An electrochemical cell includes a winding comprising a ribbon-shaped negative electrode with an anode current collector and a ribbon-shaped positive electrode with a cathode current collector. An assembly comprises the negative electrode and the positive electrode, the assembly is wound spirally around a winding axis to form the winding, the winding comprises a central cavity, two terminal end faces, and a circumferential winding shell. The electrochemical cell further includes a contact sheet metal member in direct contact with a protruding longitudinal edge of the anode current collector or the cathode current collector. In addition, the electrochemical cell includes a housing, a sensor apparatus configured detect changes in a state of the winding, and a display and/or a contact configured to display measured values and/or via which the measured values can be transmitted.

A cell unit includes a positive electrode current collector, a positive electrode active material layer, a separator, a negative electrode active material layer and a negative electrode current collector which are laminated on one another, the cell unit comprising a frame member arranged between the positive electrode current collector and an opposing negative electrode current collector and fixing a peripheral edge portion of the separator, and an electronic component for detecting the state inside the cell unit, wherein the electronic component is arranged in a region between the positive electrode current collector and the negative electrode current collector, and the electronic component arranged in the region is electrically connected to the positive electrode current collector and the negative electrode current collector.

A cell unit includes a positive electrode current collector, a positive electrode active material layer, a separator, a negative electrode active material layer and a negative electrode current collector which are laminated on one another, the cell unit comprising a frame member arranged between the positive electrode current collector and an opposing negative electrode current collector and fixing a peripheral edge portion of the separator, and an electronic component for detecting the state inside the cell unit, wherein the electronic component is arranged in a region between the positive electrode current collector and the negative electrode current collector, and the electronic component arranged in the region is electrically connected to the positive electrode current collector and the negative electrode current collector.

A case of a battery wiring module includes a first case body that has a groove-like first wire insertion portion, a second case body that has a groove-like second wire insertion portion, a first cover that covers an opening of the first wire insertion portion, and a second cover that covers an opening of the second wire insertion portion. The first wire insertion portion and the second wire insertion portion are provided in parallel along the lengthwise direction of an electric wire. In addition, the opening of the first wire insertion portion and the opening of the second wire insertion portion are open in the same direction. The case also includes an overlapping portion in which the first cover and the second cover overlap each other in the opening direction of opening of first and second wire insertion portions.

A battery module includes: a cell assembly including a plurality of battery cells and a cell housing in which the plurality of battery cells are accommodated; and a battery management system (BMS) assembly including a BMS circuit board, a BMS cover accommodating the BMS circuit board, and at least one temperature sensor module connected to the BMS circuit board and fixedly mounted on a rear surface of the BMS cover, the BMS assembly being mountably and detachably provided on a side surface of the cell housing, and the temperature sensor module contacts one of the plurality of battery cells.

The present disclosure provides a battery module including a center cartridge assembly, on which a plurality of battery cells are arrayed and seated, including a cooling plate inner installed therein and configured to cool a part of each of the battery cells, a side cooling cover assembly which is coupled to two sides of the center cartridge assembly to protect the battery cells seated on the center cartridge assembly and includes a cooling plate outer attached thereto and configured to cool a part of each of the battery cells, and a busbar housing assembly which is coupled to an upper portion of the center cartridge assembly and includes one or more output busbars installed thereon and configured to be electrically connected to an electrode exposed at an upper portion of each of the battery cells.

A battery may include at least two battery cells and at least two electrical cell contacts for picking up a monitoring signal. The battery may include a main board arranged spaced apart from the battery cells. The main board may include at least two electrical board contacts. The main board may include at least one electronic component configured to process the monitoring signal. The battery may include a flexible conductor track for electrically connecting each cell contact with an associated board contact. The conductor track may include (i) a cell portion connected to the cell contacts and (ii) a board portion connected to the board contacts. The conductor track may include at least two electrical conductors connected to one of the cell contacts and the associated board contact. The battery may include a support plate supporting the board portion of the main board.

A battery may include at least two battery cells and at least two electrical cell contacts for picking up a monitoring signal. The battery may include a main board arranged spaced apart from the battery cells. The main board may include at least two electrical board contacts. The main board may include at least one electronic component configured to process the monitoring signal. The battery may include a flexible conductor track for electrically connecting each cell contact with an associated board contact. The conductor track may include (i) a cell portion connected to the cell contacts and (ii) a board portion connected to the board contacts. The conductor track may include at least two electrical conductors connected to one of the cell contacts and the associated board contact. The battery may include a support plate supporting the board portion of the main board.

A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly disposed within a constraint. The electrode assembly comprises a population of unit cells comprising an electrode current collector layer, an electrode layer, a separator layer, a counter-electrode layer, and a counter-electrode current collector layer in stacked succession. A subset of the unit cell population includes extended spacer members between the electrode current collector layer and the counter-electrode current collector layer. One of the spacer members is spaced in a transverse direction from the other extended spacer member, at least a portion of the counter-electrode active material of the counter-electrode layer being located between the spacer members such that the portion of the counter-electrode active material and the spacer members lie in a common plane defined by x and z axes, wherein each of the extended spacer members extend a distance SD in the x-axis direction beyond an x-axis edge of the constraint.

A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly disposed within a constraint. The electrode assembly comprises a population of unit cells comprising an electrode current collector layer, an electrode layer, a separator layer, a counter-electrode layer, and a counter-electrode current collector layer in stacked succession. A subset of the unit cell population includes extended spacer members between the electrode current collector layer and the counter-electrode current collector layer. One of the spacer members is spaced in a transverse direction from the other extended spacer member, at least a portion of the counter-electrode active material of the counter-electrode layer being located between the spacer members such that the portion of the counter-electrode active material and the spacer members lie in a common plane defined by x and z axes, wherein each of the extended spacer members extend a distance SD in the x-axis direction beyond an x-axis edge of the constraint.