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US 12,723,867 · App. 18/666,342 · Granted Sep 1, 2026

Dimension detection apparatus and detection method, and stacking device

Inventors: Pengfei Duan (Ningde, CN); Dajun Ni (Ningde, CN); Jun Hu (Ningde, CN); Hongyuan Li (Ningde, CN); Shiping Feng (Ningde, CN)
Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
G01B11/04H01M10/058
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Patent No.
US 12,723,867
App. No.
18/666,342
Granted
Sep 1, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A dimension detection apparatus configured to detect a composite electrode plate. The composite electrode plate includes a plurality of continuous first electrode plates, a plurality of second electrode plates, and two insulators. The first electrode plates are of an opposite polarity to the second electrode plates. The plurality of first electrode plates are sandwiched between the two insulators and arranged in parallel along an extension direction of the insulators. The plurality of second electrode plates are arranged alternately on outer sides of the two insulators along the extension direction of the insulators, and correspond one-to-one to the plurality of first electrode plates. The dimension detection apparatus includes: two shooting assemblies, disposed on two sides of the composite electrode plate respectively along a thickness direction, and configured to photograph two adjacent second electrode plates respectively.

Claims (45)

1 . A dimension detection apparatus, configured to detect a composite electrode plate, wherein the composite electrode plate comprises a plurality of first electrode plates, a plurality of second electrode plates, and two insulators; the first electrode plates are of an opposite polarity to the second electrode plates; the plurality of first electrode plates are sandwiched between the two insulators and arranged continuously in parallel along an extension direction of the insulators; the plurality of second electrode plates are arranged alternately on outer sides of the two insulators along the extension direction of the insulators, and correspond one-to-one to the plurality of first electrode plates; and the dimension detection apparatus comprises:

two shooting assemblies, disposed on two sides of the composite electrode plate respectively along a thickness direction of the composite electrode plate, and configured to photograph one of the plurality of second electrode plates on a first outer side of the outer sides of the two insulators, and another one of the plurality of second electrode plates on a second outer side of the outer sides of the two insulators that is closest to the one of the plurality of the second electrode plates on the first outer side, respectively, the first outer side being opposite to the second outer side, wherein each of the shooting assemblies comprises four shooting components configured to shoot images of four corner regions of one of the second electrode plates respectively, the two shooting assemblies are arranged in a staggered manner along an extension direction of the composite electrode plate, and on a plane perpendicular to the thickness direction, a projection of the four shooting components of one of the two shooting assemblies and a projection of the four shooting components of another one of the two shooting assemblies do not overlap with each other; and

a controller, communicatively connected to the two shooting assemblies, wherein the controller is configured to obtain dimensional parameters of the composite electrode plate based on the captured images.

2 . The dimension detection apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a position detector, wherein the position detector is configured to detect a position of the second electrode plate to be photographed, and the controller is configured to trigger, based on the position of the second electrode plate detected by the position detector, a corresponding shooting assembly to turn on.

3 . The dimension detection apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to obtain, based on the image captured by each shooting component, a first deviation distance between an edge of the first electrode plate and an edge of the second electrode plate, and/or a second deviation distance between an edge of the insulator and the edge of the first electrode plate or the second electrode plate, whichever is wider.

4 . The dimension detection apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to obtain, based on images captured by any two adjacent shooting components in one of the two shooting assemblies, a dimension of at least one of the first electrode plate, the second electrode plate, or the insulator along a direction of spacing out the two adjacent shooting components.

5 . The dimension detection apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a memory, wherein the memory comprises a plurality of storage units, each of the storage units is disposed by being correlated with the second electrode plate, and the controller is configured to store obtained dimensional parameters into the storage unit correlated with the second electrode plate.

