CN218456123U - Mounting structure of lithium battery - Google Patents

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CN218456123U
CN218456123U CN202222656257.5U CN202222656257U CN218456123U CN 218456123 U CN218456123 U CN 218456123U CN 202222656257 U CN202222656257 U CN 202222656257U CN 218456123 U CN218456123 U CN 218456123U
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The utility model belongs to the field of lithium batteries, in particular to a mounting structure of a lithium battery, which comprises a protective shell; an installation mechanism is arranged in the protective shell; the mounting mechanism comprises a connecting baffle plate, the connecting baffle plate is arranged at the top end of the protective shell, moving grooves are formed in two sides of the bottom end of the connecting baffle plate, a guide rod is fixedly connected inside the moving grooves, a sleeve block is sleeved outside the guide rod, a reset spring is wound outside the guide rod, a fixture block is fixedly connected to the bottom end of the sleeve block and is clamped with a fixture groove, the fixture groove is formed in two sides of the top end of the protective shell, a groove is formed in the top end of the connecting baffle plate, and the inner wall of the groove is fixedly connected with the bottom end of the lifting handle; through the structural design of the installation mechanism, the function of conveniently connecting the connecting baffle and the protective shell and fixing the lithium battery on the battery rack is realized.

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Mounting structure of lithium battery
Technical Field
The utility model relates to a lithium cell field specifically is a mounting structure of lithium cell.
Background
The lithium battery is a battery using a non-aqueous electrolyte solution, which uses lithium metal or lithium alloy as a positive or negative electrode material, and the existing lithium battery is mounted inside a protective case through a mounting structure, and forms a battery pack by series connection or parallel connection.
The existing lithium battery mounting structure is generally composed of a battery frame, a protective shell and a fixing bolt, wherein a single lithium battery is fixed on the battery frame, then the lithium battery is connected through a wire and then placed inside the protective shell, and the battery frame and the protective shell are connected through the fixing bolt.
When the existing lithium battery mounting structure is used for connecting the battery frame and the protective shell, a plurality of groups of bolts are needed for fixing, the time consumed during the fixing operation is more, and when the lithium battery needs to be maintained and checked, the bolts can be detached by using a tool to check the lithium battery in the protective shell; therefore, a mounting structure of a lithium battery is proposed to address the above problems.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
In order to compensate prior art's not enough, current lithium cell mounting structure need use the multiunit bolt to fix when being connected between battery rack and the protecting sheathing, and the time that consumes when carrying out fixed operation is more, and also needs use tools to just can dump the bolt when needing to maintain the lithium cell and when examining, carries out the problem of examining to the inside lithium cell of protecting sheathing, the utility model provides a mounting structure of lithium cell.
The utility model provides a technical scheme that its technical problem adopted is: the utility model relates to a mounting structure of a lithium battery, which comprises a protective shell; an installation mechanism is arranged in the protective shell;
installation mechanism includes connection baffle, connection baffle sets up the top at protecting sheathing, the shifting chute has all been seted up to the both sides of connection baffle bottom, the inside fixedly connected with guide bar of shifting chute, the outside cover of guide bar is equipped with the cover block, and the outside winding of guide bar has reset spring, the bottom fixedly connected with fixture block of cover block, fixture block and draw-in groove block, the both sides on protecting sheathing top are seted up to the draw-in groove.
Preferably, the top end of the connecting baffle plate is provided with a groove, the inner wall of the groove is fixedly connected with the bottom end of the lifting handle, a cushion block is arranged at the center of the bottom end of the lifting handle in a glued mode, and the cushion block is made of rubber.
Preferably, one side of the return spring, which is close to the sleeve block, is fixedly connected with the sleeve block, and one side of the return spring, which is far away from the sleeve block, is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the movable groove.
Preferably, the bottom end of the connecting baffle is fixedly connected with a battery rack, the battery rack is sleeved inside the protective shell, a fixing groove is formed in the battery rack, a fixing sleeve is adhered to the inside of the fixing groove, and the fixing sleeve is made of silica gel.
