Pressure jig apparatus for bringing electrode lead into close contact with bus bar and battery module manufacturing system including same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12555873-B2
Application number	US-202418773335-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 15, 2024
Priority date	Dec 21, 2018
Publication date	Feb 17, 2026
Grant date	Feb 17, 2026

Abstract

Discussed is a battery module manufacturing system including a battery module having a cell stack formed by stacking a plurality of battery cells, a module case configured to accommodate the cell stack and a bus bar frame configured to cover an opening at one side of the module case, a fixing frame coupled to one side of the battery module so that the bus bar frame is exposed to the outside, and at least one pressing jig apparatus coupled onto the fixing frame and configured to press electrode leads of the plurality of battery cells so that the electrode leads are welded in close contact with both sides of a bus bar provided to the bus bar frame.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A battery module manufacturing system, comprising:
a battery module having a cell stack formed by stacking a plurality of battery cells, a module case configured to accommodate the cell stack and a bus bar frame configured to cover an opening at one side of the module case; a fixing frame coupled to one side of the battery module so that the bus bar frame is exposed to the outside; and at least one pressing jig apparatus coupled onto the fixing frame and configured to press electrode leads of the plurality of battery cells so that the electrode leads are welded in close contact with both sides of a bus bar provided to the bus bar frame, wherein the pressing jig apparatus includes a first frame and a second frame, and wherein the first frame and the second frame are coupled to be rotatable relative to each other based on a rotary shaft fastened to one longitudinal end thereof.

2 . The battery module manufacturing system according to claim 1 , wherein the first frame includes a first pressing tip provided at the other longitudinal end thereof and configured to press a first lead group of a first unit cell stack provided in the cell stack so that the first lead group comes into close contact with one side of the bus bar, and
wherein the second frame includes a second pressing tip provided at the other longitudinal end thereof to face the first pressing tip and configured to press a second lead group of a second unit cell stack provided in the cell stack so that the second lead group comes into close contact with the other side of the bus bar.

3 . The battery module manufacturing system according to claim 2 , wherein the first pressing tip and the second pressing tip respectively press the first lead group and the second lead group at positions corresponding to a region below vertical centers of one side surface and the other side surface of the bus bar.

4 . The battery module manufacturing system according to claim 3 , wherein the first pressing tip and the second pressing tip are shaped such that surfaces thereof facing the first lead group and the second lead group have chamfered upper portions.

5 . The battery module manufacturing system according to claim 1 , wherein the pressing jig apparatus includes an elastic member connected between the first frame and the second frame to apply a force thereof so that the first frame and the second frame move closer to each other.

6 . The battery module manufacturing system according to claim 1 , wherein the pressing jig apparatus includes a lead protrusion-preventing unit fixed between the first frame and the second frame to press the electrode leads downward so that the electrode leads do not protrude upward further to an upper surface of the bus bar.

7 . The battery module manufacturing system according to claim 6 , wherein the lead protrusion-preventing unit includes:
a pair of horizontal bars spaced apart from each other and configured to extend side by side; and a barrier configured to connect centers of the pair of horizontal bars, wherein the pair of horizontal bars press the electrode lead downward.

8 . The battery module manufacturing system according to claim 2 , wherein each of the first lead group and the second lead group includes at least two electrode leads that are welded together.

9 . The battery module manufacturing system according to claim 2 , wherein the first frame further includes a first sub frame and the second frame further includes a second sub frame,
wherein first sub frame is provided between the one longitudinal end and the other longitudinal end of the first frame and extends in a direction substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the first frame, and wherein the second sub frame is provided between the one longitudinal end and the other longitudinal end of the second frame and extends in a direction substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the second frame.

10 . The battery module manufacturing system according to claim 9 , wherein the first sub frame is shaped such that an end of the first sub frame is bent upwardly or downwardly, and
wherein the second sub frame is shaped such that an end of the second sub frame is bent downward or upward in a direction opposite to the end of the first sub frame.

Assignees

• Lg Energy Solution Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Kyung-Mo
• Park Jin-Yong
• Chi Ho-June
• Kim Seung-Joon
• Mun Jeong-O
• Jin Hee-Jun

Classifications

• H01M10/0404 Primary

  Machines for assembling batteries · CPC title

• H01M50/553

  Terminals adapted for prismatic, pouch or rectangular cells · CPC title

• H01M50/55

  on the same side of the cell · CPC title

• H01M50/178

  for pouch or flexible bag cells · CPC title

• H01M50/50

  Current conducting connections for cells or batteries · CPC title