CN113479108A

CN113479108A - Battery changing station

Info

Publication number: CN113479108A
Application number: CN202110815122.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 戴岳芳; 许宏峰; 陈钢
Original assignee: Hangzhou Xizi Iparking Co ltd
Current assignee: Hangzhou Xizi Iparking Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-07-19
Filing date: 2021-07-19
Publication date: 2021-10-08

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of vehicle battery replacement, in particular to a battery replacement station. The battery replacing station is used for replacing batteries for vehicles and comprises a storage body, a battery storage bin and a hoisting mechanism; the garage is provided with a vehicle parking area for parking the battery vehicle to be replaced; the battery storage bin is used for storing batteries and is positioned in the storage body, the battery storage bin is positioned above the vehicle parking area along the vertical direction, and the horizontal projection of the battery storage bin is not completely overlapped with the horizontal projection of the vehicle parking area; the hoisting mechanism is movably arranged in the garage body and operates above the vehicle parking area, and the batteries are circulated and transported and replaced for the vehicles through the hoisting mechanism. The invention has the advantages that: the floor area can be reduced, and the cost is reduced; moreover, shaking can be avoided, safety is improved, battery replacement is facilitated, operation time is shortened, and battery replacement efficiency is improved.

Description

Battery changing station

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of vehicle battery replacement, in particular to a battery replacement station.

Background

With the development of rechargeable automobiles, heavy trucks and the like also have the requirement of rapidly replacing batteries; the heavy truck has the characteristics of heavy load, long operation time and the like, so that the loaded battery has larger volume and heavier weight.

The batteries of heavy trucks are usually located above the vehicle, and a crane is generally used to pick up a low-power battery on the vehicle and mount a fully-charged battery in a battery replacement station on the vehicle, thereby completing the battery replacement operation.

However, a battery storage position for placing a battery in the conventional battery replacement station and a vehicle parking position are positioned on the same horizontal plane, so that the occupied area is too large and the cost is high; meanwhile, because the weight of the battery is heavier, the crane is very easy to shake in the process of reciprocating horizontal and vertical movement for a long distance, potential safety hazards exist, time is consumed for a long time, and the battery replacement efficiency is low.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, it is desirable to provide a power station with small floor space, high safety and high efficiency.

In order to solve the technical problem, the application provides the following technical scheme:

a power swapping station for replacing a battery for a vehicle, the power swapping station comprising:

a garage body having a vehicle parking area for parking a battery vehicle to be replaced;

the battery storage bin is used for storing batteries and is positioned in the storage body, the battery storage bin is positioned above the vehicle parking area along the vertical direction, and the horizontal projection of the battery storage bin is not completely coincided with the horizontal projection of the vehicle parking area;

and the hoisting mechanism is movably arranged in the garage body and operates above the vehicle parking area, and the battery circulation and handling and the battery replacement for the vehicle are realized through the hoisting mechanism.

In the application, the battery storage bin is arranged above the vehicle parking area along the vertical direction, so that on one hand, the occupied area can be reduced, and the cost is reduced; on the other hand, because battery weight is heavier, locates the top in the vehicle parking district along vertical direction with battery storage bin, hoisting machine constructs and carries out elevating movement after snatching the battery, can avoid the longer distance of horizontal vertical migration and produce the problem of rocking, improves the security, and hoisting machine of being convenient for constructs the change battery to improve and trade electric efficiency.

In one embodiment, the battery reserve bin has a plurality of battery reserve chambers, and the plurality of battery reserve chambers are arranged along the circumferential direction of the center line of the bin body.

So set up, the battery is placed and is charged in the battery reserve room, and a plurality of battery reserve rooms are laid along the circumference in battery reserve storehouse, make full use of space, reduce cost.

In one embodiment, the battery reserve bin comprises a plurality of battery reserve chambers stacked in a vertical direction.

So set up, on the certain basis of area, can the internal space of make full use of storehouse carry out the overall arrangement, provide more battery reserve chambers to supply depositing of battery to change, further reduce cost.

In one embodiment, the hoisting mechanism comprises:

the driving assembly is arranged in the garage body and runs above the vehicle parking area;

and the hoisting assembly is connected with the driving assembly and can perform lifting motion in the warehouse body under the driving of the driving assembly.

According to the arrangement, the hoisting assembly can be driven by the driving assembly to do lifting motion in the warehouse body so as to lift or lower the hoisting assembly to the battery storage bin of the corresponding layer to take out and put back the battery; and the driving assembly can lower the hoisting assembly to a proper height above the vehicle battery, so that the hoisting assembly can replace the battery of the vehicle conveniently.

