Battery quick-replacing system of pure electric vehicle with rear-mounted battery box of chassis and operation method
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of electric automobile matching, in particular to a battery quick-changing system of a pure electric automobile with a rear-mounted battery box on a chassis and an operation method thereof.
Background
Various new energy automobiles, especially pure electric taxis, can quickly supplement electric energy at the early stage of popularization and application, and reduce the time of stagnation operation caused by the supplement of the electric energy, which is determined by the current situation that two classes of urban taxis continuously operate and the exchange time of people and vehicles between two classes is very short. Therefore, the common plug-in type pure electric vehicles cannot be accepted by users because of the charging time of several hours in the two-shift handover.
Pure electric vehicles with different power conversion modes have been developed. A number of designs for the mating system have also emerged for how to quickly replace the batteries. From the current operation examples, the parking lot and the position are built on the ground, the structure of arranging the battery changing machine in the basement is more, the structure needs 200 to 300 square meters of space on the ground to build the parking lot, the large space is needed to place the battery changing machine in the ground, and the investment cost is higher.
Another common structure is to build a bridge-shaped parking rack on the ground, when a vehicle is powered on, the upper rack is started to stop and position, and then the power exchanging machine under the bridge hole is used for exchanging power, because the height of the bridge is about 0.5 to 0.7 meter, a long approach bridge is required to be arranged for facilitating the vehicle to drive into the rack, and if the approach bridge is too long, the occupied area is increased; if the approach bridge is too short, the gradient of the approach bridge is larger, potential safety hazards are easily caused, and the electric quantity consumed by the vehicle is increased.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a battery quick-changing system for a pure electric vehicle and an operation method thereof, which can solve the problems that the battery changing time is long and the occupied area is large in the running of the pure electric vehicle and a battery box is arranged behind a chassis.
The above object of the invention is achieved by the features of the independent claims, which are developed in an alternative or advantageous manner.
In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the present invention provides a battery system for fast battery replacement of a battery box of a battery-powered vehicle, the battery system for fast battery replacement comprises a supporting device, a first control device, a battery replacement device, and a second control device, wherein:
the supporting device is used for supporting the electric automobile, and is provided with a first working position for enabling the electric automobile to enter and exit the supporting device and a second working position for taking out and putting the battery with the insufficient power in the electric automobile into the fully charged battery;
the support device is switched between a first working position and a second working position which moves along the direction vertical to the ground under the action of the first control device;
the power conversion device is used for taking out and putting the battery with the insufficient power in the electric automobile into the fully charged battery, the power conversion device is arranged on a guide rail laid on the ground, and the power conversion device can move along the guide rail to enable the power conversion device to have a position for taking out the battery with the insufficient power from a battery box and a position for putting the fully charged battery into the electric automobile;
the second control device is used for enabling the power exchanging device to move from a position far away from the supporting device to a position far away from the supporting device after the battery which is insufficient in the electric automobile is taken out of the battery box and put into the fully charged battery.
Further, the aforementioned strutting arrangement includes electric automobile track frame, track support frame and elevating platform of traveling, wherein:
the electric automobile running track frame is a supporting device of the electric automobile;
the track support frame is used for supporting the electric automobile running track frame and is provided with two working positions, namely a first working position where the electric automobile enters the electric automobile track frame and a second working position where the battery with the power shortage in the electric automobile is taken out and put into a full battery;
the lifting platform enables the track support frame to be switched between a first working position and a second working position under the action of the first control device.
Further, the electric automobile traveling track frame is a groove-shaped track which is symmetrically arranged, a first limiting part and a second limiting part are arranged on the groove-shaped track, the first limiting part is used for limiting the position of the front wheel of the electric automobile, the second limiting part is used for limiting the position of the rear wheel of the electric automobile, the electric automobile travels along the groove-shaped track, and the front wheel and the rear wheel of the electric automobile are respectively contacted with the first limiting part and the second limiting part.
Further, the track support frame is symmetrically arranged and respectively arranged at two ends of the groove-shaped track, the track support frame comprises a bottom plate, a pull rod and a first connecting rod, the bottom plate is positioned at the bottom of the groove-shaped track, the symmetrically arranged groove-shaped tracks are connected into a whole through the bottom plate, the bottom plate is fixedly connected to the first connecting rod through the pull rods arranged at two sides of the bottom plate, the bottom plate is perpendicular to the pull rod, the first connecting rod is perpendicular to the pull rod, and the first connecting rod is connected with the lifting platform.
