Coin-type secondary battery, manufacturing method therefor, and apparatus for charging/discharging coin-type secondary battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11196077-B2
Application number	US-201916685168-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 15, 2019
Priority date	May 26, 2015
Publication date	Dec 7, 2021
Grant date	Dec 7, 2021

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for charging and discharging a coin-type secondary battery. The apparatus includes at least: a vessel filled with a solution containing water or sodium ions; a jig part installed at the vessel, having an interior in which a coin-type secondary battery is mounted, and configured to allow a cathode part of the coin-type secondary battery to be brought into contact with the solution in the vessel; an anode terminal installed at the jig part and electrically connected to an anode part of the coin-type secondary battery; and a cathode terminal electrically connected to the cathode part of the coin-type secondary battery.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An apparatus for charging and discharging a coin-type secondary battery, comprising:
a vessel filled with a solution containing water or sodium ions;
a jig part installed at the vessel, having an interior in which a coin-type secondary battery is mounted, and configured to allow a cathode part of the coin-type secondary battery to be brought into contact with the solution in the vessel;
an anode terminal installed at the jig part and electrically connected to an anode part of the coin-type secondary battery; and
a cathode terminal electrically connected to the cathode part of the coin-type secondary battery.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising an oxygen supplier configured to supply oxygen to the solution.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the oxygen supplier includes:
a circulation pipe connected to the vessel in which the solution is accommodated to discharge the solution;
a pump connected to the circulation pipe and configured to circulate the solution; and
a discharge pipe connected to an outlet side of the pump and extending above the vessel to discharge the solution discharged through the pump over the solution of the vessel.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the jig part includes:
a case installed at the vessel and in which a seating part on which the coin-type secondary battery is seated is formed at a front surface of the case facing an interior of the vessel;
a sealing member installed to surround an outer circumference of the coin-type secondary battery and configured to seal between the anode part of the coin-type secondary battery and the case to block the solution from flowing into the anode part in the case; and
a cover member coupled to the front surface of the case, configured to tightly pressurize the sealing member, and in which a hole is formed on a front surface thereof to expose the cathode part of the coin-type secondary battery.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the case has a structure in which a flange in a circular shape is formed along an outer circumference of the front surface of the case, and a male screw thread is formed on an outer circumferential surface of the circular flange so that the case is screw-coupled to a female screw thread of a hole formed on a side surface of the vessel to be detachably installed thereat.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the case has a structure in which a ring member configured to seal is installed at the flange to seal between the case and the vessel.

7. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the cover member has a structure in which a male screw thread is formed on an outer circumferential surface of a distal end of the cover member, and the cover member is screw-coupled to the circular flange of the case to be detachably installed thereat wherein a female screw thread is formed on an inner circumferential surface of the circular flange of the case.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the cover member has a structure in which a handle is formed to protrude from the cover member to allow the cover member to be rotated against the case.

9. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the sealing member is in a ring form in which a hole is formed to expose the cathode part of the coin-type secondary battery, and has a structure in which an inner circumferential surface of the sealing member is processed and stepped to correspond to the outer circumference of the coin-type secondary battery to surround the outer circumference thereof.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the sealing member is formed of a silicone material.

11. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the anode terminal includes an anode rod installed to pass through the interior of the case and be electrically connected to the anode part of the coin-type secondary battery.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the anode terminal further includes an electrode plate installed at the seating part of the case to be brought into contact with the anode part of the coin-type secondary battery, and the anode rod has a structure which is electrically connected to the anode part of the coin-type secondary battery through the electrode plate.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the anode terminal has a structure in which the anode rod is formed in a bolt shape and is screw-coupled to the case to pressurize the electrode plate such that the electrode plate is brought into close contact with the anode part of the coin-type secondary battery.

14. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the cathode terminal includes a cathode rod installed to pass through the interior of the cover member and be electrically connected to the cathode part of the coin-type secondary battery.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the cathode terminal further includes carbon felt disposed between the cathode rod and the cathode part of the coin-type secondary battery and configured to come into contact with the cathode part.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the cathode rod has a structure in which a distal end of the cathode rod in contact with the cathode part of the coin-type secondary battery is wound in a coil form to constitute a coil spring configured to apply an elastic force between the cover member and the cathode part.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the cathode rod is formed of a titanium material.

Assignees

• Ulsan Nat Inst Science & Tech Unist

Inventors

• Kim Young Sik
• Han Jin Hyup
• Hwang Soo Min

Classifications

• H01M50/489

  Separators, membranes, diaphragms or spacing elements inside the cells, characterised by their physical properties, e.g. swelling degree, hydrophilicity or shut down properties · CPC title

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title

• H01M10/0585

  of accumulators having only flat construction elements, i.e. flat positive electrodes, flat negative electrodes and flat separators · CPC title

• H01M4/661

  Metal or alloys, e.g. alloy coatings (H01M4/669 take precedence) · CPC title

• H01M10/054

  Accumulators with insertion or intercalation of metals other than lithium, e.g. with magnesium or aluminium · CPC title