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Secondary battery and method of manufacturing the same

Grant US12586874B2 Kind: B2 Mar 24, 2026

Assignee

PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.

Inventors

Yoshitaka Matsumasa, Tomokazu Yamanaka

Abstract

Provided is a technique to reduce voids between an electrode tab and a current collecting unit in a portion where the electrode tab and the current collecting unit are welded. The secondary battery manufacturing method disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a secondary battery including an electrode body having an electrode tab and a current collecting unit electrically connected to the electrode body. This method includes: welding between the electrode tab and the current collecting unit, by sandwiching the electrode tab between a transparent material and the current collecting unit and then applying laser to penetrate the transparent material.

CPC Classifications

H01M 50/533 H01M 50/536 H01M 50/54 B23K 26/21

Filing Date

2023-01-06

Application No.

18151005

Claims

8