Patent ID: 9595700
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: H01M,Y02E,Y10T

Claim:
1. A battery cell having a cell housing that comprises a housing container and a housing cover, two electrodes that are arranged in an inner region of the housing container, an electrolyte material that is arranged in the inner region of the housing container and surrounds the electrodes, and two electrical contacts that are electrically coupled in each case to one of the electrodes and extend from the inner region of the housing container through the housing cover into a region outside the cell housing, wherein the housing cover comprises an overlapping region at an outer edge and the housing cover and a boundary region of the housing container are arranged parallel to one another in said overlapping region, wherein a crimped seam is formed in the overlapping region in order to seal the cell housing, and wherein the crimped seam is formed by crimping the housing cover and the housing container toward the housing cover.