TWI385493B - Automatic charging of hamsters - Google Patents

Description

Automatic charging hamster

The present invention relates to a charging device, and more particularly to an automatic charging hamster.

An existing charging device for an electric vehicle is a plug that is electrically connected to a rechargeable battery of the electric vehicle and is extended with a socket for inserting and electrically connecting the mains, when the electric vehicle needs When charging is performed, the battery of the electric vehicle can be charged by pulling the plug out and plugging it into the socket located on the wall.

However, although the charging device can be easily operated by an ordinary person, it is not easy to use the socket for charging for some people with disabilities or the elderly, and it is necessary to improve the charging device.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic charging hamster that can be automatically charged for walking.

Therefore, the automatic charging hamster of the present invention is suitable for self-charging and powering a charger and an electric vehicle transmitting a target address signal in an environment having at least two reference address signals, the charging hamster comprising an ontology a control unit, a transmission unit, a wireless transmission unit and a charge and discharge unit.

The control unit is installed in the body, the transmission unit is electrically connected and controlled by the control unit to drive the body to move, the wireless transmission unit is electrically connected to the control unit, and receives the reference address signal and the target address. The signal drive causes the control unit to control the movement of the transmission unit in a planned path. The charge and discharge unit is mounted to the body and can respectively supply power to the electric vehicle and self-charge from the charger.

The effect of the present invention is that the control unit can plan the planning path to drive the transmission unit to move the body between the charger and the electric vehicle, and use the charging and discharging unit to achieve self-charging and power supply respectively. .

The above and other technical contents, features and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the invention.

Before the present invention is described in detail, it is noted that in the following description, similar elements are denoted by the same reference numerals.

Referring to Figures 1, 2 and 3, the first preferred embodiment of the automatic charging hamster 3 of the present invention is suitable for self-charging and powering a charger 1 and an electric vehicle 2, respectively. The automatic charging hamster 3 comprises an ontology. 4. A control unit 5, a transmission unit 6, a wireless transmission unit 7, a power management unit 8, and a charge and discharge unit 9.

The charger 1, the electric vehicle 2 and the self-charging hamster 3 are simultaneously placed in an environment having three sets of address transmitters (not shown) that are located at specific positions and can respectively transmit three sets of reference address signals. The charger 1 is connected to a common mains and placed in a fixed position, and includes a transmitting component (not shown), and two for connecting the automatic charging hamster 3 for self-charging of the self-charging hamster 3. a conductive sheet 11, the electric vehicle 2 includes a charging piece 21 for contacting the automatic charging hamster 3 to draw power from the automatic charging hamster 3, and a target transmitter capable of transmitting a target address signal (not shown) ). In this embodiment, the transmitting element, the address transmitter, and the target emitter are respectively an infrared emitter.

The control unit 5 is mounted in the body 4 and is configured to operate the automatic charging hamster 3 to perform corresponding actions.

Referring to Figures 1, 3 and 4, the transmission unit 6 is electrically connected and controlled by the control unit 5 to drive the body 4 to move, and has a rotating wheel 61 respectively disposed at the bottom of the body 4 and controlled by the control unit 5, And the second power wheel 62, when the power wheels 62 rotate, the body 4 is driven by the power wheels 62 to move in the direction in which the rotating wheels 61 are disposed.

The wireless transmission unit 7 is electrically connected to the control unit 5, and after receiving the reference address signals sent by the address transmitters and the target address signals sent by the electric vehicle 2, the control unit 5 is driven. The transmission unit 6 is controlled to move by a planned path.

The power management unit 8 is electrically connected to the control unit 5, and includes a rechargeable battery 81, and a power monitoring module 82 that monitors the power of the rechargeable battery 81 and generates a signal to be charged to the control unit 5 when the power is insufficient. When the signal to be charged is generated, the control unit 5 drives the transmission unit 6 to move the body 4 to the charger 1 for self-charging.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 3, the charging and discharging unit 9 is mounted on the main body 4 and can respectively supply power to the electric vehicle 2 and self-charge from the charger 1. The charging and discharging unit 9 includes a side mounted on the body 4 And a self-charging module 91 connected to the conductive sheets 11 of the charger 1 and a charging piece 21 mounted on the body 4 and contacting the electric vehicle 2 to charge the electric vehicle 2 Power supply module 92.

