A solid-state battery is provided that allows the exterior can to be sufficiently crimped onto the seal can without leading to improper crimping, thus preventing entry of water from the outside. The solid-state battery 1 includes an exterior can 2, a seal can 3, facing the exterior can 2 and a power generation element 4 contained in the space between the exterior can 2 and seal can 3. The seal can 3 includes a flat portion 31 and a peripheral wall 32 that are contiguous to each other with a curved-surface portion 33 provided therebetween. A first clearance g1 is defined between the upper edge of the outer peripheral surface of the power generation element 4 and the border 10 between the inner surface of the flat portion 31 and the inner surface of the curved-surface portion 33, the first clearance having a radial dimension not larger than 2.0 mm at a position where its dimension is at its largest. This will facilitate positioning of the power generation element 4 to properly place it inside the seal can 3, thereby preventing positional displacement of the power generation element 4.

A battery includes a battery can including a cylinder having a cylindrical shape and having an opening edge at one end, an electrode body, and a sealing member sealing an opening surrounded by the opening edge, in which the sealing member has a sealing plate electrically connected to a first electrode of the electrode body, a cap having a through hole corresponding to the sealing plate electrically insulated from the sealing plate, and a gasket that seals between the cylinder and the cap, the cap has a top plate having a ring shape and facing the cylinder, a side wall that is erected in an axial direction from a peripheral edge of the top plate and extends so as to overlap an outer surface of the cylinder, and a rib that is erected in the axial direction from the top plate inside of the side wall and extends so as to overlap an inner surface of the cylinder, the gasket is compressed in a radial direction of the cylinder between the rib and the cylinder, and the battery can and the cap are electrically connected to a second electrode of the electrode body.

A cylindrical battery with an electrode assembly, an electrolytic solution, a bottomed cylindrical exterior case accommodating the electrode assembly and the electrolytic solution, and a sealing unit fixed by crimping of an open end portion of the exterior case via a gasket. The sealing unit includes a valve member which has a protrudent portion that is annular in plan view, an insulating plate which is fitted within the inner periphery of the protrudent portion and which has an outer peripheral skirt portion, and a metal plate which is fixed within the inner periphery of the skirt portion of the insulating plate and which is connected to a central portion of the valve member. The tip of the protrudent portion is located at a level which does not reach the level of a second surface portion of the metal plate in the direction of thickness of the sealing unit.

A cylindrical battery having a bottomed cylindrical outer can including a bottom surface part and a side surface part; a sealing body that closes an opening part of the outer can; and a gasket disposed between the outer can and the sealing body. The outer can has: a groove part that is formed such that a side surface section thereof extends from the outside to the inside and supports the sealing body with the gasket therebetween; and a shoulder part that is formed to face the groove part with the sealing body and the gasket therebetween and sandwiches the sealing body together with the groove part. At least a portion of the shoulder part extends radially inward of the sealing body from an inner end of the groove part, and an easily deformable part is formed on the shoulder part along the circumferential direction of the outer can.

A battery, includes an electrode assembly having a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator, wherein each of the first electrode and the second electrode has a first portion including an active material corresponding to the separator, and a second portion exposed beyond the separator and not coated with the active material; a battery housing having a first end with a first opening and a second end with a second opening opposite the first end, the battery housing accommodating the electrode assembly through the second opening at the second end and electrically connected to the second portion of the second electrode; a terminal electrically connected to the second portion of the first electrode and exposed out of the battery housing through the first opening of the battery housing at the first end; and a cap covering and sealing the second opening at the second end of the battery housing.

A flat battery of the present invention is a flat battery including an exterior can and a sealing can with which an opening of the exterior can is sealed, wherein the exterior can and the sealing can include a bottom portion and a circumferential wall extending upright from an outer circumference of the bottom portion and have a cylindrical shape that is open at one end; a distal end portion of the circumferential wall of the exterior can is bent toward a central axis of the sealing can to form a curve, whereby the exterior can is fixed to the sealing can by crimping; in a cross-sectional shape of the sealing can in the direction of the central axis, the circumferential wall of the sealing can is a single layer wall without being folded back, and the circumferential wall of the sealing can includes a rectilinear portion that is connected to the bottom portion via a corner portion; and an angle θ1 formed by the bottom portion and the rectilinear portion may be greater than 90°.

A flat battery of the present invention is a flat battery including an exterior can and a sealing can with which an opening of the exterior can is sealed, wherein the exterior can and the sealing can include a bottom portion and a circumferential wall extending upright from an outer circumference of the bottom portion and have a cylindrical shape that is open at one end; a distal end portion of the circumferential wall of the exterior can is bent toward a central axis of the sealing can to form a curve, whereby the exterior can is fixed to the sealing can by crimping; in a cross-sectional shape of the sealing can in the direction of the central axis, the circumferential wall of the sealing can is a single layer wall without being folded back, and the circumferential wall of the sealing can includes a rectilinear portion that is connected to the bottom portion via a corner portion; and an angle θ1 formed by the bottom portion and the rectilinear portion may be greater than 90°.

The present invention provides a cylindrical secondary battery which can have increased safety and capacity, and enhanced scratch resistance and pressure resistance on an external contact surface. To this end, a cylindrical secondary battery is disclosed, the battery comprising: a cylindrical case; an electrode assembly received in the case; and a cap assembly for sealing the case, wherein the cap assembly comprises a top plate having a notch formed on at least one surface thereof, a middle plate coupled to the top plate and including a first through-hole formed through the center thereof, and a bottom plate electrically connected with the electrode assembly and coupled to the top plate through the first through-hole of the middle plate, and includes a surface-treated region formed by surface-treating a surface of the top plate so as to have a concave-convex structure.

The present invention relates to a secondary battery, wherein an electrode tab of an electrode assembly and a pack tab for modularization are electrically connected by a cap-up without any other configuration, so as to reduce resistance and heat generation, which may occur on a current path. For this purpose, a secondary battery is disclosed, the secondary battery including: a cylindrical can having an upper end opening; an electrode assembly received in the cylindrical can and having an electrode tab; and a cap assembly for sealing the upper end opening of the cylindrical can. The cap assembly includes: a circular-plate-shaped safety plate having a bent which is broken when the pressure inside the cylindrical can increases; and a cap-up disposed on the upper portion of the safety plate and surrounding the edge portion of the safety plate, and the electrode tab is in contact with and coupled to the cap-up.

The present invention relates to a secondary battery, wherein an electrode tab of an electrode assembly and a pack tab for modularization are electrically connected by a cap-up without any other configuration, so as to reduce resistance and heat generation, which may occur on a current path. For this purpose, a secondary battery is disclosed, the secondary battery including: a cylindrical can having an upper end opening; an electrode assembly received in the cylindrical can and having an electrode tab; and a cap assembly for sealing the upper end opening of the cylindrical can. The cap assembly includes: a circular-plate-shaped safety plate having a bent which is broken when the pressure inside the cylindrical can increases; and a cap-up disposed on the upper portion of the safety plate and surrounding the edge portion of the safety plate, and the electrode tab is in contact with and coupled to the cap-up.