CN109849865B - Equipment capable of rapidly replacing battery box of electric automobile - Google Patents

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CN109849865B
CN109849865B CN201811623893.XA CN201811623893A CN109849865B CN 109849865 B CN109849865 B CN 109849865B CN 201811623893 A CN201811623893 A CN 201811623893A CN 109849865 B CN109849865 B CN 109849865B
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The invention discloses equipment capable of quickly replacing a battery box of an electric automobile, which belongs to the field of electric automobiles and comprises an annular charging mechanism and a push-pull mechanism arranged on the radial direction of the charging mechanism, wherein the charging mechanism comprises a plurality of equally divided compartments, and the charging mechanism rotates in a horizontal plane; the push-pull mechanism comprises an outer shell for containing the battery box, a rotating plate hinged to a supporting mechanism arranged below the charging mechanism and an electric control telescopic rod positioned on the inner ring side of the charging mechanism, wherein a split plate is hinged to one side, facing the charging mechanism, of the outer shell, an inner shaft and an outer shaft are arranged at the hinged position of the rotating plate, and a short push rod, a surplus groove and a first spring are arranged between the outer shaft and the inner shaft; the middle part of the electric control telescopic rod is provided with an elastic block, the free end of the electric control telescopic rod is internally provided with an electromagnetic block, and an iron strip-shaped adsorption groove body is fixed on the battery box. The invention can quickly replace the battery boxes with different heights without adopting related detection and adjustment mechanisms, can charge the battery boxes, and has high automation degree of the whole operation.

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Equipment capable of rapidly replacing battery box of electric automobile
Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of electric automobiles, in particular to equipment capable of quickly replacing a battery box of an electric automobile.
Background
With the increasing tension of energy and environmental protection problems, electric vehicles are receiving attention from all communities due to the advantages of cleanness, environmental protection and the like. The traditional battery box of the electric automobile has longer charging time under the traditional charging technology due to the self discharging characteristic, so that the waiting time of a driver is longer and inconvenient.
In patent publication No. CN 101992754B, there is disclosed an electric vehicle battery replacing apparatus comprising: the battery pack side-shifting mechanism comprises a frame-shaped main mechanism, a lifting mechanism arranged in the main mechanism, a rotating mechanism connected with the lifting mechanism, a side-shifting mechanism connected with the rotating mechanism and a plurality of battery pack push-pull mechanisms arranged on the side-shifting mechanism. The electric automobile battery box replacing equipment can conveniently and quickly complete replacement of the electric automobile battery box, so that the electric automobile does not need to wait for charging, time is saved, and working efficiency is improved. However, it has the following disadvantages: firstly, the lifting mechanism is required to adapt to the condition that the heights of battery boxes on different electric automobiles are different, the height of the battery box needs to be aligned, the structure is complex, and the control is complicated; secondly, the battery box that changes needs the manual work to charge separately, and degree of automation is not enough.
Disclosure of Invention
1. Technical problem to be solved
The invention aims to solve the technical problem of providing equipment capable of quickly replacing a battery box of an electric automobile, which can quickly replace the battery boxes with different heights without adopting a related detection and adjustment mechanism, is suitable for the condition that the distance between the parking position of the electric automobile and a charging mechanism has deviation, can charge the battery box, and has high automation degree of integral operation.
2. Technical scheme
In order to solve the problems, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:
an apparatus capable of rapidly replacing a battery box of an electric vehicle comprises a charging mechanism, a push-pull mechanism and a supporting mechanism,
the charging mechanism comprises a top plate and a bottom plate which are oppositely arranged up and down, the top plate and the bottom plate are in annular shapes with equal size, partition plates which are positioned on the radial direction of the bottom plate are arranged between the top plate and the bottom plate at equal intervals along the circumference of the top plate and divide the space between the top plate and the bottom plate into at least three compartments, the compartments are square spaces, a charging conducting plate is arranged in the top plate, a contact connected with the charging conducting plate is arranged on the part, corresponding to each compartment, on the bottom surface of the top plate, a contact is matched with a charging port on the battery box, the inner ring side of the bottom plate is connected with a rotary drum, the rotary drum is connected with a rotation driving structure driven by a stepping motor, the stepping motor drives the charging mechanism to rotate along the ring surface of the bottom plate in the horizontal plane, and the rotation angle of the charging mechanism for one time is equal to the corresponding included angle between every two adjacent partition plates; the supporting mechanism comprises a first T-shaped supporting piece supported below the bottom plate, and at least three first supporting pieces are arranged at equal intervals along the circumference of the bottom plate;
