Rechargeable battery
AssigneeSamsung SDI Co., Ltd.
InventorJindoo KIM
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Abstract
A rechargeable battery according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a battery assembly having a first electrode and a second electrode; a case receiving the battery assembly; a first lead tab electrically connected to the first electrode; a resistor element electrically connected to the first lead tab; and a second lead tab electrically connected to the resistor element, wherein one of the first lead tab and the second lead tab is electrically connected to the resistor element and includes a first portion having a first width and a second portion connected to the first portion and having a second width that is wider than the first width.
Claims13
A rechargeable battery comprising:
- a battery assembly having a first electrode and a second electrode;
- a case receiving the battery assembly;
- a first lead tab electrically connected to the first electrode;
- a resistor element electrically connected to the first lead tab;
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- a second lead tab electrically connected to the resistor element,
- wherein one of the first lead tab and the second lead tab is electrically connected to the resistor element and includes a first portion having a first width and a second portion connected to the first portion and having a second width that is wider than the first width.
A rechargeable battery comprising:
- a battery assembly having a first electrode and a second electrode;
- a case receiving the battery assembly;
- a first lead tab electrically connected to the first electrode and having a first sub-lead portion and a second sub-lead portion;
- a second lead tab connected to the second electrode;
- a resistor element having a first connection portion and a second connection portion connected to the first sub-lead portion and the second sub-lead portion, respectively;
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- an auxiliary heating portion connecting between the first sub-lead portion and the first connection portion or between the second sub-lead portion and the second connection portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.