JP6056663B2 - Battery assembly device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a battery assembling apparatus that automatically and continuously assembles a battery and a frame that houses the battery.

  Batteries are used in various fields as power sources for electronic devices such as mobile phones and laptop computers, or as power sources for vehicles such as hybrid cars and electric cars. Nickel / cadmium batteries, nickel / hydrogen batteries, and There are lithium ion secondary batteries. Such a battery is used as an assembled battery (module) in which a plurality of batteries (cells) are electrically connected in order to obtain an output according to the application.

Some assembled batteries used as a power source for vehicles have a plurality of batteries connected in series in order to obtain a required output voltage (Patent Document 1). In this assembled battery, a spacer is sandwiched between adjacent batteries, and a plurality of rectangular batteries are stacked, and the spacer contains an insulating material containing a foaming agent that thermally decomposes in response to a certain amount of heat. Resin is used. Thereby, even if any battery abnormally generates heat while insulating the batteries, heat transfer can be suppressed.

JP 2010-165597 A

In the assembled battery described in Patent Document 1, a configuration is adopted in which a spacer is sandwiched between the arranged batteries. However, in an assembled battery mounted on a vehicle, there is a possibility that deviation or backlash occurs between the spacer and the single battery due to vibration or impact. In view of this, a battery with a frame that is assembled so as to cover the battery with a frame that performs functions such as insulation and heat insulation between the batteries is conceivable. Since the number of batteries required for one vehicle is as large as several hundred, high productivity and high assembling accuracy are required for the production of batteries with a frame.

Here, as a battery assembling apparatus that exhibits high productivity, a first gripping part that rotates around a first rotation axis and a second gripping part that rotates around a second rotation axis are provided. The first gripping part grips the battery without the frame, the second gripping part grips the frame, and the first gripping part and the second gripping part rotate in synchronization with each other in opposite directions. By doing so, a battery assembling apparatus for assembling the frame to a battery that does not have a continuous frame can be considered.

However, in such a battery assembling apparatus, a battery without a frame cannot be pushed against the first grip when supplying a battery without a frame to the first grip. For this reason, there are cases where the first gripper cannot grip a battery without a frame. Further, in order to securely grip the battery without the supplied frame, a method of driving the first gripping part using a power source such as a motor is conceivable. If it arrange | positions, a battery assembly apparatus will enlarge.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a small battery assembling apparatus that can assemble a battery and a frame body that accommodates the battery with high accuracy, and has high productivity.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the battery assembling apparatus includes a first rotation mechanism, a second rotation mechanism, a first rotation mechanism, and a drive mechanism that rotates the second rotation mechanism, A battery with a frame is assembled by assembling a battery supplied from outside and the frame. The first rotating mechanism includes a first rotating arm having one end attached to the first rotating shaft, a battery gripping part that is pivotally coupled to the other end of the first rotating arm, and a first rotating mechanism. And an elastic member that applies a force inclined at a predetermined angle to the battery grip portion in the direction of rotation of the rotating arm. The second rotating mechanism includes a second rotating arm having one end attached to the second rotating shaft, a frame gripping part that is pivotally connected to the other end of the second rotating arm, And an elastic member that applies a force that tilts the frame body gripping portion by a predetermined angle toward the rotation direction of the two rotating arms. The drive mechanism synchronizes the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft in opposite directions so that the battery gripping portion and the frame gripping portion are in contact with the first rotating arm and the second rotating arm. Further, the battery assembling apparatus pushes the battery toward the battery gripping portion between the position where the battery is supplied and the position where the battery is assembled to the frame body. A pushing mechanism for gripping the battery gripping portion is provided. The push mechanism includes a push arm and a push portion that pushes the battery when the battery is pushed, and the push portion is pivotally coupled to one end of the push arm so as to swing. .

  The push mechanism may rotate in synchronization with the first rotating arm and the second rotating arm.

