Protective circuit module and secondary battery including the same
AssigneeSamsung SDI Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoungcheol Jang, Eunok Kwak, Kyungwon Seo
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Abstract
A protective circuit module and a secondary battery including the same. The secondary battery includes: an electrode assembly, a can to house the electrode assembly, and a cap assembly to seal an opening of the can. The protective circuit module includes: a first module electrically connected to the cap assembly; a second module electrically connected to a closed end of the can; and a third module electrically connecting the first module and the second module. The first module includes a mounting portion that is disposed in a groove between the can and the cap assembly.
Claims23
A secondary battery comprising:
- a bare cell comprising first and second electrode terminals;
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- a protective circuit module comprising:
- a disk-shaped first module electrically connected to the first electrode terminal;
- a disk-shaped second module electrically connected to the second electrode terminal;
- and
- a third module electrically connected to the first module and the second module.
A secondary battery comprising:
- a bare cell comprising:
- an electrode assembly;
- a can to house the electrode assembly;
- and
- a cap assembly to seal an open end of the can, comprising a cap-up;
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- a protective circuit module comprising:
- a first module disposed on the cap-up, comprising:
- a first board having a central through hole;
- a first plate disposed on an inner surface of the first board, which faces the cap-up, the first plate having a protrusion that extends through the central through hole of the first board;
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- a mounting portion disposed on the inner surface of the first board, around the through hole;
- a second module disposed on an end of the can;
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- a third module electrically connected to the first module and the second module,
- wherein the mounting portion is disposed in a groove between the can and the cap assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.