Vehicle Battery Case Drop Test Platform With Adjustable Angles

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing drop tests for vehicle battery cases fail to accurately simulate real-world road conditions, limiting the representativeness of impact resistance and durability evaluations.

Innovation Solution

A drop test device with a sliding rail system, variable speed adjustment assembly, and simulated platform mechanism that allows for multiple angle and height simulations, enabling comprehensive impact testing of battery cases.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If free drop test from certain height is used, then test simplicity is maintained, but test representativeness deteriorates due to inability to simulate actual road conditions

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetest simplicityVSAvoidtest representativeness
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies dynamics by making the dropping platform adjustable in both angle and height. The platform can be tilted to various angles (0-90 degrees) and positioned at different heights, allowing the battery case to be dropped under diverse simulated road conditions rather than a fixed vertical drop, thereby improving test representativeness while maintaining operational simplicity through mechanical adjustability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes key parameters of the dropping system - specifically the dropping angle and height - to simulate different road conditions. By allowing continuous adjustment of these parameters, the test device can replicate various real-world scenarios (different road slopes, impact heights) without complicating the basic drop test mechanism, thus resolving the contradiction between simplicity and representativeness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Ease of operation

If fixed angle and height drop test is used, then test operation is simple, but adaptability to different road conditions deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetest operation simplicityVSAvoidroad condition simulation capability
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The dropping platform is designed with dynamic adjustability, allowing it to be tilted to different angles and positioned at various heights. This dynamic capability enables the same simple drop test mechanism to adapt to multiple road conditions without requiring complex test procedures, maintaining operational simplicity while enhancing versatility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a universal test platform that can perform multiple functions by adjusting its configuration. The same platform structure serves different purposes by changing its angle and height settings, allowing a single device to simulate various road conditions rather than requiring separate test setups for each scenario.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

Enables detailed evaluation of safety and durability performance by simulating various drop conditions, providing critical data for improving battery safety and performance.

Implementation Method 1

a magnetic plate is fixed on the base; the magnetic plate and the electromagnetic adsorption seat are attracted with each other with opposite magnetism

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectMagnetic attraction: Magnetism

Implementation Method 2

a support spring is connected between the electromagnetic adsorption seat and the inner frame plate

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElasticity: Elasticity

Implementation Method 3

a plurality of limit springs are connected inside the sealed inner cavity

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElasticity: Elasticity

Implementation Method 4

a hydraulic telescopic rod is horizontally fixed on the mounting frame, and one end of the hydraulic telescopic rod is connected with the sliding seat

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectHydraulic force: Hydraulic Press

Data Source

PatentUS12455219B2Drop test device for case of vehicle battery pack
Publication Date: 2025.10.28 HANGZHOU VOCATIONAL & TECHN COLLEGE
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AI summary

The invention discloses a drop test device for a case of a vehicle battery pack. The device includes a bracket body, and a mounting frame is suspended horizontally on an upper end surface of the bracket body. The two mounting frames are fixed parallel to the bracket body, and a fixing frame is horizontally fixed below each of the mounting frames on the bracket body. A sliding seat is slidably arranged between the two mounting frames, and one side of the fixing frame is provided with a side connecting plate. A sliding rail is arranged between the sliding seat and the side connecting plate, and a simulated platform mechanism is slidably arranged on the sliding rail for body installation of the vehicle battery pack so as to design installation states of the vehicle battery pack according to different models.