Installation device, battery, electric device, manufacturing method and manufacturing equipment for battery
View Patent ↗The present disclosure provides an installation device, a battery, an electric device, a manufacturing method and a manufacturing equipment for the battery. The installation device is used for the battery including a case body, the installation device includes a base and a bracket, the base is configured to be connected to the case body; the bracket is configured to assemble an electrical connector of the battery, and is configured to be slidably connected with the base. The installation device according to the embodiment of the present application can reduce the operation space required by the installation device to fix the electrical connector while realizing the quick fixation of the electrical connector, so as to facilitate the installation of the electrical connector in a limited space. Furthermore, the space occupancy rate of the battery case by the installation device can be reduced, the space utilization rate of the battery case can be improved, and the energy density of the battery can be improved.
1 . An installation device for a battery, the battery comprising a case body, wherein the installation device comprises:
a base, configured to be connected to the case body; and
a bracket, disposed to assemble an electrical connector of the battery and configured to be slidably connected with the base,
wherein the installation device further comprises a sliding assembly, wherein the sliding assembly is disposed on the base and the bracket and is configured to enable the bracket to slide relative to the base along a first direction, the first direction being a height direction of the battery,
the sliding assembly comprises a sliding guide and a sliding structure, wherein the sliding guide extends along the first direction and is disposed on one of the base and the bracket, the sliding structure is disposed on the other of the base and the bracket, and the sliding structure is slidably engaged with the sliding guide, and
the sliding guide is a sliding groove, the sliding structure is a sliding block matched with the sliding groove, and the sliding structure is slidably engaged with the sliding groove.
2 . The installation device according to claim 1 , wherein the installation device further comprises a locking assembly, wherein the locking assembly is disposed on the base and the bracket, and the locking assembly is configured to lock the bracket onto the base when the bracket moves to a preset position relative to the base.
3 . The installation device according to claim 2 , wherein the locking assembly comprises a slot disposed on one of the base and the bracket and an inserting structure disposed on the other of the base and the bracket, and the inserting structure is capable of being inserted into the slot when the bracket moves to the preset position relative to the base.
4 . The installation device according to claim 3 , wherein the inserting structure is inclined relative to the sliding direction of the bracket.
5 . The installation device according to claim 4 , wherein a free end of the inserting structure is higher than a fixed end of the inserting structure.
6 . The installation device according to claim 1 , wherein the bracket comprises a bracket body and a holding structure, wherein the bracket body is slidably connected to the base, the holding structure is disposed on a side of the bracket body away from the base, and an installation space for assembling the electrical connector of the battery is defined between the holding structure and the bracket body.
7 . The installation device according to claim 6 , wherein the holding structure comprises a first portion connected to a side of the bracket body away from the base and a second portion located above the first portion and connected to the first portion, wherein the installation space for assembling the electrical connector of the battery is defined by the first portion, the second portion and the bracket body.
8 . The installation device according to claim 7 , wherein the holding structure further comprises a third portion connected to the second portion and extending toward the bracket body, wherein the installation space for assembling the electrical connector of the battery is defined by the first portion, the second portion, the third portion and the bracket body, and an opening for the electrical connector of the battery to pass through is defined between the third portion and the bracket body.
9 . The installation device according to claim 8 , wherein an end surface of a free end of the third portion is an inclined surface, wherein the inclined surface comprises a first edge away from a bottom of the case body and a second edge close to the bottom of the case body, and a distance from the first edge to the bracket body is greater than a distance from the second edge to the bracket body.
10 . The installation device according to claim 7 , wherein a supporting structure is provided on the side of the bracket body away from the base, and a guide surface for guiding the electrical connector of the battery to slide into the installation space is formed on the supporting structure.
11 . The installation device according to claim 10 , wherein the supporting structure has a hollow structure that allows the supporting structure to be deformed such that the electrical connector is clamped between the supporting structure and the second portion.
12 . The installation device according to claim 1 , wherein the base further comprises a bearing structure, wherein the bearing structure is disposed on the base, and the bearing structure is configured to bear the bracket when the bracket moves to a preset position relative to the base.
13 . The installation device according to claim 12 , wherein the base further comprises an extension structure, wherein the extension structure is located above the bearing structure and connected to the bearing structure, and the extension structure is configured to make the bracket abut against the base when the bracket moves to the preset position relative to the base.
14 . The installation device according to claim 6 , wherein the bracket further comprises a reinforcing rib, wherein the reinforcing rib is disposed between the bracket body and the holding structure.
15 . A battery, comprising a case body, an electrical connector, and the installation device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the base of the installation device is connected to the case body, and the electrical connector is assembled onto the bracket of the installation device.
16 . An electric device comprising a battery according to claim 5 .
17 . A manufacturing method for a battery, comprising:
providing a case body;
providing an installation device, the installation device comprising a base and a bracket;
connecting the base to the case body;
connecting the bracket slidably to the base;
providing an electrical connector; and
assembling the electrical connector onto the bracket,
wherein the installation device further comprises a sliding assembly, wherein the sliding assembly is disposed on the base and the bracket and is configured to enable the bracket to slide relative to the base along a first direction, the first direction being a height direction of the battery,
the sliding assembly comprises a sliding guide and a sliding structure, wherein the sliding guide extends along the first direction and is disposed on one of the base and the bracket, the sliding structure is disposed on the other of the base and the bracket, and the sliding structure is slidably engaged with the sliding guide, and
the sliding guide is a sliding groove, the sliding structure is a sliding block matched with the sliding groove, and the sliding structure is slidably engaged with the sliding groove.