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Battery unit with reinforced current collector tabs and method of making a battery unit having strengthened current collector tabs

  • US 5,326,653 A
  • Filed: 10/29/1992
  • Issued: 07/05/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/29/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A battery unit, comprising:

  • a battery having an anode including an anode current collector tab, a cathode including a cathode current collector tab, and an electrolyte disposed between the anode and the cathode;

    packaging material surrounding the battery to form a package having top and bottom sides, at least a portion of the anode current collector tab and at least a portion of the cathode current collector tab extending past an exterior surface of the packaging material;

    the extended portions of the anode current collector tab and the cathode current collector tab being secured to the exterior surface of the packaging material on at least one of the top and bottom sides of the package.

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