Vehicle Battery Carrying Mechanism With Lever-Jack Lifting

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current methods for carrying and placing vehicle batteries are ergonomically challenging and pose safety risks due to the weight and potential for chemical exposure, as they often require human power and lack mechanisms for balanced lifting and precise placement.

Innovation Solution

A carrying mechanism featuring a carrying strap and carrier with a lifting profile that allows the battery to be lifted and placed vertically, using a lever jack mechanism to balance and stabilize the battery, ensuring it is carried and positioned without human power and minimizing the risk of damage or chemical exposure.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If human force is used to carry the battery, then the battery can be moved, but the worker is exposed to safety risks and health hazards due to the battery's weight and potential chemical exposure

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesafety of carrying operationVSAvoidchemical exposure risk
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

A carrying mechanism acts as an intermediary between the worker and the battery. The mechanism includes a carrying body with a receiving cavity that holds the battery, lifting arms that lift the battery vertically, and a conveyor belt that secures the battery during transport. This intermediary system eliminates direct human contact with the battery, preventing chemical exposure while enabling safe movement of the heavy battery.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Ease of operation

If human force is used to carry the battery, then the battery can be transported, but the worker may suffer occupational accidents due to the battery's weight exceeding ergonomic limits

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveergonomic safetyVSAvoidbattery weight
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSWeight of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the human mechanical lifting system with an automated mechanical lifting system. The carrying mechanism includes lifting arms with jack mechanisms that provide vertical lifting motion, and a conveyor belt system that provides horizontal transport. This substitution eliminates the need for workers to manually lift and carry the heavy battery, preventing occupational accidents while enabling efficient battery replacement.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Device complexity

If the battery is carried without a specialized mechanism, then the carrying process is simple, but the battery may fall or be damaged during transport

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecarrying system complexityVSAvoidbattery transport safety
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The carrying mechanism is segmented into distinct functional components: a carrying body with receiving cavity for holding the battery, lifting arms with jack mechanisms for vertical lifting, a conveyor belt for horizontal transport, and securing elements to fix the battery in position. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function reliably, ensuring the battery is securely held and transported without falling or damage, while maintaining reasonable overall system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

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 safe, balanced, and precise carrying and placement of batteries without human power, reducing the risk of accidents and health hazards while ensuring the battery is handled ergonomically and securely.

Implementation Method 1

The lifting profile, to which the carrying profile is attached, is moved on the vertical axis by working with the logic of a lever jack

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectLever jack mechanism: Lever

Implementation Method 2

a conveyor belt is passed around the battery and the said belt has two carrying arms

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectFriction: Friction

Data Source

PatentEP4046881B1A carrying mechanism for a battery
Publication Date: 2024.01.24 FORD OTOMOTIV SANAYI ANONIM SIRKETI
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AI summary

The present invention relates to a carrying mechanism (1) used, during replacement of batteries used in vehicles, to carry the battery or place it in a preferred position in the vehicle.