Abstract: To solve the above problem, a top insulator for a case of a secondary battery, according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a glass fiber including crossed weft yarns and warp yarns of raw yarns of the glass fiber; and silicone rubber on at least one surface of the glass fiber.

Abstract: A rust inhibitor for a gasket, a gasket for a secondary battery including the same, and a secondary battery are provided. The rust inhibitor includes an anti-rust material and a polymer resin, wherein the polymer resin includes at least one of polyethylene or a copolymer which includes 2 or more derived units selected from the group consisting of an ethylene-derived unit, a propylene-derived unit, a butylene terephthalate-derived unit, an ethylene terephthalate-derived unit, and a methyl acrylate-derived unit.

Abstract: A secondary battery may include: an electrode assembly in which a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator are wound or stacked; an insulator on at least one of an upper portion and a lower portion of the electrode assembly; and a battery case configured to accommodate the electrode assembly, the insulator, and an electrolyte and sealed by a cap assembly, wherein the insulator includes: a peripheral portion having a disk ring shape and made of a rigid material; and a central portion extending inward from an inner circumferential surface of the peripheral portion and including a textile fabric having high-temperature resistance.

Abstract: An electrode assembly includes a first electrode; a second electrode; and a separator, the first electrode, the second electrode, and the separator wound about an axis defining a core and an outer circumference of the electrode assembly. The first electrode has a pair of first sides and a pair of second sides, a first portion extending between the pair of first sides, and a second portion extending between the pair of first sides, the first portion being coated with an active material, and at least a part of the second portion includes an electrode tab. The second portion includes a first part adjacent to the core of the electrode assembly, a second part adjacent to the outer circumference of the electrode assembly, and a third part between the first part and the second part. The first or second part has a smaller height than the third part.

Abstract: A battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode, second electrode, and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, the first electrode including a first region coated with an active material and a second region at a first side and adjacent to the first region, the second region being exposed beyond the separator, and at least part of the second region is an electrode tab; a housing including a first end with a first opening, the housing accommodating the electrode assembly; a first current collector including an edge portion on the electrode assembly, a second region coupling portion extending from the edge portion and coupled with the second region, and a terminal coupling portion spaced apart from the second region coupling portion; and a terminal coupled with the terminal coupling portion.

Abstract: An electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same are provided. In the electrode assembly, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound based on an axis to define a core and an outer circumference. The first electrode includes a first portion coated with an active material and a second portion at a first side and adjacent the first portion, the second portion being exposed beyond the separator along a first axial direction of the electrode assembly. A part of the second portion is bent in a radial direction of the electrode assembly forming a first surface region including stacked layers of the second portion, and in a partial region of the first surface region, a number of the stacked layers of the second portion is 10 or more in the in the first axial direction.

Abstract: The riveting structure of an electrode terminal for a battery includes a battery housing having a bottom; an electrode terminal riveted through a hole formed in the bottom of the battery housing; and a gasket between the electrode terminal and the battery housing. Also, the electrode terminal includes a body portion inserted into the hole; an outer flange portion extending along an outer surface of the bottom of the battery housing from a first side of the body portion exposed through the outer surface; an inner flange portion extending toward an inner surface of the bottom of the battery housing from a second side of the body portion exposed through the inner surface; and a flat portion on the second side of the body portion.

Abstract: A battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator between the first electrode and second electrode, a first portion including an active material extending between a pair of first sides, and a second portion extending between the pair of first sides and exposed beyond the separator, at least a part of the second portion includes an electrode tab; a battery housing having a first end with a first opening, a second end opposite the first end, and an inner surface, the battery housing accommodating the electrode assembly; a first current collector including a tab coupling portion coupled to the second portion of the first electrode and a housing coupling portion extending from the tab coupling portion and electrically coupled to the inner surface of the battery housing; and a cap covering the first opening of the battery housing.

Abstract: A battery having an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator between the first and the second electrode, the first electrode having a first portion including an active material extending between a pair of first sides, and a second portion extending between the pair of first sides and exposed beyond the separator, and at least part of the second portion includes an electrode tab; a battery housing having a first opening at a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the battery housing accommodating the electrode assembly; and a first current collector including a support portion on the electrode assembly, a first tab coupling portion extending from the support portion and coupled with the second portion of the first electrode and a first housing coupling portion extending from the support portion and electrically coupled onto an inner surface of the battery housing.

