US 12,266,756 B2
Method for manufacturing electrode assembly
Tai Joon Seo, Daejeon (KR); Dong Hun Song, Daejeon (KR); Chun Ho Kwon, Daejeon (KR); and Tai Jin Jung, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/609,180
Filed by LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Sep. 23, 2020, PCT No. PCT/KR2020/012905
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 5, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/101058, PCT Pub. Date May 27, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0148933 (KR), filed on Nov. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0231322 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 10/04 (2006.01)
CPC H01M 10/0436 (2013.01) [H01M 10/0404 (2013.01); H01M 10/0413 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49108 (2015.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for manufacturing an electrode assembly, the method comprising:
a primary stack manufacturing step in which two first electrodes and a second electrode of the primary stack are alternately stacked with separators therebetween on a top surface of a table so that the first electrodes are disposed at each of an uppermost end and a lowermost end of the primary stack;
a secondary stack manufacturing step in which first electrodes and second electrodes of the secondary stack are alternately stacked with separators therebetween on top of the primary stack at a first end of the primary stack so that one of the second electrodes is disposed at a lowermost end of the secondary stack;
a stack rotating step in which the primary stack and the secondary stack, which are initially disposed on the table, are rotated together at an angle of 180° to change vertical positions of the primary stack and the secondary stack, the stack rotating step comprising gripping the primary stack and the secondary stack together using a gripper, descending the table away from the primary stack, rotating the primary stack and the secondary stack together at the angle of 180° using the gripper, and ascending the table so that the secondary stack is supported on the table; and
a tertiary stack manufacturing step in which first electrodes and second electrodes of the tertiary stack are alternately stacked with separators therebetween on top of the primary stack at a second end of the primary stack opposite from the first end so that one of the second electrodes is disposed at a lowermost end of the tertiary stack.