US 12,237,545 B2
Electrode roll connection automation apparatus
Young Soo Lee, Daejeon (KR); Jin Soo Lee, Daejeon (KR); Hong Ju Hwang, Daejeon (KR); and Seung Hoo Lee, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/917,742
Filed by LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Jul. 6, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/008587
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 7, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/014935, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 20, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0087017 (KR), filed on Jul. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0163431 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. B32B 41/00 (2006.01); B65H 35/00 (2006.01); H01M 50/536 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/536 (2021.01) [B65H 35/0006 (2013.01); B65H 2301/122 (2013.01); B65H 2701/19 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrode roll connection automation apparatus comprising:
a first supply unit configured to supply a first electrode sheet on which electrode tabs are formed;
a second supply unit configured to supply a second electrode sheet on which electrode tabs are formed;
a connection unit configured to connect the first electrode sheet and the second electrode sheet to each other; and
an electrode tab sensing unit disposed between the first supply unit and the connection unit and configured to measure a distance between the electrode tabs,
wherein a tip of a start portion of the first electrode sheet and a tip of an end portion of the second electrode sheet each extend through respective ones of the electrode tabs,
the respective ones of the electrode tabs together having a combined width equal to widths of remaining ones of the electrode tabs of the first electrode sheet and the second electrode sheet.