Further, the lifting platform is a lifting frame which is symmetrically arranged, the length direction of the lifting frame is parallel to the length direction of the groove-shaped rail which is symmetrically arranged, the lifting frame comprises a lifting rod, a fixing rod and a second connecting rod, the lifting rod is sleeved in the fixing rod and can move along the inner wall of the fixing rod in a straight line perpendicular to the ground, the fixing rod is fixed on the ground and perpendicular to the ground, the number of the fixing rod and the lifting rod is two, the two fixing rods are connected through the second connecting rod, and the lifting rod is fixedly connected with the first connecting rod, so that the plane where the supporting frame is located is perpendicular to the plane where the lifting frame is located.
Further, the aforementioned power conversion device includes a power conversion trolley, a battery operation panel for power shortage, a battery operation panel for full charge, wherein:
the power-changing trolley is arranged on a track laid on the ground, and is provided with a battery operation table with insufficient power and a battery operation table with full power, and the power-changing trolley moves from a position far away from the supporting device to a position far away from the supporting device after taking out the battery with insufficient power from the battery box and putting in the battery with full power into the battery box;
the power-deficient battery operating platform is positioned close to the supporting device and provided with two working positions, wherein the working positions are a first state close to the ground and a state of taking out the power-deficient battery by moving upwards along the direction perpendicular to the track;
the fully charged battery operating platform is positioned at a position far away from the supporting device, and the battery operating platform is provided with two working positions, wherein the working positions are a second state close to the ground and a state of moving upwards along a direction perpendicular to the track to put in the fully charged battery respectively;
wherein the second control device is used for controlling the battery-shortage operation platform, so that the battery-shortage operation platform can be switched between a second state close to the ground and two working positions for placing the fully charged battery.
Further, the rails paved on the ground for the power supply and change trolley to move are a first guide rail and a second guide rail which are symmetrically arranged, and the first guide rail and the second guide rail are perpendicular to the groove-shaped rails.
Further, the two end surfaces of the groove-shaped track are horn-shaped connecting plates.
Further, the battery operation panel for power shortage and the battery operation panel for full charge comprise a support panel and a second lifting frame, wherein the second lifting frame is installed on the power changing trolley, the support panel is arranged on the second lifting frame and is used for supporting the battery for power shortage and the battery for full charge.
Another aspect of the invention provides a method for operating a battery system for a battery pack of a battery electric vehicle with a rear-mounted chassis, the method comprises the following steps:
the first control device stops the supporting device at a first working position;
the second control device enables the power conversion device to be located at a position far away from the supporting device;
the electric automobile needing to be replaced is driven into a set position of the supporting device, and then the energy of the electric automobile is closed;
the first control device enables the supporting device to move upwards to a second working position along the direction vertical to the ground and stop;
the second control device enables the power exchanging device to move to a position for taking out the power-deficient battery from the battery box along a guide rail paved on the ground in a direction approaching to the supporting device, and the power exchanging device takes out the power-deficient battery from the battery box;
the second control device enables the electricity changing device to move along a guide rail paved on the ground to a position close to the supporting device to put the fully charged battery into the electric automobile, and the electricity changing device puts the fully charged battery into the electric automobile;
the second control device enables the power conversion device to move along a guide rail paved on the ground in a direction away from the supporting device, so that the power conversion device is away from the supporting device;
the first control device enables the supporting device to move downwards to a first working position along the direction vertical to the ground and stop, and the electric automobile is started and driven away from the supporting device.
According to the technical scheme, the electric automobile is supported by the supporting device arranged on the ground, a bridge-shaped parking bridge frame is not required to be arranged, and potential safety hazards and potential stability hazards caused by overlong or too short approach bridge length are avoided; the invention does not need to build a parking lot on the ground, does not need to arrange a battery changing machine underground, sets up the space for storing the battery box, reduces investment cost, improves the safety in the process of changing the battery of the vehicle, has high battery changing speed, does not occupy the time of drivers, and improves the working efficiency.
The battery replacement trolley is used for rapidly mounting the battery which is insufficient in power and the battery which is fully charged to the trolley which needs to replace the battery, so that the positioning is accurate, and the mounting accuracy is improved.
The support device and the battery changing device are respectively moved through the first control device and the second control device, so that the battery changing device is convenient to control and simple in structure.
Therefore, the battery system for the battery box of the battery car with the rear-mounted chassis has the advantages of small occupied area, low investment cost, safe and reliable operation and very important effect on the rapid popularization of the battery car.
It should be understood that all combinations of the foregoing concepts, as well as additional concepts described in more detail below, may be considered a part of the inventive subject matter of the present disclosure as long as such concepts are not mutually inconsistent. In addition, all combinations of claimed subject matter are considered part of the disclosed inventive subject matter.
