Battery Assembly Structure with Elastic Mounting Brackets
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional battery assembly structures in vehicles create dead spaces due to bracket mounting, limiting the installation of high-capacity batteries and efficiency in space utilization.
Innovation Solution
A compact battery assembly structure featuring a holding panel, upright mounting brackets with elastic members to secure the battery module, and an optional elastic insertion material for adjustable restraint, allowing for efficient assembly and enhanced protection and cooling of the battery module.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If brackets are used to fix the battery module to the frame body, then the battery module is securely mounted, but dead space is created that limits space utilization
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the mounting bracket and the holder into a single integrated structure. The holder directly contacts and secures the battery module without requiring separate brackets, thereby eliminating the dead space that would otherwise be created by bracket mounting while maintaining secure fixation.
Solution Approach 2:
The holder is designed to serve multiple functions: it acts as both the mounting structure and the securing mechanism. By integrating these functions into one component, the design eliminates the need for additional brackets and optimizes the use of available installation space.
2Quantity of substance
If high-capacity secondary batteries are installed to extend vehicle range, then the driving distance is increased, but the installation space requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent optimizes the spatial arrangement of the battery module by utilizing vertical space and three-dimensional positioning. The holder structure is designed to accommodate the battery module in an orientation that maximizes space utilization, allowing high-capacity batteries to be installed without proportionally increasing the overall installation footprint.
3Area of stationary object
If a compact battery assembly structure is implemented to maximize space utilization, then installation efficiency is improved, but the mounting security may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The holder is designed with pre-positioned contact surfaces and structural features that ensure proper alignment and secure contact with the battery module before final installation. This preliminary design ensures that even in a compact configuration, the mounting security requirements are met through built-in alignment and contact features.
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
The solution enables a more compact and efficient installation of high-capacity battery modules within vehicles, improving assembly efficiency and providing enhanced protection and cooling, thus maximizing the vehicle's range on a single charge.
Implementation Method 1
an elastic member disposed between an inner surface of at least one of the pair of mounting brackets and at least one end surface of the both end surfaces of the battery module
Data Source
AI summary
Provided is a battery assembly structure including: a holding panel that holds a bottom part of a battery module; a pair of mounting brackets coupled to both ends of the holding panel and standing upright so as to face both end surfaces of the battery module; and an elastic member disposed between an inner surface of at least one of the pair of mounting brackets and at least one end surface of the end surfaces of the battery module.