Abstract: A method of manufacturing a unit cell having a negative electrode, a separator, and a positive electrode are stacked and placed between guide rollers. One of the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The separator is coated with a binder, and the separator is dipped in a solvent to soften a cured binder before the separator is put between the guide rollers. An apparatus for manufacturing a unit cell includes a reservoir in which at least two or more transfer rollers that rotate while the separator passes therethrough are mounted, and a solvent is stored at a predetermined level; and a chamber into which the separator passing through a reservoir is put together with the positive electrode and the negative electrode. Guide rollers are disposed so that the negative electrode and the positive electrode move to both surfaces of the separator, respectively.

Abstract: A secondary battery including an electrode assembly, a gel polymer electrolyte, and a battery case accommodating the electrode assembly and the gel polymer electrolyte. The electrode assembly includes a plurality of electrodes and a plurality of separators, the plurality of electrodes are stacked in a vertical direction, and each of the plurality of separators is disposed between the stacked electrodes. The separator includes a porous substrate and a ceramic coating layer disposed on both sides of the porous substrate, and the ceramic coating layer contains inorganic particles and a binder, wherein the inorganic particles are included in an amount ranging from 92 wt % to less than 100 wt %, and the binder is included in an amount ranging from greater than 0 wt % to 8 wt %. The method of making the battery is also provided.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly including an electrode and a separator which are alternately stacked; a gel polymer electrolyte; and a battery case accommodating the electrode assembly and the gel polymer electrolyte. The separator includes a porous substrate and a ceramic coating layer disposed on both sides of the porous substrate, and the ceramic coating layer contains from 92 wt % to less than 100 wt % of inorganic particles and from greater than 0 wt % to 8 wt % of a binder.

Abstract: An electrode assembly includes electrodes and separators alternately stacked. A first adhesive part is formed between at least one of the electrodes and at least one of the separators, and a second adhesive part is formed between adjacent separators. The second adhesive part is located outwardly relative to the first adhesive part.

Abstract: A secondary battery manufacturing method includes: an electrode assembly manufacturing step of manufacturing an electrode assembly in which electrodes and separators are fixed by an adhesive so that the electrodes and the separators are alternately stacked, and a battery cell manufacturing step of housing the electrode assembly together with an electrolyte solution and sealing them within the pouch case to manufacture a battery cell. The electrode assembly manufacturing step comprises a step of forming a first adhesive part formed between the electrode and the separator, and a second adhesive part formed between separators adjacent to each other among the plurality of separators contained in the electrode assembly. The second adhesive part is formed so as to be arranged on the outside of the first adhesive part along a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the electrodes and the separators are stacked.

Abstract: A lamp for a vehicle includes a first beam pattern formation part configured to emit first light for a first beam pattern and a lens configured to form the first beam pattern by transmitting the first light. The first beam pattern formation part includes a first light source that emits the first light; and a shield configured to block a portion of the first light that is emitted from the first light source toward the lens. The lens includes a spread lens that concentrates incident light to a focal line having a linear shape and a spot lens that concentrates incident light to a point.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a secondary battery and a pre-degassing device for manufacturing a secondary battery.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly having a positive electrode provided with a positive electrode tab, a separator, and a negative electrode provided with a negative electrode tab, the positive electrode, the separator, and the negative electrode being wound, the electrode assembly having a core part at a center thereof; a can configured to receive the electrode assembly therein, the negative electrode tab being connected to the can; a cap assembly coupled to an opening of the can, the positive electrode tab being connected to the cap assembly; and a reinforcing member provided on an end of the separator exposed beyond the positive electrode or the negative electrode to prevent heat of the positive electrode tab or the negative electrode tab from being transferred to the separator.

Abstract: Discussed is a method for manufacturing an electrode assembly and an electrode assembly manufactured therethrough, and the method includes a corona treatment process of performing corona discharge treatment on opposite edges of a separator in a direction perpendicular to a progress direction for manufacturing the electrode assembly, a lamination process of alternately laminating an electrode and the corona-treated separator, and a bonding process of pressing the electrode and the corona-treated separator, which are laminated, to bond the electrode to the corona-treated separator, wherein, in the corona treatment process, corona is locally discharged to the opposite edges of the separator to form a corona-treated section and a corona-untreated section on the opposite edges of the separator.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a unit cell having a negative electrode, a separator, and a positive electrode are stacked and placed between guide rollers. One of the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The separator is coated with a binder, and the separator is dipped in a solvent to soften a cured binder before the separator is put between the guide rollers. An apparatus for manufacturing a unit cell includes a reservoir in which at least two or more transfer rollers that rotate while the separator passes therethrough are mounted, and a solvent is stored at a predetermined level; and a chamber into which the separator passing through a reservoir is put together with the positive electrode and the negative electrode. Guide rollers are disposed so that the negative electrode and the positive electrode move to both surfaces of the separator, respectively.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a secondary battery includes: assembling an electrode assembly having a plurality of electrodes separated by at least one separator positioned between each of the electrodes; sealing the electrode assembly and an electrolyte solution in a battery case; and dissolving at least a portion of an adhesive into the electrolyte solution such that a mark from the adhesive is left on the separator. The step of assembling the electrode assembly includes adhering a first one of the plurality of electrodes to the at least one separator with the adhesive positioned between the first electrode and the separator. A secondary battery manufactured by such method is also provided.

