Pivot-Locking Battery Holster for Secure EV Battery Swapping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for light electric vehicles, such as scooters and bicycles, lack an efficient mechanism for securely and easily exchanging rechargeable batteries with varying charge levels, limiting their operational range and convenience.
Innovation Solution
A rechargeable battery holster with a pivot mechanism and locking channel system that securely attaches and detaches rechargeable batteries from light electric vehicles, allowing for easy battery swapping and preventing unauthorized removal, utilizing a pivot channel and locking mechanism for secure engagement and disengagement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a rechargeable battery is designed to be removably coupled to a light electric vehicle, then battery exchange convenience is improved, but security against unauthorized removal deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The locking mechanism transitions from an unlocked state to a locked state through a pivoting motion, where the channel moves from a first orientation (allowing removal) to a second orientation (preventing removal). This dynamic transformation enables the same structure to provide both ease of exchange and security.
Solution Approach 2:
The coupling mechanism is divided into two functional components: a pivot mechanism for enabling easy insertion and removal, and a locking mechanism for providing security. This segmentation allows each component to specialize in one function while working together to resolve the contradiction.
2Reliability
If a locking mechanism is added to prevent unauthorized battery removal, then security is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The locking mechanism is merged with the existing pivot mechanism, using the same channel structure to perform both pivoting and locking functions. This integration adds security functionality without requiring a completely separate complex locking system.
Solution Approach 2:
The locking mechanism operates automatically through the pivoting motion itself - as the channel pivots into the locked orientation, the geometry of the pivot mechanism naturally engages the locking position without requiring additional actuators or complex control systems.
3Ease of operation
If a pivot mechanism is used to enable easy battery exchange, then ease of operation is improved, but structural complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The pivot channel serves multiple functions: it guides the battery during insertion, enables the pivoting motion for easy exchange, and provides the locking function when in the second orientation. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate components for each function.
Data Source
AI summary
This disclosure describes a rechargeable battery for a light electric vehicle. More specifically, this disclosure describes a rechargeable battery and a rechargeable battery holster that may be used to removably couple the rechargeable battery to a light electric vehicle.