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Granted Patent B2
US 9,099,692 · App. 13/839,639 · Granted Aug 4, 2015

Rechargeable battery

Inventor: Hong Seok Min (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Motors Corporation
H01M2/024H01M10/5044H01M10/5004H01M10/5016H01M10/5032
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Patent No.
US 9,099,692
App. No.
13/839,639
Granted
Aug 4, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A rechargeable battery is provided, including: a cabinet provided with two electrode terminals for connecting inner and outer parts thereof, to which an anode and a cathode are connected, respectively, and being formed with a cooling fluid channel on a bottom surface of the cabinet; an electrode plate received in the cabinet together with an electrolyte such that both ends of the electrode plate are connected to the internal electrode terminal; and a cover which covers an opened portion of the cabinet and is wound together with the cabinet while an edge of the cover overlaps with the edge of the cabinet to seal the cabinet.

Claims (8)

1. A rechargeable battery comprising;

a cabinet provided with two electrode terminals consisting of an external electrode terminal and an internal electrode terminal for connecting inner and outer parts thereof, to which an anode and a cathode are connected, respectively, and being formed with a cooling fluid channel on a bottom surface of the cabinet;

an electrode plate received in the cabinet together with an electrolyte such that both ends of the electrode plate are connected to the internal electrode terminal; and

a cover which covers an opened portion of the cabinet and is wound together with the cabinet while an edge of the cover overlaps with an edge of the cabinet to seal the cabinet,

wherein a first arrangement is formed on a bottom corner of the cabinet as a groove or protrusion shape, and a second arrangement is formed on an upper corner of the cover as a groove or a protrusion shape, corresponding to the first arrangement so that the first arrangement is arranged to be fitted into the second arrangement formed on an adjacent cover, and the second arrangement is arranged to be fitted into the first arrangement of another cabinet to form a lamination configuration.

2. The rechargeable battery according to claim 1 , wherein the cooling fluid channel is formed in a groove shape on the bottom surface of the cabinet, and external air passes through the cooling fluid channel.

3. The rechargeable battery according to claim 1 , wherein a weak portion is formed on a part of a side surface of the cabinet and is broken when an internal pressure of the cabinet is increased.

4. The rechargeable battery according to claim 1 , wherein the cabinet and the cover are made of a film of metal material.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 15, 2013
From: MIN, HONG-SEOK
To: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030019/0731 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2012-0125305 · Nov 7, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140127544A1 · May 8, 2014