Multi-Angle Battery Impact Test Housing With Protective Panels
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Current battery testing methods are complex, time-consuming, and costly, requiring elaborate setups to assess mechanical impacts and safety in various scenarios, which hinders efficient development and quality checks, especially in the automotive industry where battery safety is crucial.
Innovation Solution
An actuator device with a flexible design that allows multiple impact devices to be mounted on a housing, enabling testing from various directions without reconfiguring between test runs, combined with a support frame for fixing batteries, and featuring protective panels to safeguard against explosions and emissions, facilitating efficient and safe testing of batteries of different sizes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If elaborate test apparatus are used to protect equipment from explosions and fire ignition, then safety is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The housing is divided into multiple separable protective panels that can be independently positioned around the battery. Each panel provides localized protection without requiring a fully enclosed complex structure, allowing safety functionality to be distributed across multiple simple components rather than one complex integrated system.
Solution Approach 2:
The protective panels serve multiple functions: they protect the impact device from battery explosions and fire, provide structural support for mounting impact devices at different positions, and can be configured to accommodate various battery sizes and shapes. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate specialized components.
2Measurement precision
If multiple test runs at different electrical settings and temperatures are conducted, then measurement precision is improved, but loss of time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The actuator device allows dynamic reconfiguration of impact devices during testing. Impact devices can be quickly moved between different positions and orientations without requiring complete disassembly or re setup of the test apparatus, enabling efficient multi angle impact testing within the same test run.
Solution Approach 2:
The system adds spatial dimensionality to testing by enabling impacts from multiple directions (front, rear, sides) and various angles simultaneously or sequentially. This allows comprehensive mechanical impact assessment without requiring separate test runs for each direction, as the housing can accommodate impact devices positioned in three dimensional space around the battery.
3Device complexity
If impact devices are mounted on fixed positions, then device complexity is reduced, but adaptability decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The housing structure is segmented into multiple panel sections with standardized attachment points. This segmentation allows impact devices to be mounted at various positions on different panels while maintaining a simple overall structure. The modular panel design provides flexibility without requiring complex adjustable mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple impact devices are pre positioned on the housing at different locations and orientations before testing begins. This preliminary arrangement allows the system to handle various test scenarios without requiring adjustments or reconfigurations during testing, maintaining simplicity while providing adaptability through pre planned positioning options.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is an actuator device for battery testing, comprising a housing comprising, a rack and at least one protective panel which is mounted on the rack through attachment means; and at least one impact device which is configured to impact a battery and which is attached to the housing, wherein at least one protective panel of the at least one protective panel is an impact device protective panel comprising an opening through which an impact member of the impact device is passed towards the battery. The impact device can be attached to the housing on a side of a first side and a second side of the impact device protective panel which faces away from the battery.