Integrated Battery Switch Assembly for Secure Vehicle Installation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing battery switching devices are externally mounted, requiring vehicle modifications for installation, and lack a unitary structure that allows for secure and authorized control of battery activation.
Innovation Solution
A battery with a movably integrated switching unit that includes a lock and lever mechanism, allowing the battery to be actuated between live and dead conditions, ensuring secure and authorized operation without vehicle modifications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If an externally mounted switching unit is used, then the battery can be controlled to be removed from electrical communication with an electrical circuit, but the battery requires vehicle modifications for installation
Solution Approach 1:
The switching unit is merged with the battery to form a unitary structure. The switching unit includes a switch housing that is integrally formed with the battery housing, creating a single assembled unit that combines the battery and switching controls into one component. This eliminates the need for separate external mounting and vehicle modifications.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a unitary structure battery with integrated switching unit is used, then installation in vehicles without modifications is enabled, but the complexity of the battery structure increases
Solution Approach 1:
The battery is divided into distinct functional modules: a battery housing containing chemical cells, a separate but integrated switch housing containing the switching unit, and a common top wall structure. This segmentation allows each module to be manufactured independently and then assembled, reducing overall manufacturing complexity while achieving a unitary installed structure.
3Reliability
If a lock mechanism is added to the switching unit, then secure and authorized battery activation is enabled, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The lock mechanism is integrated into the existing switch housing structure, sharing common components with the switching unit. The lock utilizes the same mounting structure and electrical connection points as the switching unit, allowing one mechanism to serve both security (lock) and operational control (switching) functions without requiring entirely separate systems.
Data Source
AI summary
A switchable battery assembly includes a battery that has a positive terminal and a negative terminal and a plurality of chemical cells positioned within the battery. The positive terminal is in continuous electrical communication with the plurality of chemical cells. The negative terminal is inhibited from is in electrical communication with the plurality of chemical cells. A switching unit is movably integrated into the battery. The switching unit is positionable in an on position to actuate the battery into a live condition for supplying electrical current to an electrical circuit. The switching unit is positionable in an off position to inhibit the battery from supplying electrical current to the electrical circuit.