Abstract: A rechargeable battery includes: a plurality of electrode assemblies each including first and second electrodes; a case accommodating the electrode assemblies; a cap assembly coupled to the case and including a terminal; and a first current collector coupling the terminal with the first electrodes of the electrode assemblies. The first current collector includes a terminal connector coupled to the terminal and a plurality of electrode connectors, each of the electrode connectors being coupled to a respective one of the first electrodes, and a plurality of first fuses, each of the first fuses being between the terminal connector and a respective one of the electrode connectors and having a substantially constant cross section between the terminal connector and the respective one of the electrode connectors.

Abstract: A flexible display device according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a substrate; a touch panel on the substrate; a window layer on the touch panel; a flexible printed circuit (FPC) attached to an outer side of the window layer at a non-display area and comprising a driver integrated circuit (IC) configured to transfer a driving voltage to the touch panel and the substrate; a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) attached to the FPC and configured to transfer a driving signal to the driver IC; and a bridge electrode at an outer side of the window layer at the non-display area and connecting the touch panel, the substrate, and the FPC.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for measuring an input time of an input signal, and more particularly, an apparatus for measuring an input time of an input signal more precisely than a reference clock using a delay circuit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a coated orthodontic wire, in which the surface of a coated orthodontic wire, that is installed to connect teeth to each other to correct the alignment of the teeth, is etched, then plated with silver, and then coated with a polymer compound, so as to remarkably increase manufacturing speed and also allow the coating to be maintained for a long time due to the superior durability thereof. It may be expected from the above-mentioned configuration of the present invention and from the clinical results that there may be effects according to a method for manufacturing a coated orthodontic wire in that: a plurality of metal wires are fixed by using a jig, the metal wires are etched and plated in a state of being spaced apart from each other while only a required portion thereof is dipped into a container.

Abstract: A rechargeable battery including an electrode assembly that is chargeable and dischargeable, the electrode assembly including a first assembly portion and a second assembly portion; a case accommodating the electrode assembly therein; a cap plate coupled to the case; and an electrode terminal group connected to the electrode assembly through a lead tab, the electrode terminal group being in a terminal hole of the cap plate, wherein the electrode terminal group includes three electrode terminals that are selectively connected to first electrodes and second electrodes of the first assembly portion and the second assembly portion.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a window, a plurality of first touch patterns, a plurality of second touch patterns, and a touch pad region. The display panel includes a display area and a non-display area. The window covers the display panel and including a black matrix area. The first touch patterns are in the display area, and the second touch patterns are in the black matrix area. The touch pad region is in the non-display area, and includes a plurality of first touch pads to transmit first sensing signals sensed by the first touch patterns to a predetermined destination and a plurality of second touch pads to transmit second sensing signals sensed by the second touch patterns to the predetermined destination.

Abstract: A rechargeable lithium battery that includes a negative electrode including a silicon-based negative active material; a positive electrode including a positive active material being capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium; and a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein the silicon-based negative active material includes a SiOx (0<x<2) core including Si grains and a continuous or discontinuous coating layer including Ag, the coating layer being disposed on the core.

Abstract: A secondary particle and a lithium battery including the same are provided wherein the secondary particle includes a plurality of primary particles and each primary particle contains n polycyclic nano-sheets disposed upon one another. The polycyclic nano-sheets include hexagonal rings of six carbon atoms linked to each other, wherein a first carbon and a second carbon have a distance therebetween of L1. L2 is a distance between a third carbon and a fourth carbon, and the arrangement of the polycyclic nano-sheets is such that L1?L2. The secondary particle is used as a negative active material in the lithium battery, and the secondary particle contains pores, thereby allowing for effective intercalating and deintercalating of the lithium ions into the secondary particle to impart improved capacity and cycle lifespan.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a motor. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a skew angle is changed according to a load condition so that noise and vibration can be reduced as compared to a conventional motor.

Abstract: An active material for a secondary battery, a secondary battery including the active material, and a method of preparing an active material, the active material including a silicon-based core; and an aluminum-based coating layer on at least a part of the silicon-based core.

Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. In one aspect, the OLED display includes a display substrate including first and second surfaces opposing each other. The OLED display further includes a touch sensing layer formed over the encapsulation substrate and configured to sense a touch input, a display flexible printed circuit board electrically attached to the second surface of the display substrate, and a touch flexible printed circuit board electrically connected to the touch sensing layer and attached to the second surface of the display substrate. An impact absorbing layer is formed over the second surface of the display substrate and attaches the display flexible printed circuit board and the touch flexible printed circuit board to the second surface of the display substrate. The impact absorbing layer includes a metal layer electrically connected to the display flexible printed circuit board and the touch flexible printed circuit board.

Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. In one aspect, the OLED display includes a display substrate including a display area and a peripheral area surrounding the display area, a thin film display layer formed in the display area, and a touch sensor formed in the peripheral area on the display substrate. The OLED display further includes an encapsulation substrate formed over the thin film display layer, a touch sensing layer formed over the encapsulation substrate, and a window formed over the touch sensing layer.

Abstract: A negative active material including: a composite including a matrix comprising silicon oxide, silicon carbide, and carbon and silicon particles dispersed in the matrix; and a carbon coating film formed on a surface of the composite, wherein an intensity ratio of a SiC peak to a Si peak in an X-ray diffraction spectrum is 1 or more, a method of preparing the negative active material, a negative electrode including the negative active material, and a lithium battery including the electrode.

Abstract: A rechargeable battery includes: a plurality of electrode assemblies each including first and second electrodes; a case accommodating the electrode assemblies; a cap assembly coupled to the case and including a terminal; and a first current collector coupling the terminal with the first electrodes of the electrode assemblies. The first current collector includes a terminal connector coupled to the terminal and a plurality of electrode connectors, each of the electrode connectors being coupled to a respective one of the first electrodes, and a plurality of first fuses, each of the first fuses being between the terminal connector and a respective one of the electrode connectors and having a substantially constant cross section between the terminal connector and the respective one of the electrode connectors.

Abstract: A rechargeable battery including an electrode assembly that is chargeable and dischargeable, the electrode assembly including a first assembly portion and a second assembly portion; a case accommodating the electrode assembly therein; a cap plate coupled to the case; and an electrode terminal group connected to the electrode assembly through a lead tab, the electrode terminal group being in a terminal hole of the cap plate, wherein the electrode terminal group includes three electrode terminals that are selectively connected to first electrodes and second electrodes of the first assembly portion and the second assembly portion.

Abstract: A drying apparatus that dries a porous membrane that is carryable along a predetermined direction and a drying method, the drying apparatus including a housing; a plurality of air suppliers arranged in the housing along the predetermined direction so as to inject air toward the porous membrane; and a plurality of air exhausters arranged in the housing along the predetermined direction so as to exhaust air that has been injected from the air suppliers to an exterior of the housing, wherein the plurality of air suppliers are symmetrically arranged with one another at opposite sides of the porous membrane to face each other with the porous membrane disposable therebetween.

Abstract: Discloses is a reducer of an electric power steering apparatus. The reducer of the electric power steering apparatus can reduce the rattling noise caused by an increase of backlash due to friction and abrasion of a worm and a worm wheel or by an impact transferred through a wheel and a steering shaft from the road and allowing a pivotal movement of a worm shaft, while decreasing a rotation resistance and blockage of a worm shaft and a worm shaft bearing to increase steering feel of a driver.

Abstract: Provided is a method of forming a micropattern according to an aspect of the present invention. The method of forming a micropattern may include forming an organic wire or organic-inorganic hybrid wire mask pattern having a circular or elliptical cross section on a substrate, forming a material layer on an entire surface of the substrate having the organic wire or organic-inorganic hybrid wire mask pattern formed thereon, and removing the organic wire or organic-inorganic hybrid wire mask pattern from the substrate to allow only the material layer on a portion of the substrate having no organic wire or organic-inorganic hybrid wire mask pattern formed thereon to be remained.

Abstract: A negative active material containing super-conductive nanoparticles coated with a high capacity negative material and a lithium battery including the same are provided, wherein the super-conductive nanoparticles have a structure in which polycyclic nano-sheets are stacked upon one another along a direction perpendicular to a first plane. The polycyclic nano-sheets include hexagonal rings of six carbons atoms linked to each other, wherein a first carbon and a second carbon have a distance therebetween of L1. L2 is a distance between a third carbon and a fourth carbon, and the arrangement of the polycyclic nano-sheets is such that L1?L2. The super-conductive nanoparticle is used as a negative active material in a lithium battery, and the super-conductive nanoparticle increases the capacity, thereby improving the capacity and lifespan of the lithium battery.