CN115312952A - Composite frame type battery box body of electric automobile, assembly tool and assembly method thereof - Google Patents

Composite frame type battery box body of electric automobile, assembly tool and assembly method thereof Download PDF

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CN115312952A
CN115312952A CN202211128248.7A CN202211128248A CN115312952A CN 115312952 A CN115312952 A CN 115312952A CN 202211128248 A CN202211128248 A CN 202211128248A CN 115312952 A CN115312952 A CN 115312952A
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    • H01M50/242Mountings; Secondary casings or frames; Racks, modules or packs; Suspension devices; Shock absorbers; Transport or carrying devices; Holders characterised by physical properties of casings or racks, e.g. dimensions adapted for protecting batteries against vibrations, collision impact or swelling
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Abstract

The invention discloses a composite frame type battery box body of an electric automobile, an assembling tool and an assembling method of the battery box body, wherein the battery box body comprises a box body bottom plate, a reinforcing frame and a box body cover plate, the reinforcing frame is arranged on the box body bottom plate to form a frame type box body, and the box body cover plate is arranged on the frame type box body; the inside of frame box is provided with cuts off the support frame, cut off the support frame and divide into a plurality of battery installation compartment with the inside of frame box, the inside of battery installation compartment is provided with the battery protection frame that is used for installing and protecting on-vehicle battery, the battery box adopts combined material processing preparation in the invention, improve the structural strength of battery box, improve the protective properties of the on-vehicle battery in the battery box, low in production cost simultaneously, facilitate processing and use, the effective on-vehicle battery of this battery box simultaneously, can slow down the vibration that the on-vehicle battery received in the battery box, further promote the safety in utilization of on-vehicle battery, improve electric automobile's driving safety, the on-vehicle battery in the comprehensive protection battery box.

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Composite frame type battery box body of electric automobile, assembly tool and assembly method thereof
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of battery boxes of electric automobiles, and particularly relates to a composite frame type battery box of an electric automobile, an assembling tool and an assembling method of the battery box.
Background
At present, the development of a new energy industry is vigorously advocated and promoted in China, wherein a new energy automobile, particularly an electric automobile, becomes an important direction of the development of the new energy automobile industry, the electric automobile is a new energy automobile which uses a vehicle-mounted power supply as power and drives wheels by a motor, the influence on the environment is small, the vehicle-mounted power supply is a battery, the safety of the battery is particularly important, and in order to perfectly combine the vehicle-mounted battery with an automobile body, a battery box body is used as an installation body to wrap and install the vehicle-mounted battery at present.
Most of the existing battery boxes are box-type support frames, when an electric automobile is impacted or strongly vibrates, the battery boxes cannot comprehensively protect a vehicle-mounted battery, so that the vehicle-mounted battery is extremely easy to damage, and meanwhile, serious traffic accidents can be caused when the electric automobile is seriously impacted, so that the driving safety of the electric automobile is influenced.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a composite frame type battery box body of an electric vehicle, an assembly tool and an assembly method thereof, and aims to solve the problems in the background art.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides the following technical scheme: a composite frame type battery box body of an electric automobile comprises a box body bottom plate, a reinforcing frame and a box body cover plate, wherein the reinforcing frame is installed on the box body bottom plate to form a frame type box body;
the inside of frame box is provided with cuts off the support frame, cut off the support frame will the inside partition of frame box becomes a plurality of battery installation compartment, the inside of battery installation compartment is provided with the battery protection frame that is used for the installation and protects on-vehicle battery.
Preferably, the box bottom plate is of a sandwich structure and comprises an upper plate, a middle plate and a lower plate, and the middle plate is arranged between the upper plate and the lower plate.
Preferably, the upper plate and the lower plate are both prepared by compounding one or more of aluminum alloy, magnesium alloy, steel and high polymer material;
the middle layer plate is prepared by compounding one or more of aluminum alloy, magnesium alloy, steel, zinc material, PP material, PE material and kraft paper;
the upper layer plate, the middle layer plate and the lower layer plate are processed and formed in a hot pressing, gluing, cold rolling or welding mode.
Preferably, the reinforcing frame and the box body cover plate are both prepared by compounding one or more of aluminum alloy, magnesium alloy, steel and glass fiber-containing high polymer materials;
the reinforced frame is processed and formed in an integrated die-casting forming mode, a welding mode, a riveting mode or a gluing mode.
