CN113548118A

CN113548118A - Upturning type electric charging port box

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Publication number: CN113548118A
Application number: CN202110969654.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 贠涛; 郭辉; 袁东; 张哲�; 戴乐宏
Original assignee: Lantu Automobile Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Lantu Automobile Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-08-23
Filing date: 2021-08-23
Publication date: 2021-10-26
Anticipated expiration: 2041-08-23
Also published as: CN113548118B

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of charging of new energy automobiles, in particular to an upturning type electric charging port box. This electronic mouthful box that charges of formula of turning up includes: the mouth box comprises a mouth box body, a mouth box cover body, a hinge and a driving device. The mouth box body comprises a base and a hinge box, the base is used for being connected with a vehicle body metal plate, and the hinge box is perpendicular to the base; the mouth box cover body can be arranged on the base in an up-and-down opening and closing manner; the hinge comprises a rotating end and a connecting end, the connecting end is connected with the box cover body, and the rotating end is rotatably arranged in the hinge box; the driving device is arranged on the hinge box and used for driving the hinge to rotate so as to open and close the box cover body. The side-turning type charging port box can occupy more X to the size among the prior art, and the port box itself can be made very long, can't satisfy the demand of automobile body molding harmony to and the manually opened form, the demand problem that need not unmanned charging when the unmanned autopilot electric quantity of vehicle is not enough can't be satisfied.

Description

Upturning type electric charging port box

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of charging of new energy automobiles, in particular to an upturning type electric charging port box.

Background

The charging port assembly of the current new energy automobile generally comprises a charging seat arranged on an automobile body, a charging operation port arranged on an outer plate of the side wall of the automobile body, a charging port box arranged in the charging operation port and a charging port cover hinged on the charging port box through a rotating shaft; the charging socket is provided with a charging interface. The current charging port cover is generally provided with an unlocking mechanism, and the charging port cover can be manually rotated to open or close the charging port cover laterally after being opened by a guy cable control mechanism for charging operation.

The side-turning type charging port box can occupy more X-direction sizes, so that the port box can be very long, the requirement for coordination of the shape of a vehicle body cannot be met, and the requirement for unmanned charging when the electric quantity is exhausted during unmanned automatic driving of the vehicle cannot be met in a manually opening mode.

Disclosure of Invention

Aiming at the defects in the prior art, the invention aims to provide an upturning type electric charging port box, which can solve the problems that the upturning type charging port box in the prior art occupies more X-direction size, the port box per se can be very long and cannot meet the requirement of vehicle body shape coordination, and the requirement of unmanned charging when the electric quantity is insufficient due to the manual opening mode cannot be met.

In order to achieve the above purposes, the technical scheme adopted by the invention is as follows:

the invention provides an upturning type electric charging port box, which comprises:

the mouth box body comprises a base and a hinge box, the base is used for being connected with a vehicle body metal plate, and the hinge box is perpendicular to the base;

the mouth box cover body is arranged on the base in a manner of being capable of being opened and closed up and down;

the hinge comprises a rotating end and a connecting end, the connecting end is connected with the box cover body, and the rotating end is rotatably arranged in the hinge box;

and the driving device is arranged on the hinge box and used for driving the hinge to rotate so as to open and close the box cover body.

In some alternatives, the driving device includes:

a rotation shaft including a drive end and a control end, passing through the hinge box, and passing through a rotation end of the hinge;

and the driving motor is arranged on the outer side of the hinge box, is in transmission connection with the driving end and is used for driving the rotating shaft to rotate so as to drive the hinge to open and close the mouth box cover body.

In some optional schemes, the driving device further comprises a control mechanism, which is arranged at the control end of the rotating shaft and is used for controlling the rotating angle of the rotating shaft.

In some alternatives, the control mechanism comprises:

the cam is arranged at the control end of the rotating shaft, two protrusions with set angles are arranged in the circumferential direction of the cam, and the two protrusions are arranged at intervals in the axial direction of the rotating shaft;

and the two position detection switches are arranged on the outer side of the hinge box and are respectively arranged at the positions corresponding to the two bulges so as to control the shutdown time of the driving motor.

In some optional schemes, a spline is arranged on the rotating shaft, and the rotating end of the hinge and the cam are clamped on the rotating shaft through the spline.

In some optional schemes, the control end of the rotating shaft is also provided with a buckle, and the buckle is used for limiting the axial position of the cam.

