CN113783242A - Rotary charging device, battery replacement station and battery replacement method - Google Patents

Rotary charging device, battery replacement station and battery replacement method Download PDF

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CN113783242A
CN113783242A CN202110815299.6A CN202110815299A CN113783242A CN 113783242 A CN113783242 A CN 113783242A CN 202110815299 A CN202110815299 A CN 202110815299A CN 113783242 A CN113783242 A CN 113783242A
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姚帅
刘大为
马满堂
李�昊
朱连峻
周科
刘明义
裴杰
曹传钊
朱勇
曹曦
徐若晨
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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Abstract

The invention discloses a rotary charging device, a battery replacement station and a battery replacement method. The charging device comprises an annular rail, a charging seat and a driving assembly, wherein the charging seat can charge a battery, the driving assembly is connected with the charging seat to enable the charging seat to move to a battery replacing position, the hoisting device can move along a first horizontal direction and a vertical direction, and the hoisting device is arranged between the parking area and the charging device along the first direction so as to convey the battery to be charged on the battery replacing vehicle to a charging support of one charging seat of the charging device and convey the charged battery on a charging support of the other charging seat of the charging device to the battery replacing vehicle.

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Rotary charging device, battery replacement station and battery replacement method
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of track detection, in particular to a rotary charging device, a battery replacement station and a battery replacement method.
Background
The development and the use of the new energy automobile effectively solve the problem of heavy consumption of traffic energy, and are favorable for realizing low-carbon economic sustainable development. Energy supplement of the new energy electric automobile can be divided into two modes of plug-in charging and battery replacement, and the two modes have advantages respectively.
For trucks in mining areas, the advantages of a battery replacement mode are utilized to be more prominent, and the basic working principle of battery replacement is that after a vehicle reaches a designated area, a lifting type battery replacement mechanism is used for positioning and grabbing power batteries on the vehicle, the vehicle is operated to a designated charging frame of a system and put down, then the vehicle is moved to the designated charging frame of the system to grab the power batteries which are charged, and the vehicle is replaced, so that the whole battery replacement process is completed.
However, in the battery replacing device in the related art, the battery position needs to be searched by the hoisting device, the traveling path of the hoisting device is too long, the positions of different batteries are different, the traveling path of the hoisting device is also different, the battery replacing time is increased, the battery replacing efficiency is reduced, the hoisting device has a risk of falling objects when grabbing the battery, and the longer the traveling path is moved after the hoisting device grabs the battery, the higher the risk is.
Disclosure of Invention
The present invention is directed to solving, at least to some extent, one of the technical problems in the related art.
Therefore, an embodiment of the present invention provides a rotary charging device, which can improve battery replacement efficiency and reduce battery replacement risk.
The embodiment of the invention provides a power changing station which can improve power changing efficiency and reduce power changing risk.
The embodiment of the invention provides a battery swapping method which can improve battery swapping efficiency and reduce battery swapping risk.
The rotary charging device according to the embodiment of the invention comprises:
an annular track;
the charging seats are movably arranged on the annular rail along the circumferential direction of the annular rail, each charging seat comprises a charging support and a charging interface, the charging interfaces are arranged on the charging supports, the charging supports are suitable for accommodating batteries, the charging interfaces are suitable for being connected with the batteries so as to charge the batteries, the number of the charging seats is multiple, and the plurality of the charging seats are arranged on the annular rail at equal intervals along the circumferential direction of the annular rail; and
and the driving assembly is connected with the charging seat so as to drive the charging seat to move along the circumferential direction of the annular track, so that the charging seat is moved to a battery replacement position.
According to the rotary charging device provided by the embodiment of the invention, the charging seat can move to the battery replacement position along the circumferential direction of the annular track, the position of the battery replacement position is fixed, the position of the charging seat does not need to be searched when the battery is taken, the walking path of the hoisting device during battery replacement is favorably shortened, and the battery replacement time can be reduced.