In one embodiment, the hoisting assembly comprises:

the lifting unit is connected with the driving assembly and can be driven by the driving assembly to do lifting motion;

a rotating unit connected with the lifting unit;

a translation unit connected with the rotation unit;

and the grabbing unit is connected with the translation unit and can rotate to an angle required by taking and placing the battery under the driving of the rotating unit.

Due to the arrangement, the lifting unit, the rotating unit, the translation unit and the grabbing unit are matched with one another, so that the device is simple in structure and convenient and fast to operate, and a battery can be accurately taken out of and put into a vehicle; moreover, the vehicle does not need to be parked accurately, and the battery can be replaced, so that the convenience of driver operation is improved.

In one embodiment, the power exchanging station further comprises a visual sensing assembly, and the visual sensing assembly is mounted on one side of the translation unit close to the vehicle parking area.

So set up, when the lift unit descends, the mounted position of battery in the vision sensing subassembly can the automatic identification vehicle, and the translation unit is according to the position of vision sensing subassembly discernment, and the translation is to the central point position directly over the battery, and the rotary unit that deuterogamies is rotatory to snatching the unit to it gets to put the battery to snatch the unit.

In one embodiment, the vehicle parking area is provided with an entrance, and the power station further comprises a positioning control mechanism, wherein the positioning control mechanism is arranged at the entrance and used for indicating and confirming the parking position of the vehicle.

So set up, when the driver opened the vehicle into the entry in vehicle parking district, location control mechanism can park the vehicle in the vehicle parking district through pronunciation and characters suggestion, then confirms through location control mechanism that back hoisting machine constructs and begins to change the battery of vehicle.

In one embodiment, the translation unit has a first track, and the battery storage bin has a second track; when the first rail and the second rail are located on the same horizontal plane, the translation unit can move the lifted battery into the battery storage bin.

With the arrangement, the batteries can be conveniently moved into the battery storage bin for charging.

In one embodiment, the battery storage bin further has a guide groove for guiding the installation position of the battery.

So set up, the guide way can carry out the accurate direction to the mounted position of battery, ensures that the battery hangs the back into, and the charging coupling device of battery can with the accurate cooperation of the charging device in the battery base.

In one embodiment, the storage body is in the shape of a cylinder, and the battery storage bin is arranged along the peripheral wall of the storage body.

According to the arrangement, the shape of the warehouse body is cylindrical, the battery storage bins are arranged along the peripheral wall of the warehouse body, and the plurality of battery storage chambers are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the battery storage bins, so that the occupied area can be reduced to the greatest extent under the condition that the supply quantity of the battery storage chambers is sufficient, and the space in the warehouse body is fully utilized; moreover, the hoisting mechanism is convenient to operate, and the battery replacement efficiency is improved.

Compared with the prior art, the battery storage bin is arranged above the vehicle parking area in the vertical direction, so that on one hand, the occupied area can be reduced, and the cost is reduced; on the other hand, because battery weight is heavier, locates the top in the vehicle parking district along vertical direction with battery storage bin, hoisting machine constructs and carries out elevating movement after snatching the battery, can avoid the longer distance of horizontal vertical migration and produce the problem of rocking, improves the security, and hoisting machine of being convenient for constructs the change battery to improve and trade electric efficiency.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a partial schematic view of the interior of the power swapping station provided by the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a top view of the inside of the power swapping station provided in the present invention.

In the figure, 100, a power exchange station; 10. a library body; 11. a vehicle parking area; 111. an inlet; 12. a hoistway; 13. a vehicle; 20. a battery storage bin; 21. a battery storage chamber; 22. a second track; 30. a positioning control mechanism; 31. a laser positioning voice prompt unit; 32. a driver control unit; 40. monitoring a distribution room; 50. a hoisting mechanism; 51. a drive assembly; 52. hoisting the assembly; 521. a lifting unit; 522. a rotation unit; 523. a translation unit; 524. a grasping unit; 60. a visual sensing assembly.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be obtained by a person skilled in the art without any inventive step based on the embodiments of the present invention, are within the scope of the present invention.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "mounted on" another element, it can be directly mounted on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When a component is referred to as being "disposed on" another component, it can be directly on the other component or intervening components may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "secured to" another element, it can be directly secured to the other element or intervening elements may also be present.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used herein in the description of the invention is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used herein, the term "or/and" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

Referring to fig. 1, the present application provides a battery replacement station 100, which is capable of quickly replacing a battery for a vehicle, such as a heavy truck, in which the battery is disposed above the vehicle. Taking a heavy truck as an example, the battery of the heavy truck is usually located above the vehicle, and a crane generally picks up a low-power battery on the vehicle and mounts a fully-charged battery in a battery replacement station on the vehicle, thereby completing the battery replacement operation.

