CN218274691U - Battery cell polarity adjusting device and battery module assembling equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a soft-packaged electrical core makes the field, especially relates to an electric core polarity adjustment device and battery module equipment. The utility model provides an electricity core polarity adjustment device includes rotary drive mechanism, adsorption apparatus structure and mounting bracket, and rotary drive mechanism is configured as the drive the mounting bracket is rotatory, and adsorption apparatus structure is configured to adsorb electric core on the mounting bracket, the mounting bracket includes the locating part, and the locating part sets up week side of electric core and configured as the restriction the electric core is relative mounting bracket relative motion. Through increasing the locating part, can effectively balance the rotatory centrifugal force that produces of electric core, avoid electric core to shift, throw away, cause electric core to scrap and the safety problem. The utility model discloses battery module equipment that still provides includes electric core polarity adjustment device as mentioned above, can realize the fast assembly to the battery module.

Description

Battery cell polarity adjusting device and battery module assembling equipment

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a soft-packaged electrical core makes the field, especially relates to an electric core polarity adjustment device and battery module equipment.

Background

Before the soft-packaged battery cell is grouped, the polarity of the battery cell needs to be detected, if the polarity is inconsistent with the requirement, the battery cell needs to be adjusted, and adverse effects on subsequent processing procedures caused by inconsistent polarity of the battery cell are prevented.

The clamp plate is often adopted to fix the battery cell in the prior art, and the clamp plate easily causes indentation on the surface of the battery cell, so that the appearance of the battery cell is poor, and the battery cell is damaged easily.

In order to solve the above problems, the current cell polarity adjusting device adopts a sucker to fix the cell, when the cell polarity adjusting device adjusts the polarity of the cell, the cell polarity adjusting device needs to rotate the cell, the exchange of the positive electrode and the negative electrode of the cell is realized, the cell polarity adjusting device generally rotates the cell rapidly to accelerate the operation efficiency, the cell is easily thrown out of the cell polarity adjusting device due to the large centrifugal force, the cell is scrapped, and the cell is safe.

Therefore, a cell polarity adjusting device and a battery module assembling apparatus are needed to improve the above problems.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the utility model is to provide an electricity core polarity adjustment device can avoid electric core to take place to shift, throw away when adjusting, prevents that electric core from taking place to scrap and the safety problem appears.

In order to realize the purpose, the following technical scheme is provided:

the utility model provides a battery cell polarity adjustment device, includes rotary drive mechanism, adsorption apparatus structure and mounting bracket, rotary drive mechanism is configured as the drive the mounting bracket is rotatory, adsorption apparatus structure is configured as with battery cell adsorption on the mounting bracket, the mounting bracket includes the locating part, the locating part sets up week side of battery cell and is configured as the restriction battery cell is relative the mounting bracket motion.

As a preferred aspect, the mounting bracket includes:

the first mounting plate is provided with the adsorption mechanism;

the second mounting plate is arranged below the first mounting plate, and the electric core can be adsorbed on the lower surface of the second mounting plate by the adsorption mechanism; and

the resetting piece is arranged between the first mounting plate and the second mounting plate and is configured to reset the second mounting plate so that the battery core is separated from the adsorption mechanism.

Preferably, the second mounting plate includes:

a support disposed below the first mounting plate; and

and the buffer layer is arranged below the support piece and can be abutted against the battery cell.

As a preferred scheme, the mounting frame further comprises:

guiding mechanism, including guide post and uide bushing, the guide post with one of the uide bushing sets up on the first mounting panel, another setting in the two is in on the second mounting panel, the guide post with the uide bushing cooperation of pegging graft is so that first mounting panel with the second mounting panel is along upper and lower direction relative motion.

Preferably, the reset piece is sleeved on the periphery of the guide post and is positioned in the guide sleeve.