Therefore, the rotary charging device provided by the embodiment of the invention can improve the battery replacement efficiency and reduce the battery replacement risk.
In some embodiments, the rotary charging device further comprises:
the annular groove is arranged below the annular track;
a power supply line disposed within the annular groove along a circumferential direction of the annular groove, the power supply line adapted to be connected to a power supply, the circumferential direction of the annular groove being parallel to a circumferential direction of the annular rail; and
the power supply device is provided with an input line and an output line, the input line is connected with the power supply line, and the output line is connected with the charging interface so as to supply power to the charging interface.
In some embodiments, the rotary charging device further includes a brush movably provided on the power supply line in an extending direction of the power supply line, the brush being further connected to the input line so as to connect the input line to the power supply line.
In some embodiments, the rotary charging device further comprises a step-counting assembly comprising:
the supporting seats are arranged on the annular rail at intervals along the circumferential direction of the annular rail;
the annular steel belt is arranged along the circumferential direction of the annular rail and is connected with each of the plurality of supporting seats, the annular steel belt is provided with a plurality of step counting holes, the step counting holes are arranged at equal intervals along the circumferential direction of the annular steel belt, and the circumferential direction of the annular steel belt is parallel to the circumferential direction of the annular rail;
the encoder is arranged on the charging seat and can measure the number of the step counting holes so as to determine and feed back the walking distance of the charging seat, and therefore the charging seat can be determined to move to the battery replacement position.
In some embodiments, the cradle further comprises:
the rotating shaft is arranged on the charging bracket in a rotatable manner around the axial direction of the rotating shaft;
the walking wheel is arranged on the rotating shaft, the walking wheel is matched with the circular track, and the driving assembly is connected with the rotating shaft so as to drive the charging seat to move along the circumferential direction of the circular track.
In some embodiments, the drive assembly comprises:
the transmission gear is arranged on the rotating shaft;
the first driver is arranged on the charging support and connected with the transmission gear so as to drive the charging seat to move along the circumferential direction of the annular track.
In some embodiments, the endless track is a circular track, and the drive assembly includes:
the transmission gear is arranged on the rotating shaft;
the gear disc is coaxially arranged with the annular track, the gear disc is meshed with the transmission gear, and the axial direction of the gear disc is perpendicular to the axial direction of the transmission gear;
and the second driver is connected with the gear disc so as to drive the gear disc to rotate, so that the charging seat is driven to move along the circumferential direction of the annular track.
The power swapping station according to the embodiment of the invention comprises:
the parking area is used for parking the battery replacing vehicle;
a charging area for placing a charging device, wherein the charging device is a rotary charging device as described in any one of the above embodiments;
the hoisting area is used for placing a hoisting device, the hoisting device can move along a first horizontal direction and a vertical direction, the hoisting device is arranged along the first direction between the parking area and the charging device, so that a to-be-charged battery on the battery replacing vehicle is conveyed to one of the charging devices on the charging support of the charging seat, and the other of the charging device is conveyed to the charged battery on the charging support of the charging seat on the battery replacing vehicle.
According to the power changing station disclosed by the embodiment of the invention, the charging seat can move to the power changing position along the circumferential direction of the annular track, the position of the power changing position is fixed, the position of the charging seat does not need to be searched when the battery is taken, the walking path of the hoisting device during power changing is favorably shortened, and the power changing time can be reduced.
Therefore, the power swapping station provided by the embodiment of the invention can improve the power swapping efficiency and reduce the power swapping risk.
In some embodiments, the charging regions include a first charging region and a second charging region, the lifting regions include a first lifting region and a second lifting region, the parking region is located between the first lifting region and the second lifting region in the first direction, the first lifting region is located between the parking region and the first charging region to transport a battery to be charged on the replacement vehicle to the charging cradle of one charging dock of the charging device of the first charging region, and the second lifting region is located between the parking region and the second charging region to transport a charged battery on the charging cradle of one charging dock of the charging device of the second charging region to the replacement vehicle.
