CN219051898U

CN219051898U - Gluing head

Info

Publication number: CN219051898U
Application number: CN202320096163.9U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 郭利辉; 徐爱林; 杨正耀; 杨凌; 邹璐
Original assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2023-02-01
Filing date: 2023-02-01
Publication date: 2023-05-23
Anticipated expiration: 2033-02-01

Abstract

The application relates to a rubber coating head, include: the glue inlet section is provided with a glue inlet cavity; the glue outlet section comprises a first shell and a second shell, and any one of the first shell and the second shell is connected with the glue inlet section; the first shell and the second shell are detachably buckled and enclose to form a glue outlet cavity communicated with the glue inlet cavity. Namely, the glue outlet section is divided into a first shell and a second shell which are detachably buckled with each other, and any one of the first shell and the second shell is connected with the glue inlet section so as to realize the connection of the glue outlet section and the glue inlet section. After the glue enters the glue inlet cavity through the glue inlet section, the glue flows to the glue outlet cavity between the first shell and the second shell, and flows from the glue outlet cavity to the surface to be glued so as to coat the glue on the surface to be glued. After the gluing head is used for a long time, the first shell and the second shell which are buckled with each other can be opened, so that the inside of the glue outlet cavity is opened, the glue outlet cavity and the glue inlet cavity inside the gluing head are conveniently cleaned, the cleanliness of the inside of the gluing head is guaranteed, and the gluing effect and the product qualification rate are further guaranteed.

Description

Gluing head

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of battery manufacturing, in particular to a gluing head.

Background

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

In the manufacturing process of the battery, the surface of the battery needs to be coated with glue through a glue coating head so as to carry out procedures such as battery assembly and the like. However, the gluing head needs to be cleaned after being used for a period of time, and the inner space of the gluing head is narrow, so that the gluing head is inconvenient to clean.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the foregoing, it is desirable to provide a glue head that addresses the problem of inconvenient cleaning of conventional glue heads.

A glue head comprising:

the glue inlet section is provided with a glue inlet cavity;

the glue outlet section comprises a first shell and a second shell, and any one of the first shell and the second shell is connected with the glue inlet section;

the first shell and the second shell are detachably buckled, and a glue outlet cavity communicated with the glue inlet cavity is formed by surrounding.

In the above-mentioned rubber coating head, set up the first casing and the second casing of gluing the section components of a whole that can function independently as mutual detachable lock, any one of first casing and the second casing is connected with the section of gluing to realize the section of gluing and advance the connection of gluing the section. After the glue enters the glue inlet cavity through the glue inlet section, the glue flows to the glue outlet cavity between the first shell and the second shell, and flows from the glue outlet cavity to the surface to be glued so as to coat the glue on the surface to be glued. And after the gluing head is used for a long time, the first shell and the second shell which are buckled with each other can be opened, so that the inside of the glue outlet cavity is opened, the inside glue outlet cavity and the inside glue inlet cavity of the gluing head are conveniently cleaned, the inside cleanliness of the gluing head is ensured, and the gluing effect and the product qualification rate are further ensured.

In one embodiment, the glue inlet section and the glue outlet section are arranged along a first direction, and the first shell and the second shell are detachably buckled along a second direction intersecting with the first direction.

In one embodiment, the first housing has a first groove, the second housing has a second groove, and the first groove and the second groove face each other and communicate in the second direction when the first housing is engaged with the second housing.

In one embodiment, a protrusion is provided on one of the first housing and the second housing, a limit groove is provided on the other of the first housing and the second housing, and the protrusion is detachably embedded in the limit groove.

In one embodiment, the protrusions include a first protrusion and a third protrusion, and the first protrusion and the third protrusion are located on two opposite sides of the glue outlet cavity along the second direction;

the limiting groove comprises a first limiting groove and a third limiting groove which are respectively embedded with the first bulge and the third bulge correspondingly.

In one embodiment, the first protrusion comprises a first protrusion section and a second protrusion section, the first protrusion section is close to the glue inlet section, the second protrusion section is far away from the glue inlet section, and the width of at least part of the first protrusion section is larger than the width of the second protrusion section;

the third bulge comprises a third bulge section and a fourth bulge section, the third bulge section is close to the glue inlet section, the fourth bulge section is far away from the glue inlet section, and at least part of the width of the third bulge section is larger than that of the fourth bulge section.

In one embodiment, the width of the first convex section gradually decreases in the direction from the first convex section to the second convex section; the width of the third convex section gradually decreases in the direction from the third convex section to the fourth convex section.

In one embodiment, the glue inlet section is configured as a cylinder.

In one embodiment, an external thread is provided at one end of the glue inlet section away from the glue outlet section.

Drawings

Various other 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. Also, like reference numerals are used to designate like parts throughout the accompanying drawings. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a glue head according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the first housing of the applicator head of FIG. 1;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of a second housing in the applicator head shown in fig. 1.

