CN217475309U - Assembly equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

An assembly apparatus for assembling a first structural member is disclosed. The assembling apparatus includes: the fastening device comprises a first connecting piece, a material taking device and a tightening device, wherein the material taking device is arranged on one side of the first connecting piece and connected with the first connecting piece, the material taking device is used for pre-fixing a first structural member, the tightening device is connected with the first connecting piece, and the tightening device is configured to drive a fastener to be installed on the first structural member after the material taking device pre-fixes the first structural member. The pre-fixing device is used for pre-fixing the material taking device through the assembling equipment, and then the tightening gun of the tightening device is used for tightening the fastener, so that the pre-fixing and tightening processes can be completed through the assembling equipment, and the efficiency of assembling the box structures such as the shell of the battery can be improved.

Description

Assembly equipment

Technical Field

The application relates to the field of batteries, in particular to assembling equipment.

Background

Energy conservation and emission reduction are the key points of sustainable development of the vehicle industry, and the electric vehicle becomes an important component of the sustainable development of the vehicle industry due to the advantages of energy conservation and environmental protection. For electric vehicles, battery technology is an important factor in their development.

At present, when a box structure such as a battery case is assembled, one of two structural members to be assembled together needs to be pre-fixed relative to the other by pre-fixing equipment, and then a fastener is installed on the two structural members by assembling equipment, thereby resulting in low assembling efficiency.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of the above, the present application provides an assembling apparatus that can alleviate the problem of low assembling efficiency of a case structure such as a case of a battery.

The present application provides an assembly apparatus for assembling a first structural member, the assembly apparatus comprising: the fastening device comprises a first connecting piece, a material taking device and a tightening device, wherein the material taking device is arranged on one side of the first connecting piece and connected with the first connecting piece, the material taking device is used for pre-fixing the first structural member, the tightening device is connected with the first connecting piece, and the tightening device is configured to drive a fastener to be installed on the first structural member after the material taking device pre-fixes the first structural member.

In the technical scheme of this application embodiment, extracting device through equipment carries out pre-fixing, and then carries out the fastener through the rifle of screwing up the device and screw up the operation, can accomplish two processes of pre-fixing and screwing up through equipment from this to can promote the efficiency of carrying out the equipment to box structures such as the casing of battery.

In some embodiments, the material extraction apparatus comprises: sucking disc subassembly, first promotion portion and second promotion portion, the sucking disc subassembly with first connecting piece is connected, first promotion portion with the second promotes the part set up respectively in the both sides of sucking disc subassembly, at least part first promotion portion can be to being close to or keeping away from the direction of second promotion portion removes, at least part the second promotes the portion can be to being close to or keeping away from the direction of first promotion portion removes. Through the cooperation of the sucker assembly, the first pushing portion and the second pushing portion, no gap exists between the first structural part and the second structural part after pre-fixing, and therefore the assembled box body structure is high in firmness and good in visual effect.

In some embodiments, the chuck assembly comprises: the sucking disc bottom plate passes through the moving part with first connecting piece is connected, the sucking disc bottom plate passes through the moving part is to being close to or keeping away from the direction of first connecting piece removes, the sucking disc set up in the sucking disc bottom plate deviates from one side of first connecting piece. The sucking disc bottom plate can move to the direction of being close to or keeping away from first connecting piece through the moving part to can adjust the position of connecting the sucking disc on the sucking disc bottom plate, thereby can absorb the first structure piece of different positions, and can be fixed in different mounted positions with first structure piece in advance.

In some embodiments, the assembly apparatus may further include: the marking device is connected with the first connecting piece, a marking part of the marking device and the material taking device are positioned on the same side of the first connecting piece, and the marking part is used for marking on the fastening piece and/or the first structural member after the fastening piece is connected with the first structural member. Can carry out the mark after box structures such as casing of battery equipment is accomplished through mark device to confirm whether the box structure is not hard up at the in-process fastener that uses, so that the staff can maintain at the not hard up very first time of fastener, thereby can reduce the potential safety hazard.

In some embodiments, the marking device comprises: the fixing part is connected with the first connecting piece, the marking pen is detachably connected with the fixing part, and the pen point of the marking pen and the material taking device are located on the same side of the first connecting piece. The marking pen is detachably connected to the fixing portion, so that the marking pen is convenient to replace.

In some embodiments, the assembly apparatus may further include: the distance measuring device is connected with the first connecting piece and used for measuring the distance between the distance measuring device and the second structural piece, and the second structural piece and the material taking device are located on the same side of the first connecting piece. Whether the second structural part is located at the mounting position of the second structural part or not can be confirmed through the distance measuring device, so that the automation and the assembling efficiency of the assembling equipment can be improved.

In some embodiments, two opposite sides of the first connecting member are a first side and a second side, the first connecting member is provided with a first through hole and a second through hole penetrating through the first side and the second side, the material taking device is connected with the first connecting member and located at the first side, the tightening device is arranged at the second side, a tightening gun of the tightening device is opposite to the first through hole, the distance measuring device is arranged at the second side, and a distance measuring portion of the distance measuring device is opposite to the second through hole. First through-hole and the second through-hole setting through first connecting piece for screw up device and range unit can set up in the second side of first connecting piece, thereby can promote the space utilization of first connecting piece, make equipment's visual effect good moreover.

