Battery Holder Isolation Assembly Vibration Absorption

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional battery holders fail to effectively absorb vibrations and shocks in vehicles, leading to premature battery failure and difficulty in securing batteries, especially in marine applications where batteries are expensive and hard to replace.

Innovation Solution

A battery holder and isolation assembly that includes a vehicle mounting plate, a battery containment plate, spacers, a battery securement component, and shock absorbing elements, which securely fasten the battery to the vehicle while mechanically isolating it from vibrations and shocks using Sorbothane® Stud Mounts or rubber shock-absorbing components.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Object-affected harmful factors

If shock absorbing pads are placed under batteries, then vibrations and shocks are absorbed, but the batteries are no longer secured to the vehicles

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvevibrations and shocksVSAvoidbattery securement

Core Design Contradiction:

Object-affected harmful factorsVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses shock absorbing pads as intermediary elements positioned between the battery and the securing mechanism. These pads allow the battery to be both secured (through straps or clips that attach to the holder) and isolated from vibrations (through the compliant pad material), resolving the contradiction between securement and vibration absorption.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The battery holding system is divided into separate functional components: a rigid securing mechanism (straps, clips, or mounting brackets) and a compliant shock-absorbing element (pads or resilient material). This segmentation allows each component to perform its specialized function - securement and vibration isolation - simultaneously without interfering with the other.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

2Reliability

If batteries are strapped to vehicles for securement, then batteries are secured, but shock absorbing pads become ineffective as vibrations travel through straps

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvebattery securementVSAvoidvibrations and shocks

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The shock absorbing pads serve as intermediary elements positioned between the battery and the securing mechanism. These pads allow the battery to be both secured (through straps or clips that attach to the holder) and isolated from vibrations (through the compliant pad material), resolving the contradiction between securement and vibration absorption.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent extracts the vibration absorption function from the securing mechanism itself and places it in dedicated shock absorbing pads. This separation allows the securing mechanism to focus on holding the battery in place while the extracted vibration isolation function is performed by the compliant pad material, preventing vibrations from traveling through the straps.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Reliability

If conventional battery holders are used, then batteries are secured to vehicles, but vibrations and shocks cause premature battery failure

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvebattery securementVSAvoidbattery life

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDuration of action of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent incorporates shock absorbing pads into the battery holder design beforehand, creating a cushioning layer that protects the battery from future vibrations and shocks. This prior cushioning prevents damage before it occurs, extending battery life while maintaining securement.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #11Beforehand cushioning (Prior cushioning)

Solution Approach 2:

The battery holder combines rigid materials (for structural support and securement) with compliant shock-absorbing materials (for vibration isolation). This composite construction allows the holder to simultaneously provide mechanical support and protect against vibrations, thereby extending battery durability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #40Composite materials

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

The solution effectively secures batteries to vehicles while isolating them from vibrations and shocks, prolonging battery life and preventing damage, and allows for securement of various battery sizes and shapes with the retention of spilled liquid.

Implementation Method 1

shock absorbing elements which mechanically isolate the battery from the vehicle

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectVibration absorption: Damping

Implementation Method 2

shock absorbing elements may be Sorbothane® Stud Mounts, rubber, or other suitable shock-absorbing components

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectShock absorption: Shock Hardening

Data Source

PatentUS9543558B2Battery holder and isolation assembly

Publication Date: 2017.01.10 SVB TECHNOLOGIES INC

AI summary

A battery holder for securing a battery to a vehicle and for mechanically isolating the battery from the vehicle is provided. The battery holder includes a vehicle mounting plate, a battery containment plate, and a number of shock absorbing elements. The battery containment plate includes a number of open-topped cells for retaining leaking battery liquid therein. The shock absorbing elements prevent vibrations and shocks from being transferred from the vehicle to the battery.