Apparatus for manufacturing pouch of secondary battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12337368-B2
Application number	US-202118025084-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 22, 2021
Priority date	Oct 29, 2020
Publication date	Jun 24, 2025
Grant date	Jun 24, 2025

Abstract

An apparatus for manufacturing a pouch of a secondary battery according to the present invention includes a lower die having an accommodation groove for molding a cup part of the pouch on a base surface, on which the pouch is disposed, a punch inserted into the accommodation groove of the lower die to mode the cup part of the pouch, a stripper disposed above the lower die to face the lower die and provided to press a peripheral portion of the pouch, which is disposed around a portion to be molded into the cup part of the pouch by the punch, from an upper side, and a back plate coupled to the stripper and configured to support the stripper, wherein a protruding block protruding toward the stripper is provided on a surface (S) of surfaces of the back plate, which faces the stripper.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An apparatus for manufacturing a pouch of a secondary battery, the apparatus comprising:
a lower die having an accommodation groove extending below a base surface thereof, the accommodation groove being configured to mold a cup part of the pouch;
a punch configured to be inserted into the accommodation groove of the lower die to mold the cup part of the pouch;
a stripper disposed above the lower die and facing the lower die, the stripper being configured to press a peripheral portion of the pouch disposed on the base surface of the lower die outside of the accommodation groove; and
a back plate coupled to the stripper and configured to support the stripper, the back plate having one or more protruding blocks protruding toward the stripper from a surface of the back plate that faces the stripper.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the back plate has a through-hole defined therein, the through hole configured to receive the punch passing therethrough, and the one or more protruding blocks are arranged around the through-hole.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the accommodation groove comprises a left accommodation groove and a right accommodation groove extending into the lower die,
the punch comprises a left punch configured to be inserted into the left accommodation groove and a right punch configured to be inserted into the right accommodation groove,
the through-hole of the back plate comprises a left through-hole configured to receive the left punch passing therethrough, and a right through-hole configured to receive the right punch passing therethrough, and
the one or more protruding blocks are disposed on the back plate adjacent to a peripheral portion of each of the left through-hole and the right through-hole.

4. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the one or more protruding blocks comprise:
a first protruding block disposed adjacent to a first side of the through-hole of the back plate; and
a second protruding block disposed adjacent to a second side the through-hole of the back plate, the second side being opposite from the first side.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the one or more protruding blocks comprise:
a third protruding block disposed adjacent to a third side of the through-hole of the back plate; and
a fourth protruding block disposed adjacent to a fourth side of the through-hole of the back plate, the fourth side being opposite from the third side, the third and fourth sides each extending between the first and second sides.

6. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the one or more protruding blocks comprise a first group of the protruding blocks protruding to different heights from the surface of the back plate compared a second group of the protruding blocks.

7. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the back plate comprises an intermediate rib part disposed between the left through-hole and the right through-hole, and a first group of the one or more protruding blocks disposed adjacent to first or second ends of the intermediate rib part protrudes farther from the surface of the back plate than each of other ones of the protruding blocks adjacent to the first group of the one or more protruding blocks.

8. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein a first group of the one or more protruding blocks disposed adjacent to an outer corner of the left through-hole and an outer corner of the right through-hole protrudes farther from the surface of the back plate than each of other ones of the protruding blocks adjacent to the first group of the one or more protruding blocks.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the back plate has an insertion hole defined therein, and a first end of a first protruding block of the one or more protruding blocks is inserted into the insertion hole.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the first protruding block has a cylindrical shape, and the insertion hole has a circular hole shape that is complementary to the cylindrical shape of the first protruding block.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein a first screw thread is formed on an inner circumferential surface of the insertion hole of the back plate, and a second screw thread having a shape that is configured to engage with the first screw thread is formed on an outer circumferential surface of the first protruding block.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the first protruding block is screw-coupled to the insertion hole such that a rotation of the first protruding block relative to the insertion hole will increase or decrease a protruding height of a second end of the first protruding block relative to the surface of the back plate.

13. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each of the one or more protruding blocks is made of a material comprising steel.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein each of the one or more protruding blocks is made of a material having elasticity.

Assignees

• Lg Energy Solution Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Chung Hee
• Oh Se Young
• Kim Geun Hee

Classifications

• B21D45/06

  Stripping-off devices · CPC title

• H01M50/124

  having a layered structure · CPC title

• H01M50/119

  Metals · CPC title

• H01M50/10

  Primary casings; Jackets or wrappings · CPC title

• H01M10/04

  Construction or manufacture in general (H01M10/058, H01M10/12, H01M10/28, H01M10/38 take precedence) · CPC title