Abstract: Discussed is a pouch type secondary battery including an electrode assembly in which one or more positive electrode plates and negative electrode plates are stacked, an electrode tap that extends from the electrode assembly, an electrode lead bondingly connected to the electrode tap, and a pouch exterior that surrounds and seals the electrode assembly such that a portion of the electrode lead is exposed. The electrode lead includes a first weld area electrically coupled to the electrode tap. The electrode tap includes a second weld area electrically coupled to the first weld area, an electrode connection part distinguished from the second weld area by a rupture portion connecting area, and electrically connected to the electrode assembly. The rupture portion connecting area connects the second weld area and the electrode connection part, and is ruptured when stress occurs and separates the second weld area from the electrode connection part.

Abstract: A battery module includes a module housing with a simplified assembling process and an improved energy density. The battery module includes a battery assembly configured to include a plurality of secondary batteries and has front, rear, upper, lower, left and right sides; and a module housing including a first frame located at the left side of the battery assembly and having a plate shape with opposing ends bent rightward so that bent portions thereof are respectively located at the upper side and the lower side of the battery assembly, and a second frame located at the right side of the battery assembly and having a plate shape with opposing ends bent leftward so that bent portions thereof are respectively located at the upper side and the lower side of the battery assembly and are coupled with the bent portions of the first frame, respectively.

Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module with improved safety from fire or explosion. To achieve the object, the battery module according to the present disclosure includes a cell assembly including a plurality of battery cells; a lower case having an open top and an accommodation space in which the cell assembly is received; an upper case which is coupled to the lower case to cover the open top of the lower case, the upper case having a connection hole in communication with the accommodation space; an upper cover which is coupled to the upper case to cover the top of the upper case, wherein part of the upper cover is spaced apart from the upper case to form a buffer space, and the upper cover has an outlet in communication with the buffer space; and a partition which is provided in the buffer space, the partition having at least part extended to form a movement passage which extends from the connection hole to the outlet, and configured to adjust an extension direction of the part.

Abstract: A battery module system includes a cooling device, a battery module disposed on the cooling device, the battery module being in direct or indirect contact with the cooling device, a sensor attached to the battery module to sense a temperature of the battery module or gas generated from the battery module, a battery management system to output a switching on/off signal with reference to a sensing signal transmitted from the sensor; and an external short-circuiting device connected between the positive electrode and negative electrode of the battery module to induce an external short circuit of the battery module, the external short-circuiting device including: a resistor disposed on the cooling device, the resistor being in direct or indirect contact with the cooling device; and a switch to electrically connect or isolate the battery module to/from the resistor according to the switching on/off signal.

Abstract: An all-solid-state battery having an increased lifespan is equipped with a pressure pad layer. More particularly, the all-solid-state battery includes a unit cell and a pressuring pad layer. The unit cell is composed of a cathode, an anode, and a solid electrolyte layer positioned between the cathode and the anode. The pressurizing pad layer is positioned on each side of the unit cell and includes a non-porous upper layer, a non-porous lower layer, and a porous core layer positioned between the non-porous upper layer and the non-porous lower layer.

Abstract: A display device includes a processor providing an image frame, a sub-frame generator generating a first sub-frame and a second sub-frame based on the image frame, and a pixel part for sequentially displaying a first image corresponding to the first sub-frame and a second image corresponding to the second sub-frame, wherein the image frame includes a first color grayscale, a second color grayscale, and a third color grayscale for each pixel, the first sub-frame includes the first color grayscale and the second color grayscale for a first pixel, and does not include the third color grayscale, and the second sub-frame includes the second color grayscale and the third color grayscale for the first pixel, and does not include the first color grayscale.

Abstract: An actuator and a wearable suit, where the wearable suit includes an elastic body configured to generate an assistance force to assist a muscular strength of a user, and a stopper configured to fix the elastic body in a contracted or expanded state by an initial displacement so that an initial assistance force equal to or more than a threshold is generated by the elastic body, where the threshold includes a set magnitude exceeding 0.

Abstract: A battery module includes: a battery cell assembly having a plurality of battery cells; a top plate configured to cover an upper side of the battery cell assembly; a bottom plate configured to cover a lower side of the battery cell assembly; a sensing assembly disposed to cover a front side and a rear side of the battery cell assembly; a pair of side plates disposed at side surfaces, respectively, of the battery cell assembly; and a pair of compression pads disposed between the pair of side plates and the battery cell assembly, respectively.

Abstract: A pressurizing system capable of actively varying and adjusting the pressure applied to a cell of an all-solid-state battery includes: a pressurizing mechanism provided to pressurize an all-solid-state battery and driven to adjust and vary the pressure applied to the all-solid-state battery; a driving device operated to drive the pressurizing mechanism; and a controller controlling the operation of the driving device so that the pressure to pressurize the all-solid-state battery can be adjusted and varied by the above pressurizing mechanism. When the all-solid-state battery is charged or discharged, the controller controls the operation of the driving device based on a pressure change rate so that the pressure for pressurizing the all-solid-state battery may be adjusted and varied according to the pressure change rate determined based on the state information of the all-solid-state battery.