the push-pull mechanism comprises an outer shell arranged on the electric automobile and used for containing a battery box, a rotating plate arranged on a first support piece and corresponding to the outer side of a base plate, and an electric control telescopic rod arranged in a surrounding ring at the inner ring side of the base plate, wherein a first opening-closing plate is arranged on one side of the outer shell facing the charging mechanism, the bottom of the opening-closing plate is hinged to the outer shell through a hinge piece, the hinge piece is connected with a first micro motor, the first micro motor drives the opening-closing plate to rotate 90 degrees in a reciprocating mode, and when the opening-closing plate is in a horizontal state, the upper surface of the opening-closing plate is flush with the bottom in the outer shell; one end side of the rotating plate is hinged to the corresponding supporting piece I, an inner shaft with one end connected with a micro motor II and an outer shaft sleeved on the outer side of the inner shaft are arranged at the hinged position, the rotating plate is fixed on the outer shaft, at least one short push rod is fixed on the inner shaft at equal intervals along the circumference of the inner shaft, allowance grooves are formed in the inner side of the outer shaft at equal intervals along the circumference of the outer shaft, the short push rod is located on one side in the corresponding allowance groove, a first spring connected to the side wall of the allowance groove on the opposite side of the short push rod is fixed on the short push rod, the top of the outer shaft is flush with the upper surface of the bottom plate, and after the micro motor II drives the outer shaft to rotate through the inner shaft, the opposite side of the hinged side of the rotating plate is lower than the hinged side of the opening plate; in a working state, the horizontal distance between the hinged position of the opening and closing plate and the hinged position of the rotating plate is less than or equal to the sum of the widths of the opening and closing plate and the rotating plate, and the opposite side of the hinged side of the opening and closing plate is lapped on the rotating plate;
the free end of the output shaft of the electric control telescopic rod corresponds to the middle part of one compartment, the rotating plate and the electric control telescopic rod are positioned in the same radial direction corresponding to the bottom plate, the free end of the output shaft of the electric control telescopic rod faces the side where the rotating plate is positioned, an electromagnetic block is arranged in the free end of the output shaft of the electric control telescopic rod, an iron adsorption groove body into which the free end of the output shaft of the electric control telescopic rod is inserted is fixed on one side of the battery box facing the charging mechanism, the width of the adsorption groove body is equal to the diameter of the output shaft of the electric control telescopic rod, the length of the adsorption groove body is greater than the diameter of the output shaft of the electric control telescopic rod, and an elastic block is arranged in the middle part of the output shaft of the electric control telescopic rod; the supporting mechanism comprises a second supporting piece arranged below the electric control telescopic rod.
Furthermore, the central axis of the rotary drum coincides with the central axis of the bottom plate, at least three connecting rods connected to the inner ring side of the bottom plate are fixed on the outer surface of the rotary drum at equal intervals along the circumference of the rotary drum, the rotary driving structure comprises a driving gear fixedly sleeved on an output shaft of the stepping motor, the driving gear is located on one side of the rotary drum, and gear teeth meshed with the driving gear are arranged on the surface of the rotary drum. Step motor direct drive gear rotates, drives the rotary drum through the teeth of a cogwheel on rotary drum surface and rotates, and the rethread connecting rod drives charging mechanism and rotates, and the structure setting is simple easily accuse.
Furthermore, the two supporting pieces comprise supporting blocks arranged on the inner side of the rotary drum and supporting plates fixed to the tops of the supporting blocks, limiting rings contacting the bottom of the rotary drum are fixed on the supporting blocks, the supporting plates are located above the connecting rods, and the electric control telescopic rods are installed on the supporting plates. So set up both to realize the installation to automatically controlled telescopic link, do not influence the rotary drum drive mechanism that charges again and rotate.
Further, the articulated elements is including fixing two axle sleeves at shell body lower extreme border both ends respectively and being fixed in the distolateral pivot under the open-close plate, the pivot both ends are worn to locate in two axle sleeves respectively, micro motor one is connected in pivot one end, and is connected with angle sensor between micro motor one and the pivot. A micro motor drives the rotating shaft to rotate, the opening plate can be driven to rotate, the angle sensor can control the rotating angle of the opening plate to be 90 degrees, and the application is convenient.
Furthermore, the opposite sides of the hinged position of the outer shell and the opening plate are respectively provided with a combined and matched magnetic attraction micro-magnetic sheet. Through the magnetic attraction effect of the micro magnetic sheets, the outer shell can be stably closed by the opening-closing plate when the micro motor is not started, and the battery box can be prevented from being accidentally separated from the outer shell.
Further, the bottom is equipped with the draw runner one of connecting the open-close board place side rather than the opposite side direction in the shell body, be fixed with draw runner two on the open-close board corresponds the inside one side of shell body, draw runner one and draw runner two are all upwards hunch-up, and the top surface radian of draw runner one and draw runner two is the same, battery box bottom is equipped with the slider with draw runner one and the adaptation of draw runner two phase, when the open-close board is in the horizontality, draw runner two links up in the tip of draw runner one. Set up like this, be convenient for pull the battery box and slide to the open-close plate in from the shell body to remove to charging mechanism from the open-close plate.
Furthermore, the cross-section of the second sliding strip is arched, a strip-shaped hole parallel to the second sliding strip is formed in the part, below the second sliding strip, of the opening-closing plate, a cavity formed by the second sliding strip is communicated with the strip-shaped hole, and a third sliding strip matched with the cavity formed by the strip-shaped hole and the second sliding strip is fixed on the rotating plate. During the application, the third draw runner just blocks in the cavity that bar hole and draw runner two formed, realizes the more inseparable transition relation of draw runner two and draw runner three to be favorable to pulling the battery box and remove to the rotor plate on from the opening plate.
