IP Library Granted Patent US 10,665,847
Granted Patent B2
US 10,665,847 · App. 15/741,359 · Granted May 26, 2020

Electrode assembly

Inventors: Jung Shik Oh (Daejeon, KR); Jeong Min Kim (Daejeon, KR); Kyoung Won Kang (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
H01M2/266H01M2/1673H01M10/0413H01M10/0445
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Patent No.
US 10,665,847
App. No.
15/741,359
Granted
May 26, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The electrode assembly comprises a first electrode unit in which an electrode and a separator are alternately stacked and a second electrode unit in which an electrode and a separator are alternately stacked, the second electrode unit having a size less than that of the first electrode unit and being stacked on the first electrode unit, wherein a tab bonding body manufactured by connecting an electrode tab provided in the first electrode unit to an electrode tab provided in the second electrode unit is disposed within a range of a width of the second electrode unit, and a leading electrode tab to which an electrode lead is connected is disposed on a portion of the first electrode unit.

Claims (29)

1. An electrode assembly comprising:

a first electrode unit in which an electrode and a separator are alternately stacked; and

a second electrode unit in which an electrode and a separator are alternately stacked, the second electrode unit having a size less than that of the first electrode unit and being stacked on the first electrode unit,

wherein a tab bonding body manufactured by connecting an electrode tab provided in the first electrode unit to an electrode tab provided in the second electrode unit is disposed within a range of a width of the second electrode unit, and

a leading electrode tab to which an electrode lead is connected is disposed on a portion of the first electrode unit,

wherein the leading electrode tab is disposed on a portion of the first electrode unit, at which the first electrode unit and the second electrode unit do not overlap each other.

2. The electrode assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first electrode unit is manufactured by stacking first unit cells, each of which is a unit in which the electrode and the separator are alternately stacked to be bonded to each other.

3. The electrode assembly of claim 1 , wherein the second electrode unit is manufactured by stacking second unit cells, each of which is a unit in which the electrode and the separator are alternately stacked to be bonded to each other.

4. The electrode assembly of claim 1 , wherein the tab bonding body comprises:

a positive electrode tab bonding body manufactured by connecting a positive electrode tab provided in the first electrode unit to a positive electrode tab provided in the second electrode unit; and

a negative electrode tab bonding body manufactured by connecting a negative electrode tab provided in the first electrode unit to a negative electrode tab provided in the second electrode unit,

wherein the leading electrode tab comprises:

a leading positive electrode tab to which a positive electrode lead is connected; and

a leading negative electrode tab to which a negative electrode lead is connected.

5. The electrode assembly of claim 1 , wherein the tab bonding body comprises:

a positive electrode tab bonding body manufactured by connecting a positive electrode tab provided in the first electrode unit to a positive electrode tab provided in the second electrode unit; and

a negative electrode tab bonding body manufactured by connecting a negative electrode tab provided in the first electrode unit to a negative electrode tab provided in the second electrode unit,

wherein the leading electrode tab comprises a leading positive electrode tab to which a positive electrode lead is connected.

6. The electrode assembly of claim 1 , wherein the tab bonding body comprises:

a positive electrode tab bonding body manufactured by connecting a positive electrode tab provided in the first electrode unit to a positive electrode tab provided in the second electrode unit; and

a negative electrode tab bonding body manufactured by connecting a negative electrode tab provided in the first electrode unit to a negative electrode tab provided in the second electrode unit,

wherein the leading electrode tab comprises a leading negative electrode tab to which a negative electrode lead is connected.

7. The electrode assembly of claim 1 , wherein the tab bonding body and the leading electrode tab are directed in directions different from each other.

8. The electrode assembly of claim 1 , wherein the tab bonding body and the leading electrode tab are directed in directions opposite to each other.

9. The electrode assembly of claim 1 , wherein the tab bonding body comprises:

a positive electrode tab bonding body manufactured by connecting a positive electrode tab provided in the first electrode unit to a positive electrode tab provided in the second electrode unit; and

a negative electrode tab bonding body manufactured by connecting a negative electrode tab provided in the first electrode unit to a negative electrode tab provided in the second electrode unit,

wherein the leading electrode tab comprises one of a leading positive electrode tab to which a positive electrode lead is connected or a leading negative electrode tab to which a negative electrode lead is connected,

and wherein the leading electrode tab is spaced from and separate from the positive electrode tab bonding body and the negative electrode tab bonding body.

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 Jan 2, 2018
From: OH, JUNG SHIK; KIM, JEONG MIN; KANG, KYOUNG WON
To: LG CHEM, LTD.
Reel/Frame 044519/0379 →
Priority Claims (3)
KR 10-2016-0019834 · Feb 19, 2016 · national
KR 10-2016-0019836 · Feb 19, 2016 · national
KR 10-2017-0021819 · Feb 17, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190006655A1 · Jan 3, 2019