Secondary battery
AssigneesSamsung SDI Co., Ltd., Robert Bosch GmbH
InventorSangwon Byun
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Abstract
A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator located between the first electrode and the second electrode; a first collector plate electrically coupled to the first electrode, wherein the first collector plate has a first fuse hole and includes at least one first reinforcement protrusion having a first reinforcement groove and being spaced from the first fuse hole; a second collector plate electrically coupled to the second electrode; a case housing the electrode assembly, the first collector plate and the second collector plate, the case having an upper opening; and a cap assembly sealing the upper opening of the case.
Claims12
A secondary battery comprising:
- an electrode assembly comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator located between the first electrode and the second electrode;
- a first collector plate electrically coupled to the first electrode, wherein the first collector plate comprises a first connecting portion extending in a first direction and having a first fuse hole, and wherein the first collector plate comprises at least one first reinforcement groove adjacent to the first fuse hole in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the at least one first reinforcement groove is spaced from the electrode assembly;
- a second collector plate electrically coupled to the second electrode;
- a case housing the electrode assembly, the first collector plate and the second collector plate, the case having an upper opening;
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- a cap assembly sealing the upper opening of the case.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.