Abstract: A battery includes an electrode assembly defining a core and an outer circumference by winding a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween around a winding center, each of the first electrode and the second electrode includes a first uncoated portion and a second uncoated portion on which an active material layer is not coated along the winding direction; a battery housing accommodating the electrode assembly through an opening formed on one side thereof; a cap including a venting portion, covering the opening, and electrically connected to the battery housing and the first uncoated portion; and a battery terminal penetrating one surface of the battery housing and electrically connected to the second uncoated portion.

Abstract: A battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, the first electrode, the second electrode and the separator being wound around a winding axis to define a core and an outer peripheral surface. The first electrode and the second electrode include a first uncoated region and a second uncoated region along a winding direction, respectively, and an active material layer coating is absent in the first uncoated region and the second uncoated region. The battery further includes a housing receiving the electrode assembly through an opening formed at a bottom, a first current collector coupled to the first uncoated region and disposed within the housing, a cap covering the opening, a spacer interposed between the cap and the electrode assembly to fix the electrode assembly and seal the housing, and a terminal electrically connected to the second uncoated region.

Abstract: A cylindrical secondary battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode tab and a second electrode tab, a battery can configured to accommodate the electrode assembly therein, the battery can having an opening, the battery can being electrically connected to the electrode assembly, a through terminal extending through one surface of the battery can, the through terminal being electrically connected to the electrode assembly, a first current collecting plate having a first surface coupled to the first electrode tab and a second surface coupled to the through terminal, an insulator interposed between the first current collecting plate and the battery can, and a cap plate covering the opening of the battery can. An insulating coating layer is provided along an inner circumferential surface of a sidewall of the battery can facing a side portion of the first electrode tab and a side portion of the first current collecting plate.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a battery according to the present disclosure includes (a) preparing a battery housing having an opening at one side and a bottom having a through-hole at the other side; (b) fixing an electrode terminal to the through-hole; (c) preparing an electrode assembly including a first electrode tab formed of a first uncoated portion and a second electrode tab formed of a second uncoated portion at upper and lower parts, respectively; (d) inserting the electrode assembly into the battery housing through the opening at one side of the battery housing such that the first electrode tab faces the bottom; (e) electrically connecting the first electrode tab to the electrode terminal; and (f) covering the open end with a cap plate.

Abstract: A battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode tab and a second electrode tab defined by an uncoated portion; a battery housing accommodating the electrode assembly and electrically connected to the second electrode tab; a cap plate configured to close an open portion of the battery housing; a current collector plate including an edge portion, a tab coupling portion extended inwards from the edge portion and coupled to the first electrode tab and a terminal coupling portion spaced apart from the tab coupling portion; and a terminal coupled to the terminal coupling portion.

Abstract: A cylindrical battery includes an electrode assembly in which a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound. The first electrode and the second electrode include a first uncoated portion and a second uncoated portion, respectively. At least one of the first uncoated portion and the second uncoated portion includes a core-side uncoated portion, an outer circumference uncoated portion, and an intermediate uncoated portion interposed therebetween. At least one of the core-side uncoated portion and the outer circumference uncoated portion has a relatively smaller height than the intermediate uncoated portion in a winding axis direction.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same. In the electrode assembly, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound based on a winding axis to define a core and an outer circumference. The first electrode includes a first active material portion coated with an active material layer and a first uncoated portion not coated with an active material layer along a winding direction. At least a part of the first uncoated portion is defined as an electrode tab by itself. 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 interposed between the first portion and the second portion. The first portion or the second portion has a smaller height than the third portion in the winding axis direction.

Abstract: A battery includes an electrode assembly defining a core and an outer circumference by winding a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween around a winding center, each of the first electrode and the second electrode includes a first uncoated portion and a second uncoated portion on which an active material layer is not coated along the winding direction; a battery housing accommodating the electrode assembly through an opening formed on one side thereof; a cap including a venting portion, covering the opening, and electrically connected to the battery housing and the first uncoated portion; and a battery terminal penetrating one surface of the battery housing and electrically connected to the second uncoated portion.

Abstract: A battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, the first electrode, the second electrode and the separator being wound around a winding axis to define a core and an outer peripheral surface. The first electrode and the second electrode include a first uncoated region and a second uncoated region along a winding direction, respectively, and an active material layer coating is absent in the first uncoated region and the second uncoated region. The battery further includes a housing receiving the electrode assembly through an opening formed at a bottom, a first current collector coupled to the first uncoated region and disposed within the housing, a cap covering the opening, a spacer interposed between the cap and the electrode assembly to fix the electrode assembly and seal the housing, and a terminal electrically connected to the second uncoated region.