Referring to FIGS. 5 and 6, the power supply module 92 has a swing arm 921 that is movably moved from the body 4 toward the charging piece 21, and is electrically connected to the rechargeable battery 81 and is detachable with the movement of the swing arm 921. a pin header set 922 that is connected to the charging piece 21 of the electric vehicle 2, and a fixing member 923 mounted in the main body 4, a screw member 924 rotatable relative to the fixing member 923, and a vertically movable mounting portion The screw member 924 is connected to the nut 925 at one end of the swing arm 921 opposite to the pin set 922, and a pivot 926 mounted on the swing arm 921 between the pin header group 922 and the nut member 925. And a support member 927 extending from the fixing member 923 and mounted to the pivot 926.

Referring to Figures 5, 7, and 8, the pin header set 922 is movable relative to the charging pad 21 between a powered position and a non-powered position. In the powered position (see Figure 8), the screw member 924 rotates to drive the The nut member 925 moves downwardly and drives the swing arm 921 to yaw about the pivot 926, so that the end of the nut member 925 faces upwardly to drive the pin group 922 to contact the charging piece 21 in the non-power supply position. At the time (see FIG. 7), the screw member 924 reversely drives the nut member 925 to move upward, and drives the swing arm 921 to be reversely biased about the pivot 926, thereby moving the end away from the nut member 925 toward The pin header group 922 is driven away from the charging pad 21.

Referring to Figures 1, 3 and 6, in use, since the locations of the address transmitters and the charger 1 are fixed, the control unit 5 receives the reference addresses by the wireless transmission unit 7 After the signal and the target address signal sent by the electric vehicle 2, the relative position of the automatic charging hamster 3 to the charger 1 and the electric vehicle 2 can be calculated by the triangulation method, and then the control unit 5 according to the The planned path is calculated by the reference address signal and the target address signal, and the driving unit 6 is driven to drive the body 4 to move toward the electric vehicle 2 and the charger 1 in the planned path.

When the power monitoring module 82 generates the to-be-charged signal to the control unit 5, the planned path drives the automatic charging hamster 3 to move to the charger 1, and connects the self-charging module 91 to the conductive Sheet 11 is self-charging. When the automatic charging hamster 3 has been fully charged and is operated by the user to supply power to the electric vehicle 2, the planned path is to drive the automatic charging hamster 3 to move under the electric vehicle 2, and drive the The pin header set 922 of the power supply module 92 is moved to the power supply position to supply power to the electric vehicle 2.

Thereby, the control unit 5 can plan the planning path to drive the transmission unit 6 to drive the body 4 to self-charge and power between the charger 1 and the electric vehicle 2, and because of the automatic charging of the hamster 3 It is self-propelled and charged, so even people with disabilities or the elderly can use it through simple operation. Compared with the charging device of the existing electric vehicle, it is more convenient to use.

Referring to Figures 9 and 10, a second preferred embodiment of the present invention is similar to the first preferred embodiment in that the electric vehicle 2 includes an inductive coil module that is magnetically induced to generate electric power. 22. The power supply module 92 has a rotating disk 928 disposed in the body 4, and eight magnets 929 that are mounted on the rotating disk 928 and are disposed opposite to the induction coil module 22, which are different in polarity from each other.

When the automatic charging hamster 3 supplies power to the electric vehicle 2, the rotating disk 928 is driven to drive the magnets 929 to rotate, and the induction coil module 22 located above is subjected to a magnetic force change to generate an induced current, and The electric vehicle 2 can be powered accordingly.

Therefore, the second preferred embodiment can achieve the same purpose and effect as the first preferred embodiment described above, and can achieve non-contact charging by magnetically converting current, thereby avoiding wear and tear of contact charging. .

In summary, the control unit 5 plans the planning path after receiving the reference address signal and the target address signal, and drives the transmission unit 6 to drive the body 4 to the charger 1 and the electric vehicle 2 The charger 1 and the electric vehicle 2 are self-charged and powered by the self-charging module 91 and the power supply module 92, so that the object of the present invention can be achieved.

The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the scope of the invention is not limited thereto, that is, the simple equivalent changes and modifications made by the scope of the invention and the description of the invention are All remain within the scope of the invention patent.

