Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for processing a predictive spatiotemporal query based on synthetic data. The apparatus includes a query-processing unit for analyzing a predictive spatiotemporal query of a user and returning a processing result, a machine-learning unit for training a machine-learning model in response to a request from the query-processing unit and generating synthetic spatiotemporal data based on the machine-learning model, and a data storage unit for storing raw spatiotemporal data and the generated synthetic spatiotemporal data, and the raw spatiotemporal data may be stored in the form of a table including an identifier column and a position column.

Abstract: Disclosed herein relates to an electrode for a lithium secondary battery and a manufacturing method thereof, and since the electrode for a lithium secondary battery is provided with an auxiliary coating layer containing inorganic particles, a phenolic compound, and a binder at the end of an electrode mixture layer containing an electrode active material, thereby improving energy density of the battery due to an improvement in thickness deviation at the end of the electrode mixture layer, and preventing lithium from being precipitated at the end of the electrode, especially the negative electrode, due to increase in the adhesive strength of the separator at the end of the electrode, it has an advantage of excellent safety.

Abstract: An apparatus of tilting a seat cushion of a vehicle, includes a tilting motor, a pinion gear, a sector gear, and a tilting link which perform the tilting operation of the seat cushion and exert a binding force in a tilted state of the seat cushion and are provided to be connected to both of one side and the other side of a seat cushion frame, and has two sector gears positioned on left and right sides and connected to each other by a connection bar so that, by strengthening a binding force of the front portion of the seat cushion, it is possible to secure the safety of passengers in the event of a collision.

Abstract: The present invention relates to electrode slurry coating apparatus and method, the present invention ultimately allowing the process efficiency to be increased and rate of errors to be reduced when double-layer structured active material layers are formed by temporally adjusting the height of first and second discharge outlets through which active material is discharged.

Abstract: The present specification relates to an electrode coating apparatus and an electrode coating method that include a turbulent flow generator to uniformize a distribution of a velocity of a coating material transferred from a supply tank to an injection port of a slot die.

Abstract: An electrode coating device and an electrode coating method are disclosed. An electrode coating device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a slot die coater to apply a slurry to a substrate; and an edge adjusting material providing means providing an edge adjusting material to adjust a protrusion formed at an end of the slurry by contacting the slurry.

Abstract: A dual slot die coater according to the present disclosure is a dual slot die coater including a lower slot and an upper slot, for extrusion coating of an electrode active material slurry on a surface of a continuously moving current collector through at least one of the lower slot or the upper slot, and the dual slot die coater includes a lower plate, an intermediate plate positioned on the lower plate and an upper plate positioned on the intermediate plate, the lower slot being formed between the lower plate and the intermediate plate, and the upper slot being formed between the intermediate plate and the upper plate, wherein the lower plate, the intermediate plate and the upper plate have a lower die lip, an intermediate die lip and an upper die lip, each forming an front end with respect to the current collector, respectively, and a thickness of the lower die lip is larger than a thickness of the upper die lip and a thickness of the intermediate die lip.

Abstract: Disclosed are a negative electrode, a method for manufacturing the negative electrode, and a lithium secondary battery including the negative electrode. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector; and a negative electrode active material layer disposed on at least one surface of the negative electrode current collector, and having a lower layer region containing a first active material and a first binder, and an upper layer region disposed on the lower layer region and containing a second active material and a second binder, wherein the weight percentage (wt %) of the binder polymer in the lower layer region is larger than the weight percentage (wt %) of the binder polymer in the upper layer region, the lower layer region and the upper layer region have a thickness ratio of 1:1.04-1:9, and the lower layer region and the upper layer region have a weight ratio of 1:1.04-1:9.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a slot die coating apparatus for coating an electrode active material slurry onto an electrode collector, the slot die coating apparatus including a coating roller, a die comprising a lower discharge opening, through which a first electrode active material slurry is discharged, and an upper die located on the upper side of the lower die and having an upper discharge opening, through which a second electrode active material slurry is discharged, and an upper air vent may be installed in the upper die and a lower air vent may be installed in the lower die.

Abstract: A dual slot die coater includes a first slot and a second slot to deliver a coating solution in an opposite direction of gravity. The dual slot die coater includes a first die block vertically installed and integrally formed with a base at a rear end of an upper surface of the base; a second die block positioned in contact with the base and alongside the first die block to form the first slot between the second die block and the first die block; and a third die block positioned in contact with the base alongside the second die block to form the second slot between the third die block and the second die block. The disclosed dual slot die coater allows for easy alignment of the die lips.

