IP Library Granted Patent US 12,525,652
Granted Patent B2
US 12,525,652 · App. 17/929,772 · Granted Jan 13, 2026

Method for manufacturing laminated battery

Inventors: Kazuyoshi Honda (Osaka, JP); Akira Kawase (Osaka, JP); Eiichi Koga (Osaka, JP); Kouji Nishida (Osaka, JP); Kazuhiro Morioka (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
H01M10/0585G01R31/389G01R31/396H01M10/482
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Patent No.
US 12,525,652
App. No.
17/929,772
Granted
Jan 13, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for manufacturing a laminated battery in which a plurality of unit battery cells each having a negative-electrode layer, a positive-electrode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer located between the negative-electrode layer and the positive-electrode layer are laminated, the method including: measuring respective characteristics of the plurality of unit battery cells; laminating the plurality of unit battery cells, the characteristics of the plurality of unit battery cells being measured; and on the basis of the respective characteristics of the plurality of unit battery cells laminated in the laminating, adjusting areas of the plurality of unit battery cells which are laminated by collectively cutting the plurality of unit battery cells which are laminated and thereby so that a battery capacity of the laminated battery falls within a predetermined range of value.

Claims (25)

1 . A method for manufacturing a laminated battery in which comprising:

forming a plurality of unit battery cells each having a negative-electrode layer, a positive-electrode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer located between the negative-electrode layer and the positive-electrode layer are laminated, wherein each unit battery cell of the plurality of unit battery cells is formed by laminating the solid electrolyte layer between the negative-electrode layer and the positive-electrode layer;

measuring characteristics of each unit battery cell of the plurality of unit battery cells, where the measured characteristics are electrical or mechanical characteristics of each unit battery cell of the plurality of unit battery cells, and correlating the measured characteristics of each unit battery cell with a battery capacity of each unit battery cell of the plurality of unit battery cells;

after the characteristics of each unit battery cell of the plurality of unit battery cells has been measured, selecting at least some of the unit battery cells of the plurality of unit battery cells and forming a laminated battery having a battery capacity that falls within a predetermined range by laminating the selected unit battery cells; and

on the basis of the measured characteristics of the unit battery cells that form the laminated battery, adjusting areas of the unit battery cells that form the laminated battery by collectively cutting all of the unit battery cells that form the laminated battery so that a difference in battery capacity between each of the unit battery cells that form the laminated battery is less than or equal to 5%, wherein

a cutting direction of the collective cutting is a direction of the laminating of the selected unit battery cells to form the laminated battery or is oblique to the direction of the laminating of the selected unit battery cells to form the laminated battery.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the characteristics of each unit battery cell of the plurality of unit battery cells that has been measured prior to forming the laminated battery are charge and discharge characteristics of each unit battery cell of the plurality of unit battery cells.

3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the charge and discharge characteristics are measured in a region lower than or equal to 10% of the battery capacities of each unit battery cell of the plurality of unit battery cells.

4 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein a duration of measurement of the charge and discharge characteristics is shorter than or equal to one minute.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the characteristics of each unit battery cell of the plurality of unit battery cells that has been measured prior to forming the laminated battery are impedances of each unit battery cell of the plurality of unit battery cells.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the unit battery cells that form the laminated battery are electrically connected in series to one another.

7 . A method for manufacturing a laminated battery comprising:

forming a plurality of unit battery cells each having a negative-electrode layer, a positive-electrode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer located between the negative-electrode layer and the positive-electrode layer, wherein each unit battery cell of the plurality of unit battery cells is formed by laminating the solid electrolyte layer between the negative-electrode layer and the positive-electrode layer;

measuring charge and discharge characteristics or impedances characteristics of each unit battery cell of the plurality of unit battery cells;

after the charge and discharge characteristics or impedances characteristics of each unit battery cell of the plurality of unit battery cells has been measured, laminating each unit battery cell of the plurality of unit battery cells to form a laminated battery; and

on the basis of the measured charge and discharge characteristics or the measured impedances characteristics of each unit battery cell that forms the laminated battery, adjusting areas of each unit battery cell that forms the laminated battery by collectively cutting all of the unit battery cells that form the laminated battery so that a difference in battery capacity between each of the unit battery cells that form the laminated battery is lower than or equal to 5%, wherein

a cutting direction of the collective cutting is a direction of the laminating of each unit battery cell of the plurality of unit battery cells to form the laminated battery or is oblique to the direction of the laminating of each unit battery cell of the plurality of unit battery cells to form the laminated battery.

8 . A method for manufacturing a laminated battery comprising:

forming a plurality of unit battery cells each having a negative-electrode layer, a positive-electrode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer located between the negative-electrode layer and the positive-electrode layer, wherein each unit battery cell of the plurality of unit battery cells is formed by laminating the solid electrolyte layer between the negative-electrode layer and the positive-electrode layer;

measuring a capacity of each unit battery cell of the plurality of unit battery cells;

after the capacity of each unit battery cell of the plurality of unit battery cells has been measured, laminating each unit battery cell of the plurality of unit battery cells to form a laminated battery; and

on the basis of the measured capacity of each unit battery cell of the plurality of unit battery cells that forms the laminated battery, adjusting areas of each unit battery cell that forms the laminated battery by collectively cutting all the unit battery cells that form the laminated battery so that a difference in battery capacity between each of the unit battery cells that form the laminated battery is lower than or equal to 5%, wherein

a cutting direction of the collective cutting is a direction of the laminating of each unit battery cell of the plurality of unit battery cells to form the laminated battery or is oblique to the direction of the laminating of each unit battery cell of the plurality of unit battery cells to form the laminated battery.

9 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein each unit battery cell of the plurality of unit battery cells that form the laminated battery are electrically connected in series to one another.

10 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein each unit battery cell of the plurality of unit battery cells that form the laminated battery are electrically connected in series to one another.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 20, 2022
From: HONDA, KAZUYOSHI; KAWASE, AKIRA; KOGA, EIICHI; NISHIDA, KOUJI; MORIOKA, KAZUHIRO
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-060224 · Mar 30, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2021005398 · Feb 15, 2021
Related Publication 20220416309A1 · Dec 29, 2022
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