With reference to fig. 1, the battery replacement station 100 provided by the present application includes a storage 10, a battery storage bin 20 and a hoisting mechanism 50, wherein the storage 10 has a vehicle parking area 11 for parking a battery vehicle 13 to be replaced; the battery storage bin 20 is used for storing batteries and is located in the bin body 10, the battery storage bin 20 is located above the vehicle parking area 11 along the vertical direction, and the horizontal projection of the battery storage bin 20 is not completely overlapped with the horizontal projection of the vehicle parking area 11; the hoisting mechanism 50 is movably arranged in the garage body 10 and runs above the vehicle parking area 11, and circulation and transportation of batteries and battery replacement for the vehicle 13 are realized through the hoisting mechanism 50.

This application is through locating vehicle parking district 11's top along vertical direction with battery storage bin 20, on the one hand, can reduce area, reduce cost. On the other hand, because battery weight is heavier, locate vehicle parking district 11's top along vertical direction with battery storage bin 20 to hoisting machine 50 carries out elevating movement after snatching the battery, puts into battery storage bin 20 with the battery, can avoid horizontal vertical migration longer distance and produce the problem of rocking, improves the security, and hoisting machine 50 of being convenient for change the battery shortens operating time, thereby improves and trades electric efficiency.

Referring to fig. 2, the battery storage bin 20 has a plurality of battery storage chambers 21, and the plurality of battery storage chambers 21 are arranged along the circumferential direction of the center line of the storage body 10. The batteries are placed in the battery storage chambers 21 for charging, and the arrangement mode of the plurality of battery storage chambers 21 can fully utilize space, store more batteries and reduce cost.

With reference to fig. 2, the warehouse body 10 is shaped as a cylinder, the warehouse body 10 has a hoistway 12, the hoistway 12 is located above the vehicle parking area 11 along the vertical direction and is communicated with the vehicle parking area 11, and the hoisting mechanism 50 can move from the inside of the hoistway 12 to the vehicle parking area 11 along the axial direction of the warehouse body 10; the battery storage bin 20 is disposed along the peripheral wall of the storage body 10 and is located between the hoistway 12 and the inner wall of the storage body 10.

It can be understood that, since the cross section of the bank body 10 is circular, the plurality of battery reserve chambers 21 are uniformly distributed along the circumferential direction of the center line of the bank body 10 (one circle of the circle), and the layout mode can reduce the occupied area to the maximum extent and fully utilize the space in the bank body 10 under the condition of ensuring that the supply quantity of the battery reserve chambers 21 is sufficient. Meanwhile, the hoisting mechanism 50 is located at the center position above the hoistway 12, and can smoothly operate by using the space of the hoistway 12, so that the battery is hoisted between the vehicle 13 to be replaced with the battery and the battery storage bin 20, the battery replacement of the vehicle 13 is realized, and the battery replacement efficiency is improved.

Further, along the circumferential direction of the center line of the warehouse body 10, the battery storage bin 20 is provided with ten battery storage chambers 21 for storing and replacing batteries; of course, in other embodiments, other numbers of battery storage chambers 21 may be provided according to actual requirements, such as four, six, eight, twelve or fourteen or more battery storage chambers 21. And the arrangement mode can be changed according to the actual requirement.

Of course, in other embodiments, the shape of the storage body 10 may also be changed according to actual requirements, for example, the shape of the storage body 10 is set to be a rectangular parallelepiped or other shapes, and in these storage bodies 10, along the vertical direction, the battery storage bin 20 is relatively located above the vehicle parking area 11, so as to reduce the occupied area, fully utilize the space in the storage body 10, and implement the replacement of the battery of the vehicle 13.

The battery replacing station 100 has two battery storage bins 20, but in other embodiments, the number of the battery storage bins 20 may be changed according to actual requirements, for example, three, five, eight, or more battery storage bins 20 are provided.

In an embodiment, the battery storage compartment 20 includes a plurality of battery storage chambers 21 stacked in a vertical direction, so that on the basis of a certain floor area, the space of the storage body 10 is fully utilized for layout, and more battery storage chambers 21 are provided for storage and replacement of batteries, thereby further reducing the cost.