Preferably, one side of the bottom end of the battery rack, which is close to the central position of the protective shell, is fixedly connected with a sliding block, the sliding block is connected inside a sliding groove in a sliding manner, the sliding groove is formed in two sides of the inner wall of the central position of the protective shell, and a limiting block is glued at the position, which is close to the bottom end, of the inner wall of the sliding groove.
Preferably, the limiting block is semicircular in shape and made of rubber, and a handle is fixedly connected to the left side of the protective shell.
The utility model discloses an useful part lies in:
1. the utility model discloses a structural design of installation mechanism has realized conveniently connecting between connection baffle and the protecting sheathing, the function of fixing the lithium cell on the battery holder, also need not to use special instrument can be convenient to remove the connection between connection baffle and the protecting sheathing simultaneously, solved current lithium cell mounting structure when connecting between battery holder and protecting sheathing, need use the multiunit bolt to fix, the time that consumes when carrying out the fixed operation is more, and need use the instrument to just can unload the bolt when needing to maintain and inspect the lithium cell, the problem of inspecting the lithium cell inside the protecting sheathing;
2. the utility model discloses a structural design of slider and spout combination has realized carrying out the function that leads to the battery holder when inserting to protecting sheathing's inside, has solved and may lead to producing the collision between the inner wall of battery holder and protecting sheathing because of rocking when the battery holder inserts to protecting sheathing's inside to lead to the problem of the phenomenon that the wire that is connected produces the pine and takes off between the lithium cell on the battery holder.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.
FIG. 1 is a schematic overall perspective view of a first embodiment;
fig. 2 is a schematic front sectional perspective view of the first embodiment;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged structural view of the first embodiment at A in FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a schematic front perspective cross-sectional view illustrating a first embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is an enlarged structural diagram of the first embodiment at B in FIG. 4;
FIG. 6 is an enlarged structural view of the first embodiment at C in FIG. 4;
FIG. 7 is a schematic front view of a partial perspective structure according to the first embodiment;
fig. 8 is a partial perspective structural view of the second embodiment.
In the figure: 1. a protective housing; 21. connecting a baffle plate; 22. a groove; 23. lifting the handle; 24. cushion blocks; 25. a moving groove; 26. a guide bar; 27. sleeving blocks; 28. a return spring; 29. a clamping block; 31. a card slot; 32. a battery holder; 33. fixing grooves; 34. fixing a sleeve; 35. a slider; 36. a chute; 37. a limiting block; 38. a handle; 39. a rubber pad.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
Example one
Referring to fig. 1 to 7, a lithium battery mounting structure includes a protective case 1; an installation mechanism is arranged in the protective shell 1;
the mounting mechanism comprises a connecting baffle 21, the connecting baffle 21 is arranged at the top end of the protective shell 1, two sides of the bottom end of the connecting baffle 21 are both provided with a moving groove 25, a guide rod 26 is fixedly connected inside the moving groove 25, a sleeve block 27 is sleeved outside the guide rod 26, a return spring 28 is wound outside the guide rod 26, the bottom end of the sleeve block 27 is fixedly connected with a clamping block 29, the clamping block 29 is clamped with a clamping groove 31, and the clamping groove 31 is arranged at two sides of the top end of the protective shell 1;
