CN209896188U

CN209896188U - Positioning mechanism of battery cap

Info

Publication number: CN209896188U
Application number: CN201920158742.5U
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: 2019-01-29
Filing date: 2019-01-29
Publication date: 2020-01-03
Anticipated expiration: 2029-01-29

Abstract

The utility model discloses a positioning mechanism of a battery cap, wherein the positioning mechanism comprises a fixed block, and one side of the positioning mechanism is provided with a groove matched with the shape of the cap for accommodating the cap; the positioning plate is arranged on one side of the opening of the groove to be opposite to the cap; and the power device is used for driving the fixed block to move towards the direction close to the positioning plate, so that the positioning plate is abutted to the cap, one end of the cap inserted into the groove is abutted to the inner wall of the groove, and the cap is positioned. The utility model discloses a set up on the fixed block and accept the block with block assorted recess, drive the block through the fixed block and move to the direction that is close to the locating plate for locating plate butt block and then make the inner wall that the block can butt recess completely, consequently can improve the positioning accuracy of fixed block to the block.

Description

Positioning mechanism of battery cap

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a battery manufacturing technical field, in particular to positioning mechanism of battery cap.

Background

The cylindrical battery is a battery commonly used in daily life, and can be used in various electronic digital products such as flashlights, remote controllers, shavers and the like. The welding method of the internal electric core and the cap in the existing production of the cylindrical battery comprises the following steps: usually, the tab is wiped and cleaned manually and straightened, then the battery and the cap are arranged in a welding fixture and placed in a welding table for laser welding, the welding quality is checked manually after the battery and the cap are taken out, and then the tab is carefully bent by tweezers and the cap is plugged into the shell.

Due to the manual operation mode, the welding efficiency of the cap is low. In order to improve the welding efficiency of the cap, the cap is usually welded in an automatic welding mode, however, the outer contour of the cap is irregular, so that the cap is difficult to position, and when the cap is grabbed to weld, the problem that the cap and a matched electric core are inaccurate in alignment and welding fails can occur.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model provides a positioning mechanism of battery cap to counterpoint unsafe problem when solving among the prior art cap and assorted electric core looks welding.

In order to solve the technical problem, the utility model discloses a technical scheme be: there is provided a positioning mechanism of a battery cap, wherein the positioning mechanism includes:

one side of the fixed block is provided with a groove matched with the shape of the cap for accommodating the cap;

the positioning plate is arranged on one side of the opening of the groove to be opposite to the cap;

and the power device is used for driving the fixed block to move towards the direction close to the positioning plate, so that the positioning plate is abutted against the cap, one end of the cap inserted into the groove is abutted against the inner wall of the groove, and the cap is positioned.

And an air suction hole is formed in the groove and used for adsorbing and fixing the cap and the fixing block.

The cover cap comprises a circular arc-shaped side face and end faces arranged at two ends of the side face, the inner wall of the groove comprises a first side wall matched with the end face of the cover cap and a second side wall matched with the side face of the cover cap, and the air suction hole is formed in the first side wall.

Wherein, the center of the air suction hole is positioned on the central line of the fixed block.

Wherein, positioning mechanism still includes the detection subassembly, the detection subassembly further includes:

mounting a base;

one end of the connecting shaft penetrates through the mounting base and is movably matched with the mounting base, and the other end of the connecting shaft is fixedly connected with the positioning plate;

and two ends of the elastic connecting piece are respectively connected with the mounting base and the connecting shaft so as to realize the elastic connection between the connecting shaft and the mounting base.

The mounting base comprises a first supporting plate and a second supporting plate which are arranged in parallel at intervals, the connecting shaft sequentially penetrates through the first supporting plate and the second supporting plate and is movably matched with the supporting plates, and the second supporting plate is arranged on one side, back to the positioning plate, of the first supporting plate;

wherein, the elastic connecting piece cover is established on the connecting axle, just elastic connecting piece sets up first backup pad with between the second backup pad, elastic connecting piece's one end is connected the connecting axle, the other end is connected first backup pad perhaps the second backup pad.

The connecting shaft is fixedly provided with a first fixing piece, and one end of the elastic connecting piece is connected with the first fixing piece to realize connection with the connecting shaft; wherein, the fixed position of the first fixing piece on the connecting shaft is adjustable.

The detection assembly further comprises a sensing device, and the sensing device comprises a signal transmitter and a signal receiver which are arranged on two sides of the connecting shaft and used for judging whether the fixing block is provided with the cap or not.

The second fixing piece is fixedly arranged at one end of the connecting shaft, and the second fixing piece is arranged on one side, far away from the positioning plate, of the second supporting plate;

one side of the second fixing piece is abutted to the second supporting plate, and the fixing position of the second fixing piece on the connecting shaft is adjustable so as to adjust the length of the connecting shaft penetrating through the second supporting plate.