Reference numerals illustrate: 100. a glue spreading head; 10. a glue feeding section; 12. a glue inlet cavity; 30. a glue outlet section; 31. a glue outlet cavity; 32. a first housing; 321. a first groove; 34. a second housing; 341. a second groove; 50. a protrusion; 52. a first protrusion; 521. a first raised section; 523. a second raised section; 54. a third protrusion; 541. a third raised section; 543. a fourth raised section; 70. a limit groove; 72. a first limit groove; 74. and a third limit groove.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the technical solutions of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The following examples are only for more clearly illustrating the technical solutions of the present application, and thus are only examples, and are not intended to limit the scope of protection of the present application.

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 "comprising" and "having" and any variations thereof in the description and claims of the present application and in the description of the figures above are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions.

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, the technical terms "first," "second," etc. are used merely to distinguish between different objects and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated, a particular order or a primary or secondary relationship. In the description of the embodiments of the present application, the meaning of "plurality" is two or more unless explicitly defined otherwise.

Reference herein to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment may be included in at least one embodiment of the present application. The appearances of such phrases 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. Those of skill in the art will explicitly and implicitly appreciate that the embodiments described herein may be combined with other embodiments.

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, the term "and/or" is merely an association relationship describing an association object, which means that three relationships may exist, for example, a and/or B may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist together, and B exists alone. In addition, the character "/" herein generally indicates that the front and rear associated objects are 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), and "plural sheets" refers to two or more (including two).

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, the orientation or positional relationship indicated by the technical terms "center", "longitudinal", "transverse", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", etc. are based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are merely for convenience of describing the embodiments of the present application and for simplifying the description, rather than indicating or implying that the apparatus or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the embodiments of the present application.

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured" and the like are to be construed broadly and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; or may be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communicated with the inside of two elements or the interaction relationship of the two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the embodiments of the present application will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.

The more widely the application of power cells is seen from the development of market situation. 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, aerospace, and the like. With the continuous expansion of the application field of the power battery, the market demand of the power battery is also continuously expanding.

Currently, power cells generally include a battery module composed of at least one battery cell, each of which is composed of a plurality of battery cells, and a thermal management member. The glue is used for fixing the battery cells and fixing the battery module and the thermal management component.

Specifically, the battery cells are generally fixed by using insulating glue, the large surfaces of the battery cells are coated with the insulating glue and then are adhered to each other to form a battery unit, and then the same side surface of each battery cell is coated with the insulating glue and is adhered to another battery cell.

The periphery of the battery unit is provided with a thermal management component, and the thermal management component can be formed by combining a heat dissipation plate and a water cooling plate, or can be a separate water cooling plate, or can be a heating device, such as a heating film. The battery cell and the thermal management component need to be bonded together by a thermally conductive adhesive.

Either of the above-mentioned fixing requires the use of a glue head to apply the glue through the glue head. The applicant notes that after a long-term use of the gluing head, the gluing is prone to flaws, which lead to unacceptable products. The applicant further researches find that the glue spreading head is narrow in inner space, glue is easy to remain in the glue spreading head after long-term use, glue outlet effect is easy to influence, and glue spreading flaws can be caused.

Based on above consideration, in order to guarantee the rubber coating effect, the applicant has designed a rubber coating head through intensive research, and the rubber coating head is including advancing gluey section and play gluey section, sets up the first casing and the second casing that can dismantle the lock each other with play gluey section components of a whole that can function independently, through unpacking first casing and second casing, alright clear up the inside space of rubber coating head, and then guarantee the rubber coating effect, improve the product percent of pass.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a glue head 100 according to an embodiment of the present application; fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of the first housing 32 in the applicator head 100 shown in fig. 1; fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of the second housing 34 in the applicator head 100 shown in fig. 1. The glue spreading head 100 comprises a glue feeding section 10 and a glue discharging section 30, wherein the glue feeding section 10 is provided with a glue feeding cavity 12, the glue discharging section 30 comprises a first shell 32 and a second shell 34, and any one of the first shell 32 and the second shell 34 is connected with the glue feeding section 10; the first casing 32 and the second casing 34 are detachably fastened, and enclose to form a glue outlet cavity 31 communicated with the glue inlet cavity 12.

The glue inlet section 10 is a part directly connected with the glue dispenser, and glue flowing out of the glue dispenser flows to the glue inlet section 10. The glue inlet segment 10 may be hollow in structure with a glue inlet cavity 12 formed therein for allowing the glue to flow.

The glue outlet section 30 is located downstream of the glue inlet section 10, and is used for receiving glue flowing out of the glue inlet section 10, and the glue outlet section 30 directly contacts with a surface to be glued to apply the glue to the surface to be glued.

