Folded lead tabs

Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure involve folded electrode tabs. In general, a battery pack includes a battery cell, an enclosure enclosing the battery cell, a feedthrough tab configured to form a battery terminal, and a lead tab. The battery cell includes a stack of electrodes and a plurality of electrode tabs extending from the stack of electrodes. The lead tab includes a first portion connected to the plurality of electrode tabs, a second portion connected to the feedthrough tab, and a third portion connecting the first portion to the second portion such that the first portion and the second portion at least partially overlap and reside in substantially separate parallel planes. The plurality of electrode tabs extend from the stack of electrodes in a direction that is substantially parallel to both the first portion and the second portion.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.