In some embodiments, the first through hole has a diameter larger than a radial dimension of the tightening gun, the second side of the first connecting member is provided with a linear guide rail and a first driving member, the tightening device is connected with the linear guide rail, and the first driving member drives the tightening device to reciprocate along the linear guide rail. The first driving piece drives the tightening device to translate so as to adjust the position of the fastener corresponding to the first structural member, so that the tightening work of the fastener can be carried out on different positions of the first structural member, and meanwhile, the first structural member with different shapes/sizes can be suitable.

In some embodiments, the tightening device comprises: mounting and second driving piece, the mounting with linear guide connects, the mounting be provided with first connecting piece vertically slide rail, the second driving piece with sliding rail connection and along slide rail reciprocating sliding, screw up the rifle with the second driving piece is connected and is in the drive of second driving piece is rotated down. Be connected so that the mounting can slide along linear guide through mounting and linear guide, the second driving piece can be on the slide rail reciprocating sliding for providing the power that advances for screwing up the rifle, and the second driving piece can drive and screw up the rifle and rotate to rotate when can realizing screwing up the rifle and removing.

In some embodiments, the tightening device further comprises: the screw tightening gun comprises a feeding pipe, the feeding pipe is connected with the screw tightening gun, a first channel and a second channel are respectively arranged on the feeding pipe and the screw tightening gun, the first channel is communicated with the second channel, and an inlet and an outlet are respectively formed in two ends of the first channel and the second channel, which are mutually opposite. The fastener can get into in first passageway and the second passageway in proper order and come out from the export and screw up with supplying the tightening device from the import to can realize automatic conveying fastener, can further promote the automation of equipment from this.

The foregoing description is only an overview of the technical solutions of the present application, and the present application can be implemented according to the content of the description in order to make the technical means of the present application more clearly understood, and the following detailed description of the present application is given in order to make the above and other objects, features, and advantages of the present application more clearly understandable.

Drawings

Various additional advantages and benefits will become apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art upon reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments. The drawings are only for purposes of illustrating the preferred embodiments and are not to be construed as limiting the application. Moreover, like reference numerals are used to refer to like elements throughout. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a schematic view of a housing (partial) of a battery according to some embodiments of the present application;

fig. 2 is a schematic view of a housing (partial) of a battery according to some embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a first perspective of an assembly apparatus according to some embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a second perspective view of an assembly apparatus according to some embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a third perspective view of an assembly apparatus according to some embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a fourth perspective of an assembly apparatus according to some embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a fifth perspective of an assembly apparatus according to some embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural view from a sixth perspective of an assembly apparatus according to some embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a schematic structural view from a seventh perspective of an assembly apparatus according to some embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 10 is a schematic structural view of an assembly apparatus (partial) according to some embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 11 is a (partial) schematic view of an assembly apparatus according to some embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 12 is a schematic view of a (partial) structure of an assembly apparatus according to some embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 13 is a (partial) schematic view of an assembly apparatus according to some embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 14 is a (partial) schematic view of an assembly apparatus according to some embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 15 is a diagram of steps in the use of the assembly apparatus of some embodiments of the present application.

The reference numerals in the detailed description are as follows:

10-shell, 11-first side plate, 12-second side plate, 13-third side plate, 14-fourth side plate, 15-first reinforcing plate, 16-second reinforcing plate, 17-third reinforcing plate, 18-fourth reinforcing plate, 19-first fastener, 20-second fastener;

100-assembly equipment, 30-first connecting piece, 310-first driving piece, 40-material taking device, 410-suction cup component, 411-suction cup bottom plate, 412-suction cup, 413-first air cylinder, 420-first pushing part, 421-first connecting structure, 422-first pushing structure, 4221-first fixing concave part, 423-first driving structure, 430-second pushing part, 431-second connecting structure, 432-second pushing structure, 433-second driving structure, 50-tightening device, 510-tightening gun, 511-outlet, 520-fixing piece, 530-second driving piece, 540-piece feeding pipe, 541-inlet, 60-marking device, 610-fixing piece, 611-fixing piece, 620-marking pen, 630-moving part, 640-fourth connecting part, 650-position limiting part and 70-distance measuring device.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The following examples are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present application more clearly, and therefore are only used as examples, and the protection scope of the present application is not limited thereby.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs; the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the application; the terms "including" and "having," and any variations thereof, in the description and claims of this application and the description of the above figures are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions.

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, the technical terms "first", "second", and the like are used only for distinguishing different objects, and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or to implicitly indicate the number, specific order, or primary-secondary relationship of the technical features indicated. In the description of the embodiments of the present application, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically defined otherwise.

Reference herein to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment can be included in at least one embodiment of the application. The appearances of the phrase in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. It is explicitly and implicitly understood by one skilled in the art that the embodiments described herein can be combined with other embodiments.

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, the term "and/or" is only one kind of association relationship describing an associated object, and means that three relationships may exist, for example, a and/or B, and may mean: there are three cases of A, A and B, and B. In addition, the character "/" herein generally indicates that the former and latter associated objects are in an "or" relationship.

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, the term "plurality" refers to two or more (including two), and similarly, "plural sets" refers to two or more (including two sets), "plural pieces" refers to two or more (including two pieces).

