Electrode notching device for secondary battery, electrode for secondary battery manufactured therethrough, and secondary battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12046739-B2
Application number	US-202017605895-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 24, 2020
Priority date	Apr 25, 2019
Publication date	Jul 23, 2024
Grant date	Jul 23, 2024

Abstract

Discussed is an electrode notching device for a secondary battery, the electrode for a secondary battery, which is manufactured therethrough, and a secondary battery. The electrode notching device for the secondary battery, which notches a non-coating portion of an electrode sheet to provide an electrode tab, includes: a pair of notching molds configured to press and notch the electrode sheet; and a movement prevention roller part provided on pressing surfaces of the pair of notching molds to prevent the electrode sheet from moving when the electrode sheet is notched.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electrode notching device for a secondary battery, which notches a non-coating portion of an electrode sheet to provide an electrode tab, the electrode notching device comprising:
a pair of notching molds configured to press and to notch the electrode sheet; and
a movement prevention roller part provided on pressing surfaces of the pair of notching molds to prevent the electrode sheet from moving when the electrode sheet is notched;
wherein the pair of notching molds comprises an upper mold and a lower mold, which are provided to face each other, and
wherein an upper roller accommodation groove is defined in the upper mold, and a lower roller accommodation groove is defined in the lower mold so that the movement prevention roller part is accommodated therein.

2. The electrode notching device of claim 1 , wherein the movement prevention roller part comprises a pair of rollers, and
wherein the electrode sheet passes between the pair of rollers and is supported by the pair of rollers.

3. The electrode notching device of claim 2 , wherein the upper mold and the lower mold move in a vertical direction perpendicular to a traveling direction of the electrode sheet to notch the electrode sheet, and
wherein the pair of rollers comprises an upper roller configured to support an upper portion of the electrode sheet and a lower roller configured to support a lower portion of the electrode sheet to support the upper and lower portions of the electrode sheet, thereby preventing the electrode sheet from moving when the electrode sheet is notched.

4. The electrode notching device of claim 3 , wherein the movement prevention roller part further comprises a support frame configured to support the upper roller and the lower roller.

5. The electrode notching device of claim 4 , wherein the electrode sheet travels along a top surface of the lower mold,
wherein the movement prevention roller part is mounted in the lower roller accommodation groove of the lower mold, and
wherein the upper mold moves in the vertical direction to press the electrode sheet, thereby providing the electrode tab.

6. The electrode notching device of claim 5 , wherein the support frame is fixed to a bottom surface of the lower roller accommodation groove of the lower mold, and
wherein the upper roller and the lower roller are rotatably coupled to the support frame.

7. The electrode notching device of claim 6 , wherein the upper roller accommodation groove of the upper roller and the lower roller accommodation groove of the lower roller are defined to correspond to each other in directions facing each other, and
wherein the lower roller is accommodated in the lower roller accommodation groove of the lower mold, and the upper roller is accommodated in the upper roller accommodation groove of the upper mold when the upper mold moves toward the lower mold.

8. The electrode notching device of claim 6 , wherein, when the traveling direction of the electrode sheet is referred to as an X-axis direction, and the vertical movement direction of the upper mold is referred to as a Z-axis direction, rotation axes of the upper roller and the lower roller are disposed parallel to a Y-axis direction.

9. The electrode notching device of claim 8 , wherein each of the upper roller and the lower roller has a cylindrical shape and extends in a rotation axis direction.

10. The electrode notching device of claim 9 , wherein each of the upper roller accommodation groove of the upper mold and the lower roller accommodation groove of the lower mold is provided in plurality, and
wherein the movement prevention roller part is provided in plurality, and the plurality of movement prevention roller parts are respectively fixed in the plurality of lower roller accommodation grooves of the lower mold.

11. The electrode notching device of claim 9 , wherein an extension width of each of the upper roller and the lower roller is equal to or greater than a width of the electrode sheet.

12. The electrode notching device of claim 3 , wherein an uppermost portion of the lower roller is disposed on the same plane as a top surface of the lower mold.

13. The electrode notching device of claim 1 , wherein a notching protrusion protruding towards the lower mold is disposed on the upper mold,
wherein a notching groove corresponding to the notching protrusion is defined in the lower mold,
wherein the electrode sheet is notched by the notching protrusion and the notching groove to provide the electrode tab, and
wherein the movement prevention roller part is disposed at each of front and rear sides of the notching groove in a traveling direction of the electrode sheet.

14. The electrode notching device of claim 1 , further comprising a traveling roller disposed at each of front and rear sides of the pair of notching molds in a traveling direction of the electrode sheet to guide traveling of the electrode sheet.

15. The electrode notching device of claim 1 , wherein the pair of notching molds press and notch both surfaces of the electrode sheet.

Assignees

• Lg Energy Solution Ltd

Inventors

• Jo Mi Ru

Classifications

• H01M50/533

  characterised by the shape of the leads or tabs · CPC title

• B26F1/12

  to notch margins of work · CPC title

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title

• Y02P70/50

  Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product · CPC title

• H01M50/531

  Electrode connections inside a battery casing · CPC title