Abstract: A battery, includes an electrode assembly having a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator, wherein each of the first electrode and the second electrode has a first portion including an active material corresponding to the separator, and a second portion exposed beyond the separator and not coated with the active material; a battery housing having a first end with a first opening and a second end with a second opening opposite the first end, the battery housing accommodating the electrode assembly through the second opening at the second end and electrically connected to the second portion of the second electrode; a terminal electrically connected to the second portion of the first electrode and exposed out of the battery housing through the first opening of the battery housing at the first end; and a cap covering and sealing the second opening at the second end of the battery housing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a secondary battery, in which a sealing property is improved, and a method for manufacturing the same. The secondary battery includes: a can member having an opening; a top cap assembly sealing the opening; a gasket insulating the opening from the top cap assembly; and a hot melt applied to a surface of the gasket, wherein the hot melt has fluidity and viscosity at a predetermined temperature or more and is hardened at a temperature less than the predetermined temperature.

Abstract: The disclosed secondary battery is capable of preventing a short-circuit pressure at which the safety vent is ruptured from being reduced due to deformation of the safety vent during assembly of the battery. The secondary battery of the present invention includes a can member accommodating an electrode assembly and a top cap assembly covering an opening of the can member. A safety vent is provided in the top cap assembly to discharge a gas when an inner pressure of the can member increases, wherein the safety vent includes a main body and a bending unit, in which an outer edge of the main body is bent, and wherein a buffering space is defined between the bending unit and the main body.

Abstract: A secondary battery according to the present invention comprises an electrode assembly in which an electrode and a separator are combined and staked, a can configured to accommodate the electrode assembly therein, and an insulation coating part applied to an inner surface of the can, wherein the insulation coating part has a coating thickness of 1 ?m to 15 ?m.

Abstract: A cylindrical battery cell includes a jelly-roll type electrode assembly, configured to have a structure in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are wound in a state in which a separator is disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; a cylindrical battery case having no beading part; a cap assembly located at the open upper end of the cylindrical battery case, the cap assembly including a safety vent configured to rupture in order to exhaust gas when pressure in the battery case increases; a gasket mounted so as to surround the outer circumference of the safety vent in order to maintain insulation between the cap assembly and the cylindrical battery case; and a washer for fixing the cap assembly to the cylindrical battery case, the washer coupled to an upper surface of an outer circumferential portion of the open upper end of the cylindrical battery case.

Abstract: A rust inhibitor for a gasket, a gasket for a secondary battery including the same, and a secondary battery are provided. The rust inhibitor includes an anti-rust material and a polymer resin, wherein the polymer resin includes at least one of polyethylene or a copolymer which includes 2 or more derived units selected from the group consisting of an ethylene-derived unit, a propylene-derived unit, a butylene terephthalate-derived unit, an ethylene terephthalate-derived unit, and a methyl acrylate-derived unit.

Abstract: A gasket for a secondary battery including a base resin and a rust inhibitor, wherein the base resin includes polybutylene terephthalate and the rust inhibitor includes an anti-rust material and a polymer resin, and the base resin and the polymer resin are different.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a washer for a secondary battery including a film layer and an adhesive layer disposed on at least one surface of the film layer, wherein the adhesive layer includes an adhesive component and an indicator component, and the indicator component is fat-soluble, a secondary battery including the same, and a method for manufacturing the washer.

Abstract: A cylindrical secondary battery may have an insulation layer formed in a region in which the top cap and the first gasket are coupled to each other. The insulation layer may include a ceramic material and a binder. The secondary battery is designed so that, when an external electrical conductive object is electrically connected directly to a positive electrode and a negative electrode of the secondary battery, an electrode tab of the secondary battery is broken as quickly as possible.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery cell tray, which is a tray configured to accommodate a plurality of cylinder type battery cells in a storage of a first packaging member, including a first tray member having a plate type structure in which a plurality of first recessed portions surrounding one side end portions of the battery cells are formed; and a second tray member having a plate type structure in which a plurality of second recessed portions surrounding the other side end portions facing the one side end portions of the battery cells are formed, and the first and second tray members includes a volatile rust inhibitor which is vaporized at room temperature to form a rust-proofing film on surfaces of the battery cells.

Abstract: A wearable energy generating apparatus includes a flexible substrate, and a flexible electrode part having a first electrode attached to one surface of the flexible substrate, and coated with a negatively charged material, and a second electrode attached to one surface of the flexible substrate, and spaced apart from the first electrode by a predetermined interval. The negatively charged material coated on a surface of the first electrode may directly contact a human body that is a positively charged object, and the second electrode may directly contact the skin of the human body.