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US 2010/0304194 A1Published application
Process for making fill hole in a wall of an energy storage device
AssigneeMedtronic, Inc.
InventorsPaul Michael Boucher, Steven Edward Messer, Walter Carl Sunderland, Benjamin Adam Matter
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Abstract
A method of forming an energy storage device includes forming a fill hole in a wall of the energy storage device. The method also includes deforming the wall of the energy storage device to reduce a width of the fill hole. Moreover, the method includes sealing the fill hole.
Claims29
A method of forming an energy storage device comprising:
- forming a fill hole in a wall of the energy storage device;
- deforming the wall of the energy storage device to reduce a width of the fill hole;
- and
- sealing the fill hole.
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A method of forming a battery comprising:
- punching a fill hole in a wall of the battery;
- plastically deforming the wall of the battery to reduce a width of the fill hole;
- introducing an electrolyte into the battery through the fill hole;
- laser welding the wall to seal the fill hole;
- and
- welding a redundant sealing member to the wall of the battery after laser welding the wall to substantially cover and redundantly seal a sealed area of the wall.
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An energy storage device comprising:
- a housing that includes a wall;
- an electrolyte contained in the housing;
- and
- a fill port assembly defined in the wall through which the electrolyte is introduced into the housing, the fill port assembly including a sealed area, the sealed area including a fill hole that has been reduced in width and sealed.
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A method of using an energy storage device comprising:
- providing the energy storage device having a housing that includes a wall and a fill port assembly defined in the wall, the fill port assembly including a sealed area, the sealed area including a fill hole that has been reduced in width and sealed, the fill hole for introducing an electrolyte into the housing;
- generating energy with the energy storage device;
- and
- supplying the energy to a medical device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.