US 12,472,639 B2
Battery gap filler applicator and application method
Jongmin Park, Ulsan (KR); Dong Ho Kwak, Ulsan (KR); SaHwan Kim, Ulsan (KR); and Wonwoo Shin, Gyeongsangbuk-do (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jan. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/095,335.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0083726 (KR), filed on Jul. 7, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0009854 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/10 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 11/005 (2013.01) [B25J 9/0093 (2013.01); B25J 9/1035 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery gap filler applicator applying a gap filler to a lower case of an electric vehicle battery system assembly (BSA), comprising:
a plurality of orthogonal robots disposed at an upper portion of a conveyor device on which a lower case is seated, the plurality of orthogonal robots being spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance, the plurality of orthogonal robots configured to move at the upper portion of the conveyor device, and the plurality of orthogonal robots configured to apply a resin and a hardener onto the lower case,
wherein the plurality of orthogonal robots includes:
a gap filler application unit injecting and supplying the resin and the hardener onto the lower case,
a Z-axis robot moving the gap filler application unit in a direction vertical to a surface of the lower case,
a rotary actuator pivoting the gap filler application unit to form an angle in a progress direction of the conveyor device, and
a rotary regulator tilting the gap filler application unit to form the angle with respect to the surface of the lower case,
wherein the rotary actuator pivots the gap filler application unit within an angle range of about 90 in the progress direction of the conveyor device, and
wherein the rotary regulator tilts the gap filler application unit within an angle range of about −3 to about +3.