In some optional schemes, the driving end of the rotating shaft is provided with a sector gear, the output end of the driving motor is provided with an output gear meshed with the sector gear, and the driving motor drives the rotating shaft to rotate through the sector gear and the output gear.

In some optional schemes, be equipped with on the base and be echelonment first seal groove and second seal groove, be equipped with sealed glue on the second seal groove, mouth box cover body includes:

a substrate connected to a connection end of the hinge;

the sealing plate is clamped on the inner side of the substrate, and the outer edge of the sealing plate is provided with a sealant for sealing and covering the first sealing groove of the base;

and the cover plate is clamped on the outer side of the base plate and used for sealing and covering the second sealing groove of the base.

In some optional schemes, the vehicle further comprises a control unit, and the control unit is used for controlling the driving device to automatically drive the angle of the hinge opening box cover when the vehicle reaches the charging position.

In some optional schemes, the outside of the mouth box cover body is further provided with a camera and a radar, the camera and the radar are both in signal connection with the control unit, the camera is used for acquiring images of the outside of the mouth box cover body and transmitting the images to the control unit, so that the control unit judges whether a vehicle reaches a charging position, and the radar is used for judging the distance from an obstacle to control the opening angle of the mouth box cover body.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the advantages that: when the vehicle reaches the charging position, the driving device drives the hinge to drive the opening box cover body arranged on the hinge to be opened upwards; when the vehicle is charged, the driving device drives the hinge to drive the opening box cover body arranged on the hinge to cover the base downwards. Because the setting that the vehicle mouth box lid body can be covered and close is on the mouth box body, the mouth box that charges can occupy less X to the size, and what make mouth box itself do not does is very long to satisfy the demand of automobile body molding harmony, and adopt the form of electronic opening also can satisfy the unmanned self-driving electric quantity of vehicle and consume to when setting for the electric quantity, the demand that the matching need not unmanned charging.

The image of the outside of the opening box cover body is obtained through the camera and is transmitted to the control unit, the control unit is used for judging whether the vehicle reaches the charging position or not, when the vehicle is judged to run to the charging position of the charging pile, the vehicle is controlled to stop, and when the vehicle is judged not to run to the charging position of the charging pile, the vehicle is controlled to continue to move until the vehicle runs to the charging position of the charging pile. And when opening the mouth box cover body, judge the distance with the barrier through the radar, when the radar was monitored the mouth box cover body and was about to touch the barrier, vehicle control unit or control unit control driving motor stop the operation to the opening angle of control mouth box cover body avoids the mouth box cover body to touch the barrier when opening. The automatic charging of the automatic driving electric vehicle can be realized, and the automatic driving endurance mileage of the automatic driving electric vehicle is prolonged.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments are briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of an upturned electric charging port cartridge according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is an exploded view of the flip-up power charging port cartridge according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a control mechanism in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a position detecting switch shown in FIG. 3A according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the cam shown in FIG. 3 at B according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a rotating shaft according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a driving motor according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure: 10. a vehicle body metal plate; 1. a mouth box body; 11. a base; 111. a first seal groove; 112. a second seal groove; 12. a hinge box; 2. a mouth box cover body; 21. a substrate; 22. a sealing plate; 23. a cover plate; 3. a hinge; 31. a rotating end; 32. a connecting end; 4. a drive device; 41. a rotating shaft; 411. a driving end; 412. a control end; 413. a spline; 414. buckling; 415. a sector gear; 42. a drive motor; 421. an output gear; 43. a control mechanism; 431. a cam; 4311. a protrusion; 432. a position detection switch; 433. starting a control switch; 44. a wiring harness assembly.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of an upturned electric charging port cartridge according to an embodiment of the present invention; fig. 2 is an exploded schematic view of an upturned electric charging port cartridge according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the present invention provides an upturned electric charging port cartridge including: the mouth box comprises a mouth box body 1, a mouth box cover body 2, a hinge 3 and a driving device 4.

The mouth box body 1 comprises a base 11 and a hinge box 12, the base 11 is used for being connected with a vehicle body metal plate 10, and the hinge box 12 is perpendicular to the base 11; the mouth box cover body 2 is arranged on the base 11 in a way of being capable of opening and closing up and down; the hinge 3 comprises a rotating end 31 and a connecting end 32, the connecting end 32 is connected with the box cover body 2, and the rotating end 31 is rotatably arranged in the hinge box 12; the driving device 4 is disposed on the hinge box 12 and is used for driving the hinge 3 to rotate so as to open and close the mouth box cover 2.

