IP Library Granted Patent US 10,461,356
Granted Patent B2
US 10,461,356 · App. 15/873,636 · Granted Oct 29, 2019

Jig having variable structure depending on size of receiving portion of case

Inventors: Jin Kyu Lee (Daejeon, KR); Jeong Min Kim (Daejeon, KR); Chan Ki Park (Daejeon, KR); Jae Han Jung (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
H01M10/0404B29C33/308H01M2/0287B21D22/20H01M2/0202H01M2002/0205
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Patent No.
US 10,461,356
App. No.
15/873,636
Granted
Oct 29, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Present disclosure relates to a variable jig which is a jig device to manufacture a battery cell in which an electrode assembly is embedded in a battery case made of a laminate sheet including a resin layer and a metal layer, including a die assembly having an inwardly recessed structure corresponding to a storage configured to mount the electrode assembly located on the laminate sheet or a portion to be molded as the storage; and a fixing die configured to fix an outer periphery of the sheet in a normal position, wherein the die assembly is configured to allow adjustment of at least one of a width or a length of the inward recess according to a size of the electrode assembly.

Claims (22)

1. A variable jig which is a jig device to manufacture a battery cell in which an electrode assembly is embedded in a battery case made of a laminate sheet including a resin layer and a metal layer, comprising:

a die assembly having an inwardly recessed structure corresponding to a storage configured to mount the electrode assembly located on the laminate sheet or a portion to be molded as the storage; and

a fixing die configured to fix an outer periphery of the sheet in a normal position,

wherein the die assembly is configured to allow adjustment of at least one of a width or a length of the inward recess according to a size of the electrode assembly.

2. The variable jig of claim 1 , wherein the die assembly comprises:

a mold assembly having a structure capable of adjusting a height thereof corresponding to a depth of the storage; and

a base plate having an upper surface on which the mold assembly is mounted,

wherein the mold assembly includes a structure coupled to the base plate so that mounting positions of the mold assembly can be adjusted to correspond to at least one of a width or a length of an outer periphery of the storage horizontally.

3. The variable jig of claim 2 , wherein the mold assembly comprises:

a first mold located on a lowermost side of the mold assembly and coupled to the upper surface of the base plate so that the mounting position can be adjusted; and

a second mold located at an upper end of the first mold and having a structure in which at least one or more plate-type members are stacked to be adjustable in height corresponding to the depth of the storage.

4. The variable jig of claim 3 , wherein each of the plate-type members constituting the second mold has a structure having the same shape and height.

5. The variable jig of claim 4 , wherein the plate-type members have a structure in which no step is formed when the plate-type members are stacked due to the same sectional area thereof.

6. The variable jig of claim 4 , wherein a sectional area of the plate-type members decreases from a plate-type member coupled to the first mold toward a plate-type member at the uppermost layer.

7. The variable jig of claim 3 , wherein the mold assembly further comprises one or more mold coupling members to maintain a coupling structure between the first and second molds.

8. The variable jig of claim 7 , wherein the mold coupling member includes a support passing-through fastening holes formed in the plate-type members constituting the second mold to be coupled with the second mold in a state being inserted into and fixed in a recess formed in an upper end of the first mold.

9. The variable jig of claim 3 , wherein

the base plate includes insertion grooves formed on a surface facing the first mold, and

the first mold includes coupling parts formed to protrude, having a hook structure capable of being coupled to the insertion grooves.

10. The variable jig of claim 9 , wherein the insertion grooves are a slit structure of a linear or dot shape, at least one of the insertion grooves are formed at positions corresponding to an outer periphery of the storage, and have a structure arranged outwardly from the outer periphery of the storage.

11. The variable jig of claim 1 , wherein the jig device further comprises a punch configured to press a portion to be molded as the storage and mold the storage by deep drawing.

12. A battery cell manufacturing device comprising the variable jig of claim 1 .

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 Feb 20, 2018
From: LEE, JIN KYU; KIM, JEONG MIN; PARK, CHAN KI; JUNG, JAE HAN
To: LG CHEM, LTD.
Reel/Frame 044977/0709 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0009044 · Jan 19, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180205107A1 · Jul 19, 2018