In the above-mentioned glue spreading head 100, the glue outlet section 30 is separately configured as a first casing 32 and a second casing 34 that are detachably fastened to each other, and any one of the first casing 32 and the second casing 34 is connected to the glue inlet section 10, so as to realize connection between the glue outlet section 30 and the glue inlet section 10. After the glue enters the glue inlet cavity 12 through the glue inlet section 10, the glue flows to the glue outlet cavity 31 between the first shell 32 and the second shell 34, and flows from the glue outlet cavity 31 to the surface to be glued so as to coat the glue on the surface to be glued. And, after long-term use of the rubber coating head 100, can open first casing 32 and second casing 34 of mutual lock, and then open out and glue the intracavity portion 31, conveniently clear up the inside play of rubber coating head 100 and glue the chamber 12, guarantee the inside cleanliness of rubber coating head 100, and then guarantee rubber coating effect and product percent of pass.

In some embodiments, the glue inlet section 10 and the glue outlet section 30 are arranged along a first direction, and the first housing 32 and the second housing 34 are detachably fastened along a second direction intersecting the first direction. Equivalently, the glue flows from the glue inlet section 10 to the glue outlet section 30 along the first direction, and the first shell 32 and the second shell 34 are detachably buckled along the second direction intersecting with the glue flowing direction, when the first shell 32 and the second shell 34 are opened along the second direction, the glue outlet cavity 31 can be divided into two parts along the first direction, so that the inside of the glue outlet cavity 31 is conveniently cleaned, and the opened glue outlet cavity 31 extends into the inside of the glue inlet cavity 12 to clean, so that the inside of the glue coating head 100 is effectively cleaned.

Further, the first housing 32 has a first groove 321, the second housing 34 has a second groove 341, and when the first housing 32 is engaged with the second housing 34, the first groove 321 and the second groove 341 face each other and communicate in the second direction. Thus, the first groove 321 is formed on the first housing 32, the second groove 341 is formed on the second housing 34, and the first groove 321 and the second groove 341 are made to face each other to communicate when the first housing 32 and the second housing 34 are mounted, and then the adhesive cavity 31 is formed by combining the first groove 321 and the second groove 341.

In some embodiments, one of the first housing 32 and the second housing 34 is provided with a protrusion 50, the other of the first housing 32 and the second housing 34 is provided with a limiting groove 70, and the protrusion 50 is detachably embedded in the limiting groove 70, so that the first housing 32 and the second housing 34 are detachably buckled together through the matching of the protrusion 50 and the groove, so that the installation is convenient, and the disassembly and the cleaning are convenient.

Further, the protrusion 50 includes a first protrusion 52 and a third protrusion 54, and the first protrusion 52 and the third protrusion 54 are located at opposite sides of the glue outlet cavity 31 along the second direction; the limiting groove 70 includes a first limiting groove 72 and a third limiting groove 74 respectively embedded with the first protrusion 52 and the third protrusion 54. That is, the first protrusion 52 and the third protrusion 54 are respectively disposed on two opposite sides of the glue outlet cavity 31 along the second direction, and the glue in the glue outlet cavity 31 can flow out along the first direction without leaking in the second direction by respectively fastening the first protrusion 52 with the first limiting groove 72 and fastening the third protrusion 54 with the third limiting groove 74.

In this embodiment, the first protrusion 52 includes a first protrusion section 521 and a second protrusion section 523, where the first protrusion section 521 is close to the glue inlet section 10, the second protrusion section 523 is far away from the glue inlet section 10, and at least part of the first protrusion section 521 is wider than the second protrusion section 523, so that the first protrusion 52 is set to be uneven in width, and at least part of the first protrusion 52 close to the glue inlet section 10 is wider, so that a larger fastening force can be formed on one side with larger glue flow pressure, and the sealing effect after fastening is ensured. The third bulge 54 comprises a third bulge section 541 and a fourth bulge section 543, the third bulge section 541 is close to the glue inlet section 10, the fourth bulge section 543 is far away from the glue inlet section 10, the width of at least part of the third bulge section 541 is larger than that of the fourth bulge section 543, and the third bulge 54 is set to be uneven in width, at least part of the third bulge section 541 which is close to the glue inlet section 10 is larger in width, larger buckling force can be formed on one side with larger colloid flow pressure, and the sealing effect after buckling is guaranteed.

Further, in the direction from the first protruding section 521 to the second protruding section 523, the width of the first protruding section 521 is gradually reduced, and the width of the first protruding section 521 is designed from wide to narrow, so that the first protrusion 52 is designed to be wedge-shaped, and the snap-fit tightness is good. The width of the third convex section 541 is gradually reduced in the direction from the third convex section 541 to the fourth convex section 543, and the width of the third convex section 541 is designed from wide to narrow, so that the third convex 54 is designed to be wedge-shaped, and the buckling tightness is high. In this way, the first and

second housings

32 and 34 are fastened by the first and third protruding sections 521 and 541 having gradually changed widths, so as to prevent the first and

second housings

32 and 34 from loosening when the glue in the glue outlet cavity 31 between the first and

second housings

32 and 34 flows.