When the upturning type electric charging port box is used, when a vehicle reaches a charging position, the hinge 3 is driven by the driving device 4 to drive the port box cover body 2 arranged on the hinge 3 to be opened upwards; when the vehicle charging is completed, the hinge 3 is driven by the driving device 4 to drive the box cover 2 arranged on the hinge 3 to cover the base 11 downwards. Because the setting that vehicle mouth box lid 2 can be covered and close is on mouth box body 1, the mouth box that charges can occupy less X to the size, makes the very long that mouth box itself need not do to satisfy the demand of automobile body molding harmony, and adopt the form of electronic opening also can satisfy the unmanned autopilot electric quantity of vehicle and consume to when setting for the electric quantity, the demand that the matching need not the people to charge.

In this example, the base 11 is connected to the sheet metal 10 of the vehicle body in a snap-fit manner. The hinge 3 is U-shaped, and includes a U-shaped main structure and a decorative cover plate, when the driving device 4 drives the rotating end 31 to rotate, a part of the hinge 3 located in the hinge box 12 can be rotated out of the hinge box 12 to drive the box cover 2 connected to the connecting end 32 to be opened upwards. The hinge box 12 is provided with a receiving cavity for receiving the hinge 3. The base 11 is provided with a space for leaking the charging jack, and the connecting end 32 of the hinge box 12 is connected to the base 11 near the space. The hinge box 12 is divided into two parts, including a receiving portion for receiving the hinge 3 and a rear cover portion connected by a snap-fit. When assembling, the rotating end 31 of the hinge 3 is inserted into the accommodating part and connected with the driving device 4, and then the rear cover part of the hinge box 12 is clamped with the accommodating part.

Fig. 6 is a schematic view of a rotating shaft according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 2 and 6, in some alternative embodiments, the driving device 4 includes: a rotating shaft 41 and a driving motor 42. Wherein the rotating shaft 41 comprises a driving end 411 and a control end 412, the rotating shaft 41 passes through the hinge box 12 and passes through the rotating end 31 of the hinge 3; the driving motor 42 is disposed outside the hinge box 12 and is in transmission connection with the driving end 411 for driving the rotating shaft 41 to rotate so as to drive the hinge 3 to open and close the box cover 2.

In this embodiment, the rotating shaft 41 penetrates through the hinge box 12, the driving end 411 and the control end 412 respectively extend out of the hinge box 12, the driving motor 42 is disposed on one side of the hinge box 12 from which the driving end 411 extends, and the driving motor 42 is in transmission connection with the driving end 411 to drive the rotating shaft 41 to rotate, so as to drive the hinge 3 to open and close the mouth box cover 2. The purpose of electrically opening the port box cover body 2 is achieved.

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a control mechanism in an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a position detection switch at A in FIG. 3 in an embodiment of the present invention; fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of the cam at B in fig. 3 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 3 to 5, in some alternative embodiments, the driving device 4 further includes a control mechanism 43 disposed at the control end 412 of the rotating shaft 41 for controlling the rotating angle of the rotating shaft 41.

In the present embodiment, the control mechanism 43 is used to control the rotation angle of the rotating shaft 41 to avoid the driving device 4 from excessively increasing the rotation angle of the rotating shaft 41.

In some alternative embodiments, the control mechanism 43 includes: a cam 431 and two position detection switches 432. The cam 431 is arranged at the control end 412 of the rotating shaft 41, two protrusions 4311 with set angles are arranged in the circumferential direction of the cam 431, and the two protrusions 4311 are arranged at intervals in the axial direction of the rotating shaft 41; the two position detection switches 432 are disposed outside the hinge box 12 and at positions corresponding to the two protrusions 4311, respectively, to control the stop timing of the driving motor 42.