6 . The dimension detection apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to determine whether the obtained dimensional parameters all meet preset parameter ranges, and, when the obtained dimensional parameters all meet the preset parameter ranges, cause the composite electrode plate to proceed with subsequent operations, or, when the obtained dimensional parameters do not all meet the preset parameter ranges, cause the composite electrode plate to undergo a scrapping process.

7 . The dimension detection apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

two light source groups, wherein the two light source groups are disposed corresponding to the two shooting assemblies respectively, each of the light source groups comprises a first light source and a second light source of different luminous colors, and the first light source and the second light source are arranged on two sides of the composite electrode plate respectively along the thickness direction.

8 . The dimension detection apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a clamping assembly, wherein the clamping assembly comprises two groups of grippers, the two groups of grippers are disposed on two sides of the composite electrode plate respectively along the thickness direction, and are movable along an extension direction of the composite electrode plate, and the two groups of grippers are configured to clamp the composite electrode plate during shooting and keep moving synchronously with the composite electrode plate.

9 . The dimension detection apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein:

the clamping assembly further comprises:

a first driving component, configured to drive the two groups of grippers to move along the extension direction of the composite electrode plate; and

a second driving component, configured to drive the two groups of grippers to move away from or closer to each other; and

the controller is configured to cause, after the first driving component drives the two groups of grippers to accelerate from an initial position to a running speed of the composite electrode plate, the second driving component to drive the two groups of grippers to approach each other to clamp the composite electrode plate.

10 . The dimension detection apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the controller is configured to cause, after the shooting assemblies complete shooting, the second driving component to drive the two groups of grippers to move away from each other to release the composite electrode plate, and cause the first driving component to drive the two groups of grippers to return to the initial position.

11 . A stacking device, comprising:

an electrode plate combining apparatus, configured to combine a plurality of first electrode plates, a plurality of second electrode plates, and two insulators to form a composite electrode plate, wherein the plurality of first electrode plates are arranged continuously;

a stacking platform, configured to fold the composite electrode plate into a stack-type electrode assembly; and

the dimension detection apparatus according to claim 1 , disposed between the electrode plate combining apparatus and the stacking platform, and configured to detect the composite electrode plate.

12 . The dimension detection apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a clamping assembly, wherein the clamping assembly comprises two groups of grippers, the two groups of grippers are disposed on two sides of the composite electrode plate respectively along the thickness direction, and are movable along an extension direction of the composite electrode plate, the two groups of grippers are configured to clamp the composite electrode plate during shooting and keep moving synchronously with the composite electrode plate, and the two groups of grippers are plate-like structures made of a transparent material.

13 . The dimension detection apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

two light source groups disposed corresponding to the two shooting assemblies, respectively, wherein each of the light source groups comprises a first light source and a second light source of different luminous colors, the first light source and the second light source are arranged on two sides of the composite electrode plate along the thickness direction, respectively, the second light source comprises a surface light source and a line light source, a luminosity of the line light source is greater than a luminosity of the surface light source, and the line light source is disposed opposite to the first light source.

14 . A dimension detection method, comprising:

an image shooting step: shooting images of four corner regions of a corresponding second electrode plate in a composite electrode plate by using four shooting components in each of two shooting assemblies, respectively, wherein the composite electrode plate comprises a plurality of first electrode plates, a plurality of second electrode plates, and two insulators; the plurality of first electrode plates are sandwiched between the two insulators and arranged continuously in parallel along an extension direction of the insulators; the plurality of second electrode plates are arranged alternately on outer sides of the two insulators along the extension direction of the insulators, and correspond one-to-one to the plurality of first electrode plates; the two shooting assemblies are disposed on two sides of the composite electrode plate respectively along a thickness direction of the composite electrode plate, and configured to photograph one of the plurality of second electrode plates on a first outer side of the outer sides of the two insulators, and another one of the plurality of second electrode plates on a second outer side of the outer sides of the two insulators that is closest to the one of the plurality of the second electrode plates on the first outer side, respectively, the first outer side being opposite to the second outer side; and the two shooting assemblies are arranged in a staggered manner along an extension direction of the composite electrode plate, and on a plane perpendicular to the thickness direction, a projection of the four shooting components of one of the two shooting assemblies and a projection of the four shooting components of another one of the two shooting assemblies do not overlap with each other; and

a dimension calculation step: obtaining dimensional parameters of the composite electrode plate based on the captured images.

