Samsung Sdi Co., Inc.

Robert Boschgmbh

Sb Limotive Company Ltd.

Jeongwon Oh

Sangwon Byun

Sooseok Choi

Minyeol Han

Joongheon Kim

Donghyun Lee

Yoontai Kwak

Heungtaek Shim

Dukjung Kim

Yongsam Kim

Hyungsik Kim

Hyungbok Lee

Haekwon Yoon

Changsik Kim

Hyunjin Choi

Joonheon Kim

Hyejung Kim

Youngkee Shin

Jinhwan Chang

Yongshik Hwang

Myungjin Jeong

Sangshin Choi

A secondary battery including an electrode assembly; a case containing the electrode assembly; a cap plate sealing an opening of the case; a collector terminal electrically connected to the electrode assembly and protruding through the cap plate; a coupling plate on the cap plate; an insulating member on at least one area of the coupling plate; and a terminal plate on the coupling plate and coupled to the collector terminal.

Secondary battery including an insulating member

A secondary battery according to one or more embodiments includes a case defining an inner space, an electrode assembly in the case, the electrode assembly including a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator between the first and second electrode plates, a cap plate sealing the case and electrically connected to the first electrode plate of the electrode assembly, the cap plate including a safety vent, an electrode terminal part extending through the cap plate, and a connector having a first end electrically connected to the electrode terminal part and a second end electrically connected to the safety vent.

Secondary battery

A rechargeable battery including a case; a cap plate on the case; a terminal post protruding from the cap plate; a terminal plate coupled to the terminal post, wherein the terminal plate includes a body having an opening; and a conductor within the opening and coupled to the body, wherein the conductor substantially surrounds a circumference of the terminal post.

Terminal of rechargeable battery and method of manufacturing the same

An electrode assembly and a lithium secondary battery including the same. Heat generation of the electrode tabs is reduced by providing the electrode tabs at the outermost parts of the electrode assembly. An insulation member is attached at the boundary of the electrode tabs and the respective electrode plates. An insulation member is also attached to the uncoated portions formed on the outer circumference of the electrode assembly, thereby preventing internal short circuits either between an uncoated portion and an active material layer or between the uncoated portions. The electrode assembly can be used in pouch, rectangular and cylindrical lithium secondary batteries to prevent an internal short circuit within the batteries.

Electrode assembly and lithium secondary battery using the same

A rechargeable battery having improved safety against puncture and collapse includes an electrode assembly, a case, a first electrode terminal and a second electrode terminal, a cap plate, and a short circuit member. The electrode assembly includes a first electrode, a separator, and a second electrode. The case contains the electrode assembly. The first electrode terminal and a second electrode terminal are electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode, respectively. The short circuit member is between the electrode assembly and the case and short circuits the secondary battery when the secondary battery is punctured or collapsed.

Rechargeable secondary battery having improved safety against puncture and collapse

A rechargeable battery including an electrode assembly; a case housing the electrode assembly; a cap assembly including a cap plate having a short-circuit hole and sealing an opening of the case; and a short-circuiting member including a short-circuiting plate arranged at the short-circuit hole and a connection plate covering at least a portion of the short-circuit hole at an exterior side, the connection plate being spaced apart from the cap plate and electrically connected to the electrode assembly, and the case and the cap assembly are electrically insulated from the electrode assembly.

Rechargeable battery

A secondary battery includes at least two electrode assemblies, each electrode assembly including a first electrode plate, a separator, and a second electrode plate, a case accommodating the at least two electrode assemblies, electrode terminals electrically connected to the at least two electrode assemblies, a cap plate sealing the case and exposing the electrode terminals to the outside, and at least one insulation member between the at least two electrode assemblies, the insulation member defining a space between the at least two electrode assemblies.

A prismatic type secondary battery including an electrode assembly, the electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator between the first and second electrodes; a case accommodating the electrode assembly, the case having an open upper end and at least two pairs of surfaces facing each other; a cap assembly sealing the open upper end of the case; and an insulation tube surrounding a lateral periphery of the case and the cap assembly within a region up to a certain height or greater, the insulation tube including at least one elasticity part at a side thereof.

Prismatic type secondary battery including insulation tube

A pouch, in which an electrode assembly of a battery is held, including a frame, including a groove into which the electrode assembly is inserted with a front of the electrode assembly temporarily exposed, upper and lower flanges bordering upper and lower ends of the groove, and extended parts on either side of the groove, front and upper sealing parts formed when the extended parts are folded over the front of the electrode assembly and the upper and lower flanges and sealed together and to the upper flange, respectively, the front and upper sealing parts defining a pocket in which an electrolyte solution is injected toward the electrode assembly, and a lower sealing part formed when the folded extended parts are sealed to the lower flange.

Pouch-type battery and method of assembling for the same

A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly comprising a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator located between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate; a case accommodating the electrode assembly; and a cap assembly coupled to the case, wherein the cap assembly comprises a cap plate sealing the case and having a short-circuit hole, an inversion plate in the short-circuit hole of the cap plate, a connection plate covering the short-circuit hole of the cap plate, and an insulation layer on the inversion plate or the connection plate.

A battery, for example, a secondary battery, includes a case, an electrode assembly in the case, a current collector electrically connected with the electrode assembly, a terminal coupled to the current collector, and a first short circuit inducing member electrically coupled to the electrode assembly and to the current collector. The first short circuit inducing member is arranged between the electrode assembly and the case and the first short circuit inducing member includes a first fuse part.

Rechargeable secondary battery

A secondary battery including an electrode assembly, the electrode assembly including a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate; a first collecting plate electrically connected to the first electrode plate, the first collecting plate including a first fuse region; a second collecting plate electrically connected to the second electrode plate, the second collecting plate including a second fuse region; and a case accommodating the electrode assembly, the first collecting plate, and the second collecting plate, wherein a first sectional area of the first fuse region is larger than a second sectional area of the second fuse region.

A rechargeable battery including an electrode assembly including a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate; a first collector plate electrically connected to the first electrode plate and including a fuse unit therein; a second collector plate electrically connected to the second electrode plate; and a case housing the electrode assembly, the first collector plate, and the second collector plate, the fuse unit being formed of a first material, and regions of the first collector plate other than the fuse unit being formed of a second material different from the first material.

Provided is a secondary battery including a fuse part that can continually function as a fuse. In the state where a first short circuit plate contacts a connecting plate to form a short circuit, even when heat generated from the short circuit melts the first short circuit plate, a second short circuit plate contacts the connecting plate to maintain a short circuit state, so that the fuse part can continually function as a fuse. The secondary battery includes an electrode assembly, a case accommodating the electrode assembly, a cap assembly including a cap plate sealing the case and having a short circuit hole, and a short circuit assembly including a first short circuit plate, a second short circuit plate, and a connecting plate. The first short circuit plate is disposed in the short circuit hole. The second short circuit plate contacts a lower part of the first short circuit plate. The connecting plate is spaced apart from the cap plate and is disposed outside the cap plate to cover the short circuit hole.

A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate; a first collector electrically connected to the first electrode plate, the first collector including a fuse part; a case accommodating the electrode assembly and the first collector; a cap plate sealing an opening of the case and electrically connected to the first collector, the cap plate including a short circuit hole, the short circuit hole being adjacent to the fuse part; a first short circuit member in the short circuit hole; and a second short circuit member spaced apart from a top surface of the cap plate and electrically connected to the second electrode plate, at least a portion of the second short circuit overlapping the first short circuit member.

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