Storage Pallet Bracket Arms for Automated Battery Handling
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Solution Overview
Problem
The handling of batteries in new energy vehicles poses safety risks due to potential dropping or collision during manual handling and loading/unloading, which compromises their safety and service life, and existing automated guided vehicles require manual operation and may damage batteries during handling.
Innovation Solution
A storage pallet with bracket arms defining an avoidance region and stop members to prevent collision, combined with an automated guided vehicle featuring a pick-and-place assembly with a telescopic fork and vision apparatus, allows for safe and efficient handling of batteries by avoiding direct contact and improving unloading accuracy.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If automated guided vehicle is used for battery handling, then manual operation is reduced and efficiency is improved, but risk of battery damage during loading/unloading remains
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary pallet structure with bracket arms and stop members that mediates between the automated guided vehicle and the battery. The pallet's bracket arms provide a controlled interface for the vehicle's forking mechanism, while stop members prevent direct contact between the forking mechanism and the battery, thereby reducing damage risk while maintaining automation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies beforehand cushioning by positioning stop members on the pallet before the battery is loaded. These stop members act as protective elements that prevent the forking mechanism from directly contacting the battery during the loading and unloading processes, cushioning against potential impact and damage.
2Device complexity
If traditional pallet structure is used, then structure is simple, but battery safety during handling is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the pallet structure into distinct functional components: bracket arms for supporting and positioning, stop members for protection, and a base plate for structural stability. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function optimally while maintaining overall structural simplicity and manufacturability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary pallet structure with bracket arms and stop members that mediates between the automated guided vehicle and the battery. The pallet's bracket arms provide a controlled interface for the vehicle's forking mechanism, while stop members prevent direct contact between the forking mechanism and the battery, thereby reducing damage risk while maintaining automation.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If stop member is added to prevent collision, then battery protection is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the pallet structure into distinct functional components: bracket arms for supporting and positioning, stop members for protection, and a base plate for structural stability. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function optimally while maintaining overall structural simplicity and manufacturability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by adding stop members only at specific critical locations where collision risk exists, rather than making the entire pallet structure complex. The stop members are positioned strategically on the bracket arms to provide protection exactly where needed during the loading and unloading processes.
Data Source
AI summary
A storage pallet includes two bracket arms spaced apart along a first direction to form an avoidance region between the two bracket arms. Each of the two bracket arms includes a first end and a second end in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and the first ends of the two bracket arms are not connected, so as to form, between the two first ends, an opening communicating with the avoidance region.