Furthermore, the elastic block is made of sponge. The sponge has enough compressibility, can be easily flattened when being extruded, and can restore to the original state after the extrusion action disappears, thereby meeting the setting requirement of the elastic block.
Furthermore, the middle part of the elastic block is provided with a second spring which is connected with the two sections of the output shaft of the electric control telescopic rod and is separated by the elastic block. The second spring can enhance the elastic performance of the elastic block, thereby being beneficial to ensuring the function of the elastic block.
Furthermore, a protective shell with an n-shaped section is arranged on the charging mechanism, the top of the protective shell is annularly shielded above the top plate, two sides of the protective shell are respectively positioned on the outer ring side and the inner ring side of the charging mechanism, the bottom of the part of the protective shell corresponding to the outer ring side of the charging mechanism is fixed on the first supporting piece, the part of the protective shell corresponding to the outer ring side of the charging mechanism is provided with a first opening for a battery box to pass through, the first opening is positioned between the outer shell and the electric control telescopic rod, and when the rotating plate is in a vertical state, the first opening is just shielded; and a second opening through which an output shaft of the electric control telescopic rod passes is formed in the part, corresponding to the inner ring side of the charging mechanism, of the protective shell. The protective housing can protect the charging mechanism, and supply the battery box to be pulled to corresponding compartment in through setting up opening one, set up two output shafts that supply electric control telescopic link of opening and pass to electric control telescopic link carries out the operation of pulling the battery box, does not influence the operation application of device promptly.
3. Advantageous effects
(1) The invention is provided with an annular charging mechanism and a push-pull mechanism arranged on the radial direction of the charging mechanism, wherein the charging mechanism comprises a plurality of compartments which are equally divided, the push-pull mechanism comprises an electric control telescopic rod positioned on the inner ring side of the charging mechanism, the position of the electric control telescopic rod is fixed, and the charging mechanism is driven by a stepping motor. When the battery box replacing device is used, the electric control telescopic rod is controlled to pull out a battery box to be charged from an electric automobile and park the battery box in a compartment of the charging mechanism, after the stepping motor is started to rotate once, the next compartment rotates to the position right in front of the electric control telescopic rod, the battery box which is fully charged is stored in the compartment, the electric control telescopic rod is controlled to push the battery box into the electric automobile, and therefore the battery box of the electric automobile is replaced, and the operation is rapid; the battery box that is changed rotates a week along with charging mechanism, is enough to make it fully charge, can be used to replace the battery box that needs to charge, realizes the circulation operation, and the whole degree of automation of device is high.
(2) In the application, after the electric control telescopic rod is completely stretched out, if the distance between the electric automobile and the charging mechanism is smaller when the electric automobile is parked, the elastic block can be extruded to adapt to the smaller distance between the battery box and the electric control telescopic rod, the electric control telescopic rod is suitable for the condition that the parking position of the electric automobile is deviated in practical application, and the operation purpose can be achieved without regulating and controlling the stroke of the electric control telescopic rod in real time.
(3) The invention is characterized in that the opposite sides of the outer shell for accommodating the battery box and the charging mechanism are respectively and correspondingly provided with an opening plate and a rotating plate, the opening plate is controlled by a first micro motor to rotate by 90 degrees, the hinge joint of the rotating plate is provided with an inner shaft and an outer shaft, the rotating plate is fixed on the outer shaft, and a short push rod, a surplus slot and a first spring are arranged between the outer shaft and the inner shaft, so that the outer shaft can still rotate relative to the inner shaft after the inner shaft can drive the outer shaft to rotate by a certain angle under the drive of a second micro motor. During the application, if the battery box is located the position lower, when then the opening plate just contacted the rotor plate, the opening plate has not rotated to the horizontality yet, and the opening plate continues to rotate and can promote the rotor plate and rotate, and the spring is compressed, then this device need not just can be applicable to the battery box that is in not co-altitude in the certain extent with the help of elevating system.
(4) According to the invention, the electromagnetic block is arranged in the free end of the electric control telescopic rod, the iron adsorption groove body is fixed on the battery box, the length of the adsorption groove body in the vertical direction is larger than the diameter of the output shaft of the electric control telescopic rod, namely, the electric control telescopic rod can relatively move up and down in the adsorption groove body, so that the electric control telescopic rod can be smoothly inserted into the adsorption groove body without changing the height under the condition that the heights of the battery boxes on different electric automobiles are different, and the electric control telescopic rod is suitable for the battery boxes with different heights in a certain range.
In conclusion, the battery boxes with different heights can be quickly replaced without adopting a related detection adjusting mechanism, the electric vehicle charging device is suitable for the situation that the distance between the parking position of the electric vehicle and the charging mechanism is deviated, the battery boxes can be charged, and the overall operation automation degree is high.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a top view of the charging mechanism and the electric control telescopic rod 23;
fig. 3 is a schematic perspective view of the charging mechanism;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the hinge structure of the opening plate 211;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the hinge structure of the pivotal plate 22;
fig. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional structure of the inner shaft 221 and the outer shaft 222;
fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of the electric control telescopic rod 23;
FIG. 8 is a schematic structural view of the adsorption tank 232;
fig. 9 is a schematic perspective view of the opening plate 211 in a horizontal state;
fig. 10 is a perspective view of the protective housing 11.
