includes a first end fixed to one of the current collecting member or the terminal, a second end spaced apart from the first end and contacting the other of the current collecting member or the terminal, and a fuse portion between the first end and the second end, the fuse portion having a smaller cross-sectional area than a surrounding portion of the connection member.