The battery replacement method provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises the following steps:
the method comprises the steps that a battery replacement vehicle is parked in a parking area, and a battery to be charged of the battery replacement vehicle corresponds to a battery replacement position of a charging device in a first direction;
moving a charging seat of the charging device to the battery replacement position by using a driving assembly, wherein a battery is not placed on the charging seat of the charging device;
the battery to be charged of the battery replacement vehicle is conveyed to a charging support of the charging seat of the charging device along the vertical direction and the first direction by using a hoisting device so as to charge the battery to be charged;
moving another charging seat of the charging device to the battery replacement position by using a driving assembly, wherein a charged battery is placed on the other charging seat of the charging device;
and conveying the charged battery on the other charging seat of the charging device to the battery replacement vehicle along the vertical direction and the first direction by using a hoisting device.
According to the power changing method provided by the embodiment of the invention, the charging seat can move to the power changing position along the circumferential direction of the annular track, the position of the power changing position is fixed, the position of the charging seat does not need to be searched when the battery is taken, the walking path of the hoisting device during power changing is favorably shortened, and the power changing time can be reduced.
Therefore, the battery swapping method provided by the embodiment of the invention can improve the battery swapping efficiency and reduce the battery swapping risk.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an exemplary swapping station according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is another exemplary structural schematic diagram of a swapping station according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of an exemplary rotary charging device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a schematic view of a structure of a circular track of the rotary charging device of fig. 3.
Fig. 5 is a schematic view of another circular track structure of the rotary charging device of fig. 3.
Fig. 6 is a schematic view of a structure of still another circular track of the rotary charging device of fig. 3.
Fig. 7 is a schematic view of a structure of still another circular rail of the rotary charging device of fig. 3.
Fig. 8 is another exemplary structural schematic diagram of a rotary charging device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 9 is a schematic view of the structure of the circular track and the gear plate of the rotary charging device of fig. 8.
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a battery 11 to be charged; a charged battery 12;
a parking area 100;
a hoisting area 200; a first lifting zone 200; a second lifting region 220;
a charging region 300; a first charging region 310; a second charging region 320;
a battery replacement vehicle 400;
a hoist 500;
a rotary charging device 600;
an endless track 610;
a charging stand 620; a charging stand 621; a first mounting bracket 6211; a second mounting bracket 6212; a charging interface 622; a rotating shaft 623; a road wheel 624;
a drive assembly 630; a first driver 631; a transmission gear 632; a gear plate 633;
an annular groove 640; a power supply line 650; a power supply 660; an input line 661; an output line 662; a brush 670;
a step counting component 680; a support base 681; an annular steel band 682; an encoder 683.
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Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are illustrative and intended to be illustrative of the invention and are not to be construed as limiting the invention.
A rotary charging device 600 according to an embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to the drawings.
As shown in fig. 3-9, the rotary charging device 600 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a circular track 610, a charging stand 620 and a driving assembly 630.
The charging stand 620 is movably disposed on the circular rail 610 along the circumference of the circular rail 610. That is, the charging base 620 is engaged with the circular rail 610, and the charging base 620 can move on the circular rail 610 along the circumference of the circular rail 610 under the driving of external force.
As shown in fig. 3 and 8, the driving assembly 630 is connected to the charging stand 620, so that the charging stand 620 can be driven to move along the circumference of the circular track 610, thereby moving the charging stand 620 to the battery replacement position.
Specifically, the charging stand 620 includes a rotating shaft 623 and a traveling wheel 624, and a first mounting rack 6211 is disposed below the charging support 621. The rotating shaft 623 is rotatably arranged on the first mounting frame 6211 around the axial direction thereof, the travelling wheel 624 is arranged on the rotating shaft 623, the travelling wheel 624 is matched with the circular track 610, and the driving assembly 630 is connected with the rotating shaft 623, so that the charging seat 620 can be driven to move along the circumferential direction of the circular track 610.