15 . The dimension detection method according to claim 14 , further comprising, before the image shooting step:

detecting a position of the second electrode plate to be photographed; and

triggering, based on the detected position of the second electrode plate, a corresponding one of the two shooting assemblies to turn on.

16 . The dimension detection method according to claim 14 , wherein the dimension calculation step specifically comprises:

obtaining, based on the image captured by each shooting component, a first deviation distance between an edge of the first electrode plate and an edge of the second electrode plate, and/or a second deviation distance between an edge of the insulator and the edge of the first electrode plate or the second electrode plate, whichever is wider.

17 . The dimension detection method according to claim 14 , wherein the dimension calculation step specifically comprises:

obtaining, based on images captured by any two adjacent shooting components in one of the two shooting assemblies, a dimension of at least one of the first electrode plate, the second electrode plate, or the insulator along a direction of spacing out the two adjacent shooting components.

18 . The dimension detection method according to claim 14 , further comprising:

determining whether the obtained dimensional parameters all meet preset parameter ranges, and, when the obtained dimensional parameters all meet the preset parameter ranges, causing the composite electrode plate to proceed with subsequent operations, or, when the obtained dimensional parameters do not all meet the preset parameter ranges, causing the composite electrode plate to undergo a scrapping process.

19 . The dimension detection method according to claim 14 , further comprising:

causing, before shooting, two groups of grippers to clamp the composite electrode plate from two sides of the composite electrode plate along a thickness direction, and causing the two groups of grippers to keep moving synchronously with the composite electrode plate.

20 . A dimension detection apparatus, configured to detect a composite electrode plate, wherein the composite electrode plate comprises a plurality of first electrode plates, a plurality of second electrode plates, and two insulators; the first electrode plates are of an opposite polarity to the second electrode plates; the plurality of first electrode plates are sandwiched between the two insulators and arranged continuously in parallel along an extension direction of the insulators; the plurality of second electrode plates are arranged alternately on outer sides of the two insulators along the extension direction of the insulators, and correspond one-to-one to the plurality of first electrode plates; and the dimension detection apparatus comprises:

two shooting assemblies, disposed on two sides of the composite electrode plate respectively along a thickness direction of the composite electrode plate, and configured to photograph one of the plurality of second electrode plates on a first outer side of the outer sides of the two insulators, and another one of the plurality of second electrode plates on a second outer side of the outer sides of the two insulators that is closest to the one of the plurality of the second electrode plates on the first outer side, respectively, the first outer side being opposite to the second outer side, wherein each of the shooting assemblies comprises four shooting components configured to shoot images of four corner regions of one of the second electrode plates respectively;

a controller, communicatively connected to the two shooting assemblies, wherein the controller is configured to obtain dimensional parameters of the composite electrode plate based on the captured images; and

two light source groups disposed corresponding to the two shooting assemblies, respectively, wherein each of the light source groups comprises a first light source and a second light source of different luminous colors, the first light source and the second light source are arranged on two sides of the composite electrode plate along the thickness direction, respectively, the second light source comprises a surface light source and a line light source, a luminosity of the line light source is greater than a luminosity of the surface light source, and the line light source is disposed opposite to the first light source.

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 May 16, 2024
From: DUAN, PENGFEI; NI, DAJUN; HU, JUN; LI, HONGYUAN; FENG, SHIPING
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
Reel/Frame 067440/0392 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202210327957.1 · Mar 30, 2022 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2023071200 · Jan 9, 2023
Related Publication 20240302161A1 · Sep 12, 2024
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