The foregoing and other aspects, embodiments, and features of the present teachings will be more fully understood from the following description, taken together with the accompanying drawings. Other additional aspects of the invention, such as features and/or advantages of the exemplary embodiments, will be apparent from the description which follows, or may be learned by practice of the embodiments according to the teachings of the invention.
Drawings
The drawings are not intended to be drawn to scale. In the drawings, each identical or nearly identical component that is illustrated in various figures may be represented by a like numeral. For purposes of clarity, not every component may be labeled in every drawing. Embodiments of various aspects of the invention will now be described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a support device of a quick-change battery system of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the quick battery-changing system in the process of changing the power of the battery-changing trolley.
Wherein, the serial number name in the attached drawings is: 1. the battery comprises a groove-shaped track, 2, a first (second) limiting part, 3, a lifting frame, 4, a first (second) guide rail, 5, a battery operation table with insufficient power, 6, a battery with full power, 7, a battery with insufficient power, 8, an electric automobile, 9, a second stop block, 10, a first stop block, 11, a third stop block, 12, a stop block, 13, a second connecting rod, 14, a fixing rod, 15, a lifting rod, 16, a battery operation table with full power, 20, a bottom plate, 21, a pull rod, 22 and a first connecting rod.
Detailed Description
For a better understanding of the technical content of the present invention, specific examples are set forth below, along with the accompanying drawings.
Aspects of the invention are described in this disclosure with reference to the drawings, in which are shown a number of illustrative embodiments. The embodiments of the present disclosure are not necessarily intended to include all aspects of the invention. It should be understood that the various concepts and embodiments described above, as well as those described in more detail below, may be implemented in any of a number of ways, as the disclosed concepts and embodiments are not limited to any implementation. Additionally, some aspects of the disclosure may be used alone or in any suitable combination with other aspects of the disclosure.
As shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2, a battery system for quick battery replacement of a battery box of a blade electric vehicle with a rear-mounted chassis, the battery system for quick battery replacement comprises a supporting device, a first control device, a battery replacement device, a second control device and a source, wherein: the power supply is connected with the supporting device, the first control device, the power exchanging device and the second control device and provides electric energy for the supporting device, the first control device, the power exchanging device and the second control device, the supporting device is used for supporting the electric automobile, and the supporting device is provided with a first working position for enabling the electric automobile 8 to enter and exit from the supporting device and a second working position for taking out and putting the battery 7 with the insufficient voltage in the electric automobile 8 into the fully charged battery 6.
The support device is connected to a first control device for switching the support device between a first operating position and a second operating position, which is movable in a direction perpendicular to the ground.
The power conversion device is used for taking out and putting the full-charged battery 6 from the battery box of the electric automobile 8, the power conversion device is arranged on a guide rail laid on the ground, and the power conversion device can move along the guide rail to enable the power conversion device to have a position for taking out the full-charged battery 6 from the battery box and a position for putting the full-charged battery 6 into the electric automobile 8.
The power exchanging device is connected with a second control device, and the second control device is used for enabling the power exchanging device to move from a position far away from the supporting device to a position far away from the supporting device after the full-charged battery 6 is taken out of the battery box and put in the full-charged battery 7 in the electric automobile 8.
The first control device is provided with a button for enabling the supporting device to move upwards along a straight line perpendicular to the ground and a button for enabling the supporting device to move downwards along the straight line perpendicular to the ground.
As a preferred embodiment, the supporting device comprises an electric vehicle driving track frame, a track supporting frame and a lifting platform, wherein: the electric automobile traveling track frame is used for enabling the electric automobile to travel according to the track and stopping at a position where the battery needs to be replaced.
When the supporting device is in the first working position, the electric automobile running track frame is contacted with the ground.
The track support frame is used for supporting the electric automobile 8 running track frame, so that the electric automobile 8 running track frame can be reliably fixed when being switched between a first working position contacting with the ground and a second working position for taking out and putting the battery 7 with the insufficient voltage in the electric automobile 8 into the fully charged battery 6.
The lifting platform is used for enabling the electric automobile running track frame to be switched between a first working position and a second working position.
As a further embodiment, the electric automobile driving track frame is a groove-shaped track 1 symmetrically arranged, and the groove-shaped track 1 is provided with a first limiting part 2 and a second limiting part 2, wherein the first limiting part 2 is used for limiting the position of a front wheel of the electric automobile 8, the second limiting part 2 is used for limiting the position of a rear wheel of the electric automobile 8, the electric automobile 8 drives along the groove-shaped track 1, and the front wheel and the rear wheel of the electric automobile 8 are respectively contacted with the first limiting part 2 and the second limiting part 2.
