IP Library Granted Patent US 12,199,264
Granted Patent B2
US 12,199,264 · App. 17/647,601 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Method of manufacturing formed body for electrode

Inventors: Akihito Fukunaga (Kanagawa, JP); Eijiro Iwase (Kanagawa, JP); Koji Tonohara (Kanagawa, JP); Yasuhiro Sekizawa (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
H01M4/0435
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Patent No.
US 12,199,264
App. No.
17/647,601
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing a formed body for an electrode including: a step of preparing an electrode material containing an electrode active material; a step of forming at least two projecting portions containing the electrode material and placed side by side on a support in a width direction of the support by supplying the electrode material onto the support; and a step of leveling the projecting portions on the support.

Claims (35)

1. A method of manufacturing a formed body for an electrode comprising:

preparing an electrode material containing an electrode active material;

forming at least two projecting portions containing the electrode material and placed side by side on a support in a width direction of the support by supplying the electrode material onto the support; and

leveling the projecting portions on the support,

wherein a maximum height Hmax, of two neighboring projecting portions in the width direction of the support, and a height L, at a point where a height is minimum between the two projecting portions defining the maximum height Hmax, satisfy a relationship of 0.9<L/Hmax<0.97.

2. The method of manufacturing a formed body for an electrode according to claim 1 ,

wherein the maximum height H max and the height L satisfy a relationship of 0.9<L/H max <0.95.

3. The method of manufacturing a formed body for an electrode according to claim 1 ,

wherein a maximum height H max of two neighboring projecting portions in the width direction of the support and a distance D between the two projecting portions defining the maximum height H max satisfy a relationship of 1<H max /(D×0.5).

4. The method of manufacturing a formed body for an electrode according to claim 1 ,

wherein the number of the projecting portions is at least 3.

5. The method of manufacturing a formed body for an electrode according to claim 4 ,

wherein distances between two neighboring projecting portions in the width direction of the support are equal.

6. The method of manufacturing a formed body for an electrode according to claim 1 ,

wherein a distance between two neighboring projecting portions in the width direction of the support is in a range of 10 mm to 40 mm.

7. The method of manufacturing a formed body for an electrode according to claim 1 ,

wherein in the step of forming the projecting portions, the projecting portions are formed in a strip shape extending in a direction orthogonal to the width direction of the support in a plan view.

8. The method of manufacturing a formed body for an electrode according to claim 1 ,

wherein in the forming the projecting portions, movement regulating members that are placed on both end sides of the support in the width direction and regulate movement of the electrode material in the width direction of the support are used.

9. The method of manufacturing a formed body for an electrode according to claim 1 ,

wherein in the leveling the projecting portions, movement regulating members that are placed on both end sides of the support in the width direction and regulate movement of the electrode material in the width direction of the support are used.

10. The method of manufacturing a formed body for an electrode according to claim 1 ,

wherein in the forming the projecting portions, the electrode material is supplied onto the support by jetting the electrode material from at least two outlets placed side by side in the width direction of the support.

11. The method of manufacturing a formed body for an electrode according to claim 10 ,

wherein the number of the outlets is at least 3.

12. The method of manufacturing a formed body for an electrode according to claim 11 ,

wherein intervals between the outlets in the width direction of the support are equal.

13. The method of manufacturing a formed body for an electrode according to claim 10 ,

wherein an interval between the outlets in the width direction of the support is in a range of 10 mm to 40 mm.

14. The method of manufacturing a formed body for an electrode according to claim 10 ,

wherein a coefficient of variation of an amount of the electrode material jetted from the outlet is 4 or less.

15. The method of manufacturing a formed body for an electrode according to claim 10 ,

wherein the number of the outlets is at least 3, and an amount of the electrode material jetted from the outlets placed on both end sides of the support in the width direction is less than that of the electrode material jetted from the outlet placed at a position other than the both end sides of the support in the width direction.

16. The method of manufacturing a formed body for an electrode according to claim 10 ,

wherein in jetting the electrode material from the outlet, a scattering preventing member that is placed between the outlet and the support and prevents scattering of the electrode material is used.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 18, 2022
From: FUKUNAGA, AKIHITO; IWASE, EIJIRO; TONOHARA, KOJI; SEKIZAWA, YASUHIRO
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058674/0220 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-149869 · Aug 19, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020029537 · Jul 31, 2020
Related Publication 20220131128A1 · Apr 28, 2022
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