Quick Release Battery Conversion

[Marvin]

The connectors will be two contact points on either side of the battery box, here's a pic of the battery box:



I hope you can read the red text! It didn't come up as big on Picasa as it did on Paint!

In essence, it will be very similar to the designs used for cordless drills.

I wouldn't get too excited about it being made yet, I still need to find someone to make it for me. I'm hoping a price point could be around the same as the Tekno conversions, though it'll likely be a bit more.


Theoretically, the change should be as quick as turning 2 fasteners a quarter of a turn, pulling the battery out, then placing a new one in and locking the fasteners again. So, hopefully, less than 10 seconds.

I also need to do a bit of testing, to see if the fastening method is reliable. Failing that, I have a friend that I was brainstorming ideas with, and he's come up with a catch mechanism, but it's far more complex, so we'll use that if this fails.

Thanks for the interest.

If you can do a bit of CNC machining for me, then please contact me at swturner (at) hotmail (dot) co (dot) uk

I'd really like to see this work! Funnily enough, I've only done about 15 different parts in CAD before, I really like Alibre Design!