Battery assembly
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1. In a cylindrical battery assembly, including at least one galvanic cell enclosed within an outer housing having a positive and negative battery terminal and a supply of electrolyte, comprising:
- a strip of negative electrode material composed of a conductive metal and electrochemically active material;
a strip of positive electrode material;
a porous separating member for maintaining the positive and negative electrode strips spaced from one another, with the strip of positive and negative electrode material being spirally wound in combination with said porous separating member into a cylindrical form; and
means for electrically coupling said positive and negative strip of electrode material to the corresponding positive and negative terminal of said outer housing, the improvement comprising;
wherein said means for electrically coupling at least said negative strip of electrode material to its corresponding housing terminal comprises at least one conductive element having a multiplicity of projections which penetrate into said electrode for mechanically joining said element to said electrode and for simultaneously establishing electrical contact with said conductive metal in said strip of negative electrode through the mechanical points of contact provided by said projections.
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Abstract
The battery assembly incorporates a mechanical tab connection which has a multiplicity of projections for penetrating an electrode to form a mechanical joint and for simultaneously establishing electrical contact with the electrode through such joint.
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1. In a cylindrical battery assembly, including at least one galvanic cell enclosed within an outer housing having a positive and negative battery terminal and a supply of electrolyte, comprising:
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a strip of negative electrode material composed of a conductive metal and electrochemically active material; a strip of positive electrode material; a porous separating member for maintaining the positive and negative electrode strips spaced from one another, with the strip of positive and negative electrode material being spirally wound in combination with said porous separating member into a cylindrical form; and means for electrically coupling said positive and negative strip of electrode material to the corresponding positive and negative terminal of said outer housing, the improvement comprising; wherein said means for electrically coupling at least said negative strip of electrode material to its corresponding housing terminal comprises at least one conductive element having a multiplicity of projections which penetrate into said electrode for mechanically joining said element to said electrode and for simultaneously establishing electrical contact with said conductive metal in said strip of negative electrode through the mechanical points of contact provided by said projections. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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