US 2003/0211385 A1Published application

Battery

AssigneeKYOCERA Corporation

InventorsMasato Yamazaki, Takaaki Watanabe

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Abstract

A battery including a battery cell provided with an electrode terminal protruding from a side, a circuit board attached along sides of the battery cell, and a resin mould section which partially covers the circuit board and the battery cell, thereby integrating them. The circuit board includes rigid base sections for mounting components, and a flexible base section which connects between the rigid base sections and can bend flexibly. The rigid base section is provided with a pierced aperture, which pierces the rigid base section in the thickness direction, and into which an electrode terminal is fitted, and an electrically conductive material which is electrically connected to the wiring of the rigid base section, and electrically connected to the electrode terminal provided in the pierced aperture. The circuit board may be easily positioned in relation to the battery cell.

Claims4

Dependent claims

A battery comprising:

a battery cell having a plurality of sides provided with an electrode terminal protruding from at least one of said sides;
a circuit board attached along at least two of said sides of said battery cell;
a resin mould section at least partially covering said circuit board and said battery cell, thereby integrating them;
and
electronic components;
wherein said circuit board comprises at least two rigid base sections having wiring for mounting said electronic components, and a flexible base section connected between said two rigid base sections and is more flexible than said two rigid base sections;
wherein one said rigid base section is provided with a pierced aperture and an electrically conductive material;
wherein said pierced aperture pierces said rigid base section in the thickness direction;
wherein said electrode terminal is fitted into said pierced aperture;
and
wherein said electrically conductive material is electrically connected to said wiring of said rigid base section and electrically connected to said electrode terminal provided in said pierced aperture.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 10/373,239Filed 25 Feb 2003
Priority: JP 2002-05043126 Feb 2002
Published: 13 Nov 2003
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

H01M 10/42
Secondary cells; Manufacture thereof: methods or arrangements for servicing or maintenance of secondary cells or secondary half-cells
H01M 10/425
Methods or arrangements for servicing or maintenance of secondary cells or secondary half-cells: structural combination with electronic…
Y02E 60/10
Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation: energy storage using batteries
H01M
Batteries and fuel cells