It can be understood that the battery swapping position corresponds to the position of the battery 11 to be charged of the battery swapping vehicle 400 on the left and right sides and has the same height, that is, the battery swapping position is fixed, and the distance between the battery swapping position and the position of the battery 11 to be charged of the battery swapping vehicle 400 is shortest. Therefore, the position of the charging stand 620 does not need to be searched when the battery is taken, which is beneficial to shortening the traveling path of the hoisting device 500 during battery replacement.
As shown in fig. 3 and 8, the charging stand 620 includes a charging support 621 and a charging interface 622, and the charging interface 622 is disposed on the charging support 621. The battery can be placed on the charging stand 621, and the charging interface 622 is adapted to be able to connect with the battery, so that the charging stand 620 can charge the battery.
The charging base 620 is a plurality of, and a plurality of charging bases 620 are equidistant along the circumference of the circular orbit 610, and a plurality of charging bases 620 can move synchronously, thus being beneficial to controlling the charging base 620 to move to the battery replacement position.
According to the rotary charging device 600 of the embodiment of the invention, the charging seat 620 can move to the battery replacement position along the circumferential direction of the circular track 610, and the position of the battery replacement position is fixed, so that the position of the charging seat 620 does not need to be searched when the battery is taken, which is beneficial to shortening the walking path of the hoisting device 500 during battery replacement and can reduce the battery replacement time.
Therefore, the rotary charging device 600 of the embodiment of the invention can improve the battery replacement efficiency and reduce the battery replacement risk.
In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 3 and 8, rotary charging device 600 of embodiments of the present invention further includes annular groove 640, power supply line 650, brush 670, and power supply 660.
An annular groove 640 is provided below the annular rail 610, the circumferential direction of the annular groove 640 is parallel to the circumferential direction of the annular rail 610, and the power supply line 650 is provided in the annular groove 640 along the circumferential direction of the annular groove 640.
Power supply 660 has input line 661 and output line 662, and brush 670 is movably provided on power supply line 650 along the extending direction of power supply line 650, and brush 670 still links to each other with input line 661, and output line 662 links to each other with charging interface 622. Further, since power supply line 650 can be connected to a power source and input line 661 can be connected to power supply line 650, power supply line 650 can supply power to power supply 660 and power supply 660 can supply power to charging interface 622.
It can be understood that the circular track 610 is laid on the ground, the circular groove 640 is opened on the ground, the circular track 610 includes two concentric tracks, and the circular groove 640 is located between the two concentric tracks, so that the circular groove 640 does not occupy the ground, which is beneficial to reducing the size of the rotary charging device 600.
In some embodiments, the rotary charging device 600 of the present invention further comprises a step-counting assembly 680, wherein the step-counting assembly 680 comprises a supporting base 681, an endless steel belt 682, and an encoder 683. The support base 681 is plural, and the plural support bases 681 are arranged on the endless track 610 at intervals in the circumferential direction of the endless track 610. The annular steel strip 682 is arranged along the circumferential direction of the annular rail 610, the annular steel strip 682 is connected with each of the plurality of support seats 681, the annular steel strip 682 is provided with a plurality of step counting holes, the plurality of step counting holes are arranged at equal intervals along the circumferential direction of the annular steel strip 682, and the circumferential direction of the annular steel strip 682 is parallel to the circumferential direction of the annular rail 610. The second mounting frame 6212 is arranged below the charging support 621, the encoder 683 is arranged on the second mounting frame 6212, and the encoder 683 can measure the number of the step counting holes so as to determine and feed back the walking distance of the charging seat 620, thereby determining that the charging seat 620 moves to the battery replacement position.
Specifically, the charging seat 620 moves along the circumferential direction of the circular orbit 610 under the driving of the driving component 630, and the encoder 683 counts once through a step counting hole, so that the distance of the charging seat 620 moving can be measured out according to the number of the step counting holes, thereby feeding back, being beneficial to controlling the moving distance of the charging seat 620, and being capable of accurately stopping the charging seat 620 at the battery replacement position.