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "up", "down", "front", "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", and the like, indicate the directions or positional relationships indicated in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description of the embodiments of the present application and for simplicity of description, but do not indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a specific direction, be constructed and operated in a specific direction, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the embodiments of the present application.

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, unless otherwise explicitly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," "fixed," and the like are used in a broad sense, and for example, may be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrated; mechanical connection or electrical connection is also possible; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meanings of the above terms in the embodiments of the present application can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to specific situations.

At present, the application of power batteries is more and more extensive from the development of market conditions. The power battery is not only applied to energy storage power supply systems such as hydraulic power, firepower, wind power and solar power stations, but also widely applied to electric vehicles such as electric bicycles, electric motorcycles, electric automobiles and the like, and a plurality of fields such as military equipment and aerospace. With the continuous expansion of the application field of the power battery, the market demand is also continuously expanding.

The inventor of the present invention has noticed that when assembling a case structure such as a battery case, it is necessary to pre-fix one of two structural members to be assembled together with respect to the other by pre-fixing equipment, and then to sequentially screw a fastener into the two structural members by the assembling equipment. However, since the structure is pre-fixed by the pre-fixing apparatus and then the fastening operation of the fastener is performed by the assembling apparatus, the assembling efficiency is low.

Such as: referring to fig. 1 and 2, a case 10 of a battery includes: frame, top cap and bottom plate are enclosed to the side, and the frame is enclosed for having two open-ended hollow structure to the side, and two openings that the frame was enclosed to the side are sealed respectively to top cap and bottom plate, and top cap and bottom plate enclose the hollow structure cooperation of frame with the side and form and hold the free chamber that holds of battery, and here, the side wall frame includes: first curb plate 11, second curb plate 12, third curb plate 13, fourth curb plate 14, first reinforcing plate 15, second reinforcing plate 16, third reinforcing plate 17 and fourth reinforcing plate 18, first curb plate 11, second curb plate 12, third curb plate 13 and fourth curb plate 14 are end to end connection in proper order and form the side and enclose the frame main part, first reinforcing plate 15, second reinforcing plate 16, third reinforcing plate 17 and fourth reinforcing plate 18 are the structure that two connecting plates connect perpendicularly, and first reinforcing plate 15, second reinforcing plate 16, third reinforcing plate 17 and fourth reinforcing plate 18 connect the outside at four corners of side and enclose the frame main part respectively in order to carry out the promotion of structural strength to the side and enclose the frame main part. When two adjacent side plates are assembled, taking the first side plate 11 and the second side plate 12 as an example, first the first side plate 11 needs to be pre-fixed at one end of the second side plate 12 by pre-fixing equipment, and then the first fastener 19 is screwed into the first side plate 11 and the second side plate 12 in sequence by assembling equipment. When assembling the reinforcing plates, taking the first reinforcing plate 15 as an example, the first reinforcing plate 15 needs to be pre-fixed to the outer sides of the connected first side plate 11 and fourth side plate 14 by a pre-fixing device, and then the second fastener 20 is screwed into the first reinforcing plate 15 and the first side plate 11 or the first reinforcing plate 15 and the second side plate 12 by an assembling device. It can be seen that the assembly efficiency of the case 10 of the battery is low.

In order to solve the problem of low assembly efficiency of box structures such as a battery shell and the like, the applicant researches and discovers that a material taking device can be arranged on assembly equipment, the material taking device can pre-fix a first structural member relative to a second structural member in two structural members to be assembled together, and then a fastening piece is sequentially screwed into the first structural member and the second structural member through a screwing device of the assembly equipment, so that the pre-fixing and screwing processes can be completed only through the assembly equipment, and the assembly efficiency can be improved conveniently.

Based on the above consideration, in order to solve the problem of low assembly efficiency of box structures such as a battery shell, the inventor designs an assembling device through intensive research, and the taking device is additionally arranged on the assembling device and can fix a first structural member of two structural members to be assembled together, so that the assembling efficiency can be improved.

According to some embodiments of the present application, referring to fig. 3, and further referring to fig. 4 to 9, fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a first perspective of an assembly apparatus provided in some embodiments of the present application, fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a second perspective of an assembly apparatus provided in some embodiments of the present application, fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a third perspective of an assembly apparatus provided in some embodiments of the present application, fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a fourth perspective of an assembly apparatus provided in some embodiments of the present application, fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a fifth perspective of an assembly apparatus provided in some embodiments of the present application, fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a sixth perspective of an assembly apparatus provided in some embodiments of the present application, and fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a seventh perspective of an assembly apparatus provided in some embodiments of the present application. The present application provides an assembly apparatus 100 for assembling a first structural member. The assembling apparatus 100 includes: the fastening device comprises a first connecting piece 30, a material taking device 40 and a tightening device 50, wherein the material taking device 40 is arranged on one side of the first connecting piece 30 and connected with the first connecting piece 30, the material taking device 40 is used for pre-fixing a first structural component, the tightening device 50 is connected with the first connecting piece 30, and the tightening device 50 is configured to drive a fastener to be installed on the first structural component after the material taking device 40 pre-fixes the first structural component.

