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Granted Patent B2
US 11,811,042 · App. 17/263,660 · Granted Nov 7, 2023

Active material coating method for secondary battery and coating apparatus

Inventors: Sang Myeon Lee (Daejeon, KR); Hyung Seok Han (Daejeon, KR); Hyungkyun Yu (Daejeon, KR); Ki Hoon Paeng (Daejeon, KR); Jaewon Moon (Daejeon, KR)
H01M4/0404B05C5/0254B05C11/00B05C21/005
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Patent No.
US 11,811,042
App. No.
17/263,660
Granted
Nov 7, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of coating an active material for a secondary battery according to one embodiment of the present disclosure is a method of coating an active material on an electrode current collector of a secondary battery, the method comprising the steps of: disposing a guide member on each of the left and right sides based on a moving direction of the electrode current collector, and coating the active material onto the electrode current collector between the two guide members.

Claims (16)

1. A method of coating an active material for a secondary battery in which the active material is coated onto an electrode current collector of the secondary battery, the method comprising:

disposing a guide member on each of a left and right side based on a moving direction of the electrode current collector, and

coating the active material onto the electrode current collector between the two guide members,

wherein the moving direction of the electrode current collector is in a linear direction by a first roller rotating in a first rotating direction, and

wherein the method further comprises a process in which the guide member is moved by a second roller at both ends of the guide member that rotates along a second rotating direction that is an opposite direction to the first rotating direction;

wherein the second roller allows the guide member to travel in place, and

wherein the guide member is disposed on each of a left and right side based on a moving direction of the electrode current collector upstream of coating the active material.

2. The method of coating an active material for a secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein one side surface forming a boundary with a coated portion among both side surfaces of the guide member is perpendicular to an upper surface of the electrode current collector.

3. The method of coating an active material for a secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a first surface of the electrode current collector is coated with the active material by using the coating method of claim 1 , and a second surface of the electrode current collector is coated in the same manner as in the method of coating the first surface of the electrode current collector with the active material.

4. The method of coating an active material for a secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein after the coating the active material onto the electrode current collector, the method further comprises:

removing the guide member from the electrode current collector, and

rolling the electrode current collector.

5. The method of coating an active material for a secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the guide member is formed of one of a rubber belt and a cloth-based belt.

6. The method of coating an active material for a secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein an area in which the guide member is disposed corresponds to a non-coated portion.

7. The method of coating an active material for a secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises suctioning remaining active materials of the guide member using a cleaner disposed in the guide member while the guide member travels.

8. The method of coating an active material for a secondary battery according to claim 7 , wherein along with the movement of the electrode current collector and the guide member and the suction of the cleaner, the guide member from which the remaining active material is removed is redisposed in an area where the active material is not coated.

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 28, 2021
From: LEE, SANG MYEON; HAN, HYUNG SEOK; YU, HYUNGKYUN; PAENG, KI HOON; MOON, JAEWON
To: LG CHEM, LTD.
Reel/Frame 055061/0962 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0008260 · Jan 22, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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