Battery Rack Frame Structure With Cable Support for Mid-Bracket Stability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current energy storage containers face issues with poor middle portion support for battery brackets, leading to potential collapse and damage, reduced space utilization, increased weight, and lower energy density due to the use of upright posts.
Innovation Solution
A frame structure utilizing flexible fixing members and supporting members to support battery brackets, reducing the need for upright posts, enhancing space utilization, and incorporating a design that allows for better weight distribution and assembly convenience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If upright posts are arranged in the middle position of the bracket to support the middle portion, then the structural strength is improved, but the space utilization rate is reduced and the weight is increased
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the traditional upright posts from the middle position of the bracket and replaces them with a cable-based support system. The cable is anchored to the supporting frame and extends through the through hole in the middle of the bracket, providing support without occupying physical space in the middle position. This extraction of the solid upright post structure resolves the contradiction by eliminating the space occupation while maintaining support function.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical upright post support system with a cable-based tension support system. Instead of using rigid vertical posts that occupy space, the invention uses cables that can be routed through the bracket's through hole and anchored to the supporting frame, providing structural support through tension rather than compression, thus improving space utilization while maintaining strength.
2Strength
If upright posts are arranged in the middle position of the bracket to support the middle portion, then the structural strength is improved, but the weight is increased
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the heavy upright post elements from the bracket support structure and replaces them with lighter cable components. The cable system, when anchored to the supporting frame, provides the necessary support function with significantly reduced weight compared to solid upright posts, thus resolving the contradiction between strength and weight.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs a flexible cable instead of rigid upright posts to support the bracket. The cable can be routed through the through hole in the bracket middle position and anchored to the supporting frame, providing support with minimal weight. This use of a flexible thin element (cable) instead of a bulky rigid element (upright post) resolves the weight-strength contradiction.
3Volume of moving object
If the middle position of the bracket is not supported, then the space utilization rate is improved, but the bracket is easy to be collapsed and damaged
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a cable as an intermediary element that connects the bracket middle position to the supporting frame. The cable passes through the through hole in the bracket and is anchored to the supporting frame, acting as a mediator that provides support without requiring physical presence in the middle position. This intermediary cable ensures bracket stability while maintaining high space utilization rate.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent substitutes the traditional mechanical upright post support system with a cable-based tension system. The cable, when anchored to the supporting frame, provides the necessary support function through tension forces, replacing the compression-based upright post system. This substitution maintains bracket reliability while improving space utilization by eliminating the need for middle-position support structures.
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AI summary
A frame structure includes an outer frame body and a battery rack disposed within the outer frame body. The battery rack includes at least two supporting frames disposed at intervals in a first direction. A flexible fixing member and a battery bracket for bearing a battery are disposed between two adjacent supporting frames. One end of the flexible fixing member is connected to a top frame of the outer frame body, a middle portion of each battery bracket is provided with a through hole, and another end of the flexible fixing member extends in a second direction through the through hole. A periphery of the flexible fixing member is provided with a supporting member. The supporting member is borne at a bottom of the battery bracket to support a middle position of the battery bracket, and thus the middle portion of the battery bracket is supported.


