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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2018
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Katsushi Enokihara, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/04 (2006.01); H01M 4/80 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/043 (2013.01); H01M 4/0404 (2013.01); H01M 4/0409 (2013.01); H01M 4/80 (2013.01);
Abstract
In manufacturing an electrode that is obtained by forming an active material layer on a current collector foil, a film formation process unit that forms the active material layer by layering granules obtained by granulating a powder of an active material and supplying the layered granules onto a first surface of the current collector foil, and a flattening process unit that chips off a convex portion on a surface of the active material layer that has exited the film formation process unit by a tip of a blade are used.