Secondary battery

Abstract

A secondary battery, including an electrode assembly including a first electrode tab on one side and a second electrode tab on another side, a case having open side(s) and accommodating the electrode assembly, a first cap plate coupled to the at least one open side of the case, a first electrode terminal electrically connected to the first electrode tab and being exposed outside the first cap plate, a first sub-plate electrically connecting the first electrode tab and the first electrode terminal, and a first insulator between the first cap plate and the electrode assembly, wherein the first sub-plate includes a first plate portion coupled to the first electrode tab, a first tab portion having one end coupled to the first plate portion and another end coupled to the first electrode terminal, and a first coating layer on at least a part of a surface of the first tab portion.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.