In some embodiments, drive assembly 630 includes a drive gear 632 and a first driver 631. The transmission gear 632 is disposed on the rotation shaft 623, the first driver 631 is disposed on the charging support 621, and the first driver 631 is connected to the transmission gear 632, so that the charging stand 620 can be driven to move along the circumferential direction of the circular track 610.
It is understood that the first driver 631 is a driving motor, the output line 662 of the power supply 660 can be connected with the driving motor so as to supply power to the driving motor, the output shaft of the driving motor has a driving gear capable of engaging with the transmission gear 632, and the driving gear and the transmission gear 632 are both cylindrical gears, so that the first driver 631 can drive the charging stand 620 to move along the circumferential direction of the annular track 610.
It should be noted that, as shown in fig. 4-7, the circular track 610 may be a circular track, an elliptical track, a circular combined track having a straight line segment and an arc line segment, or a circular track 610 having other shapes.
For example, in fig. 4, the circular track 610 is a circular track; in fig. 5, the circular track 610 is a square circular track 610, wherein four corners of the square circular track 610 are connected by arc line transition; in fig. 6, the circular track 610 is a circular combined track, wherein the circular combined track includes two straight line segments and two arc segments, the two straight line segments are oppositely arranged, and the two arc segments are oppositely arranged; in fig. 7 the circular orbit 610 is an elliptical orbit.
As shown in fig. 8 and 9, when the circular track 610 is a circular track, the driving assembly 630 may include a driving gear 632, a gear plate 633 and a second driver (not shown).
The transmission gear 632 is arranged on the rotating shaft 623, the gear disc 633 is coaxially arranged with the annular track 610, the gear disc 633 is meshed with the transmission gear 632, the gear disc 633 and the transmission gear 632 are both bevel gears, the axial direction of the gear disc 633 is perpendicular to the axial direction of the transmission gear 632, and the second driver is connected with the gear disc 633, so that the gear disc 633 can be driven to rotate, and the charging seat 620 is driven to move along the circumferential direction of the annular track 610.
It can be understood that the second driver can also be a driving motor, the power supply line 650 can be connected to the second driver, so as to supply power to the second driver, and the gear disc 633 is engaged with the plurality of transmission gears 632, so that the gear disc 633 can drive the plurality of charging seats 620 to move simultaneously, and the control is simple and the accuracy is high.
The power swapping station according to the embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to the drawings.
As shown in fig. 1 to 9, a power conversion station according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a parking area 100, a charging area 300, and a hoisting area 200. The parking area 100 is used for parking the battery replacement vehicle 400, when the battery replacement vehicle 400 is parked, the battery to be charged 11 of the battery replacement vehicle 400 corresponds to the battery replacement position of the charging device in the left-right direction, and has the same height, the charging area 300 is used for placing the charging device, and the hoisting area 200 is used for placing the hoisting device 500, wherein the charging device is the rotary charging device 600 according to any one of the embodiments.
The hoist 500 is movable in a first horizontal direction (left-right direction in fig. 1) and a vertical direction, and the hoist 500 is disposed between the parking area 100 and the charging device in the first direction, so that the battery 11 to be charged on the charging stand 620 of the charging device can be transported to the charging stand 621 of one charging stand 620 of the charging device, and the battery 12 already charged on the charging stand 621 of the other charging stand 620 of the charging device can be transported to the charging vehicle 400.
It can be understood that the battery replacement position of the charging device is fixed, the battery 11 to be charged of the battery replacement vehicle 400 corresponds to the battery replacement position of the charging device in the left-right direction and has the same height, and the hoisting device 500 does not move in the front-back direction during the battery replacement process, so that the moving path is reduced.
According to the power exchanging station provided by the embodiment of the invention, the charging seat 620 can move to the power exchanging position along the circumferential direction of the annular track 610, the position of the power exchanging position is fixed, and the position of the charging seat 620 does not need to be searched when the battery is taken, so that the walking path of the hoisting device 500 during power exchanging is favorably shortened, and the power exchanging time can be reduced.
