Lg Energy Solution, Ltd.

Lg Chem, Ltd

Jin-Hak Kong

Yong-Seok Choi

Kyu-Hyun Choi

Pil-Kyu Park

Je-Jun Lee

Do-Gyun Kim

Jae-Won Lim

Duk-Hyun Ryu

Jong-Sik Park

Kwan-Hee Lee

Kwang-Su Hwangbo

Byoung-Gu Lee

Min-Ki Jo

Su-Ji Choi

Geon-Woo Min

Hak-Kyun Kim

Yu-Sung Choe

Jae-Eun Lee

Jae-Woong Kim

Bo-Hyun Kang

Hae-Jin Lim

Soon-O Lee

Ji-Min Jung

Dong-Yeon Kim

Jeong-O Mun

Dal-Mo Kang

Yoon-Koo Lee

Sung-Won Seo

Ho-June Chi

Alexander Eichhorn

Andreas Track

Jee-Soon Choi

Jin-Yong Park

Jae-Uk Ryu

DalMo Kang

Su-Hang Lee

Mi-Geum Choi

Yongseok Choi

Min-Ho Kwon

Jong-Hyun Jo

Seung-Joon Kim

Jung-Been You

Dong Yeon Kim

Pil-kyu Park

Jeong Bin Yu

Young-Bum Cho

Ja-Eon Gu

Han-Sol Lee

Jin-Chul Yun

Bum-Kyung Seo

Jae-Wong Kim

Jeong- O Mun

A battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator between the first electrode and second electrode, a first portion including an active material extending between a pair of first sides, and a second portion extending between the pair of first sides and exposed beyond the separator, at least a part of the second portion includes an electrode tab; a battery housing having a first end with a first opening, a second end opposite the first end, and an inner surface, the battery housing accommodating the electrode assembly; a first current collector including a tab coupling portion coupled to the second portion of the first electrode and a housing coupling portion extending from the tab coupling portion and electrically coupled to the inner surface of the battery housing; and a cap covering the first opening of the battery housing.

Battery and current collector applied thereto, and battery pack and vehicle including the battery

The riveting structure of an electrode terminal for a battery includes a battery housing having a bottom; an electrode terminal riveted through a hole formed in the bottom of the battery housing; and a gasket between the electrode terminal and the battery housing. Also, the electrode terminal includes a body portion inserted into the hole; an outer flange portion extending along an outer surface of the bottom of the battery housing from a first side of the body portion exposed through the outer surface; an inner flange portion extending toward an inner surface of the bottom of the battery housing from a second side of the body portion exposed through the inner surface; and a flat portion on the second side of the body portion.

Riveting structure of electrode terminal, and cylindrical battery cell, battery pack and vehicle including the same

A battery having an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator between the first and the second electrode, the first electrode having a first portion including an active material extending between a pair of first sides, and a second portion extending between the pair of first sides and exposed beyond the separator, and at least part of the second portion includes an electrode tab; a battery housing having a first opening at a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the battery housing accommodating the electrode assembly; and a first current collector including a support portion on the electrode assembly, a first tab coupling portion extending from the support portion and coupled with the second portion of the first electrode and a first housing coupling portion extending from the support portion and electrically coupled onto an inner surface of the battery housing.

An electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same are provided. In the electrode assembly, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound based on an axis to define a core and an outer circumference. The first electrode includes a first portion coated with an active material and a second portion at a first side and adjacent the first portion, the second portion being exposed beyond the separator along a first axial direction of the electrode assembly. A part of the second portion is bent in a radial direction of the electrode assembly forming a first surface region including stacked layers of the second portion, and in a partial region of the first surface region, a number of the stacked layers of the second portion is 10 or more in the in the first axial direction.

Electrode assembly, battery, and battery pack and vehicle including the same

A battery module includes a plurality of cell assemblies including a plurality of secondary batteries; a module housing including an accommodation space configured to accommodate the plurality of cell assemblies; and a blocking member configured to, when a gas pressure more than a predetermined gas pressure or a heat more than a predetermined temperature is generated in at least some cell assemblies among the plurality of cell assemblies, block the generated gas or heat from moving to the other cell assemblies.