The first connecting member 30 may be a rectangular plate, a circular plate, or a structural member having another shape. Such as: referring to fig. 3 to 9, the first connecting member 30 has a rectangular plate shape having a second side and a first side opposite to each other in the first direction.

At least part of the material taking device 40 is disposed on one side of the first connecting member 30 and connected to the first connecting member 30, in other words, the material taking device 40 is connected to the first connecting member 30 such that at least part of the material taking device 40 is located on one side of the first connecting member 30, for example: referring to fig. 3, the material extracting apparatus 40 is penetratingly coupled to the first coupling member 30 such that at least a portion of the material extracting apparatus 40 is located at a first side of the first coupling member 30. The extracting apparatus 40 is used to pre-fix the first structure, that is, the extracting apparatus 40 can pre-fix the first structure at a first position, such as: the first side plate 11 is pre-fixed to one end of the second side plate 12, such as: the first reinforcing plate 15 in the foregoing is pre-fixed to the outer side faces of the corners of the first side plate 11 and the fourth side plate 14.

The tightening device 50 is coupled to the first linkage 30, and the tightening device 50 is configured to drive a fastener into the first structure after the material extracting device 40 pre-secures the first structure. Such as: the tightening device 50 includes: a movable and rotatable tightening gun 510, the tightening gun 510 of the tightening device 50 being capable of screwing with screws as fasteners into the first and second structural members.

In this embodiment, extracting device through the equipment of assembling carries out the pre-fixing, and then carries out the fastener through the rifle of screwing up the device and screw up the operation, can accomplish two processes of pre-fixing and screwing up through the equipment from this to can promote the efficiency of carrying out the equipment to box structures such as the casing of battery.

According to some embodiments of the present application, referring to fig. 7, 8, 11, and 12, a material extraction device 40 includes: the suction cup component 410 is connected with the first connecting piece 30, the first pushing portion 420 and the second pushing portion 430 are respectively arranged on two sides of the suction cup component 410, at least part of the first pushing portion 420 can move towards the direction close to or far away from the second pushing portion 430, and at least part of the second pushing portion 430 can move towards the direction close to or far away from the first pushing portion 420.

The suction cup assembly 410 can attach the first structure to the suction cup assembly 410 for performing a pre-fixing operation of the first structure. Such as: the suction cup on the suction cup assembly 410 utilizes the difference between the internal and external atmospheric pressures to enable the first structure to be attached to the suction cup of the suction cup assembly 140.

The first pushing portion 420 and the second pushing portion 430 are respectively disposed on two sides of the suction cup assembly 410, at least a portion of the first pushing portion 420 can move towards a direction close to or away from the second pushing portion 430, and at least a portion of the second pushing portion 430 can move towards a direction close to or away from the first pushing portion 420, so that the first structure can be pushed by the first pushing portion 420 and/or the second pushing portion 430, and the first structure is located at the first structure mounting position more accurately. Such as: referring to fig. 2, the first reinforcing plate 15 as the first structural member includes a first partial plate and a second partial plate perpendicular to each other, the suction cup of the suction cup assembly 420 sucks the first partial plate and fits the first partial plate to the outer side surface of the first side plate 11, and then the second partial plate is pushed by the first pushing portion 420 to fit the second partial plate to the outer side surface of the fourth side plate 14, so that there is no gap between the first reinforcing plate 15 as the first structural member and the first side plate 11 and the fourth side plate 14 as the second structural member, and thus the assembled firmness is high and the visual effect is good.

For example, referring to fig. 11, the first push part 420 may include: the first driving structure 423 is connected to the first connecting member 30 through the first connecting structure 421, and the first driving structure 423 is connected to the first pushing structure 422, and the first driving structure 423 drives the first pushing structure 422 to move toward or away from the second pushing portion 430. Referring to fig. 11, the second push portion 430 includes: the second driving structure 433 is connected to the second connecting structure 431 and the second pushing structure 432, and the second driving structure 433 drives the second pushing structure 432 to move toward or away from the first pushing structure 422. The first driving structure 423 may have a motor or a cylinder; similarly, the second driving structure 433 may be a structure having a motor or a structure having a cylinder.

Further, two surfaces of the first pushing structure 422 and the second pushing structure 432 opposite to each other may be respectively provided with an elastic layer to prevent the first structural member from being scratched.

Further, referring to fig. 12, a first fixing recess is disposed on a side of the first pushing structure 422 close to the second pushing structure 432, an inner contour of the first fixing recess is matched with at least a part of an outer contour of the first structural member, and after the first structural member is pre-fixed by the material taking device 40, at least a part of the outer contour of the first structural member is located in the first fixing recess, so that a probability of the pre-fixed first structural member translating can be reduced.

In this embodiment, through the cooperation of sucking disc subassembly, first promotion portion and second promotion portion make between the first structure and the second structure after the preliminary fixation gapless to make the box structure after the equipment more firm, and visual effect is good.

According to some embodiments of the present application, referring to fig. 7, 8, 11, and 12, the chuck assembly 410 includes: sucking disc bottom plate 411 and sucking disc 412, sucking disc bottom plate 411 are connected with first connecting piece 30 through the moving part, and sucking disc bottom plate 411 passes through the moving part to the direction that is close to or keeps away from first connecting piece 30 and removes, and sucking disc 412 sets up in the one side that sucking disc bottom plate 411 deviates from first connecting piece 30.

