# US 12,224,391 B2 · Vacuum carrier

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- Number: US 12,224,391 B2
- Document ID: US12224391B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/773,454
- Filed: 2020-06-10
- Published: 2023-11-09
- Granted: 2025-02-11
- Earliest claimed: 2019-10-02
- Assignees: Mplus Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Mplus Corp
- Inventors: Jong Sung Kim; Kang Ho Ko; Sung Moon Kim
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12224391B2

## CPC

- H01M 10/0404: {Machines for assembling batteries}
- B25B 11/005: {Vacuum work holders}
- H01M 10/04: Construction or manufacture in general (H01M10/058, H01M10/12, H01M10/28, H01M10/38 take precedence)
- H01M 50/10: Primary casings; Jackets or wrappings
- Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries
- Y02P 70/50: Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product
- H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
- B25B: TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING, OR HOLDING
- Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- Y02P: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS

## Abstract

Proposed is a vacuum carrier. The vacuum carrier includes a vacuum base having vacuum passages (20VP and 30VP) formed therein, the vacuum passages (20VP and 30VP) being connected to vacuum suction holes (24 and 34), and includes a vacuum unit configured to form a vacuum by suctioning air from the vacuum passages (20VP and 30VP) inside the vacuum base. Further, the vacuum unit includes a vacuum filling block (51) having suction ports connected to a vacuum apparatus, and includes a movement driving apparatus configured to move the vacuum filling block (51) such that the suction ports of the vacuum filling block (51) are connected to the vacuum passages (20VP and 30VP) inside the vacuum base.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A vacuum carrier comprising:
a vacuum base having vacuum passages formed therein, the vacuum passages being connected to a plurality of vacuum suction holes; and
a vacuum unit configured to form a vacuum by suctioning air from the vacuum passages inside the vacuum base,
wherein
the vacuum unit comprises:
a vacuum filling block having a plurality of suction ports; and
a movement driving apparatus configured to move the vacuum filling block such that the plurality of suction ports of the vacuum filling block are connected to the vacuum passages inside the vacuum base,
the vacuum base comprises:
a vacuum base plate mounted at a support frame; and
a vacuum folding plate configured to be folded into an inner surface of the vacuum base plate,
the plurality of vacuum suction holes are provided in the inner surface of the vacuum base plate and an inner surface of the vacuum folding plate, and
a plurality of vacuum lines are connected to the vacuum passages inside the vacuum base plate and the vacuum folding plate is supported on a vacuum connection block, and the plurality of suction ports of the vacuum filling block are connected to the plurality of vacuum lines supported on the vacuum connection block by the movement driving apparatus.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The vacuum carrier of claim 1, wherein, in a state in which the vacuum filling block is moved forward to the vacuum connection block and is connected to the plurality of vacuum lines, the vacuum is formed by suctioning air from the vacuum passages inside the vacuum base plate and the vacuum folding plate.