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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
May. 27, 2016
Applicant:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Michael J. Nidelkoff, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Jay T. Rassat, Buffalo, MN (US);
Sheila A. Mullen, Woodbury, MN (US);
Jeffrey J. Clayton, Ramsey, MN (US);
Nicholas J. Haupt, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Paul B. Aamodt, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Assignee:
MEDTRONIC, INC., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/00 (2006.01); H01M 10/04 (2006.01); H01M 2/08 (2006.01); H01M 2/26 (2006.01); H01M 10/0587 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/0431 (2013.01); H01M 2/08 (2013.01); H01M 2/263 (2013.01); H01M 10/0587 (2013.01); H01M 2220/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electrode assembly for use in a battery may include a mandrel and one or more insulative portions. The insulative portions may be formed about and may extend from one or more end regions of a battery mandrel. Further, insulative portions may electrically insulate one or more elements of the electrode assembly from each other.