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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2012
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Moriguchi-shi, Osaka, JP;
SANYO Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A sealed battery includes a sealing platesealing a mouth of an outer can, an external terminalattached to the sealing plateand having a connecting terminal, and a current interruption mechanisminterrupting current in response to pressure increase in the outer can that is installed in a conductive pathway electrically connecting the connecting terminaland an electrode assembly. In the connecting terminal, a through-holecontinuing to the space on the current interruption mechanismat the side corresponding to the outside of the battery is formed. The through-holeis sealed with a terminal stoppermade of an elastic member so as to form a closed space between the terminal stopperand current interruption mechanism. An electrolyte or washing solution hardly enters the current interruption mechanism during the manufacture can be provided.