# US 12,224,401 B2 · System and method of manufacturing lithium ion secondary battery

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- Number: US 12,224,401 B2
- Document ID: US12224401B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/837,156
- Filed: 2020-04-01
- Published: 2021-05-27
- Granted: 2025-02-11
- Earliest claimed: 2019-11-27
- Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Motors Corporation
- Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Motors Corporation
- Inventors: Sang Mok Park; Jin Hee Lee; Se Young Lee; Dong Hui Kim; Shin Kook Kong
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12224401B2

## CPC

- H01M 10/0585: of accumulators having only flat construction elements, i.e. flat positive electrodes, flat negative electrodes and flat separators
- H01M 4/0404: {by coating on electrode collectors}
- H01M 10/04: Construction or manufacture in general (H01M10/058, H01M10/12, H01M10/28, H01M10/38 take precedence)
- H01M 10/0525: Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries
- H01M 10/058: Construction or manufacture
- H01M 2220/20: Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane
- Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries
- Y02P 70/50: Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product
- H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
- Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- Y02P: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS

## Abstract

A system for manufacturing a lithium ion secondary battery includes an unwinder supplying a current collector to be coated to a predetermined position, a coating device coating a coating liquid on the current collector, a drying device drying the coated current collector, and a rewinder winding the coated current collector passing through the drying device at a predetermined position.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A system for manufacturing a lithium ion secondary battery, the system comprising:
an unwinder supplying a current collector to be coated to a predetermined position;
a coating device coating a coating liquid on the current collector;
a drying device drying the coated current collector;
a rewinder winding the coated current collector passing through the drying device at a predetermined position;
a plurality of driving rolls supporting the coated current collector that move within the drying device, and move the current collector through a rotary motion;
a plurality of drying nozzles drying the coated current collector moving through the driving rolls with air of a predetermined temperature and a predetermined amount, wherein the plurality of drying nozzles include a first drying nozzle positioned on an upper portion of the current collector and a second drying nozzle positioned on a lower portion of the current collector to face each other;
a sensor sensing a degree of drying of a coating layer coated on the current collector; and
a controller controlling driving of the plurality of drying nozzles based on information sensed by the sensor;
wherein the first drying nozzle and the second drying nozzle are configured to spray air toward the current collector by each forming a gradient in wind speed in a width direction of the current collector moving through the plurality of driving rolls so that the gradient in wind speed output from the first drying nozzle differs from the gradient in wind speed output from the second drying nozzle.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the controller allows the air to be sprayed from the plurality of drying nozzles such that an amount of gradient shape is maximum in a state in which the coating layer has fluidity based on the degree of drying of the coating layer sensed by the sensor, and the controller allows an amount of the air sprayed from the plurality of drying nozzles to be decreased such that the amount of gradient shape decreases as the degree of drying of the coating layer increases.