Reference numerals: 1-top plate, 2-bottom plate, 3-separation plate, 4-compartment, 5-charging conducting strip, 51-contact, 6-rotary drum, 7-stepping motor, 8-connecting rod, 9-driving gear, 10-battery box, 11-protective shell, 12-opening one, 13-opening two, 21-outer shell, 211-opening plate, 212-shaft sleeve, 213-rotating shaft, 214-sliding strip one, 215-sliding strip two, 216-strip hole, 22-rotating plate, 221-inner shaft, 222-outer shaft, 223-short push rod, 224-allowance groove, 225-spring one, 226-sliding strip three, 23-electric control telescopic rod, 231-electromagnetic block, 232-adsorption groove body, 233-elastic block, 234-spring two, 24-a first micro motor, 25-a second micro motor, 26-an angle sensor, 27-a micro magnetic sheet, 31-a first support piece, 32-a second support piece, 321-a support block, 322-a support plate and 323-a spacing ring.
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The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples.
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The device for rapidly replacing the battery box of the electric automobile as shown in figure 1 comprises a charging mechanism, a push-pull mechanism and a supporting mechanism,
as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the charging mechanism includes a top plate 1 and a bottom plate 2 which are oppositely arranged up and down, the top plate 1 and the bottom plate 2 are in a ring shape with equal size, a partition plate 3 which is positioned on the radial direction of the bottom plate 2 is arranged between the top plate 1 and the bottom plate 2 at equal intervals along the circumference of the top plate 1, the partition plate 3 equally divides the space between the top plate 1 and the bottom plate 2 into at least three compartments 4 (six compartments 4 are arranged in this embodiment), the compartments 4 are square spaces, a charging conductive sheet 5 is arranged in the top plate 1, a contact 51 which is connected with the charging conductive sheet 5 is arranged on the bottom surface of the top plate 1 corresponding to each compartment 4, the contact 51 is adapted to a charging port on the battery box 10, a rotating drum 6 is connected to the inner ring side of the bottom plate 2, the rotating drum 6 is connected to a rotation driving structure driven by a stepping motor 7, the stepping motor 7 drives the charging mechanism to rotate along the ring surface of the bottom plate 2 in the horizontal plane, the rotating angle of the charging mechanism rotating once is equal to the corresponding included angle between every two adjacent partition plates 3; the supporting mechanism comprises a first T-shaped supporting member 31 supported below the bottom plate 2, and at least three (three in the embodiment, not shown in the figure) supporting members 31 are arranged at equal intervals along the circumference of the bottom plate 2;
the push-pull mechanism comprises an outer shell 21 arranged on the electric automobile and used for containing the battery box 10, a rotating plate 22 arranged on a supporting piece I31 and corresponding to the outer side of the base plate 2, and an electric control telescopic rod 23 arranged in an inner ring side surrounding ring of the base plate 2, wherein one side, facing the charging mechanism, of the outer shell 21 is provided with an opening plate 211, the bottom of the opening plate 211 is hinged to the outer shell 21 through a hinge piece, the hinge piece is connected with a micro motor I24, the micro motor I24 drives the opening plate 211 to rotate 90 degrees in a reciprocating mode, and when the opening plate 211 is in a horizontal state, the upper surface of the opening plate 211 is flush with the bottom in the outer shell 21; one end side of the rotating plate 22 is hinged to the corresponding first supporting part 31, and the hinged position is provided with an inner shaft 221 with one end connected to the second micro motor 25 and an outer shaft 222 sleeved outside the inner shaft 221, as shown in fig. 5 and 6, the rotating plate 22 is fixed on the outer shaft 222, at least one short push rod 223 (four short push rods 223 are shown in fig. 6) is fixed on the inner shaft 221 at equal intervals along the circumference thereof, the inner side of the outer shaft 222 is provided with surplus slots 224 at equal intervals along the circumference thereof, the short push rod 223 is located at one side in the corresponding surplus slot 224, a first spring 225 connected to the side wall of the surplus slot 224 at the opposite side is fixed on the short push rod 223, the top of the outer shaft 222 is flush with the upper surface of the base plate 2, and after the outer shaft 222 is driven by the second micro motor 25 through the inner shaft 221 to rotate, the opposite side of the hinged side of the rotating plate 22 is lower than the hinged side of the opening plate 211; in the working state, the horizontal distance between the hinged position of the opening plate 211 and the hinged position of the rotating plate 22 is less than or equal to the sum of the widths of the opening plate 211 and the rotating plate 22, and the opposite side of the hinged side of the opening plate 211 is lapped on the rotating plate 22;
the free end of the output shaft of the electric control telescopic rod 23 corresponds to the middle of one compartment 4, the rotating plate 22 and the electric control telescopic rod 23 are located in the same radial direction corresponding to the bottom plate 2, the free end of the output shaft of the electric control telescopic rod 23 faces the side of the rotating plate 22, as shown in fig. 7, an electromagnetic block 231 is arranged in the free end of the output shaft of the electric control telescopic rod 23, as shown in fig. 8, an iron adsorption groove 232 into which the free end of the output shaft of the electric control telescopic rod 23 is inserted is fixed on one side of the battery box 10 facing the charging mechanism, the width of the adsorption groove 232 is equal to the diameter of the output shaft of the electric control telescopic rod 23, the length of the adsorption groove 232 is greater than the diameter of the output shaft of the electric control telescopic rod 23, and an elastic block 233 is arranged in the middle of the output shaft of the electric control telescopic rod 23; the supporting mechanism comprises a second supporting piece 32 arranged below the electric control telescopic rod 23.
