Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sealed battery
- Patent Title (中): 密封电池
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Application No.: US13126773Application Date: 2009-11-04
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Publication No.: US08936861B2Publication Date: 2015-01-20
- Inventor: Akira Kiyama , Tadayoshi Yamada
- Applicant: Akira Kiyama , Tadayoshi Yamada
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
- Priority: JP2008-285086 20081106
- International Application: PCT/JP2009/068848 WO 20091104
- International Announcement: WO2010/053100 WO 20100514
- Main IPC: H01M2/34
- IPC: H01M2/34 ; H01M2/12

Abstract:
A sealed battery (10) provided by the present invention includes: a current cut-off valve (22); and a connecting member (30) having an engagement hole (34) formed in a location adjacent to the current cut-off valve. The current cut-off valve is conductively connected to the connecting member by joining linearly to a peripheral edge of the engagement hole and/or joining at a surface that is in contact with an inner wall of the engagement hole in a state in which part of the current cut-off valve is fitted into the engagement hole. When an internal pressure of a battery case (40) rises above a predetermined level, the current cut-off valve is deformed outward of the case by the internal pressure, the current cut-off valve is separated from the connecting member, and the electric connection between the connecting member and the current cut-off valve is broken.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110206958A1 SEALED BATTERY Public/Granted day:2011-08-25
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