| CPC H01M 10/0431 (2013.01) [H01M 50/105 (2021.01)] | 21 Claims |

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1. A secondary battery comprising:
a case;
an electrode assembly, comprising a positive electrode plate, and accommodated in the case; and
a support plate including a plate-shaped base plate at one end of the electrode assembly and supporting the one end of the electrode assembly, such that at least a first portion of the support plate covers a lower end surface of the electrode assembly, the lower end surface comprising an end portion of the positive electrode plate and an end portion of a negative electrode plate,
wherein at least a second portion of the support plate is located at a wound inner portion of the electrode assembly, and is electrically insulated from the positive electrode plate.
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