Baking apparatus for secondary battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10944097-B2
Application number	US-201916265384-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 1, 2019
Priority date	Sep 30, 2018
Publication date	Mar 9, 2021
Grant date	Mar 9, 2021

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a baking apparatus for secondary battery. The baking apparatus for secondary battery comprises: a feeding device, a discharging device spaced from the feeding device in a horizontal direction, a baking device disposed between the feeding device and the discharging device, and a transferring device. The baking device comprises a baking oven including a housing and a cover for connecting hermetically with the housing. The transferring device is configured to put a secondary battery to be baked, which is conveyed by the feeding device, into the baking oven, and take the baked secondary battery out of the baking oven and convey it to the discharging device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus for baking a secondary battery, comprising:
a feeding device, a discharging device spaced from the feeding device in a horizontal direction, a baking device disposed between the feeding device and the discharging device, and a transferring device,
wherein the baking device comprises two or more baking ovens fixedly arranged in a column in a direction from the feeding device to the discharging device, each baking oven comprising a housing and a cover for connecting hermetically with the housing, and wherein the transferring device is configured to put a secondary battery to be baked, which is conveyed by the feeding device, into each baking oven, and take the baked secondary battery out of each baking oven and convey it to the discharging device,
wherein the baking apparatus further comprises a raising device for moving each cover to close each housing with each cover or move each cover away from each housing,
said raising device is configured to reciprocally move in the direction from the feeding device to the discharging device,
wherein the feeding device comprises a first conveying unit, a second conveying unit disposed in intersection with the first conveying unit, a first turning unit, a first stacking unit and a first battery tray, wherein the first stacking unit is configured to transfer the secondary battery to be baked from the second conveying unit to the first battery tray, and the first battery tray is configured to horizontally move close to or away from the baking device.

2. The baking apparatus for secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein there are two or more baking devices arranged in a direction that intersects with a direction from the feeding device to the discharging device.

3. The baking apparatus for secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the baking oven further comprises a vacuumizing unit and a venting unit which are connected to the housing.

4. The baking apparatus for secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein there are two or more baking devices successively arranged at intervals in a vertical direction.

5. The baking apparatus for secondary battery of claim 4 , wherein the baking apparatus further comprises a transferring and lifting device for transferring the secondary battery to be baked, which is conveyed by the feeding device, to a preset position in the vertical direction, or transferring the baked secondary battery in an upper baking device to the discharging device.

6. The baking apparatus for secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the transferring device comprises a bracket, a beam horizontally movably connected to the bracket and a clamp component vertically movably connected to the beam.

7. The baking apparatus for secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein there are two or more raising devices, a raising device being provided at each of two opposing sides of the baking device.

8. The baking apparatus for secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the raising device comprises a guide post, a support platform vertically movably connected to the guide post, a drive unit for driving the support platform, and a bearing component disposed on the support platform, wherein the bearing component is configured to bear the cover.

9. The baking apparatus for secondary battery of claim 8 , wherein the bearing component comprises a support block connected to the support platform and a locating pin disposed on the support block, and the cover comprises a locating hole for cooperating with the locating pin.

10. The baking apparatus for secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the heating unit comprises a heating element disposed in the housing of the baking oven and an electric control element connected to the heating element.

11. The baking apparatus for secondary battery of claim 6 , wherein a horizontal guide rail is provided at the top of the bracket, and the beam is slidably connected to the horizontal guide rail; and wherein the beam is provided with a vertical guide rail, and the clamp component is slidably connected to the vertical guide rail.

12. The baking apparatus for secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein there are three or more baking devices, which are arranged at intervals in both the horizontal direction and a vertical direction.

13. The baking apparatus for secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the feeding device comprises a third conveying unit, a fourth conveying unit disposed in intersection with the third conveying unit, a second turning unit, a second stacking unit and a second battery tray, wherein the second battery tray is configured to horizontally move close to or away from the baking device, the transferring device is configured to put the baked secondary battery into the second battery tray, and the second stacking unit is configured to transfer the baked secondary battery from the second battery tray to the third conveying unit.

14. The baking apparatus for secondary battery of claim 13 , the transferring device comprises a bracket, a beam horizontally movably connected to the bracket and a clamp component vertically movably connected to the beam.

15. An apparatus for baking a secondary battery, comprising:
a feeding device, a discharging device spaced from the feeding device in a horizontal direction, a baking device disposed between the feeding device and the discharging device, and a transferring device,
wherein the baking device comprises two or more baking ovens fixedly arranged in a column in a direction from the feeding device to the discharging device, each baking oven comprising a housing and a cover for connecting hermetically with the housing, and wherein the transferring device is configured to put a secondary battery to be baked, which is conveyed by the feeding device, into each baking oven, and take the baked secondary battery out of each baking oven and convey it to the discharging device,
wherein the baking apparatus further comprises a raising device for moving each cover to close each housing with each cover or move each cover away from each housing,
said raising device is configured to reciprocally move in the direction from the feeding device to the discharging device,
wherein the feeding device comprises a third conveying unit, a fourth conveying unit disposed in intersection with the third conveying unit, a second turning unit, a second stacking unit and a second battery tray, wherein the second battery tray is configured to horizontally move close to or away from the baking device, the transferring device is configured to put the baked secondary battery into the second battery tray, and the second stacking unit is configured to transfer the baked secondary battery from the second battery tray to the third conveying unit.

16. A method for baking a secondary battery by using the baking apparatus for secondary battery which comprises:
a feeding device, a discharging device spaced from the feeding device in a horizontal direction, a baking device disposed between the feeding device and the discharging device, and a transferring device,
wherein the baking device comprises two or more baking ovens fixedly arranged in a column in a direction from the feeding device to the discharging device, each baking oven comprising a housing and a cover for connecting hermetically with the housing, and wherein the transferring device is configured to put a secondary battery to be baked, which is conveyed by the feeding device, into each baking oven, and take the baked secondary battery out of each baking oven and convey it to the discharging device,
wherein the baking apparatus further comprises a raising device for moving

Assignees

• Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ye Zhen
• Li Guodong
• Chang Hongwen
• Zhang Wancai
• Huang Wenqian
• Wu Cunquan

Classifications

• Y02P70/50

  Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product · CPC title

• H01M4/0471 Primary

  involving thermal treatment, e.g. firing, sintering, backing particulate active material, thermal decomposition, pyrolysis · CPC title

• F26B25/16

  mainly closed, e.g. drum · CPC title

• F26B25/003

  for articles · CPC title

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title