Lg Energy Solution, Ltd.

Lg Chem, Ltd

Seok Je Kim

Su Han Park

Dae Sik Chung

Sung Hoon Bae

Ki Woong Kim

Yong Tae Lee

In Gu An

Hyoung Sik Choi

Seung Cheol Kim

Yun Pyo Oh

Dae Geun Gu

Seung Byung Lee

Ah Ram Park

An apparatus and method for welding electrode tabs protruding from an electrode assembly to each other which may include a guide part configured to gather the electrode tabs on a predetermined gathering area, a welding part configured to weld the electrode tabs gathered by the guide part, and a bending part configured to bend the electrode assembly. The bending part ensures that a length from the electrode assembly to the gathering area increases in at least a portion of the electrode tabs before being welded by the welding part. Accordingly, some aspects of the present invention may prevent the electrode tabs from disconnecting. Moreover, the present invention also relates to a secondary battery and may relate to a secondary battery manufactured by the above-described welding apparatus or method.

Apparatus for welding electrode tabs, method for welding electrode tabs, and secondary battery

A secondary battery according to the present invention comprises a pouch comprising an accommodation part accommodate the electrode assembly, a gas pocket part collecting a gas generated in the accommodation part, an edge sealing part provided along each of edge surfaces of the accommodation part and the gas pocket part, and a corner sealing part provided on each of both ends of a boundary between the accommodation part and the gas pocket part to support the electrode assembly accommodated in the accommodation part, wherein the corner sealing part comprises a full-width support surface supporting one end in a full-width direction of the electrode assembly, which faces the gas pocket part, and a full-length support surface provided between the full-width support surface and the edge sealing part, having a width greater than that of the full-width support surface, and supporting one end in a full-length direction of the electrode assembly, which faces the edge sealing part, and the full-length support surface, the full-width support surface, and the edge sealing part are integrally connected to each other.

Secondary battery and method for manufacturing the same

An electrode assembly comprises: a negative electrode, a separator, and at least two or more positive electrodes which are stacked in the electrode assembly with the negative electrode and the separator, each of the positive electrodes including a positive electrode active material applied to a surface of a positive electrode collector, wherein the positive electrode active material contains nickel, cobalt, and manganese, and a first composition ratio of nickel, cobalt, and manganese in the positive electrode active material applied to a first one of the positive electrodes is different from a second composition ratio of nickel, cobalt, and manganese in the positive electrode active material applied to a second one of the positive electrodes. The first and second positive electrodes may be stacked to adequately improve thermal stability and capacity.

Electrode assembly

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for manufacturing a battery cell, and more particularly, to an apparatus and a method for manufacturing a battery cell, wherein a pressing jig provided with a semi-elliptical pressing part presses the battery cell to remove air bubbles from the battery cell.

Apparatus and method for manufacturing battery cell

A charge/discharge pressurizing device includes a first pressurizing jig configured to pressurize one surface of an electrode lead of a battery cell, a second pressurizing jig configured to pressurize an other surface of the electrode lead facing the one surface of the electrode lead, a guide configured to be disposed to be spaced apart from the one surface of the first pressurizing jig by a predetermined distance, and a first pressurizing jig controller configured to be connected to the first pressurizing jig and to move the first pressurizing jig toward the one surface of the electrode lead.

Device for charging and discharging and method for charging and discharging battery cell using the same

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Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea

Seok Je Kim