The battery includes a support member on which the battery main body is placed, and the first rotation mechanism and the second rotation mechanism may rotate about a rotation axis protruding vertically upward from the table. good. In this case, the table is provided with a support member recovery hole between the push mechanism and the position where the battery is assembled to the frame, and the push mechanism pushes the battery in contact with the support member. are formed in the support member, when the first rotation mechanism holding the battery passes through the supporting member recovery above hole, the support member by utilizing the fact that free fall into the interior of the support member recovery holes The support member may be removed from the battery body and collected .

  According to the present invention, a battery and a frame body that accommodates the battery can be assembled with high accuracy, and a battery assembling apparatus with high productivity can be provided.

It is the perspective view which showed an example of the assembled battery. It is the perspective view which showed the battery with a frame which comprises the assembled battery shown in FIG. It is the perspective view which showed the state before the battery which comprises the battery with a frame shown in FIG. 2, and a frame. It is the figure which showed notionally the 1st rotation mechanism and the 2nd rotation mechanism about embodiment of a battery assembly apparatus. It is the figure which showed notionally the state by which the 1st rotation mechanism and the 2nd rotation mechanism were attached to the drive mechanism. It is the figure which showed notionally the state which has pushed the battery supplied from the battery supply magazine about embodiment of the battery assembly apparatus to the 1st rotation mechanism by the pushing mechanism. It is the figure which showed notionally the state before a pushing mechanism pushes to a battery holding part. It is the figure which showed notionally the state at the time of a pushing mechanism being pushed to a battery holding part. It is the figure which showed notionally the state from which a battery assembly | attachment arm rotates and the battery holding part and a pushing mechanism leave | separate each other, after a pushing mechanism pushes to a battery holding part. It is the figure which showed notionally that the battery assembly apparatus is rotating in the state which hold | gripped the battery and the frame. It is the figure which showed notionally the state which the battery assembly apparatus is going to assemble | attach a battery to a frame. It is the figure which showed notionally the state which the battery assembly | attachment apparatus discharge | released the battery with a frame, after a battery assembly | attachment apparatus assembled | attached the battery to the frame. It is a figure which shows notionally the state by which the supporting member was attached to the battery. A state in which the first rotating mechanism and the second rotating mechanism are rotating around the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft protruding vertically upward from the table having the support member collecting hole. It is the figure shown conceptually. It is the figure which showed notionally the state before the pushing mechanism which has a contact part pushes the battery provided with a supporting member to a battery holding part. It is the figure which showed notionally the state at the time of the pushing mechanism which has a contact part pushing the battery provided with a supporting member to the battery holding part. Conceptually a state where a battery having a support member is pushed by a battery gripping part by a pushing mechanism having a contact part, and then the battery mounting arm is rotated and the battery gripping part and the pushing mechanism are separated from each other. FIG. It is the figure which showed notionally the state which a pushing mechanism rotates in synchronization with the 1st rotation mechanism and the 2nd rotation mechanism. It is the figure which showed the modification of the pushing mechanism.

  Hereinafter, specific embodiments to which the present invention is applied will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In each drawing, the same or corresponding elements are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted as necessary for clarification of the description.

<Embodiment 1 of the Invention>
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of an assembled battery 3, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a battery 2 with a frame constituting the assembled battery 3. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state before the battery 3 and the frame 4 constituting the battery 2 with the frame are assembled.

As shown in FIG. 1, the assembled battery 3 is a battery group in which a plurality of batteries 2 with a frame shown in FIG. 2 are stacked, and the battery 2 with a frame 2 has the battery 3 as a frame 4 as shown in FIG. 3. It is assembled and formed. The plurality of stacked frame-equipped batteries 2 have end plates 5 stacked on both ends thereof, and are bound by metal bands 6 fixed to the end plates 5 and spanned in the stacking direction. The batteries 3 integrated in this way are electrically connected to each other by the bus bar 7 to create the assembled battery 1.

In the battery 3, a power generation element wound with a separator sandwiched between a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate is accommodated in a flat shape in a flat shape, and an electrolyte made of an organic solvent in which a lithium salt is dissolved is injected. This is an ion secondary battery 3. On the other hand, the frame 4 is formed of an insulating resin and has a heat insulating function. The frame body 4 has a shape in which one side surface is largely opened so that the battery 3 can be easily assembled, and after the battery 3 is assembled, the two are not easily detached by hooking of claws or the like. .