1. . . charger

11. . . Conductive sheet

2. . . Electric vehicle

twenty one. . . Charging chip

twenty two. . . Induction coil module

3. . . Automatic charging hamster

4. . . Ontology

5. . . control unit

6. . . Transmission unit

61. . . Rotating wheel

62. . . Power wheel

7. . . Wireless transmission unit

8. . . Power management unit

81. . . Rechargeable Battery

82. . . Power monitoring module

9. . . Charge and discharge unit

91. . . Self-charging module

92. . . Power supply module

921. . . Swing arm

922. . . Pin header

923. . . Fastener

924. . . Screw piece

925. . . Nut piece

926. . . Pivot

927. . . supporting item

928. . . Rotating disk

929. . . magnet

1 is a block diagram of a first preferred embodiment of the automatic charging hamster of the present invention, and a charger and an electric vehicle;

2 is a perspective view of the charger applied to the first preferred embodiment;

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the first preferred embodiment;

Figure 4 is a bottom plan view of the first preferred embodiment;

Figure 5 is a top plan view of a power supply module of the first preferred embodiment;

Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line VI-VI of Figure 5;

7 is a side view of the power supply module and a charging chip of the first preferred embodiment, illustrating a row of needle sets in a non-powered position;

Figure 8 is a view similar to Figure 7, illustrating the pin header set in a powered position;

Figure 9 is a schematic view showing a second preferred embodiment of the automatic charging hamster of the present invention and an electric vehicle; and

Figure 10 is a top plan view of a power supply module of the second preferred embodiment.

1. . . charger

11. . . Conductive sheet

2. . . Electric vehicle

twenty one. . . Charging chip

3. . . Automatic charging hamster

5. . . control unit

6. . . Transmission unit

7. . . Wireless transmission unit

8. . . Power management unit

81. . . Rechargeable Battery

82. . . Power monitoring module

9. . . Charge and discharge unit

Claims (7)

An automatic charging hamster is adapted to self-charge and power a charger and an electric vehicle transmitting a target address signal in an environment having at least two reference address signals, the charging hamster comprising: a body; a control unit, installed in the body; a transmission unit electrically connected and controlled by the control unit to drive the body to move; a wireless transmission unit electrically connected to the control unit and receiving the reference address signals and the target The address signal drives the control unit to control the movement of the transmission unit by a planned path; and a charging and discharging unit is mounted on the body and can respectively supply power to the electric vehicle and self-charge from the charger. The self-charging hamster according to claim 1, wherein the charging and discharging unit comprises a self-charging module mounted on the side of the body and detachably connected to the charger, and a body mounted on the body A power supply module that can supply power to the electric vehicle. The automatic charging hamster according to claim 2, further comprising a power management unit electrically connected to the control unit, the power management unit comprising a rechargeable battery, and a monitoring of the rechargeable battery power and generating when the power is insufficient A charging signal is sent to the power monitoring module of the control unit. The automatic charging hamster according to claim 3, wherein the wireless transmission unit receives the reference address signals and the target address signals, the control unit according to the reference address signals and the target The address signal calculates the planned path and drives the transmission unit to drive the body to move toward the electric vehicle and the charger in the planned path. The automatic charging hamster according to claim 4, wherein the electric vehicle includes a charging piece for contacting the power supply module for charging, the power supply module having a movable charging from the body toward the body The moving arm of the piece, and a pin group electrically connected to the rechargeable battery and detachably connected to the charging piece with the movement of the swing arm. The automatic charging hamster according to claim 5, wherein the power supply module further has a fixing member mounted in the body, a screw member rotatable relative to the fixing member, and a vertically movable mounting The screw member is connected to the nut member at one end of the swing arm opposite to the pin header group, a pivot shaft mounted on the swing arm and located between the pin header group and the nut member, and at least one self-fixing And a support member extending from the pivoting portion, wherein the pin header group is movable relative to the charging piece between a power supply position and a non-power supply position, and in the power supply position, the screw member rotates to drive the nut member toward Moving downwards and driving the swing arm to yaw about the pivot, so that the end of the nut away from the nut member drives the pin group to contact the charging piece. The automatic charging hamster according to claim 4, wherein the electric vehicle includes an induction coil module that is magnetically induced to generate electric power, the power supply module having a rotating disc disposed in the body, and A plurality of magnets mounted on the rotating disk and corresponding to the inductive coil module.