CN209830721U

CN209830721U - Battery positioning device

Info

Publication number: CN209830721U
Application number: CN201920300587.6U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 不公告发明人
Original assignee: Wuxi Lead Intelligent Equipment Co Ltd
Current assignee: Wuxi Lead Intelligent Equipment Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-03-08
Filing date: 2019-03-08
Publication date: 2019-12-24
Anticipated expiration: 2029-03-08

Abstract

The utility model provides a battery positioning device, its includes locating component, lower locating component and goes up locating component all around, locating component includes long limit driving piece, minor face driving piece, first long limit locating piece, the long limit locating piece of second, first minor face locating piece and second minor face locating piece all around, it includes clamp plate and last locating driving piece to go up locating component, it can realize to go up the locating driving piece the clamp plate with locating component fixes a position the battery on upper and lower direction down, and locating component, lower locating component and last locating component are integrated together in same set of mechanism all around, improve the utilization ratio of machine.

Description

Battery positioning device

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an automation equipment technical field especially relates to a battery positioner.

Background

The lithium battery is a new generation of green high-energy battery with excellent performance, and is widely applied to various civil and military fields such as automobile power batteries, mobile phones, notebook computers, tablet computers and the like because of the advantages of high voltage, high capacity, low consumption, no memory effect, no pollution, small volume, small internal resistance, less self-discharge, more cycle times and the like.

In the manufacturing process of the lithium battery, a battery cover plate is welded to a sealed end of a battery case to seal the case. In the existing square aluminum-shell battery assembly line, a top cover laser welding machine generally divides the upper positioning and the positioning in other directions into two sets of mechanisms for realization, and the welding of a top cover and the welding of a sealing nail are also realized by the two sets of mechanisms, so that the top cover laser welding machine cannot adapt to batteries with different sizes, the utilization rate of the machine cannot be well improved, and the miniaturization of equipment is not facilitated.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the utility model is to provide a battery positioner with improve machine utilization ratio.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme: the utility model provides a battery positioning device, its includes locating component all around, is located locating component all around lower locating component below locating component and being located the last locating component of locating component top all around, locating component all around include long limit driving piece, minor face driving piece, first long limit locating piece, with first long limit locating piece is close to or the second long limit locating piece of keeping away from in the Y direction, first minor face locating piece, with first minor face locating piece is close to or the second minor face locating piece of keeping away from in the X direction, it includes clamp plate and last locating driving piece to go up the locating component, it can realize to go up the locating driving piece the clamp plate with locating component fixes a position the battery on upper and lower direction down.

As a further improved technical scheme of the utility model, all around locating component still include with the long limit push pedal that the output of long limit driving piece is connected, first long limit locating piece fixed set up in on the long limit push pedal.

As a further improved technical scheme, locating component still includes long limit fixed plate all around, the long limit locating piece of second is fixed set up in on the long limit fixed plate, first long limit locating piece with the long limit locating piece of second is followed the Y direction sets up relatively.

As a further improved technical scheme of the utility model, all around locating component still include with the minor face push pedal that the output of minor face driving piece is connected, first minor face locating piece fixed set up in the minor face push pedal.

As a further improved technical scheme of the utility model, locating component still includes the minor face fixed plate all around, second minor face locating piece fixed set up in on the minor face fixed plate, first minor face locating piece with second minor face locating piece is followed the X direction sets up relatively.

As the utility model discloses further modified technical scheme, the second minor face locating piece is fixed in on the base plate through first locating pin, the base plate is provided with the edge the several pinhole of X direction interval arrangement, first locating pin can be with the difference pinhole locking is in order to realize the second minor face locating piece is located the ascending different positions of X direction.

As a further improved technical scheme of the utility model, all around locating component still include the mounting panel and with the second locating pin on the base plate is installed to the mounting panel, the minor face driving piece fixed set up in on the mounting panel, the base plate is provided with the edge the spaced several pinhole of X direction, the second locating pin can be with different the pinhole locking is in order to realize the second minor face driving piece is located the ascending different positions of X direction.

As the utility model discloses further modified technical scheme, locating component includes elevating system and is used for the drive down elevating system follows the lift driving piece of Z direction motion, elevating system is provided with and is used for holding the tray of battery, long limit locating piece of first long limit, second, first minor face locating piece and second minor face locating piece are located around the tray.

As a further improved technical scheme of the utility model, go up the location driving piece including being used for realizing the clamp plate is followed location driving piece and realization on the first of Y direction removal location driving piece is gone up along the second that the Z direction removed to the clamp plate.

As a further improved technical scheme of the utility model, the clamp plate is provided with the notch, install in the notch and be used for pressing down the elastic pressing piece of sealed nail and cover the welding backplate of the explosion-proof valve of battery.

