Patent ID: 8252452
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A secondary battery comprising: an electrode assembly which is charged and discharged; a sheathing member including a metal layer and a resin layer, the electrode assembly sealed within the sheathing member and the sheathing member including a sealing region surrounding the electrode assembly; wherein the secondary battery further comprises: a first molding part and a second molding part having a predetermined thickness and respectively overlapping first opposing sides of the sealing region of the sheathing member, the first molding part and the second molding part exposing second opposing sides of the sealing region adjacent to the first opposing sides, wherein each of the first molding part and the second molding part is a single unitary indivisible part facing upper and lower outside surfaces of the sheathing member, wherein when a plurality of the secondary battery is stacked on one another, a coolant flow channel is defined by adjacent molding parts, and the coolant flow channel is exposed to an outside of the molding parts.