US 12,288,839 B2
Battery cell terrace alignment device
Jong Hong Jeong, Chungcheongbuk-do (KR); and Sang Jin Kim, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to CLEVER CO., LTD., Chungcheongbuk-do (KR)
Appl. No. 17/915,187
Filed by CLEVER CO., LTD., Chungcheongbuk-do (KR)
PCT Filed Mar. 31, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/003967
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 28, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/201584, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0039004 (KR), filed on Mar. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0135809 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. H01M 10/04 (2006.01); B23Q 3/18 (2006.01); B26D 7/01 (2006.01)
CPC H01M 10/04 (2013.01) [B23Q 3/186 (2013.01); B26D 7/018 (2013.01); H01M 10/0404 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery cell terrace alignment device comprising:
a base part configured to support respective components to align a battery cell placed on an XY-plane;
a table provided straight (in an X-axis direction) in parallel with a process direction and configured to support a lower surface of the battery cell in the process direction;
a first front end support part provided on the base part and configured to be movable along XY-axes so as to come into close contact with one side of a front end of the battery cell;
a second front end support part provided on the base part and configured to be movable along the XY-axes so as to come into close contact with the other side of the front end of the battery cell;
a first rear end support part provided on the base part and configured to be movable along the XY-axes so as to come into close contact with one side of a rear end of the battery cell;
a second rear end support part provided on the base part and configured to be movable along the XY-axes so as to come into close contact with the other side of the rear end of the battery cell;
alignment blocks respectively provided in the first front end support part, the second front end support part, the first rear end support part, and the second rear end support part and configured to come into contact with the battery cell;
a close-contact member provided in any one of the first front end support part and the second front end support part or any one of the first rear end support part and the second rear end support part and configured to provide an elastic force in an X-axis direction to allow the alignment block to come into close contact with the battery cell in a rear end direction or a front end direction; and
a main chamber guide member provided in the other of the first front end support part and the second front end support part or the other of the first rear end support part and the second rear end support part, where the close-contact member is not provided, the main chamber guide member being configured to guide a main chamber area of the battery cell.