The present invention provides a secondary battery including: a housing, the housing being provided with an explosion proof valve at a bottom thereof; a cell pallet received in the housing and located at a bottom of the housing, the cell pallet being provided with a first through-hole and at least one grooves, the first through-hole being aligned with the explosion proof valve and extending through the cell pallet to communicate a space above the cell pallet and a space below the cell pallet, the at least one grooves being provided on an upper surface and/or a lower surface of the cell pallet, and the first through-hole communicating with at least one side edge of the cell pallet through the at least one grooves; a bare cell received in the housing and seated on the cell pallet; and a top cover assembled to a top side of the housing.

A rechargeable battery according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode; a case having an internal space accommodating the electrode assembly and an opening with one opened side; a cap plate coupled to the opening of the case and having a terminal hole exposing the internal space; and an electrode terminal electrically connected to the electrode assembly through the terminal hole and overlapping the cap plate, wherein the separator has a greater width than the first electrode and the second electrode, and the separator is in contact with the internal bottom surface of the case.

A rechargeable battery according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode; a case having an internal space accommodating the electrode assembly and an opening with one opened side; a cap plate coupled to the opening of the case and having a terminal hole exposing the internal space; and an electrode terminal electrically connected to the electrode assembly through the terminal hole and overlapping the cap plate, wherein the separator has a greater width than the first electrode and the second electrode, and the separator is in contact with the internal bottom surface of the case.

Provided is a secondary battery including a power generation unit including a positive electrode layer, a negative electrode layer, a porous separator, and an electrolytic solution. The negative electrode layer is a dissolution-deposition electrode. When viewed in plan view, a functional region, identified as a region where the positive electrode layer, the negative electrode layer, the electrolytic solution, and the porous separator overlap, is divided into power generation regions and a linear non-power generation region demarcating each power generation region. The power generation regions have a value α of 30 or less, the value α being defined by the equation: α=ΦP/wt, wherein Φ represents an area equivalent diameter (mm) per region of the power generation regions, P represents a thickness (mm) of the negative electrode layer, w represents a line width (mm) of the non-power generation region, and t represents a thickness (mm) of the porous separator.

Provided is a secondary battery including a power generation unit including a positive electrode layer, a negative electrode layer, a porous separator, and an electrolytic solution. The negative electrode layer is a dissolution-deposition electrode. When viewed in plan view, a functional region, identified as a region where the positive electrode layer, the negative electrode layer, the electrolytic solution, and the porous separator overlap, is divided into power generation regions and a linear non-power generation region demarcating each power generation region. The power generation regions have a value α of 30 or less, the value α being defined by the equation: α=ΦP/wt, wherein Φ represents an area equivalent diameter (mm) per region of the power generation regions, P represents a thickness (mm) of the negative electrode layer, w represents a line width (mm) of the non-power generation region, and t represents a thickness (mm) of the porous separator.

In some examples, a battery assembly for an implantable medical device. The battery assembly may include an electrode stack comprising a plurality of electrode plates, wherein the plurality of electrode plates comprises a first electrode plate including a first tab extending from the first electrode plate and a second electrode plate including a second tab extending from the second electrode plate; a spacer between the first tab and the second tab; and a rivet extending through the first tab, second tab, and spacer, wherein the rivet is configured to mechanically attach the first tab, second tab, and spacer to each other.

A rechargeable battery according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: an electrode assembly provided with a non-coated area tab that protrudes to one side of a coated area; a case provided with an opening at one side thereof to receive the electrode assembly; a cap plate coupled and welded to the opening; an electrode terminal provided in the cap plate and electrically connected to the non-coated area tab; and an insulation sheet disposed between the cap plate and the electrode assembly, and bent toward a direction crossing the cap plate at opposite ends of the inside of the cap plate and insulating the electrode assembly, wherein the insulation sheet includes a spacing portion that is distanced from a side corner of a welding line of the cap plate and the case.

A rechargeable battery according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: an electrode assembly provided with a non-coated area tab that protrudes to one side of a coated area; a case provided with an opening at one side thereof to receive the electrode assembly; a cap plate coupled and welded to the opening; an electrode terminal provided in the cap plate and electrically connected to the non-coated area tab; and an insulation sheet disposed between the cap plate and the electrode assembly, and bent toward a direction crossing the cap plate at opposite ends of the inside of the cap plate and insulating the electrode assembly, wherein the insulation sheet includes a spacing portion that is distanced from a side corner of a welding line of the cap plate and the case.

An energy storage cell includes a cylindrical housing that encloses an interior space and a housing casing, a wound composite body arranged in the interior space and having a helical structure including at least two electrode strips and at least one separator strip arranged between the electrode strips, each including a strip-shaped current collector having an active material coating, the wound composite body includes two terminal end faces, a circumferential outer composite body lateral surface and a circumferential inner composite body lateral surface, the inner composite body lateral surface defines an axially oriented cavity, a winding core having a substantially cylindrical or hollow cylindrical shape and has an outer circumferential surface that rests flat on the inner composite body lateral surface, and the winding core has a local deviation from the cylindrical or hollow cylindrical shape in at least one region of the outer circumferential surface.

An exemplary battery assembly includes, among other things, a thermal fin, a frame holding the thermal fin, and a stand-off of the frame configured to limit relative movement of the thermal fin toward a thermal exchange plate. An exemplary thermal fin positioning method, includes limiting relative movement of a thermal fin toward a thermal exchange plate using a stand-off disposed upon a battery cell assembly frame.