Manufacturing device and manufacturing method for battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9692081-B2
Application number	US-201313804041-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 14, 2013
Priority date	Mar 22, 2012
Publication date	Jun 27, 2017
Grant date	Jun 27, 2017

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a manufacturing device for a battery, includes, an electrolyte supply unit which introduces an electrolyte into a cell, a chamber which accommodates the battery cell, a first pressure adjustment unit configured to make a pressure in the battery cell lower than a pressure on the side of the electrolyte supply unit, and a second pressure adjustment unit configured to make a pressure outside the battery cell in the chamber lower than the pressure in the battery cell, thereby increasing the capacity of the battery cell.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A manufacturing method for a battery, comprising:
connecting an electrolyte supply unit for electrolyte supply to an electrolyte injection hole formed in a battery cell and injecting the electrolyte into the battery cell with a pressure in the battery cell kept lower than a pressure on the side of the electrolyte supply unit; and
increasing the capacity of the battery cell by reducing a pressure outside the battery cell to be lower than the pressure in the battery cell when the battery cell is disposed in the chamber.

2. The manufacturing method for a battery of claim 1 , wherein the increasing the capacity of the battery cell is performed simultaneously with or after the injecting the electrolyte into the battery cell.

3. The manufacturing method for a battery of claim 1 , the injecting the electrolyte into the battery cell and the increasing the capacity of the battery cell are performed in a decompression chamber accommodating the battery cell and capable of being decompressed.

4. The manufacturing method for a battery of claim 3 , wherein a pressure difference is created between the pressures on the side of the electrolyte supply unit and in the battery cell by decompressing the battery cell, whereby electrolyte injection from the electrolyte supply unit is promoted so that a certain amount of electrolyte is injected, in the injecting the electrolyte into the battery cell, and the capacity of the battery cell is increased to increase the volume of the electrolyte accommodated in the battery cell by decompressing the decompression chamber.

5. The manufacturing method for a battery of claim 4 , wherein the pressure in the decompression chamber is determined based on the deformation characteristics of the battery cell and the amount of the electrolyte injected into the battery cell.

6. The manufacturing method for a battery of claim 1 , wherein sealing the battery cell with a first seal lid capable of being attached to and detached from the electrolyte injection hole, impregnating the battery cell sealed with the first seal lid with the electrolyte, and removing the first seal lid and sealing the electrolyte injection hole with a second seal lid after the electrolyte impregnation are performed after the injecting the electrolyte into the battery cell and the increasing the capacity of the battery cell are performed.

7. The manufacturing method for a battery of claim 1 , wherein the battery cell into which the electrolyte is injected is pressurized so that a coil is impregnated with the electrolyte.

8. The manufacturing method for a battery of claim 1 , wherein the electrolyte supply unit is configured such that electrolyte remains when the certain amount of electrolyte is introduced into the battery cell.

9. The manufacturing method for a battery of claim 1 , wherein
the injecting includes injecting a certain amount of electrolyte corresponding to a capacity of a vacant space in the battery cell from the electrolyte supply unit by a pressure difference by causing a first pressure adjustment unit to keep the pressure in the battery cell lower than the pressure on the side of the electrolyte supply unit, and p 1 the increasing includes increasing the capacity of the battery cell by a pressure difference by causing a second pressure adjustment unit to make a pressure outside the battery cell lower than the pressure in the battery cell so as to accommodate a predetermined amount of the electrolyte exceeding the certain amount, and injecting a rest of the electrolyte into the battery cell.

10. A manufacturing method for a battery, comprising:
connecting an electrolyte supply unit for electrolyte supply to an electrolyte injection hole formed in a battery cell and injecting the electrolyte into the battery cell with a pressure in the battery cell kept lower than a pressure on the side of the electrolyte supply unit; and
increasing the capacity of the battery cell by reducing a pressure outside the battery cell to be lower than the pressure in the battery cell when the battery cell is disposed in the chamber,
wherein sealing the battery cell with a first seal lid capable of being attached to and detached from the electrolyte injection hole, impregnating the battery cell sealed with the first seal lid with the electrolyte, and removing the first seal lid and sealing the electrolyte injection hole with a second seal lid after the electrolyte impregnation are performed after the injecting the electrolyte into the battery cell and the increasing the capacity of the battery cell are performed.

11. The manufacturing method for a battery of claim 10 , wherein the electrolyte supply unit is configured such that electrolyte remains when the certain amount of electrolyte is introduced into the battery cell.

12. The manufacturing method for a battery of claim 10 , wherein the increasing the capacity of the battery cell is performed simultaneously with or after the injecting the electrolyte into the battery cell.

13. The manufacturing method for a battery of claim 10 , the injecting the electrolyte into the battery cell and the increasing the capacity of the battery cell are performed in a decompression chamber accommodating the battery cell and capable of being decompressed.

14. The manufacturing method for a battery of claim 13 , wherein a pressure difference is created between the pressures on the side of the electrolyte supply unit and in the battery cell by decompressing the battery cell, whereby electrolyte injection from the electrolyte supply unit is promoted so that the certain amount of electrolyte is injected, in the injecting the electrolyte into the battery cell, and the capacity of the battery cell is increased to increase the volume of the electrolyte accommodated in the battery cell by decompressing the decompression chamber.

15. The manufacturing method for a battery of claim 14 , wherein the pressure in the decompression chamber is determined based on the deformation characteristics of the battery cell and the amount of the electrolyte injected into the battery cell.

16. The manufacturing method for a battery of claim 10 , wherein the battery cell into which the electrolyte is injected is pressurized so that a coil is impregnated with the electrolyte.

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk

Inventors

• Fukatsu Kenta

Classifications

• H01M50/636

  Closing or sealing filling ports, e.g. using lids · CPC title

• Y02P70/50

  Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product · CPC title

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title

• H01M50/60 Primary

  Arrangements or processes for filling or topping-up with liquids; Arrangements or processes for draining liquids from casings · CPC title

• H01M10/0525

  Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries · CPC title