Abstract: An apparatus for preparing a unit cell is provided. The apparatus includes a center electrode reel from which a center electrode sheet is unwound, wherein the center electrode sheet is configured to form a plurality of center electrodes, separator reels from which separator sheets to be stacked with the center electrodes are unwound, a laminator configured to laminate a stack which is formed by stacking the plurality of center electrodes with the separator sheets while the plurality of center electrodes are spaced apart from each other and disposed in a row in a longitudinal direction of the separator sheets, a first nozzle configured to apply an adhesive to an upper surface of the separator sheet disposed on an uppermost layer of the laminated stack, and an upper electrode reel from which an upper electrode sheet is unwound.

Abstract: A lamp for a vehicle includes a first beam pattern formation part configured to emit first light for a first beam pattern and a lens configured to form the first beam pattern by transmitting the first light. The first beam pattern formation part includes a first light source that emits the first light; and a shield configured to block a portion of the first light that is emitted from the first light source toward the lens. The lens includes a spread lens that concentrates incident light to a focal line having a linear shape and a spot lens that concentrates incident light to a point.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a secondary battery includes: assembling an electrode assembly having a plurality of electrodes separated by at least one separator positioned between each of the electrodes; sealing the electrode assembly and an electrolyte solution in a battery case; and dissolving at least a portion of an adhesive into the electrolyte solution such that a mark from the adhesive is left on the separator. The step of assembling the electrode assembly includes adhering a first one of the plurality of electrodes to the at least one separator with the adhesive positioned between the first electrode and the separator. A secondary battery manufactured by such method is also provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides an adhesive layer coating unit configured to continuously apply an adhesive layer having a first width in a longitudinal direction of a first separator. The adhesive layer coating unit comprises: a transfer roller configured to support a bottom surface of the first separator and transfer the first separator; a discharge roller configured to transfer the first separator, which has passed through the transfer roller, in conjunction with the transfer roller while supporting a top surface of the first separator, wherein a coating groove having the first width and a closed curve shape is formed in a circumferential surface of the discharge roller; and a coating member configured to inject an adhesive into a space between the discharge roller and the top surface of the first separator which has passed through the transfer roller.

Abstract: In order to the aforementioned issue, a unit cell manufacturing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: an electrode reel from which an electrode sheet, which is to be a plurality of electrodes, is unwound; a separator reel from which a separator sheet to be stacked with the electrodes is unwound; and in a stack which is formed by stacking the plurality of electrodes with the separator sheet while the plurality of electrodes are spaced apart from each other and disposed in a row in the longitudinal direction of the separator sheet, a sealer which is disposed between the plurality of electrodes and applies heat and pressure to at least one of the corners of the electrodes or the edges of the electrodes.

Abstract: An apparatus for preparing a cell is provided. The apparatus includes an electrode reel from which an electrode sheet is unwound, wherein the electrode sheet is configured to form a plurality of electrodes, a separator reel from which a separator sheet is unwound, wherein the separator sheet is configured to stack with the electrode while covering the electrode by being folded when the electrode is stably placed, a table having an upper surface on which the electrode and the separator sheet are stably placed, and a nozzle configured to apply an adhesive to at least a portion of a region of the separator sheet stably placed on the table.

Abstract: An apparatus for preparing a unit cell is provided. The apparatus includes a lower separator reel from which a lower separator sheet is unwound, a first nozzle configured to apply an adhesive to at least a portion of one surface facing upward of the unwound lower separator sheet, an upper separator reel from which an upper separator sheet is unwound, a second nozzle configured to apply an adhesive to at least a portion of one surface facing upward of the unwound upper separator sheet, and a first nip roll configured to turn opposite surfaces of the upper separator sheet upside down so that the one surface of the upper separator sheet to which the adhesive has been applied is directed downward and adheres to an upper surface of a first electrode stably placed on the one surface of the lower separator sheet.

Abstract: An electrode assembly includes a plurality of electrodes and a connection component. The electrodes are arranged in a stack along a stacking dimension with a respective separator portion positioned between each of the electrodes. Each of the electrodes has an outer perimeter within a plane extending transverse to the stacking dimension, and the separator portions each have a respective overhanging portion protruding outwardly in a lateral dimension beyond the outer perimeters of adjacent ones of the electrodes, where the lateral dimension is oriented transverse to the stacking dimension. The connection component extends between and connects at least two adjacent overhanging portions of the separator portions. The connection component comprises a network of strands of material, a plurality of which cross over other strands so as to define respective crossing locations. A region of the connection component includes multiple crossing locations spaced apart from one another in the stacking dimension.

Abstract: The present invention relates an apparatus for sealing a secondary battery, which seals a pouch. The apparatus for sealing the secondary battery comprises: a support block configured to support a bottom surface of one-side sealing part of the pouch; a sealing member comprising a sealing roller that moves in a longitudinal direction of the one-side sealing part in a state of pressing a top surface of the one-side sealing part supported on the support block to seal the one-side sealing part supported on the support block; and a straightening member configured to flatten a surface of the one-side sealing part on which the sealing roller passes.