The suction cup bottom plate 411 has a plate shape, and may have a rectangular plate shape, a circular plate shape, or a plate shape having another shape. The suction cup base plate 411 is connected to the first connecting member 30 by a movable member, and the suction cup base plate 411 moves toward or away from the first connecting member 30 by the movable member, for example: the movable member is a first air cylinder 413 shown in fig. 11, the first air cylinder 413 penetrates through the first connecting member 30 and is connected with the suction cup bottom plate 411, and pulling/pushing of the first air cylinder 413 can make the suction cup bottom plate 411 move toward/away from the first connecting member 30.

The number of the suction cups 412 may be one or more, and the number of the suction cups 412 may be set according to the size and/or weight of the first structural member, such as: when the size of the first structural member is large, several suction cups 412 may be provided to suck different positions of the first structural member, thereby reducing the probability that the first structural member falls off the suction cup assembly 410. The suction cup 412 may be directly connected to the suction cup bottom plate 411, or may be connected to the suction cup bottom plate 411 by a connection member such as a linear bearing, and is not particularly limited herein. The suction cup 412 may be provided with a suction nozzle spring, which is designed to buffer the suction cup 412 when it sucks the first structural member.

In this embodiment, the sucking disc bottom plate can move to the direction that is close to or keeps away from first connecting piece through the moving part to can adjust the position of connecting the sucking disc on the sucking disc bottom plate, thereby can absorb the first structure piece of different positions, and can be with the different mounted position of first structure piece pre-fixing in.

According to some embodiments of the present application, referring to fig. 3-9, the assembly apparatus 100 may further include: the marking device 60, the marking device 60 being coupled to the first coupling member 30, the marking portion of the marking device 60 and the material extracting apparatus 40 being located on the same side of the first coupling member 30, the marking device 60 being adapted to mark the fastener and/or the first structure after the fastener is coupled to the first structure.

The marking device 60 may be a dot mark, which is a color or a groove of dots on the surface of the fastener and/or the first structural member, or a line mark, which is a color line or a groove drawn on the surface of the fastener and/or the first structural member. Such as: referring to fig. 2, if a first point is marked on the surface of the first fastening member 19 and a second point is marked on the first side plate 11 connected to the first fastening member 19, the second point and the first point are on the same horizontal line, and the first point and the second point are not found on the same horizontal line during the use of the battery case 10, it can be determined that the first fastening member 19 is loosened; for another example: referring to fig. 2, when a first line is marked on the surface of the second fastening member 20 and a second line is marked on the first reinforcing plate 15 connected to the second fastening member 20, the second line is perpendicular to the first line, and the first line and the second line are found to be not perpendicular during the use of the battery case 10, it can be determined that the second fastening member 20 is loosened.

In this embodiment, can carry out the mark after box structures such as the casing of battery equipment is accomplished through mark device to confirm whether the box structure is not hard up at the in-process fastener that uses, so that the staff can maintain at the not hard up very first time of fastener, thereby can reduce the potential safety hazard.

According to some embodiments of the present application, referring to fig. 14, a marking device 60 includes: the fixing portion 610 and the marking pen 620, the fixing portion 610 is connected with the first connecting member 30, the marking pen 620 is detachably connected with the fixing portion 610, and the pen point of the marking pen 620 and the material taking device 40 are located on the same side of the first connecting member 30.

The fixing portion 610 may be a side surface connected to the first connecting member 30 as shown in fig. 13. The tip of the marking pen 620 may perform dot marking or line marking.

Exemplarily, referring to fig. 14, the fixing portion 610 is provided with a fixing column 611 extending along a first direction, the fixing column 611 is connected with a moving member 630, the moving member 630 can move along the fixing column 611, and the moving member 630 is provided with a first hole. The marking device 60 further includes: the fourth connecting member 640 is provided with a clamping concave portion, at least one clamping arm of the fourth connecting member 640 is provided with a second hole, and the limiting member 650 abuts against the marking pen 620 in the clamping concave portion when penetrating through the second hole and the first hole. The position of the marker pen 620 can be adjusted by the moving member 630, and when the marker pen 620 needs to be replaced, the stopper 650 is removed and the first marker pen 620 is taken out, the second marker pen 620 is placed in the clamping recess, and then the stopper 650 passes through the second hole position and the first hole position.

Here, the moving member 630 may be connected with a driving member such as a cylinder to achieve the movement of the moving member 630. Of course, the moving member 630 may be moved manually, such as: the moving member 630 is sleeved on the fixed column 611, and a damping member is arranged between the moving member 630 and the fixed column 611, so that the position of the moving member 630 can be manually adjusted, and the position of the moving member 630 can be maintained at the adjusted position after being adjusted.

In this embodiment, because marker pen and fixed part can be dismantled and be connected to change marker pen that can be convenient.

According to some embodiments of the present application, referring to fig. 3, 5, and 11, the assembly apparatus 100 may further include: the distance measuring device 70 is connected with the first connecting piece 30, the distance measuring device 70 is used for measuring the distance between the distance measuring device 70 and a second structural member, and the second structural member and the material taking device 40 are located on the same side of the first connecting piece 30.

