阅读说明：本技术 可调节式托盘及其模块化托盘组 (Adjustable tray and modular tray set thereof ) 是由 韩好 孙威 王泽宇 张婷婷 于 2020-11-20 设计创作，主要内容包括：本申请提供一种可调节式托盘以及包括所述可调节式托盘的模块化托盘组,所述可调节式托盘包括：托盘框,所述托盘框包括一个一面开口的半封闭腔体,所述托盘框的底面外部包括滑道；多块调整板,可拆卸的连接在所述托盘框上,所述多块调整板平行设置,将所述腔体分隔成多个子腔体,所述子腔体用于装载电芯。所述可调节式托盘通过滑轨的配合插接于模块框架上。通过多块调整板不同间距地插接于第二框板上,来调整电池放置区的宽度,从而使得可调节式托盘放置不同宽度的电芯,实现不同尺寸电芯的兼容,降低换型成本。将可调节式托盘从侧边滑入滑出插接于模块框架上,实现在充放电柜上进行组合和拆卸,提高化成设备的利用率。(The application provides an adjustable tray and include the modularization tray group of adjustable tray, adjustable tray includes: the tray frame comprises a semi-closed cavity with one open side, and the outer part of the bottom surface of the tray frame comprises a slide way; the tray comprises a tray frame, a plurality of sub-cavities and a plurality of detachable adjusting plates, wherein the tray frame is detachably connected to the tray frame, the sub-cavities are arranged in parallel, the cavity is divided into a plurality of sub-cavities, and the sub-cavities are used for loading electric cores. The adjustable tray is inserted in the module frame through the matching of the sliding rails. Insert in the second framed board through polylith adjusting plate with different intervals, adjust the width that the district was placed to the battery to make adjustable tray place the electric core of different width, realize the compatibility of not unidimensional electric core, reduce and trade the type cost. The adjustable tray slides in, slides out and is inserted on the module frame from the side edge, so that the assembly and disassembly on the charging and discharging cabinet are realized, and the utilization rate of formation equipment is improved.)

1. An adjustable tray, comprising:

the tray frame comprises a semi-closed cavity with one open side, and the outer part of the bottom surface of the tray frame comprises a slide way;

the tray comprises a tray frame, a plurality of sub-cavities and a plurality of detachable adjusting plates, wherein the tray frame is detachably connected to the tray frame, the sub-cavities are arranged in parallel, the cavity is divided into a plurality of sub-cavities, and the sub-cavities are used for loading electric cores.

2. The adjustable tray of claim 1, wherein the tray frame comprises:

the slideway is positioned on the outer surface of the tray bottom plate;

the two first frame plates are oppositely arranged and vertically connected to the inner surface of the tray bottom plate;

the two second frame plates are oppositely arranged and vertically connected to the inner surface of the tray bottom plate; the two ends of the first frame plate are respectively fixedly or detachably connected with one ends of the two second frame plates, and the adjusting plate is detachably connected to the inner sides of the second frame plates.

3. The adjustable tray of claim 2, wherein a plurality of tray slots with a spacing matching the size of the battery cells are arranged inside the second frame plate, and the adjusting plate is inserted into the tray slots.

4. The adjustable tray of claim 3, wherein the spacing between the tray slots is equal and is configured to be a least common divisor of different gauge cell sizes.

5. The adjustable tray of claim 4, wherein the two ends of the adjusting plate connected to the second frame plate each include a plug-in block that fits into the tray slot, and the adjusting plate is plugged into the tray slot through the plug-in blocks.

6. The adjustable tray of claim 5, wherein one or both sides of the insert comprise a securing protrusion.

7. The adjustable tray of claim 2, wherein a bottom plate hole is provided on the tray bottom plate; or/and the first frame plate is provided with heat dissipation holes; or/and the adjusting plate is provided with an adjusting plate hole.

8. The adjustable tray of claim 5, wherein guide protrusions are provided on the second frame plate between adjacent tray slots, the upper surface of the guide protrusions is an inclined surface, and an included angle between the inclined surface and the second frame plate forms an obtuse angle.

9. A modular tray set comprising:

the module frame comprises a frame bottom plate, and a plurality of sliding rails are arranged on the frame bottom plate;

the adjustable tray of any one of claims 1-8;

the sliding rail is matched with the sliding way of the adjustable tray, so that the adjustable tray can enter and exit the module frame.

10. The modular tray set of claim 9, wherein the slide rail comprises:

the sliding rail body is connected with the frame bottom plate through a connecting surface, and the sliding rail body is connected with the frame bottom plate through the connecting surface; the top of the slide rail body comprises a sliding groove, the sliding groove is matched with the sliding way, and the sliding way can be inserted into the sliding groove.

