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Flat battery

  • US 4,623,598 A
  • Filed: 02/22/1985
  • Issued: 11/18/1986
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/23/1983
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A flat battery comprising:

  • an electrically insulative sheathing film including a first film portion and a second film portion on opposite sides of a fold line, said film having an outer surface and an inner surface opposite said outer surface, on both of said first and said second film portions, said fold line dividing said inner surface into a first inner surface portion on said first film portion and a second inner surface portion on said second film portion, said film being folded along said fold line so that said first inner surface portion faces said second inner surface portion, said first and second film portions being sealed to one another along the entire peripheries thereof except along said fold line, said first film portion having first a first terminal hole and a second terminal hole formed therein;

    a first collector formed in a plane on said first inner surface portion and having a first terminal portion covering said first terminal hole, said first terminal portion being exposed to the exterior of said battery through said first terminal hole so as to define a first terminal;

    a second collector consisting of a first part formed on said first inner surface portion and a second part continuous to said first part formed on said second inner surface portion, said second collector extending across and being folded along said fold line, said second part having a second terminal portion covering said second terminal hole, said second terminal portion being exposed to the exterior of said battery through said second terminal hole so as to define a second terminal, said second part being formed in said plane in spaced non-overlapping relation to said first collector, one of said first and second collectors consisting of a positive collector, the other of said first and second collectors consisting of a negative collector, anda flat generating element between said first and second film portions, including a positive active material in contact with said positive collector, a negative active material in contact with said negative collector and a separator separating said positive and negative active materials.

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