Patent ID: 8936868
Filing Date: 2015-01-20
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A rechargeable battery comprising: an electrode assembly comprising a positive electrode tab and a negative electrode tab; a can accommodating the electrode assembly in an interior of the battery; a protective device inside the can and electrically connected to one of the positive electrode tab and the negative electrode tab; a cap plate sealing a top opening of the can and having a terminal through-hole at a first location offset toward one side of the cap plate with respect to a center of the cap plate and to the protective device under the cap plate; and a one-piece electrode terminal having a pillar portion inserted through the terminal through-hole at the first location into the interior of the battery and a head portion extending along a top surface of the cap plate from the first location to past the center of the cap plate and past the protective device.