US 12,337,567 B2
Pressing apparatus including fluid and electrode and electrode assembly manufacturing method using the same
Byeong Kyu Lee, Daejeon (KR); Soon Kwan Kwon, Daejeon (KR); Ju Hyeon Cho, Daejeon (KR); and Su Taek Jung, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/914,102
Filed by LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Feb. 16, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/001974
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 23, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/246615, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 9, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0066918 (KR), filed on Jun. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0398758 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. B30B 5/02 (2006.01); H01M 4/04 (2006.01)
CPC B30B 5/02 (2013.01) [H01M 4/0433 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pressing apparatus comprising:
a contact portion having a shape or position configured to be changed depending on a shape of a target object to be pressed;
a pressing portion configured to apply uniform force to the contact portion; and
a pressure adjustment portion located between the contact portion and the pressing portion, the pressure adjustment portion having a fluid contained therein,
wherein the contact portion has a plurality of protrusions configured to be individually movable relative to the pressing portion,
wherein the pressure adjustment portion has a plurality of pressure adjustment parts individually connected to corresponding ones of the plurality of protrusions of the contact portion, and
wherein the pressing portion has a plurality of pressing parts individually connected to corresponding ones of the plurality of pressure adjustment parts.