Rechargeable battery
AssigneesRobert Bosch GmbH, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
InventorDuk-Jung KIM
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Abstract
A rechargeable battery may include a case that receives an electrode assembly, a cap plate that closes and seals an opening of the case, an electrode terminal that passes through the cap plate and is electrically connected to the electrode assembly, an insulator between the electrode terminal and the cap plate, the insulator electrically insulating the electrode terminal and the cap plate, and an electrification switch in the insulator. The electrification switch may electrically connect the electrode terminal to the cap plate according to manipulation of the electrification switch.
Claims20
A rechargeable battery, comprising:
- a case that receives an electrode assembly;
- a cap plate that closes and seals an opening of the case;
- an electrode terminal that passes through the cap plate and is electrically connected to the electrode assembly;
- an insulator between the electrode terminal and the cap plate, the insulator electrically insulating the electrode terminal and the cap plate;
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- an electrification switch in the insulator, the electrification switch electrically connecting the electrode terminal to the cap plate according to manipulation of the electrification switch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.