Abstract: The present exemplary embodiments may provide a latent curing agent including an imidazole-based compound protected by a Diels-Alder reaction between a diene and a dienophile.

Abstract: A battery module includes a module housing with a simplified assembling process and an improved energy density. The battery module includes a battery assembly configured to include a plurality of secondary batteries and has front, rear, upper, lower, left and right sides; and a module housing including a first frame located at the left side of the battery assembly and having a plate shape with opposing ends bent rightward so that bent portions thereof are respectively located at the upper side and the lower side of the battery assembly, and a second frame located at the right side of the battery assembly and having a plate shape with opposing ends bent leftward so that bent portions thereof are respectively located at the upper side and the lower side of the battery assembly and are coupled with the bent portions of the first frame, respectively.

Abstract: A current interrupt structure in which a double rupture structure, which has a rupture groove with a triangular shape and a rupture line with an extending shape of a triangular groove, such that when a swelling phenomenon occurs, stress is concentrated on the rupture line by the rupture groove, which enables accurate and smooth rupture and current flow interruption.

Abstract: An all-solid-state battery having an increased lifespan is equipped with a pressure pad layer. More particularly, the all-solid-state battery includes a unit cell and a pressuring pad layer. The unit cell is composed of a cathode, an anode, and a solid electrolyte layer positioned between the cathode and the anode. The pressurizing pad layer is positioned on each side of the unit cell and includes a non-porous upper layer, a non-porous lower layer, and a porous core layer positioned between the non-porous upper layer and the non-porous lower layer.

Abstract: A display device includes a processor providing an image frame, a sub-frame generator generating a first sub-frame and a second sub-frame based on the image frame, and a pixel part for sequentially displaying a first image corresponding to the first sub-frame and a second image corresponding to the second sub-frame, wherein the image frame includes a first color grayscale, a second color grayscale, and a third color grayscale for each pixel, the first sub-frame includes the first color grayscale and the second color grayscale for a first pixel, and does not include the third color grayscale, and the second sub-frame includes the second color grayscale and the third color grayscale for the first pixel, and does not include the first color grayscale.

Abstract: A battery module includes at least one cell assembly including a plurality of secondary batteries, a gas pipe configured to allow gas produced in a module housing to move therein, and the module housing including a lower case having one open side and an internal space in which the at least one cell assembly is received, and an upper case coupled to one side of the lower case to cover the one open side of the lower case and having a receiving space in which the gas pipe is received, and a connection hole to which one end of the gas pipe is connected such that the gas pipe and the internal space are in communication with each other.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a spiropyran composite having improved mechano-sensitivity, a method for manufacturing the same, and a chromic article including the same. Particularly, the spiropyran composite is obtained by bonding spiropyran covalently to a polymer, an inorganic material or a mixture thereof to form spiropyran composite, and impregnating the spiropyran composite with a sensitivity-enhancing agent for a suitable time through a wet infiltration process to form non-polar environment at the inner part of the spiropyran composite, to cause pre-stretch and to increase a change in color or fluorescence in response to force, stress or strain, thereby providing significantly improved mechano-sensitivity. In addition, a wet filtration process is used and no expensive equipment is required to simplify the process. Further, the process can be performed rapidly within several minutes to reduce the processing time.

Abstract: A system may have a display that includes a plurality of light sources such as light-emitting diodes. The display may be an exterior display that is routinely operated in daytime conditions where ambient light levels are very high. To increase contrast in an exterior display, the display may include a sunlight blocking element. A static sunlight blocking element may include a louver film with asymmetric light blocking portions. The system may include an ambient light sensor that is configured to determine ambient light levels. Based on the detected ambient light level, control circuitry in the system may adjust one or more adjustable components in the display. The display may include an adjustable diffuser that has at least two states with different haze levels. The display may include an adjustable tint layer that has at least two states with different transmission levels.

Abstract: A battery module includes at least two cell assemblies, a module housing having an upper cover formed by a top portion and a first side portion extending downward from a first side edge of the top portion, a first gas passage formed between the first side portion of the upper cover and a first side of the at least two cell assemblies for circulation of gas generated from the at least two cell assemblies, and a flame retardant plate in the first gas passage and extending between the at least two cell assemblies and the module housing, wherein the first side portion of the upper cover is coupled to the flame retardant plate.

Abstract: A battery module includes: a battery cell assembly having a plurality of battery cells; a top plate configured to cover an upper side of the battery cell assembly; a bottom plate configured to cover a lower side of the battery cell assembly; a sensing assembly disposed to cover a front side and a rear side of the battery cell assembly; a pair of side plates disposed at side surfaces, respectively, of the battery cell assembly; and a pair of compression pads disposed between the pair of side plates and the battery cell assembly, respectively.

Abstract: A battery module for improving heat balance of a cell assembly provided in the battery module includes a cell assembly having at least three battery cells stacked along a stacking axis such that at least one battery cell located at an interior position within the cell assembly along the stacking axis has a greater thickness along the stacking axis than a battery cell located at an outer side of the cell assembly. A module housing includes at least one sidewall and is configured to accommodate the cell assembly in an inner space defined by the sidewall.