Floating Connector for Battery Charging Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional battery charging stations have complex structures with immovable connectors, making it difficult and slow for users to align battery charging ports with connectors for electrical connection, increasing setup costs and repair complexity.
Innovation Solution
A battery container with a floating connector and coupling board that moves relative to the container body, allowing easier alignment and connection with the battery's charging port, and a locking mechanism with sensors for secure charging.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a conventional immovable connector is used in the charging slot, then the connector structure is simple and stable, but it is difficult and slow for users to align the battery charging port with the connector for electrical connection
Solution Approach 1:
The connector is designed to be movable rather than fixed, allowing it to move along the rear wall to align with the battery charging port. This dynamic design enables users to easily align the connector with the charging port by sliding it horizontally, solving the alignment difficulty while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The connector assembly is divided into separate components: the connector body, the coupling board, and the movable mounting structure. This segmentation allows the connector to move independently along the rear wall while keeping other parts stable, facilitating easy alignment without requiring the entire charging slot to be complex.
2Productivity
If a movable floating connector is implemented to improve alignment ease, then connection speed and convenience are improved, but the device structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The floating connector is designed to move horizontally along the rear wall through a simple sliding mechanism. The coupling board can slide on the rear wall, and the connector moves with it, enabling quick alignment and connection without complex mechanical structures, thus improving connection speed while minimizing structural complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The connector assembly includes self-aligning features where the coupling board slides automatically along guide columns on the rear wall. This self-service mechanism allows the connector to position itself without requiring complex external actuation systems, improving connection efficiency while keeping the mechanism simple.
3Reliability
If electronic parts are added to achieve commercial cloud monitoring and safe charging, then charging safety and monitoring capability are improved, but the overall structure becomes complex and repair difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
The charging station is divided into modular components: the battery container with floating connector, the locking mechanism, and the electronic monitoring system. This segmentation allows each module to be independently maintained and repaired. If an electronic component fails, only that specific module needs to be accessed, not the entire system, significantly easing repair difficulty while maintaining comprehensive monitoring and safety features.
Data Source
AI summary
A battery container is adapted to be disposed at a battery charging station for containing a battery which has a charging port. The battery container includes a container body, a floating connector, and a coupling board. The container body includes a rear wall that is formed with a through hole. The floating connector extends movably through the through hole of the rear wall. The coupling board is secured co-movably to the floating connector and is slidable on the rear wall. The floating connector and the coupling board are movable relative to the container body and along a plane parallel to the rear wall when the battery is inserted into a receiving space of the container body to electrically connect the charging port of the battery to the floating connector.