Therefore, the power swapping station provided by the embodiment of the invention can improve the power swapping efficiency and reduce the power swapping risk.
As shown in fig. 2, the charging area 300 includes a first charging area 310 and a second charging area 320, and the hoisting area 200 includes a first hoisting area 210 and a second hoisting area 220, wherein the charging device is placed in both the first charging area 310 and the second charging area 320, and the hoist device 500 is placed in both the first hoisting area 210 and the second hoisting area 220.
The parking area 100 is located between the first lifting area 210 and the second lifting area 220 in the first direction, and the first lifting area 210 is located between the parking area 100 and the first charging area 310, so that the lifting device 500 of the first lifting area 210 can transport the battery 11 to be charged on the charging vehicle 400 to the charging rack 621 of one charging stand 620 of the charging device of the first charging area 310.
The second lifting area 220 is located between the parking area 100 and the second charging area 320, so that the lifting device 500 of the second lifting area 220 can transport the charged battery 12 on the charging stand 621 of one charging stand 620 of the charging device of the second charging area 320 to the charging vehicle 400.
In the process that the hanging device 500 of the first hanging area 210 hangs the to-be-charged battery 11 on the charging vehicle 400, the hanging device 500 of the second hanging area 220 can simultaneously hang the charged battery 12 on the charging support 621 of one charging seat 620 of the charging device of the second charging area 320 for transportation, so that the battery replacement time can be shortened by nearly one half, and the battery replacement efficiency can be improved.
The battery replacement method according to the embodiment of the invention is described below.
The battery replacement method provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises the following steps:
parking the battery replacement vehicle 400 in the parking area 100, and corresponding a battery to be charged 11 of the battery replacement vehicle 400 to a battery replacement position of the charging device in a first direction;
moving a charging seat 620 of the charging device to a battery replacement position by using the driving component 630, wherein a battery is not placed on the charging seat 620 of the charging device;
the hoisting device 500 is used for conveying the battery 11 to be charged of the battery replacing vehicle 400 to a charging bracket 621 of a charging seat 620 of the charging device along the vertical direction and the first direction so as to charge the battery 11 to be charged;
the other charging seat 620 of the charging device is moved to the battery replacement position by the driving component 630, wherein the other charging seat 620 of the charging device is placed with the charged battery 12;
the charged battery 12 on the other charging stand 620 of the charging device is transported to the charging vehicle 400 in the vertical direction and the first direction by the hoist 500.
According to the power switching method provided by the embodiment of the invention, the charging seat 620 can move to the power switching position along the circumferential direction of the annular track 610, the position of the power switching position is fixed, and the position of the charging seat 620 does not need to be searched when the battery is taken, so that the walking path of the hoisting device 500 during power switching can be shortened, and the power switching time can be reduced.
Therefore, the battery swapping method provided by the embodiment of the invention can improve the battery swapping efficiency and reduce the battery swapping risk.
In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "central," "longitudinal," "lateral," "length," "width," "thickness," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "clockwise," "counterclockwise," "axial," "radial," "circumferential," and the like are used in the orientations and positional relationships indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the invention and to simplify the description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the referenced devices or elements must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and are therefore not to be considered limiting of the invention.
Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise.
In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and can, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; may be mechanically coupled, may be electrically coupled or may be in communication with each other; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or they may be connected internally or in any other suitable relationship, unless expressly stated otherwise. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.
In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature may be directly contacting the first and second features or indirectly contacting the first and second features through an intermediate. Also, a first feature "on," "over," and "above" a second feature may be directly or diagonally above the second feature, or may simply indicate that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature may be directly under or obliquely under the first feature, or may simply mean that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.
