FIXTURE UNIT FOR HOLDING A PRISMATIC BATTERY CELL

• Main Authors: SCHMIDT, Marcus, WERBERG, Leopold
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 24.01.2024
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TOSURFACES, IN GENERAL; APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL; BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; BLASTING; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; CHEMISTRY; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATIONOR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY IONIMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; DRYING; DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM; ELECTRICITY; HEATING; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION INGENERAL; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METALLURGY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PROCESSES FOR APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TOSURFACES, IN GENERAL; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY; SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THESURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; TRANSPORTING; WEAPONS

A fixture unit (10) for holding a prismatic battery cell (100) during a coating step and during a curing step, comprising: at least one skirt element (11), which is movable between a coating position and a curing position and wherein the skirt element (11) is configured to shield an area (101) of the battery cell (100) in the coating position and to un-shield the area (101) of the battery cell (100) in the curing position; at least one grip element (12, 13, 15, 16, 17) configured to hold the battery cell (100) during the coating step and the curing step, wherein the grip element is configured to hold the battery cell (100) in the area (101) that is shielded by the skirt element (11) in its coating position.