Abstract: A cylindrical battery, which includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode tab and a second electrode tab; a battery housing configured to accommodate the electrode assembly through an open portion and connected to the first electrode tab; a first current collecting plate having a support portion disposed on the electrode assembly, at least one first tab coupling portion extending from the support portion, and at least one housing coupling portion extending from an end of the first tab coupling portion; a second current collecting plate having a rim portion disposed on the electrode assembly, a second tab coupling portion extending inwardly from the rim portion, and a terminal coupling portion spaced apart from the second tab coupling portion; a cap plate configured to seal the open portion; and a battery terminal coupled with the terminal coupling portion.

Abstract: Disclosed is a battery, which includes an electrode assembly; a battery housing accommodating the electrode assembly through an open portion; a current collecting plate having a support portion, a plurality of uncoated portion coupling portions coupled to the first uncoated portion, and a plurality of first housing coupling portions coupled to an inner surface of the battery housing; a cap plate covering the open portion; an electrode terminal riveted through a perforated hole formed in a closed portion of the battery housing and electrically coupled to the second uncoated portion; and an insulating gasket interposed between the electrode terminal and the perforated hole, wherein the electrode terminal includes a body portion; an outer flange portion; an inner flange portion; and a flat portion provided on an inner side of the inner flange portion.

Abstract: An electrode assembly, a battery, a battery pack and a vehicle including the same are provided. In the electrode assembly, the uncoated portion of an electrode includes a segment region divided into a plurality of segments, and the segment region includes a plurality of segment groups separated by a group separation pitch along a winding direction. One end of the electrode assembly includes a plurality of segment alignments. In winding turns corresponding to the plurality of segment alignments, group separation pitches of segment groups disposed in a same winding turn are substantially identical, and separation pitches of the segment groups is greater in a winding turn of a region adjacent to the outer circumference of the electrode assembly than in a winding turn of a region adjacent to the core of the electrode assembly.

Abstract: This application discloses a technology for guiding a person to prepare foods at a food preparation station. The food preparation station has a plurality of food pans. The technology may track location changes of the food pans or ingredients contained in the food pans, and indicating the current location of an ingredient when needed. The technology monitors a dish being prepared, and provides a step-by-step guidance according a predetermined recipe.

Abstract: A cylindrical secondary battery includes an electrode assembly provided with an electrode tab; a battery can configured to accommodate the electrode assembly through an opening defined at one side thereof; a cap plate covering the opening; a collector disposed between the electrode assembly and the cap plate to electrically connect the electrode tab to the battery can; and a spacer having a body part disposed between the collector and the cap plate, a sealing part configured to seal a gap between the battery can and the cap plate, and a connection part configured to connect the body part to the sealing part. The collector includes a center part; a can coupling part coupled to the battery can; and a bridge connecting the center part to the can coupling part. The bridge of the collector and the connection part of the spacer do not overlap other.

Abstract: A current collector, which electrically connects an electrode assembly and a battery housing included in a cylindrical battery, is provided. The current collector includes a loop-shaped portion configured to surround a periphery of a central axis of the electrode assembly to define an opening region that exposes the first electrode tab; a tab coupling portion configured to extend toward the opening region from an inner side of the loop-shaped portion adjacent to the opening region and coupled with the first electrode tab exposed through the opening region; and a housing coupling portion configured to extend toward the inner circumference of the battery housing from an outer side of the loop-shaped portion and coupled with the battery housing.

Abstract: This application discloses a technology for guiding a person to prepare foods at a food preparation station. The food preparation station has a plurality of food pans. The technology may track location changes of the food pans or ingredients contained in the food pans, and indicating the current location of an ingredient when needed. The technology monitors a dish being prepared, and provides a step-by-step guidance according a predetermined recipe.

Abstract: An electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same are provided. One end of the electrode assembly includes a plurality of segment alignments in which the plurality of segment groups are aligned along a radial direction, and an electrolyte impregnation portion provided between segment alignments adjacent in a circumferential direction, wherein an end of the first active material portion is exposed between winding turns of the separator. The segments included in the segment alignment are bent toward the core to form a bending surface region. An end of the separator is spaced apart from a criterion line extending in a winding axis direction along a location corresponding to the plurality of cut grooves by 30% or less of a minimum height of the segments forming the bending surface region.

