Battery Contact Member Assembly for Stable Cooling Compression
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing battery contact members in hybrid and electric vehicles suffer from poor assembly and separation of insulating and elastic components due to physical forces, leading to degraded compression performance and increased risk of separation during vehicle travel.
Innovation Solution
A battery contact member design featuring an insulating member with extension parts and guide bosses to securely couple with elastic members, ensuring firm contact between the cooling block and battery, and incorporating ribs for insulation and assembly tolerance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the insulating member and elastic member are assembled as separate components, then the assembly flexibility is improved, but the assembly stability deteriorates due to separation under physical forces
Solution Approach 1:
The insulating member and elastic member are integrated into a single unified component. The elastic member is formed as an integral part of the insulating member, eliminating the need for separate assembly while maintaining both flexibility and stability. This resolves the contradiction by combining the benefits of separate components (flexibility) with the advantages of integrated structures (stability under vibration and physical forces).
2Ease of manufacture
If the elastic member is fixed to the insulating member through slitting, then the assembly ease is improved, but the compression performance deteriorates due to hole formation
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of joining components through slitting in the planar dimension, the elastic member is integrated into the insulating member through three-dimensional forming processes. The elastic member extends from the insulating member as a continuous structure, maintaining compression performance while achieving assembly ease through molded integration rather than post-assembly slitting operations.
3Device complexity
If the elastic member is assembled at only one point, then the device complexity is reduced, but the reliability deteriorates due to easy separation under vibrations
Solution Approach 1:
The elastic member is divided into multiple segments or zones of attachment along its length. Instead of a single assembly point, the elastic member is integrated with the insulating member at multiple locations, distributing the attachment points to prevent separation under vibration while maintaining relatively simple overall structure. This segmentation approach enhances reliability without significantly increasing device complexity.
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
Enhances assembly stability, maintains consistent contact with the battery, improves cooling efficiency, and prevents thermal runaway, thereby extending battery life and ensuring safety.
Implementation Method 1
a plurality of elastic members respectively having one surface coupled to the insulating member in a direction toward the other surface of the insulating member, and the other surface in contact with an inner surface of the battery housing, and configured to elastically press the insulating member toward the cooling block
Implementation Method 2
when such a high-voltage battery is used for a long time, heat is generated from the battery... in order to maintain and improve the performance of the battery, cooling of the battery is essential
Data Source
AI summary
A battery contact member allows a high-voltage battery and a cooling device to be evenly in contact with each other. The battery contact member includes an insulating member vertically disposed in the battery housing and having one surface to which the cooling block is coupled in a fitting manner, and a plurality of elastic members each having one surface coupled to the insulating member in a direction toward the other surface of the insulating member, each of the plurality of elastic members having the other surface in contact with an inner surface of the battery housing, and configured to elastically press the insulating member toward the cooling block.