GAP ADJUSTMENT DEVICE AND SECONDARY BATTERY SEALING EQUIPMENT INCLUDING SAME

• Main Authors: LEE, Eung Hyun, KIM, Gee Hwan, OH, Woong Gun, YEO, Sang Uk
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 28.08.2024
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; ELECTRICITY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

The present invention provides secondary battery sealing equipment that presses and seals a sealing portion of a pouch, the secondary battery sealing equipment including: a pair of sealing blocks configured to press and seal the sealing portion of the pouch; and a gap adjustment device configured to adjust a gap between the pair of sealing blocks. The gap adjustment device includes: supporting pieces provided at respective ends of one sealing block that presses one surface of the sealing portion of the pouch; and gap adjustment pieces rotatably coupled to respective ends of the other sealing block that presses the other surface of the sealing portion of the pouch. Each of the gap adjustment pieces is provided with a plurality of adjustment surfaces having different heights along a circumferential surface, and one of the plurality of adjustment surfaces having different heights when rotating is supported by each of the supporting pieces to adjust the gap between the pair of sealing blocks.