Pivoting Battery Package with Foot and Hanging Openings
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional battery packaging lacks a secure and versatile design that allows easy access, upright standing, and display options while effectively supporting batteries of various sizes and configurations.
Innovation Solution
A battery package comprising a rear and front member pivotally connected, with a latch and slot mechanism for closure, support structures for battery alignment, and aligned openings for hanging, enabling upright standing and display capabilities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a conventional battery package is designed with fixed structure, then manufacturing is simple, but it cannot provide both upright standing and hanging display options
Solution Approach 1:
The package structure is designed to serve multiple functions: it can stand upright on a horizontal surface using a foot, and it can also be hung on a rod through aligned openings. This multi-functionality resolves the contradiction by making the package adaptable to different display scenarios without requiring multiple separate package designs.
Solution Approach 2:
The package is divided into distinct functional components: a foot for upright standing, aligned openings for hanging display, and a pivot mechanism for access. This segmentation allows each component to fulfill its specific function while maintaining overall structural integrity, enabling the package to provide both standing and hanging options.
2Ease of operation
If the package uses a pivot mechanism for front and rear members, then access to interior space is easy, but closure security may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The latch mechanism is designed to automatically engage with the slot when the front member is closed against the rear member. This self-servicing closure mechanism ensures secure locking without requiring additional manual intervention, thereby maintaining both ease of access and closure security.
Solution Approach 2:
The latch acts as an intermediary element between the front member and rear member, providing a reliable connection that secures the package closure. The latch engages with the slot to maintain the closed position, ensuring security while allowing easy opening when needed.
3Adaptability or versatility
If support structure is added to the rear member, then batteries of various sizes are effectively supported, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The support structure is integrated into the rear member with locally optimized features that accommodate batteries of various sizes. The support ribs and contours are designed specifically at the necessary locations to provide effective support without requiring complex manufacturing processes throughout the entire package.
Solution Approach 2:
The support structure is merged with the rear member as a single integrated component during injection molding. This combining of the support structure with the rear member eliminates the need for separate assembly steps, maintaining ease of manufacture while providing effective support for various battery configurations.
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AI summary
A battery package comprising a rear member and a front member pivotally connected to the rear member. The battery package has a closed position and an open position allowing access to the interior space. The rear member includes support structure for supporting the batteries therein. The rear member including a foot and the front member and the rear member including aligned openings. Therefore, the battery package can alternatively be positioned on the horizontal surface using the foot and be hung on a rod by extending the rod through the aligned openings for display purposes. A first one of the front member and the rear member includes a latch and a second one of the front member and rear member includes a slot, with the latch being configured to be inserted into the slot for maintaining the battery package in the closed position.