Patent ID: 9685648
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: H01M,Y02E,Y02P,Y10T

Claim:
1. A bus bar attachment device comprising: a pallet configured to have a battery positioned therein from which an electrode tab extends; a battery positioning part configured to set a position of the battery relative to the pallet, the battery positioning part being disposed on the pallet; a bus bar positioning part configured to set a position, relative to the pallet, of a bus bar to be electrically connected to the electrode tab, the bus bar positioning part being disposed on the pallet and having first and second adjacent wall surfaces configured to have first and second adjacent surfaces of the bus bar pressed thereagainst, respectively; a bus bar placing part configured to place the bus bar onto the pallet in a position where the first and second adjacent surfaces face the first and second adjacent wall surfaces, respectively; and a pressing part configured to press the first and second adjacent surfaces in the bus bar placed by the bus bar placing part against the first and second adjacent wall surfaces, respectively, the pressing part configured to press the first and second adjacent surfaces against the first and second adjacent wall surfaces, respectively, so as to set the position of the bus bar relative to the battery, the first and second adjacent wall surfaces protruding from a surface of the pallet that is configured to be in contact with the battery.