Patent ID: 9601734
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: H01M,Y02E,Y02P

Claim:
1. A battery comprising: a container having an opening; a lid provided on the opening of the container; a gas-relief vent provided in the lid; an electrode group housed in the container, comprising an edge face opposed to the lid, and comprising a plurality of current collecting tabs extending from the edge face; an intermediate lead comprising a first lead-joint part comprising a plate, an electrode-group-joint part to which the plurality of current collecting tabs are electrically connected, and a leg part comprising a plate connecting the first lead-joint part and the electrode-group-joint part to each other, and the first lead joint part and the electrode-group-joint part being located on planes different from each other, and the plate of the leg part and the plate of the first lead-joint part being parallel to a direction in which the plurality of current collecting tabs extend from the edge face of the electrode group; and a terminal lead comprising a lid-joint part connected to the lid, and a second lead-joint part extending from the lid-joint part, being opposed to the first lead-joint part and electrically connected to the first lead-joint part.