In the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, the central axis of the drum 6 coincides with the central axis of the bottom plate 2, at least three connecting rods 8 (six connecting rods 8 are shown in fig. 2) connected to the inner ring side of the bottom plate 2 are fixed on the outer surface of the drum 6 at equal intervals along the circumference thereof, the rotary driving structure includes a driving gear 9 fixedly sleeved on the output shaft of the stepping motor 7, the driving gear 9 is located on one side of the drum 6, and the surface of the drum 6 is provided with gear teeth engaged with the driving gear 9. Step motor 7 direct drive gear 9 rotates, drives rotary drum 6 through the teeth of a cogwheel on rotary drum 6 surface and rotates, and the rethread connecting rod 8 drives charging mechanism and rotates, and the structure setting is simple easily accuse.
In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, the second supporting member 32 includes a supporting block 321 disposed inside the drum 6 and a supporting plate 322 fixed on the top of the supporting block 321, a limiting ring 323 contacting the bottom of the drum 6 is fixed on the supporting block 321, the supporting plate 322 is located above the connecting rod 8, and the electric telescopic rod 23 is mounted on the supporting plate 322. The arrangement realizes the installation of the electric control telescopic rod 23 and does not influence the rotation of the charging mechanism driven by the rotary drum 6.
In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, the hinge includes two shafts 212 fixed to two ends of the lower edge of the outer housing 21 and a rotating shaft 213 fixed to the lower end of the opening plate 211, two ends of the rotating shaft 213 are respectively inserted into the two shafts 212, the first micro motor 24 is connected to one end of the rotating shaft 213, and the angle sensor 26 is connected between the first micro motor 24 and the rotating shaft 213. The first micro motor 24 drives the rotating shaft 213 to rotate, the opening plate 211 can be driven to rotate, the angle sensor 26 can control the rotating angle of the opening plate 211 to be 90 degrees, and the application is convenient.
In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 9, the outer shell 21 and the opening plate 211 have a combination of magnetically attracted micro-magnetic sheets 27 respectively disposed on opposite sides of the hinge joint. Through the magnetic attraction effect of the micro-magnetic sheet 27, the opening-closing plate 211 can stably close the outer shell 21 when the first micro-motor 24 is not started, and the battery box 10 can be prevented from being accidentally separated from the outer shell 21.
In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 9, a first slide bar 214 is disposed at the bottom of the outer casing 21 and connects the side of the opening plate 211 with the opposite side of the opening plate, a second slide bar 215 is fixed on a surface of the opening plate 211 corresponding to the inside of the outer casing 21, the first slide bar 214 and the second slide bar 215 are both arched upwards, the top surfaces of the first slide bar 214 and the second slide bar 215 have the same radian, a sliding member adapted to the first slide bar 214 and the second slide bar 215 is disposed at the bottom of the battery box 10, and when the opening plate 211 is in a horizontal state, the second slide bar 215 is connected to the end of the first slide bar 214. This arrangement facilitates pulling the battery case 10 to slide from the outer case 21 to the opening plate 211 and to move from the opening plate 211 to the charging mechanism.
In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 9, the cross section of the second sliding strip 215 is arched, a portion of the opening plate 211 located below the second sliding strip 215 is provided with a strip hole 216 parallel to the second sliding strip 215, a cavity formed by the second sliding strip 215 is communicated with the strip hole 216, and the rotating plate 22 is fixed with a third sliding strip 226 adapted to the cavity formed by the strip hole 216 and the second sliding strip 215. In application, the third slide bar 226 is just clamped in the cavity formed by the strip-shaped hole 216 and the second slide bar 215, so that a tighter transition relation between the second slide bar 215 and the third slide bar 226 is realized, and the battery box 10 can be pulled to move from the opening plate 211 to the rotating plate 22.
In this embodiment, the elastic block 233 is made of sponge. The sponge has enough compressibility, can be easily flattened when being extruded, and can be restored to the original state after the extrusion action disappears, thereby meeting the setting requirement of the elastic block 233.
In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 7, a second spring 234 connected to two segments of the output shaft of the electric control telescopic rod 23 and separated by the elastic block 233 is disposed in the middle of the elastic block 233. The second spring 234 can enhance the elastic performance of the elastic block 233, thereby being beneficial to ensure the function of the elastic block 233.
