US 12,444,801 B2
Battery pack assembly system and battery pack assembly method using the same
Seok Won Jeung, Daejeon (KR); Geon Tae Park, Daejeon (KR); and Choon Kwon Kang, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/921,859
Filed by LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Aug. 30, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/011605
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 27, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/050645, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 10, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0113155 (KR), filed on Sep. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0170569 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. H01M 50/244 (2021.01); H01M 10/04 (2006.01); H01M 10/6551 (2014.01); H01M 50/213 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/244 (2021.01) [H01M 10/0404 (2013.01); H01M 10/6551 (2015.04); H01M 50/213 (2021.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery pack assembly system comprising:
a battery cell supplier configured to supply a plurality of battery cells in an aligned state;
a robot arm configured to move the plurality of battery cells;
a plasma treater configured to treat the plurality of battery cells with plasma; and
an assembler in which a battery pack case configured to receive the plurality of battery cells therein is disposed,
wherein the robot arm comprises a gripper configured to hold or release the plurality of battery cells,
wherein the gripper is configured to wrap about 50% of a side surface of each of the plurality of battery cells, and
wherein the gripper performs vacuum suctioning to hold each of the plurality of battery cells.