Abstract: A secondary battery that includes a wound electrode assembly in which a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode are wound about a winding axis; and a current collecting tab at a first end of the wound electrode assembly along a direction of the winding axis, wherein the wound electrode assembly has a separator extension portion in which the separator extends more than the positive electrode and the negative electrode toward a second end of the wound electrode assembly along the direction of the winding axis, the second end being opposite the first end, and the separator has a bent shape that protrudes toward an outer peripheral side of the wound electrode assembly at least at a part of the separator extension portion in a sectional view passing through the winding axis.

Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery including an electrode assembly and an electrolyte enclosed in an exterior case. The electrode assembly includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The secondary battery includes a spacer positioned between the electrode assembly and the exterior case. The electrode assembly includes a positive electrode current collecting tab and a negative electrode current collecting tab protruding from the electrode assembly. The spacer includes a first recess for the positive electrode current collecting tab and a second recess for the negative electrode current collecting tab at an outer edge in plain view, and the first recess and the second recess are provided with a separation portion interposed therebetween.

Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery including an electrode assembly and an electrolyte enclosed in an exterior case. The electrode assembly includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The secondary battery includes a spacer positioned between the electrode assembly and an exterior case, and the electrode assembly includes current collecting tabs of a positive electrode and a negative electrode each protruding from the same end face. The spacer is positioned between an end face, of the electrode assembly, from which the current collecting tab protrudes and the exterior case, and at least one of the current collecting tabs of the positive electrode or the negative electrode has a bent shape between the electrode assembly and the spacer.

Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery including an electrode assembly and an electrolyte enclosed in an exterior case. The electrode assembly includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. In the secondary battery, the electrode assembly includes current collecting tabs of the positive electrode and the negative electrode protruding from the same end face, and the current collecting tabs of the positive electrode and the negative electrode are positioned at different distances from a central axis along a direction.

Abstract: A secondary battery is provided and includes an electrode assembly; a first exterior portion housing the electrode assembly and having an opening; a second exterior portion covering the opening and an outer surface of the first exterior portion, the outer surface forming the opening; and an insulator disposed between the outer surface of the first exterior portion and the second exterior portion, the insulator surrounding the opening, the insulator in which an additional member is circularly and intermittently disposed around the opening.

Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery including an electrode assembly and an exterior body that houses the electrode assembly. In the secondary battery, the exterior body is provided with a flat plate-shaped terminal joined to the exterior body with an insulating member interposed therebetween, the flat plate-shaped terminal includes a first terminal member and a second terminal member, the first terminal member and the second terminal member are formed from materials that have different linear expansion coefficients from each other, and the first terminal member and the second terminal member are stacked on each other such that the first terminal member is stacked on the second terminal member, and the flat plate-shaped terminal is disposed on the insulating member such that the second terminal member faces the insulating member.

Abstract: A secondary battery that includes an electrode assembly; an exterior body defining a housing space that houses the electrode assembly; a positive electrode terminal that includes a first metal layer made of nickel and a second metal layer made of a metal other than nickel, the first metal layer of the positive electrode terminal is exposed from the exterior body, and the first metal layer has a fixing face; and an insulating material positioned so as to fix the fixing face of the first metal layer to an inner wall of the exterior body, and the insulating material abuts against a face of the positive electrode terminal other than the fixing face of the first metal layer.

Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery including an electrode assembly and an electrolyte enclosed in an exterior case. The electrode assembly includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. In the secondary battery, the electrode assembly includes current collecting tabs of the positive electrode and the negative electrode protruding from the same end face, and the current collecting tabs of the positive electrode and the negative electrode are positioned at different distances from a central axis along a direction.

Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery including an electrode assembly and an electrolyte enclosed in an exterior case. The electrode assembly includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The secondary battery includes a spacer positioned between the electrode assembly and the exterior case. The electrode assembly includes a positive electrode current collecting tab and a negative electrode current collecting tab protruding from the electrode assembly. The spacer includes a first recess for the positive electrode current collecting tab and a second recess for the negative electrode current collecting tab at an outer edge in plain view, and the first recess and the second recess are provided with a separation portion interposed therebetween.

Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery including an electrode assembly and an electrolyte enclosed in an exterior case. The electrode assembly includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The secondary battery includes a spacer positioned between the electrode assembly and an exterior case, and the electrode assembly includes current collecting tabs of a positive electrode and a negative electrode each protruding from the same end face. The spacer is positioned between an end face, of the electrode assembly, from which the current collecting tab protrudes and the exterior case, and at least one of the current collecting tabs of the positive electrode or the negative electrode has a bent shape between the electrode assembly and the spacer.

Abstract: A secondary battery that includes a wound electrode assembly in which a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode are wound about a winding axis; and a current collecting tab at a first end of the wound electrode assembly along a direction of the winding axis, wherein the wound electrode assembly has a separator extension portion in which the separator extends more than the positive electrode and the negative electrode toward a second end of the wound electrode assembly along the direction of the winding axis, the second end being opposite the first end, and the separator has a bent shape that protrudes toward an outer peripheral side of the wound electrode assembly at least at a part of the separator extension portion in a sectional view passing through the winding axis.

Abstract: A battery includes an electrode body having a winding structure, and an electrolyte solution. The electrode body and the electrolyte solution are accommodated in a case. The electrode body includes: a positive electrode that includes a positive electrode lead, and has a belt shape; a negative electrode that includes a negative electrode lead, and has the belt shape; and a separator that is provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and has the belt shape. The positive electrode lead and the negative electrode lead are led out from a first end face of the electrode body. The electrode body includes a molded part of the separator, and the molded part protrudes from a second end face.