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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2013
Samsung Sdi Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, KR;
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Chi-Young Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Joong-Heon Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Jong-Seok Moon, Yongin-si, KR;
Jeong-Wan Haam, Yongin-si, KR;
Hui-Jun Lee, 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 negative electrode and a positive electrode; a case housing the electrode assembly; a cap plate coupled to an opening of the case; a negative terminal and a positive terminal penetrating the cap plate and connected to the negative electrode and the positive electrode, respectively; an external short-circuit unit separately provided between the negative terminal and the cap plate and configured to short-circuit the negative terminal on the cap plate; and a thermistor for connecting the positive terminal and the cap plate, wherein the thermistor is configured to have reduced resistance when its temperature is increased.