Clever Co., Ltd.

Sk Innovation Co., Ltd.

Lg Energy Solution, Ltd.

Lg Chem, Ltd

Sang Jin Kim

Young Su Son

Jae Young Jang

Young Joong Kim

Jong Hong Jeong

Jee Hee Lee

Dock Young Yoon

Hyo Sang Kim

Hee Young Sun

Myoung Gu Park

Kyong Sik Kim

Hae Suk Hwang

Joon Hee Cho

Jeong Hun Cho

Ki Yeon Jo

Jin Hyun Lee

Young Kyu Lee

Chang Hong Bak

Hye Jin Han

Seong Ju Hwang

Dae Ho Jung

Ji Ho Yun

Disclosed is a battery cell with improved weldability and an apparatus for processing the same, and more particularly to a battery cell including an electrode assembly received in a cell case; and a pair of electrode leads constituted by a negative electrode lead and a positive electrode lead protruding outwards from the cell case, wherein: the negative electrode lead is made of a nickel material and is provided with one or more embossed portions, and the positive electrode lead is made of an aluminum material and is provided with no embossed portion.

Battery cell with improved weldability and apparatus for processing the same

Disclosed is a battery cell terrace alignment device including a base part, a table provided straight (in an X-axis direction) in parallel with a process direction, a first front end support part provided on the base part, a second front end support part provided on the base part, a first rear end support part provided on the base part, a second rear end support part provided on the base part, alignment blocks respectively provided in the first front end support part, the second front end support part, the first rear end support part, and the second rear end support part, a close-contact member provided in any one of the first front end support part and the second front end support part or any one of the first and the second rear end support parts, and a man chamber guide member.

Battery cell terrace alignment device

A battery module and a manufacturing method therefor are provided. The battery module includes a pair of cylindrical battery cells, a pair of PTC elements at one side of the pair of battery cells, a connection member at an opposite side of the pair of cylindrical battery cells from the one side of the pair of cylindrical battery cells, and a connector having four wires connected to a single connection terminal and configured to electrically connect an external system and the pair of cylindrical battery cells via the connection terminal is provided.

Battery module and manufacturing method therefor

Disclosed is a terrace folding system of a secondary battery cell, including a transfer unit which transports a secondary battery cell; and a folding unit which is disposed along the transfer unit and is temporally separated from the transfer unit to fold a terrace of the secondary battery cell.

Terrace folding system of secondary battery cell

A hot-press system for folding a surface of a pouch-type secondary battery, the hot-press system including: a first folded surface pressing unit configured to hold a main chamber and long-side terraces, which have folded surfaces, of a secondary battery, the first folded surface pressing unit being configured to primarily press the folded surfaces while applying heat and pressure to the folded surfaces, and a second folded surface pressing unit configured to hold the main chamber and the long-side terraces, which have the folded surfaces, of the secondary battery guided from the first folded surface pressing unit, the second folded surface pressing unit being configured to secondarily press the folded surfaces while applying heat and pressure to the folded surfaces.

Hot-press system for folding surface of pouch-type secondary battery

A disclosed apparatus for forming a sealing portion for folding a secondary battery pouch includes: first and second pressing bars disposed to face each other with a sealing portion for folding therebetween to apply pressure for flattening the sealing portion for folding that is defined by the edge of a secondary battery pouch for sealing an electrode assembly accommodated therein; first and second pressing surfaces provided at the first and second pressing bars, respectively, and disposed to face the sealing portion for folding; and a forming protrusion formed on the first pressing surface and configured to form a folding guide line on the sealing portion for folding by pressure applied by the first and second pressing bars.

Apparatus for forming sealing portion for folding secondary battery pouch

A disclosed heater for a sealing process of a secondary battery includes: a sealing bar heating and pressing a pouch foil to be sealed; a plurality of sub-heating unit longitudinally disposed inside the sealing bar to respectively independently supply heat to a plurality of sections separated in the longitudinal direction of the sealing bar; temperature sensing units disposed inside the sealing bar and sensing temperature at positions on the surfaces being in contact with the pouch foil; and a control unit controlling heating temperature of the plurality of sub-heating units on the basis of the temperature sensed by the temperature sensing units.