In the present embodiment, a battery assembling apparatus 200 for automatically and continuously assembling such a frame-equipped battery 2 is provided. Below, the structure of the battery assembling apparatus 200 of this embodiment is demonstrated using figures. As shown in FIG. 4, the battery assembling apparatus 200 is similar to the battery assembling apparatus 100 described above via a battery supply magazine 201 and a frame supply magazine 202 in which the batteries 3 and the frame 4 are separately arranged on the left and right. Sent in. The battery assembling apparatus 200 includes a first rotating mechanism 203 and a second rotating mechanism 204 that hold the battery 3 and the frame 4 and assemble the battery 3 and the frame 4, and a first rotating mechanism. A pushing mechanism 270 that pushes the battery 3 to cause the battery 3 to grip the battery 203 is provided. In the present embodiment, the frame body 4 is arranged so that the frame body 4 is not inadvertently detached from the second rotation mechanism 204 when the frame body 4 is gripped by the second rotation mechanism 204. An auxiliary pin (not shown) for assisting the gripping of the frame body 4 by the rotation mechanism 2 is provided.

  The first rotating mechanism 203 includes a first rotating arm 210 having one end attached to the first rotating shaft X1, and a battery grip pin-coupled to the other end of the first rotating arm 210 via the shaft portion X3. And a spring 230 having both ends connected to the first rotating arm 210 and the battery gripping part 220. Here, the spring 230 faces the rotation direction of the first rotation arm 210 around the shaft portion X3 with respect to the first rotation arm 210 on the rotation direction side of the first rotation arm 210 and the battery gripping portion 220. Are inclined at a predetermined angle.

Similarly to the first rotating mechanism 203, the second rotating mechanism 204 has a second rotating arm 240 having one end attached to the second rotating shaft X2, and a shaft portion X4 on the other end of the second rotating arm 240. And a spring 260 having both ends connected to the second rotating arm 240 and the frame gripping part 250. Here, similarly to the spring 230, the spring 260 performs the second rotation around the shaft portion X <b> 4 with respect to the second rotation arm 240 on the rotation direction side of the second rotation arm 240 and the frame gripping portion 250. The arm 240 is configured to incline at a predetermined angle toward the rotation direction.

The first rotation mechanism and the second rotation mechanism are the battery 3 and the frame 4 at the assembly position Y that is linearly connected to the first rotation axis X1 and the second rotation axis X2. It is configured to be assembled with.

  The battery gripping part 220 has a claw part 222 that sandwiches the battery 3, and the frame gripping part 250 has a protruding part 252 on which the frame body 4 is scooped up, and the first rotary arm 210 or the second rotation Connection portions 221 and 251 connected to the arm 240 are provided. The connecting portions 221 and 251 are substantially orthogonal to the battery 3 or the frame 4 where the center line is gripped. The shape of the frame 4 shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 is shown for convenience. As described later, the battery 3 and the frame 4 held by the battery gripping portion 220 and the frame gripping portion 250 are used. The claw portion 222 and the protruding portion 252 are formed so as not to interfere with each other so that they can be assembled. Note that the frame body gripping portion 250 includes an auxiliary groove (not shown) in which an auxiliary pin of the frame body 4 enters a surface that contacts the frame body 4.

  The pushing mechanism 270 is attached to a cylinder (illustrated) that exerts a force moving toward the first rotating mechanism, a pushing arm 272 having one end attached to the cylinder, and the other end of the pushing arm 272. And a T-shaped pushing member 271. The push member 271 is attached to the push arm 272 by pin coupling via the shaft portion X5, and the push member 271 is swingable with respect to the push arm 272 around the shaft portion X5. Has been.

