remote/stl/battery_pack/battery-pack-contact-nuts.scad

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/***************************************************************
Parameterized Battery pack with electrical connections
(c) 2010 Juan Gonzalez-Gomez (Obijuan) juan@iearobotics.com
This design is derived from the Battery comparment generator
(c) Nikolaus Gradwohl (guru (at) local-guru.net)
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5051
Other contributors:
* Chris Thompson (http://eagleapex.com/): Connection in series along the case
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The nuts (two per battery) are embedded into the battery pack.
The screws (two per battery) are inserted from the outside and
touch the batteries.
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GPL LICENCE
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//-- Battery sizes
AA = [ 14.5, 50.5 ];
AAA = [ 10.5,44.5 ];
C = [ 26.2, 50 ];
D = [ 34.2, 61.5 ];
// CHOOSE BATTERY TYPE AND COUNT
typ = AA;
num =3;
//---------------------------------
//-- Battery pack parameters
//-- Can be set by the user
//---------------------------------
//-- Battery pack thickness
bottom_thick=1.5;
fr_thick=3.5; //-- Front and rear parts
side_thick=2; //-- Side part
//-- Distance beween batteries
distance_bat=1;
//-- Nut parameters
nut_h = 2.5;
nut_radius = 6.4/2;
nut_drill = 3.1;
//------------------------------
//-- IMPLEMENTATION
//------------------------------
//-- Battery dimensions: width, height and length. Change ser for batteries in series along the case.
ser=1;
w=typ[0];
h=w;
l=typ[1]*ser;
//-- Dimensions of the inner part of the compartiment
ip_l = l;
ip_w = w + (w+distance_bat)*(num-1);
ip_h = h;
//-- Dimensions of the mother cube
mc_l = ip_l+2*fr_thick;
mc_w = ip_w+2*side_thick;
mc_h = ip_h+bottom_thick;
//-- The process of building the battery pack is just substracting
//-- things to the mother cube
rotate([0,0,90])
difference() {
//-- The mother cube
translate([0,0,-bottom_thick/2])
cube(size=[mc_l, mc_w, mc_h],center=true);
//-- Array of batteries
translate([0,0,h/2])
cube(size=[ip_l,ip_w,ip_h],center=true);
translate([0,-mc_w/2+w/2+side_thick,0])
for ( i = [0:num-1] ) {
translate([0,i*(w+distance_bat),0])
union() {
translate([0,0,h/2])
cube(size=[l,w,h],center=true);
rotate([0,90,0])
cylinder(r=w/2, h=l-0.01, center=true, $fn=50);
}
}
//-- Array of contacts
translate([0,-mc_w/2+w/2+side_thick,0])
for ( i = [0:num-1] ) {
//-- Drills
translate([0,i*(w+distance_bat),0])
rotate([0,90,0])
cylinder(center=true,h=l+20, r=nut_drill/2, $fn=50, center=true);
//-- Room for the embedded nuts
translate([0,i*(w+distance_bat),0])
rotate([0,90,0])
cylinder(h=l+2*nut_h, r=nut_radius, $fn=6, center=true);
}
}