when in work, the existing lithium battery mounting structure needs to use a plurality of groups of bolts for fixing when the battery frame is connected with the protective shell, the fixing operation is time-consuming, and a tool is required to remove the bolt when the lithium battery is to be maintained and inspected, when the lithium battery in the protective shell is checked and the connection baffle 21 and the protective shell 1 are fixed, the direction fixture block 29 is firstly aligned with the clamping groove 31, then the connecting baffle 21 is pressed towards the protective housing 1, so that the fixture block 29 is inserted into the clamping groove 31, the inner wall of the clamping groove 31 extrudes the fixture block 29, the fixture block 29 moves under the action of the extrusion force and drives the fixedly connected sleeve block 27 to synchronously move in the moving groove 25, so that the sleeve block 27 extrudes the return spring 28, and the return spring 28 elastically deforms, when the bottom end of the connecting baffle 21 abuts against the top end of the protective housing 1, the clamping block 29 is completely inserted into the clamping groove 31, the extrusion force of the inner wall of the clamping groove 31 on the clamping block 29 disappears, the sleeve block 27 returns to the original position under the action of the restoring force of the return spring 28 and drives the clamping block 29 to synchronously move to the original position, so that the clamping block 29 and the clamping groove 31 are clamped, the connection between the connection barrier 21 and the protective casing 1 is fixed, and when the connection between the connection barrier 21 and the protective casing 1 is to be released, the lifting handle 23 is pulled to the direction far away from the protective shell 1, so that the inner wall of the clamping groove 31 extrudes the clamping block 29, the engagement between the stopper 29 and the engaging groove 31 is further released by the pressing force, and at this time, the connection between the connection stopper 21 and the protection case 1 can be released by pulling the pull handle 23 to move the connection stopper 21 in a direction away from the protection case 1.
Further, a groove 22 is formed in the top end of the connecting baffle 21, the inner wall of the groove 22 is fixedly connected with the bottom end of the lifting handle 23, a cushion block 24 is arranged at the center of the bottom end of the lifting handle 23 in a glued mode, and the cushion block 24 is made of rubber;
during operation, the effect that the connecting baffle 21 is conveniently pulled or pushed to move is achieved by using the lifting handle 23, and the effect that the hands are more comfortable when the lifting handle 23 is pulled or pushed is achieved by the aid of the cushion blocks 24 made of adhesive rubber materials on the lifting handle 23.
Further, one side of the return spring 28 close to the sleeve block 27 is fixedly connected with the sleeve block 27, and one side of the return spring 28 far from the sleeve block 27 is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the moving groove 25;
during operation, the restoring force of the return spring 28 acts to automatically return the latch 29 after the compressive force applied thereto is removed.
Further, a battery holder 32 is fixedly connected to the bottom end of the connecting baffle 21, the battery holder 32 is sleeved inside the protective housing 1, a fixing groove 33 is formed in the battery holder 32, a fixing sleeve 34 is glued inside the fixing groove 33, and the fixing sleeve 34 is made of silica gel;
the during operation, probably because rock and lead to producing the collision between the inner wall of battery frame 32 and protecting sheathing 1 when battery frame 32 inserts the inside to protecting sheathing 1, thereby lead to the phenomenon that the wire that connects produces the pine between the lithium cell on the battery frame 32 takes off, when will installing the lithium cell, at first insert the inside of the fixed slot 33 of seting up on battery frame 32 with the lithium cell, when the lithium cell inserts the inside to fixed slot 33, the outside of lithium cell produces the extrusion to fixed cover 34, make fixed cover 34 produce deformation under the effect of extrusion force, fixed cover 34 closely laminates with the outside of lithium cell under the effect of self's reducing force after the lithium cell inserts the inside of fixed slot 33 completely, fix the lithium cell through frictional force.
