Patent ID: 11929522
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 11:
12. A battery comprising:
a housing comprising a first terminal disposed on a first side of the housing and a second terminal disposed on the first side of the housing, wherein the housing is characterized by a second side opposite the first side and a third side extending between the first side and the second side; and
an electrode stack positioned within the housing, the electrode stack comprising:
a first current collector characterized by a first side facing the first side of the housing, a second side opposite the first side, a third side extending between the first side and the second side, and a fourth side opposite the third side, wherein the first current collector defines a first current collector tab along the first side of the first current collector, the first current collector tab extending from the first current collector to a first distal end in a first direction towards the first side of the housing, wherein the first current collector tab is electrically coupled with the first terminal, and
a second current collector characterized by a first side facing the first side of the housing, a second side opposite the first side, a third side extending between the first side and the second side, and a fourth side opposite the third side, wherein the second current collector defines a second current collector tab along the third side of the second current collector, wherein the second current collector tab is electrically coupled with a busbar disposed within the housing, wherein the second current collector tab extends from the second current collector to a second distal end in a second direction that is normal to the first direction, wherein at least one of:
the first current collector defines a plurality of first current collector tabs distributed along the first side of the first current collector; or
the second current collector defines a plurality of second current collector tabs distributed along the third side of the side current collector.