IP Library Granted Patent US 11,444,341
Granted Patent B2
US 11,444,341 · App. 17/149,787 · Granted Sep 13, 2022

Apparatus for degassing battery cell

Inventors: Sun Min Park (Daejeon, KR); Dong Ju Kim (Daejeon, KR); Ji Won Na (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: SK Innovation Co., Ltd.
H01M10/52H01M10/04H01M50/317
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Patent No.
US 11,444,341
App. No.
17/149,787
Granted
Sep 13, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus for degassing a battery cell includes: a gas suction portion providing negative pressure; a first tubular member connected to the gas suction portion, and having at least one suction port formed in a radial direction; a second tubular member connected to the gas suction portion, and provided to be coupled to the first tubular member; and a hemispherical cover coupled to the first tubular member and the second tubular member, respectively, wherein the hemispherical cover includes a first cover coupled to the first tubular member and a second cover coupled to the second tubular member, when the first tubular member and the second tubular member and are coupled, the first cover and the second cover may be disposed such that openings face each other, and the suction port may be disposed between the first cover and the second cover.

Claims (19)

1. An apparatus for degassing a battery cell, comprising:

a gas suction portion providing negative pressure;

a first tubular member connected to the gas suction portion, and having at least one suction port formed in a form of a through hole a radial direction of the first tubular member;

a second tubular member connected to the gas suction portion, and provided to be coupled to the first tubular member; and

a hemispherical cover coupled to the first tubular member and the second tubular member, respectively,

wherein the hemispherical cover comprises a first cover coupled to the first tubular member and a second cover coupled to the second tubular member,

wherein, when the first tubular member and the second tubular member are coupled, the first cover and the second cover are disposed such that openings face each other, and the suction port is disposed between the first cover and the second cover,

wherein the first tubular member penetrates through a gas chamber of the battery cell and is coupled to the second tubular member, and

wherein, when the first tubular member penetrates through the gas chamber and is coupled to the second tubular member, the suction port is disposed inside the gas chamber.

2. The apparatus for degassing a battery cell of claim 1 , wherein an end of the first tubular member is formed sharply.

3. The apparatus for degassing a battery cell of claim 1 , wherein

the hemispherical cover is in close contact with an exterior material forming the gas chamber to block an internal space of the gas chamber from an external space of the gas chamber.

4. The apparatus for degassing a battery cell of claim 1 , wherein the hemispherical cover is disposed such that a plane on which the opening is disposed is perpendicular to a length direction of the first tubular member or the second tubular member.

5. The apparatus for degassing a battery cell of claim 1 , further comprising a close contact pad attached to the opening of the hemispherical cover.

6. The apparatus for degassing a battery cell of claim 1 , further comprising a suction pipe connecting the first tubular member and the second tubular member to the gas suction portion, respectively.

7. The apparatus for degassing a battery cell of claim 1 , wherein an outer diameter of an end of the first tubular member is formed to be equal to or smaller than an inner diameter of an end of the second tubular member.

8. The apparatus for degassing a battery cell of claim 1 , wherein an end of the first tubular member is inserted inside the second tubular member and is coupled to the second tubular member.

9. The apparatus for degassing a battery cell of claim 1 , wherein when the second tubular member is coupled to the first tubular member, an internal space of the second tubular member is connected to an internal space of the first tubular member.

10. The apparatus for degassing a battery cell of claim 1 , wherein an end of the second tubular member is disposed in the second cover.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Nov 7, 2022
From: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.
To: SK ON CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062034/0198 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2021
From: PARK, SUN MIN; KIM, DONG JU; NA, JI WON
To: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 055009/0719 →