In the present embodiment, the two protrusions 4311 provided on the cam 431 are a protrusion when the detection port cassette cover 2 is opened and a protrusion when the detection port cassette cover 2 is closed, respectively. When the port cover assembly rotates to the opening position, the protrusion 4311 for detecting the opening of the port box cover body 2 can compress the position detection switch 432 at the opening position, the signal of the position detection switch 432 is changed, and the changed signal is transmitted to the vehicle control unit, so that the monitoring of the opening position of the port box cover body 2 and the stop of the movement are realized. When the port cover assembly rotates to the closed position, the protrusion 4311 for detecting the closing of the port box cover body 2 compresses the position detection switch 432 at the closed position, the signal of the position detection switch 432 at the closed position changes, and the changed signal is transmitted to the vehicle control unit, so that the monitoring of the closed position of the port box cover body 2 and the motion stop are realized. The two position detection switches 432 are also in signal connection with the driving motor 42 and are used for controlling the rotation of the driving motor 42; in addition, in this embodiment, an on control switch 433 is further provided, which is also in signal connection with the driving motor 42 and can manually control the driving motor 42 to be turned on.

In this example, the two protrusions 4311 of the cam 431 and the two position detecting switches 432 are matched with each other to control the position of the cassette cover 2. In this example, the two protrusions 4311 are arranged at 180 ° in the circumferential direction, that is, at opposite positions, the two position detecting switches 432 are arranged side by side, and correspond to the two protrusions 4311, respectively, and the two protrusions 4311 are rotated to corresponding positions, that is, can be detected by the corresponding position detecting switches 432.

In some alternative embodiments, the rotating shaft 41 is provided with a spline 413, and the rotating end 31 of the hinge 3 and the cam 431 are clamped on the rotating shaft 41 through the spline 413. In the present embodiment, the rotating end 31 of the hinge 3 and the cam 431 are engaged with the rotating shaft 41 through the spline 413, so that the hinge 3 and the cam 431 rotate together with the rotation of the cam 431, and the structure is simple and reliable.

In some alternative embodiments, the control end 412 of the rotating shaft 41 is further provided with a catch 414, and the catch 414 is used to limit the axial position of the cam 431.

In this embodiment, the catch 414 disposed at the control end 412 of the rotating shaft 41 is a retractable catch 414, and the catch 414 is triangular when extended. The triangle side near the cam 431 is perpendicular to the axial direction of the rotating shaft 41, and one side adjacent to the triangle side extends to the rotating shaft 41 and can be retracted into the rotating shaft 41 when the buckle 414 is compressed. Such a design may facilitate assembly. When the rotating shaft 41 passes through the hinge 3 in the hinge box 12 and the cam 431 positioned on the outer side of the hinge box 12, the buckle 414 is compressed and is ejected after passing through the hinge 3 and the cam 431, the axial position of the cam 431 can be limited, and the hinge box has a simple structure, is convenient to assemble, and is safe and stable.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a driving motor in an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2, fig. 6 and fig. 7, in some alternative embodiments, a sector gear 415 is provided at a driving end 411 of the rotating shaft 41, an output end of the driving motor 42 is provided with an output gear 421 engaged with the sector gear 415, and the driving motor 42 drives the rotating shaft 41 to rotate through the sector gear 415 and the output gear 421.

In this embodiment, the driving motor 42 is disposed on the hinge box 12 on the side from which the driving end 411 of the rotating shaft 41 extends, and the driving motor 42 drives the rotating shaft 41 to rotate through the sector gear 415 disposed on the driving end 411 and the output gear 421 engaged therewith, so as to drive the hinge 3 to rotate, so as to open and close the box cover 2.

In some optional embodiments, a first sealing groove 111 and a second sealing groove 112 are provided on the base 11 in a step shape, a sealant is provided on the second sealing groove 112, and the mouth box cover 2 includes: a base plate 21, a sealing plate 22 and a cover plate 23. Wherein, the base plate 21 is connected with the connecting end 32 of the hinge 3; the sealing plate 22 is clamped on the inner side of the substrate 21, and the outer edge of the sealing plate 22 is provided with a sealant for sealing and covering the first sealing groove 111 of the base 11; the cover plate 23 is clamped on the outer side of the base plate 21 and is used for sealing and covering the second sealing groove 112 of the base 11.