Preferably, an installation clamping groove for clamping the reinforcing frame is formed in the box body bottom plate, connecting clamping grooves distributed at equal intervals are formed in the outer side edge of the installation clamping groove, connecting sheets distributed at equal intervals are arranged at the lower part of the outer side of the reinforcing frame, and the connecting sheets are fixedly connected with the box body bottom plate through first bolts;
the connecting sheet and the connecting clamping groove are aligned and distributed, the connecting sheet is clamped in the connecting clamping groove, a first threaded hole is formed in the connecting clamping groove, a second threaded hole is formed in the connecting sheet, the first threaded hole and the second threaded hole are aligned and distributed, and the first threaded hole and the second threaded hole are matched with the first bolt.
Preferably, the partition support frame comprises a transverse support frame and a plurality of longitudinal support frames, and the longitudinal support frames are arranged on the transverse support frame at equal intervals;
the transverse support frame is provided with first caulking grooves corresponding to the upper part and the lower part of the longitudinal support frame, the longitudinal support frame is provided with second caulking grooves corresponding to the first caulking grooves, and the transverse support frame and the longitudinal support frame are connected in an embedded mode through the first caulking grooves and the second caulking grooves;
the connecting clamping plates are arranged at two ends of the transverse supporting frame and the longitudinal supporting frame, slots are arranged at positions, corresponding to the connecting clamping plates, of the upper portion of the inner side wall of the reinforcing frame, the connecting clamping plates are inserted into the slots, the connecting clamping plates and the reinforcing frame are fixedly connected through second bolts, third threaded holes are symmetrically formed in the connecting clamping plates, fourth threaded holes are symmetrically formed in the slots, the third threaded holes and the fourth threaded holes are distributed in an aligned mode, and the third threaded holes and the fourth threaded holes are matched with the second bolts;
the bottom of the transverse supporting frame and the bottom of the longitudinal supporting frame are both provided with installation pieces, installation grooves are formed in positions, corresponding to the installation pieces, on the box body bottom plate, the installation pieces are fixedly connected with the box body bottom plate through third bolts, fifth threaded holes are symmetrically formed in the installation grooves, sixth threaded holes are symmetrically formed in the installation grooves, the fifth threaded holes and the sixth threaded holes are distributed in an aligned mode, and the fifth threaded holes and the sixth threaded holes are matched with the third bolts.
The utility model provides an equipment frock of electric automobile composite frame formula battery box, includes that base, fixed case, removal supporting mechanism and centre gripping bear the weight of the mechanism, fixed case sets up on the base, it installs to remove supporting mechanism in the fixed case, just remove supporting mechanism along the longitudinal direction back-and-forth movement of fixed case, correspond on the fixed case remove supporting mechanism's position department and seted up the removal opening, centre gripping bear the weight of the mechanism through rotate the seat with it rotates to remove supporting mechanism and connects, centre gripping bearing mechanism is used for bearing and centre gripping box bottom plate.
Preferably, the movable support mechanism comprises a movable support, a lifting rod and an auxiliary support frame, the lifting rod is mounted at the upper part of the movable support, and the auxiliary support frame is used for supporting the lifting rod in an auxiliary manner;
a movable inner cavity for the movable support to move is formed in the middle of the base, symmetrically distributed racks are arranged inside the movable inner cavity, and a gear meshed with the racks is rotatably connected to the bottom of the movable support;
the lower part of the auxiliary supporting frame is provided with a sliding clamping block, a sliding clamping groove is formed in the position, corresponding to the sliding clamping block, of the base, and the sliding clamping block is clamped in the sliding clamping groove in a sliding mode.
Preferably, the clamping and bearing mechanism comprises a bearing plate, a stabilizing support, a telescopic cylinder and a clamping strip, the bearing plate is arranged at the upper end of the lifting rod through the rotating seat, the bearing plate is connected with the rotating seat through the stabilizing support, the telescopic cylinder is arranged on the side edge of the bearing plate, and the clamping strip is arranged at the telescopic end of the telescopic cylinder;
the loading board is a U-shaped board, a groove is formed in the position, corresponding to the clamping strip, on the inner side wall of the loading board, and the clamping strip is arranged in the groove.