In this embodiment, the charging mechanism is provided with a protective casing 11 having an n-shaped cross section, as shown in fig. 1 and 10, the top of the protective casing 11 is annularly shielded above the top plate 1, two sides of the protective casing 11 are respectively located at the outer ring side and the inner ring side of the charging mechanism, the bottom of the portion of the protective casing 11 corresponding to the outer ring side of the charging mechanism is fixed on a first support member 31, a first opening 12 located between the outer casing 21 and the electric control telescopic rod 23 and allowing the battery box 10 to pass through is formed in the portion of the protective casing 11 corresponding to the outer ring side of the charging mechanism, and the rotating plate 22 just shields the first opening 12 when in a vertical state; and a second opening 13 is formed in the part of the protective shell 11 corresponding to the inner ring side of the charging mechanism, and is positioned between the outer shell 21 and the electric control telescopic rod 23 for the output shaft of the electric control telescopic rod 23 to penetrate through. The protection shell 11 can protect the charging mechanism, and supply the battery box 10 to be pulled to corresponding compartment 4 through setting up opening one 12, set up opening two 13 and supply the output shaft of electric control telescopic link 23 to pass to electric control telescopic link 23 carries out the operation of pulling battery box 10, does not influence the operation application of device promptly.
The specific application process of the equipment capable of rapidly replacing the battery box of the electric automobile comprises the following steps:
the electric automobile with the battery box 10 to be replaced is parked at one side of the charging mechanism, attention is paid to the fact that the horizontal distance between the hinged position of the opening plate 211 and the hinged position of the rotating plate 22 is smaller than or equal to the sum of the widths of the opening plate 211 and the rotating plate 22, the micro motor II 25 is started firstly to drive the inner shaft 221 to rotate, the inner shaft 221 pushes one side of the surplus groove 224 through the short push rod 223, the outer shaft 222 rotates, the rotating plate 22 rotates downwards along with the surplus groove, the opposite side of the hinged side of the rotating plate 22 is lower than the hinged side of the opening plate 211, then the micro motor I24 is started to drive the opening plate 211 to turn over, the angle sensor 26 controls the opening plate 211 to rotate 90 degrees and open the outer shell 21, at the moment, the opening plate 211 is in a horizontal state, one end of the opening plate 211 is lapped on the rotating plate 22, and a channel for the battery box 10 to move is formed; if the battery box 10 is at a lower position, when the opening plate 211 just contacts the rotating plate 22, the opening plate 211 is not rotated to be in a horizontal state, because the allowance groove 224 between the inner shaft 221 and the outer shaft 222 at the hinged position of the rotating plate 22 and the action of the first spring 225, the outer shaft 222 can rotate relative to the inner shaft 221, and the first spring 225 is compressed, namely the opening plate 211 can continue to rotate and push the rotating plate 22 to rotate, so that the device can be suitable for the battery boxes 10 at different heights within a certain range without a lifting mechanism;
then, the electric control telescopic rod 23 is started, so that the output shaft of the electric control telescopic rod extends outwards, passes through the upper part of the rotating plate 22 and the opening plate 211 and is inserted into the adsorption groove 232, and the electromagnetic block 231 is charged at the same time, so that the electric control telescopic rod 23 is adsorbed by the adsorption groove 232 made of iron, namely, the electric control telescopic rod 23 is bound with the battery box 10, although the heights of different individual battery boxes 10 are different, the adsorption groove 232 is of a strip structure, so that the electric control telescopic rod 23 can be smoothly inserted into the adsorption groove 232, and the electric control telescopic rod 23 does not need to be lifted; meanwhile, the elastic block 233 is arranged in the middle of the output shaft of the electric control telescopic rod 23, so that after the electric control telescopic rod 23 is completely extended out, if the distance between the electric vehicle and the charging mechanism is smaller when the electric vehicle is parked, the elastic block 233 can be extruded to adapt to the smaller distance between the battery box 10 and the electric control telescopic rod 23, the condition that deviation exists in the parking position of the electric vehicle in practical application is met, and the purpose of adsorbing the battery box 10 can be achieved without regulating and controlling the stroke of the electric control telescopic rod 23 in real time; then, the electric control telescopic rod 23 is controlled to retract, the battery box 10 is pulled to move from the outer shell 21 to the opening plate 211, then the battery box moves to the bottom plate 2 through the rotating plate 22, the electromagnetic block 231 is powered off, the binding relation between the electric control telescopic rod 23 and the battery box 10 is released, the electric control telescopic rod 23 is controlled to retract completely, at the moment, the battery box 10 is horizontally positioned in one compartment 4 on the bottom plate 2, the charging port of the battery box is just contacted with the contact 51 on the top plate 1, and the battery box 10 can be charged through the charging conducting strip 5;
the stepping motor 7 is started again, the rotary drum 6 is driven to rotate, the bottom plate 2 is driven to rotate, the top plate 1 rotates along with the rotary drum, the rotating angle of the top plate 1 is equal to the corresponding included angle between every two adjacent partition plates 3, at the moment, the next compartment 4 rotates to a position between the electric control telescopic rod 23 and the electric automobile, the fully charged battery box 10 is stored in the compartment 4, the battery box 10 can be pushed into the outer shell 21 of the electric automobile by controlling the electric control telescopic rod 23 to stretch out, the electromagnetic block 231 is electrified in the process, the pushing stability of the battery box 10 can be improved, and after the battery box 10 is pushed into the outer shell 21, the electromagnetic block 231 is powered off, and the electric control telescopic rod 23 is controlled to retract; then, the first micro motor 24 is controlled to drive the opening and closing plate 211 to rotate reversely to the vertical state, and the battery box 10 is sealed in the outer shell 21, so that the battery box 10 of the electric vehicle can be replaced quickly. At this time, the compartment 4 between the electric control telescopic rod 23 and the electric vehicle is in an empty state, so that the next battery box 10 to be charged can be conveniently parked.
