| US 7,595,132 B2 | ||
| Battery having specific package structure | ||
| Hee Gyoung Kang, Cheonan-si (Korea, Republic of); Hyang Mok Lee, Seoul (Korea, Republic of); Oh Young Hyun, Daejeon (Korea, Republic of); Chang bum Ahn, Daejeon (Korea, Republic of); and Sung-Min Hwang, Seoul (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Assigned to LG Chem, Ltd., (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 27, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/44,757. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10-2004-0006104 (KR), filed on Jan. 30, 2004; and application No. 10-2004-0081532 (KR), filed on Oct. 12, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0191549 A1, Sep. 01, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. H01M 2/08 (2006.01); H01M 6/46 (2006.01); H01M 2/00 (2006.01); H01M 2/04 (2006.01); H01M 2/10 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 429—185 [429/162; 429/163; 429/175; 429/176; 429/186] | 8 Claims |
| 1. A battery, comprising:
an electrode assembly including anode plates, cathode plates, and separators; and
a battery case having first and second side bonding portions and an upper bonding portion coupled to the first and second
bonding portions, the first and second bonding portions configured to be folded toward first and second sides, respectively,
of the battery case, for accommodating the electrode assembly and a designated amount of electrolyte, and the electrode assembly
being sealed such that two electrode terminals connected to corresponding electrode taps of the anode and cathode plates of
the electrode assembly are exposed outside of the battery case, and
common portions of the upper bonding portion and the first and second side portions of the battery case having removed portions
to form first and second rectangular spaces thereon such that the upper bonding portion of the battery case is configured
to be folded toward an upper end of the battery case, the two electrode terminals disposed on the upper bonding portion configured
to be bent in a longitudinal direction of the battery case, and first and second inner corners of the upper bonding portion
each have a first predetermined large radius of curvature such that the first and second inner corners do not extend to the
first and second rectangular spaces, respectively,
wherein a protection circuit is disposed on the upper end of the battery case, toward which the upper bonding portion is folded,
such that a rear surface of the protection circuit contacts the upper end.
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