US 12,451,510 B2
Tray and method for using same, and battery production apparatus
Guojie Wei, Fujian (CN); Zhihui Wang, Fujian (CN); and Fangyu Huang, Fujian (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 Jul. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/218,586.
Application 18/218,586 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2022/136689, filed on Dec. 5, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0186563 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
Int. Cl. H01M 10/00 (2006.01); H01M 10/04 (2006.01); H01M 50/471 (2021.01); H01M 50/48 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 10/0481 (2013.01) [H01M 10/0404 (2013.01); H01M 50/471 (2021.01); H01M 50/48 (2021.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tray for carrying a battery cell, comprising:
a tray body including a bottom plate, side plates, and end plates; and
a plurality of pressing bodies arranged at intervals in a first direction, wherein the pressing bodies are arranged on the tray body, the battery cell is placed between two adjacent pressing bodies, and each of the pressing bodies is provided with a flexible pressing portion configured to be in contact with the battery cell so as to press the battery cell,
wherein each of the pressing bodies comprises at least one deformable bladder filled with a medium, which is liquid or solid at a normal temperature,
the bladder is internally provided with a bladder cavity capable of being filled with the medium, and the bladder is further provided with a bladder opening in communication with the bladder cavity,
the tray body avoids the bladder opening, and the bladder opening is higher than the tray body,
the bladder opening is formed in at least one end surface of the bladder facing one of the side plates, the side plates are distributed at opposite end surfaces of the bladder, and the bladder opening is higher than the one of the side plates facing the bladder opening, and
the bladder comprises a rigid frame and a flexible skin for covering a frame opening on at least one side of the frame, wherein the frame and the flexible skin form the bladder cavity in an enclosing manner, and the flexible skin is formed as the flexible pressing portion.