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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2015
Applicant:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
John D. Norton, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Craig L. Schmidt, Eagan, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 6/42 (2006.01); H01M 2/02 (2006.01); H01M 2/16 (2006.01); H01M 2/10 (2006.01); H01M 10/04 (2006.01); H01M 10/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 6/42 (2013.01); H01M 2/0257 (2013.01); H01M 2/1033 (2013.01); H01M 2/1066 (2013.01); H01M 2/16 (2013.01); H01M 6/425 (2013.01); H01M 10/0436 (2013.01); H01M 10/0445 (2013.01); H01M 10/425 (2013.01);
Abstract
An inert material is included in the electrode assembling of a battery having a thickness which compensates for a difference in dimension of the electrode assembly when thinner electrodes are used to construct a battery having reduced capacity, to thereby be accommodated in a battery case of uniform dimension regardless of the electrical characteristics of the battery.