The first limiting part 2 and the second limiting part 2 are protruding parts arranged on the inner side of the groove-shaped track 1 respectively, wherein the first limiting part 2 and the second limiting part 2 can be positioned on the same side or different sides on the inner side of the groove-shaped track 1 according to different wheel tracks of the selected automobiles, the first limiting part 2 and the second limiting part 2 can reliably position the automobile which enters the groove-shaped track 1, and when the front wheel and the rear wheel of the electric automobile 8 are respectively contacted with the first limiting part 2 and the second limiting part 2, the electric automobile 8 stops at a fixed parking position.
As a further embodiment, the two ends of the groove-shaped track 1 are provided with horn-shaped connecting plates, the horn-shaped connecting plates are used for guiding the electric automobile 8, so that the electric automobile 8 can quickly and simply drive into the groove-shaped track 1, the technology of a driver is not too high, and even a driver can accurately stop the electric automobile 8 at a fixed position.
As a further embodiment, the track supporting frames are symmetrically arranged and respectively arranged at two ends of the groove-shaped track 1, the track supporting frames comprise a bottom plate 20, a pull rod 21 and a first connecting rod 22, wherein the bottom plate 20 is positioned at the bottom of the groove-shaped track 1, the symmetrically arranged groove-shaped track 1 is connected into a whole through the bottom plate 20, the bottom plate 20 is fixedly connected to the first connecting rod 22 through the pull rods 21 arranged at two sides of the bottom plate 20, the bottom plate 20 is perpendicular to the pull rods 21, and the first connecting rod 22 is perpendicular to the pull rods 21.
As a further embodiment, the lifting platform comprises lifting frames which are symmetrically arranged, the lifting frames are parallel to the groove-shaped rails 1 which are symmetrically arranged, the lifting frames comprise lifting rods 15, fixing rods 14 and second connecting rods 13, the lifting rods 15 are sleeved in the fixing rods 14, the lifting rods 15 can do linear motion perpendicular to the ground along the inner walls of the fixing rods 14, the fixing rods 14 are fixed on the ground and perpendicular to the ground, the number of the fixing rods 14 and the number of the lifting rods 15 are two, the two fixing rods 14 are connected through the second connecting rods 13, and the lifting rods 15 are fixedly connected with the first connecting rods 22 so that the plane where the supporting frames are located is perpendicular to the plane where the lifting frames are located.
The lifting rod 15 can be hydraulically controlled, can also be driven by a gear rack, or can be driven by a linear motor to realize linear lifting motion.
When the supporting device is in the first working position, the electric automobile 8 drives into the groove-shaped track 1, the first control device controls the lifting rod 15 to move upwards to the second working position, the first control device controls the lifting rod 15 to stop moving, wherein the first control device controls the lifting rod 15 to stop moving through a limit switch, the limit switch is in contact, the fixed rod 14 is provided with a stop block 12, the groove-shaped track 1 is provided with a travel switch, when a mechanical contact of the travel switch is in contact with the stop block 12, the first control device enables the lifting rod 15 to stop moving, and at the moment, the supporting device is in the second working position; the installation mode of the limit switch is not limited to the above installation mode, and the positions of the stop block 12 and the travel switch may be interchanged, and at the same time, the limit switch may not only be in a contact type, but also in a non-contact type, for example, a photoelectric type, an induction type or a reed switch.
The bottom of the fixed rod is provided with a third stop block 11, and when the third stop block 11 is contacted with a travel switch arranged on the groove-shaped track 1, the travel switch sends a signal to the first control device to stop the movement of the lifting rod 15, and the supporting device is at a first working position.
As a further embodiment, the power conversion device includes a power conversion trolley, a battery operation table with a power shortage, and a battery operation table with a full charge, wherein: the battery changing trolley is arranged on a track laid on the ground, the battery changing trolley is provided with a battery operation table 5 with the power shortage and a battery operation table 16 with the full charge, and the battery changing trolley moves from a position far away from the supporting device to a position far away from the supporting device under the action of the second control device, and the battery 7 with the power shortage in the electric automobile 8 is taken out from the battery box, put into the battery 6 with the full charge and then returns to the position far away from the supporting device.
The power-deficient battery operating platform 5 is located at a position close to the supporting device, and the power-deficient battery operating platform 5 has two working positions, wherein the working positions are a first state close to the ground and a state of taking out the power-deficient battery 7 by moving upwards along a direction perpendicular to the track.
The fully charged battery station 16 is located far from the support means and the fully charged battery station 16 has two operating positions, a second state close to the ground and a state moving upwards in a direction perpendicular to the track to place the fully charged battery.