11. The modular tray set of claim 10, wherein the frame bottom plate comprises a plurality of ribs, and the ribs are vertically connected with the slide rail body through the slots.

12. The modular tray stack of claim 11 wherein the module frame further comprises one or more frame side plates disposed in parallel and perpendicularly connected to the frame bottom plate to divide the module frame into one or more sections, the spacing between adjacent frame side plates being equal to the length of the tray frame.

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of lithium batteries, in particular to an adjustable tray and a modular tray set thereof.

Background

The formation of lithium batteries has two main functions: firstly, active substances in the battery are converted into substances with normal electrochemical action by virtue of first charging; and secondly, an effective passivation film or SEI film is formed on the electrode mainly serving as the negative electrode, so that a uniform SEI film is formed on the surface of the carbon material of the negative electrode.

At present, in the prior art, a formation tray is of a structure requiring integral operation, after the tray is put in a cabinet, all cells in the tray need to be taken out of the cabinet after the procedure is finished, and due to the fixed size of the tray, a special tray needs to be equipped for each size of cell, so that the cost for changing the model is high; and for the experimental lines of small-batch production, the comprehensive utilization efficiency of the tray and the formation equipment is low.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides an adjustable tray and modularization tray group thereof avoids remodeling with high costs and the tray and the problem that the equipment comprehensive utilization efficiency is low that becomes.

One aspect of the present application provides an adjustable tray, including: the tray frame comprises a semi-closed cavity with one open side, and the outer part of the bottom surface of the tray frame comprises a slide way; the tray comprises a tray frame, a plurality of sub-cavities and a plurality of detachable adjusting plates, wherein the tray frame is detachably connected to the tray frame, the sub-cavities are arranged in parallel, the cavity is divided into a plurality of sub-cavities, and the sub-cavities are used for loading electric cores.

In some embodiments of the present application, the tray frame includes: the slideway is positioned on the outer surface of the tray bottom plate; the two first frame plates are oppositely arranged and vertically connected to the inner surface of the tray bottom plate; the two second frame plates are oppositely arranged and vertically connected to the inner surface of the tray bottom plate; the two ends of the first frame plate are respectively fixedly or detachably connected with one ends of the two second frame plates, and the adjusting plate is detachably connected to the inner sides of the second frame plates.

In some embodiments of the present application, a plurality of tray slots whose intervals are matched with the size of the battery cell are disposed inside the second frame plate, and the adjusting plate is inserted into the tray slots.

In some embodiments of the present application, the tray slots are equally spaced, and the spacing is configured as a least common divisor of different gauge cell sizes.

In some embodiments of the present application, both ends of the adjusting plate connected to the second frame plate include insertion blocks matched with the tray insertion slots, and the adjusting plate is inserted into the tray insertion slots through the insertion blocks.

In some embodiments of the present application, one or both sides of the insert block include a securing protrusion.

In some embodiments of the present application, a bottom plate hole is provided on the tray bottom plate; or/and the first frame plate is provided with heat dissipation holes; or/and the adjusting plate is provided with an adjusting plate hole.

In some embodiments of this application, be equipped with the protruding piece of direction on the second framed panel between the adjacent tray slot, the upper surface of protruding piece of direction is the inclined plane, the inclined plane with contained angle between the second framed panel becomes the obtuse angle.

The present application further provides a modular tray set comprising: the module frame comprises a frame bottom plate, and a plurality of sliding rails are arranged on the frame bottom plate; any one of the adjustable trays described herein; the sliding rail is matched with the sliding way of the adjustable tray, so that the adjustable tray can enter and exit the module frame.

In some embodiments of the present application, the slide rail comprises: the sliding rail body is connected with the frame bottom plate through a connecting surface, and the sliding rail body is connected with the frame bottom plate through the connecting surface; the top of the slide rail body comprises a sliding groove, the sliding groove is matched with the sliding way, and the sliding way can be inserted into the sliding groove.

In some embodiments of the present application, the frame bottom plate includes a plurality of reinforcing ribs thereon, and the reinforcing ribs are vertically connected to the slide rail body through the clamping grooves.

In some embodiments of the present application, the module frame further includes more than one frame side plate, the frame side plates are disposed in parallel and vertically connected to the frame bottom plate to divide the module frame into more than one area, and a distance between adjacent frame side plates is equal to a length of the tray frame.