Abstract: A button-type secondary battery according to the present disclosure includes: an electrode assembly; a lower can configured to accommodate the electrode assembly; an upper can coupled to an opening of the lower can; a gasket configured to insulate a coupling portion between the lower can and the upper can; and a center part provided at a core portion of the electrode assembly, wherein the center part includes: a center pin inserted into the core portion of the electrode assembly; and an upper plate provided with an upper cover surface provided on an upper end of the center pin to protect an upper portion of the electrode assembly, wherein an edge of the upper cover surface is provided to be supported on an inner wall of the lower can.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cylindrical battery, which includes an electrode assembly; a battery housing configured to accommodate the electrode assembly through an open portion; a current collecting plate having a support portion, an uncoated portion coupling portion coupled to the first uncoated portion, and a housing coupling portion electrically connected to the battery housing; a cap plate covering the open portion; an electrode terminal riveted through a perforated hole formed in a closed portion of the battery housing and electrically connected to the second uncoated portion; and an insulating gasket interposed between the electrode terminal and the perforated hole, wherein the electrode terminal includes a body portion; an outer flange portion; an inner flange portion; and a flat portion provided on an inner side of the inner flange portion.

Abstract: An electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same are provided. The first electrode of the electrode assembly includes a first active material portion coated with an active material layer along a winding direction and a first uncoated portion not coated with an active material layer and exposed beyond the separator. The first uncoated portion includes a first portion adjacent to the core of the electrode assembly, a second portion adjacent to the outer circumference of the electrode assembly, and a third portion between the first portion and the second portion. The third portion includes a plurality of segments spaced apart along the winding direction by forming a cut groove in plural along the winding axis direction. The height of the first portion may be relatively lower than the height of the uncoated portion at the bottom of the cut groove.

Abstract: A forming device and a forming method thereof bends an electrode tab portion that is exposed to the end portion of a jelly roll-type electrode assembly in the axial direction thereof, in a radial direction. The forming device may include a forming jig bending the electrode tab, and a flattening jig flattening the bent electrode tab further. The forming jig comprises a pre-forming perimeter surface and a bend inducing surface. The pre-forming perimeter surface has an inner radius that increases from a base end toward a leading end elongated in a pressing direction. The bend inducing surface connects to the base end of the pre-forming perimeter surface, and extends inwards, in the radial direction.

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: This application discloses a technology for guiding a person to prepare foods at a food preparation station. The food preparation station has a plurality of food pans. The technology may track location changes of the food pans or ingredients contained in the food pans, and indicating the current location of an ingredient when needed. The technology monitors a dish being prepared, and provides a step-by-step guidance according a predetermined recipe.

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: A battery can include an electrode assembly, a battery housing, a terminal and a cap. The electrode assembly can have a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode. Each of the first electrode and the second electrode can have 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. The battery housing can have a first end with a first opening and a second end with a second opening opposite the first end. The terminal can be 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.

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: A battery can include an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode can have a pair of first sides and a pair of second sides extending between the pair of first sides, a first portion including an active material extending between the pair of first sides, and a second portion extending between the pair of first sides and exposed beyond the separator along a winding direction. The battery can further include a battery housing having a first opening at a first end and a second end with a second opening opposite the first end, a first current collector including a support portion positioned on the electrode assembly, and a housing cover which seals the first opening.

Abstract: A battery can include an electrode assembly having a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator. The first electrode can include a first active material region coated with an active material layer along a winding direction and a first uncoated region not coated with the active material layer, and at least part of the first uncoated region used as an electrode tab. The battery can further include a first current collector coupled to at least part of the first uncoated region on the electrode assembly, a battery housing to accommodate the electrode assembly and the first current collector, and an insulator between an inner surface of the battery housing facing the first uncoated region or the first current collector and the first uncoated region or the first current collector to block the electrical connection between the first uncoated region and the battery housing.

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.