Intelligent Safety Frame for Electric Vehicle Battery Protection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current electric vehicle frames face issues with battery installation and wire distribution, leading to overheating, inconvenient battery replacement, and a bloated structure due to deranged wiring, which compromises safety and compactness.

Innovation Solution

An intelligent safety frame with a modular design featuring a front beam, battery mounting box, rear beam, cushion mounting seat, and rear tail box mounting seat, where connecting wires are separated from power supply wires through distinct zones, facilitated by threading slots and cavities, and protected by a cushion mounting seat with intelligent lock mounting slots, ensuring easy battery replacement and theft prevention.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If battery and wires are installed in a deranged layout to fit more components, then the frame can accommodate more assemblies, but the structure becomes bloated and wire overheating occurs

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecomponent accommodationVSAvoidframe structure
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The frame is divided into distinct functional zones: a battery installation zone with a battery mounting box, and a wire distribution zone with separate wire-in cavities and threading boxes. This segmentation allows organized placement of components, preventing the bloated structure while accommodating all necessary assemblies through dedicated spaces for each component type.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Reliability

If wires are routed through the battery installation area to connect battery components, then electrical connections are established, but wire overheating and ignition occur due to poor heat dissipation

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveelectrical connectionVSAvoidwire overheating
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The wire distribution function is extracted from the battery installation area. Separate wire-in cavities and threading boxes are provided, allowing wires to be routed through dedicated channels away from the battery mounting box. This spatial separation improves heat dissipation for wires while maintaining reliable electrical connections, preventing overheating and ignition hazards.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Stability of the object's composition

If the battery is firmly fixed in the frame to ensure stability, then battery security is improved, but battery replacement becomes inconvenient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebattery stabilityVSAvoidbattery replacement
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The battery mounting system employs a dynamic design with detachable mounting structures. The battery can be securely fixed during normal operation through the mounting box and fastening mechanisms, but can be easily removed when replacement is needed. This dynamic mounting system balances stability during use with ease of replacement, eliminating the trade-off between secure fixation and convenient maintenance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

4Volume of moving object

If a compact frame structure is designed to reduce size, then overall vehicle dimensions are reduced, but wire distribution becomes deranged and safety is compromised

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveframe sizeVSAvoidwire distribution safety
Core Design Contradiction:
Volume of moving objectVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The frame utilizes three-dimensional spatial optimization with vertically arranged functional zones. The battery mounting box, wire-in cavities, and threading boxes are arranged in different spatial dimensions and levels, allowing efficient wire distribution and battery installation within a compact footprint. This dimensional arrangement maintains safety by keeping wires and battery in separate organized spaces while reducing overall frame size.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Data Source

PatentUS11440619B2Intelligent safety frame capable of easily replacing and protecting battery
Publication Date: 2022.09.13 ZHEJIANG OKAI VEHICLE CO LTD
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AI summary

An intelligent safety frame capable of easily replacing and protecting battery includes a front beam, a battery mounting box, a rear beam, a cushion mounting seat and a rear tail box mounting seat, wherein a rear tail box is mounted on the rear tail box mounting seat, the cushion mounting seat is rotatably mounted on the rear beam, a battery mounting cavity is defined in the battery mounting box, a threading box is provided on a side of the battery mounting box, a first wire-in cavity is provided in the threading box, a first threading slot is provided on a side of the battery mounting cavity, a wire outlet is provided on a side of the threading box, a second intelligent lock mounting slot is provided at the upper end of the rear beam, and a lock catch is provided on a side of the cushion mounting seat.