This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application Serial No. 202310333811.2 filed to China National Intellectual Property Administration on Mar. 30, 2023 and Chinese Patent Application Serial No. 202320684431.9 filed to China National Intellectual Property Administration on Mar. 30, 2023, which are incorporated by reference in the present application with its entirety.
The present application relates to the field of a battery including a bracket that prevents wire harnesses from falling off, and particularly to a bracket and a cell contact system (CCS) assembly.
Currently, most of collecting wire harnesses of a cell contact system (CCS) fix wire harnesses with ties, and some of the collecting wire harnesses of the CCS fix the wire harnesses with wire harness grooves defined in plastic brackets of the CCS. These two fixing methods have following defects.
In order to overcome at least one defect described in prior art, the present application provides a bracket and a cell contact system (CCS) assembly. The method of fixing with ties or wire harness grooves is improved. Labor costs are reduced. Mold-making can be produced individually. That the structures such as the wire harness grooves increase production difficulty are improved, thus improving increase in production costs.
In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a bracket, the bracket includes a bracket body, an elastic member and a position-limiting member. A fixed end of the elastic member is assembled on the bracket body. A fixed end of the position-limiting member is assembled on the bracket body. The position-limiting member, the elastic member, and the bracket body enclose and define a position-limiting space. An end of the elastic member away from the fixed end of the elastic member is a free end. An end of the position-limiting member away from the fixed end of the position-limiting member is a position-limiting end. A guiding opening is defined between the free end of the elastic member and the position-limiting end of the position-limiting member, and is communicated with the position-limiting space. The guiding opening has a size being adjusted by changing a degree of deformation of the free end of the elastic member.
By adopting solutions mentioned above, passage and an effect of fixation and anti-falling off of wire harnesses are achieved by elastic deformation of the elastic member itself.
In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a cell contact system assembly including a cell contact system body and at least one bracket mentioned above. The bracket is disposed on the cell contact system body, and the position-limiting member and the elastic member are assembled in a groove channel of the bracket body.
By adopting solutions mentioned above, the wire harnesses of the CCS assembly can be fixed. An effect of fixing is good, and the wire harnesses are not easy to fall off.
In summary, the bracket provided in the embodiment of the present application has following technical effects.
Herein, meanings of reference labels are as follows: 1, elastic plate post; 11, first chamfer; 12, second chamfer; 13, third chamfer; 2, elastic plate; 21, eighth chamfer; 3, position-limiting head post; 31, sixth chamfer; 32, seventh chamfer; 4, position-limiting head; 41, fourth chamfer; 42, fifth chamfer; 43, first portion; 44, second portion; 5, bracket body; 51, groove channel; 6, position-limiting space; 7, guiding opening; 8, elastic member; 9, position-limiting member.
In the description of the present application, it should be noted that the terms indicating orientation or location relationships such as “up”, “down”, “left”, “right”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, “top”, “bottom”, “inside”, and “outside” etc. are based on orientation or location relationships shown in drawings, which are only for a convenience of description and simplified operation, rather than indicating or implying that devices or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, so it cannot be understood as a limitation of the present disclosure.
Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the technical field of the present application. Terms used herein in the specification of the present application are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments only and are not intended to limit the present application.
The present application is shown in
The free end of the elastic member 8 can abut against the position-limiting end of the position-limiting member 9 in a case that the free end of the elastic member 8 is elastically deformed towards a direction away from the position-limiting space 6. Thus, an effect of closing the guiding opening 7 can be achieved in a case that there are too many wire harnesses in the position-limiting space 6, so as to achieve an effect of preventing the wire harnesses from falling off. The elastic member 8 and/or the position-limiting member 9 is provided with at least one bending portion, so that the elastic member 8 and the position-limiting member 9 are bent towards each other to define the guiding opening 7. The bending portion can be designed according to different structures of bracket bodies 5. Thus, the elastic member 8 and the position-limiting member 9 can define the position-limiting space, it is beneficial to form the guiding opening 7, and an effect of fixing the wire harnesses can be achieved.