Preferably, the stopper includes:

the two first limiting pieces are arranged at intervals along a first direction; and

two second locating parts are arranged at intervals along a second direction, the first direction is different from the second direction, the first locating part and the second locating part form an accommodating space together, and the accommodating space is used for accommodating the battery cell.

Preferably, the battery cell polarity adjusting apparatus further includes:

the detection mechanism is arranged on the lower surface of the second mounting plate and is configured to detect whether the battery cell is adsorbed in place.

Preferably, the adsorption mechanism includes:

a negative pressure piece;

the suction head is provided with a cavity and a plurality of suction holes;

and one end of the communicating pipe is connected with the negative pressure piece, and the other end of the communicating pipe is communicated with the cavity.

Preferably, the material of the suction head is an elastic material; and/or

The suction head comprises a connector, a plugging plate and a corrugated pipe, the connector and the plugging plate are plugged at two ends of the corrugated pipe, the connector, the plugging plate and the corrugated pipe jointly form the cavity, and the plugging plate is provided with the suction hole.

Another object of the utility model is to provide a battery module equipment, through using above-mentioned electric core polarity adjustment device, can realize the fast assembly to the battery module.

In order to realize the purpose, the following technical scheme is provided:

a battery module assembling device comprises the battery cell polarity adjusting device.

Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model are that:

the utility model provides an electricity core polarity adjustment device, through increasing the locating part, the locating part sets up in the week side of electric core and is used for the restriction the relative mounting bracket motion of electric core can effectively balance the centrifugal force of the rotatory production of electric core, avoids electric core to appear shifting, throws away, prevents that electric core from taking place to scrap and the safety problem appears.

In addition, through set up the buffer layer on the second mounting panel and adopt the sucking disc of elasticity material to adsorb, can effectively protect electric core, prevent that electric core outward appearance is impaired.

In addition, through set up the piece that resets between first mounting panel and second mounting panel, can realize the quick separation of adsorption equipment and electric core, improve the production efficiency of battery module equipment.

The utility model provides a battery module equipment includes electric core polarity adjustment device as mentioned above, can realize the fast assembly to the battery module.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings required to be used in the description of the embodiments of the present invention 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 according to the contents of the embodiments of the present invention and the drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a cell polarity adjusting device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a cell polarity adjusting device provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 2 at A;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a buffer layer according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of an adsorption mechanism provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a suction head according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a cross-sectional view of an adsorption mechanism provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numerals:

100. a battery cell polarity adjusting device; 200. an electric core; 210. a battery cell anode; 220. a battery core cathode;

10. a rotation driving mechanism;

20. a mounting frame; 21. a first mounting plate; 22. a second mounting plate; 221. a support member; 222. a buffer layer; 223. a limiting member; 2231. a first limit piece; 2232. a second limiting member; 224. avoiding holes; 23. a guide mechanism; 231. a guide post; 232. a guide sleeve; 24. an adsorption mechanism; 241. a communicating pipe; 242. a suction head; 2421. a connector; 2422. a plugging plate; 24221. sucking holes; 2423. a bellows; 25. a reset member; 26. and a limiting screw.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical problem solved by the present invention, the technical solution adopted by the present invention and the technical effect achieved by the present invention clearer, the technical solution of the present invention will be further explained by combining the drawings and by means of the specific implementation manner.

In the description of the present invention, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "connected," "connected," and "fixed" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning permanently connected, detachably connected, or integral to one another; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood as a specific case by those skilled in the art.

In the present disclosure, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature may comprise direct contact between the first and second features, or may comprise contact between the first and second features not directly. Also, the first feature being "on," "above" and "over" the second feature includes the first feature being directly on and obliquely above the second feature, or merely indicating that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature includes the first feature being directly under and obliquely below the second feature, or simply meaning that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

In the description of the present invention, the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", and the like are used in the orientations and positional relationships based on the orientations and positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplification of operations, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first" and "second" are used only for descriptive purposes and are not intended to be limiting.

