Lead tab for secondary battery, manufacturing apparatus thereof, and secondary battery comprising same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12308475-B2
Application number	US-201817296185-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 23, 2018
Priority date	Nov 21, 2018
Publication date	May 20, 2025
Grant date	May 20, 2025

Abstract

A lead tab for a secondary battery, according to an embodiment of the present invention, includes a metal lead having a long rectangular plate shape in a first direction, a first insulation film formed on a lower surface of the metal lead in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a second insulation film formed on an upper surface of the metal lead in the second direction so as to correspond to the first insulation film, wherein each of the first insulation film and the second insulation film has a magnetic member which is induction-heated by an alternating magnetic field.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A lead tab for a secondary battery, the lead tab comprising: a metal lead having an elongated rectangular plate shape such that a long side of the elongated rectangular plate shape extends in a first direction; a first insulation film formed at a lower side of the metal lead in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and a second insulation film formed at an upper side of the metal lead in the second direction, wherein each of the first insulation film and the second insulation film comprises a magnetic member induction-heated by an alternating magnetic field, wherein the metal lead comprises a center portion, and a first end portion and a second end portion arranged at respective ends of the center portion, wherein the first insulation film and the second insulation film are in contact with both the first end portion and the second end portion of the metal lead, wherein the first insulation film and the second insulation film are in contact with a lower surface and an upper surface of the center portion of the meatal lead, respectively, wherein the first insulation film and the second insulation film are in contact with a lower surface and an upper surface of the first end portion of the metal lead, respectively, and wherein the first insulation film and the second insulation film are in contact with a lower surface and an upper surface of the second end portion of the metal lead, respectively.

2. The lead tab for the secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a region of the first insulation film including a center of the first insulation film is bonded to the lower side of the metal lead, and a region of the second insulation film including a center of the second insulation film is bonded to the upper side of the metal lead, wherein a remaining region of the first insulation film and a remaining region of the second insulation film are bonded to each other.

3. The lead tab for the secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein the metal lead, the first insulation film, and the second insulation film are bonded to each other by thermal fusion.

4. The lead tab for the secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein the magnetic member comprises a first magnetic member formed both on a bonding surface of the first insulation film bonded to the metal lead and on a bonding surface of the first insulation film bonded to the second insulation film and a second magnetic member formed both on a bonding surface of the second insulation film bonded to the metal lead and on a bonding surface of the second insulation film bonded to the first insulation film.

5. The lead tab for the secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the magnetic member is added to the first insulation film and the second insulation film in a powder form.

6. The lead tab for the secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the magnetic member comprises a metal-based, a ceramic-based, or a oxide-based magnetic material.

7. The lead tab for the secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein each of the insulation films comprises a film member and the magnetic member disposed in the film member.

8. The lead tab for the secondary battery according to claim 7 , wherein each of the insulation films is melted and bonded to both of the metal lead and the other insulation film with a heat generation of the magnetic member by the alternating magnetic field.

9. The lead tab for the secondary battery according to claim 7 , wherein the magnetic member comprises one of a metallic magnetic material, a ceramic-based magnetic material, or an oxide-based magnetic material.

10. The lead tab for the secondary battery according to claim 7 , wherein the magnetic member is contained in the first and second insulation film in 0.01 to 50 mass percent.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc
• Lg Chemical Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Soongil
• Kim Jongdeok
• Lee Juchul
• Lee Hongcheol

Classifications

• H01M50/178

  for pouch or flexible bag cells · CPC title

• H05B6/105

  using a susceptor · CPC title

• H01M50/536

  characterised by the method of fixing the leads to the electrodes, e.g. by welding · CPC title

• H01M50/543

  Terminals · CPC title

• H01M50/534

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