IP Library Granted Patent US 12,080,841
Granted Patent B2
US 12,080,841 · App. 17/598,662 · Granted Sep 3, 2024

Layered electrode body manufacturing device

Inventors: Kenji Inagaki (Hyogo, JP); Tatsuya Masada (Hyogo, JP); Masahide Maruyama (Nara, JP)
Assignees: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION; PANASONIC ENERGY CO., LTD.
H01M10/0468H01M10/0585
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Patent No.
US 12,080,841
App. No.
17/598,662
Granted
Sep 3, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A layered electrode body manufacturing device comprising: a negative electrode cut drum which cuts a negative electrode single plate at a first width, generates a negative electrode plate, and conveys same; a negative electrode heat drum which heats the negative electrode plate; a positive electrode cut drum which cuts a positive electrode single plate at a second width, generates a positive electrode plate, and conveys same; a positive electrode heat drum which heats the positive electrode plate; a bonding drum; a separator cut drum which cuts, at a third width, a second separator single plate and a first separator single plate of a layered body which is bonded with the bonding drum; and a laminating drum which layers the cut layered body on a laminating stage.

Claims (40)

1. A production device of a layered electrode assembly, the production device comprising:

a plurality of laminating heads placed in a circumferential direction of a drum; and

a laminating stage over which laminated bodies held by the laminating head are sequentially layered, wherein

each of the plurality of laminating heads holds a laminated body including an electrode and a separator, and rotates around a center axis of the drum,

relative velocities of the plurality of laminating heads with respect to each other are changed each time a predetermined section is reached on a circumference of the drum, and

a movement velocity of the laminating head in the circumferential direction is increased with respect to an adjacent laminating head in a predetermined section, a relative velocity of the laminating head with respect to the laminating stage is set to zero at a predetermined position, and the laminating head layers the laminated body over the laminating stage.

2. The production device of the layered electrode assembly according to claim 1 , wherein

after the relative velocity of the laminating head with respect to the laminating stage is set to zero, the laminating head moves in a direction toward the laminating stage, and layers the laminated body over the laminating stage.

3. The production device of the layered electrode assembly according to claim 2 , wherein

after the laminating head moves in the direction toward the laminating stage, the laminating head stops, and layers the laminated body over the laminating stage.

4. The production device of the layered electrode assembly according to claim 2 , wherein

after the laminating head layers the laminated body over the laminating stage, the laminating head moves in a direction away from the laminating stage.

5. The production device of the layered electrode assembly according to claim 1 , wherein

after the laminating head layers the laminated body over the laminating stage, the velocity of the laminating head is again increased at a predetermined section in the circumferential direction of the drum.

6. The production device of the layered electrode assembly according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the plurality of laminating heads comprises:

an arm having one end connected to the center axis of the drum; and

a holding portion which is connected to the other end of the arm and which can swing with respect to the arm.

7. The production device of the layered electrode assembly according to claim 6 , wherein

a suction hole is formed on the holding portion, and

a vacuum pad is provided at an inside of the suction hole.

8. The production device of the layered electrode assembly according to claim 6 , wherein

the holding portion has an outer peripheral surface which is curved in a convex shape, and holds the laminated body on the outer peripheral surface.

9. The production device of the layered electrode assembly according to claim 8 , wherein

each of the plurality of laminating heads layers the laminated body over the laminating stage at a position where a most-protruding portion of the convex shape is closest to the laminating stage.

10. The production device of the layered electrode assembly according to claim 6 , wherein

the holding portion has an outer peripheral surface which is curved in a concave shape, and holds the laminated body on the outer peripheral surface.

11. The production device of the layered electrode assembly according to claim 10 , wherein

each of the plurality of laminating heads layers the laminated body over the laminating stage at a position where an outermost circumferential part of the concave shape is closest to the laminating stage.

12. The production device of the layered electrode assembly according to claim 1 , wherein

the laminated body is a 4-layer laminated body of a quadrangular shape in which a first separator, a first electrode plate, a second separator, and a second electrode plate are layered.

13. The production device of the layered electrode assembly according to claim 1 , wherein

the laminated body is a 3-layer laminated body of a quadrangular shape in which a first separator, a first electrode plate, and a second separator are layered.

14. The production device of the layered electrode assembly according to claim 1 , wherein

the laminated body is a 4-layer laminated body of a quadrangular shape in which a first separator, a first electrode plate, a second separator, and a second electrode plate are layered, or a 3-layer laminated body of a quadrangular shape in which the first separator, the first electrode plate, and the second separator are layered, and

each of the plurality of laminating heads layers a predetermined number of the 4-layer laminated bodies and a predetermined number of the 3-layer laminated bodies over the laminating stage.

15. The production device of the layered electrode assembly according to claim 14 , wherein

each of the plurality of laminating heads layers one 3-layer laminated body over the laminating stage, and layers a plurality of the 4-layer laminated bodies over the laminating stage.

16. The production device of the layered electrode assembly according to claim 1 , wherein

a laminating stage surface of the laminating stage can be driven to move and rotate in a horizontal plane.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2023
From: SANYO ELECTRIC CO. LTD
To: PANASONIC ENERGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063623/0047 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 12, 2022
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060054/0248 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 3, 2022
From: INAGAKI, KENJI; MASADA, TATSUYA; MARUYAMA, MASAHIDE
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION; SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058883/0378 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-067841 · Mar 29, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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