Battery Bracket Connector Layout for Gravity-Safe Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing battery mounting systems in vehicles are inconvenient to disassemble and assemble, and the electric connection between the bracket and the battery is often damaged, leading to vehicle malfunction.
Innovation Solution
A bracket system is designed with a second connector facing the gravity direction, allowing the first connector to be butted in the opposite direction, ensuring consistent extension and reducing the risk of damage and short circuits, while incorporating guide and sealing mechanisms for precise alignment and protection against impurities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a battery assembly is fixed in a fixed position in the electric device, then the structure is simple, but the battery assembly cannot be removed for charging when the device is lost or stolen
Solution Approach 1:
The support structure transitions from a static fixed state to a dynamic removable state. The support includes a support body and a support arm that can rotate relative to the support body, enabling the battery assembly to be either fixed or removed based on operational needs. This dynamic mechanism resolves the contradiction by providing adaptability without requiring completely different structural designs for different scenarios.
Solution Approach 2:
The support arm is nested within or connected to the support body in a compact arrangement. When the support arm rotates to the first position, it engages with the battery assembly to secure it; when rotated to the second position, it releases the battery assembly for removal. This nested configuration achieves the removable function while minimizing structural complexity and space occupation.
2Reliability
If the battery assembly is tightly fixed to prevent removal, then security is improved, but the battery cannot be accessed for charging
Solution Approach 1:
The support mechanism employs dynamic positioning with the support arm capable of rotating between a first position (engaging the battery assembly to provide security) and a second position (releasing the battery assembly for easy removal). This dynamic system allows the same structure to provide both strong fixation when needed and easy accessibility when needed, resolving the contradiction between security and ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The support arm utilizes its own rotational movement to both secure and release the battery assembly without requiring additional locking mechanisms or complex control systems. The mechanism serves itself by using the rotational degree of freedom to switch between secured and accessible states, providing both reliability and ease of operation through a single integrated structure.
3Reliability
If a complex locking mechanism is added to secure the battery assembly, then security is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of adding complex locking mechanisms, the invention uses the simple rotational dynamics of the support arm to achieve security. The support arm's ability to rotate between engaged and disengaged positions provides the necessary security function without introducing additional locks, keys, or complex control systems, thereby maintaining structural simplicity while improving reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention extracts the security function from complex locking mechanisms and implements it through the geometric and mechanical properties of the rotating support arm itself. By taking out the need for separate locking components and embedding the security function directly into the support structure's rotational capability, the design achieves improved reliability without increasing device complexity.
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AI summary
The present application provides a bracket (100), a battery assembly (10), an electric apparatus (1), and a preparation method and device (6) of the battery assembly (10), and relates to the field of batteries. The bracket (100) is configured to be connected to a battery (300) and an electric apparatus (1) body; the battery (300) includes a first connector (310) for outputting electric energy; and the bracket (100) includes a bracket body (110) and a second connector (140). The bracket body (110) is configured to fix the battery (300). The second connector (140) is mounted on the bracket body (110); and a connecting end of the second connector (140) faces towards a gravity direction, so that the first connector (310) can be butted with the second connector (140) along the opposite direction of the gravity direction, thereby realizing electric connection between the first connector (310) and the second connector (140). Such a structure will not damage the first connector (310) and/or the second connector (140) due to the gravity of the battery (300) so as not to affect the use of the battery (300) or the electric apparatus (1). In the process of mounting the battery (300) , the first connector (310) can be butted with the second connector (140) only by pushing the battery (300) to move along the opposite direction of the gravity, which is convenient and fast.