Patent ID: 9065092
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A protective assembly for a secondary battery, the protective assembly comprising: a protection circuit module (PCM) having a first and second surface; a secondary protection device that is positioned adjacent a first surface of the PCM; a PCM tab that has a portion that extends perpendicularly outwards from a second surface of the PCM; a secondary protection device tab that has a portion that extends outward from the secondary protection device so as to extend towards the PCM and wherein the secondary protection device tab includes a portion that extends perpendicularly outward from the second surface of the PCM so that a first end of the PCM tab and a first end of the secondary protection device tab are positioned proximate each other on the portions of the PCM tab and secondary protection tab that extend perpendicularly outward from the second surface of the PCM and are connected together adjacent the second surface of the PCM and wherein at least one of the PCM tab and the secondary protection device tab includes a lateral contour formed adjacent the second surface of the PCM that reduces the distance between the portion of the PCM tab and the secondary protection device tab that extends outward from the second surface of the PCM to thereby facilitate connection there between and wherein the lateral contour comprises a bend formed in the portion of the secondary protection device tab or in the portion of the PCM tab that is extending outward from the second surface of the PCM.