Abstract: A cylindrical battery includes an electrode assembly having a first uncoated portion and a second uncoated defined as an electrode tab; a battery housing accommodating the electrode assembly through an opening and electrically connected to the second uncoated portion; an electrode terminal riveted through a perforated hole formed in a closed portion of the battery housing and electrically connected to the first uncoated portion; an insulating gasket interposed between the electrode terminal and the perforated hole; and a cap plate configured to cover the opening of the battery housing. The electrode terminal includes a body portion; an outer flange portion extending along an outer surface of the closed portion exposed through the outer surface of the closed portion; an inner flange portion extending toward an inner surface of the closed portion exposed through the inner surface; and a flat portion provided on an inner side of the inner flange portion.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same. 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 an uncoated portion at a long side end thereof and exposed out of the separator along a winding axis direction of the electrode assembly. A part of the uncoated portion is bent in a radial direction of the electrode assembly to form a bending surface region that includes overlapping layers of the uncoated portion, and in a partial region of the bending surface region, the number of stacked layers of the uncoated portion is 10 or more in the winding axis direction of the electrode assembly.

Abstract: A battery includes an electrode assembly including a first uncoated region and a second uncoated region; a battery housing accommodating the electrode assembly and electrically connected to the second uncoated region; a cap to cover an open portion on bottom of the battery housing; a first electrode terminal passing through a partially closed portion of the battery housing and being electrically isolated from the battery housing; and a first current collector coupled to the first uncoated region and connected to the first electrode terminal.

Abstract: A battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode wound around a winding axis to define a core and an outer circumferential surface, the first electrode including a first uncoated region in which an active material layer is not coated along a winding direction; a housing accommodating the electrode assembly through an open portion at a lower end thereof; a first current collector coupled to the first uncoated region and disposed in the housing; a cap to cover the open portion; and a spacer between the first current collector and the cap and having a height corresponding to a distance between the first current collector and the cap.

Abstract: Provided are an electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and vehicle including the same. An electrode assembly, in which a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound about an axis to define a core and an outer circumferential surface. At least one of the first electrode and the second electrode includes, at a long side end portion, an uncoated portion exposed beyond the separator in a direction of the axis. At least a part of the uncoated portion is bent in a radial direction of the electrode assembly to define a bent surface region having overlapping layers of the uncoated portion. The bent surface region includes a welding target region having a number of the overlapping layers of the uncoated portion, and the welding target region extends along a radial direction of the electrode assembly.

Abstract: A cylindrical battery cell includes a jelly-roll having a first electrode tab protruding upward and a second electrode tab protruding downward, a battery can configured to accommodate the jelly-roll through a top opening and electrically connected to the second electrode tab, a first current collecting plate coupled to the first electrode tab at an upper portion of the jelly-roll, an insulating shrink tube having a first cover portion for covering at least a part of the first current collecting plate and a second cover portion for covering a top end of an outer circumference of the jelly-roll, and a top cap electrically connected to the first current collecting plate and configured to cover the opening.

Abstract: A button-type secondary battery has a diameter greater than a height thereof. The button-type secondary battery includes an electrode assembly; a can body in which the electrode assembly is accommodated; a base plate configured to cover an opening of an upper end of the can body and bonded to the can body, the base plate having a through-hole therein; an electrode terminal of which at least a portion is disposed into the through-hole to cover the through-hole; and an insulating gasket configured to insulate the electrode terminal from the base plate. The electrode terminal, the insulating gasket, and the base plate are bonded to each other through thermal fusion.

Abstract: A sub cell includes a jelly-roll type electrode assembly including an electrode tab, a current collector plate joined to one side of the electrode assembly, the current collector plate being electrically connected to the electrode tab, and a solder interposed between the electrode tab and the current collector plate to join the electrode tab and the current collector plate, the solder having a lower melting point than a melting point of the electrode tab and a melting point of the current collector plate.

Abstract: A fixing structure of an electrode includes a battery housing having a bottom with a perforation hole; an electrode terminal fixed to the bottom; and a terminal gasket interposed between the electrode terminal and the bottom. The electrode terminal includes a neck portion inserted into the perforation hole; a head portion connected to one end of the neck portion and having a cross section larger than the cross section of the perforation hole and extending along one surface of the bottom; a protrusion connected to the other end of the neck portion and extending along an axial direction of the battery housing from the other surface of the bottom; a diameter-enlarged portion configured to extend in a centrifugal direction from the protrusion; and a front end surface at an axial end of the protrusion. The diameter-enlarged portion may be a fastening member at an outer circumference of the protrusion.

Abstract: Discussed is a battery that may include an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator wound around a winding axis, wherein the first electrode includes a first active material region coated with a first active material layer and a first uncoated region not coated with the first active material layer, and at least a part of the first uncoated region being an electrode tab; a first current collector coupled to at least a 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 interposed between at least one of the first uncoated region and the first current collector and an inner surface of the battery housing facing the at least one of the first uncoated region and the first current collector to block an electrical connection between the battery housing and the at least one of the first uncoated region and the first current collector.

Abstract: A battery cell includes an electrode assembly having a first electrode current collector having a sheet shape, a second electrode current collector having a sheet shape, and a separator located between the first electrode current collector and the second electrode current collector, the first electrode current collector, the second electrode current collector, and the separator being wound in a winding direction; a battery can accommodating the electrode assembly, the battery can having an open portion and a partially closed portion, the partially closed portion being electrically connected to the second electrode current collector; a current collection plate electrically connected to the first electrode current collector; a cell terminal connected to the current collection plate through a perforated hole of the partially closed portion of the battery can; and an insulator located between the battery can and the current collection plate. A method of manufacturing the battery cell is also provided.