Patent ID: 6673488
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
A package for a polymer battery, comprised of:a generally rectangular sheet of a packaging laminate; a cavity formed in said laminate at one end of said sheet, said cavity being generally rectangular in shape and having a bottom, four sides and two truncated corners at two junctions where three of said four sides meet, said cavity being disposed in said sheet such that portions of said sheet define a flange that extends around said three of said four sides of said cavity and a portion of said sheet defines a cover that is folded along a fourth side of said cavity to overlay said flange; a seal between said flange and said cover to hermetically seal said cavity; and said flanges and said cover adjacent to said truncated corners being shaped to allow said flanges to be folded parallel to said three of four sides without overlapping.