Abstract: A composition including a first compound represented by Formula 1 and a second compound represented by Formula 2: Ar1-(L1)a1-Ar2??Formula 1 Ar11-(L11)a11-Ar12??Formula 2 wherein Ar1, Ar2, Ar11, Ar12, L1, L11, a1, and a11 are the same as described in the specification.
Abstract: A cathode active material includes a core capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium ions; and a coating layer on at least a portion of the core, wherein the coating layer includes a composite including a metal oxide compound and a phosphate compound, the metal oxide compound is at least one compound selected from a lithium metal oxide and a metal oxide, the phosphate compound is at least one compound selected from a lithium phosphate, a lithium metal phosphate, and a metal phosphate, and a weight ratio of the metal oxide compound to the phosphate compound is from greater than 0 to about 1.
Abstract: A polarizing plate includes a polarizer, a bonding layer on an upper surface of the polarizer, a protective film on an upper surface of the bonding layer and having a moisture transmittance of about 30 g/m2·24 hr or less at 40° C. and 90 % relative humidity (RH), and a barrier layer on a lower surface of the polarizer and formed of a barrier layer composition including an alicyclic epoxy resin having a glass transition temperature of about 200° C. or more. The polarizing plate may have a light transmittance variation rate of 3% or less, as calculated by Equation 1: Light transmittance variation rate=|T0?T500|/T0×100??(1), where T0 is an initial light transmittance and T500 is a light transmittance after 500 hours as set forth herein.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 16, 2016
Date of Patent:
March 26, 2019
Assignee:
Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Do Heon Lee, Tae Hyun Lee, In Cheon Han
Abstract: Disclosed are an additive for an electrolyte represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, and an electrolyte and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same: wherein R1 to R4 and n are the same as described in the detailed description.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 6, 2015
Date of Patent:
March 19, 2019
Assignee:
Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Jin-Hyeok Lim, Ho-Seok Yang, Yun-Hee Kim, Young Sam Park, Hee-Yeon Hwang, Hyun-Woo Kim
Abstract: A positive active material includes an overlithiated lithium transition metal oxide including: a metal cation and a Li2MO3 phase, wherein M is at least one metal selected from a Period 4 transition metal having an average oxidation number of +4 and a Period 5 transition metal having an average oxidation number of +4, and wherein an amount of the Li2MO3 phase is less than or equal to about 20 mole percent, based on 1 mole of the overlithiated lithium transition metal oxide.
Abstract: A rechargeable battery pack is disclosed. In one aspect, the rechargeable battery pack includes multiple a plurality of sets of unit cells adjacently placed to each other, wherein each unit cell includes a rechargeable battery and a plurality of rechargeable battery modules each configured to electrically connect a corresponding set of the unit cells to each other, wherein each rechargeable battery module includes a pair of end plates respectively placed on outermost opposing sides thereof. The rechargeable battery pack also includes a coupling member connecting the end plates of the rechargeable battery modules to each other. Each of the end plates includes a first flange having a first width and extending from a bent portion of a main body to be fastened to the coupling member and a second flange having a second width smaller than the first width and extending from a middle portion of the first flange.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 26, 2016
Date of Patent:
March 19, 2019
Assignee:
Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Myung-Chul Kim, Ji-Soon Lim, Heon-Hee Kim, Jong-Hyun Lee
Abstract: A secondary battery is disclosed. In one aspect, the secondary battery includes a case accommodating an electrode assembly, a cap plate sealing an opening of the case, an electrode terminal electrically connected to the electrode assembly and disposed over the cap, and an insulating member provided between the cap plate and the electrode terminal and configured to insulate the electrode terminal from the cap plate. The battery also includes a connection tab disposed over the electrode terminal, and a safety device having a portion positioned under the connection tab and electrically connected to the electrode terminal via the connection tab. The safety device has at least one of electric conductivity and thermal conductivity greater than that of the connection tab, and at least a part of the safety device is seated on the insulating member.
Abstract: A separator for a rechargeable lithium battery and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same, the separator including a substrate, and a heat-resistant porous layer on at least one side of the substrate, the heat-resistant porous layer including a crosslinked binder and a non-crosslinked binder, wherein the crosslinked binder has a cross-linked structure of at least one crosslinkable compound, the at least one crosslinkable compound including a multi-functional urethane-based compound, and the crosslinked binder and the non-crosslinked binder are included in a weight ratio of about 3:7 to about 8:2.
Abstract: A secondary battery may include a fuse formed in an electrode terminal. In exemplary embodiments, the secondary battery may include an electrode assembly including a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate and a separator, a current collector plate electrically connected to the electrode assembly, a case accommodating the electrode assembly, the current collector plate and an electrolyte, and an electrode terminal electrically connected to the current collector plate and protruded to an outside of the case, wherein the electrode terminal portion includes a protrusion part electrically connected to the current collector plate in a normal condition and selectively electrically disconnectable therefrom.
Abstract: A polarizing plate includes a polarizer and a protective film formed on at least one surface of the polarizer. A transverse direction (TD) shrinkage stress ratio SRA of the polarizing plate ranges from about 1% to about 10%, as calculated using Equation 1: SRA (%)=(S1/S2)×100??(1) In Equation 1, S1 is the TD shrinkage stress of the protective film, and S2 is the TD shrinkage stress of the polarizer.