After the battery box 10 to be charged is removed, the battery box is charged in the corresponding compartment 4, when the stepping motor 7 controls the bottom plate 2 to rotate for one circle, the operation of replacing the battery box 10 can be carried out for a plurality of times, the replaced battery box 10 rotates for one circle along with the charging mechanism, the operation is enough to fully charge the battery box 10, and the battery box 10 to be charged can be replaced, so that the cycle operation is realized.
According to the invention, the battery boxes with different heights can be quickly replaced without adopting a related detection adjusting mechanism, the electric vehicle charging device is suitable for the condition that the distance between the parking position of the electric vehicle and the charging mechanism has deviation, the battery boxes can be charged, and the integral operation automation degree is high.
It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the above embodiments are only for illustrating the present invention and are not to be used as a limitation of the present invention, and that changes and modifications to the above embodiments are within the scope of the claims of the present invention as long as they are within the spirit and scope of the present invention.

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1. An equipment capable of rapidly replacing a battery box of an electric automobile is characterized by comprising a charging mechanism, a push-pull mechanism and a supporting mechanism,
the charging mechanism comprises a top plate (1) and a bottom plate (2) which are oppositely arranged up and down, the top plate (1) and the bottom plate (2) are in the shape of a ring with equal size, partition plates (3) which are positioned on the radial direction of the bottom plate (2) are arranged between the top plate (1) and the bottom plate (2) at equal intervals along the circumference of the top plate (1) and the bottom plate (2), the partition plates (3) equally divide the space between the top plate (1) and the bottom plate (2) into at least three compartments (4), each compartment (4) is a square space, a charging conducting plate (5) is arranged in the top plate (1), a contact (51) connected with the charging conducting plate (5) is arranged on the part, corresponding to each compartment (4), on the bottom surface of the top plate (1), the contact (51) is matched with a charging port on a battery box (10), the inner ring side of the bottom plate (2) is connected with a rotating drum (6), and the rotating drum (6) is connected with a rotating driving structure driven by a stepping motor (7), the stepping motor (7) drives the charging mechanism to rotate along the ring surface of the bottom plate (2) in the horizontal plane, and the rotation angle of the charging mechanism for one rotation is equal to the corresponding included angle between every two adjacent partition plates (3); the supporting mechanism comprises a first T-shaped supporting piece (31) supported below the bottom plate (2), and at least three supporting pieces (31) are arranged at equal intervals along the circumference of the bottom plate (2);
the push-pull mechanism comprises an outer shell (21) arranged on the electric automobile and used for containing the battery box (10), a rotating plate (22) arranged on a supporting piece (31) and corresponding to the outer side of the base plate (2), and an electric control telescopic rod (23) arranged in an inner ring side surrounding ring of the base plate (2), wherein an opening plate (211) is arranged on one side, facing the charging mechanism, of the outer shell (21), the bottom of the opening plate (211) is hinged to the outer shell (21) through a hinged piece, the hinged piece is connected with a micro motor I (24), the micro motor I (24) drives the opening plate (211) to rotate 90 degrees in a reciprocating mode, and when the opening plate (211) is in a horizontal state, the upper surface of the opening plate (211) is flush with the inner bottom of the outer shell (21); one end side of the rotating plate (22) is hinged to the corresponding first supporting piece (31), an inner shaft (221) with one end connected with the second micro motor (25) and an outer shaft (222) sleeved outside the inner shaft (221) are arranged at the hinged position, the rotating plate (22) is fixed on the outer shaft (222), at least one short push rod (223) is fixed on the inner shaft (221) at equal intervals along the circumference of the inner shaft, allowance grooves (224) are formed in the inner side of the outer shaft (222) at equal intervals along the circumference of the outer shaft, the short push rod (223) is located on one side in the corresponding allowance groove (224), first springs (225) connected to the side walls of the allowance grooves (224) on the opposite sides of the short push rod (223) are fixed on the short push rod, and the top of the outer shaft (222) is flush with the upper surface of the base plate (2); in the working state, the horizontal distance between the hinged part of the opening plate (211) and the hinged part of the rotating plate (22) is less than or equal to the sum of the widths of the opening plate (211) and the rotating plate (22), and the opposite side of the hinged side of the opening plate (211) is lapped on the rotating plate (22);
the free end of the output shaft of the electric control telescopic rod (23) corresponds to the middle part of one compartment (4), the rotating plate (22) and the electric control telescopic rod (23) are positioned on the same radial direction of the corresponding bottom plate (2), the free end of the output shaft of the electric control telescopic rod (23) faces to the side of the rotating plate (22), an electromagnetic block (231) is arranged in the free end of the output shaft of the electric control telescopic rod (23), an iron adsorption groove body (232) into which the free end of the output shaft of the power supply control telescopic rod (23) is inserted is fixed on one side of the battery box (10) facing the charging mechanism, the width of the adsorption groove body (232) is equal to the diameter of the output shaft of the electric control telescopic rod (23), the length of the adsorption groove body (232) is greater than the diameter of the output shaft of the electric control telescopic rod (23), an elastic block (233) is arranged in the middle of an output shaft of the electric control telescopic rod (23); the supporting mechanism comprises a second supporting piece (32) arranged below the electric control telescopic rod (23).