An assembling method of an assembling tool comprises the following steps:
a: firstly, transversely placing a box body bottom plate on a bearing plate, starting a telescopic cylinder, extending the telescopic cylinder, pushing clamping strips out of a groove, clamping and fixing the box body bottom plate on the bearing plate by the two clamping strips, clamping and mounting the bottom of a reinforcing frame corresponding to a mounting clamping groove, enabling a connecting sheet to be aligned and clamped into the connecting clamping groove, screwing a first bolt on one side into a first threaded hole and a second threaded hole, screwing and fixing the first bolt, rotating the bearing plate by a rotating seat, rotating the bearing plate to the other side of the reinforcing frame, screwing a first bolt on the side into the first threaded hole and the second threaded hole, and repeating the operation until the reinforcing frame is completely connected with the box body bottom plate to form a frame-type box body;
b: then, the height of the frame type box body is adjusted according to the installation comfort level of an operator, and the lifting of the lifting rod drives the bearing plate to lift up and down, so that the height of the frame type box body is adjusted, and the operator can conveniently install the battery box body;
c: then clamping the longitudinal support frame into the transverse support frame from the middle part, enabling the first caulking groove and the second caulking groove to be connected in a splicing manner, enabling the transverse support frame and the plurality of longitudinal support frames to be connected to form a partition support frame, then placing the partition support frame into the reinforcing frame according to the transverse direction, inserting the connecting clamping plate along the slot at the moment until the connecting clamping plate is inserted to the bottom, and simultaneously installing the installation piece into the installation slot;
d: then, a second bolt is screwed into the third threaded hole and the fourth threaded hole and is screwed, and then the third bolt is screwed into the fifth threaded hole and the sixth threaded hole and is screwed;
e: after the partition support frame is assembled with the frame type box body, the battery mounting compartment is mounted in the battery protection frame in a gluing mode, then the box cover plate is mounted on the frame type box body, and the battery box body is assembled.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:
1. the bottom plate of the box body is of a sandwich structure, the upper layer plate and the lower layer plate are both prepared by compounding one or more of aluminum alloy, magnesium alloy, steel and high polymer materials, the middle layer plate is prepared by compounding one or more of aluminum alloy, magnesium alloy, steel, zinc, PP (polypropylene) material, PE (polyethylene) material and kraft paper, the reinforcing frame and the box body cover plate are both prepared by compounding one or more of aluminum alloy, magnesium alloy, steel and glass fiber-containing high polymer materials, and the battery box body is prepared by processing the composite materials, so that the structural strength of the battery box body is improved, the protective performance of a vehicle-mounted battery in the battery box body is improved, and meanwhile, the production cost is low, and the processing and the use are convenient;
2. the battery box body is provided with the partition support frame and the battery protection frame, the partition support frame can support and protect the battery box body, when the battery box body is impacted by the outside, the partition support frame can prevent the battery box body from being greatly deformed, so that the vehicle-mounted battery in the battery box body is effectively protected, meanwhile, the battery protection frame can slow down the vibration of the vehicle-mounted battery in the battery box body, the use safety of the vehicle-mounted battery is further improved, the driving safety of an electric automobile is improved, serious traffic safety accidents are avoided, and the vehicle-mounted battery in the battery box body is comprehensively protected;
3. the battery box body assembling tool is provided with the movable supporting mechanism and the clamping bearing mechanism, when the battery box body is assembled on the assembling tool, the height of the frame type box body is adjusted according to the installation comfort level of an operator, the lifting of the lifting rod drives the bearing plate to lift up and down, so that the height of the frame type box body is adjusted, the operator can conveniently install the battery box body, the frame type box body can be moved back and forth by rotating the installation angle of the frame type box body through the rotating seat, and the gear at the bottom of the movable support is meshed with the rack during moving back and forth, so that the frame type box body can be moved back and forth along the direction of the rack, the installation and the movement of the frame type box body are adjusted, the battery box body is conveniently assembled, and the convenience and the assembling efficiency of the battery box body are improved.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of the battery case according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of a portion of the battery case of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of a portion of the battery case of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view of a bottom plate of the container body according to the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view of a reinforced frame according to the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a schematic perspective view of the longitudinal support frame of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the lateral support frame of the present invention;
FIG. 8 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the bottom plate of the container of the present invention;
fig. 9 is a schematic overall three-dimensional structure diagram of the assembly fixture of the present invention;
FIG. 10 is a schematic cross-sectional perspective view of the assembly fixture of the present invention;
FIG. 11 is a schematic perspective view of a part of the assembly fixture of the present invention;
fig. 12 is a schematic partial perspective view of the assembly fixture of the present invention.