According to the adjustable tray, the plurality of adjusting plates can be inserted into the adjacent tray slots, or one or more tray slots can be formed at intervals; in addition, tray slots with different intervals can be formed on the tray supporting plate. Insert in the second framed board through polylith adjusting plate with different intervals, adjust the width that the district was placed to the battery to make adjustable tray place the electric core of different width, realize the compatibility of not unidimensional electric core, reduce and trade the type cost. The automatic forming machine is suitable for a small number of manual production lines, reduces the labor intensity of transferring, and improves the comprehensive utilization efficiency of forming equipment.

In the modularized tray group, the adjustable trays slide in, slide out and are inserted on the module frame from the side edges, so that the combination and the disassembly on the charging and discharging cabinet are realized, and the utilization rate of formation equipment is improved. The adjustable tray is combined and disassembled with the module frame through the sliding rails so as to achieve the characteristic of flexible compatibility with batteries of different specifications. Through setting up the module frame of different length, can realize using after the combination of a plurality of adjustable trays, both can be suitable for the application of the experimental line of small batch production, also be suitable for the application of volume production line.

Additional features of the present application will be set forth in part in the description which follows. The descriptions of the figures and examples below will become apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art from this disclosure. The inventive aspects of the present application can be fully explained by the practice or use of the methods, instrumentalities and combinations set forth in the detailed examples discussed below.

Drawings

The following drawings describe in detail exemplary embodiments disclosed in the present application. Wherein like reference numerals represent similar structures throughout the several views of the drawings. Those of ordinary skill in the art will understand that the present embodiments are non-limiting, exemplary embodiments and that the accompanying drawings are for illustrative and descriptive purposes only and are not intended to limit the scope of the present application, as other embodiments may equally fulfill the inventive intent of the present application. It should be understood that the drawings are not to scale. Wherein:

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an adjustable tray according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2 is another schematic structural diagram of an adjustable tray according to an embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of another adjustable tray according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 4 is a top view of fig. 3.

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a modular tray set according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a module frame according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 7 is a top view of fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a sectional view a-a of fig. 7.

Fig. 9 is a sectional view B-B of fig. 7.

Fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a slide rail according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 11 is a front view of fig. 10.

Detailed Description

The following description is presented to enable any person skilled in the art to make and use the present disclosure, and is provided in the context of a particular application and its requirements. Various modifications to the disclosed embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the general principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments and applications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present application. Thus, the present application is not limited to the embodiments shown, but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the claims.

The technical solution of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the embodiments and the accompanying drawings.

The present embodiment provides an adjustable tray 1, as shown in fig. 1, when formation is performed, a battery cell 2 is placed in the adjustable tray 1.

Referring to fig. 2, the adjustable pallet 1 includes: the tray frame 11 comprises a semi-closed cavity with one open side, and the outside of the bottom surface of the tray frame comprises a slide way; the tray comprises a tray frame, a plurality of adjusting plates 12 which are detachably connected to the tray frame, the adjusting plates are arranged in parallel, the cavity is divided into a plurality of sub cavities, and the sub cavities are used for loading electric cores.

The tray frame 11 comprises two first frame plates 111 arranged oppositely and two second frame plates 113 arranged oppositely, and two sides of the first frame plates 111 are respectively fixedly or detachably connected with one sides of the two second frame plates 113;

the tray frame further comprises a tray bottom plate 112, and the two first frame plates 111 arranged oppositely and the two second frame plates 113 arranged oppositely are vertically connected to one side of the tray bottom plate 112 to form the tray frame 11. In the embodiment of the application, the tray frame 11 is a semi-closed structure with an opening on one surface, and a cavity surrounded by the tray frame 11 is used for accommodating electric cores of different specifications.

Referring to fig. 2, the outer surface of the tray bottom plate 112 is provided with a slide 114 to facilitate transportation or movement of the tray. The outer surface is located outside the semi-closed cavity relative to the semi-closed cavity.

The adjustable tray 1 further comprises a plurality of adjusting plates 12, wherein the adjusting plates 12 are perpendicular to the tray bottom plate 112, and two ends of the adjusting plates are respectively clamped on the inner side walls of the two second frame plates 113 which are oppositely arranged. As shown in fig. 2, the plurality of adjustment plates 12 are arranged in parallel in the tray frame 11, and divide a cavity enclosed by the tray frame 11 into a plurality of sub-cavities independent from each other, where each sub-cavity is used for accommodating a battery cell. The sub-cavity comprises a space enclosed by the adjacent adjusting plate 12 and the tray frame and a space enclosed by the adjusting plate 12 and the two first frame plates 111 and the second frame plates 113 of the tray frame 11.

