Battery Ground Spring Plate for Vibration-Stable Radio Contacts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing battery-operated portable radios experience intermittent power disruptions due to third-party batteries with flexible lock plates causing ground contact instability during high-impact scenarios like vibration and drops.
Innovation Solution
A ground contact spring plate integrated into the battery interface of a portable radio, which accommodates vertical movement of battery ground plates during impacts, ensuring stable power connection through finger spring contacts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If a flexible plastic lock plate is used in third-party batteries, then ease of manufacture is improved, but ground contact stability deteriorates under vibration and drop conditions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the material parameter from flexible plastic to rigid metal for the lock plate, and changes the contact interface parameter from direct plastic-to-metal contact to spring-mediated contact. This resolves the contradiction by maintaining ease of manufacture through standard metal stamping processes while dramatically improving ground contact stability under vibration and drop conditions through the rigid structure and spring compensation mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a spring as an intermediary element between the lock plate and the battery ground plate. The spring acts as a mediator that maintains continuous contact pressure, compensating for vibrations and impacts that would otherwise cause intermittent disconnections. This resolves the contradiction by allowing the use of rigid metal lock plates while ensuring stable ground contact through the spring's compensatory action.
2Reliability
If a rigid lock plate is used to improve ground contact stability, then ground contact stability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the lock plate material to rigid metal, which inherently provides better stability without requiring complex additional structures. The simplicity of the rigid lock plate design, combined with the straightforward spring attachment, resolves the contradiction by achieving improved ground contact stability while maintaining relatively simple device construction.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the ground contact mechanism into distinct functional components: the rigid lock plate provides structural stability, while the spring provides contact pressure compensation. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized for its specific function, resolving the contradiction by achieving high reliability through functional specialization rather than overall system complexity.
3Reliability
If spring contacts are added to accommodate battery ground plate movement, then power supply consistency is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The spring acts as an intermediary that passively accommodates battery ground plate movement through its elastic deformation. This simple mechanical intermediary maintains continuous electrical contact without requiring complex control systems or multiple components, resolving the contradiction by improving power supply consistency through a single, straightforward spring element.
Solution Approach 2:
The spring provides self-adjusting contact pressure that automatically compensates for variations in battery ground plate position and movement. This self-service mechanism maintains reliable electrical contact without requiring external control or adjustment, resolving the contradiction by improving power supply consistency through an autonomous, simple elastic element.
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
Maintains consistent power supply by flexing to maintain contact with battery ground plates during high-impact conditions, preventing intermittent disconnections.
Implementation Method 1
a ground contact spring plate for a battery interface of a portable radio... which accommodates vertical movement of battery ground plates during impacts, ensuring stable power connection through finger spring contacts
Data Source
AI summary
A ground contact spring plate (108) for a battery interface (102) of a portable radio (100) is provided. The ground contact spring plate (108) is formed of a unitary sheet metal piece part having a top surface (108a) and a bottom surface (108b), a center aperture (108c) formed through the top surface and bottom surface, and first and second finger spring contacts (108d, 108e)) integrally formed along first and second side edges (108f, 108g) of the ground contact spring plate (108).


