Abstract: A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly, a battery can in which the electrode assembly is accommodated, a cap assembly including an upper cap plate defining a positive terminal, the cap assembly being disposed above the battery can, a gasket surrounding a rim of the cap assembly and interposed between the battery can and the cap, and a porous member disposed between the cap assembly and the gasket to discharge gas generated in the battery can to outside the battery can.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pressing apparatus capable of uniformly pressing an object to be pressed using a pressure adjustment portion having a fluid contained therein irrespective of the shape of the object and a pressing method using the same.

Abstract: Discussed is an apparatus for manufacturing a unit cell of a battery, the apparatus including: a center electrode reel from which a center electrode is unwound; an upper separator reel from which an upper separator laminated on a top surface of the center electrode is unwound; a lower separator reel from which a lower separator laminated on a bottom surface of the center electrode is unwound; and a magnetic force generation part disposed above or below a first laminate to apply magnetic force to the first laminate, the first laminate including the lower separator, the center electrode, and the upper separator that are sequentially laminated.

Abstract: An apparatus for preparing a unit cell is provided. The apparatus includes a center electrode reel from which a center electrode sheet is unwound, wherein the center electrode sheet is configured to form a plurality of center electrodes, separator reels from which separator sheets to be stacked with the center electrodes are unwound, a laminator configured to laminate a stack which is formed by stacking the plurality of center electrodes with the separator sheets while the plurality of center electrodes are spaced apart from each other and disposed in a row in a longitudinal direction of the separator sheets, a first nozzle configured to apply an adhesive to an upper surface of the separator sheet disposed on an uppermost layer of the laminated stack, and an upper electrode reel from which an upper electrode sheet is unwound.

Abstract: In order to the aforementioned issue, a unit cell manufacturing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: an electrode reel from which an electrode sheet, which is to be a plurality of electrodes, is unwound; a separator reel from which a separator sheet to be stacked with the electrodes is unwound; and in a stack which is formed by stacking the plurality of electrodes with the separator sheet while the plurality of electrodes are spaced apart from each other and disposed in a row in the longitudinal direction of the separator sheet, a sealer which is disposed between the plurality of electrodes and applies heat and pressure to at least one of the corners of the electrodes or the edges of the electrodes.

Abstract: A system and method for transferring an electrode substrate, including a process of pressing an electrode substrate, supplied from a winding roll, in a direction opposite to a winding direction, by using a bending mitigation roller. According to the present system and method, it is possible to resolve a bending phenomenon of an electrode substrate supplied from a winding roll and significantly reduce product defects while not lowering the process efficiency.

Abstract: Discussed is an apparatus for manufacturing a unit cell of a battery, the apparatus including: a center electrode reel from which a center electrode is unwound; an upper separator reel from which an upper separator laminated on a top surface of the center electrode is unwound; a lower separator reel from which a lower separator laminated on a bottom surface of the center electrode is unwound; and a magnetic force generation part disposed above or below a first laminate to apply magnetic force to the first laminate, the first laminate including the lower separator, the center electrode, and the upper separator that are sequentially laminated.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a plasma generating apparatus for a secondary battery. The plasma generating apparatus for the secondary battery comprises a transfer roller that transfers a separator, a metal member disposed within the transfer roller, a plasma generating member that interacts with the metal member to generate a plasma and irradiate the generated plasma onto a surface of the separator, and a protrusion member that causes a portion of the separator closely attached to the transfer roller to protrude and forms an adhesion area, which is adhesive, and a non-adhesion area, which is non-adhesive or less adhesive than the adhesion area, by allowing the plasma to be irradiated onto the adhesion area and no plasma or less plasma to be irradiated onto the non-adhesion area.

Abstract: An electrode assembly for a secondary battery having reduced internal resistance while adhesion between a separator and an electrode is maintained and having improved electrolyte impregnation the electrode assembly including a separator having a processed area having undergone a corona discharging process and a non-processed area.

Abstract: A unit cell for a secondary battery includes a central electrode having a first polarity, a pair of separators respectively laminated on both surfaces the central electrode, and an upper electrode and a lower electrode respectively laminated on the pair of separators and having a second polarity, wherein the separator has a patterned adhesive force.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode assembly. The electrode assembly comprises: a first separator sheet; and a first electrode sheet and a second electrode sheet, which respectively adhere to both surfaces of the first separator sheet, wherein patterned masks having different adhesion force are respectivley disposed on both the surfaces of the first separator sheet, and the first electrode sheet adheres to the mask of a first surface of both the surfaces, which has relatively high adhesion force, and the second electrode sheet adheres to the mask of a second surface having relatively low adhesion force.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a plasma generating apparatus for a secondary battery. The plasma generating apparatus for the secondary battery comprises a transfer roller that transfers a separator, a metal member disposed within the transfer roller, a plasma generating member that interacts with the metal member to generate a plasma and irradiate the generated plasma onto a surface of the separator, and a protrusion member that causes a portion of the separator closely attached to the transfer roller to protrude and forms an adhesion area, which is adhesive, and a non-adhesion area, which is non-adhesive or less adhesive than the adhesion area, by allowing the plasma to be irradiated onto the adhesion area and no plasma or less plasma to be irradiated onto the non-adhesion area.

Abstract: An electrode assembly for a secondary battery having reduced internal resistance while adhesion between a separator and an electrode is maintained and having improved electrolyte impregnation the electrode assembly including a separator having a processed area having undergone a corona discharging process and a non-processed area.

Abstract: A unit cell for a secondary battery includes a central electrode having a first polarity, a pair of separators respectively laminated on both surfaces the central electrode, and an upper electrode and a lower electrode respectively laminated on the pair of separators and having a second polarity, wherein the separator has a patterned adhesive force.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode assembly. The electrode assembly comprises: a first separator sheet; and a first electrode sheet and a second electrode sheet, which respectively adhere to both surfaces of the first separator sheet, wherein patterned masks having different adhesion force are respectivley disposed on both the surfaces of the first separator sheet, and the first electrode sheet adheres to the mask of a first surface of both the surfaces, which has relatively high adhesion force, and the second electrode sheet adheres to the mask of a second surface having relatively low adhesion force.