Abstract: A battery module, including a plurality of battery units each including a plurality of bare cells, each bare cell having a first electrode tab and a second electrode tab; a holder at one side of each of the battery units, the holder including a plurality of penetrating holes into each of which the first electrode tab and the second electrode tab are penetrated; a plurality of electrode plates in the holder, the plurality of electrode plates electrically connecting the bare cells in each of the battery units; connection members coupled to ends of one of the plurality of electrode plates, the connection members electrically connecting the plurality of battery units to each other, and a pair of mounting protrusions protruding from one side of the holder and being spaced apart from each other, a portion of one of the plurality of electrode plates passing between the pair of mounting protrusions.
Abstract: A rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly including first and second electrodes; a case in which the electrode assembly is accommodated; a cap plate combined to the case; an electrode terminal provided in the cap plate and including first and second electrode terminals; and a lead tab including first and second current collecting tabs for electrically connecting the electrode assembly to the electrode terminal, wherein the second current collecting tab includes an electrode connecting portion that is connected to the electrode assembly, and a terminal connecting portion that is bent from the electrode connecting portion and electrically coupled to the cap plate.
Abstract: A battery includes an electrode assembly; a positive electrode tab and a negative electrode tab both extending from the electrode assembly; an insulation spacer having openings through which the positive and negative electrode tabs extend, and a positive electrode lead and a negative electrode lead coupled to the respective positive and negative electrode tabs in the insulation spacer, wherein each opening has a first opening and a second opening, and wherein the first opening is at a lower region of the insulation spacer and the second opening is at a side region of the insulation spacer.
Abstract: An adhesive composition including a monomer mixture including a hydroxyl group-containing (meth)acrylate and a comonomer; and organic particles, the organic particles having an average particle diameter of about 10 nm to about 400 nm.
Inventors:
Hyung Rang Moon, Ji Ho Kim, Il Jin Kim, Byeong Do Kwak, Jee Hee Kim, Sung Hyun Mun, Seon Hee Shin, Gwang Hwan Lee, Woo Jin Lee, Eun Hwa Lee, Ik Hwan Cho, Jae Hyun Han, Chung Kun Cho
Abstract: A rechargeable battery having an insulating member is disclosed. In one aspect, the battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed between the first and second electrodes. The battery also includes a storage case housing the electrode assembly. An opening is formed in the storage case. The battery further includes a cap plate attached to the opening of the storage case, a terminal penetrating through the cap plate, and a connection plate electrically connecting the terminal to the second electrode. The battery also includes an insulating member interposed between the cap plate and the connection plate. The insulating member includes a base plate contacting a bottom surface of the cap plate and a supporting rib that protrudes from the base plate and contacts an inner surface of the storage case.
Abstract: A battery module comprising a plurality of chambers of a first type, a chamber of a second type, a plurality of chambers of a third type, at least one battery unit positioned in one of the plurality of chambers of the first type, and switching electronics positioned in the chamber of the second type. At least one of the plurality of chambers of the third type is positioned between one of the plurality of chambers of the first type and the chamber of the second type.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 25, 2014
Date of Patent:
March 12, 2019
Assignees:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Joachim Fetzer, Sarmimala Hore, Hans Partes, Stefan Butzmann
Abstract: A polyolefin-based porous separator, including a first polyolefin-based porous film on a first surface of a second polyolefin-based porous film, and a third polyolefin-based porous film on a second surface of the second polyolefin-based porous film, each of the first and third polyolefin-based porous films containing inorganic particles having an average particle size of 10 nm to 100 nm, a thickness ratio of the first polyolefin-based porous film, the second polyolefin-based porous film, and the third polyolefin-based porous film being 0.5 to 1.5:1 to 6:0.5 to 1.5, and thermal shrinkage rates of the separator in a machine direction and a transverse direction measured after standing at 120° C. for 1 hour each being 5% or less, and air permeability of the separator being 250 sec/100 cc or less.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 22, 2015
Date of Patent:
March 12, 2019
Assignee:
Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Sang Ho Lee, Kee Wook Kim, Yun Gi Kim, Jung Seong Lee, Jung Sue Jang, Jun Ho Chung, Jae Hyun Cho, Dae Hyun Hong
Abstract: A cathode and method of preparing the cathode are disclosed. The cathode includes a current collector, and a cathode active material layer disposed on the current collector, wherein the current collector includes a metal substrate, and a conductive protective layer disposed on at least a portion of the metal substrate, and the conductive protective layer includes one or more of a protrusion and a recess which react with base, a lithium battery including the cathode, and a method of preparing the cathode.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 6, 2014
Date of Patent:
March 12, 2019
Assignee:
Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Chae-Woong Cho, Myung-Duk Lim, Seung-Hun Han
Abstract: Disclosed is a secondary battery that may include an electrode assembly; a case to accommodate the electrode assembly; a cap plate to seal the case; and at least one electrode terminal connected to the electrode assembly and passing through the cap plate, wherein the electrode terminal includes a terminal plate positioned on the cap plate and a terminal pin passing through the cap plate and the terminal plate, the terminal plate includes at least two rivet grooves having a predetermined depth from a top surface of the terminal plate, and the terminal pin includes at least two stepped portions protruding from a side surface of the terminal pin to correspond to the at least two rivet grooves.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 15, 2016
Date of Patent:
March 12, 2019
Assignee:
SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD
Inventors:
Minseok Koo, Hyunyoung Lim, Hyunsoo Lee, Janghyun Song
Abstract: Disclosed are a positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery including a compound represented LixCo1?yTiyO2, wherein 1<x?1.1 and 0.02?y?0.05; a method of preparing the same; and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 9, 2015
Date of Patent:
March 5, 2019
Assignee:
Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Young-Ki Kim, Na-Ri Park, Young-Hun Lee, Soon-Rewl Lee, Ick-Kyu Choi, Yong-Chul Park