In the figure: 1. a box body bottom plate; 101. an upper plate; 102. a middle layer plate; 103. a lower layer plate; 104. installing a clamping groove; 105. a connecting clamping groove; 106. a first threaded hole; 107. mounting grooves; 108. a sixth threaded hole; 2. reinforcing the frame; 201. connecting sheets; 202. a second threaded hole; 203. a slot; 204. a fourth threaded hole; 3. a cover plate of the box body; 4. a partition support frame; 401. a transverse support frame; 402. a longitudinal support frame; 403. a first caulking groove; 404. a second caulking groove; 405. connecting a clamping plate; 406. a third threaded hole; 407. mounting a sheet; 408. a fifth threaded hole; 5. a battery mounting compartment; 6. a battery protection frame; 7. a first bolt; 8. a second bolt; 9. a third bolt; 10. a base; 1001. a movable inner cavity; 1002. a sliding clamping groove; 11. a fixed box; 1101. moving the opening; 12. a mobile support mechanism; 1201. moving the support; 1202. a lifting rod; 1203. an auxiliary support frame; 1204. a rack; 1205. a gear; 1206. sliding the clamping block; 13. clamping the bearing mechanism; 1301. a carrier plate; 1302. a stabilizing support; 1303. a telescopic cylinder; 1304. a clamping bar; 1305. a groove; 14. and (6) rotating the seat.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1-8, the composite frame type battery box of the electric vehicle provided by the invention comprises a box bottom plate 1, a reinforcing frame 2 and a box cover plate 3, wherein the box bottom plate 1 is of a sandwich structure, the box bottom plate 1 comprises an upper plate 101, a middle plate 102 and a lower plate 103, the middle plate 102 is arranged between the upper plate 101 and the lower plate 103, and the upper plate 101 and the lower plate 103 are both prepared by compounding one or more of aluminum alloy, magnesium alloy, steel and high polymer material; the middle-layer plate 102 is prepared by compounding one or more of aluminum alloy, magnesium alloy, steel, zinc material, PP material, PE material and kraft paper; the upper plate 101, the middle plate 102 and the lower plate 103 are processed and formed in a hot pressing, gluing, cold rolling or welding mode, and the reinforcing frame 2 and the box body cover plate 3 are both prepared by compounding one or more of aluminum alloy, magnesium alloy, steel and glass fiber-containing high polymer materials; the reinforced frame 2 is processed and formed through integral die-casting, welding, riveting or gluing, the reinforced frame 2 is installed on the box bottom plate 1 to form a frame-type box body, the box cover plate 3 is installed on the frame-type box body, the box bottom plate 1 is provided with an installation clamping groove 104 for clamping the reinforced frame 2, the outer side edge of the installation clamping groove 104 is provided with connecting clamping grooves 105 which are distributed at equal intervals, the lower part of the outer side of the reinforced frame 2 is provided with connecting sheets 201 which are distributed at equal intervals, and the connecting sheets 201 are fixedly connected with the box bottom plate 1 through first bolts 7; the connecting sheet 201 and the connecting clamping groove 105 are distributed in an aligned mode, the connecting sheet 201 is clamped in the connecting clamping groove 105, a first threaded hole 106 is formed in the connecting clamping groove 105, a second threaded hole 202 is formed in the connecting sheet 201, the first threaded hole 106 and the second threaded hole 202 are distributed in an aligned mode, and the first threaded hole 106 and the second threaded hole 202 are matched with the first bolt 7;
according to the invention, the box body bottom plate 1 is of a sandwich structure, the upper layer plate 101 and the lower layer plate 103 are both prepared by compounding one or more of aluminum alloy, magnesium alloy, steel and high polymer materials, the middle layer plate 102 is prepared by compounding one or more of aluminum alloy, magnesium alloy, steel, zinc, PP (polypropylene) material, PE (polyethylene) material and kraft paper, the reinforcing frame 2 and the box body cover plate 3 are both prepared by compounding one or more of aluminum alloy, magnesium alloy, steel and glass fiber-containing high polymer materials, the battery box body is prepared by processing the composite materials, the structural strength of the battery box body is improved, the protective performance of a vehicle-mounted battery in the battery box body is improved, and meanwhile, the battery box body is low in production cost and convenient to process and use;
a partition support frame 4 is arranged in the frame type box body, the partition support frame 4 comprises a transverse support frame 401 and a plurality of longitudinal support frames 402, and the plurality of longitudinal support frames 402 are arranged on the transverse support frame 401 at equal intervals; the upper part and the lower part of the transverse support frame 401, which correspond to the longitudinal support frame 402, are respectively provided with a first caulking groove 403, the position of the longitudinal support frame 402, which corresponds to the first caulking groove 403, is provided with a second caulking groove 404, and the transverse support frame 401 and the longitudinal support frame 402 are connected in a jogged manner through the first caulking groove 403 and the second caulking groove 404; the two ends of the transverse support frame 401 and the longitudinal support frame 402 are both provided with connecting clamping plates 405, the upper portion of the inner side wall of the reinforcing frame 2 corresponding to the connecting clamping plates 405 is provided with slots 203, the connecting clamping plates 405 are inserted into the slots 203, the connecting clamping plates 405 and the reinforcing frame 2 are