Pivoting Battery Clamp Structure for Easy Battery Release
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional battery compartments in electronic devices often make it difficult for users to remove batteries, requiring complex procedures or tools.
Innovation Solution
A clamping member with arm parts, protruding parts, an elastic structure, and pivot structures that allow the battery to be easily inserted and removed by rotating the clamping member relative to the device body, utilizing an elastic structure to disengage the battery from the compartment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a fixed clamping structure is used to secure the battery, then the battery is held firmly in place, but the user cannot easily remove the battery
Solution Approach 1:
The clamping member is designed to be rotatable relative to the body through pivot structures, transforming from a static fixed structure to a dynamic movable one. When the user pushes the protruding parts, the clamping member rotates around the pivot structures, allowing easy battery removal while maintaining secure retention during normal use
2Ease of operation
If a simple push mechanism is used for battery removal, then the operation is easy, but the elastic structure may protrude out of the body
Solution Approach 1:
The elastic structure is nested within the body through the excess slot, allowing it to be contained when not in use. The excess slot provides a recessed space that accommodates the elastic structure, preventing it from protruding out of the body while still allowing it to function during battery removal operations
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables users to effortlessly place and remove batteries from the compartment without additional tools, improving user convenience and simplifying the battery replacement process.
Implementation Method 1
When the two arm parts move toward each other due to an external force, the elastic structure deforms elastically
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AI summary
A clamping member and a battery accommodating device are provided. The battery accommodating device includes a body and a clamping member pivotally connected to the body. The clamping member has two arm parts, two protruding parts respectively extending from one side of the two arm parts, and an elastic structure connected to the two arm parts at two ends. When the battery is placed in an accommodating slot of the body, the elastic structure is pressed by the battery, and one end of the battery is clamped between the two protruding parts and the elastic structure. When the two protruding parts are pushed by an external force, the clamping member rotates relative to the body, and the elastic structure pushes up the battery, so as to release the clamped end of the battery.