Abstract: A rechargeable battery includes: a case receiving an electrode assembly and including an opening; a cap assembly including a cap plate combined to the case and covering the opening, and a terminal plate combined to the cap plate; and a housing member covering the cap plate on an external side of the terminal plate and combined to the case, the housing member including an undercut formed toward an external surface of the case.

Abstract: Locking pliers according to an embodiment of the present disclosure can be easily unlocked by pressing a pressing unit of an opening lever with a thumb while gripping the levers with one hand, and the locking pliers can give tension to an object by pulling the object through the principle of leverage.

Abstract: A rechargeable battery according to an embodiment includes: an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode; a case including an inner space to accommodate the electrode assembly and having an opening at a side thereof; a cap plate coupled to the opening of the case and including a terminal hole to expose the inner space; and an electrode terminal electrically connected to the electrode assembly through the terminal hole and overlapping the cap plate, and the cap plate and the electrode terminal are made of different metals.

Abstract: 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 connected to the first electrode to house the electrode assembly and including an opening to receive the electrode assembly; a cap plate coupled with the case to cover an outer region of the opening and including a through-hole to expose a center region of the opening; and a terminal plate connected to the second electrode to be insulated from and bonded to the cap plate, and including a flange part covering the through-hole and a protruded part penetrating the through-hole from the flange part.

Abstract: 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 including an inner space accommodating the electrode assembly, and an opening; a cap plate coupled to the case at the opening and including a terminal hole exposing the inner space; an electrode terminal electrically connected to the electrode assembly through the terminal hole and overlapping the cap plate; electrode tabs respectively connected to the first electrode and the second electrode; and an electrolyte solution in the inner space, and at least one electrode tab of the electrode tabs has an inclined portion that is inclined at a first angle with respect to a surface of the electrode assembly facing the at least one electrode tab.

Abstract: 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 connected to the first electrode and accommodating the electrode assembly, the case including an opening to receive the electrode assembly; a cap plate bonded to the case to cover an outer region of the opening and including a through-hole to expose a center region of the opening; a terminal plate bonded to and insulated from the cap plate, covering the through-hole, and connected to the second electrode; and a terminal plating layer coated on an upper surface of the terminal plate, and a thickness of a center portion of the terminal plating layer overlapping the through-hole is thicker than a thickness of an outer portion of the terminal plating layer overlapping the upper surface of the terminal plate.

Abstract: A rechargeable battery includes: an electrode assembly including a first electrode tab and a second electrode tab; a case including an opening and receiving the electrode assembly to be connected to the first electrode tab; a cap assembly including a cap plate coupled to the case and covering the opening, and a terminal plate coupled to the cap plate and connected to the second electrode tab; a first insulating member between the second electrode tab and the cap plate; a second insulating member attached to a surface of the second electrode tab; and a third insulating member between the second electrode tab and the electrode assembly.

Abstract: 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 configured to be connected to the first electrode to accommodate the electrode assembly, and including an opening to receive the electrode assembly; a cap plate configured to be coupled with the case to cover an outer area of the opening, and including a through-hole to expose a central area of the opening; and a terminal plate configured to be connected to the second electrode and to be insulation-bonded to the cap plate, and including a flange portion covering the through-hole, and a protrusion penetrating the through-hole from the flange portion.

Abstract: A rechargeable battery includes: a case receiving an electrode assembly and including an opening; a cap assembly including a cap plate coupled to the case and covering the opening, and a terminal plate coupled to the cap plate; and a housing covering the cap plate and coupled to the case, and an outer surface of the terminal plate protrudes more than an outer surface of the housing to have a height difference.

Abstract: 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 configured to be connected to the first electrode and accommodate the electrode assembly, and including an opening to expose the electrode assembly; a cap plate configured to be coupled to the case to cover an outer area of the opening, and including a through-hole to expose a central area of the opening; a terminal plate configured to cover the through-hole and to be connected to the second electrode; and a thermal-fusion layer configured to be arranged between the cap plate and the terminal plate and to insulation-bond the cap plate and the terminal plate, and the thermal-fusion layer includes a plurality of layers including a thermoplastic resin layer.

Abstract: A rechargeable battery according to one aspect of the present invention includes: an electrode assembly that includes a first electrode and a second electrode; a case of which one side is opened, and that receives the electrode assembly; a cap assembly that includes a cap plate covering the opened portion of the case; a first current collecting member that is disposed at a lower side of the cap assembly and is thus connected with the first electrode; a sealing member that is made of an insulation material and penetrates the cap plate and the first current collecting member; and a first terminal in which a base portion fixed to an outer side of the cap plate and an extension portion formed to penetrate the sealing member such that first current collecting member is fixed to the cap assembly are formed as a single body.

