Patent number: 8900733
Abstract: A safety valve (40, 140, 240, 340) formed in a portion of a case of a sealed battery includes a fracture groove portion (50, 150, 250, 350) formed in a thin portion (42, 142, 242, 342). The thin portion (42, 142, 242, 342) is formed in a horizontally long shape or a vertically long shape that has a curved outer edge portion (45, 145, 245, 345) in which at least a portion of the outer edge portion (43) is curved. This thin portion (42, 142, 242, 342) has a center straight groove portion (60, 160, 260, 360) that extends in the longer direction of the thin portion in the center portion of the thin portion, and a pair of side groove portions (70, 170, 270, 370) that are formed in both side in the longer direction of the center straight groove portion (60, 160, 260, 360) and connected to longer direction end portions (60A, 60B, 160A, 160B, 260A, 260B) of the center straight groove portion.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 2, 2010
Date of Patent:
December 2, 2014
Assignees:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Fuji Springs Co., Inc.
Inventors:
Tomohiro Matsuura, Katsumi Ito, Akira Fujii, Toshihiro Odagaki