A battery cell includes an electrode assembly including a first tab and a second tab located on two ends of the electrode assembly, respectively, in a first direction. The battery cell further includes a first electrode terminal and a second electrode terminal located on two sides of the electrode assembly, respectively, in the first direction, a first adapter configured to couple the first tab and the first electrode terminal, and a second adapter configured to couple the second tab and the second electrode terminal. The first adapter and the second adapter each comprise at least two non-bending portions and at least one bending portion each connecting two adjacent ones of the at least two non-bending portions. A number of the at least two non-bending portions of the second adapter is greater than a number of the at least two non-bending portions of the first adapter.

A battery cell includes an electrode assembly including a first tab and a second tab located on two ends of the electrode assembly, respectively, in a first direction. The battery cell further includes a first electrode terminal and a second electrode terminal located on two sides of the electrode assembly, respectively, in the first direction, a first adapter configured to couple the first tab and the first electrode terminal, and a second adapter configured to couple the second tab and the second electrode terminal. The first adapter and the second adapter each comprise at least two non-bending portions and at least one bending portion each connecting two adjacent ones of the at least two non-bending portions. A number of the at least two non-bending portions of the second adapter is greater than a number of the at least two non-bending portions of the first adapter.

An ultrasonic joining horn disclosed herein can generate ultrasonic vibration in a predetermined vibration direction and includes a base portion, a stand portion that rises from an upper surface of the base portion, and a pressure contact portion formed of a plurality of protrusions that protrude from an upper surface of the stand portion. Each of the protrusions is formed into a pyramid shape or a truncated pyramid shape, the protrusions are arrayed, and when viewed from top, at least a portion of a peripheral edge of a portion in which the protrusions are arrayed has a zigzag shape. The zigzag portion is formed along at least one of the vibration direction and a perpendicular direction to the vibration direction. The upper surface of the base portion has an exposed surface on which the stand portion is not formed.

This disclosure provides a terminal component that can reduce thermal deterioration due to beam irradiation to a metal joining portion. A terminal component disclosed herein includes a first member formed of a metal and a plate-like second member formed of a metal, and a metal joining portion joined by metal joining is formed in a boundary surface where the first member and the second member are stacked. On a surface of the second member in an opposite side to the boundary surface, a raised portion raised from the surface is formed in a peripheral portion close to the metal joining portion.

A lithium-sulfur battery includes a casing having a length and a width, the casing including at least an anode and a cathode wound into a jelly roll oriented parallel to the length of the casing, an electrolyte disposed in the lithium-sulfur battery, a negative terminal extending along the length of the casing, and a positive terminal extending along the length of the casing, the positive terminal and the negative terminal parallel to one another.

A lithium-sulfur battery includes a casing having a length and a width, the casing including at least an anode and a cathode wound into a jelly roll oriented parallel to the length of the casing, an electrolyte disposed in the lithium-sulfur battery, a negative terminal extending along the length of the casing, and a positive terminal extending along the length of the casing, the positive terminal and the negative terminal parallel to one another.

A lithium-sulfur battery includes a casing, a top lid circumferentially welded to the casing, a negative contact surface positioned opposite the top lid, a positive terminal disposed within the casing, welded to the top lid, and configured as a mandrel, a glass insulator circumferentially wound around the mandrel, and a jelly roll including at least an anode and a cathode wound around the mandrel. The jelly roll may also include a top surface not in contact with the top lid, a bottom surface partially in contact with the negative contact surface, and partially in contact with a plurality of non-hollow carbonaceous spherical particles disposed between the bottom surface of the jelly roll and the negative contact surface. At least some of the non-hollow carbonaceous spherical particles may provide one or more electrically-conductive pathways between the bottom surface and the negative contact surface.

The present disclosure provides a secondary battery which comprises: a cap plate provided with a first electrode terminal; an electrode assembly comprising a main body and a first electrode tab; a first connecting piece connected between the first electrode tab and the first electrode terminal. The first connecting piece includes a first electrode terminal connecting portion, a first electrode tab connecting portion and a first fusing portion. The secondary battery further comprises an insulating piece arranged on the first connecting piece to prevent direct physical contact between the first electrode tab and the first electrode terminal connecting portion by covering at least an edge of the first electrode terminal connecting portion.

A secondary battery includes a case that accommodates an electrode assembly including a plurality of first electrode plates coated with a first active material, a plurality of second electrode plates coated with a second active material, and a separator positioned between each of the first electrode plates and each of the second electrode plates; lead tabs connected to the first electrode plates and the second electrode plates, respectively, and protruding outside of the case; and a protection circuit board electrically connected to the lead tabs, wherein the protection circuit board includes a pad including a blank region and a cell seating region, the lead tabs are seated on the cell seating region, and the blank region is along an edge of the cell seating region.

A secondary battery includes a case that accommodates an electrode assembly including a plurality of first electrode plates coated with a first active material, a plurality of second electrode plates coated with a second active material, and a separator positioned between each of the first electrode plates and each of the second electrode plates; lead tabs connected to the first electrode plates and the second electrode plates, respectively, and protruding outside of the case; and a protection circuit board electrically connected to the lead tabs, wherein the protection circuit board includes a pad including a blank region and a cell seating region, the lead tabs are seated on the cell seating region, and the blank region is along an edge of the cell seating region.