Heater for sealing process of secondary battery

A disclosed sizing roller apparatus for a folding process of a battery cell includes: a table fixing and supporting a battery cell; a base plate disposed on a side of the table; a plurality of sizing rollers disposed on the base plate and each having a rotation axis, which is inclined inward toward a folding portion of the battery cell, to press the folding portion of the battery cell in contact with the folding portion; and a plurality of air spray nozzles disposed on the base plate and spraying air to the plurality of sizing rollers.

Sizing roller apparatus for folding process of battery cell

A laser transmission characteristic value determination method for determining an appropriate transmission characteristic value of a laser so that a marked letter becomes a predetermined font size or more when marking a letter on a surface of a heat shrinkable tube formed on the outer periphery of a battery cell.

Laser transmission characteristic value determination method

There is provided a secondary battery cell supply apparatus for a process of folding a secondary battery cell, including: a first device configured to grip a secondary battery cell for a cell folding process received in a tray and raise the secondary battery cell for a cell folding process vertically upward; a second device configured to grip the secondary battery cell for a cell folding process gripped by the first device and transfer the secondary battery cell for a cell folding process in a transverse direction when the first device releases the secondary battery cell for a cell folding process; and a third device configured to grip the secondary battery cell for a cell folding process gripped by the second device, rotate the secondary battery cell for a cell folding process, and move the secondary battery cell for a cell folding process upward and downward.

Secondary battery cell supply apparatus for process of folding secondary battery cell

There is provided an apparatus for folding a pouch for a secondary battery, the apparatus including: a forming means configured to gradually bend and fold an edge of a pouch-type secondary battery so that the edge has a target cross-sectional shape; a support means configured to support the forming means; and first to fourth gap spacers having various thicknesses, formed in a flat plate shape, and configured to be interposed between the forming means and the support means to align the forming means.

Apparatus for folding pouch for secondary battery

The present invention relates to a method for producing an acrylonitrile-based fiber, the method including: providing a polymer solution including an acrylonitrile-based copolymer containing a carboxylic acid group; mixing 100 parts by weight of the polymer solution with 1 to 6 parts by weight of a hydrophilization solution containing an organic solvent and ammonia water in a weight ratio of 95:5 to 60:40 to prepare a spinning stock solution; and spinning the spinning stock solution. The method controls the viscosity of the spinning stock solution to improve the stretchability and strength of the acrylonitrile-based fiber, and suppresses the occurrence of gelation.

Method for producing acrylonitrile-based fiber

A lithium secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The anode includes an anode active material which contains a mixture of an artificial graphite and a natural graphite. A sphericity of the natural graphite is 0.96 or more. The lithium secondary battery including the anode has improved life-span and power properties.

Lithium secondary battery

There is provided a secondary battery cell transfer apparatus for a process of folding a secondary battery cell, including: multiple stations disposed at an equal interval and sequentially disposed in a straight process direction; tables provided in the multiple stations, respectively, and configured to vacuum-grip and support the secondary battery cell from below the secondary battery cell; transfer bars provided in the multiple stations, respectively; vacuum gripping units provided in the table and the transfer bar, respectively, and configured to selectively apply vacuum gripping force to the secondary battery cell; a lifting unit configured to operate a lifting operation of the transfer bar; and a straight transfer drive unit configured to operate a straight reciprocating motion of the transfer bar, in which productivity may be improved by reducing the tact time for a folding process.

Secondary battery cell transfer apparatus for process of folding secondary battery cell

A battery module having first and second cylindrical battery cells, each of the first and second cylindrical battery cells having a negative electrode terminal and a positive electrode terminal, a metal plate configured to connect, in series, the first cylindrical battery cell and the second cylindrical battery cell, a shrinkable tube in which the first and second cylindrical battery cells are mounted, first and second PTC elements respectively provided to the first and second cylindrical battery cells, first insulating members provided between the first and second PTC elements and the shrinkable tube, second insulating members respectively provided between the first and second PTC elements and the first and second cylindrical battery cells, insulating sheets respectively configured to seal an upper surface and a lower surface of the shrinkable tube, and a connection part protruding outward from the shrinkable tube and configured to connect the first and second cylindrical battery cells to an external electronic apparatus in provided.

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Daejeon, South Korea

Sang Jin Kim