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US 2012/0231305 A1Published application
Secondary battery and battery pack having the same
AssigneesSamsung SDI Co., Ltd., Robert Bosch GmbH
InventorMinhyung Guen
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Abstract
A secondary battery including a case having an opening; an electrode assembly housed in the case; at least one current collector coupled to an uncoated portion of the electrode assembly and forming an electrode terminal, wherein the case has a coupling groove recessed toward the at least one current collector; and a cap plate coupled to seal the opening of the case.
Claims17
A secondary battery comprising:
- a case having an opening;
- an electrode assembly housed in the case;
- at least one current collector coupled to an uncoated portion of the electrode assembly and forming an electrode terminal, wherein the case has a coupling groove recessed toward the at least one current collector;
- and
- a cap plate sealing the opening of the case.
2 more elements
A battery pack comprising:
- a plurality of secondary batteries each comprising a case having an opening, an electrode assembly housed in the case and forming an electrode terminal, a pair of current collectors coupled to an uncoated portion of the electrode assembly, and a cap plate sealing the opening of the case, wherein the case has a coupling groove that is inwardly recessed toward at least one of the pair of current collectors;
- and
- a pack case having a coupling protrusion generally corresponding to the coupling groove of each of the secondary batteries to be coupled to a respective one of the secondary batteries.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.