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US 2015/0311482 A1Published application
Rechargeable battery
AssigneeSamsung SDI Co., Ltd.
InventorSang-Won Byun
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Abstract
A rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly; a case accommodating the electrode assembly; a cap plate coupled to an opening of the case; an electrode terminal connected to the electrode assembly and extending through a terminal hole of the cap plate; and a retainer having first ends contacting the case and located between the electrode assembly and the side wall to support the electrode assembly and the side wall, wherein a thickness of the retainer gradually decreases away from the first ends of the retainer.
Claims10
A rechargeable battery comprising:
- an electrode assembly;
- a case accommodating the electrode assembly and having an opening;
- a cap plate coupled to the case;
- an electrode terminal connected to the electrode assembly and extending through a terminal hole of the cap plate;
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- a retainer located between the electrode assembly and the side wall to support the electrode assembly and the side wall, wherein a thickness of the retainer has a maximum at a first end and gradually decreases away from the first end.
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