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US 11,387,528 B2Granted
Secondary battery
AssigneeSamsung SDI Co., Ltd.
InventorHyun Soo Lee
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Abstract
A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly having a current collector tab, a case accommodating the electrode assembly, a cap plate coupled to the case, and a lead tab positioned between the electrode assembly and the cap plate and electrically connecting the current collector tab and the cap plate. The lead tab includes fuse opening, a fixing hole spaced apart from the fuse opening and a protection member surrounding the fuse opening and the fixing hole.
Claims19
A secondary battery comprising:
- an electrode assembly having a current collector tab;
- a case accommodating the electrode assembly;
- a cap plate coupled to the case;
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- a lead tab positioned between the electrode assembly and the cap plate and electrically connecting the current collector tab and the cap plate,
- wherein the lead tab comprises a fuse opening, a fixing hole spaced apart from the fuse opening and a protection member surrounding the fuse opening and the fixing hole, the protection member surrounding a top surface, a bottom surface, and outermost side surfaces of a portion of the lead tab including the fuse opening, and
- wherein the protection member fills interior portions of the fuse opening and the fixing hole.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.