US 11,942,610 B2
Pitch-variable battery fixture and battery cell formation apparatus having the same
Chih Hsien Chiu, Taoyuan (TW); Jui Hung Weng, Taoyuan (TW); Chien-Hao Ma, Taoyuan (TW); and Cheng Chih Hsieh, Taoyuan (TW)
Assigned to CHROMA ATE INC., Taoyuan (TW)
Filed by Chroma Ate Inc., Taoyuan (TW)
Filed on Nov. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/523,953.
Claims priority of application No. 109141261 (TW), filed on Nov. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0166076 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 10/44 (2006.01)
CPC H01M 10/441 (2013.01) [H01M 10/446 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pitch-variable battery fixture, which cooperates with a battery tray, the battery tray including a plurality of compartments for accommodating a plurality of batteries respectively, the pitch-variable battery fixture comprising:
a guide frame;
a plurality of clamping blocks, each clamping block including a body, a clamping plate, at least one charging and discharging electrode, a coupling member, and a coupling part; the body being coupled to the guide frame and capable of sliding relative to the guide frame; the clamping plate, the at least one charging and discharging electrode, the coupling member, and the coupling part being provided on the body; the coupling member being coupled to the coupling part of the adjacent clamping block;
a slide actuator, mounted on the guide frame and coupled to the plurality of clamping blocks; and
a pushing block, coupled to the guide frame and located between the slide actuator and the plurality of clamping blocks,
wherein when the clamping plates of the plurality of clamping blocks are at least partially accommodated in the plurality of compartments of the battery tray, the slide actuator drives the plurality of clamping blocks To urge the clamping plates of the plurality of clamping blocks to compress the plurality of batteries respectively, and the charging and discharging electrodes of the plurality of clamping blocks are in contact with electrodes of the plurality of batteries;
wherein the pushing block is urged to pull the plurality of clamping blocks by a pulling force exerted by the slide actuator, so that the plurality of clamping blocks are restricted by the coupling members and the coupling parts and spaced apart from each other by a certain distance, and wherein when the clamping plates and the charging and discharging electrodes of the plurality of clamping blocks are at least partially accommodated in the plurality of compartments of the battery tray, the pushing block is urged to push the plurality of clamping blocks by the slide actuator.