  A drive mechanism 280 shown in FIG. 5 is attached to the lower side of the first rotation mechanism 203 and the second rotation mechanism 204. The driving mechanism 280 includes a driving motor 281 that transmits a driving force to the first rotating shaft X1, a first gear 282, a second gear 283, and a second gear that transmit the driving force generated by the driving motor 281 to the second rotating shaft X2. A third gear 284, a fourth gear 285, and a toothed belt 286. A first gear 282 is integrally provided on the first rotation shaft X1, and a second gear 283 is engaged with the first gear 282. The second gear 283 is provided with a third gear 284 coaxially, and a fourth gear 285 fixed to the second rotating shaft X2 is connected to the third gear 284 via a toothed belt 286. The first to fourth gears 282 to 285 are all gears of the same size so that the first gear 282 and the fourth gear 285 rotate in the reverse direction at the same rotational speed.

  Next, the operation of assembling the battery 3 to the frame 4 by the battery assembling apparatus 200 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the battery 3 is supplied from the battery supply magazine 201 to the battery gripping portion 220 and the frame body 4 is supplied from the frame body supply magazine 202 to the frame gripping portion 250. As shown in FIG. 6, after the battery 3 is released from the battery supply magazine 201, the battery 3 is in a state where it cannot fully fit between the two claw portions 222 of the battery gripping portion 220. Further, the frame body 4 is gripped by the frame body gripping portion 250 when it rides on the protruding portion 252 and the auxiliary pin of the frame body 4 enters the auxiliary groove of the frame body gripping portion 250.

FIG. 7 is a view showing a state in which the pushing mechanism is moving toward the battery gripping portion 220 in a state where the battery 3 is not fully inserted between the claw portions 222, and the first rotating arm 210 is shown in FIG. The state further rotated from this state is shown.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a state in which the pushing mechanism 270 has pushed the battery 3 between the claws 222. The first rotating arm 210 is further rotated from the state shown in FIG. Is moved toward the battery gripping portion 220. At this time, since the connecting portion 221 of the battery gripping portion 220 is rotatably pin-coupled to the first rotating arm, the connecting portion 221 rotates around the shaft portion X3 of the connecting portion 221. Since the pushing member 271 is also pin-coupled to the tip of the pushing arm 272, when the pushing member 271 comes into contact with the battery 3, it rotates around the shaft portion X <b> 5 of the pushing member 271. Therefore, when the pushing mechanism 270 pushes the battery 3 and pushes the battery 3 into the battery gripping part 220, the battery gripping part 220 and the pushing member 271 face each other.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a state in which the battery 3 is held by the battery gripping part 220 by pushing the battery 3 between the claws 222, and the first rotating arm 210 further rotates from the state shown in FIG. In addition, the pushing mechanism 270 is moving in a direction away from the battery gripping portion 220. At this time, the battery gripping portion 220 and the pushing member 271 move away from each other while rotating around the respective shaft portions X3 and X5 following the movements of each other.

After the battery gripping part 220 is gripped by the battery gripping part 220, as shown in FIG. 10, the first rotating mechanism 203 assembles the battery 3 gripped while the battery gripping part 220 is returned to the base position by the spring 230. Send to position Y. In the second rotation mechanism 204, the frame body 4 is supplied from the frame body supply magazine 202 to the frame body gripping portion 34, and the frame body 4 is moved to the assembly position by rotation synchronized with the rotation of the first rotation mechanism 203. send. Thereby, the battery 3 and the frame 4 are sent to the assembly position Y at the same timing, and the battery 3 and the frame 4 are pressed against each other by being sandwiched by the first rotating mechanism 203 and the second rotating mechanism 204, Assembly is performed.

  At this time, the battery 3 and the frame body 4 are assembled to each other according to the angle of the battery gripping portion 220 with respect to the first rotating arm 210 and the angle of the frame gripping portion 250 with respect to the second rotating arm 240 as shown in FIG. In front of Y, it is in an assembly posture facing directly in front. At this time, even if the battery 3 and the frame body 4 are slightly misaligned, they face each other according to the shape of each other depending on the degree of freedom of the swingable battery gripping portion 220 and the frame gripping portion 250. Assembling posture. Then, the first rotating arm 210 and the second rotating arm 240 further rotate, and the battery 3 is pushed into the frame body 4 to complete the assembly.