In the embodiment of the present application, a plurality of tray slots 115 are disposed on the second frame plate 113, and the tray slots 115 are disposed on the inner side of the second frame plate 113, and are used for being connected with the adjusting plate in a clamping manner. The tray slots 115 may or may not be equidistantly spaced. The interval of adjacent draw-in groove and the width adaptation that is used for the electric core that bears, the draw-in groove interval is different, and this tray is applicable to the electric core of assembling different specification and dimension simultaneously. In some embodiments of the present application, the distance between the tray slots 115 may be set to be a standard quantity d, and the size of the battery cell may be equal to an integral multiple of the standard quantity d, and the size of the sub-cavity may be adjusted by adjusting and selecting the card slots at different positions, so as to adapt to the battery cells of different specifications. That is, the plurality of adjustment plates 12 may be inserted into adjacent tray slots 115, or may be inserted into one or more tray slots 115 at intervals.

The two end faces of the adjusting plate 12, that is, the engaging face between the adjusting plate 12 and the tray slot 115, are provided with inserting blocks 121 engaged with the tray slot 115, so as to stably engage the adjusting plate with the second frame plate 113. Tray slot 115 in some embodiments of the present application, the cross-section of the insert 121 is trapezoidal, and the cross-section of the tray slot 115 is correspondingly trapezoidal. In other embodiments, the cross section of the insert block 121 may also be a triangle or other tightly-clamping shape, and the cross section of the tray slot 115 is correspondingly adapted to the cross section.

This application embodiment is through opening the tray slot 115 of different intervals on second framed panel 113, perhaps pegs graft on second framed panel 113 through polylith adjusting plate 12 not equidistance ground, adjusts the width that district was placed to electric core to make adjustable tray 1 place the electric core of different width, realize the compatibility of different size electric cores, reduce and trade the type cost.

Referring to fig. 2, in some embodiments of the present application, fixing protrusions 122 are disposed at two ends of the adjusting plate 12 beside the insertion block 121; when the insert block 121 is inserted into the tray slot 115, the fixing protrusion 122 presses against the surface of the second frame plate 113. When the adjusting plate 12 is inserted into the second frame plate 113, the structure of the adjustable tray 1 is more stable.

Referring to fig. 2, in some embodiments of the present application, the tray bottom plate 112 is provided with bottom plate holes 116, the bottom plate holes 116 are uniformly distributed on the tray bottom plate, in embodiments of the present application, each sub-cavity includes at least two bottom plate holes 116, and the presence of the bottom plate holes 116 can help heat generated in the tray to be transmitted outwards through the tray bottom plate.

In some embodiments of the present application, the first frame plate 111 is provided with heat dissipation holes 117, and the heat dissipation holes penetrate through the first frame plate 111, so as to dissipate heat generated in the tray to the outside of the tray, thereby improving temperature uniformity during charging and discharging of the battery cell.

In some embodiments of the present application, the adjusting plate 12 is provided with adjusting plate holes 123, the adjusting plate holes 123 penetrate through the adjusting plate 12, and in some embodiments, the adjusting plate holes 123 are uniformly distributed on the adjusting plate 12, and the number of the adjusting plate holes 123 is, for example, at least 1. The tuning plate holes 123 facilitate the transfer of heat within the tray and ultimately out of the tray.

In the process of forming the battery cell, the bottom plate holes 116, the heat dissipation holes 117 and the adjustment plate holes 123 may form an air duct to help dissipate heat of the battery cell, so as to improve temperature uniformity in the charging and discharging process of the battery cell.

In some embodiments of the present application, the bottom plate holes 116, the heat dissipation holes 117, and the adjustment plate holes 123 are circular holes. In other embodiments of the present application, the bottom plate holes 116, the heat dissipation holes 117, and the adjustment plate holes 123 are square holes or kidney-shaped holes. In other embodiments of the present application, the bottom plate hole 116, the heat dissipation hole 117, and the adjustment plate hole 123 are any combination of a circular hole, a square hole, or a kidney-shaped hole.

Referring to fig. 3 and 4, in some embodiments of the present application, a guide protrusion 118 is disposed between adjacent tray slots 115 on the inner surface of the second frame plate 113, and the upper surface of the guide protrusion 118 is a slope forming an obtuse angle with the included angle between the second frame plates 113. When electric core was placed in adjustable tray 1, the inclined plane had the guide effect, made things convenient for placing of electric core.

The present application further provides a modular tray set, as shown with reference to fig. 5 and 6, comprising: the module frame 3 comprises a frame bottom plate 31, and a plurality of sliding rails 33 are arranged on the frame bottom plate 31; a plurality of adjustable trays 1; the slide rail 33 is adapted to the slide way of the adjustable tray 1, so that the adjustable tray 1 can enter and exit the module frame. The arrangement direction of the slide rail 33 is consistent with the direction of the adjustable tray 1 entering and exiting the module frame, and is consistent with the arrangement direction of the slide way. In some embodiments of the present application, the plurality of sliding rails 33 may be equidistantly and parallelly distributed.

