Lg Chem, Ltd

Lg Energy Solution, Ltd.

Cheon Hee Bok

Yong Han Kim

Sang Uck Kim

Myung An Lee

Geun Young Park

Da Na Kim

Sang Gu Ji

Joo Hwan Sung

Dong Myung Kim

Pil Kyu Park

Sang Pil Woo

Hyung Joon Jun

Kyung Hwan Jung

Disclosed herein relates to a prismatic secondary battery including: an electrode assembly including a first electrode lead part formed in a first side direction and a second electrode lead part formed in a second side direction opposite the first side direction; a lower case having an open upper surface and housing the electrode assembly therein; and an upper case covering the open upper surface of the lower case, wherein the upper case includes: a first terminal part bent from a top surface of the upper case corresponding to the open upper surface of the lower case and extending downwardly in the first side direction; and a second terminal part bent from the top surface of the upper case and extending downwardly in the second side direction, wherein the first electrode lead part is electrically connected to the first terminal part, and the second electrode lead part is electrically connected to the second terminal part.

Prismatic secondary battery having improved connection structure in upper case

Disclosed is a battery cell connector formed so as to have a general hexahedral shape, the battery cell connector including a lower mounting unit, in which a lower part of a cylindrical battery cell is mounted, an upper mounting unit, in which an upper part of another cylindrical battery cell is mounted, and a connection unit formed at a front surface, a rear surface, a left surface, and a right surface of the battery cell. The connection unit being configured to electrically and physically connect the battery cell connector to another battery cell connector, wherein the lower mounting unit, the upper mounting unit, and the connection unit are electrically connected to each other in the battery cell connector.

Battery cell connector and battery cell structure including battery cells connected to each other using the same

Disclosed herein is a cap assembly disposed on an open upper end part of a cylindrical can of a battery, the battery being configured to have an electrode assembly mounted in the cylindrical can, the cap assembly including a safety vent configured to rupture in order to exhaust gas when the interior pressure of the battery reaches a predetermined pressure limit, an upwardly-protruding cap plate disposed on the upper part of the safety vent, the cap plate having a through-opening configured to receive the gas exhausted therethrough, a current interrupt member attached to the lower end of the safety vent, the current interrupt member configured to interrupt electric current when the interior pressure of the battery reaches the predetermined pressure limit, and a guide member attached to the inside of the cap plate, the guide member being configured to prevent escape of a ruptured portion of the safety vent.

Cap assembly comprising guide member for preventing escape of safety vent

A secondary battery is disclosed. According to the present invention, in a case in which the secondary battery is ignited, a gas and materials within the secondary battery may be smoothly discharged to improve safety when the secondary battery is ignited. In order to achieve the above-described object, according to an aspect of the present invention, a secondary battery includes: an electrode assembly; a battery can accommodating the electrode assembly; and a coating part applied to the battery can, wherein the battery can includes a slim part having a relatively thinner thickness than that of the other region of the battery can, and the coating part is applied to the slim part and made of a metal material having tensile strength less than that of the slim part.

Secondary battery

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Daejeon, South Korea

Cheon Hee Bok