IP Library Granted Patent US 10,516,184
Granted Patent B2
US 10,516,184 · App. 15/577,940 · Granted Dec 24, 2019

Device for manufacturing battery cell capable of removing gas trap by vibration

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Patent No.
US 10,516,184
App. No.
15/577,940
Granted
Dec 24, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a device for removing gas trap in a spare battery cell generated in a formation process during a process of manufacturing the battery cell, wherein the device is a gas trap removing device for manufacturing a battery cell, including: a battery cell receiving unit into which the spare battery cell is received; and a vibration applying unit for applying vibration to the battery cell receiving unit, in a state where the spare battery cell is received into the battery cell receiving unit.

Claims (15)

1. A device for removing gas trap in a spare battery cell generated in a formation process during a process of manufacturing the battery cell,

wherein the device is a device for manufacturing a battery cell capable of removing gas trap during the formation process, comprising:

a battery cell receiving unit into which the spare battery cell is received; and

a vibration applying unit for applying vibration to the battery cell receiving unit, in a state where the spare battery cell is received into the battery cell receiving unit,

wherein the battery cell is a cylindrical battery cell in which an electrode assembly is built in a battery case,

wherein the electrode assembly has a structure in which a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator interposed between the positive and negative electrodes are wound around a center pin, and

wherein the center in is vertically oriented when the vibration is applied to the battery cell by the vibration applying unit to cause the gas trap to be released through the center pin.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the vibration is applied by physical stimulation from the vibration applying unit.

3. The device of claim 2 , wherein the physical stimulation is performed by a physical impact being directly applied to the battery cell receiving unit from the vibration applying unit,

or the physical stimulation is performed by a repetitive flow of the vibration applying unit which is in contact with the battery cell receiving unit.

4. The device of claim 2 , wherein the physical stimulation is performed by an ultrasonic wave, and the ultrasonic wave has a frequency of 20 kHz to 100 kHz and an amplitude of 2 μm to 30 μm.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the battery cell receiving unit, in a state that one surface is opened, is formed in a recessed shape in the opposite direction from the open area.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the spare battery cell is supported in a liquid medium, in a state where the spare battery cell is received into a receiving unit of the battery cell.

7. The device of claim 6 , wherein the spare battery cell is supported in a liquid medium of water at least 50% based on the outer surface area.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the spare battery cell is received into the battery cell receiving unit after being charged in the range of 15 state of charge (SOC) to 20 SOC.

Assignments (2)
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 Nov 30, 2017
From: CHO, SUNGJU
To: LG CHEM, LTD.
Reel/Frame 044263/0122 →