  After the frame-equipped battery 2 is assembled, the first rotary arm 210 and the second rotary arm 240 rotate around the first rotary axis X1 and the second rotary axis X2. At that time, since the battery gripping part 220 and the frame body gripping part 250 grip the battery 2 with the frame body, they become resistance and swing in the direction opposite to the direction in which the springs 230 and 260 are urged. . And if the 1st rotation arm 210 and the 2nd rotation arm 240 rotate further, the distance of the battery holding part 220 and the frame body holding part 34 will leave | separate, and the battery 2 with a frame will remove | deviate. The battery gripping part 220 and the frame gripping part 250 that have lost their resistance return to the inclination of the angle by the urging force of the springs 230 and 260, and the battery 2 with a frame is next passed through the conveyor 205 as shown in FIG. It is sent to the process.

  According to the battery assembling apparatus 200 of the present embodiment, the battery 3 is supplied from the battery supply magazine 201 to the first rotating mechanism 203 and then pushed by the pushing mechanism 270, whereby the battery gripping part 220. Is securely gripped. Therefore, the battery 3 can be gripped by the battery gripping part 220 without using an actuator or the like, and a continuous automatic assembly of the battery 3 and the frame 4 is performed according to the rotation of the first rotating mechanism 203 and the second rotating mechanism 204. It is possible to provide a small battery 3 assembly device that can be attached.

<Embodiment 2>
In the first embodiment of the invention, the example in which the battery main body 3 is supplied from the battery supply magazine 201 has been shown. However, in the second embodiment of the invention, the battery main body 3 is attached to the battery main body 3 in order to further improve the quality of the product. An example will be described in which the battery 2 with a frame is manufactured by supplying a battery in a state in which a support member is provided so as to be able to stand on its own from the battery supply magazine 201.

Hereinafter, Embodiment 2 of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 13, the battery supply magazine 201 supplies the battery 3 </ b> A with the battery body 3 placed on the support member 60, and the first rotation mechanism 203 and the second rotation mechanism 203. The rotation mechanism 204 rotates around the first rotation axis X1 and the second rotation axis X2 protruding vertically upward from the table 290. The push mechanism 270 includes a contact portion 253 that contacts the support member 60 of the battery 3 at the tip of the push member 271. Other structures are the same as those of the first embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 13, the support member 60 provided in the battery 3 </ b> A includes a first support portion 61 and a second support portion 62 that support both ends of the battery body 3, and the first support portion and the first support portion The battery 3 is sandwiched between the two support portions.

As shown in FIG. 14, the table 290 is provided between a position where the battery 3 is pushed by the battery gripping portion 220 by the pushing mechanism 270 and an assembly position Y where the battery 3 is assembled with the frame body 4. A support member recovery hole 211 attached to the battery 3 is provided.

As shown in FIGS. 15 to 18, the abutting portion 253 provided in the pushing mechanism 270 has a U shape, and when the battery 3 is pushed, It is comprised so that it may contact | abut 3 support parts.

Next, the operation of the second embodiment of the invention will be described. First, the first rotation mechanism 203 grips the side surface of the battery 3A to which the support member supplied from the battery supply magazine 201 is attached from the third support portion side of the support member and rotates it. When the first rotating mechanism 203 that has gripped the battery 3A passes the position where the battery 3A is pushed, the pushing mechanism 270 moves the pushing member 271 toward the battery gripping portion 220 as shown in FIG. Then, as shown in FIG. 16, the battery 3 </ b> A is pushed toward the battery gripping portion 220. At this time, since the battery 3A has the first support portion 61 and the second support portion 62 at both ends of the surface facing the push member 271, the contact portion 253 of the push member 271 is the first support portion 251. Only the support part 61 and the second support part 62 come into contact with each other. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 17, the pushing mechanism 270 moves away from the battery gripping part 220 while the pushing member 271 rotates following the rotation of the first rotating mechanism 203.