This embodiment provides a battery module equipment, this battery module equipment includes electric core polarity testing arrangement, electric core polarity adjusting device 100, battery assembly device and transmission device, transmission device can drive electric core 200 and carry between electric core polarity adjusting device 100 and the battery assembly device, electric core polarity testing device is used for testing electric core 200's polarity, if electric core 200's polarity is inconsistent with the requirement, transmission device transmits electric core 200 to electric core polarity adjusting device 100, electric core polarity adjusting device 100 adjusts electric core 200's polarity, electric core 200 that the polarity has adjusted passes through transmission device and transmits to battery assembly device on, battery assembly device assembles electric core 200 and casing in order to form the battery module.

The structure of the cell polarity adjustment apparatus 100 is described with reference to fig. 1 to 7, as shown in fig. 1, the cell polarity adjustment apparatus 100 provided in this embodiment includes a rotation driving mechanism 10, an adsorption mechanism 24 and a mounting bracket 20, the rotation driving mechanism 10 is configured to drive the mounting bracket 20 to rotate, the adsorption mechanism 24 is configured to adsorb the cell 200 on the mounting bracket 20, so that the rotation driving mechanism 10 can drive the cell 200 to rotate, thereby implementing the polarity adjustment of the cell 200.

In the prior art, in the polarity adjustment process of the battery cell 200, the battery cell 200 needs to be rotated by 180 degrees, and the positive and negative poles of the battery cell 200 are exchanged, so that the battery cell 200 is generally rotated rapidly for accelerating production, and the battery cell 200 is easily thrown away due to a large centrifugal force, thereby causing the problems of scrapping and safety of the battery cell 200.

In order to solve the above problem, as shown in fig. 1 to 3, the cell polarity adjusting apparatus 100 provided by the present application includes a mounting block 20, where the mounting block 20 includes a limiting part 223, and the limiting part 223 is disposed on the periphery of the cell 200 and is used for limiting the relative movement of the cell 200 with respect to the mounting block 20, so as to avoid the cell 200 being thrown out and displaced during rotation, which may cause the cell 200 to be scrapped and cause safety problems.

As shown in fig. 1, the number of the adsorption mechanisms 24 is four, and the four adsorption mechanisms 24 are distributed at four corners of the first mounting plate 21 and the second mounting plate 22, so as to ensure stable adsorption of the battery cell 200. Of course, in other embodiments, the number of adsorption mechanisms 24 may also be two, three, or more.

As shown in fig. 1-2, the mounting bracket 20 includes a first mounting plate 21, a second mounting plate 22 and a reset member 25, wherein the adsorption mechanism 24 is disposed on the first mounting plate 21, the second mounting plate 22 is disposed below the first mounting plate 21, the adsorption mechanism 24 can adsorb the battery cell 200 on the lower surface of the second mounting plate 22, the reset member 25 is disposed between the first mounting plate 21 and the second mounting plate 22, and the reset member 25 is used for resetting the second mounting plate 22, so that the battery cell 200 can be quickly detached from the adsorption mechanism 24, and the work efficiency is improved. Specifically, the reset element 25 of the present embodiment may be a spring, and the spring can provide a larger reset force for the second mounting plate 22, so as to achieve a quick reset effect of the second mounting plate 22. In addition, the spring has certain elasticity variability ability, adsorbs electric core 200 so that electric core 200 and second mounting panel 22 butt as adsorption mechanism 24, and at this in-process, the setting of spring can realize that first mounting panel 21 and second mounting panel 22 float to be connected, avoids second mounting panel 22 and electric core 200 to take place rigid colliding with, avoids electric core 200 to take place to damage. Preferably, as shown in fig. 1, the second mounting plate 22 of this embodiment is provided with an avoiding hole 224, an adsorption end of the adsorption mechanism 24 can pass through the avoiding hole 224 to extend to the lower surface of the second mounting plate 22, the avoiding hole 224 can realize an avoiding effect of the second mounting plate 22 on the adsorption mechanism 24, and interference between the adsorption mechanism 24 and the second mounting plate 22 is avoided in a relative movement process of the first mounting plate 21 and the second mounting plate 22.

