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: 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: Disclosed is a fixing structure of an electrode terminal, and a battery, a battery pack and a vehicle including the same. The fixing structure of an electrode terminal includes a battery housing having an open end and a bottom portion in which a perforation hole is formed; an electrode terminal installed through the perforation hole not to contact an inner wall of the perforation hole; and a terminal gasket interposed between the electrode terminal and the perforation hole. A hot-melt layer is interposed at the interface between the electrode terminal and the terminal gasket or the interface between the terminal gasket and the battery housing.

Abstract: Disclosed is a fixing structure of an electrode terminal, and a battery, a battery pack and a vehicle including the same. The fixing structure of an electrode terminal includes a battery housing configured to be opened at one side and have a bottom at the other side in which a perforation hole is formed; an electrode terminal installed through the perforation hole not to contact an inner wall of the perforation hole; and a terminal gasket interposed between the electrode terminal and the perforation hole, and the electrode terminal includes a body portion inserted into the perforation hole; an outer flange portion configured to extend along an outer surface of the bottom of the battery housing from a first side of the body portion; an inner flange portion configured to extend toward an inner surface of the bottom of the battery housing from a second side of the body portion; and a flat portion provided to an inner side of the inner flange portion.

Abstract: A battery pack has reduced manufacturing cost, improved heat dissipation efficiency, and enhanced product stability. The battery pack includes a cover structure including a first cover frame having a plate shape with both front and rear ends bent leftward to form an inner space and a second cover frame having a portion coupled to the first cover frame and having a plate shape with both front and rear ends bent rightward to form an inner space; a first battery module having a plurality of battery cells; and a second battery module having a plurality of battery cells.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a cylindrical battery case includes performing an ironing process, which is one of the processes of manufacturing the battery case, a plurality of times in order to decrease the surface roughness of the battery case, thereby improving the corrosion characteristics of the battery case. The surface roughness of the cylindrical battery case is decreased by performing a thickness reducing process when a process for forming the outer circumferential surface of a body of the cylindrical battery case is performed at the time of manufacturing the cylindrical battery case. In addition, corrosion characteristics are improved for respective values of the surface roughness.

Abstract: Discussed is a battery including an electrode assembly having a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator wound about an axis, and 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 housing having a first end with a first opening and a second end with a second opening opposite the first end, the housing accommodating the electrode assembly, a terminal electrically connected to the second portion of the first electrode and exposed out of the housing through the first opening of the housing at the first end, a cap at the second end of the housing, and an insulating gasket having an extended shape to cover the outer circumferential surface of the terminal.

Abstract: Discussed is a battery including an electrode assembly having a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, 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 and electrically connected to the second electrode to have a second polarity, a terminal electrically connected to the first electrode to have a first polarity, the terminal being 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. The cap overlaps the battery housing at the second end and has no polarity.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a tire having characters such as a brand name, a model name, etc. engraved on a sidewall thereof. The tire of the present disclosure includes a plurality of knurling units that includes: a first knurling part that is convex; a second knurling part that continues from a side of the first knurling part and is convex; a third knurling part that continues from a side of the second knurling part and is convex; and a fourth knurling part that is convex and is continuously connected from a side of the third knurling part to another side of the first knurling part.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a holographic microscope comprises a light source, an optical system splitting light emitted from the light source into an object and a reflective mirror and inducing interference between light reflected by the object or transmitted through the object and light reflected by the reflective mirror, a first image sensor receiving the interference light and sensing interference information for the interference light, a second image sensor receiving the light reflected by the object or transmitted through the object and sensing information for the received light, and an image processor deriving a shape of the object based on the interference information sensed by the first image sensor and the information sensed by the second image sensor.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a tire having characters such as a brand name, a model name, etc. engraved on a sidewall thereof. The tire of the present disclosure includes a plurality of knurling units that includes: a first knurling part that is convex; a second knurling part that continues from a side of the first knurling part and is convex; a third knurling part that continues from a side of the second knurling part and is convex; and a fourth knurling part that is convex and is continuously connected from a side of the third knurling part to another side of the first knurling part.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a ring-learning with rounding (LWR)-based quantum-resistant signature method includes: a key generation step of receiving a security parameter, and outputting a signature key and a verification key, via an operation on a ring defined by a cyclotomic equation including three terms; a signature value output step of outputting a signature value based on the output signature key; and a signature verification step of calculating an operation value based on the output verification key and signature value, and verifying a signature based on a result of comparing the output signature value with the calculated operation value.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a ring-learning with rounding (LWR)-based quantum-resistant signature method includes: a key generation step of receiving a security parameter, and outputting a signature key and a verification key, via an operation on a ring defined by a cyclotomic equation including three terms; a signature value output step of outputting a signature value based on the output signature key; and a signature verification step of calculating an operation value based on the output verification key and signature value, and verifying a signature based on a result of comparing the output signature value with the calculated operation value.

Abstract: An inspection apparatus includes: a plurality of support members that support a display panel at a predetermined height; a bending-pressing member that presses a pressing surface of the display panel; a sound wave sensor that senses a sound wave generated from the display panel during a bending inspection process, wherein during the bending inspection process, the bending-pressing member presses the pressing surface of the display panel; and an inspection controller that detects a crack in the display panel using the sound wave sensed by the sound wave sensor.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a tire having characters such as a brand name, a model name, etc. engraved on a sidewall thereof. The tire of the present disclosure includes a plurality of knurling units that includes: a first knurling part that is convex; a second knurling part that continues from a side of the first knurling part and is convex; a third knurling part that continues from a side of the second knurling part and is convex; and a fourth knurling part that is convex and is continuously connected from a side of the third knurling part to another side of the first knurling part.

Abstract: An inspection apparatus includes: a plurality of support members that support a display panel at a predetermined height; a bending-pressing member that presses a pressing surface of the display panel; a sound wave sensor that senses a sound wave generated from the display panel during a bending inspection process, wherein during the bending inspection process, the bending-pressing member presses the pressing surface of the display panel; and an inspection controller that detects a crack in the display panel using the sound wave sensed by the sound wave sensor.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a memory device and an operating method thereof. A memory device includes an enable signal generation unit generating an enable signal in response to a command; a storage unit storing product information of the memory device; an information generation unit generating variable information of the memory device; and an output unit combining the product information from the storage unit with the variable information from the information generation unit and outputting the combined information in response to the enable signal.

Abstract: The present exemplary embodiments relate to a variable damping force shock absorber in which variable valves each capable of varying a damping force during compression and rebound strokes are installed inside a cylinder, and thus, a volume of an apparatus is reduced to easily secure an installation space and prevent interference with peripheral components.

Abstract: The present exemplary embodiments relate to a variable damping force shock absorber in which variable valves each capable of varying a damping force during compression and rebound strokes are installed inside a cylinder, and thus, a volume of an apparatus is reduced to easily secure an installation space and prevent interference with peripheral components.