fixedly connected through second bolts 8, the connecting clamping plates 405 are provided with third threaded holes 406 which are symmetrically distributed, the slots 203 are internally provided with fourth threaded holes 204 which are symmetrically distributed, the third threaded holes 406 and the fourth threaded holes 204 are distributed in an aligned manner, and the third threaded holes 406 and the fourth threaded holes 204 are both matched with the second bolts 8; the bottom parts of the transverse support frame 401 and the longitudinal support frame 402 are both provided with mounting pieces 407, a mounting groove 107 is formed in the position, corresponding to the mounting pieces 407, of the box body bottom plate 1, the mounting pieces 407 are fixedly connected with the box body bottom plate 1 through third bolts 9, the mounting pieces 407 are provided with symmetrically distributed fifth threaded holes 408, the mounting groove 107 is internally provided with symmetrically distributed sixth threaded holes 108, the fifth threaded holes 408 and the sixth threaded holes 108 are distributed in an aligned manner, the fifth threaded holes 408 and the sixth threaded holes 108 are matched with the third bolts 9, the partition support frame 4 partitions the interior of the frame-type box body into a plurality of battery mounting compartments 5, and battery protection frames 6 for mounting and protecting vehicle-mounted batteries are arranged inside the battery mounting compartments 5;
the battery box body is provided with the partition support frame 4 and the battery protection frame 6, the partition support frame 4 can support and protect the battery box body, when the battery box body is impacted by the outside, the partition support frame 4 can prevent the battery box body from being greatly deformed, the vehicle-mounted battery in the battery box body is effectively protected, meanwhile, the battery protection frame 6 can slow down the vibration of the vehicle-mounted battery in the battery box body, the use safety of the vehicle-mounted battery is further improved, the driving safety of an electric automobile is improved, serious traffic safety accidents are avoided, and the vehicle-mounted battery in the battery box body is comprehensively protected.
As shown in fig. 9-12, the assembly fixture for a composite frame type battery box of an electric vehicle according to this embodiment includes a base 10, a fixed box 11, a movable support mechanism 12 and a clamping and carrying mechanism 13, the fixed box 11 is disposed on the base 10, the movable support mechanism 12 is mounted in the fixed box 11, the movable support mechanism 12 moves back and forth along a longitudinal direction of the fixed box 11, a movable opening 1101 is formed at a position on the fixed box 11 corresponding to the movable support mechanism 12, the clamping and carrying mechanism 13 is rotatably connected to the movable support mechanism 12 through a rotating base 14, and the clamping and carrying mechanism 13 is used for carrying and clamping a bottom plate 1 of the box;
the movable support mechanism 12 comprises a movable support 1201, a lifting rod 1202 and an auxiliary support frame 1203, wherein the lifting rod 1202 is installed at the upper part of the movable support 1201, and the auxiliary support frame 1203 is used for assisting in supporting the lifting rod 1202; a movable inner cavity 1001 used for the movable support 1201 to move is formed in the middle of the base 10, racks 1204 which are symmetrically distributed are arranged in the movable inner cavity 1001, and a gear 1205 meshed with the racks 1204 is rotatably connected to the bottom of the movable support 1201; the auxiliary supporting frame 1203 is placed into the base, the lower part of the auxiliary supporting frame 1203 is provided with a sliding clamping block 1206, a sliding clamping groove 1002 is formed in the position, corresponding to the sliding clamping block 1206, of the base 10, and the sliding clamping block 1206 is clamped in the sliding clamping groove 1002 in a sliding mode;
the clamping bearing mechanism 13 comprises a bearing plate 1301, a stable bracket 1302, a telescopic cylinder 1303 and a clamping strip 1304, wherein the bearing plate 1301 is arranged at the upper end of the lifting rod 1202 through a rotating seat 14, the bearing plate 1301 and the rotating seat 14 are connected through the stable bracket 1302, the telescopic cylinder 1303 is arranged on the side edge of the bearing plate 1301, and the clamping strip 1304 is arranged at the telescopic end of the telescopic cylinder 1303; the bearing plate 1301 is a U-shaped plate, a groove 1305 is formed in the position, corresponding to the clamping strip 1304, of the inner side wall of the bearing plate 1301, and the clamping strip 1304 is arranged in the groove 1305;
the invention is provided with a movable support mechanism 12 and a clamping bearing mechanism 13, when the battery box body is assembled on an assembly tool, the height of the frame-type box body is adjusted according to the installation comfort level of an operator, the lifting rod 1202 is lifted to drive the bearing plate 1301 to lift up and down, so that the height of the frame-type box body is adjusted, the operator can conveniently install the battery box body, meanwhile, the frame-type box body can be moved back and forth by rotating the installation angle of the frame-type box body through the rotating seat 14, and when the frame-type box body moves back and forth, the gear 1205 at the bottom of the movable support 1201 is meshed with the rack 1204 and can move back and forth along the direction of the rack 1204, so that the installation movement of the frame-type box body is adjusted, the assembly of the battery box body is facilitated, and the convenience and the assembly efficiency of the battery box body are improved.
