| abstract |
Embodiments of secondary batteries with electrode assemblies are provided. The secondary battery can include an electrode assembly having a stacked series of layers, the stacked series of layers having an offset between the electrode and counter electrode layers in the stacked series of unit cell members. The set of constraints can be provided with a primary pharmaceutical system with first and second primary growth constraints separated from each other in the longitudinal direction and connected by at least one primary connecting member, the secondary pharmaceutical system And first and second secondary growth constraints that are separated in the second direction and connected by members of a series of stacked layers. The primary pharmaceutical system can at least partially inhibit the growth of the electrode assembly in the longitudinal direction, and the secondary pharmaceutical system can at least partially inhibit the growth in the second direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction. |