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US 12,247,938 · App. 17/561,878 · Granted Mar 11, 2025

Inspection device and manufacturing method of film-type battery

Inventor: Satoshi Nakashima (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.
G01N25/72G01B11/06H01M10/0436G01K1/12H01M50/183
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Patent No.
US 12,247,938
App. No.
17/561,878
Granted
Mar 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An inspection device of a film-type battery is provided which can detect a poorly sealed site of a heat seal part. The present disclosure provides an inspection device of a film-type battery including an electrode body, and a film exterior body for accommodating the electrode body in the inside thereof, and having a heat seal part at the periphery thereof. The inspection device includes a temperature measuring device for measuring the temperature distribution of the heat seal part, and a first determination part for controlling the temperature measuring device in a prescribed time after forming the heat seal part at the film exterior body, and determining the presence or absence of a poorly sealed site based on the temperature distribution measured.

Claims (24)

1. An inspection device for a film-type battery including an electrode body, and a film exterior body for accommodating the electrode body in an inside thereof, and including a heat seal part at a periphery thereof,

the inspection device, comprising:

a temperature measuring device for measuring a temperature distribution of the heat seal part; and

a first determination part for controlling the temperature measuring device in a prescribed time after formation of the heat seal part at the film exterior body, and determining presence or absence of a poorly sealed site based on the temperature distribution measured, wherein:

the first determination part is configured so as to acquire the temperature distribution after an elapse of a first time, and the temperature distribution after an elapse of a second time longer than the first time in the prescribed time, and to calculate a temperature change amount per unit time, thereby determining the presence or absence of the poorly sealed site based on the temperature change amount.

2. The inspection device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a thickness measuring device for measuring a thickness distribution of the heat seal part; and

a second determination part for controlling the thickness measuring device after formation of the heat seal part at the film exterior body, and determining presence or absence of the poorly sealed site based on the thickness distribution measured.

3. The inspection device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the film-type battery comprises:

a terminal electrically connected at one end thereof with the electrode body in an inside of the film exterior body, and extended at the other end thereof to an outside of the film exterior body; and

a sealant film provided on a surface of the terminal on a side thereof opposed to the film exterior body, and welded to the film exterior body,

the heat seal part includes:

a first seal part at which the film exterior body and the sealant film are heat sealed; and

a second seal part at which opposing films of the film exterior body are heat sealed, and

the first determination part is configured so as to determine the first seal part and the second seal part by different criteria of determination.

4. The inspection device according to claim 3 , wherein:

the first determination part is configured so as to measure at least the temperature distribution of the first seal part.

5. A method for manufacturing a film-type battery including an electrode body, and a film exterior body for accommodating the electrode body in an inside thereof, and including a heat seal part at a periphery thereof, the method comprising:

after forming the heat seal part, inspecting the heat seal part using an inspection device, wherein

the inspection device comprises:

a temperature measuring device for measuring a temperature distribution of the heat seal part; and

a first determination part for controlling the temperature measuring device in a prescribed time after formation of the heat seal part at the film exterior body, and determining presence or absence of a poorly sealed site based on the temperature distribution measured, and

the first determination part is configured so as to acquire the temperature distribution after an elapse of a first time, and the temperature distribution after an elapse of a second time longer than the first time in the prescribed time, and to calculate a temperature change amount per unit time, thereby determining the presence or absence of the poorly sealed site based on the temperature change amount.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 24, 2021
From: NAKASHIMA, SATOSHI
To: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 058476/0680 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-218814 · Dec 28, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220205939A1 · Jun 30, 2022
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