Wherein both working positions of the battery operated station 5 and the fully charged battery operated station 16 are realized by the second control means.
As a further embodiment, the rails for the power changing trolley to move laid on the ground are a first guide rail 4 and a second guide rail 4 which are symmetrically arranged, and the first guide rail 4 and the second guide rail 4 are perpendicular to the groove-shaped rail 1, wherein the rails can be u-shaped, and the bottom of the power changing trolley is provided with rollers matched with the rails; meanwhile, the track is not limited to u-shaped, the track can be of a rack structure paved on the ground, a gear structure matched with the track is arranged at the bottom of the power conversion trolley, and the gear is driven by a motor.
The second control device is provided with a button which enables the power changing trolley to move along the direction of the track for the power changing trolley to move close to or away from the supporting device, a button which enables the battery operating platform without power to move upwards or downwards along the direction vertical to the ground, and a button which enables the battery operating platform fully charged to move upwards or downwards along the direction vertical to the ground.
As a further embodiment, the battery-operated platform 5 and the fully charged battery-operated platform 16 each comprise a support panel and a second lifting frame, wherein the second lifting frame is mounted on the battery-changing trolley, and the second lifting frame is provided with a support panel for supporting the battery 7 and the fully charged battery 6.
The second lifting frame can adopt hydraulic pressure, scissors type or other lifting modes, and the second lifting frame is controlled to move upwards or downwards along a straight line perpendicular to the ground through the second control device.
The first guide rail 4 and/or the second guide rail 4 are/is respectively provided with a first stop block 10 and a second stop block 9, the first stop block 10 is in contact with a first travel switch arranged at the bottom of the battery-operated table 5, when the first stop block 10 is in contact with the first travel switch, the first travel switch sends a signal to the second control device to enable the battery-operated table 5 to stop moving, at the moment, the battery-operated table 5 is in a first working position, the second control device is operated, the battery-operated table 5 is enabled to move upwards to a state of taking out the battery 7 along a straight line perpendicular to the ground under the action of the second lifting frame, the battery 7 is taken out from the battery box of the electric automobile, and the second control device is operated, so that the battery-operated table 5 moves downwards to the first working position along the straight line perpendicular to the ground.
And operating a second control device to enable the battery changing trolley to continuously move forwards, when the first stop block 10 is contacted with a second travel switch arranged at the bottom of the fully charged battery operating platform, sending a signal to the second control device by the second travel switch to enable the battery changing trolley to stop moving, wherein the fully charged battery operating platform 16 is at a second working position, operating the second control device to enable the fully charged battery operating platform 16 to move upwards along the direction perpendicular to the ground to place the fully charged battery 6 placed on the support panel in a battery box of the electric automobile 8, and enabling the fully charged battery operating platform 16 to be in a state of being placed in the fully charged battery 6 at the moment, and enabling the fully charged battery operating platform 16 to move downwards to the second working position along the direction perpendicular to the ground when the fully charged battery 6 is mounted in the battery box of the electric automobile 8.
If the second control device is in misoperation at this time, the power-changing trolley is enabled to continuously move forwards, when the second stop block 9 is in contact with the first travel switch, the first travel switch sends a signal to the second control device, the power-changing trolley is enabled to stop moving, the power-changing trolley is prevented from being separated from a track for the power-changing trolley to move during misoperation, and the operation safety is improved.
An operation method of a battery system for a battery of a battery box of a battery electric vehicle with a rear-mounted chassis, which comprises the following steps: the first control device stops the supporting device at a first working position; the second control device enables the power conversion device to be located at a position far away from the supporting device; the electric automobile 8 needing to be replaced is driven into a set position of the supporting device, and then the energy of the electric automobile is closed; the first control device enables the supporting device to move upwards to a second working position along the direction vertical to the ground and stop; the second control device enables the power exchanging device to move to a position for taking out the power shortage battery 7 from the battery box along a guide rail paved on the ground towards the direction approaching to the supporting device, and the power exchanging device takes out the power shortage battery 7 from the battery box; the second control device enables the electricity changing device to move along a guide rail paved on the ground to a position close to the supporting device to put the fully charged battery 6 into the electric automobile, and the electricity changing device puts the fully charged battery 6 into the electric automobile 8; the second control device enables the power conversion device to move along a guide rail paved on the ground in a direction away from the supporting device, so that the power conversion device is away from the supporting device; the first control means moves the support means downwards in a direction perpendicular to the ground to a first operating position and stops, starting the electric vehicle 8 and moving it away from the support means.
While the invention has been described with reference to preferred embodiments, it is not intended to be limiting. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications and adaptations can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Accordingly, the scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims.