IP Library Granted Patent US 9,660,300
Granted Patent B2
US 9,660,300 · App. 14/198,136 · Granted May 23, 2017

Method for manufacturing sealed battery

Inventor: Akira Tsukui (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H01M10/4228Y10T29/49004
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Patent No.
US 9,660,300
App. No.
14/198,136
Granted
May 23, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for manufacturing a sealed battery includes: injecting an electrolytic solution into an exterior; introducing a detection gas into the exterior; and detecting a leakage by detecting a leakage of the detection gas introduced into the exterior, the electrolytic solution in an electrolytic solution tank is pressure fed into the exterior by pressurizing the electrolytic solution tank by feeding a gas of a kind the same as the detection gas in the electrolytic solution tank where the electrolytic solution is stored, in order to inject the electrolytic solution into the battery container.

Claims (8)

1. A method for manufacturing a sealed battery, the method comprising:

storing an electrolytic solution in a storage device in a sealed state;

feeding a pressurized feeding gas into the storage device where the electrolytic solution is stored;

after the electrolytic solution is stored in the storage device and the storage device is pressurized by feeding the pressurized feeding gas from a feeding gas feed source, injecting the electrolytic solution into a battery container via a liquid injection nozzle, the electrolytic solution being pressure fed from the storage device to the injection nozzle using the pressurized feeding gas;

introducing a detection gas into the battery container, the detection gas being identical to the pressurized feeding gas; and

detecting a leakage of the detection gas introduced into the battery container.

2. The method for manufacturing a sealed battery according to claim 1 , wherein the pressurized feeding gas and the detection gas contain helium.

3. The method for manufacturing a sealed battery according to claim 1 , wherein the pressurized feeding gas and the detection gas contain hydrogen.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 5, 2014
From: TSUKUI, AKIRA
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 032358/0298 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-058696 · Mar 21, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140283371A1 · Sep 25, 2014