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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Hailiang Zhao, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Steven J. May, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Markus W. Reiterer, Plymouth, MN (US);
Bernard F. Heller, Shoreview, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/02 (2006.01); H01M 2/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/0202 (2013.01); H01M 2/022 (2013.01); H01M 2/0404 (2013.01); H01M 2/046 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49108 (2015.01);
Abstract
An encasement for an electrochemical cell and method of making such encasement is discloses. The design of the encasement results in an encasement having an area of high stress located away from the weld zone area of the encasement, where the cover and the case are welded together.