Modular Battery Storage Tray Assembly for Multi-Size Cell Handling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing battery storage trays are limited in their ability to accommodate various types and sizes of battery cells, and they often require complex assembly methods, which can hinder efficient manufacturing and inspection processes.
Innovation Solution
A battery storage tray designed with an accommodating portion, an insert, and a fastening portion, featuring internal coupling portions with fastening holes, insert coupling portions with storage grooves and through-holes, and a convenient assembly method to support multiple battery cell types and sizes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a tray is designed to accommodate various types and sizes of battery cells, then the adaptability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The tray is divided into a body and multiple removable inserts. Each insert can be independently configured to match different battery cell sizes and types. This segmentation allows the tray to adapt to various battery configurations without redesigning the entire tray structure, thus improving adaptability while keeping the overall device complexity manageable through modular design.
Solution Approach 2:
The tray body is designed as a universal structure that can accommodate multiple types of battery cells through interchangeable inserts. The standardized coupling portions allow different inserts to be mounted on the same tray body, enabling one tray to serve multiple functions for different battery types and sizes, thereby improving versatility without proportionally increasing complexity.
2Manufacturing precision
If a complex assembly method is used to create precise storage areas, then the manufacturing precision is improved, but the ease of manufacture deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The inserts are pre-formed with precise storage area geometries and coupling portions before being mounted on the tray body. This preliminary preparation of precise components allows for accurate storage area positioning without requiring complex assembly operations during final assembly, thus maintaining manufacturing precision while simplifying the assembly process.
Solution Approach 2:
The coupling portions are designed to enable self-aligning and self-securing of inserts to the tray body. The standardized coupling mechanism allows inserts to be easily mounted and positioned with precise storage areas automatically aligned, eliminating the need for complex assembly tools or procedures while maintaining high positioning precision.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure may provide a battery storage tray including an accommodating portion, an insert, and a fastening portion, wherein the accommodating portion includes an internal space housing the insert and one or more coupling portions provided in the internal space, the internal coupling portion including a fastening hole, the insert includes an insert coupling portion provided with a storage groove and a through-hole, and the fastening portion passes through the through-hole and is coupled with the fastening hole.