IP Library Granted Patent US 10,062,896
Granted Patent B2
US 10,062,896 · App. 14/420,997 · Granted Aug 28, 2018

Method of manufacturing secondary battery

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Patent No.
US 10,062,896
App. No.
14/420,997
Granted
Aug 28, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a secondary battery, built in a battery case, having an electrode assembly impregnated with an electrolyte solution, the method including: (a) injecting an electrolyte solution into a chamber; (b) impregnating by soaking an electrode assembly, which has a separator interposed between a cathode and an anode, in an electrolyte solution contained in the chamber; and (c) moving into the electrode assembly from step (b) with the electrolyte solution into a battery case, whereby interfacial wetting of the electrode assembly and the electrolyte solution is improved. A secondary battery manufactured according to the method may have improved electrolyte solution impregnation properties, ionic conductivity, electronic conductivity and the like and, as such, may have improved electrochemical performance.

Claims (8)

1. A method of manufacturing a secondary battery, built in a battery case, having an electrode assembly impregnated with an electrolyte solution, the method consisting of:

injecting an electrolyte solution into a chamber;

soaking an electrode assembly, which has a separator interposed between a cathode and an anode, in the electrolyte solution contained in the chamber;

moving the electrode assembly with the electrolyte solution into a battery case; and

sealing the battery case,

wherein the electrolyte solution has a viscosity of 1 cP to 4 cP.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a volume of the chamber is 1.5 times or more with respect to a volume of the electrode assembly.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a volume of the chamber is 2 times or more with respect to a volume of the electrode assembly.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2021
From: LG CHEM, LTD.
To: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058295/0068 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2017
From: KIM, SOOJIN
To: LG CHEM, LTD.
Reel/Frame 043142/0013 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 19, 2016
From: CHUNG, MIKYUNG; CHANG, SUNG-KYUN; UHM, IN SUNG; CHANG, WON SEOK
To: LG CHEM, LTD.
Reel/Frame 037522/0420 →