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Granted Patent B2
US 12,506,202 · App. 17/779,338 · Granted Dec 23, 2025

Sealed battery

Inventor: Takahiro Nogami (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC ENERGY CO., LTD.
H01M50/186H01M50/107H01M50/317H01M50/578
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Patent No.
US 12,506,202
App. No.
17/779,338
Granted
Dec 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The sealed battery according to the present disclosure is provided with: an electrode body including a negative electrode and a positive electrode having a positive electrode tab; a bottomed cylindrical exterior body for housing the electrode body; and a sealing body for sealing the opening portion of the exterior body via a gasket. The sealing body includes a metal valve body. The valve body has a peripheral edge portion and a reverse portion more protruding to the electrode body side than the peripheral edge portion. The positive electrode tab is led out from the electrode body, is connected to the reverse portion, and has a non-linear portion in a range surrounded by the electrode body and the reverse portion. The non-linear portion has a recess portion and a protrusion portion facing each other at both ends along the led-out direction of the positive electrode tab in a plan view.

Claims (19)

1 . A sealed battery, comprising:

an electrode assembly including a positive electrode having a positive electrode tab and a negative electrode;

a bottomed cylindrical metallic exterior housing body that houses the electrode assembly; and

a sealing assembly that seals an opening of the exterior housing body with a gasket interposed between the exterior housing body and the sealing assembly,

wherein the sealing assembly includes a metallic vent member,

the vent member has a circumferential part and an inversion part projecting from the circumferential part toward the electrode assembly side,

the positive electrode tab is led out from the electrode assembly to be connected to the inversion part, and has a non-linear portion in an area surrounded by the electrode assembly and the inversion part,

the non-linear portion has a recess and a projection that face each other, at both ends along a lead-out direction of the positive electrode tab on a plan view, and

the positive electrode tab further includes a pair of linear portions in said area,

the pair of linear portions aligned to each other and extending straight in the lead-out direction, wherein the non-linear portion is interposed between the pair of linear portions in the lead-out direction,

where an imaginary straight space is defined by imaginary straight lines extending in the lead-out direction to interconnect respective perimeters of the pair of linear portions, the imaginary straight lines being defined by the perimeter of the positive electrode tab in the pair of linear portions, the recess is placed inside the imaginary straight space, and the projection is placed outside the imaginary straight space.

2 . The sealed battery according to claim 1 , wherein

in the positive electrode tab, an area in cross section perpendicular to the lead-out direction is constant.

3 . The sealed battery according to claim 1 , wherein

the non-linear portion has a V shape.

4 . The sealed battery according to claim 1 , wherein

an inclined part is formed between the circumferential part and the inversion part so that a thickness of the inclined part is reduced continuously from the circumferential part toward an inner peripheral side.

5 . The sealed battery according to claim 1 , wherein

the gasket is compressed in a radial direction of the opening.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2023
From: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC ENERGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063632/0538 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 24, 2022
From: NOGAMI, TAKAHIRO
To: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060878/0810 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-217031 · Nov 29, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220407157A1 · Dec 22, 2022
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