Wearable Battery Pouch With Replaceable Pack and Data Hub
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing portable battery packs are heavy, inconvenient to access, and lack flexibility in appearance, requiring separate packs for different environments, and often fail to efficiently power and data transfer to multiple peripheral devices.
Innovation Solution
A wearable and replaceable pouch or skin system for a portable battery pack that includes omnidirectional leads and a battery back plate, allowing flexible attachment to load-bearing platforms, with a remote device for charge state display and integrated power distribution and data hubs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Power
If portable battery packs are made heavy-duty to provide sufficient power, then power supply capability is improved, but weight and convenience deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The battery pack is divided into separate functional modules: a reusable pouch containing connection terminals and a replaceable battery pack unit. This allows the heavy battery cells to be separated from the lighter pouch, enabling users to carry only the necessary battery unit while leaving the pouch attached to equipment, thus reducing overall carried weight while maintaining power capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The pouch is designed as a universal interface that can accommodate multiple different battery pack units with various capacities and configurations. This multi-functionality allows a single pouch to work with different power sources, enabling users to optimize for either weight (smaller batteries) or power (larger batteries) depending on the specific task, rather than being constrained by a single heavy fixed battery pack.
2Stability of the object's composition
If battery packs are made fixed and integrated, then structural stability is improved, but adaptability to different environments and devices deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system separates the stable structural component (the pouch with its attachment mechanisms and connection terminals) from the variable component (the battery pack unit). The pouch maintains fixed structural stability and provides consistent mechanical and electrical interfaces, while the replaceable battery units can be selected or modified to adapt to different environmental requirements and device needs.
Solution Approach 2:
The pouch is designed as a universal platform that can interface with multiple types of devices and accommodate various battery pack configurations. This universality allows the same stable pouch structure to adapt to different environments by simply changing the battery unit, whether for military applications, consumer electronics, or emergency power needs.
3Adaptability or versatility
If battery packs include integrated power distribution hubs, then ability to power multiple devices is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The power distribution hub functionality is merged into the pouch rather than being integrated into each battery pack unit. This consolidation places the complex switching and distribution logic in a single location, simplifying the battery units themselves while still enabling multi-device power distribution through the pouch's centralized hub that can manage multiple output connections.
4Volume of moving object
If battery packs are made compact for portability, then ease of carrying is improved, but accessibility and connection convenience deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system separates the compact battery unit (optimized for portability and small volume) from the larger pouch (which contains the connection terminals and power distribution hub). The small battery unit can be easily carried and quickly swapped, while the pouch remains attached to equipment providing accessible connection points, thus resolving the contradiction between compactness and connection accessibility.
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AI summary
A wearable pouch operable to hold at least one portable battery pack and other power or communications equipment. The wearable pouch includes a main body with a front side, a back side opposite the front side, at least one scalable opening, and at least one opening for at least one lead from the at least one portable battery pack secured within the wearable pouch.