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US 12,337,567 B2Granted
Pressing apparatus including fluid and electrode and electrode assembly manufacturing method using the same
AssigneeLG Energy Solution, Ltd.
InventorsByeong Kyu Lee, Soon Kwan Kwon, Ju Hyeon Cho, Su Taek Jung
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a pressing apparatus capable of uniformly pressing an object to be pressed using a pressure adjustment portion having a fluid contained therein irrespective of the shape of the object and a pressing method using the same.
Claims10
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.
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An electrode and electrode assembly manufacturing method comprising:
- providing 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, the contact portion having a plurality of protrusions configured to be individually movable relative to the pressing portion, the pressure adjustment portion having a plurality of pressure adjustment parts individually connected to corresponding ones of the plurality of protrusions of the contact portion, and the pressing portion having a plurality of pressing parts individually connected to corresponding ones of the plurality of pressure adjustment parts;
- preparing an electrode or an electrode assembly that is the target object to be pressed;
- disposing the target object in the pressing apparatus;
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- pressing the target object using the pressing apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.