As shown in fig. 1-2, the mounting bracket 20 further includes a guiding mechanism 23, the guiding mechanism 23 includes a guiding post 231 and a guiding sleeve 232, the guiding sleeve 232 is disposed on the first mounting plate 21, the guiding post 231 is disposed on the second mounting plate 22, and the guiding post 231 is inserted into and engaged with the guiding sleeve 232 to enable the first mounting plate 21 and the second mounting plate 22 to move relatively in the up-down direction, so as to avoid the first mounting plate 21 and the second mounting plate 22 from shifting. In other embodiments, the guide posts 231 may be disposed on the first mounting plate 21, the guide sleeves 232 are disposed on the second mounting plate 22, and the guide posts 231 and the guide sleeves 232 are inserted into each other to move the first mounting plate 21 and the second mounting plate 22 relative to each other in the up-down direction, so as to prevent the first mounting plate 21 and the second mounting plate 22 from shifting.

As shown in fig. 2-3, the reset piece 25 is sleeved on the periphery of the guide post 231, and when the reset piece 25 deforms along the vertical direction, the reset piece 25 can be prevented from bending, and a better reset effect of the reset piece 25 is ensured. In addition, as shown in fig. 3, the piece 25 that resets is located guide sleeve 232, and guide sleeve 232 can play the sheltering and protecting effect to the piece 25 that resets, avoids the piece 25 that resets to take place to damage.

As shown in fig. 1-3, the mounting bracket 20 further includes a limit screw 26, and the limit screw 26 cooperates with the first mounting plate 21 to define a lower limit position of the second mounting plate 22 relative to the first mounting plate 21. Specifically, the first mounting plate 21 is provided with a through hole, and the limit screw 26 is screwed to the guide post 231 through the through hole of the first mounting plate 21.

The structure of the second mounting plate 22 is described with reference to fig. 2 and 4, and as shown in fig. 2 and 4, the second mounting plate 22 includes a support member 221 and a buffer layer 222, the support member 221 is disposed below the first mounting plate 21 and is used for supporting the buffer layer 222, and the buffer layer 222 is used for protecting the battery cell 200 and preventing the appearance of the battery cell 200 from being indented or damaged. The buffer layer 222 may be a rubber layer, a latex layer, a sponge layer, or the like. In other embodiments, the second mounting plate 22 may also be a single piece, and the material of the second mounting plate 22 is a flexible material, such as a rubber layer, a latex layer, or a sponge layer.

The cell polarity adjustment device 100 further includes a detection mechanism disposed on the lower surface of the second mounting plate 22, where the detection mechanism is a pressure sensor capable of detecting the pressure between the second mounting plate 22 and the cell 200. Particularly, detection mechanism is connected with control mechanism, evenly is provided with a plurality of check point at the lower surface of second mounting panel 22, and when the pressure value of each check point reachd preset pressure value, control mechanism can judge and accord with the rotation condition, thereby rotation driving mechanism 10 begins to drive mounting bracket 20 rotation and drives electric core 200 rotatory afterwards, avoids electric core 200 to lead to shifting, throwing away because of adsorbing not just beginning to rotate, causes electric core 200 to scrap and the safety problem.

The structure of the limiting member 223 is described with reference to fig. 4, as shown in fig. 4, the limiting member 223 includes two first limiting members 2231 and two second limiting members 2232, where the two first limiting members 2231 are arranged at intervals along a first direction, the two second limiting members 2232 are arranged at intervals along a second direction, the first direction and the second direction are different, the two first limiting members 2231 and the two second limiting members 2232 together form an accommodating space, the accommodating space is used for accommodating the battery cell 200, and the two first limiting members 2231 and the two second limiting members 2232 together limit the battery cell 200, so that the battery cell 200 is prevented from being thrown out and displaced when rotating. Specifically, the two first limiting members 2231 and the two second limiting members 2232 form a circumferential closed space, so that the omnibearing limiting effect on the battery cell 200 is further improved.

