A secondary battery includes: an electrode assembly; a case accommodating the electrode assembly; and a cap assembly coupled to a top portion of the case. The cap assembly includes a safety vent and a cap-up. The cap-up has grooves on a surface thereof. The safety vent includes a downwardly protruding portion, is under the cap-up, and is electrically connected to the electrode assembly at the protruding portion.

One variation of a battery unit includes: a series of anode collectors; a set of anode electrodes including anode material arranged on both side of the anode collectors; a set of anode interconnects interposed between and electrically coupling adjacent anode collectors and folded to locate the anode collectors in a boustrophedonic anode stack; a series of cathode collectors; a set of cathode electrodes including cathode material arranged on both side of the cathode collectors; a set of cathode interconnects interposed between and electrically coupling adjacent cathode collectors and folded to locate the cathode collectors in a boustrophedonic cathode stack with cathode collectors interdigitated between anode collectors in the boustrophedonic anode stack; and a set of separators arranged between the anode and cathode electrodes and transporting solvated ions between the anode and cathode electrodes.

This application relates to a method of edge sealing for a secondary lithium battery, including: (1) drawing a 3D model of a battery edge of a secondary lithium battery, and inputting it into a 3D printer; (2) positioning the secondary lithium battery in a 3D printing area, and fixing a relative position of the secondary lithium battery in the 3D printing area; (3) stimulating, by the 3D printer, the battery edge according to the 3D model and setting a printing path; (4) adding edge sealing glue in a printing head of the 3D printer, the printing head moves according to the set printing path and meantime performs at least one time of printing, so that printed edge sealing glue covers the battery edge; (5) solidifying the edge sealing glue. The method of edge sealing of this application has broader application, which can be applied to batteries of any shape.

A secondary battery includes: a cylindrical can including a first region, a second region, and a first bent portion extending between the first region and the second region on a circumferential surface of the can; an electrode assembly accommodated in the can; and a cap assembly at a top end of the can and sealing the can. The first bent portion is bent such that an angle between the first region and the second region is in a range of about 90° to about 100°; the first region of the can partially covers a top surface of the cap assembly facing an exterior side of the can, and the second region of the can surrounds side surfaces of the cap assembly.

Disclosed herein is a cylindrical battery including an electrode assembly (jelly roll) including a positive electrode, a separator, and a negative electrode, a cylindrical container including a receiving part for receiving the electrode assembly together with an electrolytic solution, a cap assembly mounted to an open upper end of the cylindrical container, a safety vent mounted in the cap assembly, and a pressurization part located between the safety vent and the receiving part, the pressurization part communicating with the receiving part, the pressurization part being configured to apply a predetermined pressure, which is generated by gas, to the receiving part, wherein the positive electrode includes a lithium composite transition metal oxide represented by Formula 1 in the specification as a positive electrode active material.

A secondary battery includes a cylindrical can; an electrode assembly accommodated in the cylindrical can with an electrolyte; a cap assembly sealing the cylindrical can, a top-end height of the cap assembly being equal to or less than a top-end height of the cylindrical can; and an insulation layer on a surface of the cap assembly that is exposed to the outside of the cylindrical can.

A lid assembly for an electrochemical cell comprises a plate-shaped lid having an opening and a glass-to-metal seal (GTMS) residing in the lid opening. The GTMS does not have a ferrule. Instead, the GTMS has a sealing glass that seals directly to a terminal pin and to the lid. The terminal pin has an enlarged diameter pin section contacted by the sealing glass and a first reduced diameter pin section extending axially outwardly from the enlarged diameter pin section. An electrochemical cell provided with the lid assembly is also described.

A lid assembly for an electrochemical cell comprises a plate-shaped lid having an opening and a glass-to-metal seal (GTMS) residing in the lid opening. The GTMS does not have a ferrule. Instead, the GTMS has a sealing glass that seals directly to a terminal pin and to the lid. The terminal pin has an enlarged diameter pin section contacted by the sealing glass and a first reduced diameter pin section extending axially outwardly from the enlarged diameter pin section. An electrochemical cell provided with the lid assembly is also described.

Provided is a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a bottomed cylindrical positive electrode casing, and a negative electrode casing which is fixed to an opening of the positive electrode casing through a gasket. The opening of the positive electrode casing is caulked to the negative electrode casing side to seal an accommodation space. A caulking tip end in the opening of the positive electrode casing is disposed in an inward direction of the negative electrode casing than a tip end of the negative electrode casing. A diameter d of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery is in a range of 4 mm to 12 mm, a height h1 of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery is in a range of 1 mm to 3 mm, a side surface portion of the positive electrode casing is formed in a curved surface shape, a radius of curvature R is set in a range of 0.8 mm to 1.1 mm, and a height h2 of the positive electrode casing is in a range of 65% to 90% with respect to the height h1 of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery.

A battery assembly, and an electronic device incorporating a battery assembly, includes at least one cell, a battery protection plate and a heat dissipation assembly. The cell includes a cell body and a tab protruding from the cell body. The battery protection plate connected with the tab. The heat dissipation assembly connected with the tab and the battery protection plate, and the heat dissipation assembly includes a phase-change material for absorbing heat.