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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
May. 09, 2013
Samsung Sdi Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, Giheung-gu, KR;
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, KR;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A rechargeable battery, which can improve safety by maintaining a short-circuit state when the internal pressure of the rechargeable battery exceeds a critical pressure due to overcharge (or any other reason). In one embodiment, the rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly, a case accommodating the electrode assembly, a cap assembly sealing the case and including a cap plate, and a short-circuit member including a first short-circuit plate coupled to the cap plate and a second short-circuit plate on a surface of the first short-circuit plate facing toward the electrode assembly and coupled to the cap plate.