As shown in fig. 1 to 12, the assembling method of the assembling tool provided in this embodiment includes the following steps:
a: firstly, transversely placing a box body bottom plate 1 on a bearing plate 1301, starting a telescopic cylinder 1303, extending the telescopic cylinder 1303 to push a clamping strip 1304 out of a groove 1305, clamping and fixing the box body bottom plate 1 on the bearing plate 1301 by the two clamping strips 1304, clamping and mounting the bottom of a reinforcing frame 2 corresponding to a mounting clamping groove 104, aligning and clamping a connecting sheet 201 into a connecting clamping groove 105, screwing a first bolt 7 on one side into a first threaded hole 106 and a second threaded hole 202, screwing and fixing the first bolt, rotating the bearing plate 1301 by a rotating seat 14 to the other side of the reinforcing frame 2, screwing a first bolt 7 on the side into a first threaded hole 106 and a second threaded hole 202, and repeating the operation until the reinforcing frame 2 and the box body bottom plate 1 are completely connected to form a frame-type box body;
b: then, the height of the frame type box body is adjusted according to the installation comfort level of an operator, and the bearing plate 1301 is driven to lift up and down through the lifting of the lifting rod 1202, so that the height of the frame type box body is adjusted, and the operator can conveniently install the battery box body;
c: then, the longitudinal support frame 402 is clamped into the transverse support frame 401 from the middle, the first caulking grooves 403 are connected with the second caulking grooves 404 in a embedding manner, the transverse support frame 401 is connected with the plurality of longitudinal support frames 402 to form a partition support frame 4, then the partition support frame 4 is placed into the reinforcing frame 2 according to the transverse direction, at the moment, the connecting clamping plate 405 is inserted along the slot 203 until the connecting clamping plate 405 is inserted to the bottom, and meanwhile, the mounting pieces 407 are mounted in the mounting grooves 107;
d: then, a second bolt 8 is screwed into the third threaded hole 406 and the fourth threaded hole 204 and is screwed, and then a third bolt 9 is screwed into the fifth threaded hole 408 and the sixth threaded hole 108 and is screwed, in the process, the mounting angle of the frame type box body can be rotated through the rotating seat 14, and the frame type box body can move back and forth at the same time, during the back and forth movement, the gear 1205 at the bottom of the movable support 1201 is meshed with the rack 1204 and can move back and forth along the direction of the rack 1204, so that the mounting movement of the frame type box body is adjusted, and the assembly of the battery box body is facilitated;
e: after cutting off 4 and the equipment of frame box and accomplishing, install battery protection frame 6 with battery installation compartment 5 through the viscose mode in, then with 3 install on the frame box of box apron, the equipment of battery box is accomplished.
Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.

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1. A composite frame type battery box body of an electric automobile comprises a box body bottom plate (1), a reinforcing frame (2) and a box body cover plate (3), and is characterized in that the reinforcing frame (2) is installed on the box body bottom plate (1) to form a frame type box body, and the box body cover plate (3) is installed on the frame type box body;
the inside of frame box is provided with cuts off support frame (4), cut off support frame (4) will the internal partitioning of frame box becomes a plurality of battery installation compartment (5), the inside of battery installation compartment (5) is provided with battery protective frame (6) that are used for the installation and protect on-vehicle battery.
2. The composite frame type battery box body of the electric automobile as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the box body bottom plate (1) is of a sandwich structure, the box body bottom plate (1) comprises an upper plate (101), a middle plate (102) and a lower plate (103), and the middle plate (102) is arranged between the upper plate (101) and the lower plate (103).
