Battery Connection Unit Spring Support for Vibration Load Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional battery connection units experience increased load on battery terminals and posts due to external vibrations, which can lead to reduced durability and increased relative movement of electric wires, causing excessive stress on the battery connection unit and its components.
Innovation Solution
A battery connection unit with an insulating support member featuring intersecting first and second support bodies and spring members that maintain reference gaps, allowing deformation to absorb external inputs, thereby reducing the load on the battery terminals and posts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the electric wire is extended outward of the support member to allow greater relative movement, then the adaptability of the battery connection unit is improved, but the load on the battery terminal or battery post increases due to greater external input from the electric wire
Solution Approach 1:
Spring members are installed between the support member and the battery in advance to cushion external inputs before they are transmitted to the battery terminal. The spring members deform elastically under external forces, absorbing shock and vibration, thereby reducing the load on the battery terminal while maintaining the extended electric wire configuration
2Reliability
If the battery connection unit is rigidly fixed to the battery, then the reliability of electrical connection is improved, but the durability decreases due to concentrated external input loads on the battery terminal
Solution Approach 1:
The support member is designed with movable spring members that allow dynamic adjustment to external forces. The spring members can compress and extend in response to vibration and shock, enabling the connection unit to maintain reliable electrical connection while adapting to varying external conditions, thereby protecting the battery terminal from concentrated loads over time
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The solution effectively disperses and absorbs external inputs by deforming in multiple directions, reducing the relative movement and load on the battery connection unit, thus minimizing the risk of durability reduction in both the unit and the battery terminals/posts.
Implementation Method 1
at least one first spring member that contacts the first surface while maintaining the first reference gap after attachment to the battery, and that is capable of deformation in a direction of reducing the first gap according to an external input
Data Source
AI summary
A battery connection unit includes an electronic component electrically connected to a battery terminal and a terminal of an electric wire, and an insulating support member that includes a first support body and a second support body and that supports the electronic component, where the first support body is disposed across a space in such a way that a first gap to a first surface becomes a first reference gap, the second support body is disposed across a space in such a way that a second gap to a second surface becomes a second reference gap, at least one first spring member that contacts the first surface while maintaining the first reference gap after attachment to the battery is disposed on the first support body, and at least one second spring member that contacts the second surface while maintaining the second reference gap is disposed on the second support body.