Industrial Carriage Frame Layout for Modular Battery Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing industrial carriages face challenges in modularity and optimised battery integration, leading to a high number of variant embodiments and complex design and production processes.
Innovation Solution
The carriage features a frame with integrated, inaccessible energy storage units divided into distinct operating units, each with specific functionalities, positioned in separate zones, allowing for modular and standardised production.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If the battery pack is integrated directly in the frame with custom positioning for each model, then the energy storage system can be optimally positioned for each specific carriage model, but the number of variant embodiments increases and design complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The energy storage system is divided into modular battery packs that can be independently positioned in standardized zones within the frame. Each battery pack is a self-contained module with standardized dimensions and mounting interfaces, allowing them to be segmented and reconfigured across different carriage models without requiring custom integration designs for each variant.
Solution Approach 2:
The frame structure incorporates universal standardized zones that can accommodate different battery pack configurations across multiple carriage models. These zones are designed with standardized dimensions and mounting points that work across various carriage types, allowing the same frame design to serve multiple functions and models while reducing the number of variant embodiments needed.
2Manufacturing precision
If custom battery pack integration is designed for each carriage model, then optimal energy storage positioning is achieved for each model, but design and production simplification is hindered
Solution Approach 1:
The energy storage system is divided into modular battery packs that can be independently positioned in standardized zones within the frame. Each battery pack is a self-contained module with standardized dimensions and mounting interfaces, allowing them to be segmented and reconfigured across different carriage models without requiring custom integration designs for each variant.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the design parameter from custom-fit battery integration to standardized modular battery packs with fixed dimensions. This parameter change allows the same standardized battery packs to be used across different carriage models by simply changing their positioning within standardized zones, thereby simplifying design and production while maintaining optimal energy storage positioning.
3Manufacturing precision
If multiple variant embodiments are created for different carriage models, then specific optimization for each model is possible, but production standardization is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The frame structure incorporates universal standardized zones that can accommodate different battery pack configurations across multiple carriage models. These zones are designed with standardized dimensions and mounting points that work across various carriage types, allowing the same frame design to serve multiple functions and models while reducing the number of variant embodiments needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The energy storage system is divided into modular battery packs that can be independently positioned in standardized zones within the frame. Each battery pack is a self-contained module with standardized dimensions and mounting interfaces, allowing them to be segmented and reconfigured across different carriage models without requiring custom integration designs for each variant.
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
This design simplifies production, reduces variant embodiments, optimises electronics logic, and shortens certification times while ensuring safety and efficiency.
Implementation Method 1
The energy storage system 3 comprises at least one energy pack 31 defining an energy storage unit 31
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AI summary
Described is an industrial carriage, preferably of the electric type, comprising a frame (2) having side panels (21) and at least one energy storage system (3), configured for powering at least one user device (4) of the industrial carriage (1), wherein the energy storage unit (31) or energy pack (31) is integrated in the frame (2) in such a way as to be inaccessible through the side panels (21) of the frame (2), the energy storage system (3) is subdivided into a plurality of operating units (31, 32, 33, 34, 35), including the energy storage unit (31), each or which has a relative functionality, different from each other, each operating unit (31, 32, 33, 34, 35) is positioned in a respective zone of the frame (2) which is separate from the zone of the frame (2) in which another operating unit (31, 32, 33, 34, 35) is positioned.