US 11,811,096 B2
Flexible battery and electronic device including the same
Yeonil Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Jul. 22, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/935,342.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0089046 (KR), filed on Jul. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0028433 A1, Jan. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. H01M 50/531 (2021.01); H01M 50/109 (2021.01); H01M 10/42 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 7/14 (2006.01); H01M 10/0585 (2010.01); H01M 50/119 (2021.01); H01M 50/486 (2021.01); H01M 50/545 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/531 (2021.01) [H01M 10/0585 (2013.01); H01M 10/425 (2013.01); H01M 50/109 (2021.01); H01M 50/119 (2021.01); H01M 50/486 (2021.01); H01M 50/545 (2021.01); H05K 5/0086 (2013.01); H05K 7/1427 (2013.01); H01M 2220/30 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery, comprising:
a first cathode plate including a first surface oriented in a first direction, and a second surface oriented in a second direction opposite to the first direction;
a first separation membrane disposed on the second surface of the first cathode plate;
a first anode plate disposed on a surface of the first separation membrane oriented in the second direction;
a through hole formed adjacent to respective center portions of the first cathode plate, the first separation membrane, and the first anode plate, wherein the through hole is substantially perpendicular to one surface of the first cathode plate;
a cathode tab disposed within the through hole and electrically connected to the first cathode plate;
an anode tab spaced apart from the first cathode plate within the through hole and electrically connected to the first anode plate; and
an alignment member disposed in the through hole, and including a first cavity configured to accommodate the cathode tab therein, and a second cavity separated from the first cavity and configured to accommodate the anode tab,
wherein the alignment member is formed of a flexible material including at least one of plastic, rubber or silicone,
wherein the through hole and the alignment member have a quadrangular prism shape, and
wherein the cathode tab and the anode tab are at least partially exposed to an external environment through the through hole.