Lightweight Support Plate Structure for Battery Cell Pick-and-Place
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing support plates for pick and place apparatuses are heavy, leading to increased load on connection arms, which can result in deformation or breakage during the handling of secondary battery cells.
Innovation Solution
A lightweight support plate design featuring a plate body with a central connection part, side connection parts, recessed grooves, and openings, made from non-metallic plastic materials, which reduces weight while maintaining structural rigidity through reinforcing ribs and balanced arrangement of connection parts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Weight of moving object
If a support plate is made from non-metallic plastic materials with recessed grooves and openings, then weight is reduced, but structural rigidity may deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The support plate is divided into multiple regions by recessed grooves and openings, creating a segmented structure that reduces weight while maintaining structural integrity through strategic placement of connection parts
Solution Approach 2:
The support plate uses composite construction with reinforcing ribs integrated into the plastic material, combining the lightweight properties of non-metallic materials with the structural strength of reinforced geometry
2Force
If connection parts are arranged to balance weight reduction with structural integrity, then load on connection arms is minimized, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Different regions of the support plate have different structural properties - connection parts are reinforced with multiple connection points and ribs, while other areas are optimized for weight reduction through recessed grooves and openings
Solution Approach 2:
The support plate incorporates reinforcing ribs that extend in multiple directions, adding a dimensional aspect to the structure that provides strength without significantly increasing weight, creating a three-dimensional reinforcement pattern within the two-dimensional plate
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AI summary
A support plate according to an embodiment of the present invention has a grasping pad provided to pick up an object suspended and supported therefrom, the support plate configured to be moved by a manipulator. The support plate includes a plate body; a central connection part disposed at a central portion of the plate body and to which the manipulator is connected from an upper side; and a plurality of side connection parts disposed along both side portions in a width direction of the plate body and to which the grasping pad is connected from a lower side. A recessed groove is provided in the plate body so as to be spaced apart from the central connection part and the side connection parts, the recessed groove being recessed to a predetermined depth in a thickness direction of the plate body.