Lg Chem, Ltd

Lg Energy Solution, Ltd.

Lg Life Sciences, Limited

Jae Young Jang

Young Su Son

Suk Jin Song

Jin Oh Yang

Young Kyu Lee

Jin Hyun Lee

Sang Jin Kim

In Soo Kim

Ji Ho Yun

Youngsu Son

Seong Ju Hwang

Dae Ho Jung

Han Saem Park

Jeongmin Ha

Hyuk Joon Son

Disclosed is a battery cell with improved weldability and an apparatus for processing the same, and more particularly to a battery cell including an electrode assembly received in a cell case; and a pair of electrode leads constituted by a negative electrode lead and a positive electrode lead protruding outwards from the cell case, wherein: the negative electrode lead is made of a nickel material and is provided with one or more embossed portions, and the positive electrode lead is made of an aluminum material and is provided with no embossed portion.

Battery cell with improved weldability and apparatus for processing the same

Discussed is a battery pack including a structure for reducing damage to a component of a Battery Management Unit (BMU), and more particularly, to a battery pack with a structure that mitigates a concentration of stress caused by external vibration or force on the BMU mounted on a BMU mounting part and facilitates the assembly of the BMU, so that the BMU can be stably fixed to an assembled position to reduce damage to BMU components. The battery pack includes a partition configured to divide cell mounting parts and the BMU mounting part, and the partition have a stress concentration relaxation structure.

Battery pack having BMU component damage prevention structure

Discussed is a battery module, and more particularly, to a battery module in which an inner space between a battery cell and a metal plate is filled with a heat transfer member so that conduction of heat generated in the battery cell is improved.

Battery module

A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly having a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator interposed therebetween, a positive electrode tab, and a negative electrode tab; a cap assembly having a current interrupt device to interrupt current when pressure increases, a safety vent connected to an upper end of the current interrupt device, and a top cap with an upwardly protruding shape; and a battery case to receive the electrode assembly and the cap assembly therein. The battery case has an inner layer adjacent to the electrode assembly and an outer layer of a material exhibiting lower thermal conductivity than the inner layer. The inner layer and the outer layer having a welding portion, at which only the predetermined regions of the inner layer and the outer layer are fixed.

Secondary battery having multilayer battery case and method of manufacturing the same

A protection circuit board includes a printed circuit board having a circuit is printed on a board formed from an electrically insulating material and two or more connection components disposed on at least one surface of the printed circuit board and are coupled to an electrode terminal of a secondary battery. Additionally, at least one inspection slot having a shape recessed within the connection component and extending to a portion that the electrode terminal of the secondary battery is coupled thereto and is defined in the connection component. Also, an inspection device and inspection method for inspecting a welded state between a protection circuit board and an electrode terminal among a pair of electrode terminals of a battery pack are provided.

Protection circuit board capable of easily checking welded state between electrode terminal and connection part thereof and secondary battery pack comprising the same

A battery module includes at least one battery cell array including a cell frame and a plurality of battery cells, each battery cell having electrode terminals disposed at both ends of each battery cell and oriented toward the same direction, the plurality of battery cells being disposed in a lateral direction when mounted in the cell frame; and a plurality of connection members attached to the electrode terminals of a respective battery cell of the at least one battery cell array at an upper portion, a lower portion, or both of the at least one battery cell array, wherein each connection member is a metal plate having at least three vertical slits that are spaced apart from each other and a horizontal slit that crosses at least one of the vertical slits.

Battery module and manufacturing method for the same

A cylindrical secondary battery including a cylindrical battery case configured to receive an electrode assembly and an electrolytic solution, a cap assembly located on the open upper end of the cylindrical battery case, and a jelly-roll type electrode assembly configured to have a structure in which a positive electrode sheet and a negative electrode sheet are wound in the state in which a separator is interposed therebetween, wherein a protective layer, made of a material that exhibits high thermal conductivity, is formed on at least a portion of the inner surface of the cylindrical battery case, including a crimping part is provided.

Cylindrical secondary battery including structure configured to block laser beam for welding and battery pack including the same

Provided is a plate-shaped battery cell in which electrode leads are located at one side end portion of a battery case including an excess sealing portion of a thermally-welded or adhesive structure for sealing an electrode assembly. the battery cell includes: a Protection Circuit Module (PCM) assembly having one or more safety elements for preventing overcurrent, wherein the PCM assembly includes a PCM and a conductive lead plate for electrically connecting the electrode leads, wherein the lead plate includes: an electrode lead connection portion positioned at one side end portion of the lead plate for electrically connecting the PCM and the electrode lead; a PCM connection portion located at the other side end portion of the lead plate for connecting to a connection portion of a printed circuit board on which a protection circuit is formed; and a bent portion extending from the electrode lead connection portion to be bent to face the outer surface of the battery case in order to prevent damage to the battery case occurring during a process of connecting the electrode lead to the electrode lead connecting portion.

Battery cell comprising protection circuit module assembly having lead plate

A protection circuit board includes a printed circuit board having a circuit is printed on a board formed from an electrically insulating material and two or more connection components disposed on at least one surface of the printed circuit board and are coupled to an electrode terminal of a secondary battery. Additionally, at least one inspection slot having a shape recessed within the connection component and extending to a portion that the electrode terminal of the secondary battery is coupled thereto and is defined in the connection component.

A lead processing apparatus includes a fixing die configured to maintain a position of a preliminary lead when a portion to be removed of the preliminary lead protrudes from a first end that is one side end and a cutting jig is configured to form the preliminary lead into an electrode lead shape by removing the portion to be cut except for a portion of the preliminary lead coupled to the fixing die, while being actuated in a downward direction with respect to the fixing die. In particular, each of corners of the first end has a round shape on a plane. A portion of the cutting jig, configured to cross the first end during the removal process (e.g., cutting) is performed by actuation in the downward direction is recessed in correspondence to the shape of the first end.

Lead processing apparatus capable of processing electrode lead into round shape and battery cell including electrode lead processed by using the same

The present disclosure relates to a printed circuit board connected to a battery, and more particularly, to a printed circuit board having an improved structure connected to an electrode led out from a battery.

Printed circuit board and a method of bonding electrode lead of battery to printed circuit board

Provided is a PNA (Peptide Nucleic Acid) chip in which a probe PNA containing a desired DNA sequence is immobilized on a plastic substrate coated with an epoxy group-containing polymer. Therefore, single-stranded PNAs can be immobilized on a transparent plastic substrate by means of an epoxy group-containing polymer layer in an efficient and cost-effective manner. Fluorescence signal detection based on PNA/DNA hybridization enables identification of SNP (Single Nucleotide Polymorphism).

PNA chip using plastic substrate coated with epoxy group-containing polymer, method of manufacturing the PNA chip, and method of detecting single nucleotide polymorphism using the PNA chip

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Daejeon, South Korea

Jae Young Jang