The distance measuring device 70 is used for measuring the distance between the distance measuring device 70 and the second structural member, and the second structural member and the material taking device 40 are located on the same side of the first connecting member 30, where the distance measuring device 70 may be a laser distance measuring device, an ultrasonic distance measuring device, or other distance measuring structures, and may be selected according to actual conditions. The second structural member is a structural member connected with the first structural member by a fastener, such as: referring to fig. 2, the first structural member is a first side plate 11, the second structural member is a second side plate 12, and the fastener is a first fastener 19.

One use method is as follows: the first connecting member 30 of the assembling apparatus 100 is connected to a manipulator of the robot, the manipulator moves and/or turns the assembling apparatus 100, in the process, the first structural member is sucked by the material taking device 40, then, the manipulator continues to move and/or turn the assembling apparatus 100, and when the distance between the distance measuring device 70 and the second structural member is measured by the distance measuring device 70 and is a preset distance, it can be determined that the second structural member is located at the second structural member installation position, at this time, the first structural member is moved to the first structural member installation position by the cooperation of the first pushing portion 420 and the second pushing portion 430, and then the tightening operation of the fastener is performed by the tightening device 50.

The other using method is as follows: the second structural member is located on the conveying device during conveying, when the distance between the distance measuring device 70 and the second structural member is measured by the distance measuring device 70 located on one side of the conveying device to be a preset distance, it can be determined that the second structural member is located at the second structural member installation position, at this time, the conveying device stops, the first structural member is moved to the first structural member installation position through the cooperation of the first pushing portion 420 and the second pushing portion 430, and finally, the fastening device 50 is used for fastening the fastening member.

In this embodiment, whether the second structural member is located at the second structural member installation position can be confirmed through the distance measuring device, so that the automation and the assembly efficiency of the assembly equipment can be improved.

According to some embodiments of the present application, referring to fig. 3 to 9, two opposite sides of the first connecting member 30 are a first side and a second side, respectively, and the first connecting member 30 is provided with a first through hole and a second through hole penetrating the first side and the second side, respectively. The taking device 40 is connected to the first connector 30 and located at a first side, the tightening device 50 is disposed at a second side, the tightening gun 510 of the tightening device 50 is opposite to the first through hole, the ranging device 70 is disposed at the second side, and the ranging portion of the ranging device 70 is opposite to the second through hole.

The tightening gun 510 is opposed to the first through hole, whereby the tightening gun 510 can pass through the first through hole and perform tightening operation of the fastener to the first structural member and the second structural member located on the first side of the first connector 30.

The distance measuring device 70 is capable of measuring the distance to the second structural member located at the first side of the first connector 30 through the second through hole.

In this embodiment, through the first through-hole and the second through-hole setting of first connecting piece for screwing up device and range unit can set up in the second side of first connecting piece, thereby can promote the space utilization of first connecting piece, make the visual effect of equipment good moreover.

According to some embodiments of the present application, referring to fig. 9, the first through hole has a diameter larger than a radial dimension of the tightening gun 510, the second side of the first connecting member 30 is provided with a linear guide rail to which the tightening unit 50 is connected, and the first driving member 310 drives the tightening unit 50 to reciprocate along the linear guide rail.

The first through hole has a diameter larger than a radial dimension of the tightening gun 510, i.e., a gap is provided between an outer surface of the tightening gun 510 and an inner wall forming the first through hole. Such as: the first through-hole is a kidney-shaped hole in which the tightening gun 510 can move.

The first driving member 310 may be an air cylinder, an electric motor, or other driving structures.

In one embodiment, the number of tightening units 50 is 2, 1 tightening unit 50 is connected to one linear guide, and 1 first driving member 310 drives one tightening unit 50. Thus, the spacing between the 2 tightening devices 50 can be adjusted to perform tightening operations on two fasteners of different spacing.

In this embodiment, can drive the translation of tightening device through first driving piece in order to adjust the position that the fastener corresponds first structural component to can carry out the tightening work of fastener to the different positions of first structural component, can be suitable for the first structural component of different shapes/sizes simultaneously.

According to some embodiments of the present application, referring to fig. 10, the tightening device 50 includes: the tightening gun 510 comprises a fixing member 520 and a second driving member 530, wherein the fixing member 520 is connected with the linear guide rail, the fixing member 520 is provided with a slide rail perpendicular to the first connecting member 30, the second driving member 530 is connected with the slide rail and slides along the slide rail in a reciprocating manner, and the tightening gun 510 is connected with the second driving member 530 and rotates under the driving of the second driving member 530.

The fixing member 520 is coupled to the linear guide so as to be movable along the linear guide by the first driving member 310. The fixing member 520 is provided with a slide rail extending in a first direction, the second driving member 530 is connected with and slides along the slide rail, and the tightening gun 510 is connected with the second driving member 530 and can be rotated by the second driving member 530, such that the tightening gun 510 slides along the slide rail when the second driving member 530 slides along the slide rail and is rotated by the second driving member 530, thereby achieving movement and rotation of the tightening gun 510, and thereby enabling screwing of the fastener into the first structural member and the second structural member.

The second driving member 530 may be a cylinder, a motor, or other driving structures.

In this embodiment, be connected so that the mounting can be along linear guide reciprocating motion through mounting and linear guide, and the second driving piece can be in the first direction along slide rail reciprocating sliding in order can provide the power that advances for screwing up the rifle, and the second driving piece can drive and screw up the rifle and rotate in order to realize screwing up the removal of rifle when.