Battery module, battery rack, and power storage device

A battery module includes: a battery cell assembly having a plurality of battery cells; a top plate configured to cover an upper side of the battery cell assembly; a bottom plate configured to cover a lower side of the battery cell assembly; a sensing assembly disposed to cover a front side and a rear side of the battery cell assembly; a pair of side plates disposed at side surfaces, respectively, of the battery cell assembly; and a pair of compression pads disposed between the pair of side plates and the battery cell assembly, respectively.

Battery module, battery pack including same battery module, and automobile including same battery pack

A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells, a module housing in which a cell stack is received, the cell stack being formed by stacking the plurality of battery cells, an air inlet passing through the module housing on one side of a stack direction of the cell stack, an air outlet passing through the module housing on the other side in the stack direction of the cell stack, and an expandable pad disposed inside of the air inlet and the air outlet to close the air inlet and the air outlet by expansion upon contact with cooling water introduced into the battery module.

Battery module having structure into which cooling water can be introduced when thermal runaway phenomenon occurs, and battery pack and energy storage device comprising same

A battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode, second electrode, and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, the first electrode including a first region coated with an active material and a second region at a first side and adjacent to the first region, the second region being exposed beyond the separator, and at least part of the second region is an electrode tab; a housing including a first end with a first opening, the housing accommodating the electrode assembly; a first current collector including an edge portion on the electrode assembly, a second region coupling portion extending from the edge portion and coupled with the second region, and a terminal coupling portion spaced apart from the second region coupling portion; and a terminal coupled with the terminal coupling portion.

Battery and current collector applied thereto, and battery pack and vehicle including the same

A battery can include an electrode assembly, a battery housing, a terminal and a cap. The electrode assembly can have a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode. Each of the first electrode and the second electrode can have a first portion including an active material corresponding to the separator, and a second portion exposed beyond the separator and not coated with the active material. The battery housing can have a first end with a first opening and a second end with a second opening opposite the first end. The terminal can be electrically connected to the second portion of the first electrode and exposed out of the battery housing through the first opening of the battery housing at the first end.

Battery, and battery pack and vehicle including the same

A battery can include an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode can have a pair of first sides and a pair of second sides extending between the pair of first sides, a first portion including an active material extending between the pair of first sides, and a second portion extending between the pair of first sides and exposed beyond the separator along a winding direction. The battery can further include a battery housing having a first opening at a first end and a second end with a second opening opposite the first end, a first current collector including a support portion positioned on the electrode assembly, and a housing cover which seals the first opening.

A battery, includes an electrode assembly having a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator, wherein each of the first electrode and the second electrode has a first portion including an active material corresponding to the separator, and a second portion exposed beyond the separator and not coated with the active material; a battery housing having a first end with a first opening and a second end with a second opening opposite the first end, the battery housing accommodating the electrode assembly through the second opening at the second end and electrically connected to the second portion of the second electrode; a terminal electrically connected to the second portion of the first electrode and exposed out of the battery housing through the first opening of the battery housing at the first end; and a cap covering and sealing the second opening at the second end of the battery housing.

A battery can include an electrode assembly having a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator. The first electrode can include a first active material region coated with an active material layer along a winding direction and a first uncoated region not coated with the active material layer, and at least part of the first uncoated region used as an electrode tab. The battery can further include a first current collector coupled to at least part of the first uncoated region on the electrode assembly, a battery housing to accommodate the electrode assembly and the first current collector, and an insulator between an inner surface of the battery housing facing the first uncoated region or the first current collector and the first uncoated region or the first current collector to block the electrical connection between the first uncoated region and the battery housing.

Battery, and battery pack and vehicle comprising the same

An electrode assembly includes a first electrode; a second electrode; and a separator, the first electrode, the second electrode, and the separator wound about an axis defining a core and an outer circumference of the electrode assembly. The first electrode has a pair of first sides and a pair of second sides, a first portion extending between the pair of first sides, and a second portion extending between the pair of first sides, the first portion being coated with an active material, and at least a part of the second portion includes an electrode tab. The second portion includes a first part adjacent to the core of the electrode assembly, a second part adjacent to the outer circumference of the electrode assembly, and a third part between the first part and the second part. The first or second part has a smaller height than the third part.

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Jin-Hak Kong