Apparatus for analyzing battery case

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12456761-B2
Application number	US-202218035473-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 26, 2022
Priority date	Jul 30, 2021
Publication date	Oct 28, 2025
Grant date	Oct 28, 2025

Abstract

A battery case analyzing apparatus includes a sealing portion which covers an injection hole formed on an upper side of a battery case. The sealing portion includes a lower side contacting the upper side of the battery case, a gas injection passage, and a vacuum forming passage formed in the sealing portion. The apparatus includes a gas injection line which is connected to an inlet of the gas injection passage formed on an upper side of the sealing portion, a vacuum forming line which is connected to an outlet of the vacuum forming passage formed on the upper side of the sealing portion, a gas supply portion configured to inject gas into the battery case through the gas injection line, and a vacuum pump which is connected to the vacuum forming line to form a vacuum in a vacuum forming groove formed on the lower side of the sealing portion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A battery case analyzing apparatus, comprising:
a sealing portion which covers an injection hole formed on an upper side of a battery case, the sealing portion comprising a lower side contacting the upper side of the battery case, a gas injection passage and a vacuum forming passage formed in the sealing portion; a gas injection line which is connected to an inlet of the gas injection passage and formed on an upper side of the sealing portion; a vacuum forming line which is connected to an outlet of the vacuum forming passage and formed on the upper side of the sealing portion; a gas supply portion configured to inject gas into the battery case through the gas injection line; and a vacuum pump which is connected to the vacuum forming line to form a vacuum in a vacuum forming groove formed on the lower side of the sealing portion.

2 . The battery case analyzing apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
an outlet of the gas injection passage facing the injection hole, the outlet being formed on the lower side of the sealing portion; a first sealing groove which is formed in a ring shape having a first inner diameter greater than a diameter of the injection hole and a diameter of the outlet of the gas injection passage,
wherein the first sealing groove is formed on the lower side of the sealing portion, and
wherein a first sealing member is inserted into the first sealing groove;
the vacuum forming groove which is formed in the ring shape having a second inner diameter greater than an outer diameter of the first sealing groove,
wherein an inlet of the vacuum forming passage is connected to the vacuum forming groove, and
wherein the vacuum forming groove is formed on the lower side of the sealing portion; and
a second sealing groove which is formed in the ring shape having a third inner diameter greater than an outer diameter of the vacuum forming groove,
wherein a second sealing member is inserted into the second sealing groove, and
wherein the second sealing groove is formed on the lower side of the sealing portion.

3 . The battery case analyzing apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the first sealing member and the second sealing member are O-rings.

4 . The battery case analyzing apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
an upper jig contacting the upper side of the battery case; a lower jig contacting the lower side of the battery case; and a fixing portion configured to fix a relative position of the upper jig and the lower jig, wherein an insertion hole penetrating the upper jig in a vertical direction is formed in the upper jig, and wherein the sealing portion is inserted into the insertion hole.

5 . The battery case analyzing apparatus of claim 4 , wherein a flange portion is mounted on an upper side of the upper jig,
wherein the flange portion partially covers up the insertion hole, and wherein a part of a lower side of the flange portion faces a part of the upper side of the sealing portion.

6 . The battery case analyzing apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the lower side of the flange portion and the upper side of the sealing portion are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance in the vertical direction.

7 . The battery case analyzing apparatus of claim 6 , wherein a pressure gauge is provided in the gas injection line, and
wherein the pressure gauge measures an internal pressure of the battery case.

8 . The battery case analyzing apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the vacuum pump stops operating when a pressure value measured by the pressure gauge is greater than or equal to a set pressure value.

9 . The battery case analyzing apparatus of claim 6 , wherein a distance between the lower side of the flange portion and the upper side of the sealing portion is 0.2 mm to 1 mm.

10 . The battery case analyzing apparatus of claim 4 , further comprising:
an oven portion which accommodates the battery case, the upper jig, the lower jig, and the sealing portion in a heating space therein, wherein a temperature of the heating space is controlled.

11 . The battery case analyzing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the gas injection line is provided with a mass flow controller which controls an amount of the gas injected into the battery case.

Assignees

• Lg Energy Solution Ltd

Inventors

• Park Kwangyeon
• Choi Nak Hee
• Lee Byoungsoo

Classifications

• H01M10/4285

  Testing apparatus · CPC title

• G01M3/3272

  for verifying the internal pressure of closed containers · CPC title

• G01M3/3218

  for flexible or elastic containers · CPC title

• G01M3/3209

  Details, e.g. container closure devices · CPC title

• H01M50/105 Primary

  Pouches or flexible bags · CPC title