When the modular tray set is used, the adjustable tray 1 slides in, slides out and is inserted on the module frame 3 from the side edge of the module frame 3, so that the assembly and disassembly on the charge-discharge cabinet are realized, and the utilization rate of formation equipment is improved. The adjustable tray 1 is combined and disassembled with the module frame 3 through a sliding rail, so that the characteristic of flexible compatibility with batteries of different specifications is achieved. Through setting up the module frame 3 of different length, can realize using after the combination of a plurality of adjustable trays 1, both can be suitable for the application of the experimental line of small batch production, also be suitable for the application of volume production line.

Referring to fig. 6, fig. 7, fig. 8 and fig. 9, in some embodiments of the present application, a plurality of reinforcing ribs 34 are provided on the frame bottom plate 31, and the sliding rails 33 are clamped with the reinforcing ribs 34, that is, the sliding rails 33 are provided on the frame bottom plate 31 through the reinforcing ribs 34. Further, any one of the slide rails 33 may be simultaneously engaged with at least one of the ribs 34. The ribs 34 increase the rigidity of the frame bottom plate 31 and thus the overall rigidity of the module frame 3.

With continued reference to fig. 6, in some embodiments of the present application, the module frame 3 further comprises a plurality of frame side panels 32, the plurality of frame side panels 32 are vertically connected to the frame bottom panel 31 to divide the module frame into more than one area, and the distance between adjacent frame side panels is equal to the length of the tray frame 11; the width of the frame bottom plate 31 is twice of the width of the tray frame 11, and a partition plate 35 is arranged in the middle of the frame bottom plate 31, and the partition plate 35 is perpendicular to the frame side plates 32. When the adjustable tray 1 slides in and slides out from the side edge and is inserted on the module frame 3, the adjustable tray 1 is positioned by the two adjacent frame side plates 32 and the partition plates 35.

Referring to fig. 10 and 11, in some embodiments of the present application, the slide rail 33 includes: the slide rail body 331, the slide rail body 331 with be provided with the draw-in groove 333 on the joint face of strengthening rib 33, through draw-in groove 333 will slide rail 33 joint is in on the strengthening rib 34.

The top of the slide rail body 331 further includes a slide groove 332, the slide groove 332 is adapted to the slide rail 114, and the slide rail 114 can be inserted into the slide groove 332.

In conclusion, upon reading the present detailed disclosure, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the foregoing detailed disclosure can be presented by way of example only, and not limitation. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present application is intended to cover various reasonable variations, adaptations, and modifications of the embodiments described herein, although not explicitly described herein. Such alterations, improvements, and modifications are intended to be suggested by this application and are within the spirit and scope of the exemplary embodiments of the application.

It should be understood that the words "front," "back," "left," "right," "up," "down," and the like in the description and in the claims, if any, are used for descriptive purposes and not necessarily for describing permanent relative positions. It is to be understood that the terms so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the application described herein are, for example, capable of operation in other orientations than those illustrated or otherwise described herein.

It will also be appreciated that the foregoing description may refer to elements or nodes or features being "connected" or "coupled" together. As used herein, unless expressly stated otherwise, "connected" means that one element/node/feature is directly connected to (or directly communicates with) another element/node/feature, either electrically, mechanically, logically, or otherwise. Similarly, unless expressly stated otherwise, "coupled" means that one element/node/feature may be mechanically, electrically, logically, or otherwise joined to another element/node/feature in a direct or indirect manner to allow for interaction, even though the two features may not be directly connected. That is, to "couple" is intended to include both direct and indirect joining of elements or other features, including connection with one or more intermediate elements.

It will be further understood that the terms "comprises/comprising," "includes" and/or "including," when used herein, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof.

Further, exemplary embodiments are described by referring to cross-sectional illustrations and/or plan illustrations that are idealized exemplary illustrations. Accordingly, variations from the shapes of the illustrations as a result, for example, of manufacturing techniques and/or tolerances, are to be expected. Thus, example embodiments should not be construed as limited to the shapes of regions illustrated herein but are to include deviations in shapes that result, for example, from manufacturing. For example, an etched region shown as a rectangle will typically have rounded or curved features. Thus, the regions illustrated in the figures are schematic in nature and their shapes are not intended to illustrate the actual shape of a region of a device and are not intended to limit the scope of exemplary embodiments.