Patent ID: 9634297
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: H01M,Y02E

Claim:
1. A prismatic battery cell comprising: a pouch-shaped battery cell having an electrode assembly mounted in a pouch-shaped battery case, the battery cell having a first major surface and a second major surface spaced from the first major surface; a cell case, in which the pouch-shaped battery cell is mounted, the cell case having a top wall having a first central opening and a bottom wall having a second central opening; and a terminal case comprising external input and output terminals, to which electrode terminals of the pouch-shaped battery cell are coupled, the terminal case being coupled to one end of the cell case, the terminal case having a polyhedral shape, wherein the first major surface of the battery cell extends into the first central opening and is coplanar with the top wall and the second major surface of the battery cell extends into the second central opening and is coplanar with the bottom wall.