Abstract: A separator film cutter includes a melt cutting unit configured to produce a melting portion by locally heating a separator film, with a tensile force being applied to opposite ends of the separator film, to cut the separator film, a driver configured to drive the melt cutting unit to selectively contact the separator film, and a controller configured to control the driver to heat the separator film by causing the separator film and the melt cutting unit to be in contact for a predetermined time.

Abstract: A separator clamping device includes a body portion including a vacuum passage, the vacuum passage being connected to a vacuum device, a first separator fixing portion on an upper surface of the body portion, the first separator fixing portion being connected to the vacuum passage and being configured to fix a separator onto the upper surface of the body portion by a vacuum suction, and a second separator fixing portion on a side surface of the body portion, the second separator fixing portion being connected to the vacuum passage and being configured to fix the separator onto the side surface of the body portion by a vacuum suction.

Abstract: An electrode plate manufacturing apparatus for a secondary battery includes a supply reel configured to supply a substrate, the substrate having a first surface that is uncoated and a second surface that is at least partially coated, and a patterner adjacent to the supply reel, the patterner including a polygon roller and a support roller facing each other, the patterner being configured to pattern the substrate passing between the polygon roller and the support roller, and the polygon roller including convex curved portions that extend in an axial direction of the polygon roller and that are arranged in a circumferential direction of the polygon roller.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes a first electrode assembly comprising a first separator in a serpentine form and first and second electrode plates that are respectively located on two surfaces of the first separator at different positions; and a second electrode assembly comprising a second separator in a serpentine form and third and fourth electrode plates that are respectively located on the second separator at different positions, wherein the first separator, to which the first and second electrode plates are combined, is bent with respect to ends of the first and second electrode plates so that the portion of the first separator is located on the second separator, and the second separator, on which the third and fourth electrode plates are combined, is bent with respect to ends of the third and fourth electrode plates so that the portion of the second separator is located on the first separator.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes a first electrode assembly comprising a first separator in a serpentine form and first and second electrode plates that are respectively located on two surfaces of the first separator at different positions; and a second electrode assembly comprising a second separator in a serpentine form and third and fourth electrode plates that are respectively located on the second separator at different positions, wherein the first separator, to which the first and second electrode plates are combined, is bent with respect to ends of the first and second electrode plates so that the portion of the first separator is located on the second separator, and the second separator, on which the third and fourth electrode plates are combined, is bent with respect to ends of the third and fourth electrode plates so that the portion of the second separator is located on the first separator.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes a first electrode assembly comprising a first separator in a serpentine form and first and second electrode plates that are respectively located on two surfaces of the first separator at different positions; and a second electrode assembly comprising a second separator in a serpentine form and third and fourth electrode plates that are respectively located on the second separator at different positions, wherein the first separator, to which the first and second electrode plates are combined, is bent with respect to ends of the first and second electrode plates so that the portion of the first separator is located on the second separator, and the second separator, on which the third and fourth electrode plates are combined, is bent with respect to ends of the third and fourth electrode plates so that the portion of the second separator is located on the first separator.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes a first electrode assembly comprising a first separator in a serpentine form and first and second electrode plates that are respectively located on two surfaces of the first separator at different positions; and a second electrode assembly comprising a second separator in a serpentine form and third and fourth electrode plates that are respectively located on the second separator at different positions, wherein the first separator, to which the first and second electrode plates are combined, is bent with respect to ends of the first and second electrode plates so that the portion of the first separator is located on the second separator, and the second separator, on which the third and fourth electrode plates are combined, is bent with respect to ends of the third and fourth electrode plates so that the portion of the second separator is located on the first separator.