Further, a sliding block 35 is fixedly connected to one side of the bottom end of the battery frame 32 close to the central position of the protective casing 1, the sliding block 35 is slidably connected to the inside of a sliding groove 36, the sliding groove 36 is formed in two sides of the inner wall of the central position of the protective casing 1, and a limiting block 37 is glued to the position, close to the bottom end, of the inner wall of the sliding groove 36;
when the battery holder 32 is inserted into the protective casing 1, the sliding block 35 fixedly connected to the bottom end of the battery holder 32 is synchronously inserted into the sliding groove 36, the sliding block 35 synchronously slides in the sliding groove 36 along with the insertion of the battery holder 32 into the protective casing 1, when the battery holder 32 is about to be completely inserted into the protective casing 1, the sliding block 35 presses the stopper 37 made of rubber material and adhered to the inner wall of the sliding groove 36, so that the stopper 37 is elastically deformed, when the battery holder 32 is completely inserted into the protective casing 1, the sliding block 35 is also completely inserted into the sliding groove 36, at this time, the pressing force of the sliding block 35 on the stopper 37 disappears, the stopper 37 is restored to the original shape under the self-restoring force and is clamped with the sliding block 35, so that the effect of limiting the sliding block 35 to perform auxiliary fixing on the battery holder 32 is achieved, and when the battery holder 32 is about to be pulled out from the protective casing 1, the sliding block 35 also presses the stopper 37, so that the stopper 37 releases the limitation on the sliding block 35.
Further, the limiting block 37 is designed in a semicircular shape, the limiting block 37 is made of rubber, and a handle 38 is fixedly connected to the left side of the protective casing 1;
during operation, play through adopting rubber material and make stopper 37 can produce elastic deformation's effect when receiving the extrusion, play the convenience through handle 38 and carry the effect of carrying the lift removal to the mounting structure of lithium cell is whole.
Example two
Referring to fig. 8, in a first comparative example, as another embodiment of the present invention, a rubber pad 39 is further adhered to the inner side of the handle 38, and the rubber pad 39 is made of rubber; during operation, through the effect of adopting the cushion 39 of rubber material, play and carry out the effect that disperses and cushion the pressure that the hand received when carrying to remove to lithium cell mounting structure whole.
The working principle is as follows: it can lead to producing the collision between the inner wall of battery frame 32 and protecting sheathing 1 because rocking when battery frame 32 inserts the inside to protecting sheathing 1, thereby lead to the phenomenon that the wire that is connected produces the pine between the lithium cell on the battery frame 32 and takes off, when will installing the lithium cell, at first insert the inside of the fixed slot 33 of seting up on battery frame 32 with the lithium cell, when the lithium cell inserts the inside to fixed slot 33, the outside of lithium cell produces the extrusion to fixed cover 34, make fixed cover 34 produce deformation under the effect of extrusion force, fixed cover 34 closely laminates with the outside of lithium cell under the effect of self's reducing force after the lithium cell inserts the inside of fixed slot 33 completely, fix the lithium cell through frictional force.
When the battery holder 32 is inserted into the protective casing 1, the sliding block 35 fixedly connected to the bottom end of the battery holder 32 is synchronously inserted into the sliding groove 36, the sliding block 35 synchronously slides in the sliding groove 36 along with the insertion of the battery holder 32 into the protective casing 1, when the battery holder 32 is about to be completely inserted into the protective casing 1, the sliding block 35 extrudes the limiting block 37 which is glued on the inner wall of the sliding groove 36 and is made of rubber, so that the limiting block 37 generates elastic deformation, when the battery holder 32 is completely inserted into the protective casing 1, the sliding block 35 is also completely inserted into the sliding groove 36, at this time, the extrusion force of the sliding block 35 on the limiting block 37 disappears, the limiting block 37 restores to the original shape under the action of the self-restoring force and is clamped with the sliding block 35, the effect of limiting the sliding block 35 to assist in fixing the battery holder 32 is achieved, when the battery holder 32 is about to be pulled out from the interior of the protective casing 1, the sliding block 35 also extrudes the limiting block 37, so that the limiting block 37 relieves the limiting of the sliding block 35.
