IP Library Granted Patent US 10,056,597
Granted Patent B2
US 10,056,597 · App. 14/982,175 · Granted Aug 21, 2018

Connecting structure and method between grid and electrode tab of secondary battery

Inventors: Pan-Kyu Park (Gwangju, KR); Ki-Hong Park (Daejeon, KR); Ji-Jun Hong (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Choong-Yeon Chong (Ulsan, KR)
Assignee: Kokam Co., Ltd.
H01M2/26H01M2/30
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Patent No.
US 10,056,597
App. No.
14/982,175
Granted
Aug 21, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a connecting structure and method between a grid and an electrode tab of a secondary battery, which may ensure stable connection between the grid and the electrode tab of an electrode assembly and allow improved productivity. The connecting structure includes a grid integrally extending from an electrode plate of a secondary battery, an electrode tab connected to the grid, and a laser welding portion connecting the grid and the electrode tab. Also, a connecting method between a grid and an electrode tab of a secondary battery includes (a) fixing the grid with a jig, (b) cutting the grid, and (c) stacking the grid and the electrode tab and connecting the grid and the electrode tab by means of laser welding.

Claims (10)

1. A connecting method between a grid and an electrode tab of a secondary battery, comprising:

(a) fixing the grid with a jig;

(b) cutting the grid; and

(c) stacking the grid and the electrode tab and connecting the grid and the electrode tab by means of laser welding,

wherein the connecting method further comprises pre-welding the grid by means of ultrasonic welding before the step (a), and stacking the electrode tab on the grid and aligning a location of the electrode tab after the step (b),

wherein in the step (c), the laser welding forms a laser welding portion at a region where the grid and the electrode tab are stacked,

wherein the laser welding portion is formed to have a predetermined pattern repeatedly,

wherein the predetermined pattern is a vertically uneven wave form that has laterally linear welding portions and laterally linear non-welding portions respectively formed along lateral linear lines of an upper portion and a lower portion thereof, the welding portions at the upper portion of the pattern and the welding portions at the lower portion of the pattern are connected to each other by means of laser welding at different locations along a lateral direction so as to be connected with a linear slope from the linear line of the upper portion to the linear line of the lower portion and connected with a linear slope from the linear line of the lower portion to the linear line of the upper portion, and the laser welding portion of the predetermined pattern is continuously formed in one direction from a front point to a last point thereof,

wherein one end and the other end of the predetermined pattern are separated from each other, and

wherein the predetermined pattern is formed in a lateral parallel to a virtual horizontal line.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 2, 2025
From: SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES KOREA LIMITED COMPANY
To: SEBANG LITHIUM BATTERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 072446/0166 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 22, 2023
From: KOKAM CO., LTD.
To: SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES KOREA LIMITED COMPANY
Reel/Frame 063716/0705 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 21, 2023
From: KOKAM LIMITED COMPANY
To: SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES KOREA LIMITED COMPANY
Reel/Frame 063120/0003 →
CHANGE OF LEGAL ENTITY Recorded Jul 8, 2022
From: KOKAM CO., LTD.
To: KOKAM LIMITED COMPANY
Reel/Frame 060614/0750 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jul 8, 2022
From: KOKAM LIMITED COMPANY
To: KOKAM LIMITED COMPANY
Reel/Frame 060954/0165 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 29, 2015
From: PARK, PAN-KYU; PARK, KI-HONG; HONG, JI-JUN; CHONG, CHOONG-YEON
To: KOKAM CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 037373/0594 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2015-0030639 · Mar 4, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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