US 12,394,815 B1
Grouping device, grouping method, and battery production line
Kai Wu, Ningde (CN); Weixu Yang, Ningde (CN); Yang Zhang, Ningde (CN); and Leigang Qiu, Ningde (CN)
Assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED, Hong Kong (CN)
Filed by CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED, Hong Kong (CN)
Filed on May 5, 2025, as Appl. No. 19/198,655.
Application 19/198,655 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2023/134751, filed on Nov. 28, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 202311322980.2 (CN), filed on Oct. 13, 2023.
Int. Cl. H01M 10/04 (2006.01)
CPC H01M 10/0404 (2013.01) [H01M 10/0481 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A grouping device, comprising:
a frame provided with a loading position, an unloading position, and a pressing position;
a driving apparatus, disposed on the frame;
a rotary table, at least partially disposed on the driving apparatus, so that the driving apparatus drives the rotary table to rotate;
carrying assemblies, disposed on the rotary table so as to rotate with the rotary table, where the carrying assemblies are in a quantity of at least three, the at least three carrying assemblies are spaced apart along a circumferential direction of the rotary table, the carrying assemblies are configured to carry battery cells, at least one of the carrying assemblies is located at the loading position, at least one of the carrying assemblies is located at the unloading position, and at least one of the carrying assemblies is located at the pressing position, the loading position is located on a side of the pressing position facing away from a rotation direction of the rotary table, and the unloading position is located on a side of the pressing position facing toward the rotation direction of the rotary table; and
a pressing assembly, disposed on the frame, where the pressing assembly is configured to press battery cells carried by the carrying assembly located at the pressing position so as to group a plurality of corresponding battery cells.