Rechargeable battery and module thereof
AssigneesSamsung SDI Co., Ltd., Robert Bosch GmbH
InventorsHee-Soo YOON, Sung-Hoon KIM, Gun-Ho KWAK, Yong-Sam KIM, Jang-Hyun SONG
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Abstract
The rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly; a case, the case retaining the electrode assembly; a cap plate coupled to an opening of the case; and an electrode terminal coupled to the cap plate and electrically connected to the electrode assembly, wherein the electrode terminal includes a terminal fixing portion coupled to an upper surface of the cap plate, the terminal fixing portion including a guide portion, a terminal portion coupled to the terminal fixing portion, and the guide portion is configured to facilitate slidable movement of the terminal portion in a single direction.
Claims20
A rechargeable battery, comprising:
- an electrode assembly;
- a case, the case retaining the electrode assembly;
- a cap plate coupled to an opening of the case;
- and
- an electrode terminal coupled to the cap plate and electrically connected to the electrode assembly,
- wherein the electrode terminal includes
- a terminal fixing portion coupled to an upper surface of the cap plate, the terminal fixing portion including a guide portion,
- a terminal portion coupled to the terminal fixing portion, and
- the guide portion is configured to facilitate slidable movement of the terminal portion along a single direction.
A rechargeable battery module, comprising:
- a plurality of unit cells formed of rechargeable batteries, and
- a bus bar connecting electrode terminals of neighboring unit cells,
- wherein the electrode terminal includes
- a terminal fixing portion on the unit cell and
- a terminal portion coupled to the terminal fixing portion, the terminal portion being slidably movable in a length direction of the unit cell on the terminal fixing portion, and
- the bus bar is disposed on the terminal fixing portion and coupled with the terminal portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.