A battery pack includes at least one battery cell; a protection circuit module electrically connected to the at least one battery cell; and a thermocompression bonding layer, the thermocompression bonding layer providing a disconnectable electrical connection between an electrode tab of the at least one battery cell and a connection tab of the protection circuit module, wherein the thermocompression bonding layer includes conductive particles and an insulating composite resin layer, the insulating composite resin layer surrounds the conductive particles, and the insulating composite resin layer includes at least one first resin layer and at least one second resin layer, the at least one first resin layer being different from the at least one second resin layer.

A secondary battery includes: an electrode assembly; a case made of steel, in which openings are provided at opposite sides and in which the electrode assembly is arranged; a side terminal electrically connected to an electrode tab of the electrode assembly; and a cap plate made of steel, through which the side terminal passes and which is coupled to an opening of the openings.

A battery pack, includes: a battery cell comprising a main body comprising an electrode assembly, and a terrace part from which electrodes connected to the electrode assembly are drawn out; and a protection module package seated on the terrace part of the battery cell and electrically connected to the battery cell, wherein the protection module package includes: a circuit board includes: a first surface facing the terrace part of the battery cell; a second surface opposite to the first surface; a third surface, which is between the first and second surfaces and faces the main body of the battery cell; and a fourth surface opposite to the third surface and on which a test port is formed; and a connection tab connecting the battery cell to the circuit board.

In one embodiment, a battery includes an exterior unit, an electrode group, an electrode terminal, tab bundles and a lead. The electrode group is housed in an interior cavity of the exterior unit, and the electrode terminal is exposed to an outside. Current collecting tabs are stacked in the thickness direction of the electrode group in each of the tab bundles having the same polarity. The tab bundles protrude from the electrode group to the same side in the length direction of the electrode group. The lead establishes an electric connection between the respective tab bundles and the electrode terminal. The tab bundles are bonded to the lead at positions deviated from one another in the thickness direction, and are mounted on the lead from the same side in the thickness direction.

The present invention provides a battery module, which includes: a plurality of battery cells which include electrode tabs, respectively; and one or more bus bars connected to the electrode tabs for electrically connecting the plurality of battery cells with each other, wherein each of the one or more bus bars includes a plate having one or more openings formed therein, and a plurality of adjacent electrode tabs among the electrode tabs are inserted into any one of the one or more openings of the plate to be electrically connected with each other.

The present invention provides a battery module, which includes: a plurality of battery cells which include electrode tabs, respectively; and one or more bus bars connected to the electrode tabs for electrically connecting the plurality of battery cells with each other, wherein each of the one or more bus bars includes a plate having one or more openings formed therein, and a plurality of adjacent electrode tabs among the electrode tabs are inserted into any one of the one or more openings of the plate to be electrically connected with each other.

The present application provides a secondary battery, which includes a first electrode assembly, a second electrode assembly, a case, and a top cap assembly. The top cap assembly includes a top cap plate and a first electrode terminal, the top cap plate is connected to the case, and the first electrode terminal is arranged on the top cap plate. The first electrode assembly includes a first body and first tabs extending from the first body, and the first tabs are multiple and stacked. The second electrode assembly includes a second body and second tabs extending from the second body, and the second tabs are multiple and stacked. An end of each of the second tabs that is away from the second body is a second end portion. Each of the first tabs includes a first connecting portion extending beyond the second end portion.

An adhesive film for a metal terminal is interposed between a metal terminal electrically connected to an electrode of a power storage device element, and a power storage device exterior material that seals the power storage device element, the adhesive film comprising a laminated body including, in the following order: a first polyolefin layer disposed on the metal terminal side; a base material; and a second polyolefin layer disposed on the power storage device exterior material side, wherein the adhesive film has a Martens hardness of at most 30 N/mm.sup.2 as measured in a direction perpendicular to a cross-section in the thickness direction of the first polyolefin layer.

A cover plate assembly, a battery, a battery module, a power battery pack, and an electric vehicle are disclosed. The cover plate assembly includes a cover plate body (1), a first electrode terminal (2), a second electrode terminal, and a resistive coating (3). The second electrode terminal is insulatively connected with the cover plate body (1). The first electrode terminal (2) is electrically connected with the cover plate body (1) by the resistive coating (3). The resistive coating (3) includes a weak portion (331). When a current flowing through the resistive coating (3) is greater than a predetermined threshold, the weak portion (331) is melted to disconnect the cover plate body (1) from the first electrode terminal (2).

A battery module includes a cell stack including a plurality of battery cells that are electrically connected to one another; a module housing accommodating the cell stack therein and including a pair of module holes formed in one surface; and a pair of venting hole terminals each including terminal hole communicating with the module hole, and electrically connected to the cell stack.