The first supporting plate is provided with a linear bearing, and the connecting shaft is inserted into an inner hole of the linear bearing and is in sliding matching with the linear bearing so as to realize movable matching of the connecting shaft and the first supporting plate.

Different from the prior art, the utility model positions the cap by arranging the groove matched with the cap on the fixed block, and the cap partially exceeds the groove after being arranged in the groove, and the fixed block drives the cap to move towards the direction close to the positioning plate, so that the positioning plate is abutted against the cap, and further the cap can be completely abutted against the inner wall of the groove, thereby improving the positioning precision of the fixed block to the cap; meanwhile, the cap can be fixed in the groove by arranging the air suction holes in the groove, so that the cap is prevented from moving relative to the groove in the moving process of the fixing block; further, one end of the positioning plate is far away from the connecting shaft to be provided with a sensing device, so that whether the cap is arranged in the groove of the fixing block or not can be judged, and counting and management and control of materials coming from the cap can be facilitated.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained without inventive work, wherein:

fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a positioning mechanism provided by the present invention,

fig. 2 is a schematic front view of the positioning mechanism shown in fig. 1.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative work all belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that, if directional indications (such as upper, lower, left, right, front and rear … …) are involved in the embodiment of the present invention, the directional indications are only used to explain the relative position relationship between the components, the motion situation, etc. in a specific posture (as shown in the drawings), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indications are changed accordingly.

In addition, if there is a description relating to "first", "second", etc. in the embodiments of the present invention, the description of "first", "second", etc. is for descriptive purposes only and is not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In addition, the technical solutions in the embodiments may be combined with each other, but it must be based on the realization of those skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, the combination of the technical solutions should not be considered to exist, and is not within the protection scope of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1-2, fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a positioning mechanism according to the present invention, and fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a front view of the positioning mechanism shown in fig. 1.

The positioning mechanism 100 includes a fixing block 110, a positioning plate 120, and a power device, wherein the power device is used for connecting the fixing block 110 and driving the fixing block 110 to move.

One side of the fixing block 110 is provided with a groove 111, and the groove 111 is used for arranging a cap 130; wherein the cap 130 is partially disposed in the groove 111, and the other portion is disposed outside the groove 111, and the inner wall of the groove 111 matches with the outer shape of the portion of the cap 130 inserted into the groove 111, so that the cap 130 can be positioned by positioning the groove 111 of the fixing block 110.

Wherein, the positioning plate 120 is disposed at one side of the opening of the groove 111 to just face the portion of the cap 130 exceeding the groove 111, the power device can drive the fixing block 110 to move towards the direction close to the positioning plate 120, so that the portion of the cap 130 exceeding the groove 111 can be abutted against the positioning plate 120, and the stress generated by the abutment between the cap 130 and the positioning plate 120 can make the portion of the cap 130 inserted into the groove 111 can be abutted against and matched with the inner wall of the groove 111, thereby improving the positioning accuracy of the cap 130.

The power device in this embodiment can drive the fixing block 110 to move toward or away from the positioning plate 120, so that the cap 130 can abut against or be separated from the positioning plate 120; further, the power device may be a rotary table, and the power device may drive the fixing block 110 to move toward or away from the positioning plate 120, or may move the fixing block 110 to a corresponding processing station by rotation of the power device.

Further, a suction hole 112 may be further disposed in the groove 111, the suction hole 112 may be connected to a suction pipe, and the cap 130 may be suction-fixed in the groove 111 through the suction hole 112. The cap 130 is fixed by suction through the suction hole 112.

In the present embodiment, the inner wall of the groove 111 includes a first sidewall 113 matching with one end surface of the cap 130, and a second sidewall 114 matching with a side surface of the cap 130, wherein since the cap 130 has a generally circular disk shape, and the side surface of the cap 130 has a generally circular arc surface and is small in size, the suction hole 112 is generally disposed on the first sidewall 113 matching with the end surface of the cap 130, wherein the suction hole 112 may face a central position of the cap 130.

In this embodiment, the positioning process of the cap 130 by the positioning mechanism 100 is as follows: the fixing block 110 is driven by a power device to rotate to a preset station to pick up the cap 130, and at the moment, the cap 130 can be adsorbed and fixed in the groove 111 through the air suction hole 112 in the groove 111; then the power device drives the fixed block 110 to further rotate to a position corresponding to the positioning plate 120, and at this time, the power device can further control the fixed block 110 to move towards a direction close to the positioning plate 120, so that the end surface of the part of the cap 130, which is arranged in the groove 111, is abutted against the positioning plate 120, and the cap 130 can be tightly attached to the groove 111 through the abutted internal stress, so that the cap 130 can be positioned; then the power device can control the fixed block 110 to move towards the direction far away from the positioning plate 120, and then the power device rotates, so that the fixed block 110 with the cap 130 can rotate to a preset processing station for subsequent processing.

Referring to fig. 1-2, the positioning mechanism 100 of the present invention may further include a detecting component 140, wherein the detecting component 140 may be used to detect whether the cap 130 is disposed on the groove 111 of the fixing block 110.

The detecting assembly 140 may include a mounting base 141, a connecting shaft 142, and an elastic connector 143.

The mounting base 141 comprises a first supporting plate 1411 and a second supporting plate 1412 which are arranged in parallel and at intervals, wherein the connecting shaft 142 penetrates through the first supporting plate 1411 and the second supporting plate 1412 in sequence and then is matched with the two supporting plates in a sliding mode, and the connecting shaft 142 is matched with the first supporting plate 1411 and the second supporting plate 1412 in a sliding mode along the axial direction of the connecting shaft 142. The positioning plate 120 may be fixed at one end of the connecting shaft 142 adjacent to the fixing block 110.

The two ends of the elastic connecting element 143 can be respectively connected to the mounting base 141 and the connecting shaft 142, so that the connecting shaft 142 can be elastically matched with the mounting base 141 along the axial direction thereof in a sliding manner.

Specifically, the elastic connecting element 143 may be a spring, and the elastic connecting element 143 is sleeved on the connecting shaft 142 and disposed between the first supporting plate 1411 and the second supporting plate 1412, wherein one end of the elastic connecting element 143 may be connected to the first supporting plate 1411 or the second supporting plate 1412, and the other end is connected to the connecting shaft 142, so that the elastic connection between the connecting shaft 142 and the mounting base 141 may be achieved.

Further, a first fixing member 144 may be disposed on the connecting shaft 142, the first fixing member 144 is disposed between the first support plate 1411 and the second support plate 1412, one end of the elastic connecting member 143 abuts against the first fixing member 144, and the other end abuts against the second support plate 1412, so that the connecting shaft 142 and the mounting base 141 may be elastically connected.

The first fixing element 144 may be a ring-shaped element, and the first fixing element 144 is sleeved on the connecting shaft 142, wherein the fixed position of the first fixing element 144 on the connecting shaft 142 is adjustable, so that the elastic compression amount of the elastic connecting element 143 can be adjusted.

In this embodiment, the linear bearing 170 may be further disposed on the first supporting plate 1411, the connecting shaft 142 is inserted into the inner hole of the linear bearing 170, and the connecting shaft 142 also penetrates through the whole linear bearing 170, in this embodiment, the linear bearing 170 may play a guiding role, so that the connecting shaft 142 may move stably along the axial direction thereof. The problem of the swing of the connecting shaft 142 is prevented.

Further, in this embodiment, the second support plate 1412 is disposed on a side of the first support plate 1411 facing away from the fixed block 110, wherein an end of the connecting shaft 142 away from the fixed block 110 is provided with a sensing device 150, the sensing device 150 includes a signal emitter 151 and a signal receiver 152 disposed on two sides of the connecting shaft 142, and the signal receiver 152 is configured to receive a signal emitted by the signal emitter 151.

In this embodiment, the connecting shaft 142 is provided with a second fixing member 145, wherein the second fixing member 145 is also provided at an end of the connecting shaft 142 away from the fixing block 110, that is, the second fixing member 145 may be provided at a side of the second support plate 1412 facing away from the first support plate 1411. Wherein, the second fixing member 145 functions to adjust the minimum length of the connecting shaft 142 disposed at the side of the second support plate 1412 facing away from the first support plate 1411.

In this embodiment, a signal from the signal transmitter 151 to the signal receiver 152 may be cut off by the connecting shaft 142 at a side of the second support plate 1412 facing away from the first support plate 1411, so that whether the cap 130 is disposed on the fixed block 110 may be confirmed.

Specifically, referring to fig. 1-2, by setting the movement stroke of the power device, when the power device drives the fixing block 110 to move toward the positioning plate 120, the fixing block 110 can move toward the positioning plate 120 by a predetermined distance, and in the movement process, the cap 130 in the groove 111 of the fixing block 110 can abut against the positioning plate 120 and then drive the positioning plate 120 to move downward by a distance, so that the connecting shaft 142 can be inserted between the signal transmitter 151 and the signal receiver 152, and the signal receiver 152 cannot receive the signal transmitted by the signal transmitter 151, which can indicate that the cap 130 is disposed in the groove 111 of the fixing block 110; further, when the cap 130 is not disposed in the groove 111, when the power device drives the fixing block 110 to move toward the positioning plate 120, since the power device can only move a predetermined distance in the direction, the fixing block 110 does not contact the positioning plate 120 when the power device moves downward, so that the positioning plate 120 and the connecting shaft 142 thereof do not move, the connecting shaft 142 does not move and cannot be inserted between the signal transmitter 151 and the signal receiver 152, and the signal receiver 152 can directly receive the signal transmitted by the signal transmitter 151.