The existing lithium battery mounting structure needs to use a plurality of groups of bolts for fixing when the battery frame is connected with the protective shell, the fixing operation is time-consuming, and a tool is required to remove the bolt when the lithium battery is to be maintained and inspected, when the lithium battery in the protective shell is checked and the connection baffle 21 and the protective shell 1 are fixed, the direction fixture block 29 is firstly aligned with the clamping groove 31, then the connecting baffle 21 is pressed towards the protective housing 1, so that the fixture block 29 is inserted into the clamping groove 31, the inner wall of the clamping groove 31 extrudes the fixture block 29, the fixture block 29 moves under the action of the extrusion force and drives the fixedly connected sleeve block 27 to synchronously move in the moving groove 25, so that the sleeve block 27 extrudes the return spring 28, and the return spring 28 elastically deforms, when the bottom end of the connecting baffle 21 abuts against the top end of the protective housing 1, the clamping block 29 is completely inserted into the clamping groove 31, the extrusion force of the inner wall of the clamping groove 31 on the clamping block 29 disappears, the sleeve block 27 returns to the original position under the action of the restoring force of the return spring 28 and drives the clamping block 29 to synchronously move to the original position, so that the clamping block 29 and the clamping groove 31 are clamped, the connection between the connection flap 21 and the protective case 1 is fixed, and when the connection between the connection flap 21 and the protective case 1 is to be released, the lifting handle 23 is pulled to the direction far away from the protective shell 1, so that the inner wall of the clamping groove 31 extrudes the clamping block 29, the engagement between the stopper 29 and the engaging groove 31 is further released by the pressing force, and at this time, the connection between the connection stopper 21 and the protection case 1 can be released by pulling the pull handle 23 to move the connection stopper 21 in a direction away from the protection case 1.
In the description of the present specification, reference to the description of "one embodiment," "an example," "a specific example," etc., means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.
The foregoing shows and describes the basic principles, essential features, and advantages of the invention. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and that the foregoing embodiments and descriptions are provided only to illustrate the principles of the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

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1. A mounting structure of a lithium battery includes a protective case (1); the method is characterized in that: an installation mechanism is arranged in the protective shell (1);
installation mechanism includes connection baffle (21), connection baffle (21) set up the top in protecting sheathing (1), shifting chute (25) have all been seted up to the both sides of connection baffle (21) bottom, the inside fixedly connected with guide bar (26) of shifting chute (25), the outside cover of guide bar (26) is equipped with nested piece (27), and the outside winding of guide bar (26) has reset spring (28), the bottom fixedly connected with fixture block (29) of nested piece (27), fixture block (29) and draw-in groove (31) block, the both sides on protecting sheathing (1) top are seted up in draw-in groove (31).
2. A mounting structure of a lithium battery as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the top of connecting baffle (21) is seted up recess (22), the inner wall of recess (22) and the bottom fixed connection of carrying handle (23), the central point department of putting of the bottom of carrying handle (23) is seted up and is glued there is cushion (24), cushion (24) are the rubber material.
3. A mounting structure of a lithium battery as claimed in claim 2, wherein: one side of the return spring (28) close to the sleeve block (27) is fixedly connected with the sleeve block (27), and one side of the return spring (28) far away from the sleeve block (27) is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the movable groove (25).
4. A mounting structure of a lithium battery as claimed in claim 3, wherein: the bottom fixedly connected with battery frame (32) of linking stop (21), and battery frame (32) cover is established in the inside of protecting sheathing (1), fixed slot (33) have been seted up on battery frame (32), and the inside glue of fixed slot (33) has fixed cover (34), fixed cover (34) are the silica gel material.
5. A mounting structure of a lithium battery as claimed in claim 4, wherein: one side of the bottom end of the battery frame (32), which is close to the central position of the protective shell (1), is fixedly connected with a sliding block (35), the sliding block (35) is connected to the inside of a sliding groove (36) in a sliding mode, the sliding groove (36) is formed in two sides of the inner wall of the central position of the protective shell (1), and a limiting block (37) is glued to the position, which is close to the bottom end, of the inner wall of the sliding groove (36).
6. A mounting structure of a lithium battery as claimed in claim 5, wherein: stopper (37) semicircular in shape design, and stopper (37) are the rubber material, the left side fixedly connected with handle (38) of protecting sheathing (1).
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