IP Library Granted Patent US 12,633,566
Granted Patent B2
US 12,633,566 · App. 18/305,159 · Granted May 19, 2026

Case-put-in apparatus and battery assembling device

Inventors: Yinhang Tu (Ningde City, CN); Shichuang Song (Ningde City, CN); Yangbo Li (Ningde City, CN)
Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
H01M10/0404
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Patent No.
US 12,633,566
App. No.
18/305,159
Granted
May 19, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A case-put-in apparatus for battery cell assembling is described. The battery cell includes an electrode assembly and a case. The apparatus includes a holding mechanism for holding the electrode assembly and/or the case, a driving mechanism for driving the holding mechanism to assemble a battery assembly into the case; a pressure detection mechanism for detecting a value of pressure on the holding mechanism; a displacement detection module for detecting a displacement of the holding mechanism; and a processing module communicatively connected to the pressure detection mechanism and the displacement detection module, and used to determine whether the assembling is abnormal according to the value of pressure and the displacement of the holding mechanism.

Claims (26)

1 . A case-put-in apparatus for battery cell assembling, the battery cell comprising an electrode assembly and a case, wherein the apparatus comprising:

a holding mechanism for holding the electrode assembly and/or the case,

a driving mechanism for driving the holding mechanism to assemble the electrode assembly into the case;

a pressure detection mechanism for detecting a value of pressure on the holding mechanism;

a displacement detection module for detecting a displacement of the holding mechanism; and

a processing module communicatively connected to the pressure detection mechanism and the displacement detection module, and used to determine whether the assembling is abnormal according to the value of pressure and the displacement of the holding mechanism.

2 . The case-put-in apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the holding mechanism comprising:

a first holding mechanism for holding the electrode assembly;

a second holding mechanism for holding the case; and

a driving mechanism for driving at least one of the first holding mechanism and the second holding mechanism to move.

3 . The case-put-in apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the displacement detection module is connected with the second holding mechanism, and is used to detect a displacement of the second holding mechanism.

4 . The case-put-in apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the pressure detection mechanism is provided with an adapter plate, and the displacement detection module comprises said adapter plate and a displacement sensor, a first end of the adapter plate being connected to the second holding mechanism, the adapter plate being horizontally disposed, and the displacement sensor being connected to a second end of the adapter plate such that the driving mechanism applies a more direct force to the displacement detection module than to the pressure detection mechanism.

5 . The case-put-in apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the displacement detection module is connected with the first holding mechanism, and is used to detect a displacement of the first holding mechanism.

6 . The case-put-in apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the first holding mechanism is a platform, and the first holding mechanism supports the electrode assembly.

7 . The case-put-in apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the second holding mechanism comprises a magnetic element and/or a clamping jaw and/or a chuck and/or an sticky element, and the second holding mechanism holds the case (via the magnetic element and/or the clamping jaw and/or the chuck and/or the sticky element.

8 . The case-put-in apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the second holding mechanism further comprises a pressure plate, the pressure plate is connected with the driving mechanism, and the driving mechanism is used to drive the pressure plate to move toward the first holding mechanism.

9 . The case-put-in apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing module is communicatively connected to the driving mechanism, and the processing module is used to control start/stop of the driving mechanism based on determining whether the assembling is abnormal.

10 . The case-put-in apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the displacement detection module comprises an adapter plate and a displacement sensor, the adapter plate is connected with the second holding mechanism, the adapter plate is horizontally disposed, and the displacement sensor is connected with the adapter plate.

11 . The case-put-in apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the second holding mechanism comprises a magnetic element and/or a clamping jaw and/or a chuck and/or an sticky element, and the second holding mechanism holds the case via the magnetic element and/or the clamping jaw and/or the chuck and/or the sticky element.

12 . The case-put-in apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the second holding mechanism comprises a magnetic element and/or a clamping jaw and/or a chuck and/or an sticky element, and the second holding mechanism holds the case via the magnetic element and/or the clamping jaw and/or the chuck and/or the sticky element.

13 . The case-put-in apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the second holding mechanism comprises a magnetic element and/or a clamping jaw and/or a chuck and/or an sticky element, and the second holding mechanism holds the case via the magnetic element and/or the clamping jaw and/or the chuck and/or the sticky element.

14 . The case-put-in apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the second holding mechanism comprises a magnetic element and/or a clamping jaw and/or a chuck and/or an sticky element, and the second holding mechanism holds the case via the magnetic element and/or the clamping jaw and/or the chuck and/or the sticky element.

15 . The case-put-in apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the second holding mechanism further comprises a pressure plate, the pressure plate is connected with the driving mechanism, and the driving mechanism is used to drive the pressure plate to move toward the first holding mechanism.

16 . The case-put-in apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the second holding mechanism further comprises a pressure plate, the pressure plate is connected with the driving mechanism, and the driving mechanism is used to drive the pressure plate to move toward the first holding mechanism.

17 . The case-put-in apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the second holding mechanism further comprises a pressure plate, the pressure plate is connected with the driving mechanism, and the driving mechanism is used to drive the pressure plate to move toward the first holding mechanism.

18 . A battery assembling device, comprising the case-put-in apparatus according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2024
From: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 068338/0402 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 21, 2023
From: TU, YINHANG; SONG, SHICHUANG; LI, YANGBO
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
Reel/Frame 063425/0179 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202122351080.3 · Sep 27, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2022099992 · Jun 21, 2022
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