In the present application, the parking area 11 has an entrance 111, and the power exchanging station 100 further includes a positioning control mechanism 30, and the positioning control mechanism 30 is disposed at the entrance 111. When a driver drives the vehicle 13 into the entrance 111 of the parking area 11, the positioning control mechanism 30 can park the vehicle 13 in the parking area 11 through voice and text prompt, and then the hoisting mechanism 50 starts to replace the battery of the vehicle 13 after the positioning control mechanism 30 confirms.

Further, the positioning control mechanism 30 includes a laser positioning voice prompt unit 31 and a driver control unit 32, when the driver drives the vehicle 13 into the entrance 111 of the vehicle parking area 11, the laser positioning voice prompt unit 31 stops the vehicle 13 in the vehicle parking area 11 through voice and text prompt, and then the driver control unit 32 confirms that the hoisting mechanism 50 starts to replace the battery of the vehicle 13.

The power exchanging station 100 further includes a monitoring distribution room 40, and the monitoring distribution room 40 is disposed in the garage 10 and located on the peripheral side of the vehicle parking area 11.

With reference to fig. 1, the hoisting mechanism 50 includes a driving component 51 and a hoisting component 52, the driving component 51 is installed in the garage 10 and runs above the vehicle parking area 11; the hoisting component 52 is connected with the driving component 51, and under the driving of the driving component 51, the hoisting component 52 can do lifting movement in the hoistway 12 of the warehouse body 10 so as to lift or lower to the battery storage bin 20 of the corresponding layer for taking and placing the battery. In addition, the driving assembly 51 can lower the lifting assembly 52 to a proper height above the battery of the vehicle 13, so that the lifting assembly 52 can replace the battery of the vehicle 13 conveniently.

Further, the hoisting assembly 52 includes a lifting unit 521, a rotating unit 522, a translating unit 523 and a grabbing unit 524, the lifting unit 521 is connected to the driving assembly 51, and the lifting unit 521 can be driven by the driving assembly 51 to perform lifting movement; the rotating unit 522 is connected with the lifting unit 521, the translating unit 523 is connected with the rotating unit 522, and the grabbing unit 524 is connected with the translating unit 523. The rotation unit 522 is capable of adjusting the angle of the battery or the grasping unit 524 to adapt the battery to the battery position on the vehicle 13 or the battery position in the battery reserve bin 20. The grabbing unit 524 is used for grabbing and lifting batteries with different specifications.

Specifically, the grabbing unit 524 has a lifting function, and the grabbing unit 524 is provided with a suspension clamp (not shown) having a double-side horizontal opening type. When the grabbing unit 524 grabs the battery with power shortage on the vehicle 13, the grabbing unit 524 can extend into the range of the suspender of the battery, open the double-side horizontally-opening type suspension clamp to grab the battery, and then lift the battery from the vehicle 13 through the lifting function; after the grasping unit 524 places the fully charged battery in the vehicle 13, the double-sided lateral opening type hanging clip of the grasping unit 524 is closed, and is disengaged from the battery.

The power exchanging station 100 further comprises a visual sensing assembly 60, wherein the visual sensing assembly 60 is mounted on one side of the translation unit 523 close to the parking area 11 and is used for identifying and positioning the battery position on the vehicle 13. The visual sensing assembly 60 can automatically identify the installation position of the battery in the vehicle 13 while the lifting unit 521 descends, the translation unit 523 translates to the central position right above the battery according to the position identified by the visual sensing assembly 60, and the rotation unit 522 rotates the grabbing unit 524 to the grabbing angle required by the battery, so that the grabbing unit 524 can pick, place and replace the battery.

Through the mutual matching of the lifting unit 521, the rotating unit 522, the translation unit 523, the grabbing unit 524 and the visual sensing assembly 60, the structure is simple, the operation is convenient and fast, and the battery can be accurately taken out of or put into the vehicle 13; moreover, the vehicle 13 does not need to be precisely parked, so that the battery can be replaced, and the convenience of operation of a driver is improved.

Specifically, the translation unit 523 has a first rail (not shown), and the battery storage 20 has a second rail 22; when the lifting unit 521 drives the translation unit 523 to ascend or descend to the battery storage bin 20 on the corresponding layer, and the first rail and the second rail 22 are located on the same horizontal plane, the translation unit 523 can move the lifted battery into the battery storage bin 20, so that the battery is charged conveniently.

Battery storage compartment 20 also has a guide slot (not shown) that can guide the installation position of the battery accurately, and ensure that the charging coupling device of the battery can be accurately matched with the charging device in the battery base after the battery is hung.

The specific battery replacing process of the battery replacing station 100 provided by the application is as follows:

when the driver drives the vehicle 13 into the entrance 111 of the parking area 11, the vehicle 13 is parked in the parking area 11 by voice and text prompt in the laser positioning voice prompt unit 31, and then the driver control unit 32 confirms that the hoisting mechanism 50 starts to replace the battery.

