Device and method for inspecting welded state
AssigneeLG Energy Solution, Ltd.
InventorsJung Hoon Lee, Seok Jin Kim
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Abstract
A device for inspecting a welded state between a tab, which protrudes from a plurality of electrodes stacked with a separator therebetween, and a lead welded to the tab. The device for inspecting a welded state may include a pair of tab probes, which are in contact with the tab and spaced apart from each other in a width direction of the tab, and a pair of lead probes which are in contact with the lead and spaced apart from each other in a width direction of the lead. Related methods for inspecting the welded state between a tab and a lead thereby are provided.
Claims15
A device for inspecting a welded state between a tab, which protrudes from a plurality of electrodes stacked with a separator therebetween, and a lead welded to the tab, the device comprising:
- a pair of tab probes, including a first tab probe and a second tab probe, in contact with the tab and spaced apart from each other in a width direction of the tab;
- and
- a pair of lead probes, including a first lead probe and a second lead probe, in contact with the lead and spaced apart from each other in a width direction of the lead,
- wherein each of the pair of tab probes and the pair of lead probes include a hollow body and a shield,
- wherein each of the first and the second tab probe and the first and the second lead probe includes a pair of probe members, wherein a first probe member of each of the pairs of probe members is configured to apply a current and a second probe member of each of the pairs of probe members is configured to detect a voltage,
- wherein each of the first and second probe members has an end provided with:
- a tip configured to contact the tab or the lead and having a sharp shape;
- or
- an opposing surface configured to face the tab or the lead, and a plurality of protrusions protruding from the opposing surface to be in contact with the tab or the lead,
- wherein the pairs of probe members of the first tab probe and the second tab probe each have the end provided with the tip, and
- wherein the pairs of probe members of the first lead probe and the second lead probe each have the end provided with the opposing surface and the plurality of protrusions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.