Abstract: A rechargeable battery includes: an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode, a separator between the first and second electrodes, and first and second electrode tabs respectively coupled to the first and second electrodes; a case accommodating the electrode assembly and coupled to the first electrode tab; and a cap assembly sealing an opening in the case. The cap assembly includes: a cap plate covering the opening in the case; and a terminal plate coupled to the cap plate. The terminal plate includes: a flange portion coupled to and electrically insulated from the cap plate; and a tab connecting portion protruding from the flange portion toward the electrode assembly and extending through a terminal opening in the cap plate to be coupled to the second electrode tab. The terminal plate has a flat outer surface, and the tab connecting portion has a flat inner surface.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a secondary battery capable of improving insulation safety. For example, the secondary battery includes: an electrode assembly; a case configured to accommodate the electrode assembly; and a cap assembly coupled to an upper portion of the case, wherein the cap assembly includes a cap-up, a safety vent installed below the cap-up and having a vent extension part extending to an upper side of the cap-up to surround an edge of the cap-up, and an insulation washer attached to upper portions of the vent extension part and the cap-up, and a welding area having a thickness less than that of surroundings is formed on the vent extension part.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an X-ray imaging apparatus and control method thereof, for guiding the user to intuitively recognize an actual dose of X-rays and select a proper dose, ultimately a condition for low dose of X-ray irradiation by providing the user with information about an actual X-ray dose to which an X-ray filter effect is reflected. In accordance with an aspect of the disclosure, an X-ray imaging apparatus includes: an X-ray source configured to generate and irradiate X-rays according to an X-ray irradiation condition including at least one of a tube voltage, a tube current, or a filter; a display configured to provide a graphic user interface to receive a choice about the X-ray irradiation condition; and a controller configured to obtain a parameter that represents a dose of radiation, to which an influence of the filter is reflected, based on the selected X-ray irradiation condition and control the display to display the parameter.

Abstract: 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 having an opening and housing the electrode assembly; and a cap assembly sealing the opening of the case, and the cap assembly includes: a cap plate bonded to the case and covering the opening; a terminal plate bonded to the cap plate; and a thermal fusion member between the terminal plate and the cap plate and thermally fused with the terminal plate and the cap plate.

Abstract: A breast cancer detection kit using saliva and a breast cancer detection method using the kit, which are presented in the present invention, can detect breast cancer more accurately than a conventional breast cancer detection technique. In addition, a fertile window detection kit using saliva and a fertile window detection method using the kit, which are presented in the present invention, can resolve inconveniences of limitations on time and place in a conventional technology for confirming whether there is a fertile window through urine, and can solve problems, of a conventional technique for determining the structure of saliva through observation, in which saliva takes a certain amount of time to dry and the observation, itself, of spit can arouse visual discomfort, in order to confirm the salt crystals of saliva or the structural shape of saliva.

Abstract: A rechargeable battery includes: an electrode assembly including a first electrode and a second electrode; a housing having an open side, the housing accommodating the electrode assembly; a cap assembly including a cap plate for closing and sealing the open side of the housing; a first current collecting member under the cap assembly and connected to the first electrode; a second current collecting member under the cap assembly and connected to the second electrode; and an insulating case joined with the cap assembly, arranged between the cap plate and the electrode assembly, and having grooves at portions thereof respectively corresponding to the first and second current collecting members.

Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for calculating a safety grade of a working environment that may receive harmful gas information from a gas sensor configured to detect a harmful gas to calculate a safety grade, receive biometric information of a user from a biometric sensor configured to measure the biometric information of the user, calculate a safety grade for the user based on the harmful gas information and the biometric information, and output the calculated safety grade.

Abstract: The present invention provides an infant comfort system using artificial intelligence and micro-vibration and a method for controlling the same, the system including a bouncer seat on which an infant can be laid prone in a bouncer to allow the infant to have a stable resting posture similar to that in his/her mother's womb, in contrast to a conventional bouncer on which an infant is laid supine, thereby making the infant feel stable and comfort and thus easily making the infant stop crying.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for interpolating X-ray tomographic image data by using a machine learning model. A method of interpolating an X-ray tomographic image or X-ray tomographic composite image data includes obtaining a trained model parameter via machine learning that uses a sub-sampled sinogram for learning as an input and uses a full-sampled sinogram for learning as a ground truth; radiating X-rays onto an object at a plurality of preset angular locations via an X-ray source, and obtaining a sparsely-sampled sinogram including X-ray projection data obtained via X-rays detected at the plurality of preset angular locations; applying the trained model parameter to the sparsely-sampled sinogram by using the machine learning model; and generating a densely-sampled sinogram by estimating X-ray projection data not obtained with respect to the object on the sparsely-sampled sinogram.