In any of the above embodiments, the glue inlet section 10 is configured in a cylindrical shape, which is convenient for rotation and installation, and the glue inlet section 10 is convenient to be connected with glue spreading equipment such as a glue dispenser. Furthermore, the glue inlet chamber 12 formed inside the glue inlet section 10 is also configured in a cylindrical shape, and has no grooves or sharp corners inside, so that glue can smoothly flow.

Further, an external thread is provided at an end of the glue inlet section 10 far from the glue outlet section 30, so that the glue inlet section 10 is directly rotatably mounted on the glue spreading device through the external thread on the glue inlet section 10. In addition, the external threads are arranged on the outer surface of the glue inlet section 10, so that grooves are not formed in the glue inlet cavity 12 in the glue inlet section 10, glue is prevented from remaining in the glue inlet cavity 12, and the glue inlet cavity 12 is convenient to clean.

Referring to fig. 1-3, in accordance with some embodiments of the present application, a glue head 100 is provided. The glue spreading head 100 comprises a glue feeding section 10 and a glue discharging section 30, wherein the glue discharging section 30 comprises a first shell 32 and a second shell 34 which are detachably buckled with each other, a glue discharging cavity 31 is formed by encircling the first shell 32 and the second shell 34, the glue feeding section 10 is provided with a glue feeding cavity 12 communicated with the glue discharging cavity 31, glue enters the glue feeding cavity 12 first and then flows to the glue discharging cavity 31, and finally flows out of the glue discharging cavity 31 to be coated on a surface to be glued, so that a glue spreading process is completed.

And, set up the branch body of play section of gluing 30 as first casing 32 and second casing 34, can open first casing 32 and second casing 34 and clear up out and glue the intracavity portion of chamber 31, still accessible open out and glue the chamber 31 clearance and advance gluey chamber 12, so can conveniently clear up the gluey head 100 inner space, guarantee gluing effect and product percent of pass. And, set up into cylindrical with advance gluey section 10, set up the external screw thread on advancing gluey section 10, can directly install into gluey section 10 on the rubber coating equipment through threaded connection, easy to assemble. Meanwhile, a groove is not required to be formed in the glue inlet section 10, glue is prevented from remaining in the glue inlet cavity 12 through the groove, and the glue inlet cavity 12 is convenient to clean.

The technical features of the above-described embodiments may be arbitrarily combined, and all possible combinations of the technical features in the above-described embodiments are not described for brevity of description, however, as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features, they should be considered as the scope of the description.

The above examples only represent a few embodiments of the present application, which are described in more detail and are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the claims. It should be noted that it would be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and improvements could be made without departing from the spirit of the present application, which would be within the scope of the present application. Accordingly, the scope of protection of the present application is to be determined by the claims appended hereto.

Claims

1. A glue applicator head, comprising:

the glue inlet section is provided with a glue inlet cavity;

2. The glue head of claim 1, wherein the glue inlet section and the glue outlet section are arranged along a first direction, and the first housing and the second housing are detachably fastened along a second direction intersecting the first direction.

3. The applicator head according to claim 2, wherein said first housing has a first recess and said second housing has a second recess, said first recess and said second recess facing and communicating with each other in said second direction when said first housing is engaged with said second housing.

4. The glue head of claim 2, wherein one of the first housing and the second housing is provided with a protrusion, the other of the first housing and the second housing is provided with a limiting groove, and the protrusion is detachably embedded in the limiting groove.

5. The glue head of claim 4, wherein the protrusions comprise a first protrusion and a third protrusion, the first protrusion and the third protrusion being located on opposite sides of the glue outlet cavity along the second direction;

6. The glue head of claim 5, wherein the first protrusion comprises a first protrusion section and a second protrusion section, the first protrusion section being adjacent to the glue inlet section, the second protrusion section being remote from the glue inlet section, the first protrusion section having a width at least partially greater than a width of the second protrusion section.

7. The glue head of claim 6, wherein the third protrusion comprises a third protrusion section and a fourth protrusion section, the third protrusion section being adjacent to the glue inlet section, the fourth protrusion section being remote from the glue inlet section, the third protrusion section having a width at least partially greater than a width of the fourth protrusion section.

8. The glue head of claim 7, wherein the width of the first raised section gradually decreases in the direction from the first raised section to the second raised section; the width of the third convex section gradually decreases in the direction from the third convex section to the fourth convex section.

9. A gluing head according to any one of claims 1-8, wherein the glue inlet section is configured cylindrically.

10. The glue head of claim 9, wherein an end of the glue inlet section remote from the glue outlet section is provided with external threads.