Inspection device, method for producing multilayer electrode body and inspection method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12117283-B2
Application number	US-202117800144-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 4, 2021
Priority date	Feb 28, 2020
Publication date	Oct 15, 2024
Grant date	Oct 15, 2024

Abstract

An inspection device is a device that inspects the position of an electrode plate in a multilayer body, which is obtained by bonding a separator and the electrode plate to each other by means of an adhesive, from the separator side. This inspection device is provided with: an infrared light irradiation unit that irradiates the multilayer body, from the separator side, with infrared light that has a peak wavelength within the range of from 6.5 μm to 9.6 μm; a camera that takes an image of the infrared light that transmits through the separator and is reflected by the electrode plate; and a detection unit that detects the position of the electrode plate.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An inspection device for inspecting the position of an electrode plate in a multilayer body, which is obtained by bonding a separator and the electrode plate to each other by means of an adhesive, from the separator side, comprising:
an infrared light irradiation unit that irradiates the multilayer body from the separator side with infrared light that has a peak wavelength within the range of from 6.5 μm to 9.6 μm;
a camera that has a sensitivity within the wavelength range of the infrared light and takes an image of the infrared light that transmits through the separator and is reflected by the electrode plate; and
a detection unit that detects the position of the electrode plate based on the image taken by the camera.

2. The inspection device according to claim 1 , wherein
the infrared light irradiation unit has an infrared light irradiation surface;
the infrared light irradiation surface has a through hole; and
the infrared light irradiation unit and the camera are arranged such that the through hole and the optical axis of the camera overlap each other when viewed from a first direction in which the infrared light irradiation unit and the camera are aligned.

3. The inspection device according to claim 1 , wherein
the infrared light irradiation unit has an infrared light irradiation surface including a first irradiation area in which infrared light becomes incident on the multilayer body at a predetermined first incidence angle and a second irradiation area in which infrared light becomes incident on the multilayer body at a second incidence angle different from the first incidence angle.

4. The inspection device according to claim 3 , wherein
the infrared light irradiation unit has a parabolic infrared light irradiation surface.

5. The inspection device according to claim 1 , wherein
the infrared light irradiation unit has an infrared light irradiation surface whose central axis is inclined with respect to a normal line of the multilayer body; and
the camera is arranged such that the optical axis is inclined with respect to the normal line.

6. The inspection device according to claim 1 , wherein
the camera is arranged between the infrared light irradiation unit and the multilayer body on an optical path of the infrared light, and
the infrared light irradiation unit has an infrared light irradiation surface that extends outward of the camera when viewed from the first direction in which the camera and the infrared light irradiation unit are aligned.

7. A device for producing a multilayer electrode body, comprising:
a stacking stage on which a multilayer body in which a separator and an electrode plate are bonded with an adhesive is stacked;
a conveyance unit that conveys the multilayer body and releases the multilayer body onto the stacking stage; and
an inspection device according to claim 1 that inspects the position of the electrode plate in the multilayer body released from the conveyance unit, wherein the device stacks the multilayer body so as to produce a multilayer electrode body.

8. An inspection method for inspecting the position of an electrode plate in a multilayer body, which is obtained by bonding a separator and the electrode plate to each other by means of an adhesive, from the separator side, comprising:
irradiating the multilayer body from the separator side with infrared light that has a peak wavelength within the range of from 6.5 μm to 9.6 μm;
by a camera that has a sensitivity within the wavelength range of the infrared light, taking an image of the infrared light that transmits through the separator and is reflected by the electrode plate; and
detecting the position of the electrode plate based on the image taken by the camera.

Assignees

• Panasonic Holdings Corp

Inventors

• Yagi Haruhisa
• Abe Ryuta
• MASADA Tatsuya

Classifications

• H01M2220/20

  Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane · CPC title

• H01M10/0413

  Large-sized flat cells or batteries for motive or stationary systems with plate-like electrodes · CPC title

• H01M10/0404 Primary

  Machines for assembling batteries · CPC title

• H01M50/461

  with adhesive layers between electrodes and separators · CPC title

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title