3. The composite frame type battery box body of the electric automobile as claimed in claim 2, wherein: the upper plate (101) and the lower plate (103) are both prepared by compounding one or more of aluminum alloy, magnesium alloy, steel and high polymer material;
the middle layer plate (102) is prepared by compounding one or more of aluminum alloy, magnesium alloy, steel, zinc material, PP material, PE material and kraft paper;
the upper plate (101), the middle plate (102) and the lower plate (103) are processed and formed through hot pressing, gluing, cold rolling or welding.
4. The composite frame type battery box body of the electric automobile according to claim 1, characterized in that: the reinforced frame (2) and the box body cover plate (3) are both prepared by compounding one or more of aluminum alloy, magnesium alloy, steel and glass fiber-containing high polymer materials;
the reinforced frame (2) is processed and formed in an integrated die-casting forming mode, a welding mode, a riveting mode or a gluing mode.
5. The composite frame type battery box body of the electric automobile as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the box body bottom plate (1) is provided with mounting clamping grooves (104) for clamping the reinforcing frame (2), the outer side edges of the mounting clamping grooves (104) are provided with connecting clamping grooves (105) which are distributed at equal intervals, the lower part of the outer side of the reinforcing frame (2) is provided with connecting sheets (201) which are distributed at equal intervals, and the connecting sheets (201) are fixedly connected with the box body bottom plate (1) through first bolts (7);
the connecting piece (201) and the connecting clamping groove (105) are aligned and distributed, the connecting piece (201) is connected in the connecting clamping groove (105) in a clamped mode, a first threaded hole (106) is formed in the connecting clamping groove (105), a second threaded hole (202) is formed in the connecting piece (201), the first threaded hole (106) and the second threaded hole (202) are aligned and distributed, and the first threaded hole (106) and the second threaded hole (202) are matched with the first bolt (7) in a matched mode.
6. The composite frame type battery box body of the electric automobile as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the partition support frame (4) comprises a transverse support frame (401) and a plurality of longitudinal support frames (402), and the longitudinal support frames (402) are installed on the transverse support frame (401) at equal intervals;
the upper part and the lower part of the transverse supporting frame (401) corresponding to the longitudinal supporting frame (402) are respectively provided with a first caulking groove (403), the position of the longitudinal supporting frame (402) corresponding to the first caulking groove (403) is provided with a second caulking groove (404), and the transverse supporting frame (401) and the longitudinal supporting frame (402) are connected in a jogged mode through the first caulking groove (403) and the second caulking groove (404);
connecting clamping plates (405) are arranged at two ends of the transverse support frame (401) and the longitudinal support frame (402), slots (203) are arranged at positions, corresponding to the connecting clamping plates (405), of the upper portion of the inner side wall of the reinforcing frame (2), the connecting clamping plates (405) are inserted into the slots (203), the connecting clamping plates (405) are fixedly connected with the reinforcing frame (2) through second bolts (8), third threaded holes (406) are symmetrically distributed in the connecting clamping plates (405), fourth threaded holes (204) are symmetrically distributed in the slots (203), the third threaded holes (406) and the fourth threaded holes (204) are distributed in an aligned mode, and the third threaded holes (406) and the fourth threaded holes (204) are matched with the second bolts (8);
the bottom of horizontal support frame (401) with vertical support frame (402) all is provided with installation piece (407), box bottom plate (1) is gone up and is corresponded mounting groove (107) have been seted up to the position department of installation piece (407), installation piece (407) with box bottom plate (1) passes through third bolt (9) fixed connection, set up symmetric distribution's fifth screw hole (408) on installation piece (407), set up symmetric distribution's sixth screw hole (108) in mounting groove (107), fifth screw hole (408) with sixth screw hole (108) align to distribute, fifth screw hole (408) with sixth screw hole (108) all with third bolt (9) looks adaptation.
7. The assembly tool for assembling the composite frame type battery box body of the electric automobile as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 6, comprising a base (10), a fixed box (11), a movable support mechanism (12) and a clamping bearing mechanism (13), wherein the fixed box (11) is arranged on the base (10), the movable support mechanism (12) is installed in the fixed box (11), the movable support mechanism (12) moves back and forth along the longitudinal direction of the fixed box (11), a movable opening (1101) is formed in the position, corresponding to the movable support mechanism (12), on the fixed box (11), the clamping bearing mechanism (13) is rotatably connected with the movable support mechanism (12) through a rotating seat (14), and the clamping bearing mechanism (13) is used for bearing and clamping a box body bottom plate (1).