In the present embodiment, the sealing plate 22 provided on the substrate 21 is provided with a sealant at its outer edge, and the sealant is provided on the second sealing groove 112. When the mouth box cover body 2 is covered on the substrate 21, the sealing plate 22 is matched with the first sealing groove 111 of the base 11, and the sealing glue arranged on the outer edge of the sealing plate 22 seals the gap between the first sealing groove 111 and the sealing plate 22 to form a first seal; the cover plate 23 is matched with the second sealing groove 112 of the base 11, and the sealant arranged in the second sealing groove 112 seals the gap between the cover plate 23 and the base 11 to form a second seal. The first seal and the second seal guarantee that water cannot enter the charging seat under various working conditions. Can save the sealed glue on the jack that charges on the vehicle, like this after opening a mouthful box lid 2, can insert the jack on the vehicle with the rifle that charges in, charge, reduced and opened a mouthful box lid 2 back, still need the step of pulling out the sealed glue on the jack that charges on the vehicle to when solving unmanned driving, need someone to pull out the sealed glue on the jack that charges when the vehicle charges the problem. In this example, the sealant is made of soft glue, and the cover plate 23 and the second sealing groove 112 of the base 11 and the sealing plate 22 and the first sealing groove 111 of the base 11 are matched and extruded with each other, so as to obtain a better sealing effect. In this example, the sealing plate 22 and the base plate 21, and the base plate 21 and the cover plate 23 are connected by snap-fitting.

In some optional embodiments, the flip-up electric charging port box further comprises a control unit for controlling the angle at which the driving device 4 automatically drives the hinge 3 to open the port box cover 2 when the vehicle reaches the charging position.

In this embodiment, the control unit may be a vehicle controller; the vehicle control device can be an independent control unit which is in signal connection with the vehicle control device, when the vehicle control device detects that the electric quantity of the vehicle is consumed to the set electric quantity, the vehicle control device can automatically navigate to a nearby charging station to enable the vehicle to run to a charging position, the control unit controls the driving device 4 to automatically drive the hinge 3 to open the box cover body 2, and then the charging gun can be inserted into a charging jack on the vehicle to charge the vehicle. When the vehicle is fully charged and the charging reaches the set capacity or receives a charging stopping instruction, the charging gun in the charging jack on the vehicle can be pulled out, and the control unit controls the driving device 4 to automatically drive the hinge 3 to close the box cover body 2. In this example, the charging gun is provided with a moving mechanism for automatically aligning and flushing the charging gun into a charging jack on the vehicle, and the vehicle controller can also perform data interaction with the moving mechanism of the charging gun so as to feed back the requirements of the vehicle, such as vehicle position information or electric quantity information, to the moving mechanism of the charging gun, thereby realizing automatic charging of the vehicle.

In some optional embodiments, the outside of the mouth box cover 2 is further provided with a camera and a radar, both the camera and the radar are in signal connection with the control unit, the camera 5 is used for acquiring an image of the outside of the mouth box cover 2 and transmitting the image to the control unit, so that the control unit judges whether the vehicle reaches the charging position, and the radar is used for judging the distance to an obstacle to control the opening angle of the mouth box cover 2.

In this embodiment, when the vehicle controller detects that the electric quantity of the vehicle is consumed to the set electric quantity or determines that only the set margin remains for the vehicle to travel to the nearest charging station, the vehicle controller may automatically navigate to the nearby charging station to cause the vehicle to travel to the vicinity of the charging location. The camera acquires the image of the outside of the opening box cover body 2 and transmits the image to the control unit, so that the control unit judges whether the vehicle reaches the charging position, when the vehicle is judged to run to the charging position of the charging pile, the vehicle is controlled to stop, and when the vehicle is judged not to run to the charging position of the charging pile, the vehicle is controlled to continue to move until the vehicle runs to the charging position of the charging pile. The vehicle control unit or the control unit controls the driving motor 42 to operate to drive the rotating shaft 41 to rotate so as to drive the hinge 3 to open the mouth box cover body 2, when the mouth box cover body 2 is opened, the distance between the mouth box cover body and the obstacle is judged, when the radar monitors that the mouth box cover body 2 is about to touch the obstacle, the vehicle control unit or the control unit controls the driving motor 42 to stop operating so as to control the opening angle of the mouth box cover body 2 and avoid the mouth box cover body 2 from touching the obstacle when the mouth box cover body is opened. When the vehicle is fully charged, the charging reaches the set capacity or a charging stopping instruction is received, the charging gun in the charging jack on the vehicle can be pulled out, and the control unit or the vehicle control unit controls the driving device 4 to automatically drive the hinge 3 to close the box cover body 2.

In the example, the rifle that charges accessible design corresponds robotic arm, realizes when the oral cavity lid 2 is opened, and the rifle that will charge is autonomic inserts in the electric jack that charges on the automobile body, realizes the purpose of automatic charging. In other embodiments, an operator can be configured through charging, and the purpose of charging the automatic driving electric vehicle can be achieved through the mode that the operator inserts the charging gun into the charging jack on the vehicle body.

