RECHARGEABLE BATTERY WITH IMPROVED SAFETY

Disclosed herein is a secondary battery having an electrode assembly mounted in a receiving part of a pouch-shaped battery case, wherein convex parts formed to protrude from the battery case upward are provided at the upper end of the receiving part of the battery case corresponding to electrode tabs of the electrode assembly so as to support coupling portions (V-form regions) between the electrode tabs and corresponding electrode leads against injection pressure of a holt melt resin during injection molding to form a pack case with respect to the secondary battery.