Battery Pack Bottom Protection Plate for Impact Energy Absorption
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Solution Overview
Problem
The impact resistance of existing bottom protection plates in battery packs is weak, leading to direct transmission of external forces to the battery cores, causing potential damage.
Innovation Solution
A bottom protection plate comprising a protective outer layer made of fiber-reinforced composite layers, an impact-resistant layer, and an energy-absorbing layer, which includes a steel plate and balsa wood, respectively, to disperse and absorb impact energy, preventing it from reaching the battery cores.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If a simple bottom protection plate is used, then the device complexity is low, but the impact resistance is weak causing direct transmission of external forces to battery cores
Solution Approach 1:
The bottom protection plate is divided into multiple functional layers: a protective outer layer with fiber-reinforced composite layers for structural strength, an impact-resistant layer for force distribution, and an energy-absorbing layer with drainage channels for energy dissipation. This segmentation allows each layer to specialize in specific protective functions, collectively achieving high impact resistance while maintaining reasonable structural complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The protection plate employs composite material structures including fiber-reinforced composite layers in the protective outer layer, combining materials with different properties to achieve both strength and energy absorption capabilities. The integration of steel plates and balsa wood in the energy-absorbing layer further demonstrates composite material application for optimized impact resistance.
2Loss of energy
If a thick energy-absorbing layer is used, then the energy absorption capability is improved, but the device complexity and manufacturing difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The energy-absorbing layer incorporates balsa wood with a porous cellular structure that efficiently absorbs impact energy through cell collapse and deformation. The drainage channels integrated into this layer further enhance energy absorption while providing a straightforward manufacturing approach that avoids complex machining operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The energy-absorbing layer is segmented into multiple components including steel plates, balsa wood blocks, and drainage channels. This segmentation allows each component to be manufactured separately using appropriate processes and then assembled, reducing overall manufacturing difficulty while maintaining high energy absorption capability.
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 disperses and absorbs impact energy, protecting the battery cores by preventing deformation or puncture of the impact-resistant layer and reducing the transmission of external forces to the battery pack.
Implementation Method 1
an energy-absorbing layer, which includes a steel plate and balsa wood, respectively, to disperse and absorb impact energy
Implementation Method 2
The protective outer layer includes a first fiber-reinforced composite layer and a second fiber-reinforced composite layer spaced from each other
Data Source
AI summary
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a structure for an automobile enhanced in the adhesiveness of a metal layer and a fiber reinforced resin layer in a case that the structure for the automobile is constituted of a metal/fiber reinforced resin composite material and capable of keeping excellent characteristics as a whole. SOLUTION: In the structure for the automobile constituted of the metal/fiber reinforced resin composite material obtained by integrally bonding the metal layer and the fiber reinforced resin layer through an intermediate resin layer, the intermediate resin layer contains particles with an average particle size of 3-10 μm comprising a thermoplastic resin and an imidazolesilane compound.


