US 11,916,240 B2
Secondary battery and battery module including the same
Hun-Hee Lim, Daejeon (KR); Sang-Hun Kim, Daejeon (KR); Min-Hyeong Kang, Daejeon (KR); and Hyung-Kyun Yu, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to LG Energy Solution, Ltd., (KR)
Appl. No. 18/026,302
Filed by LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Dec. 8, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/018560
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 14, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/124802, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 16, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0170441 (KR), filed on Dec. 8, 2020; and application No. 10-2021-0148399 (KR), filed on Nov. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0352780 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H01M 50/178 (2021.01); H01M 50/188 (2021.01); H01M 50/197 (2021.01); H01M 50/30 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/178 (2021.01) [H01M 50/188 (2021.01); H01M 50/197 (2021.01); H01M 50/394 (2021.01); H01M 2200/20 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A secondary battery comprising:
an electrode assembly comprising a plurality of electrode sheets and a separator interposed between first and second of the plurality of electrode sheets;
a pouch-like battery casing configured to receive the electrode assembly;
an electrode lead connected to the electrode assembly and protruding out from the battery casing; and
a lead film covering the electrode lead and interposed between the electrode lead and the battery casing,
wherein the lead film comprises an outer layer covering the electrode lead and an inner layer disposed inside of the outer layer, and
wherein the inner layer comprises a material having a higher air permeability as compared to an air permeability of the outer layer.