Next, the first rotation mechanism 203 sends the battery 3A to the assembly position Y. At this time, a support member recovery hole 211 is provided between the position where the battery 3 is pushed by the first rotation mechanism 203 and the assembly position Y. The battery gripping part 220 grips the side surface of the battery 3A and does not grip the support member 60. Therefore, when the first rotation mechanism 203 that holds the battery 3 to which the support member 60 is attached passes over the support member recovery hole 211, the support member 60 falls off the battery 3 and enters the support member recovery hole 211. Go. Thereafter, the first rotating mechanism 203 sends the battery body 3 with the support member 60 removed to the assembly position Y, and assembles the battery body 3 and the frame body 4.

As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, when the battery 3 </ b> A is pushed by the first rotation mechanism 203, the contact portion 253 of the pushing member 271 is the first support of the support member 60. The first and second support portions are brought into contact with each other and pushed, and are moved away from the battery 3 while being rotated in accordance with the rotation of the first rotation mechanism 203. Therefore, the battery 3 </ b> A can be gripped by the first rotation mechanism 203 without the pressing member 271 contacting the battery body 3. Therefore, even if the battery 3 includes the support member 60 capable of confirming a product defect of the battery main body 3, a small battery assembling apparatus that can reliably hold the battery main body 3 without causing a product defect. 200 can be provided.

<Embodiment 3>
In the first and second embodiments, the example in which the pushing mechanism 270 is moved by the cylinder has been described. In the third embodiment of the invention, an example in which the pushing mechanism 270 is attached to the drive mechanism 280 will be described.

In the third embodiment of the invention, as shown in FIG. 18, the pushing mechanism 270 has one end of the pushing arm 272 attached to the shaft portion X5, and the pushing arm 272 is formed to be rotatable around the shaft portion X5. ing. The shaft X5 is integrally provided with a fifth gear (not shown) having the same size as the first gear to the fourth gear 282 to 285, and the fifth gear includes the third gear 284 and the fourth gear. The gear 285 and the toothed belt 286 are connected.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described. In the battery assembling apparatus 200 configured as in the present embodiment, the rotation of the first rotating mechanism 203 is transmitted to the fifth gear by the toothed bell. The fifth gear transmits the rotation given by the toothed belt 286 to the pushing mechanism 270 attached to the shaft portion X5, and rotates the pushing mechanism 270 at the same angular velocity as the first rotating arm 210. Thereby, the pushing mechanism 270 rotates in synchronization with the rotation of the first rotating mechanism 203.

As described above, according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention, the pushing mechanism 270 can be rotated in synchronization with the rotation of the battery 3 assembling means. Therefore, the battery 3 can be reliably pushed to the battery 3 assembling means without requiring complicated control.

<Embodiment 4 of the Invention>
In the first to third embodiments of the invention, the configuration example of the battery assembly device 200 has been described. However, in the fourth embodiment of the present invention, the battery assembly device is based on the size of the battery 3 and the frame body 4. An example in which the size of each part 200 is a predetermined size will be described.

In the fourth embodiment of the present invention, an example in which the depth of the frame body 4 is 10 mm will be described regarding the relationship among the sizes of the battery 3, the frame body 4, the first rotation mechanism 203, and the second rotation mechanism 204. . When the depth of the frame 4 is 10 mm, the amount of pushing out the battery 3 by the first rotating mechanism 203 to the frame 4 and the amount of pushing out the frame 4 by the second rotating mechanism 204 to the battery 3 are each 5 mm. The distance from the first rotation axis X1 to the battery supply magazine 201 and the distance from the second rotation axis X2 to the frame body supply magazine 202 are 200 mm, the length of the first rotation arm 210, and the second The length of the rotary arm 31 is 140 mm, and the length of the battery gripping portion 220 and the length of the frame gripping portion 250 are preferably 68 mm. At this time, the angle of the battery gripping portion 220 with respect to the first rotation arm 210 is 15 from the portion where the battery gripping portion 220 is pin-coupled to the first rotation arm 210 toward the rotation direction of the battery assembly arm 21. And the angle of the frame gripping part 250 with respect to the second rotary arm 240 is preferably 15 ° from the portion coupled to the second rotary arm 240 in the direction of rotation of the second rotary arm 31. .