Referring to fig. 5 to 7, the structure of the suction mechanism 24 will be described, as shown in fig. 5, the suction mechanism 24 includes a negative pressure member, a communication pipe 241 and a suction head 242, wherein the communication pipe 241 has a cavity therein, one end of the communication pipe 241 is connected to the negative pressure member, the other end of the communication pipe 241 is connected to the suction head 242, and as shown in fig. 6, the suction head 242 is provided with a suction hole 24221. Specifically, when the adsorption mechanism 24 works, the negative pressing member is vacuumized, the suction head 242 and the surface of the battery cell 200 form a closed space, and the battery cell 200 is firmly sucked under the action of the vacuum force and the atmospheric pressure. The plurality of suction holes 24221 are uniformly distributed on the suction head 242, so that the suction head 242 can stably adsorb the battery cell 200.

As shown in fig. 7, the suction head 242 includes a connector 2421, a plugging plate 2422 and a bellows 2423, the connector 2421 and the plugging plate 2422 are plugged at two ends of the bellows 2423, the connector 2421, the plugging plate 2422 and the bellows 2423 together form a cavity, and a suction hole 24221 is formed in the plugging plate 2422. The suction head 242 can realize better elastic deformation by adopting the corrugated pipe 2423, so that the suction head 242 is prevented from hard collision on the battery cell 200, the better quality of the appearance of the battery cell 200 is ensured, and the battery cell 200 is prevented from being damaged. The plugging plate 2422 is a plane, so that the bottom surface of the connector 2421 and the plugging plate 2422 can be tightly attached during adsorption, the adsorption effect of the suction head 242 is improved, the plugging plate 2422 is tightly attached to the outer surface of the battery cell 200, and the stability of the suction head 242 and the battery cell 200 in adsorption can be realized.

As shown in fig. 7, the material of the suction head 242 is an elastic material, such as nitrile rubber, silicone rubber, or urethane rubber, which is elastically deformable, and can absorb the battery cell 200 to the lower surface of the second mounting plate 22, so that the battery cell 200 and the second mounting plate 22 are tightly attached to each other without damaging the battery cell 200 or leaving an indentation on the surface of the battery cell 200.

For convenience of understanding, the operation principle of the cell polarity adjusting device 100 is described with reference to fig. 1 to fig. 7:

the transmission device transmits a battery cell 200 requiring polarity adjustment to the battery cell polarity adjustment device 100, as shown in fig. 1, four adsorption mechanisms 24 extend out simultaneously, a suction head 242 contacts the surface of the battery cell 200 and forms a closed space, a negative pressure piece is opened, the adsorption mechanisms 24 are communicated with the negative pressure piece, under the action of vacuum force, as shown in fig. 2, after the suction head 242 closely adsorbs the battery cell 200, the suction head 242 contracts upwards, the battery cell 200 is lifted to the lower surface of the buffer layer 222, as shown in fig. 3, the battery cell 200 is fixed in the accommodating space of the locating part 223 after adsorption is completed, after the detection mechanism detects that the battery cell 200 is closely attached to the buffer layer 222, a signal is transmitted to the control mechanism, the control mechanism sends a rotation instruction, the rotation driving mechanism 10 drives the mounting rack 20 to rotate at a high speed by 180 °, as shown in fig. 3, the first locating part 2231 limits the movement of the battery cell 200 in the first direction, the second locating part 2 limits the movement of the battery cell 200 in the second direction, the first direction is different from the second direction, limiting of the battery cell 200 is realized, after rotation is completed, the adjustment of the positive pole 210 and the negative pressure piece is released, the second locating part 25, the second mounting board 223200, and the quick transmission device is ensured that the battery cell 242 is transmitted to the battery cell 242.

