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| 20090305134 | Electrode Assembly Having Stable Lead-Tap Joint and Electrochemical Cell Containing Them - Disclosed herein is a stacking or stacking/folding type electrode assembly of a cathode/separator/anode structure, wherein the electrode assembly is constructed in a structure in which tabs (electrode tabs), having no active material applied thereto, protrude from electrode plates constituting the electrode assembly, electrode leads are located at one-side ends of the stacked electrode tabs such that the electrode leads are electrically connected to the electrode tabs, and the electrode leads, joined to the electrode tabs, have rounded ends. An electrochemical cell including the electrode assembly is also disclosed. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090317717 | Electrode Assembly Having Tab-Lead Joint Portion of Minimized Resistance Difference Between Electrodes and Electrochemical Cell Containing The Same - Disclosed herein is a stacking or stacking/folding type electrode assembly of a cathode/separator/anode structure, wherein the electrode assembly is constructed in a structure in which tabs (electrode tabs), having no active material applied thereto, protrude from electrode plates constituting the electrode assembly, the electrode tabs are electrically connected to an electrode lead, and the pluralities of electrode tabs are joined to the top and the bottom of the electrode lead at an electrode lead-electrode tabs joint portion such that the resistance difference between electrodes at the electrode lead-electrode tabs joint portion is minimized. Also disclosed is an electrochemical cell including the electrode assembly. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100012886 | Cathode Active Material and Lithium Secondary Battery Containing Them - Provided is a high-power, non-aqueous electrolyte lithium secondary battery having a long lifespan and superior safety at both room temperature and high temperatures, even after repeated high-current charging and discharging. The battery comprises a mixture of a manganese spinel oxide and a lithium/nickel/cobalt/manganese composite oxide, as a cathode active material. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100015511 | High Capacity Battery Cell Employed with Two or More Unit Cells - Disclosed herein is a secondary battery including two or more stacking-folding type cells (‘unit cells’) manufactured by winding small-sized electrode assemblies (‘bicells’) constructed in a stacking type structure in which electrodes having the same polarity are located at opposite sides of each electrode assembly and small-sized electrode assemblies (‘full cells’) constructed in a stacking type structure in which electrodes having different polarities are located at opposite sides of each electrode assembly using a long separator sheet, wherein the unit cells are mounted in a battery case, each unit cell has one or more electrode terminals protruding from each end of each unit cell, and the unit cells are mounted in a receiving part of the battery case such that the unit cells are arranged in a stacking arrangement structure or a plane arrangement structure while the electrode terminals of the unit cells are connected with each other. According to the present invention, the electrical and physical coupling force between the unit cells is increased. Consequently, the high-capacity secondary battery according to the present invention exhibits an improved structural stability. In addition, it is possible to greatly increase the capacity of the secondary battery according to the present invention through a simple assembly process. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100015523 | NON-AQUEOUS LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY CONTAINING HYDROPHOBIC, INACTIVE PARTICLE - Provided is a non-aqueous lithium secondary battery comprising an electrode assembly composed of a cathode, an anode, and a separator interposed between the cathode and anode, wherein the cathode and anode have an electrode material containing an active material applied on a current collector, a non-aqueous electrolyte containing a lithium salt, hydrophobic inactive-particles (also, referred to as “hydrophobic particles”) included in the electrode material, and a battery case sealing all the constituent components. Upon adding hydrophobic inactive-particles to the electrode material in a non-aqueous lithium secondary battery, absorption and inflow of water into the electrode material during the battery production is effectively inhibited such as to prevent side reactions caused by water inside the battery, thereby exhibiting improvement in the high-temperature storage characteristics of the battery. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100028770 | Electrode Assembly Having Electrode Tabs of the Same Size in Joint Portion Thereof and Electrochemical Cell Containing the Same - Disclosed herein is a stacking or stacking/folding type electrode assembly of a cathode/separator/anode structure, wherein the electrode assembly is constructed in a structure in which tabs (electrode tabs), having no active material applied thereto, protrude from electrode plates constituting the electrode assembly, electrode leads are located at one-side ends of the stacked electrode tabs such that the electrode leads are electrically connected to the electrode tabs, and protruding lengths of the electrode tabs are gradually increased according to the distances between the electrode leads and the electrode tabs, whereby the lengths of the electrode tabs at joint portions between the electrode tabs and the electrode leads are the same. Also disclosed is an electrochemical cell including the electrode assembly. