Battery Holding Structure for Two-Wheeled Vehicle Maintenance

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional battery accommodation structures in two-wheeled vehicles complicate maintenance operations, requiring the removal of the saddle and storage box to access and replace the battery, leading to increased maintenance difficulties.

Innovation Solution

A battery holding structure with a battery mounting seat and support frame integrated into the frame, featuring a maintenance opening in the storage box's shielding section, allowing for battery maintenance without removing the saddle or storage box, and exposing the air intake system's nozzle for simplified maintenance.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the battery is accommodated under the front section of the storage box, then stable and concealed accommodation is achieved, but maintenance and replacement require removal of the saddle and storage box, complicating maintenance operations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestable and concealed accommodationVSAvoidmaintenance operation complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of repair

Solution Approach 1:

The storage box is divided into two independent sections: a front section for battery accommodation and a rear section for storage. The front section can be independently removed to access the battery, while the rear section remains in place. This segmentation allows maintenance personnel to access the battery without removing the entire storage box or saddle, thus resolving the contradiction between stable accommodation and ease of maintenance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Ease of operation

If the battery is fixed in a concealed location under the storage box, then stable accommodation is achieved, but access for maintenance requires disassembly of multiple components

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconcealed accommodationVSAvoidmaintenance access complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The battery maintenance function is extracted from the main storage box structure by creating a separate, independently removable front section. This extracted section provides direct access to the battery through a dedicated opening, eliminating the need to disassemble the saddle or other components. The extraction principle resolves the contradiction by separating the maintenance access path from the overall vehicle structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Stability of the object's composition

If the battery mounting seat is integrated into the frame, then stable battery positioning is achieved, but maintenance access is blocked by the storage box structure

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebattery positioning stabilityVSAvoidbattery access for maintenance
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSEase of repair

Solution Approach 1:

The storage box is segmented into a removable front section and a fixed rear section. The front section is designed to be independently detachable from the frame, providing access to the battery mounting seat while leaving the rear storage section intact. This segmentation allows the battery to remain stably mounted on the frame while enabling easy maintenance access by removing only the necessary front section.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentEP2586692B1Two-wheeled vehicle having a battery holding structure
Publication Date: 2015.05.20 KWANG YANG MOTOR LTD
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AI summary

The present invention relates to a battery holding structure of two-wheeled vehicle. The two-wheeled vehicle (3) includes a frame (31) and a saddle (33). A storage box (37) is arranged under the saddle (33). A power unit (34) is arranged under the storage box (37). The frame (31) is provided with a battery mounting seat (319). The storage box (37) has a front end forming a shielding section (371). The shielding section (371) forms a maintenance opening (3711) corresponding to the battery mounting seat (319). The battery mounting seat (319) receives therein a battery (6) to have the battery (6) located within the range of the maintenance opening (3711). To maintain the battery (6), it only needs to lift the saddle (33) and remove the maintenance cover (7) that covers the maintenance opening (3711) of the shielding section (371) of the storage box (37) to allow the maintenance of the battery (6) to be carried out. This simplifies the maintenance operation of the battery (6) and also simplifies the maintenance of a nozzle (A1) of an air intake system (A) provided for an internal combustion engine (341).