US 12,237,530 B2
Degassing apparatus and degassing method
Kyu Sung Jung, Daejeon (KR); and Jun Hyeak Huh, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/916,866
Filed by LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed May 7, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/005718
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 4, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/225398, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0054784 (KR), filed on May 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0163403 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. H01M 10/00 (2006.01); B29C 67/00 (2017.01); H01M 10/04 (2006.01); H01M 10/613 (2014.01); H01M 10/6572 (2014.01); H01M 50/30 (2021.01); H01M 50/609 (2021.01); B29C 43/52 (2006.01); B29C 43/56 (2006.01); H01M 50/105 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/30 (2021.01) [B29C 67/0044 (2013.01); H01M 10/0404 (2013.01); H01M 10/0481 (2013.01); H01M 10/613 (2015.04); H01M 10/6572 (2015.04); H01M 50/609 (2021.01); B29C 2043/527 (2013.01); B29C 2043/563 (2013.01); H01M 50/105 (2021.01); Y02E 60/10 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A degassing apparatus for a pouch, the degassing apparatus comprising:
a mold including a lower mold and an upper mold, the upper mold configured to be positioned above the lower mold, the lower mold configured to contact a bottom surface of a body part of the pouch, and the upper mold configured to press a top surface of the body part when the lower mold contacts the bottom surface of the body part,
a gas inhaler configured to be inserted into a gas pocket part of the pouch, and
a cooling member,
wherein at least one of the lower mold or the upper mold is cooled by the cooling member such that an electrolyte injected into the body part is cooled by the mold when the body part contacts the mold, and wherein the cooling member comprises a Peltier element configured to adjust the cooling according to a temperature and a viscosity of the electrolyte.