Abstract: A method for manufacturing a battery cell according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a sealing process of forming a sealing part on the battery cell having an electrode assembly accommodated in a pouch; a transfer process of transferring the battery cell to position the sealing part between a first confocal-sensor and a second confocal-sensor, which are disposed to face each other; and a measurement process of measuring a thickness of the sealing part with the first confocal-sensor and the second confocal-sensor.

Abstract: A button-type secondary battery includes: an electrode assembly in which a positive electrode, a separator, and a negative electrode are alternately disposed; a can housing including a bottom part and a sidewall extending upward from a circumference of the bottom part to form an internal space, the electrode assembly being disposed in the internal space; a base plate configured to cover an upper opening of the sidewall and coupled to the can housing; a positive electrode terminal having a rivet shape coupled to a through-hole formed in the sidewall; an insulating gasket configured to insulate the positive electrode terminal and the can housing from each other; a positive electrode tab having one side connected to the positive electrode and the other side connected to the positive electrode terminal; and a negative electrode tab having one side connected to the negative electrode and the other side connected to the sidewall.

Abstract: A button-type secondary battery may include: an electrode assembly; a can body housing the electrode assembly; a base plate including a through-hole and covering an opening at an upper end of the can body; an electrode terminal covering the through-hole of the base plate, at least a portion of the electrode terminal being inserted into the through-hole of the base plate; an insulating gasket configured to insulate the electrode terminal and the base plate from each other; and an insulating sheet disposed on a bottom surface of the base plate to insulate the bottom surface of the base plate. The electrode terminal may include: an insertion part inserted into the through-hole; and a terminal plate part extending outward from an upper end of the insertion part and having a plate shape, wherein the insertion part has a diameter that gradually increases in a direction toward the electrode assembly.

Abstract: A button-type secondary battery may include an electrode assembly in which electrodes and separators are wound, a can body housing the electrode assembly, a base plate in which a through-hole is defined and which covers an opening of an upper end of the can body and is bonded to the can body, an electrode terminal of which at least a portion is inserted into the through-hole of the base plate and which covers the through-hole, an insulating gasket configured to insulate the electrode terminal and the base plate from each other, and an insulating sheet disposed on a bottom surface of the base plate to insulate the bottom surface of the base plate, wherein a central hole is defined at a winding center of the electrode assembly, and a protrusion protruding in a direction toward the central hole is disposed on a bottom surface of the electrode terminal.

Abstract: A polarizing plate and a display device including the same are provided. A polarizing plate includes a polarizer comprising an absorption axis and a transmission axis that intersect each other, a first retardation layer disposed on a surface of the polarizer, and a second retardation layer disposed on another surface opposite to the surface of the polarizer. An in-plane retardation value of the second retardation layer is greater than about 20 nm and less than about 100 nm. An angle between the absorption axis of the polarizer and a retardation axis of the second retardation layer is in a range of about 10° to about 45°.

Abstract: A display device includes: a curved first substrate; a second substrate opposing the first substrate; a plurality of connection pads disposed on a side surface of the first substrate and a side surface of the second substrate; and at least one flexible circuit board including a plurality of projections respectively coupled to the plurality of connection pads, wherein the plurality of projections forms an array of projections along an edge of the side surface of the second substrate.

Abstract: Disclosed is a real-scale landslide simulator for earthquake reproduction comprising: a base; a tower provided in one end of the base; a multi-stage simulation soil box provided movably in the vertical direction along the tower and filled with soil, which is subjected to compaction; a movable bogie provided movably in the horizontal direction on the upper surface of the base while supporting the other side of the multi-stage simulation soil box; a vertical reciprocator that reciprocates the multi-stage simulation soil box in the vertical direction; and a horizontal reciprocator that reciprocates the movable bogie in the horizontal direction. It is possible to reproduce liquefaction and shear strength reduction caused by an earthquake and analyze a real-scale landslide mechanism caused by an earthquake by repeatedly providing vertical and horizontal vibrations to the soil and forming a groundwater level using the groundwater simulation device.

Abstract: A display device includes: a curved first substrate; a second substrate opposing the first substrate; a plurality of connection pads disposed on a side surface of the first substrate and a side surface of the second substrate; and at least one flexible circuit board including a plurality of projections respectively coupled to the plurality of connection pads, wherein the plurality of projections forms an array of projections along an edge of the side surface of the second substrate.

Abstract: A display device includes: a curved first substrate; a second substrate opposing the first substrate; a plurality of connection pads disposed on a side surface of the first substrate and a side surface of the second substrate; and at least one flexible circuit board including a plurality of projections respectively coupled to the plurality of connection pads, wherein the plurality of projections forms an array of projections along an edge of the side surface of the second substrate.

Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a housing comprising a first glass plate, a second glass plate facing in the opposite direction to the first glass plate, and a side member surrounding the space between the first glass plate and the second glass plate, the second plate comprising an outer surface facing in the opposite direction to the first plate and an inner surface facing the first plate; an inner middle plate positioned between the first plate and the second plate; a touch screen display positioned between the middle plate and the first plate; an opaque layer comprising a first opening and a second opening positioned within 150 mm from the first opening, the opaque layer being directly or indirectly attached to the inner surface of the second plate comprising a hole overlapping with the first opening but comprising no hole overlapping with the second opening; a camera assembly partially positioned inside the hole of the second plate and the first openi

Abstract: Provided is an integrated steep slope collapse simulation system including: a base; a tower provided at one end of the base; a soil tank structure having one side being connected to the tower so that the soil tank structure is inclined, the soil tank structure being filled with soil, and the soil being rammed; a work platform provided with a working stand moving along the base and moving up and down; a soil moving device supplying soil to an interior of the soil tank structure; an artificial rainfall device provided above the soil tank structure, the artificial rainfall device injecting water downward toward the soil rammed inside the soil tank structure; and an underground water reproduction device injecting water upward through the bottom surface of the soil tank structure from the underside of the soil rammed in the soil tank structure. There is an effect that it is possible to accurately analyze an actual behavior of soil in the natural environment.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing that forms a rear surface of the electronic device and at least a portion of a side surface of the electronic device, a display that forms a portion of a front surface of the electronic device, a flexible layer extended from the display, the flexible layer including: a bent portion, and a planar portion extended from the bent portion and disposed between the display and the rear surface of the housing, the planar portion including a first surface facing the display and a second surface facing the rear surface, a display driver integrated circuit (DDIC) mounted on the first surface of the planar portion of the flexible layer, the DDIC electrically connected to the display, and a flexible printed circuit board connected with the flexible layer on the second surface of the planar portion of the flexible layer.

Abstract: A display device includes: a curved first substrate; a second substrate opposing the first substrate; a plurality of connection pads disposed on a side surface of the first substrate and a side surface of the second substrate; and at least one flexible circuit board including a plurality of projections respectively coupled to the plurality of connection pads, wherein the plurality of projections forms an array of projections along an edge of the side surface of the second substrate.

Abstract: A display device includes a display substrate comprising a plurality of pixels electrically connected to select lines and data lines; first connection pads disposed on an upper surface of the display substrate and electrically connected to the pixels; and second connection pads disposed on a surface of the display substrate that is different from the upper surface and electrically connected to the pixels, wherein the second connection pads are electrically separated from the first connection pads. This allows the area of a surface of a display substrate that can be occupied by a flexible printed circuit board attached thereto to be increased. As a result, the risk of an open-circuit of the wiring can be reduced, and the operational reliability of the device can be improved.

Abstract: An electronic device for widening an active area of a display is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first plate and a second plate facing away from the first plate, a touch screen display including a first glass plate, a second glass plate, and an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) layer interposed between the first plate and the second plate, a flexible layer including a first portion connected to the first surface of the second glass plate and bent around an edge of the second glass plate toward the second plate of the housing, and a second portion extending from the first portion and interposed between the second glass plate and the second plate of the housing, a display driver integrated circuit (DDIC) mounted on a first surface of the second portion of the flexible layer, and a printed circuit board (PCB) including a portion mounted on a second surface of the second portion of the flexible layer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a portable electronic device including a housing including a first surface and a second surface facing a direction opposite to the first surface, a display including a touchscreen panel exposed through the first surface of the housing and having a substantially rectangular shape, wherein the display has a first side and a third side extending with a first length in a first direction, and a second side and a fourth side substantially perpendicular to the first direction and extending with a second length which is less than the first length, and wherein a ratio of the first length to the second length is x:9, in which the x is equal to or greater than 16, a wireless communication circuit, a processor, and a memory.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an electronic device may comprise a housing including a first surface facing in a first direction and a second surface facing in a second direction opposite the first direction, the housing including a transparent cover that comprises at least part of the first surface, a display disposed between the first surface and the second surface of the housing and configured to display information through the transparent cover to an outside, an illumination part comprising light emitting circuitry disposed at an inner side of an end of the first surface of the housing and configured to emit light to the transparent cover, an optical coupler disposed between the illumination part and the transparent cover and configured to reflect light from the illumination part to the transparent cover, and a biometric sensor disposed under the transparent cover and the display.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a window disposed in at least a partial area of the housing and forming at least a portion of an outer surface of the electronic device, a touch screen display including an active area and a non-active area and accommodated in the housing such that at least a portion of the touch screen display is visually exposed through the window, at least one processor accommodated in the housing and electrically connected to the touch screen display, a memory accommodated in the housing and electrically connected to the at least one processor, and an optical layer disposed between the touch screen display and the window. A portion of a surface area of the optical layer that faces the active area of the touch screen display is formed in a bumpy structure.