Patent ID: 8670823
Filing Date: 2014-03-11
Classification: A61N,H01M,Y02E,Y02P,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A rechargeable battery, comprising: an anode plate coupled to an anode terminal of the battery, wherein the anode plate has a first surface area defined by long edges and short edges of the anode plate; and a cathode plate coupled to a cathode terminal of the battery, wherein the cathode plate has a second surface area defined by long edges and short edges of the cathode plate, wherein either or both of the anode plate and the cathode plate comprise one or more slits to increase resistance to currents within a plane of the plate, wherein the one or more slits do not remove surface area from the first or second surface areas of either or both of the anode or cathode plates, wherein the slits form one or more rows of parallel slits in the anode or cathode plate on which they are located, and wherein odd and even numbered rows are staggered.