According to some embodiments of the present application, referring to fig. 3, 5 to 10, the tightening device 50 further comprises: send a pipe 540, send a pipe 540 to be connected with tightening rifle 510, send a pipe 540 and tightening rifle 510 to be provided with first passageway and second passageway respectively, first passageway and second passageway communicate each other, and import 541 and export 511 have been seted up respectively to the both ends that first passageway and second passageway carried on the back each other.

In use, a plurality of fasteners enter sequentially from the inlet 541 and can move sequentially to the outlet 511. It should be noted that the outlet 511 is opposite to the position of the first structural member where the fastener is to be installed.

In this embodiment, the fastener can get into first passageway and second passageway in proper order from the import and come out for the tightening means screws up from the export to can realize automatic conveying fastener, can further promote the automation of equipment from this.

According to some embodiments of the present application, the assembly apparatus 100 may further include: a movable device provided with a movable portion configured to move and rotate relative to the movable device, the movable portion being connected with the first connecting member 30.

The movable part of the traveller is able to move and rotate relative to the traveller, whereby the first connecting piece 30 is able to move and rotate relative to the traveller after the movable part has been connected to the first connecting piece 30. Such as: in the initial state, the tightening device 50 is located on the second side of the first connecting member 30, the material taking device 40 is located on the first side of the first connecting member 30, the second side is the upper side, and the first side is the lower side, when in use, the assembly apparatus 100 can be rotated by the movable portion of the movable device so that the second side is located on the left side and the first side is located on the right side.

Here, the movable device may be a robot, and the movable part may be a manipulator of the robot, or may have another structure, which is not particularly limited herein.

In this embodiment, the direction of the structure such as the material taking device and the tightening device can be changed by the movement of the movable portion of the movable device, and the assembly in different directions can be flexibly handled.

In one particular embodiment, referring to fig. 3-15, the assembly apparatus 100 includes:

first connecting piece 30, first connecting piece 30 has second side and the first side that backs on each other along the first direction, and first through-hole and the second through-hole that link up first side and second side are seted up respectively to first connecting piece 30, and the second side of first connecting piece 30 is provided with 2 linear guide and 2 first driving pieces 310 that correspond, and first driving piece is the cylinder.

Extracting device 40, extracting device 40 includes: the suction cup assembly 410 and the first pushing portion 420 and the second pushing portion 430 are respectively disposed at two sides of the suction cup assembly 410. The chuck assembly 410 includes: the suction cup bottom plate 411 and 3 groups of suction cups 412, the first cylinder 413 as a moving part vertically penetrates through the first connecting piece 30 and is connected with the first connecting piece 30, the end part of the moving part on the first side is vertically connected with the suction cup bottom plate 411, and the first cylinder 413 can drive the suction cup bottom plate 411 to move towards the direction close to or far away from the first connecting piece 30. The suction cup bottom plate 411 is provided with a third through hole corresponding to the first through hole and a fourth through hole corresponding to the second through hole. The 3 groups of suction cups 412 are sequentially arranged on the surface of the suction cup bottom plate 411 away from the first connecting piece 30 at intervals along the second direction, and each group of suction cups 412 is provided with two parallel suction cups 412. The first push part 420 may include: the first driving structure 423 is connected to the first connecting member 30 through the first connecting structure 421, and the first driving structure 423 is connected to the first pushing structure 422, and the first driving structure 423 drives the first pushing structure 422 to move toward or away from the second pushing portion 430. The second push portion 430 includes: the second driving structure 433 is connected to the second connecting structure 431 and the second pushing structure 432, and the second driving structure 433 drives the second pushing structure 432 to move toward or away from the first pushing structure 422.

2 tightening devices 50, each tightening device 50 comprising: the fixing part 520 is connected with the linear guide rail so as to reciprocate along the linear guide rail under the action of the first driving part 310, the fixing part 520 is provided with a slide rail extending along a first direction, the second driving part 530 is connected with the slide rail and can slide along the slide rail in a reciprocating mode, the tightening gun 510 is connected with the second driving part 530 and can rotate under the driving of the second driving part 530, the tightening gun 510 is opposite to the first through hole, the feeding pipe 510 is connected with the tightening gun 510, the feeding pipe 540 and the tightening gun 510 are respectively provided with a first channel and a second channel, the first channel and the second channel are communicated with each other, and an inlet 541 and an outlet 511 are respectively formed in two ends, opposite to each other, of the first channel and the second channel.

And 2 marking devices 60 respectively attached to the sides of the first connecting member 30. Each marking device 60 comprises: the fixing portion 610 is connected with the side face of the first connecting piece 30, the fixing portion 610 is provided with a fixing column 611 extending along a first direction, the fixing column 611 is connected with the moving piece 630, the moving piece 630 can move along the fixing column 611, and a first hole position is formed in the moving piece 630. The fourth connecting member 640 is provided with a clamping concave portion, a second hole is formed in at least one clamping arm of the fourth connecting member 640, and the limiting member 650 abuts against the marking pen 620 in the clamping concave portion when penetrating through the second hole and the first hole.

And the distance measuring device 70 is arranged on the second side, and the distance measuring device 70 is opposite to the second through hole.

