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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 18, 2013
Applicant:

Lg Chem, Ltd., Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Young Hun Kim, Daejeon, KR;

Sungjin Kwon, Daejeon, KR;

Soonho Ahn, Seoul, KR;

Dong-Myung Kim, Daejeon, KR;

Ki Woong Kim, Daejeon, KR;

Seungmin Ryu, Chungcheongnam-do, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/04 (2006.01); H01M 2/02 (2006.01); H01M 10/0585 (2010.01); H01M 2/36 (2006.01); H01M 10/44 (2006.01); H01M 10/0525 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/0463 (2013.01); H01M 2/021 (2013.01); H01M 2/024 (2013.01); H01M 2/0212 (2013.01); H01M 2/0217 (2013.01); H01M 2/0275 (2013.01); H01M 2/361 (2013.01); H01M 10/0436 (2013.01); H01M 10/0585 (2013.01); H01M 10/446 (2013.01); H01M 10/0525 (2013.01); Y10T 29/4911 (2015.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a battery cell configured to have a structure in which an electrode assembly including a separator disposed between a cathode and an anode is mounted in a battery case, wherein the battery case includes an upper case and a lower case, the upper case and/or the lower case being provided with a receiving part, in which the electrode assembly is mounted, the electrode assembly includes a plurality of electrodes or unit cells stacked in a height direction on the basis of a plane, two or more of the electrodes or the unit cells having different planar sizes, and the receiving part of the battery case is provided with stair-like steps corresponding to an external appearance of the electrode assembly.


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