The guiding opening 7 has a width less than a diameter of the wire harness. The size of the guiding opening 7 is adjusted by changing the degree of deformation of the elastic member 8, so as to achieve passage and fixation of the wire harnesses. In a case that the wire harnesses pass through the guide opening 7 and enter into the position-limiting space 6, the free end of the elastic member 8 is elastically deforms toward inside of the position-limiting space 6. In this situation, the guiding opening 7 becomes larger, so as to realize the passage of the wire harnesses. In a case that the elastic member 8 is squeezed by the wire harnesses in the position-limiting space 6, the free end of the elastic member 8 is elastically deformed toward a direction away from the position-limiting space 6. In this situation, the guiding opening 7 becomes smaller, the free end of the elastic member 8 abuts against a position-limiting end of the position-limiting member 9 to achieve anti-falling off of the wire harnesses. Thus, passage and fixation of the wire harnesses can be achieved by elastic deformation of the elastic member 8 itself.
An embodiment 1 of the present application is shown in
It should be noted, that the position-limiting head post 3 and the elastic plate post 1 are vertically assembled on the bracket body 5, which is only a preferred embodiment, so as to provide better supporting force for the elastic plate 2 and the position-limiting head 4. In other embodiments, the elastic plate post 1 and the position-limiting head post 3 may not be vertically assembled on the bracket body 5, and may be slightly tilted, as long as self-stability is satisfied. The position-limiting head post 3 and the elastic plate post 1 may also be provided with a structure of a trapezoidal frustum, so as to improve aesthetics and practicality, and further improve stability of fixing the wire harnesses.
In the embodiment 1, referring to
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Specifically, the length, the width, and the height of the elastic plate post 1 are 1.5 mm×1.5 mm×9 mm. The length, the width, and the height of the position-limiting head post 3 are 1.5 mm×1.5 mm×8.39 mm. The length, the width, and the height of the elastic plate 2 are 1 mm×1.5 mm×8.9 mm. The length, the width, and the height of the position-limiting head 4 are 1 mm×1.5 mm×2 mm. The bracket body 5 is provided with a groove channel 51. The length, the width, and the height of the groove channel 51 are 1.5 mm×10 mm×1.5 mm. Thus, depths of the elastic plate post 1 and the position-limiting head post 3 inserting into the channel 51 is 1.5 mm.
A bending side angle between the elastic plate post 1 and the elastic plate 2 is less than a bending side angle between the position-limiting head post 3 and the position-limiting head 4. Thus, the elastic plate 2 is limited between the position-limiting head 4 and the bracket body 5, which helps to improve a problem of breaking of the elastic plate 2 caused by excessive rotation of the elastic plate 2. In the embodiment 1, the bending side angle between the elastic plate post 1 and the elastic plate 2 is set to be 75°, and the bending side angle between the position-limiting head post 3 and the position-limiting head 4 is set to be 90°. Thus, Stabilities of the position-limiting head post 3 and the position-limiting head 4 are higher, and elasticity of the elastic plate 2 is better. In other embodiments, the bending angle can be slightly changed according to actual situation, which is not specifically limited in the embodiment.
During operation, the elastic plate 2 can be pressed by hand to make the wire harnesses slide into the position-limiting space 6 from the guiding opening 7; or, the elastic plate 2 is directly squeezed downward by the wire harness, and the elastic plate 2 rotates towards a direction away from the position-limiting head 4 under force. The distance between the point A and the point C and the distance between the point D and the point E increase, and the wire harness easily enters into the position-limiting space 6. After the wire harness slides into the position-limiting space 6 or a pressure from the hand on the elastic plate 2 is removed, the elastic plate 2 automatically resets towards the direction adjacent to the position-limiting head 4. In a case that the wire harness shakes to provide the elastic plate 2 with a force to rotate towards a direction of the position-limiting head 4, the distance between the point A and the point C and the distance between the point D and the point E decrease. The distance between the point A and the point C can even become 0, that is, the elastic plate 2 and the position-limiting head 4 contact with each other. The wire harness is even more impossible to fall off, so as to achieve an effect of anti-falling off.