Compared with the prior art, the battery positioning device of the utility model has the advantages that the front, back, left and right positioning components, the lower positioning component and the upper positioning component are integrated in the same set of mechanism together, so that the positioning of the front, back, left, right, upper and lower surfaces of the battery is realized, meanwhile, the welding of the sealing nail is integrated, the batteries with different sizes are compatible, the utilization rate of the machine is improved, and the miniaturization of the machine is facilitated; the battery positioning device has the advantages of ingenious design, simple working principle and high automation degree; the battery positioning device can also be applied to other fields.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of the overall concept of the battery positioning device of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of the battery positioning device of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a top view of the battery positioning device of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a bottom view of the left and right positioning mechanisms of the battery positioning device of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a top view of the left and right positioning components of the battery positioning device of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of the lower positioning assembly of the battery positioning device of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a top view of the upper positioning assembly of the battery positioning device of the present invention.

Fig. 8 is a left side view of the upper positioning component of the battery positioning device of the present invention.

Fig. 9 is a top view of a battery.

Detailed Description

Referring to fig. 1, the present invention discloses a battery positioning device, which comprises a front-back left-right positioning assembly 100, a lower positioning assembly 200 located below the front-back left-right positioning assembly 100, and an upper positioning assembly 300 located above the front-back left-right positioning assembly 100, wherein the front-back left-right positioning assembly 100 is used for positioning the front-back left-right end of a battery 400, the lower positioning assembly 200 is used for bearing and positioning the lower end of the battery 400, and the upper positioning assembly 300 is used for positioning the upper end of the battery 400, so as to position six surfaces of the battery 400. The battery positioning device is defined to have a longitudinal direction as an X direction, i.e., a left-right direction, a width direction as a Y direction, i.e., a front-back direction, and a height direction as a Z direction, i.e., a vertical direction.

Referring to fig. 3 to 5, the front, rear, left, and right positioning assembly 100 includes a long side driving member 111, a short side driving member 112, a long side pushing plate 121, a short side pushing plate 122, a first long side positioning block 131, a second long side positioning block 132, a first short side positioning block 141, a second short side positioning block 142, a long side fixing plate 151, a short side fixing plate 152, and an elastic member 160. The long-side driving member 111 and the short-side driving member 112 respectively adopt cylinders, the output end of the long-side driving member 111 is connected with the long-side push plate 121 and is used for driving the long-side push plate 121 to drive the first long-side positioning block 131 to move along the Y direction, and the first long-side positioning block 131 is fixedly arranged on the long-side push plate 121; the output end of the short-edge driving element 112 is connected to the short-edge pushing plate 122, and is configured to drive the short-edge pushing plate 122 to drive the first short-edge positioning block 141 to move along the X direction, and the first short-edge positioning block 141 is fixedly disposed on the short-edge pushing plate 122; the second long-side positioning block 132 is disposed opposite to the first long-side positioning block 131 in the Y direction, and when the first long-side positioning block 131 moves, the second long-side positioning block 132 can be close to the second long-side positioning block 132 and can clamp the battery 400 in the Y direction with the second long-side positioning block 132, so as to position the battery 400 in the front-back direction (i.e., the Y direction), and the second long-side positioning block 132 is fixedly disposed on the long-side fixing plate 151; the second short-side positioning block 142 is disposed opposite to the first short-side positioning block 141 in the X direction, the second short-side positioning block 142 is fixedly disposed on the short-side fixing plate 152, and when the first short-side positioning block 141 moves, the second short-side positioning block 142 can be moved close to the second short-side positioning block 142 and can clamp the battery 400 in the X direction with the second short-side positioning block 142, thereby positioning the battery 400 in the front-rear direction (i.e., the X direction); the elastic member 160 is a compression spring, and the elastic member 160 elastically presses against the long side pushing plate 121 along the Y direction, so that the first long side positioning block 131 keeps elastically pressing the battery 400.

Furthermore, the short side fixing plate 152 is fixed on the base plate 150 by the first positioning pin 143, the base plate 150 is a large plate on which each component is mounted, the base plate 150 is provided with a plurality of pin holes 153 (in this embodiment, five pin holes 153) arranged at intervals along the X direction, and each pin hole 153 is used for locking and matching with the first positioning pin 143, and the distance between the pin holes 153 may be the same or different, so that the first positioning pin 143 can fix the short side fixing plate 152 and the second short side positioning block 142 at a plurality of different positions, so as to be suitable for a plurality of batteries 400 with different sizes, when replacing batteries 400 with different sizes, only the first positioning pin 143 needs to be pulled down, the short side fixing plate 152 is fixed to a required position according to needs and then locked by the first positioning pin 143, and when replacing different pin holes 153 and the first positioning pin 143, the second long side positioning block 132 needs to be replaced with corresponding lengths in practical use, however, since the width difference of the batteries 400 of different sizes is small, the second short side positioning block 142 itself can be adapted to various sizes without replacement, and only the position thereof needs to be adjusted.