Referring again to fig. 3, the vehicle control unit and the control unit, and the vehicle control unit and/or the control unit, the camera, the radar, the position detection switch 432 and the driving motor 42 are in signal connection via the wiring harness assembly 44.

In addition, the invention also provides a method for realizing automatic charging by utilizing the upturning type electric charging port box, which comprises the following steps:

and when the vehicle controller detects that the electric quantity of the vehicle is consumed to the set electric quantity or judges that only the set allowance is left when the vehicle runs to the nearest charging station, stopping executing the current task.

And setting the nearest charging station as a new destination, and enabling the vehicle to automatically navigate to the nearest charging station and drive to the vicinity of the charging pile.

The image of the outside of the opening box cover body 2 is acquired through the camera and is transmitted to the control unit, the control unit is used for judging whether the vehicle reaches the charging position, when the vehicle is judged to run to the charging position of the charging pile, the vehicle is controlled to stop, and when the vehicle is judged not to run to the charging position of the charging pile, the vehicle is controlled to continue to move until the vehicle runs to the charging position of the charging pile.

The vehicle control unit or the control unit controls the driving motor 42 to operate to drive the rotating shaft 41 to rotate so as to drive the hinge 3 to open the mouth box cover body 2, when the mouth box cover body 2 is opened, the distance between the mouth box cover body and the obstacle is judged, when the radar monitors that the mouth box cover body 2 is about to touch the obstacle, the vehicle control unit or the control unit controls the driving motor 42 to stop operating so as to control the opening angle of the mouth box cover body 2 and avoid the mouth box cover body 2 from touching the obstacle when the mouth box cover body is opened. When the vehicle is fully charged, the charging reaches the set capacity or a charging stopping instruction is received, the charging gun in the charging jack on the vehicle can be pulled out, and the control unit or the vehicle control unit controls the driving device 4 to automatically drive the hinge 3 to close the box cover body 2.

The automatic charging of the automatic driving electric vehicle can be realized through the steps, and the driving range of the automatic driving electric vehicle is prolonged.

In summary, when the upturning type electric charging port box is used, when a vehicle reaches a charging position, the hinge 3 is driven by the driving device 4 to drive the port box cover body 2 arranged on the hinge 3 to be opened upwards; when the vehicle charging is completed, the hinge 3 is driven by the driving device 4 to drive the box cover 2 arranged on the hinge 3 to cover the base 11 downwards. Because the setting that vehicle mouth box lid 2 can be covered and close is on mouth box body 1, the mouth box that charges can occupy less X to the size, makes the very long that mouth box itself need not do to satisfy the demand of automobile body molding harmony, and adopt the form of electronic opening also can satisfy the unmanned autopilot electric quantity of vehicle and consume to when setting for the electric quantity, the demand that the matching need not the people to charge. And the accessible camera acquires the image in the outside of mouth box lid 2 and transmits to the control unit, makes the control unit judge whether the vehicle reaches the position of charging, when judging that the vehicle traveles to the position of charging of filling electric pile, controls the vehicle and stops, when judging that the vehicle does not travel to the position of charging of filling electric pile, controls the vehicle and continues to move until the vehicle traveles to the position of charging of filling electric pile. And when opening mouthful box cover body 2, judge the distance with the barrier through the radar, when the radar detects mouthful box cover body 2 and be about to touch the barrier, vehicle control unit or control unit control driving motor 42 stop the operation to the opening angle of control mouthful box cover body 2 avoids mouthful box cover body 2 to touch the barrier when opening.

Adopt double-deck seal structure, the charging seat that first seal and second seal were guaranteed jointly is under various operating modes, and water can't enter into the charging seat. Can save the sealed glue on the jack that charges on the vehicle, like this after opening a mouthful box lid 2, can insert the jack on the vehicle with the rifle that charges in, charge, reduced and opened a mouthful box lid 2 back, still need the step of pulling out the sealed glue on the jack that charges on the vehicle to when solving unmanned driving, need someone to pull out the sealed glue on the jack that charges when the vehicle charges the problem.

The two protrusions 4311 provided on the cam 431 cooperate with the two position detection switches 432 to control the rotation angle of the rotation shaft 41 and the open and close positions of the box cover 2, thereby preventing the driving device 4 from excessively rotating the rotation shaft 41 to damage the box cover 2.

