UAV Battery Housing Locking Mechanism with Visual Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) face safety risks due to loose or detached batteries during flight, which can cause power loss and crashes, posing threats to human life and property, highlighting the need for secure battery mounting mechanisms.
Innovation Solution
A battery housing apparatus with a housing body and a battery locking mechanism that indicates when batteries are properly mounted and locks them in place, using locking assemblies and indicator assemblies to ensure secure attachment and prevent loosening or detachment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If simple battery mounting is used, then ease of operation is improved, but reliability deteriorates due to loose or detached batteries during flight
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs an indicator assembly that provides visual feedback to operators during battery mounting. The indicator changes state (e.g., from red to green) to confirm whether the battery is properly seated and locked, ensuring reliable mounting without requiring complex procedures or operator expertise.
2Reliability
If complex locking mechanisms are used, then reliability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The locking mechanism is designed to automatically engage and lock the battery in place upon insertion, without requiring manual intervention or complex adjustment procedures. The spring-loaded locking arms automatically position themselves to secure the battery, simplifying the overall system while maintaining high reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces complex multi-component mechanical locking systems with a simplified spring-loaded arm mechanism that uses elastic deformation of springs to provide both the locking force and the indication function, reducing the number of parts and assembly steps required.
3Reliability
If visual indicators are added to show mounting status, then reliability is improved through better detection, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The indicator assembly is integrated with the locking mechanism itself, using the same moving components (locking arms, springs) to drive both the locking action and the visual indication. This merging of functions avoids adding separate complex indication systems while still providing reliable mounting status detection.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure discloses a battery housing apparatus. The apparatus includes a housing body and a battery locking mechanism. The housing body is configured with at least one battery compartment for housing a battery. The battery locking mechanism is disposed on the housing body and configured to indicate whether the battery is mounted in place during a process of mounting the battery in the battery compartment and to lock the battery in the battery compartment after the battery is mounted in place.