Further, in order to adjust the movement stroke of the first short side positioning block 141, the front, back, left and right positioning assembly 100 further includes a mounting plate 171 and a second positioning pin 172 for mounting the mounting plate 171 on the base plate 150, the short side driving member 112 is fixedly disposed on the mounting plate 171, the base plate 150 is correspondingly provided with a plurality of pin holes 154 locked with the second positioning pin 172, the pin holes 154 are spaced apart in the X direction, and the position of the short side driving member 112 in the X direction can be adjusted by locking and matching the second positioning pin 172 with different pin holes 154, thereby adjusting the movement stroke of the first short side positioning block 141.

Referring to fig. 2 and 6, the lower positioning assembly 200 includes a lifting mechanism 210 and a lifting driving member 220, the lifting driving member 220 is a motor, and the lifting mechanism 210 is driven by the lifting driving member 220. The tray 212 is disposed on the upper portion of the lifting mechanism 210, and can hold the battery 400 when the battery 400 descends, and the tray 212 is provided with a groove for placing the battery 400. The first long-side positioning block 131, the second long-side positioning block 132, the first short-side positioning block 141, and the second short-side positioning block 142 are located around the tray 212.

As shown in fig. 8, the upper positioning assembly 300 includes two first upper positioning driving members 310, two second upper positioning driving members 320, a moving plate 330, a pressing plate 340 and a guiding member 350, the first upper positioning driving members 310 and the second upper positioning driving members 320 respectively employ cylinders, the first upper positioning driving members 310 are used for driving the moving plate 330 to drive the pressing plate 340 to move along the Y direction, and an output end of the second upper positioning driving members 320 is directly connected to the moving plate 330 for driving the moving plate 330 to drive the pressing plate 340 to move along the Z direction, so that the movement of the pressing plate 340 provides an avoidance, which is convenient for an operator to place the battery 400 into the tray 212. The pressing plate 340 is fixedly connected with the moving plate 330, the moving plate 330 is slidably connected with the guide 350 along the Y direction through the sliding block 331, and the guide 350 adopts a linear rail.

Referring to fig. 3 and 7, the pressing plate 340 is provided with a saw-toothed notch 341, and an elastic pressing plate 342 and a welding guard plate 343 are installed in the notch 341. The tip of the elastic pressing piece 342 for pressing the sealing nail 410 is smaller than the sealing nail 410, that is, the elastic pressing piece 342 is used for pressing the middle part of the sealing nail 410 to prevent the sealing nail 410 from shifting during the welding process, and the welding guard 343 is used for covering the explosion-proof valve 420 of the battery 400 to prevent the fragments generated during welding the sealing nail 410 from falling into the explosion-proof valve 420.

The utility model discloses battery positioner's work flow as follows: an operator places the battery 400 in the tray 212 of the lower positioning assembly 200, and the tray 212 is at a higher position at the moment, so that the battery 400 is prevented from falling too deeply when being placed in; the long-side driving element 111 and the short-side driving element 112 act to drive the long-side push plate 121 to drive the first long-side positioning block 131 to be close to the battery 400, the short-side push plate 122 is driven to drive the first short-side positioning block 141 to be close to the battery 400, so that the first long-side positioning block 131 and the second long-side positioning block 132 slightly abut against the battery 400 in the X direction, and the first short-side positioning block 141 and the second short-side positioning block 142 slightly abut against the battery 400 in the Y direction, so that pre-positioning of; the long side driving member 111 and the short side driving member 112 release the driving force (air cylinder decompression) to the long side pushing plate 121 and the short side pushing plate 122, and the long side pushing plate 121 drives the first long side positioning block 131 to lightly hold the battery 400 under the elastic force of the elastic member 160; the lifting mechanism 210 controls the tray 212 to drive the battery 400 to sink first, and the pressing plate 340 of the upper positioning assembly 300 is lifted after moving to the upper side of the battery 400, so that the battery 400 is positioned in the vertical direction after being lifted in place; the long-side driving element 111 and the short-side driving element 112 operate again to cause the first long-side positioning block 131 and the first short-side positioning block 141 to press the battery 400 in the X direction and the Y direction, so that the battery 400 is positioned in the front-back direction and the left-right direction; after positioning is completed, spot welding is performed on the top cover and the shell of the battery 400; after spot welding is completed, the pressing plate 340 of the upper positioning assembly 300 firstly rises along the Z direction and then translates along the Y direction under the action of the first upper positioning driving member 310 and the second upper positioning driving member 320; then, a complete welding is performed on one circle of the top cover, so that the top cover and the shell are completely welded together.

