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US 2024/0194925 A1Published application
Battery assembly machine
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorHyun Jun Yoon
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Abstract
A battery assembly machine includes a gripper configured to be movable and to double grip a cell block in which a plurality of cells is stacked, and a pusher configured to provide pressing force for inserting the cell block gripped by the gripper into a case.
Claims20
A battery assembly machine comprising:
- a gripper configured to be movable and to grip a cell block at a plurality of points, wherein a plurality of cells is stacked on the cell block;
- and
- a pusher configured to provide a pressing force for inserting each of the plurality of cells into a case.
A method of assembling a battery, the method comprising:
- gripping a cell block by a first gripper and a second gripper of a battery assembly machine;
- transporting the cell block to a case;
- inserting the cell block into the case a first predetermined distance, and releasing a grip of the first gripper;
- after releasing the grip of the first gripper, inserting the cell block into the case by a second predetermined distance and releasing a grip of the second gripper;
- and
- providing pressing force to the cell block through a pusher of the battery assembly machine.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.