The above-mentioned size is an example, and the invention according to Embodiment 4 may be a relationship that maintains the ratio and angle of the above-mentioned size. As a result, even if the size of the battery assembly device 200, the size of the battery 3 and the frame 4 and the like change, the battery 3 and the frame 4 can be changed based on the size of the battery 3 and the frame 4. Can be assembled with high accuracy, and a battery 3 assembling apparatus with high productivity can be easily provided.

<Other embodiments>
In the first to fourth embodiments of the invention, an example in which one set of the combination of the first rotating arm 210 and the battery gripping portion 220 and the second rotating arm 240 and the frame gripping portion 250 is provided. Two sets or more may be used, and it becomes possible to further improve productivity.

  In Embodiments 1 to 4 of the present invention, the push mechanism 270 is described as an example of a T-shape. However, the battery is the first such as a taper shape that widens in the push direction of the push member 271 shown in FIG. Any configuration that can be pushed with respect to the rotation mechanism 203 is acceptable. However, in Embodiment 2 of the invention, it is necessary to have the shape described in FIGS. 14 to 18 that does not contact the battery but contacts the support member attached to the battery, or the shape shown in FIG.

  As mentioned above, although one Embodiment of the battery assembly | attachment apparatus which concerns on this invention was described, this invention is not limited to this, A various change is possible in the range which does not deviate from the meaning.

  Furthermore, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention described above.

2 ... Battery with frame 3 ... Battery 4 ... Frame body 200 ... Battery assembly device 203 ... First rotating mechanism 210 ... First rotating arm 220 ... Battery Grasping part 204 ... second rotating mechanism 230 ... second rotating arm 240 ... frame body gripping part 250 ... pushing mechanism 251 ... pushing member 252 ... pushing arm 253 ... Protrusion 60 ... Support member 61 ... First support part 62 ... Second support part

Claims (3)

A battery assembling apparatus for assembling a battery with a frame by assembling a battery and a frame supplied from the outside,
A first rotation mechanism; a second rotation mechanism; a first rotation mechanism; and a drive mechanism that rotates the second rotation mechanism.
The first rotating mechanism includes a first rotating arm having one end attached to the first rotating shaft, a battery gripping part that is swingably pin-coupled to the other end of the first rotating arm, An elastic member that applies a force that inclines to the battery gripping portion by a predetermined angle toward the rotation direction of the first rotation arm,
The second rotating mechanism includes a second rotating arm, one end of which is attached to a second rotating shaft, and a frame body gripping part that is pivotally coupled to the other end of the second rotating arm. An elastic member that applies a force that inclines the frame body gripping portion by a predetermined angle toward the rotation direction of the second rotary arm,
The drive mechanism includes the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft so that the battery gripping portion and the frame gripping portion are in contact with the first rotating arm and the second rotating arm. Are rotated synchronously in the reverse direction,
A pressing mechanism is provided between a position where the battery is supplied and a position where the battery is assembled to the frame,
The push mechanism is a mechanism that causes the battery gripping portion to grip the battery by pushing the battery toward the battery gripping portion, and includes a push arm and the battery when the battery is pushed. A battery assembly device , wherein the pusher portion is pivotally coupled to one end of the pusher arm so as to be swingable . The battery assembling apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the pushing mechanism rotates in synchronization with the first rotating arm and the second rotating arm. The battery includes a support member on which the battery body is placed,
The first rotation mechanism and the second rotation mechanism rotate around a rotation axis protruding vertically upward from the table,
The table includes a support member recovery hole between the push mechanism and a position where the battery is assembled to the frame.
The push mechanism pushes the battery in contact with the support member,
The support member, when the battery the grasped first rotation mechanism passes through the supporting member recovery above hole, by utilizing the fact that the support member is free fall into the interior of the support member recovery holes The battery assembly apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the battery is assembled by removing the support member from the battery body.