2. The apparatus for quick replacement of battery box of electric vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the central axis of said drum (6) coincides with the central axis of the base plate (2), at least three connecting rods (8) connected to the inner ring side of the base plate (2) are fixed on the outer surface of said drum (6) along the circumference thereof at equal intervals, said rotary driving structure comprises a driving gear (9) fixedly sleeved on the output shaft of the stepping motor (7), said driving gear (9) is located on one side of the drum (6), and the surface of said drum (6) is provided with gear teeth engaged with the driving gear (9).
3. The apparatus for rapidly replacing the battery box of the electric vehicle as claimed in claim 2, wherein the second supporting member (32) comprises a supporting block (321) arranged inside the drum (6) and a supporting plate (322) fixed on the top of the supporting block (321), a limiting ring (323) contacting the bottom of the drum (6) is fixed on the supporting block (321), the supporting plate (322) is located above the connecting rod (8), and the electric control telescopic rod (23) is installed on the supporting plate (322).
4. The apparatus for rapidly replacing the battery box of the electric vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hinge assembly comprises two shaft sleeves (212) respectively fixed at two ends of the lower edge of the outer casing (21) and a rotating shaft (213) fixed at the lower end side of the opening plate (211), two ends of the rotating shaft (213) respectively penetrate through the two shaft sleeves (212), the first micro motor (24) is connected to one end of the rotating shaft (213), and an angle sensor (26) is connected between the first micro motor (24) and the rotating shaft (213).
5. The apparatus for rapidly replacing the battery box of the electric vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the opposite sides of the outer shell (21) and the opening plate (211) corresponding to the hinged joint of the two are respectively provided with a combined and matched magnetically attracted micro magnetic sheet (27).
6. The device for rapidly replacing the battery box of the electric automobile according to claim 1, wherein a first slide bar (214) which is connected with the side of the opening plate (211) and is arranged on the bottom in the outer shell (21) in the opposite side direction is arranged at the bottom in the outer shell (21), a second slide bar (215) is fixed on one surface of the opening plate (211) corresponding to the inside of the outer shell (21), the first slide bar (214) and the second slide bar (215) are arched upwards, the radian of the top surfaces of the first slide bar (214) and the second slide bar (215) is the same, a sliding part which is matched with the first slide bar (214) and the second slide bar (215) is arranged at the bottom of the battery box (10), and when the opening plate (211) is in a horizontal state, the second slide bar (215) is connected with the end part of the first slide bar (214).
7. The device capable of rapidly replacing the battery box of the electric automobile according to claim 6, wherein the cross section of the second sliding strip (215) is arched, a strip-shaped hole (216) parallel to the second sliding strip (215) is formed in a part, below the second sliding strip (215), of the opening plate (211), a cavity formed by the second sliding strip (215) is communicated with the strip-shaped hole (216), and a third sliding strip (226) matched with the cavity formed by the strip-shaped hole (216) and the second sliding strip (215) is fixed on the rotating plate (22).
8. The apparatus for rapidly replacing a battery box of an electric vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the elastic block (233) is made of sponge.
9. The device for rapidly replacing the battery box of the electric automobile according to claim 8, wherein a second spring (234) connected with two end surfaces of the elastic block (233) is arranged in the middle of the elastic block (233) and connected with an output shaft of the electric control telescopic rod (23).
10. The device capable of rapidly replacing the battery box of the electric automobile according to claim 1, wherein a protective shell (11) with an n-shaped cross section is arranged on the charging mechanism, the top of the protective shell (11) is annularly shielded above the top plate (1), two sides of the protective shell (11) are respectively positioned at the outer ring side and the inner ring side of the charging mechanism, the bottom of the part of the protective shell (11) corresponding to the outer ring side of the charging mechanism is fixed on a support member (31), an opening I (12) for the battery box (10) to pass through is arranged between the outer shell (21) and the electric control telescopic rod (23) on the part of the protective shell (11) corresponding to the outer ring side of the charging mechanism, and the rotating plate (22) just shields the opening I (12) when in a vertical state; and a second opening (13) which is positioned between the outer shell (21) and the electric control telescopic rod (23) and is used for the output shaft of the electric control telescopic rod (23) to pass through is formed in the part, corresponding to the inner ring side of the charging mechanism, of the protective shell (11).
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