Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110104537 | Current collecting plate and secondary battery including current collecting plate - A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and separators which are wound together, current collecting plates attached to the electrode assembly, a case configured to accommodate the electrode assembly and the current collecting plates, and a cap configured to cover an opening of the case and electrically connect to the current collecting plates. Each of the current collecting plates includes a current collecting part and a welding part. The current collecting parts electrically connect to the electrode assembly. The welding part is welded to the electrode assembly and the current collecting part. | 05-05-2011 |
20110136000 | Rechargeable Battery - A rechargeable battery includes: a case; an electrode assembly housed in the case and including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, the first electrode having a coated portion coated with a first active material and an uncoated portion absent the first active material; a safety assembly including a first electric conductive plate and a first supporting protrusion extending from the first electric conductive plate and physically coupled to the uncoated portion; a current collecting tab electrically coupling the electrode assembly with the terminal and physically coupled to the uncoated portion; and a first auxiliary plate physically coupled to the uncoated portion at a surface of the uncoated portion opposite to where the first supporting protrusion is physically coupled to the uncoated portion. | 06-09-2011 |
20110200849 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY - A rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly comprising a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator located between the first and second electrode plates; a case housing the electrode assembly; and at least one short circuit inducing member electrically coupled to the first electrode plate or the second electrode plate of the electrode assembly and adapted to induce a short circuit in the rechargeable battery when the shape of the rechargeable battery is changed. | 08-18-2011 |
20110294367 | Electrode terminal and secondary battery including the same - An electrode terminal and a secondary battery including the same, the electrode terminal including a screw member, the screw member including a flange on a lower outer peripheral surface thereof; and a coupling member including an upper portion bent so as to surround at least a part of the flange, and a lower portion bent so as to contact an internal surface of a cap assembly and coupled to the cap assembly. | 12-01-2011 |
20120064380 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY - A rechargeable battery including an electrode assembly; a case having an opening and containing the electrode assembly; a cap plate sealing the opening of the case; an electrode terminal electrically connected to the electrode assembly and protruding outside the case; and an insulating member between the electrode assembly and the cap plate and adjacent the electrode terminal, the insulating member including an inclined portion facing the electrode assembly. | 03-15-2012 |
20120088147 | Rechargeable battery - A rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly that undergoes charging and discharging; a case containing the electrode assembly; a terminal electrically connected to the electrode assembly and protruding from an interior of the case to an exterior of the case; a lead tab electrically connecting the terminal and the electrode assembly; and an insulating pack that insulates the electrode assembly from the case, the electrode assembly being disposed in the insulating pack and the insulating pack being disposed in the case, the insulating pack including one or more indentation portions formed at one edge and one or more grooves positioned to correspond to the indentation portion and insertion-coupled to the indentation portion. | 04-12-2012 |
20130115490 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY - A rechargeable battery according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an electrode assembly having a positive electrode and a negative electrode, a case for housing the electrode assembly, and a terminal electrically coupled to the electrode assembly and protruding to an outside of the case. An internal pressure of the case is lower than an atmospheric pressure. | 05-09-2013 |
20130273415 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY - A rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly including a positive electrode and a negative electrode, a case having a space accommodating the electrode assembly and including a support at a corner inside the case, and a cap plate coupled to an opening of the case and supported by the support. | 10-17-2013 |
20130330593 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY - A rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly including a positive electrode and a negative electrode, each of the positive and negative electrodes including a coated region and an uncoated region at an end of the coated region in a longitudinal direction of the electrode assembly, a case housing the electrode assembly, a terminal coupled to the electrode assembly, and a current collecting member electrically coupling the electrode assembly to the terminal, wherein the uncoated region is fixed to the current collecting member, and includes a portion that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the electrode assembly. | 12-12-2013 |
20140065449 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY - A rechargeable battery including an electrode assembly including a negative electrode and a positive electrode; a case housing the electrode assembly; a cap plate coupled to an opening of the case; a negative terminal and a positive terminal penetrating the cap plate and connected to the negative electrode and the positive electrode, respectively; an external short-circuit unit separately provided between the negative terminal and the cap plate and configured to short-circuit the negative terminal on the cap plate; and a thermistor for connecting the positive terminal and the cap plate, wherein the thermistor is configured to have reduced resistance when its temperature is increased. | 03-06-2014 |
20140141294 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY - A rechargeable battery for preventing a safety device from being melted when a conductor penetrates is provided. The rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly having a first electrode and a second electrode at both sides of a separator, a case housing the electrode assembly, a cap plate coupled to an opening of the case, a first electrode terminal and second electrode terminal that are installed in a terminal hole of the cap plate to be connected to the first electrode and the second electrode, respectively, and a safety device that is disposed between the electrode assembly and the case. The cap plate is electrically connected to one of the first electrode and the second electrode, and the safety device is electrically connected to the another of the first electrode and the second electrode. The safety device includes a plate portion and a protruded portion that protrudes from at least one surface of the plate portion. | 05-22-2014 |
20140212742 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY - A rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly that performs charging and discharging, a case in which the electrode assembly is installed a cap plate coupled to the case, a lead tab connected to an electrode of the electrode assembly, and an electrode terminal in the cap plate and connected to the lead tab. The electrode terminal includes a column portion inserted into a terminal hole of the cap plate and a flange portion at one end of the column portion, the flange portion being wider than a cross-section of the column portion, and the flange portion being at an inner side of the cap plate. The lead tab includes an insertion portion into which the column portion is inserted, the lead tab being welded in a surface contact manner to the flange portion along an inner surface of an external circumference of the insertion portion. | 07-31-2014 |
20140255737 | Rechargeable Battery - A rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly including a negative electrode, a positive electrode, and a separator therebetween, a case housing the electrode assembly, a cap plate sealing the case and electrically connected to the positive electrode, a negative terminal and a positive terminal penetrating the cap plate and respectively electrically connected to the negative electrode and the positive electrode, and a safety member located between the electrode assembly and the case, electrically connected to the negative electrode, and including an end portion coupled to the negative electrode, a plate portion at a side of the electrode assembly, and a resistance controller coupling the end portion and the plate portion, and having a higher electrical resistance than the plate portion. | 09-11-2014 |
20150086857 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY - A rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, a case accommodating the electrode assembly, a cap plate coupled to the case, a first current collector coupled to the first electrode of the electrode assembly, and a first terminal assembly. The first terminal assembly includes a first terminal coupled to the first current collector and having a first fixed groove or a first fixed protrusion, and a second terminal having a second fixed groove coupled to the first fixed protrusion or a second fixed protrusion coupled to the first fixed groove. | 03-26-2015 |