US 12,444,771 B2
Method and apparatus for stacking battery cells
Hannah Bever, South Lyon, MI (US); Andrew William Sherman, Commerce Township, MI (US); Paul John Bojanowski, Macomb Township, MI (US); Christopher Webber, Sterling Heights, MI (US); and Carly Chmura, Ferndale, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Feb. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/667,207.
Prior Publication US 2023/0253629 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. H01M 10/0583 (2010.01); H01M 10/0525 (2010.01)
CPC H01M 10/0583 (2013.01) [H01M 10/0525 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for stacking a battery cell comprising:
feeding a separator sheet through a guide assembly to fold the separator sheet;
inserting a plurality of first electrodes into the separator sheet at a location where the separator sheet has been folded by the guide assembly as the separator sheet is being fed through the guide assembly, the separator sheet folded prior to the insertion of the plurality of first electrodes, the plurality of first electrodes are continuously inserted one at a time into the same location of the folded separator sheet;
forming respective channels in the folded separator sheet comprising the plurality of first electrodes;
inserting a plurality of second electrodes in the respective channels to form a multilayered body; and
pressing the multilayered body to form the stacked battery cell where the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes are stacked in an alternating arrangement.