Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP
Lithium rechargeable battery having functional center pin
Lithium rechargeable batteries having functional center pins are provided. A lithium rechargeable battery has a center pin whose top and bottom ends are blocked by a thermal cut-off composition to reduce the void volume inside a bare cell during initial overcharge. The thermal cut-off composition melts at a temperature within a specific temperature range, e.g. between about 80 and about 250° C. This prevents the battery from exploding and igniting. Thus, the inventive lithium rechargeable batteries have improved thermal stability.
Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
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Yoo Eup Jung Seog Seok Gyun Young Eun
Hyung Kim Chang Yun