The utility model discloses battery positioner still can be used to seal nail 410 and weld on battery 400 top cap, and simple work flow is as follows: the sealing nail 410 is exposed from the notch 341, and the elastic pressing piece 342 presses the middle part of the sealing nail 410; the laser welding head (not shown) spot-welds the sealing nail 410 at the left and right vacant parts, then the pressing plate 340 of the upper positioning assembly 300 is lifted along the Z direction under the action of the first upper positioning driving member 310 and the second upper positioning driving member 320 and then translated to the corresponding position along the Y direction, the welding guard 343 just covers the explosion-proof valve 420 of the battery 400, at this time, the laser welding head welds a circle of the sealing nail 410 full, and the welding guard 343 covers the explosion-proof valve 420 and just prevents the welding debris from falling into the explosion-proof valve 420 of the battery 400.

The utility model discloses battery positioner's all around locating component 100, lower locating component 200 and upper locating component 300 are integrated in same set of mechanism jointly, realize the location of six faces around battery 400, about, simultaneously are suitable for the battery 400 of multiple size, improve the utilization ratio of machine, do benefit to the miniaturization of machine, design benefit, and the theory of operation is simple, and degree of automation is high; the welding of the sealing nail 410 is also integrated in the same set of mechanism, further improving the utilization rate of the machine; the battery positioning device can also be applied to other fields.

The above embodiments are only used for illustrating the present invention and not for limiting the technical solutions described in the present invention, and the understanding of the present specification should be based on the technical people in the related art, for example, the descriptions of the directions such as "front", "back", "left", "right", "up", "down", etc., although the present specification has described the present invention in detail with reference to the above embodiments, the ordinary skilled in the art should understand that the technical people in the related art can still modify or substitute the present invention, and all the technical solutions and modifications thereof that do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention should be covered within the scope of the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. A battery positioning device, characterized by: including locating component, be located around the front and back locating component, be located locating component and being located around the front and back lower locating component below locating component the last locating component of locating component top around, locating component includes long limit driving piece, minor face driving piece, first long limit locating piece, with first long limit locating piece is close to or the second long limit locating piece of keeping away from in the Y direction, first minor face locating piece, with first minor face locating piece is close to or the second minor face locating piece of keeping away from in the X direction, it includes clamp plate and last locating driving piece to go up locating component, it can realize to go up the locating driving piece the clamp plate with lower locating component is fixed a position the battery on upper and lower direction.

2. The battery positioning apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the positioning assembly comprises a long-edge push plate connected with the output end of the long-edge driving piece, and a first long-edge positioning block is fixedly arranged on the long-edge push plate.

3. The battery positioning apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the positioning assembly further comprises a long-edge fixing plate, the second long-edge positioning block is fixedly arranged on the long-edge fixing plate, and the first long-edge positioning block and the second long-edge positioning block are arranged oppositely along the Y direction.

4. The battery positioning apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the front, back, left and right positioning assemblies further comprise short edge push plates connected with the output ends of the short edge driving pieces, and the first short edge positioning blocks are fixedly arranged on the short edge push plates.

5. The battery positioning apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the front, rear, left and right positioning assemblies further comprise short edge fixing plates, the second short edge positioning blocks are fixedly arranged on the short edge fixing plates, and the first short edge positioning blocks and the second short edge positioning blocks are arranged oppositely along the X direction.

6. The battery positioning apparatus of claim 5, wherein: the second short edge positioning block is fixed on a base plate through a first positioning pin, the base plate is provided with a plurality of pin holes which are arranged at intervals along the X direction, and the first positioning pin can be locked with different pin holes to realize that the second short edge positioning block is positioned at different positions on the X direction.

7. The battery positioning apparatus of claim 5, wherein: the locating component still includes the mounting panel and will the second locating pin of mounting panel installation on the base plate all around, the minor face driving piece is fixed set up in on the mounting panel, the base plate is provided with the edge X direction spaced apart several pinhole, the second locating pin can be with the difference pinhole locking is in order to realize the second minor face driving piece is located the ascending different positions in X direction.

8. The battery positioning apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the lower positioning assembly comprises a lifting mechanism and a lifting driving piece used for driving the lifting mechanism to move along the Z direction, the lifting mechanism is provided with a tray used for holding the battery, and the first long-edge positioning block, the second long-edge positioning block, the first short-edge positioning block and the second short-edge positioning block are located on the periphery of the tray.

9. The battery positioning apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the upper positioning driving part comprises a first upper positioning driving part for realizing the movement of the pressing plate along the Y direction and a second upper positioning driving part for realizing the movement of the pressing plate along the Z direction.

10. The battery positioning apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the pressing plate is provided with a notch, and an elastic pressing sheet used for pressing the sealing nail and a welding protection plate covering the explosion-proof valve of the battery are installed in the notch.