8. The assembly tool of claim 7, wherein: the movable supporting mechanism (12) comprises a movable support (1201), a lifting rod (1202) and an auxiliary supporting frame (1203), the lifting rod (1202) is installed on the upper portion of the movable support (1201), and the auxiliary supporting frame (1203) is used for supporting the lifting rod (1202) in an auxiliary mode;
a movable inner cavity (1001) used for the movable support (1201) to move is formed in the middle of the base (10), symmetrically distributed racks (1204) are arranged in the movable inner cavity (1001), and a gear (1205) meshed with the racks (1204) is rotatably connected to the bottom of the movable support (1201);
a sliding clamping block (1206) is arranged on the lower portion of the auxiliary supporting frame (1203) in a putting-in mode, a sliding clamping groove (1002) is formed in the position, corresponding to the sliding clamping block (1206), of the base (10), and the sliding clamping block (1206) is clamped in the sliding clamping groove (1002) in a sliding mode.
9. The assembly tool of claim 8, wherein: the clamping bearing mechanism (13) comprises a bearing plate (1301), a stable support (1302), a telescopic cylinder (1303) and a clamping strip (1304), the bearing plate (1301) is arranged at the upper end of the lifting rod (1202) through the rotating seat (14), the bearing plate (1301) and the rotating seat (14) are connected through the stable support (1302), the telescopic cylinder (1303) is installed on the side edge of the bearing plate (1301), and the clamping strip (1304) is installed at the telescopic end of the telescopic cylinder (1303);
the bearing plate (1301) is a U-shaped plate, a groove (1305) is formed in the position, corresponding to the clamping strip (1304), of the inner side wall of the bearing plate (1301), and the clamping strip (1304) is arranged in the groove (1305).
10. The assembling method of the assembling tool according to any one of claims 7 to 9, wherein: the method comprises the following steps:
a: firstly, transversely placing a box body bottom plate (1) on a bearing plate (1301), starting a telescopic cylinder (1303), extending the telescopic cylinder (1303), pushing out a clamping strip (1304) from a groove (1305), clamping and fixing the box body bottom plate (1) on the bearing plate (1301) by the two clamping strips (1304), clamping and mounting the bottom of a reinforcing frame (2) corresponding to a mounting clamping groove (104), aligning and clamping a connecting sheet (201) into a connecting clamping groove (105), screwing a first bolt (7) on one side into a first threaded hole (106) and a second threaded hole (202), screwing and fixing, rotating the bearing plate (1301) through a rotating seat (14) to the other side of the reinforcing frame (2), screwing a first bolt (7) on the side into the first threaded hole (106) and the second threaded hole (202), and repeating the operation until the reinforcing frame (2) is completely connected with the box body bottom plate (1) to form a box body;
b: then, the height of the frame type box body is adjusted according to the installation comfort level of an operator, and the bearing plate (1301) is driven to lift up and down through the lifting of the lifting rod (1202), so that the height of the frame type box body is adjusted, and the operator can conveniently install the battery box body;
c: then, the longitudinal support frame (402) is clamped into the transverse support frame (401) from the middle, the first caulking groove (403) is connected with the second caulking groove (404) in a embedding manner, the transverse support frame (401) is connected with the plurality of longitudinal support frames (402) to form a partition support frame (4), then the partition support frame (4) is placed into the reinforcing frame (2) according to the transverse direction, the connecting clamping plate (405) is inserted along the slot (203) until the connecting clamping plate (405) is inserted to the bottom, and meanwhile, the mounting piece (407) is mounted in the mounting groove (107);
d: then a second bolt (8) is screwed into the third threaded hole (406) and the fourth threaded hole (204) and is screwed, and then a third bolt (9) is screwed into the fifth threaded hole (408) and the sixth threaded hole (108) and is screwed, in the process, the mounting angle of the frame type box body can be rotated through the rotating seat (14), the frame type box body can be moved back and forth, and in the process of moving back and forth, the gear (1205) at the bottom of the movable support (1201) is meshed with the rack (1204) and can move back and forth along the direction of the rack (1204), so that the mounting movement of the frame type box body is adjusted, and the assembly of the battery box body is facilitated;
e: after the partition support frame (4) is assembled with the frame type box body, the battery mounting compartment (5) is mounted in the battery protection frame (6) in a viscose mode, then the box cover plate (3) is mounted on the frame type box body, and the battery box body is assembled.
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