It is noted that throughout the description of the present specification, references to "some embodiments," "other embodiments," or the like, are intended to mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

The foregoing is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and the technical principles applied thereto. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the particular embodiments described herein, but is capable of various obvious changes, rearrangements and substitutions as will now become apparent to those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention. Therefore, although the present invention has been described in greater detail with reference to the above embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and may include other equivalent embodiments without departing from the scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. A battery cell polarity adjusting device comprises a rotation driving mechanism (10), an adsorption mechanism (24) and a mounting rack (20), wherein the rotation driving mechanism (10) is configured to drive the mounting rack (20) to rotate, the adsorption mechanism (24) is configured to adsorb a battery cell (200) on the mounting rack (20), and the mounting rack (20) comprises a limiting part (223), the limiting part (223) is arranged on the periphery of the battery cell (200) and is configured to limit the movement of the battery cell (200) relative to the mounting rack (20).

2. The cell polarity modulation device of claim 1, wherein the mounting frame (20) comprises:

a first mounting plate (21), the adsorption mechanism (24) being provided on the first mounting plate (21);

the second mounting plate (22) is arranged below the first mounting plate (21), and the adsorption mechanism (24) can adsorb the battery cell (200) on the lower surface of the second mounting plate (22); and

a resetting member (25) disposed between the first mounting plate (21) and the second mounting plate (22), wherein the resetting member (25) is configured to reset the second mounting plate (22) so as to detach the battery cell (200) from the adsorption mechanism (24).

3. The cell polarity modulation device according to claim 2, wherein the second mounting plate (22) comprises:

a support (221) disposed below the first mounting plate (21); and

and the buffer layer (222) is arranged below the support piece (221) and can be abutted against the battery cell (200).

4. The cell polarity modulation device of claim 2, wherein the mounting bracket (20) further comprises:

guiding mechanism (23), including guide post (231) and uide bushing (232), guide post (231) with one setting in both of uide bushing (232) is in on first mounting panel (21), another setting in both is in on second mounting panel (22), guide post (231) with uide bushing (232) grafting cooperation is so that first mounting panel (21) with second mounting panel (22) are along upper and lower direction relative motion.

5. The cell polarity adjusting device of claim 4, wherein the reset member (25) is sleeved on the periphery of the guide post (231) and located in the guide sleeve (232).

6. The cell polarity modulation device of claim 1, wherein the stopper (223) comprises:

two first limiting pieces (2231) arranged at intervals along a first direction; and

the two second limiting parts (2232) are arranged at intervals along a second direction, the first direction is different from the second direction, the two first limiting parts (2231) and the two second limiting parts (2232) jointly form an accommodating space, and the accommodating space is used for accommodating the battery cell (200).

7. The cell polarity adjustment device of claim 2, further comprising:

a detection mechanism provided on a lower surface of the second mounting plate (22), and configured to detect whether the battery cell (200) is adsorbed in place.

8. The cell polarity modulation device according to any one of claims 1-2, wherein the adsorption mechanism (24) comprises:

a negative pressing piece;

a suction head (242) with a cavity therein, wherein a plurality of suction holes (24221) are formed in the suction head (242);

one end of the communication pipe (241) is connected with the negative pressure piece, and the other end of the communication pipe (241) is communicated with the cavity.

9. The cell polarity modulation device according to claim 8, wherein the material of the suction head (242) is an elastic material; and/or

The suction head (242) comprises a connector (2421), a plugging plate (2422) and a corrugated pipe (2423), the connector (2421) and the plugging plate (2422) are plugged at two ends of the corrugated pipe (2423), the connector (2421), the plugging plate (2422) and the corrugated pipe (2423) jointly form the cavity, and the suction hole (24221) is formed in the plugging plate (2422).

10. A battery module assembling apparatus, characterized by comprising the cell polarity adjusting device according to any one of claims 1 to 9.

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