Characterization of joint quality in ultrasonic welding of battery tabs

Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Lee, S Shawn ^a   Kim, Tae Hyung ^a   Hu, S Jack ^a   Cai, Wayne W ^b   Abell, Jeffrey A ^b   Li, Jingjing ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^c University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

Author keywords

Lithium ion battery assembly; Ultrasonic metal welding; Weld attributes; Weld quality

Indexed keywords

BATTERY PACK; COPPER; DISSIMILAR MATERIALS; JOINING; LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES; MANUFACTURE; SPOT WELDING; ULTRASONIC WELDING;

BATTERY MANUFACTURING; CLASSIFICATION METHODS; CONVENTIONAL FUSION WELDING PROCESS; HARDNESS MEASUREMENT; RESISTANCE SPOT WELDING; SCANNING ELECTRONIC MICROSCOPY (SEM); ULTRASONIC METAL WELDING; WELD QUALITY;

WELDS;

EID: 84883684473     PISSN: 10871357     EISSN: 15288935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4023364     Document Type: Article

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