US 11,684,946 B2
Glue application device for producing battery
Xinyu Zhou, Ningde (CN); Huayong Xu, Ningde (CN); Xiandong Du, Ningde (CN); and Rui Zhang, Ningde (CN)
Assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED, Ningde (CN)
Filed by CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED, Ningde (CN)
Filed on Dec. 28, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/135,480.
Application 17/135,480 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2019/105687, filed on Sep. 12, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 201821501274.9 (CN), filed on Sep. 13, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0114056 A1, Apr. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. B05C 11/10 (2006.01); H01M 10/04 (2006.01); B05C 13/02 (2006.01)
CPC B05C 11/1018 (2013.01) [B05C 11/10 (2013.01); H01M 10/0404 (2013.01); B05C 13/02 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for producing a battery module, comprising:
a frame;
a glue application device, installed on the frame;
a module height measuring device, used for measuring height differences between a plurality of battery cells in the battery module, wherein the module height measuring device comprises:
an enclosure support platform configured to support an enclosure of the battery module;
a digital-to-analog conversion unit in communication with a glue amount control device; and
multiple height measuring units having a plurality of elastic measuring probes that are connected to the digital-to-analog conversion unit and arranged to measure the height distances between bottom surfaces of the plurality of cells and the enclosure support platform;
the glue amount control device, coupled to both the module height measuring device and the glue application device, and arranged to control an amount of glue applied by the glue application device to the plurality of battery cells respectively according to the height differences provided by the module height measuring device.