Abstract: The present invention relates to electrode slurry coating apparatus and method, the present invention ultimately allowing the process efficiency to be increased and rate of errors to be reduced when double-layer structured active material layers are formed by temporally adjusting the height of first and second discharge outlets through which active material is discharged.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a negative electrode, including the steps of: preparing a slurry for a lower layer containing a first active material, a first binder and a first dispersion medium, and a slurry for an upper layer containing a second active material, a second binder and a second dispersion medium; coating the slurry for a lower layer on one surface of a negative electrode current collector, and coating the slurry for an upper layer on the slurry for a lower layer at the same time or with a predetermined time interval; and drying the coated slurry for a lower layer and slurry for an upper layer at the same time to form an active material layer, wherein A is 103-300 and B is 1.1-3.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a slot die coating apparatus for coating an electrode active material slurry onto an electrode collector, the slot die coating apparatus including a coating roller, a die comprising a lower discharge opening, through which a first electrode active material slurry is discharged, and an upper die located on the upper side of the lower die and having an upper discharge opening, through which a second electrode active material slurry is discharged, and an upper air vent may be installed in the upper die and a lower air vent may be installed in the lower die.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode including a multilayer structured electrode active material layer having two or more stacked sub-layers. The electrode is characterized in that the content of repeating unit (c) derived from a vinyl cyanide compound and repeating unit (d) derived from a (meth)acrylate compound in the lower layer is smaller than the content in the upper layer. It is possible to improve the binding force and resistance characteristics of the multilayer structured electrode by using a different composition of binder at the bottommost portion that is in contact with the current collector and at the topmost portion that is in contact with the separator. When using the multilayer structured electrode obtained by controlling the binder composition of the topmost portion and that of the bottommost portion to have a suitable composition of ingredients, it is possible to further improve battery performance, including capacity, life, output, or the like.

Abstract: Disclosed are a negative electrode, including: a negative electrode current collector; and a negative electrode active material layer disposed on at least one surface of the negative electrode current collector, and satisfying the following formula: B / A ? 1.2 , wherein, in a graph measuring the binding force according to a normalized thickness of the active material layer, A is defined as a maximum value of the binding force of the active material layer in a normalized thickness of 20-60 and B is defined as a maximum value of the binding force of the active material layer in a normalized thickness of 70-90, and a lithium secondary battery including the negative electrode.

Abstract: There is provided a multi-slot die coater including a manifold for a uniform flow of an electrode active material slurry without stagnation. The multi-slot die coater of the present disclosure includes a first manifold in which a first coating solution is received and a second manifold in which a second coating solution is received. The first manifold is a chamber of an inwardly recessed shape, and includes a first surface and a second surface having different angles to a lower slot at a location close to the lower slot, and the angle of the first surface closest to the lower slot is formed at a level of 30˜70% of the second surface following the first surface.

Abstract: An electrode for a rechargeable battery in which a current collector is coated with an electrode mixture including an electrode active material and a binder includes a first electrode composite layer including PVdF as a first binder and an electrode active material and applied on a current collector; and a second electrode composite layer including a second binder and an electrode active material and applied on the first electrode composite layer, wherein crystallinity of the first binder is 58 or greater.

Abstract: Provided is a multi-slot die coater with reduced structural vulnerability to deformation and twist in the multi-slot die coater basically including three die blocks. The multi-slot die coater according to the present disclosure is a multi-slot die coater including a first slot and a second slot to extrude and coat a coating solution on a surface of a continuously moving substrate through at least one of the first slot or the second slot, and includes a first outer die block, an intermediate die block and a second outer die block. The multi-slot die coater includes a bolt fastened at contact surfaces between the first outer die block, the intermediate die block and the second outer die block, the bolt being at such an angle that a bolt head faces a first exit port and a second exit port.

Abstract: A multi-slot die coater may improve a problem that is structurally vulnerable to deformation and torsion. The multi-slot die coater including a lower slot and an upper slot includes a lower die block; an intermediate die block disposed on the lower die block to form the lower slot therebetween; and an upper die block disposed on the intermediate die block to form the upper slot therebetween, wherein at least one of the lower die block, the intermediate die block, and the upper die block comprises a metal coating layer on a ceramic body.

Abstract: Disclosed is a dual slot die coater capable of discharging a coating solution through an outlet after removing air bubbles contained in the coating solution. The dual slot die coater according to the present disclosure includes a first air vent installed in the first manifold region and an uppersecond air vent installed in the second manifold region.