In this embodiment, the receiving signal transmitter 151 may be a laser signal transmitter or other optoelectronic signal transmitter, the signal emitted by the receiving signal transmitter is a light beam, the light beam may directly irradiate the signal receiver 152 to be received by the signal receiver, and the connecting shaft 142 is inserted into the signal transmitter 151 and the signal receiver 152 to directly block the light beam.

In this embodiment, the second fixing member 145 may also be a ring-shaped member sleeved on the connecting shaft 142, and the mounting position of the second fixing member 145 on the connecting shaft 142 may also be adjustable, wherein the first side of the second fixing member 145 may abut against the second support plate 1412, so that the length of the connecting shaft 142 penetrating through the second support plate 1412 may be adjusted by adjusting the fixing position of the second fixing member 145 on the connecting shaft 142.

Further, in this embodiment, the mounting base 141 may further be provided with a first mounting block 161 for mounting the signal transmitter 151 and a second mounting block 162 for mounting the signal receiver 152, wherein the first mounting block 161 and the second mounting block 162 are respectively mounted on two sides of the connecting shaft 142, wherein the first mounting block 161 and the second mounting block 162 may both be provided with an elongated hole 163, and the first mounting block 161 and the second mounting block 162 are fixedly mounted on the mounting base 141 by penetrating a fixing member such as a screw through the elongated hole 163, wherein the distance between the mounting signal transmitter 151 and the signal receiver 152 and the second fixing member 145 can be adjusted by adjusting the position of the fixing member such as the screw in the elongated hole 163.

The utility model provides a positioning mechanism 100 can set up between the welding station of block 130, fixes a position block 130 through positioning mechanism 100 for can be accurate counterpoint with battery components such as electric core when fixed block 110 rotates to the welding station.

To sum up, the utility model positions the cap by arranging the groove matched with the cap on the fixed block, and the cap partially exceeds the groove after being arranged in the groove, and the fixed block drives the cap to move towards the direction close to the positioning plate, so that the positioning plate can abut against the cap, and the cap can completely abut against the inner wall of the groove, thereby improving the positioning precision of the fixed block to the cap; meanwhile, the cap can be fixed in the groove by arranging the air suction holes in the groove, so that the cap is prevented from moving relative to the groove in the moving process of the fixing block; further, one end of the connecting shaft away from the positioning plate is provided with the sensing device 150, so that whether the cap is arranged in the groove of the fixing block or not can be judged, and counting and management and control of materials supplied by the cap can be facilitated.

The above only is the embodiment of the present invention, not limiting the patent scope of the present invention, all the equivalent structures or equivalent processes that are used in the specification and the attached drawings or directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields are included in the patent protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A positioning mechanism for a battery cap, the positioning mechanism comprising:

2. The positioning mechanism as set forth in claim 1, wherein a suction hole is provided in the groove for sucking and fixing the cap and the fixing block.

3. The positioning mechanism according to claim 2, wherein the cap includes a side surface in a circular arc shape and end surfaces disposed at both ends of the side surface, and the inner wall of the groove includes a first side wall matching the end surface of the cap and a second side wall matching the side surface of the cap, and the suction hole is disposed on the first side wall.

4. The positioning mechanism according to claim 3, wherein the center of the suction hole is located on a center line of the fixed block.

5. The positioning mechanism of claim 1, further comprising a detection assembly, the detection assembly further comprising:

mounting a base;

6. The positioning mechanism according to claim 5, wherein the mounting base comprises a first support plate and a second support plate arranged in parallel and at an interval, the connecting shaft sequentially penetrates through the first support plate and the second support plate and is movably matched with the support plates, and the second support plate is arranged on one side of the first support plate, which is opposite to the positioning plate;

7. The positioning mechanism according to claim 6, wherein a first fixing member is fixedly mounted on the connecting shaft, and one end of the elastic connecting member is connected with the first fixing member to realize connection with the connecting shaft;

wherein, the fixed position of the first fixing piece on the connecting shaft is adjustable.

8. The positioning mechanism as set forth in claim 5, wherein the detecting assembly further comprises a sensing device, the sensing device comprising a signal transmitter and a signal receiver disposed at two sides of the connecting shaft for determining whether the cap is disposed on the fixing block.

9. The positioning mechanism according to claim 7, wherein a second fixing member is further mounted on the connecting shaft, the second fixing member is fixedly mounted at one end of the connecting shaft, and the second fixing member is disposed on a side of the second supporting plate away from the positioning plate;

10. The positioning mechanism as set forth in claim 6, wherein the first support plate is provided with a linear bearing, and the connecting shaft is inserted into an inner hole of the linear bearing and slidably matched with the linear bearing so as to movably match the connecting shaft with the first support plate.