Laser transmission characteristic value determination method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11772197-B2
Application number	US-201816490001-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 18, 2018
Priority date	Sep 22, 2017
Publication date	Oct 3, 2023
Grant date	Oct 3, 2023

Abstract

A laser transmission characteristic value determination method for determining an appropriate transmission characteristic value of a laser so that a marked letter becomes a predetermined font size or more when marking a letter on a surface of a heat shrinkable tube formed on the outer periphery of a battery cell.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A transmission characteristic value determination method of a laser marking a battery cell whose outer surface is formed of a heat shrinkable tube, the method comprising:
a temporary setting step of setting a frequency, a marking speed, and a focal distance of a laser to a predetermined temporary setting value;
performing a first marking of a letter on the heat shrinkable tube by transmitting the laser using a temporary setting value set in the temporary setting step; then
a heating step of applying heat to the heat shrinkable tube; then
a font size checking step of determining, after the heating step, a font size of the letter marked on the heat shrinkable tube; and then
performing a second marking of the letter on the heat shrinkable tube in response to the font size being less than a preset font size, wherein the second marking is performed with a corrected frequency, marking speed and focal length,
wherein a transmission characteristic value storing step of storing the frequency, the marking speed and the focal distance set in the temporary setting step in a separate storage space when the font size of the letter checked in the font size checking step is equal to or greater than the preset font size.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein before the heating step, a shrinkage checking step of checking shrinkage of the heat shrinkable tube; and
a heating setting value readout step of reading out a heating time and a heating temperature value applied to the heat shrinkable tube from the separate storage space when the battery cell is manufactured based on the shrinkage checked in the shrinkage checking step are performed.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the heating step is performed based on the heating time and the heating temperature value read out in the heating setting value readout step.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the shrinkage of the heat shrinkable tube is set differently depending on a size and a shape of the battery cell.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the preset font size is set to a value of 6 points or more.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein during the heating step, a heating temperature is set between 70° C. and 120° C. and a shrinkage of the heat shrinkable tube is 50-80%.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the heating step is performed using a heat gun or a fan.

8. A transmission characteristic value determination method of laser marking a battery cell whose outer surface is formed of a heat shrinkable tube, the method comprising:
a temporary setting step of setting a frequency, a marking speed, and a focal distance of a laser to a predetermined temporary setting value;
performing a first marking of one or more readout symbols composed of a predetermined number of lines on the heat shrinkable tube by transmitting the laser using a temporary setting value set in the temporary setting step; then
a heating step of applying heat to the heat shrinkable tube; and
a readout symbol checking step of checking, after the heating step, whether the number of readout symbols marked on the heat shrinkable tube is identified as a predetermined number and a length of the line is not less than a predetermined preset length; and then
performing a second marking of the letter on the heat shrinkable tube in response to the font size being less than a preset font size, wherein the second marking is performed with a corrected frequency, marking speed and focal length,
wherein when the length of the line identified in the readout symbol checking step is not less than the preset length and the number of lines is identified as the predetermined number, a transmission characteristic value storing step of storing the frequency, the marking speed, and the focal distance set in the temporary setting step in a separate storage space is performed.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein before the heating step, a shrinkage checking step of checking shrinkage of the heat shrinkable tube; and
a heating setting value readout step of reading out a heating time and a heating temperature value applied to the heat shrinkable tube from the separate storage space when the battery cell is manufactured based on the shrinkage checked in the shrinkage checking step are performed.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the heating step is performed based on the heating time and the heating temperature value read out in the heating setting value readout step.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the shrinkage of the heat shrinkable tube is set differently depending on a size and shape of the battery cell.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein when the length of the line identified in the readout symbol checking step is less than the predetermined length or when the number of lines is less than or greater than the predetermined number, the second marking step is performed.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein during the heating step, a heating temperature is set between 70° C. and 120° C. and a shrinkage of the heat shrinkable tube is 50% - 80%.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein the heating step is performed using a heat gun or a fan.

Assignees

• Lg Chemical Ltd
• Lg Energy Solution Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Young Kyu
• Kim Sang Jin
• Son Young Su

Classifications

• B23K26/359 Primary

  by providing a line or line pattern, e.g. a dotted break initiation line · CPC title

• B23K26/03

  Observing, e.g. monitoring, the workpiece · CPC title

• B23K26/048

  by controlling the distance between laser head and workpiece · CPC title

• B23K26/0876

  in at least two axial directions · CPC title

• H01M50/107

  having curved cross-section, e.g. round or elliptic (H01M50/103, H01M50/109, H01M50/11 take precedence) · CPC title