When the box body structure is assembled, the steps are as follows:

s101: the robot arm of the robot grips the first link 30 of the assembly apparatus 100, and the robot arm moves and/or rotates;

s102: after moving to the first structural member, the suction cup 412 sucks the first structural member;

s103: the manipulator continues to move and/or rotate, and the worker visually judges whether the first structural member corresponds to the second structural member in cooperation with the distance measuring device 70;

s104: the first pushing part 422 and/or the second pushing part 423 pushes the first structural part to ensure that the first structural part and the second structural part are aligned more accurately;

s105: the position of the tightening device 50 is adjusted through a linear guide rail;

s106: the tightening gun 510 screws into the fastener;

s107: the suction cup 412 breaks the vacuum;

s108: and (5) resetting the manipulator.

In the embodiment, firstly, the assembling equipment integrates the material taking device, the screwing device, the marking device and the distance measuring device, so that the boxes such as the shell of the battery can be assembled more efficiently, and the whole process is automatic operation; secondly, the first structural part can be pushed by the first pushing part and/or the second pushing part, so that no gap exists between the first structural part and the second structural part, namely, the pre-positioning is more accurate; thirdly, the material taking device is provided with 3 groups of suckers, so that first structural members with different sizes can be adsorbed compatibly; finally, a linear guide rail is arranged in the tightening device, so that the tightening gun can move horizontally, the fasteners can be screwed into different positions of the first structural member, and the tightening device can be suitable for the first structural members with different sizes.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used for illustrating the technical solutions of the present application, and not for limiting the same; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced; such modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure, and the present disclosure should be construed as being covered by the claims and the specification. In particular, the technical features mentioned in the embodiments can be combined in any way as long as there is no structural conflict. The present application is not intended to be limited to the particular embodiments disclosed herein but is to cover all embodiments that may fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. An assembly apparatus for assembling a first structural member, comprising:

a first connecting member;

the material taking device is arranged on one side of the first connecting piece and connected with the first connecting piece, and is used for pre-fixing the first structural member; and the combination of (a) and (b),

a tightening device coupled to the first connector, the tightening device configured to drive a fastener to the first structure after the material extracting apparatus pre-secures the first structure.

2. The assembly apparatus of claim 1,

the extracting device includes: sucking disc subassembly, first promotion portion and second promotion portion, the sucking disc subassembly with first connecting piece is connected, first promotion portion with the second promotes the part set up respectively in the both sides of sucking disc subassembly, at least part first promotion portion can be to being close to or keeping away from the direction of second promotion portion removes, at least part the second promotes the portion can be to being close to or keeping away from the direction of first promotion portion removes.

3. The assembly apparatus of claim 2,

the sucking disc subassembly includes: the sucking disc bottom plate passes through the moving part with first connecting piece is connected, the sucking disc bottom plate passes through the moving part is to being close to or keeping away from the direction of first connecting piece removes, the sucking disc set up in the sucking disc bottom plate deviates from one side of first connecting piece.

4. The assembly apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising:

the marking device is connected with the first connecting piece, a marking part of the marking device and the material taking device are positioned on the same side of the first connecting piece, and the marking part is used for marking on the fastening piece and/or the first structural member after the fastening piece is connected with the first structural member.

5. The assembly apparatus of claim 4,

the marking device includes: the fixing part is connected with the first connecting piece, the marking pen is detachably connected with the fixing part, and the pen point of the marking pen and the material taking device are located on the same side of the first connecting piece.

6. The assembly apparatus of claim 4, further comprising:

the distance measuring device is connected with the first connecting piece and used for measuring the distance between the distance measuring device and the second structural piece, and the second structural piece and the material taking device are located on the same side of the first connecting piece.

7. The assembly apparatus of claim 6,

the two sides of the first connecting piece, which are opposite to each other, are respectively a first side and a second side, and the first connecting piece is respectively provided with a first through hole and a second through hole which penetrate through the first side and the second side;

the material taking device is connected with the first connecting piece and is positioned on the first side;

the tightening device is arranged on the second side, and a tightening gun of the tightening device is opposite to the first through hole;

the distance measuring device is arranged on the second side, and a distance measuring part of the distance measuring device is opposite to the second through hole.

8. The assembly apparatus of claim 7,

the aperture of the first through hole is larger than the radial size of the tightening gun;

the second side of the first connecting piece is provided with a linear guide rail and a first driving piece, the tightening device is connected with the linear guide rail, and the first driving piece drives the tightening device to reciprocate along the linear guide rail.

9. The assembly apparatus of claim 8,

the tightening device includes: mounting and second driving piece, the mounting with linear guide connects, the mounting be provided with first connecting piece vertically slide rail, the second driving piece with sliding rail connection and along slide rail reciprocating sliding, screw up the rifle with the second driving piece is connected and is in the drive of second driving piece is rotated down.

10. The assembly apparatus of claim 9,

the tightening device further includes: the screw tightening gun comprises a feeding pipe, the feeding pipe is connected with the screw tightening gun, a first channel and a second channel are respectively arranged on the feeding pipe and the screw tightening gun, the first channel is communicated with the second channel, and an inlet and an outlet are respectively formed in two ends of the first channel and the second channel, which are mutually opposite.

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