After the driver operating unit 32 confirms, the driving assembly 51 starts to operate, and the lifting unit 521 is lowered to a proper height above the battery of the vehicle 13; in the descending process, the visual sensing assembly 60 can automatically identify the installation position of the battery on the vehicle 13, and then the translation unit 523 translates to the central position right above the battery according to the identified position; meanwhile, the rotating unit 522 rotates the grasping unit 524 to an appropriate angle required for hanging the battery.

After each action is in place, the grasping unit 524 extends into the range of the battery hanger rod, opens the double-sided lateral opening type hanger clamp to grasp the battery, and lifts the battery from the vehicle 13 by the lifting function. After the battery is pulled out of the vehicle 13, the driving assembly 51 operates to lift the lifting assembly 52 to the corresponding layer of the battery storage bin 20 where the battery is not placed; in the lifting process, the rotating unit 522 adjusts the angle of the battery so that the battery can be smoothly put into the battery storage chamber 21. After the battery storage bin 20 of the corresponding layer is reached, the first rail of the translation unit 523 is flush with the second rail 22 in the battery storage bin 20, and the translation unit 523 performs a translation action to move the battery into the battery storage chamber 21 without the battery for charging.

After the battery is placed, the bilateral lateral opening type hanging clamp of the grabbing unit 524 is closed and separated from the battery. The battery lifting device is driven by the translation unit 523 to return to the central position of the lifting unit 521, then the driving assembly 51 lifts the hoisting assembly 52 to the corresponding layer of the battery storage bin 20 with the battery, the translation unit 523 moves into the battery storage chamber 21, and the grabbing unit 524 opens the hoisting clamp to grab the battery.

After grasping the battery, the translation unit 523 translates the battery to the central position of the elevating unit 521, and then the driving assembly 51 lowers the elevating unit 521 to a corresponding height above the vehicle 13. During the lowering process, the mounting position of the battery on the vehicle 13 is determined by the visual sensor assembly 60. Meanwhile, the translation unit 523 and the rotation unit 522 are controlled to move the battery to a position right above the battery position in the vehicle 13, the rotation unit 522 rotates the battery to an angle suitable for the battery position of the vehicle 13, and after the position is automatically adjusted, the grabbing unit 524 puts the battery into the battery mounting position of the vehicle 13 and then the withdrawing clamp is disengaged from the battery. The drive assembly 51 lifts the hoist assembly 52 to an appropriate height within the hoistway 12. The laser positioning voice prompt unit 31 prompts the driver that the battery replacement is completed, so that the whole action of replacing the battery is completed.

It should be noted that the terms "first", "second", and the like are used to define the components, and are only used for convenience of distinguishing the corresponding components, and the terms have no special meanings unless otherwise stated, and therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited.

The features of the above embodiments may be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the features in the above embodiments are not described, but should be construed as being within the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the features.

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 suitable changes and modifications of the above embodiments are within the scope of the claimed invention as long as they are within the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A battery change station for changing a battery for a vehicle, the battery change station comprising:

2. The power station as claimed in claim 1, wherein the battery reserve bin has a plurality of battery reserve chambers, and the plurality of battery reserve chambers are arranged along a circumferential direction of a center line of the bank body.

3. The power station as recited in claim 1, wherein the battery reserve bin comprises a plurality of layers of battery reserve chambers stacked in a vertical direction.

4. The swapping station of claim 1, wherein the hoisting mechanism comprises:

5. The swapping station of claim 4, wherein the lifting assembly comprises:

a rotating unit connected with the lifting unit;

a translation unit connected with the rotation unit;

6. The power swapping station of claim 5, further comprising a visual sensing assembly mounted to a side of the translation unit proximate to the vehicle parking lot.

7. The power swapping station of claim 1, wherein the vehicle parking area has an entrance, and the power swapping station further comprises a positioning control mechanism, and the positioning control mechanism is arranged at the entrance and used for indicating and confirming a parking position of a vehicle.

8. The swapping station of claim 5, wherein the translation unit has a first track and the battery reserve bin has a second track; when the first rail and the second rail are located on the same horizontal plane, the translation unit can move the lifted battery into the battery storage bin.

9. The battery replacement station as recited in claim 1, wherein the battery reserve bin further has a guide slot for guiding a mounting position of the battery.

10. The power station as claimed in claim 1, wherein the reservoir body is in the shape of a cylinder, and the battery reserve compartment is disposed along a peripheral wall of the reservoir body.