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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016

Filed:

May. 07, 2012
Applicants:

Mizuo Iwasaki, Osaka, JP;

Kenji Saruwatari, Tokushima, JP;

Kazuhiko Watanabe, Tokushima, JP;

Shinpei Yamagami, Tokushima, JP;

Yasushi Nakagiri, Tokushima, JP;

Inventors:

Mizuo Iwasaki, Osaka, JP;

Kenji Saruwatari, Tokushima, JP;

Kazuhiko Watanabe, Tokushima, JP;

Shinpei Yamagami, Tokushima, JP;

Yasushi Nakagiri, Tokushima, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/02 (2006.01); H01M 2/04 (2006.01); H01M 2/10 (2006.01); H01M 10/02 (2006.01); H01M 2/12 (2006.01); H01M 2/34 (2006.01); H01M 10/04 (2006.01); H01M 2/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/02 (2013.01); H01M 2/0426 (2013.01); H01M 2/0473 (2013.01); H01M 2/0486 (2013.01); H01M 2/1241 (2013.01); H01M 2/347 (2013.01); H01M 10/0431 (2013.01); H01M 2/263 (2013.01); H01M 2200/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed is a rectangular battery in which an electrode group formed by winding a first electrode and a second electrode with a separator interposed therebetween is housed in a battery case having an opening sealed by a sealing plate. The first electrode is electrically connected to the sealing plate, and the second electrode is electrically connected to a current collector plate provided between the sealing plate and the electrode group and extending along a longer side direction of the sealing plate. The sealing plate has a lower-strength portion configured to be deformed prior to the other portions of the sealing plate to provide a contact between the sealing plate and the current collector plate when the sealing plate receives an external pressure along the longer side direction of the sealing plate.


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