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Specifically, chamfering radiuses of the first chamfer 11, the third chamfer 13, the sixth chamfer 31, and the seventh chamfer 32 are set to be 0.5 mm. Chamfering radiuses of the second chamfer 12, the fourth chamfer 41, the fifth chamfer 42, and the eighth chamfer 21 are set to be 1 mm. The first chamfer 11 and the sixth chamfer 31 are set to be same, so that bending angles of both are same and are 90°. Meanwhile, the elastic plate 2 is further bent towards the position-limiting space 6, the second chamfer 12 is added, and a bending angle of the second chamfer 12 is less than 90°. Therefore, the elastic plate 2 is lower than the position-limiting head 4 after being bent for a second time. The fourth chamfer 41, the fifth chamfer 42, and the eighth chamfer 21 help to improve surface smoothness, and improve fluency of entry of the wire harnesses. In other embodiments, chamfering radiuses may vary according to an actual bending angle of the position-limiting head post 3 and the elastic plate post 1, which is not specifically limited in the embodiment.
In an embodiment 2 of the present application, please refer to
In a case that the position-limiting head post 3 and the elastic member 8 are both vertically assembled on the bracket body 5, the height of the position-limiting head post 3 is greater than the height of the elastic member 8, and the angle between the position-limiting head 4 and the position-limiting head post 3 is less than 90°. Thus, the position-limiting space 6 is in a shape of a right-angled trapezoid, the length of the position-limiting head 4 is greater than an assembly distance between the elastic member 8 and the position-limiting head post 3. A position-limiting end of the position-limiting head 4 is lower than the free end of the elastic member 8, so as to limit the elastic member 8, and prevent the elastic member 8 from elastically deforming towards the direction away from the position-limiting space 6 so that the guiding opening 7 becomes larger, thereby preventing the wiring harness falling off from the position-limiting space 6. In the embodiment 2, for example, as shown in
In other embodiments, the elastic member 8 may not be vertically assembled on the bracket body 5, and in this situation, the position-limiting head post 3 is not vertically assembled in the bracket body 5 either. There is one bending between the position-limiting head post 3 and the position-limiting head 4, so that a structure of the position-limiting space 6 is in a shape of triangle of which an angle and a side length are not specifically limited. It is only necessary for the position-limiting end of the position-limiting head 4 to be lower than the free end of the elastic member 8, thereby preventing the wire harnesses from falling off from the position-limiting space 6.
In other embodiments, the position-limiting space 6 enclosed by the elastic member 8, the position-limiting member 9 and the bracket body 5 can also be in a shape of a polygon, a circle or an ellipse, so as to satisfy an effect of anti-falling off of the guiding opening 7.
The present application further provides a cell contact system (CCS) assembly including a CCS body and at least one bracket. The bracket is disposed on the CCS body. The bracket body 5 is provided with a groove channel 51 in which the elastic member 8 and the position-limiting member 9 are assembled. The wire harnesses of the CCS assembly can be fixed with one or more bracket, so as to improve it that the wire harness grooves are directly defined in the bracket of the CCS. Complexity of plastic bracket structures of the CCS is reduced. Efficiency of mold-opening is improved, materials of plastic brackets of the CCS is reduced, and weight of the CCS is reduced. An assembling between anti-falling off structures for the wire harnesses and the CCS assembly is easy, and an effect of anti-falling off for the wire harnesses can be achieved. Therefore, there is no need to use straps, a problem of slow production efficiency caused by human participation is improved, and at the same time, labor costs are saved.
In summary, the bracket and the cell contact system provided in the embodiment of the present application have following technical effects.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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202310333811.2 | Mar 2023 | CN | national |
202320684431.9 | Mar 2023 | CN | national |