Apparatus for manufacturing secondary battery, method for manufacturing secondary battery, and secondary battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024154175-A1
Application number	US-202318385494-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 31, 2023
Priority date	Nov 4, 2022
Publication date	May 9, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

An apparatus for manufacturing a secondary battery includes: a conveying section that conveys a laminate-type secondary battery having a laminate outer package; plural contact rollers provided on a conveying path of the conveying section, the plural contact rollers having different contact angles with respect to an edge seal part of the laminate outer package being conveyed; and opposition rollers respectively disposed in opposition to the contact rollers, which, together with the contact rollers, fold the edge seal part of the laminate outer package.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An apparatus for manufacturing a secondary battery, the apparatus comprising:
a conveying section configured to convey a laminate-type secondary battery having a laminate outer package; a plurality of contact rollers provided on a conveying path of the conveying section, the plurality of contact rollers having different contact angles with respect to an edge seal part of the laminate outer package being conveyed; and opposition rollers respectively disposed in opposition to the contact rollers, which, together with the contact rollers, are configured to fold the edge seal part of the laminate outer package.

2 . An apparatus for manufacturing a secondary battery, the apparatus being configured to form a fold part at at least one edge seal part of a laminate outer package of a laminate-type secondary battery, the apparatus comprising:
a conveying section configured to convey the secondary battery in one direction; and a plurality of pairs of rollers configured to sandwich and fold the edge seal part, wherein: each of the plurality of pairs of rollers comprises:
a contact roller; and
an opposition roller disposed in opposition to the contact roller, and
the apparatus is configured to pass the edge seal part of the secondary battery being conveyed by the conveying section between the plurality of pairs of rollers, fold the edge seal part in stages, and form the fold part.

3 . The apparatus for manufacturing a secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the contact roller, which is provided at a downstream side in a conveying direction, is a pressing roller, which is an elastic body and is configured to press the edge seal part of the laminate outer package from an outer side toward the opposition roller, which is disposed in a gap in a folded edge seal part of the laminate outer package.

4 . The apparatus for manufacturing a secondary battery of claim 2 , wherein the contact roller, which is provided at a downstream side in a conveying direction, is a pressing roller, which is an elastic body and is configured to press the edge seal part of the laminate outer package from an outer side toward the opposition roller, which is disposed in a gap in a folded edge seal part of the laminate outer package.

5 . The apparatus for manufacturing a secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein one of the contact roller or the opposition roller comprises a restriction part configured to restrict movement of the laminate outer package in a direction orthogonal to a conveying direction.

6 . The apparatus for manufacturing a secondary battery of claim 2 , wherein one of the contact roller or the opposition roller comprises a restriction part configured to restrict movement of the laminate outer package in a direction orthogonal to a conveying direction.

7 . The apparatus for manufacturing a secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the edge seal part of the laminate outer package abuts against at least one of the contact roller or the opposition roller at a base part side of a base point portion for folding.

8 . The apparatus for manufacturing a secondary battery of claim 2 , wherein the edge seal part of the laminate outer package abuts against at least one of the contact roller or the opposition roller at a base part side of a base point portion for folding.

9 . The apparatus for manufacturing a secondary battery of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of pairs of rollers are configured to fold the edge seal part in stages at least twice and form the fold part.

10 . A method of manufacturing a secondary battery, the method comprising:
conveying a laminate outer package of a secondary battery between a plurality of contact rollers having different contact angles with an edge seal part of the laminate outer package, and opposition rollers opposing the contact rollers; and folding the edge seal part of the laminate outer package in stages.

11 . A secondary battery, comprising:
an electrode body; and a laminate outer package covering the electrode body and configured by a laminate sheet, wherein: the laminate outer package comprises:
a housing part configured to house the electrode body; and
an edge seal part formed by welding together respective end parts of the laminate sheet,
the edge seal part has a fold part formed by folding relative to a main surface of the electrode body, and the fold part is formed by folding the edge seal part at least twice.

12 . The secondary battery of claim 11 , wherein:
a first pressing load is 6.0 MPa or higher, the fold part has an opposing surface facing a side surface of the housing part, and the first pressing load indicates a load required for pressing a part of the fold part toward the side surface of the housing part and bringing the opposing surface into contact with the side surface of the housing part.

13 . The secondary battery of claim 11 , further comprising a terminal electrically connected to the electrode body, wherein:
the laminate outer package further comprises a terminal seal part enclosing and sealing the terminal, the terminal extending to an exterior of the laminate outer package, the fold part has an opposing surface that faces the housing part and a side surface of the terminal seal part, the terminal seal part has a convex welding part formed by welding an overlapping portion of the laminate sheet at the side surface of the terminal seal part, and the convex welding part projects toward the opposing surface from the side surface of the terminal seal part.

14 . The secondary battery of claim 12 , further comprising a terminal electrically connected to the electrode body, wherein:
the laminate outer package further comprises a terminal seal part enclosing and sealing the terminal, the terminal extending to an exterior of the laminate outer package, the fold part has an opposing surface that faces the housing part and a side surface of the terminal seal part, the terminal seal part has a convex welding part formed by welding an overlapping portion of the laminate sheet at the side surface of the terminal seal part, and the convex welding part projects toward the opposing surface from the side surface of the terminal seal part.

15 . The secondary battery of claim 13 , wherein:
a second pressing load is 12.0 MPa or higher, and the second pressing load indicates a load required for pressing an entirety of the fold part toward the side surface of the terminal seal part, crushing the convex welding part, and bringing the opposing surface into contact with the side surface of the terminal seal part.

16 . The secondary battery of claim 14 , wherein:
a second pressing load is 12.0 MPa or higher, and the second pressing load indicates a load required for pressing an entirety of the fold part toward the side surface of the terminal seal part, crushing the convex welding part, and bringing the opposing surface into contact with the side surface of the terminal seal part.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chihara Masashi
• Ose Norihiro
• Kakishita Kenichi
• Kito Sumiko

Classifications

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title

• B29L2031/7146

  Battery-cases · CPC title

• H01M50/184

  characterised by their shape or structure · CPC title

• H01M50/105

  Pouches or flexible bags · CPC title

• B29C53/02

  Bending or folding (B29C53/22, B29C53/34, B29C53/36, B29C53/56 take precedence) · CPC title