US 12,463,234 B2
Formation device of pouch-type battery cell
Hyun Woo Bae, Daejeon (KR); Jin Soo Lee, Daejeon (KR); Ho Jung Lee, Daejeon (KR); and Young Woo Kim, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 18/861,046
Filed by LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Sep. 5, 2023, PCT No. PCT/KR2023/013281
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 28, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2024/054013, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 14, 2024.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0113045 (KR), filed on Sep. 6, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2025/0309319 A1, Oct. 2, 2025
Int. Cl. H01M 10/04 (2006.01); H01M 4/04 (2006.01); H01M 50/10 (2021.01); H01M 50/105 (2021.01); H01M 50/184 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 10/0404 (2013.01) [H01M 4/0445 (2013.01); H01M 50/105 (2021.01); H01M 50/184 (2021.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A formation device of a pouch-type battery cell, the formation device comprising:
a charging part configured to charge a battery cell;
a loading buffer part configured to receive the battery cell before being placed in the charging part;
an unloading buffer part configured to receive the battery cell that has been charged and removed from the charging part;
a hole processing part configured to form a discharge hole in a gas pocket part of the battery cell; and
a sealing part configured to seal the discharge hole of the battery cell.