US 12,407,027 B2
Battery and current collector applied thereto, and battery pack and vehicle including the battery
Jae-Won Lim, Daejeon (KR); Hak-Kyun Kim, Daejeon (KR); Je-Jun Lee, Daejeon (KR); Ji-Min Jung, Daejeon (KR); Su-Ji Choi, Daejeon (KR); Kwang-Su Hwangbo, Daejeon (KR); Do-Gyun Kim, Daejeon (KR); Geon-Woo Min, Daejeon (KR); Hae-Jin Lim, Daejeon (KR); Min-Ki Jo, Daejeon (KR); Jae-Woong Kim, Daejeon (KR); Jong-Sik Park, Daejeon (KR); Yu-Sung Choe, Daejeon (KR); Byoung-Gu Lee, Daejeon (KR); Duk-Hyun Ryu, Daejeon (KR); Kwan-Hee Lee, Daejeon (KR); Jae-Eun Lee, Daejeon (KR); Bo-Hyun Kang, Daejeon (KR); Jin-Hak Kong, Daejeon (KR); Soon-O Lee, Daejeon (KR); Kyu-Hyun Choi, Daejeon (KR); and Pil-Kyu Park, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Feb. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/592,594.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0022881 (KR), filed on Feb. 19, 2021; application No. 10-2021-0022891 (KR), filed on Feb. 19, 2021; application No. 10-2021-0022894 (KR), filed on Feb. 19, 2021; application No. 10-2021-0022897 (KR), filed on Feb. 19, 2021; application No. 10-2021-0024424 (KR), filed on Feb. 23, 2021; application No. 10-2021-0030291 (KR), filed on Mar. 8, 2021; application No. 10-2021-0030300 (KR), filed on Mar. 8, 2021; application No. 10-2021-0046798 (KR), filed on Apr. 9, 2021; application No. 10-2021-0058183 (KR), filed on May 4, 2021; application No. 10-2021-0077046 (KR), filed on Jun. 14, 2021; application No. 10-2021-0084326 (KR), filed on Jun. 28, 2021; application No. 10-2021-0131205 (KR), filed on Oct. 1, 2021; application No. 10-2021-0131207 (KR), filed on Oct. 1, 2021; application No. 10-2021-0131208 (KR), filed on Oct. 1, 2021; application No. 10-2021-0131215 (KR), filed on Oct. 1, 2021; application No. 10-2021-0131225 (KR), filed on Oct. 1, 2021; application No. 10-2021-0137001 (KR), filed on Oct. 14, 2021; application No. 10-2021-0137856 (KR), filed on Oct. 15, 2021; application No. 10-2021-0142196 (KR), filed on Oct. 22, 2021; application No. 10-2021-0153472 (KR), filed on Nov. 9, 2021; application No. 10-2021-0160823 (KR), filed on Nov. 19, 2021; application No. 10-2021-0163809 (KR), filed on Nov. 24, 2021; application No. 10-2021-0165866 (KR), filed on Nov. 26, 2021; application No. 10-2021-0172446 (KR), filed on Dec. 3, 2021; application No. 10-2021-0177091 (KR), filed on Dec. 10, 2021; application No. 10-2021-0194572 (KR), filed on Dec. 31, 2021; application No. 10-2021-0194593 (KR), filed on Dec. 31, 2021; application No. 10-2021-0194610 (KR), filed on Dec. 31, 2021; application No. 10-2021-0194611 (KR), filed on Dec. 31, 2021; application No. 10-2021-0194612 (KR), filed on Dec. 31, 2021; and application No. 10-2022-0001802 (KR), filed on Jan. 5, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2022/0271402 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 10/0587 (2010.01); H01M 4/64 (2006.01); H01M 4/70 (2006.01); H01M 50/107 (2021.01); H01M 50/152 (2021.01); H01M 50/179 (2021.01); H01M 50/183 (2021.01); H01M 50/188 (2021.01); H01M 50/213 (2021.01); H01M 50/242 (2021.01); H01M 50/507 (2021.01); H01M 50/509 (2021.01); H01M 50/531 (2021.01); H01M 50/533 (2021.01); H01M 50/536 (2021.01); H01M 50/55 (2021.01); H01M 50/559 (2021.01); H01M 50/567 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 10/0587 (2013.01) [H01M 4/64 (2013.01); H01M 4/70 (2013.01); H01M 50/107 (2021.01); H01M 50/152 (2021.01); H01M 50/179 (2021.01); H01M 50/183 (2021.01); H01M 50/188 (2021.01); H01M 50/213 (2021.01); H01M 50/242 (2021.01); H01M 50/507 (2021.01); H01M 50/509 (2021.01); H01M 50/531 (2021.01); H01M 50/533 (2021.01); H01M 50/536 (2021.01); H01M 50/55 (2021.01); H01M 50/559 (2021.01); H01M 50/567 (2021.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 96 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery, comprising:
an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode,
wherein the first electrode, the second electrode, and the separator are wound about an axis to define a core and an outer circumferential surface of the electrode assembly,
wherein the first electrode has a pair of first sides, a pair of second sides extending between the pair of first sides, a first portion including an active material extending between the pair of first sides, and a second portion extending between the pair of first sides and exposed beyond the separator along a winding direction, and
wherein at least part of the second portion includes an electrode tab;
a battery housing having a first opening at a first end and a second end with a second opening opposite the first end, the battery housing accommodating the electrode assembly through the first opening at the first end;
a first current collector including a support portion positioned on the electrode assembly, a first tab coupling portion extending from a perimeter of the support portion and coupled with the second portion of the first electrode, and a first housing coupling portion extending from the perimeter of the support portion and electrically coupled onto an inner surface of the battery housing, the first tab coupling portion being separated from the first housing coupling portion so as to not contact the first housing coupling portion, the first tab coupling portion ending in a free end spaced from the support portion; and
a housing cover which seals the first opening of the battery housing,
wherein the battery housing includes a beading portion which is formed at an end portion adjacent to the first opening and is press-fit inward, and
wherein the first housing coupling portion includes:
a first contact portion directly coupled onto the beading portion of the battery housing; and
a first connecting portion connecting the support portion to the first contact portion.