Wiring Module Insulating Protector Flexible Hinge Routing

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional wiring modules for battery connection plates are difficult to route signal output wires in directions intersecting with the plate surface, limiting flexibility and increasing the risk of wire detachment during transportation and routing.

Innovation Solution

A wiring module with an insulating protector featuring a wire routing section that includes a placement wall with a projecting section and a flexible hinge section, allowing wires to be initially mounted parallel to the surface and easily bent to intersect with it, reducing deflection and detachment risks.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If wires are routed only in a direction along the plate surface, then the wiring-module mounting section is simple to manufacture, but it becomes considerably difficult to route signal output wires in directions intersecting with the mounting section

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of manufacturing wiring-module mounting sectionVSAvoidrouting flexibility of signal output wires
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The wire mounting section is designed with a flexible hinge section that enables it to change orientation from parallel to intersecting with the placement surface. This dynamic adaptability allows the same structure to accommodate different wire routing directions without requiring multiple fixed mounting sections, thus resolving the contradiction between manufacturing simplicity and routing versatility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The invention introduces a vertical dimension by allowing the wire mounting section to extend in directions intersecting with the placement surface, not just parallel to it. This multi-directional capability enables wires to be routed in intersecting directions while maintaining a simple single-section mounting structure, resolving the contradiction between ease of manufacture and routing flexibility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Adaptability or versatility

If wires are routed in directions intersecting with the placement surface, then routing flexibility is improved, but the risk of wire detachment during transportation increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improverouting flexibility of signal output wiresVSAvoidwire mounting stability during transportation
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The hinge section's flexibility parameter is specifically optimized to allow controlled bending for orientation change while maintaining sufficient rigidity when bent to hold wires securely. This parameter optimization enables the structure to provide both routing flexibility and transportation stability, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The wire mounting section transitions from a static fixed-orientation structure to a dynamic adjustable-orientation structure. When bent, it provides stable wire retention; when unbent, it allows flexible routing. This dynamic behavior resolves the contradiction between routing flexibility and mounting stability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Quantity of substance

If multiple wires are routed and mounted, then the wiring module can handle increasing numbers of power storage elements, but the complexity of routing and mounting operations increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenumber of power storage elements connectedVSAvoidcomplexity of wire routing and mounting operations
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

A single wire mounting section with hinge functionality serves multiple purposes: it can mount multiple wires simultaneously, adjust to different routing directions, and provide stable retention during transportation. This universal structure handles increasing numbers of power storage elements without proportionally increasing operational complexity, resolving the contradiction between quantity capability and operational simplicity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

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 easy routing of wires in intersecting directions, suppressing excessive deflection and detachment, and simplifies the operation of changing wire routing directions, even with increasing numbers of power storage elements.

Implementation Method 1

a flexible hinge section is formed on the tip of the projecting section

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectFlexibility: Elasticity

Data Source

PatentEP3136470B1Wiring module, wiring-module intermediary body, and method for manufacturing wiring module
Publication Date: 2019.03.27 AUTONETWORKS TECH LTD
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AI summary

An insulating protector (15) includes a wire routing section (70), and the wire routing section (70) includes a placement wall (71) having a placement surface (76) on which a plurality of voltage detection wires (23) are to be placed. The placement wall (71) is formed with a projecting section (77) projecting from the placement surface (76), and a wire mounting section (81) on which the plurality of voltage detection wires (23) are to be mounted via a flexible hinge section (80) is formed on the tip of the projecting section (77). The plurality of voltage detection wires (23) are mounted on the wire mounting section (81) with the wire mounting section (81) oriented to extend in a direction along the placement surface (76). The wire mounting section (81) is oriented to extend in a direction intersecting with the placement surface (76) by bending the hinge section (80) after the plurality of voltage detection wires (23) are mounted on the wire mounting section (81).