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100028772 | POUCH-TYPE SECONDARY BATTERY HAVING AN NON-SEALING RESIDUE PORTION - Disclosed herein is a secondary battery including an electrode assembly of a cathode/separator/anode structure mounted in a pouch-shaped battery case in a sealed state, wherein a residue portion, which is not sealed (non-sealing residue portion), is defined between a sealing portion of the battery case and the electrode assembly for collecting generated gas, and the non-sealing residue portion is formed by mounting the electrode assembly between upper and lower laminate sheets, at least one of which has a receiving part of a size approximately corresponding to the electrode assembly, sealing three sides of the upper and lower laminate sheets, including two sides where electrode terminals are disposed, among four sides of the upper and lower laminate sheets, injecting an electrolyte in the battery case through the non-sealing portion, and sealing the non-sealing portion such that the resultant sealing portion is spaced a predetermined width from the receiving part. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100047674 | Safety Switch Using Heat Shrinkage Tube and Secondary Battery Including The Same - Disclosed herein is a safety switch including a tube that is capable of shrinking when exposed to temperatures in excess of a predetermined temperature level (“heat shrinkage tube”), wherein the length of the heat shrinkage tube is changeable to control current conduction, one end of the heat shrinkage tube is fixed, and the other end of the heat shrinkage tube is connected to an electric wire connection part, such that current conduction or current interruption is accomplished by the change in length of the heat shrinkage tube when the heat shrinkage tube is varied due to heat. When a battery or a battery pack is exposed to an abnormal environment, with the result that the temperature of the battery or the battery pack exceeds a predetermined temperature level, the heat shrinkage tube of the safety switch shrinks to directly interrupt external charge current, thereby preventing the further charge of the battery or the battery pack. Furthermore, internal energy accumulated in the battery cell is forcibly consumed, thereby fundamentally preventing the progress of the abnormal operation of the battery or the battery pack. Consequently, the safety of the battery is secured. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100239895 | SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING ONE-WAY EXHAUST VALVE - Disclosed herein is a plate-shaped secondary battery constructed in a structure in which an electrode assembly of a cathode/separator/anode structure is mounted in a battery case, and the battery case is sealed by thermal welding, wherein the secondary battery has at least one valve (one-way exhaust valve), having a small thickness, mounted at a sealed portion, formed at the outer circumference of an electrode assembly receiving part of the battery case, for allowing internal high-pressure gas to be exhausted out of a battery cell and preventing external gas from being introduced into the battery cell. The secondary battery according to the present invention has the effect of effectively exhausting internal high-pressure gas generated during the abnormal operation of the battery, such as overcharge, out of the battery case, while maintaining the sealability of the battery case, thereby simultaneously improving the efficiency and safety of the battery. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100248030 | ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY HAVING TAB-LEAD JOINT PORTION OF MINIMIZED RESISTANCE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ELECTRODES AND ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL CONTAINING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a stacking or stacking/folding type electrode assembly of a cathode/separator/anode structure, wherein the electrode assembly is constructed in a structure in which tabs (electrode tabs), having no active material applied thereto, protrude from electrode plates constituting the electrode assembly, the electrode tabs are electrically connected to an electrode lead, and the pluralities of electrode tabs are joined to the top and the bottom of the electrode lead at an electrode lead-electrode tabs joint portion such that the resistance difference between electrodes at the electrode lead-electrode tabs joint portion is minimized. Also disclosed is an electrochemical cell including the electrode assembly. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110020705 | CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY CONTAINING THE SAME - Provided is a non-aqueous electrolyte-based, high-power lithium secondary battery having a long service life and superior safety at both room temperature and high temperature, even after repeated high-current charging and discharging. The battery comprises a cathode active material composed of a mixture of lithium/manganese spinel oxide and lithium/nickel/cobalt/manganese composite oxide wherein the cathode active material exhibits the life characteristics that the capacity at 300 cycles is more than 70% relative to the initial capacity, in the provision of satisfying the condition (i) regarding the particle size and the condition (ii) regarding the mixing ratio. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110027646 | ANODE MATERIAL OF EXCELLENT CONDUCTIVITY AND HIGH POWER SECONDARY BATTERY EMPLOYED WITH THE SAME - Provided is an anode material for an electrode mix comprising a carbon material and a lithium titanium oxide (LTO), wherein a ratio of an average particle size of LTO relative to that of the carbon material is in a range of 0.1 to 20%, and LTO is distributed mainly on a surface of the carbon material. The anode material of the present invention can prevent excessive formation of a SEI film, and is of a high capacity due to a high energy density and exhibits excellent output characteristics and rate characteristics. Further, it has superior electrolyte wettability which consequently results in improved battery performance and life characteristics. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110039159 | CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY CONTAINING THEM - Provided is a non-aqueous electrolyte-based, high-power lithium secondary battery having a long service life and superior safety at both room temperature and high temperature, even after repeated high-current charging and discharging. The battery comprises a mixture of a lithium/manganese spinel oxide having a substitution of a manganese (Mn) site with a certain metal ion and a lithium/nickel/cobalt/manganese composite oxide, as a cathode active material. | 02-17-2011 |
