Elastic Battery Box Guide for Misalignment Cushioning

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Solution Overview

Problem

Quick-change electric vehicles face damage during battery replacement due to positioning deviations, leading to collisions between the battery box and the bracket, despite precise positioning efforts.

Innovation Solution

An elastic member and a limiting member are integrated into the quick-change bracket and battery box, providing elastic limitation and guidance to prevent damage by cushioning and guiding the battery box's movement during installation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If precise positioning is used to guide battery box insertion, then positioning accuracy is improved, but positioning deviation still occurs during actual installation causing collision damage

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepositioning accuracyVSAvoidcollision damage
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies beforehand cushioning by installing elastic members (such as elastic columns or elastic plates) between the battery box and the quick-change bracket before insertion. These elastic members are pre-positioned to absorb impact forces that occur during insertion, even when positioning deviations exist. The elastic members deform under impact, cushioning the collision and preventing damage to the battery box and bracket, thus resolving the contradiction between positioning accuracy and collision damage prevention.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #11Beforehand cushioning (Prior cushioning)

2Ease of operation

If mechanical guidance is used to guide battery box insertion, then insertion guidance is improved, but positioning deviation still occurs causing installation failure

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinsertion guidanceVSAvoidinstallation success rate
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies the intermediary principle by introducing elastic members as mediators between the battery box and the quick-change bracket. These elastic members serve as a buffer zone that accommodates positioning deviations during insertion. The elastic members deform to absorb misalignment, allowing the battery box to be successfully installed even when mechanical guidance alone cannot achieve perfect positioning, thus improving installation success rate while maintaining ease of operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Measurement precision

If rigid positioning structures are used to ensure precise positioning, then positioning precision is improved, but impact resistance during insertion is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepositioning precisionVSAvoidimpact resistance
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSStrength

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies parameter changes by transforming the rigid positioning structure into a combination of rigid guidance elements and flexible elastic members. The rigid components maintain positioning precision during normal operation, while the elastic members provide impact resistance during insertion by deforming under load. This parameter change from purely rigid to rigid-flexible combination allows the system to simultaneously achieve high positioning precision and impact resistance, resolving the contradiction between these two requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

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 prevents damage to the battery box by ensuring precise and safe installation, enhancing the reliability of the battery replacement process in quick-change electric vehicles.

Implementation Method 1

an elastic member, the elastic member is fixed on the inner wall of the quick-change bracket of the electric vehicle or the outer wall of the quick-change battery box of the electric vehicle, and the elastic member is used for elastically limiting the movement of the quick-change battery box in the quick-change bracket move

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElasticity: Elasticity

Data Source

PatentUS20230294548A1Elastic member, limiting member, limiting guide device, and electric automobile comprising same
Publication Date: 2023.09.21 AULTON NEW ENERGY AUTOMOBILE TECHNOLOGY CO LTD
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AI summary

Provided are an elastic member, a limiting member, a limiting guide device, and an electric automobile comprising same. The limiting guide device comprises an elastic member (201) and an limiting member (101) which match each other. The elastic member (201) is fixed to an inner side wall of a quick-change support (200) of the electric automobile or an outer side wall of a quick-change battery box (100) of the electric automobile, and the elastic member (201) is used for elastically limiting the movement of the quick-change battery box (100) in the quick-change support (200). The elastic member (201) can elastically limit the movement of the quick-change battery box (100) in the quick-change support (200), thereby preventing the battery box (100) from being damaged.