Patent ID: 9217776
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: G01R,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A battery inspection apparatus for use in a factory comprising: a battery inspection table that is installable in a room of the factory, the battery inspection table including a plurality of inspection units each for inspecting a rechargeable battery and a moving mechanism provided in the inspection table to cause a relative movement between the inspection units and the battery; an automatic conveyance system that is installable in the room of the factory to convey the battery to and from the moving mechanism of the battery inspection table; and a controller that is installable in another or the same room of the factory and provided separately from the battery inspection table, the controller configured to control the battery inspection table, wherein each of the inspection units includes: a contactor for inspection configured to contact a corresponding battery by the relative movement; and a measurement circuit that is connected to the contactor and configured to generate an analog measured signal by measuring at least one of a current, voltage, and temperature, based on an input from the contactor, and wherein the battery inspection table has at least one communication unit mounted therein, the communication unit being configured to convert the analog measured signal generated by each of the inspection units into a digital signal to output to a common digital communication line, and the digital communication line connects the communication units and the controller together.