In the description of the present application, it should be noted that the terms "upper", "lower", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, which are only for convenience in describing the present application and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and operate, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present application. Unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are intended to be inclusive and mean, for example, that they may be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art as appropriate.

It is noted that, in the present application, relational terms such as "first" and "second", and the like, are used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Also, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

The above description is merely exemplary of the present application and is presented to enable those skilled in the art to understand and practice the present application. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the application. Thus, the present application is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

Claims

1. The utility model provides an electronic mouthful box that charges of formula of turning up which characterized in that includes:

the mouth box comprises a mouth box body (1), wherein the mouth box body (1) comprises a base (11) and a hinge box (12), the base (11) is used for being connected with a vehicle body metal plate (10), and the hinge box (12) is perpendicular to the base (11);

a box cover (2) which is provided on the base (11) so as to be openable and closable up and down;

the hinge (3) comprises a rotating end (31) and a connecting end (32), the connecting end (32) is connected with the box cover body (2), and the rotating end (31) is rotatably arranged in the hinge box (12);

and the driving device (4) is arranged on the hinge box (12) and is used for driving the hinge (3) to rotate so as to open and close the box cover body (2).

2. The flip-up power charging port cartridge according to claim 1, wherein: the drive device (4) comprises:

a rotating shaft (41) including a driving end (411) and a control end (412), passing through the hinge box (12) and through the rotating end (31) of the hinge (3);

and the driving motor (42) is arranged on the outer side of the hinge box (12), is in transmission connection with the driving end (411), and is used for driving the rotating shaft (41) to rotate so as to drive the hinge (3) to open and close the box cover body (2).

3. The flip-up power charging port cartridge according to claim 2, wherein: the driving device (4) further comprises a control mechanism (43) which is arranged at the control end (412) of the rotating shaft (41) and is used for controlling the rotating angle of the rotating shaft (41).

4. The flip-up power charging port cartridge according to claim 3, wherein: the control mechanism (43) includes:

the cam (431) is arranged at the control end (412) of the rotating shaft (41), two protrusions (4311) with set angles are arranged in the circumferential direction of the cam (431), and the two protrusions (4311) are arranged at intervals in the axial direction of the rotating shaft (41);

and the two position detection switches (432) are arranged on the outer side of the hinge box (12) and are respectively arranged at the positions corresponding to the two protrusions (4311) so as to control the shutdown time of the driving motor (42).

5. The flip-up power charging port cartridge according to claim 4, wherein: the rotating shaft (41) is provided with a spline (413), and the rotating end (31) of the hinge (3) and the cam (431) are clamped on the rotating shaft (41) through the spline (413).

6. The flip-up power charging port cartridge according to claim 4, wherein: the control end (412) of the rotating shaft (41) is further provided with a buckle (414), and the buckle (414) is used for limiting the axial position of the cam (431).

7. The flip-up power charging port cartridge according to claim 2, wherein: the driving end (411) of the rotating shaft (41) is provided with a sector gear (415), the output end of the driving motor (42) is provided with an output gear (421) meshed with the sector gear (415), and the driving motor (42) drives the rotating shaft (41) to rotate through the sector gear (415) and the output gear (421).

8. The upward-turning type electric charging port box according to claim 1, wherein the base (11) is provided with a first sealing groove (111) and a second sealing groove (112) which are stepped, the second sealing groove (112) is provided with a sealing adhesive, and the port box cover (2) comprises:

a base plate (21) connected to a connection end (32) of the hinge (3);

the sealing plate (22) is clamped on the inner side of the base plate (21), and the outer edge of the sealing plate (22) is provided with sealing glue and used for sealing and covering the first sealing groove (111) of the base (11);

and the cover plate (23) is clamped at the outer side of the base plate (21) and is used for sealing and covering the second sealing groove (112) of the base (11).

9. The flip-up type electric charging port case according to claim 1, further comprising a control unit for controlling an angle at which the driving means (4) automatically drives the hinge (3) to open the port case cover (2) when the vehicle reaches the charging position.

10. The flip-up electric charging port box according to claim 9, wherein a camera and a radar are further provided on the outer side of the port box cover (2), the camera and the radar are both in signal connection with the control unit, the camera is used for acquiring an image of the outer side of the port box cover (2) and transmitting the image to the control unit, so that the control unit determines whether the vehicle reaches the charging position, and the radar is used for determining the distance to an obstacle to control the opening angle of the port box cover (2).