In the present disclosure, the terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples" and the like mean that a specific feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present disclosure. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above are not necessarily intended to refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples. Furthermore, various embodiments or examples and features of different embodiments or examples described in this specification can be combined and combined by one skilled in the art without contradiction.
Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described above, it is understood that the above embodiments are exemplary and should not be construed as limiting the present invention, and that variations, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the above embodiments by those of ordinary skill in the art within the scope of the present invention.

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1. A rotary charging device, comprising:
an annular track;
the charging seats are movably arranged on the annular rail along the circumferential direction of the annular rail, each charging seat comprises a charging support and a charging interface, the charging interfaces are arranged on the charging supports, the charging supports are suitable for accommodating batteries, the charging interfaces are suitable for being connected with the batteries so as to charge the batteries, the number of the charging seats is multiple, and the plurality of the charging seats are arranged on the annular rail at equal intervals along the circumferential direction of the annular rail; and
and the driving assembly is connected with the charging seat so as to drive the charging seat to move along the circumferential direction of the annular track, so that the charging seat is moved to a battery replacement position.
2. The rotary charging device of claim 1, further comprising:
the annular groove is arranged below the annular track;
a power supply line disposed within the annular groove along a circumferential direction of the annular groove, the power supply line adapted to be connected to a power supply, the circumferential direction of the annular groove being parallel to a circumferential direction of the annular rail; and
the power supply device is provided with an input line and an output line, the input line is connected with the power supply line, and the output line is connected with the charging interface so as to supply power to the charging interface.
3. The rotary charging device according to claim 2, further comprising a brush movably provided on the power supply line in an extending direction of the power supply line, the brush being further connected to the input line to connect the input line to the power supply line.
4. The rotary charging apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a step-counting assembly, the step-counting assembly comprising:
the supporting seats are arranged on the annular rail at intervals along the circumferential direction of the annular rail;
the annular steel belt is arranged along the circumferential direction of the annular rail and is connected with each of the plurality of supporting seats, the annular steel belt is provided with a plurality of step counting holes, the step counting holes are arranged at equal intervals along the circumferential direction of the annular steel belt, and the circumferential direction of the annular steel belt is parallel to the circumferential direction of the annular rail;
the encoder is arranged on the charging seat and can measure the number of the step counting holes so as to determine and feed back the walking distance of the charging seat, and therefore the charging seat can be determined to move to the battery replacement position.
5. The rotary charging apparatus of claim 2, wherein the charging dock further comprises:
the rotating shaft is arranged on the charging bracket in a rotatable manner around the axial direction of the rotating shaft;
the walking wheel is arranged on the rotating shaft, the walking wheel is matched with the circular track, and the driving assembly is connected with the rotating shaft so as to drive the charging seat to move along the circumferential direction of the circular track.
6. The rotary charging apparatus of claim 5, wherein the drive assembly comprises:
the transmission gear is arranged on the rotating shaft;
the first driver is arranged on the charging support and connected with the transmission gear so as to drive the charging seat to move along the circumferential direction of the annular track.
7. The rotary charging apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the endless track is a circular track, and the drive assembly comprises:
the transmission gear is arranged on the rotating shaft;
the gear disc is coaxially arranged with the annular track, the gear disc is meshed with the transmission gear, and the axial direction of the gear disc is perpendicular to the axial direction of the transmission gear;
and the second driver is connected with the gear disc so as to drive the gear disc to rotate, so that the charging seat is driven to move along the circumferential direction of the annular track.
8. A power swapping station, comprising:
the parking area is used for parking the battery replacing vehicle;
a charging region for receiving a charging device, the charging device being a rotary charging device according to any one of claims 1 to 7;
the hoisting area is used for placing a hoisting device, the hoisting device can move along a first horizontal direction and a vertical direction, the hoisting device is arranged along the first direction between the parking area and the charging device, so that a to-be-charged battery on the battery replacing vehicle is conveyed to one of the charging devices on the charging support of the charging seat, and the other of the charging device is conveyed to the charged battery on the charging support of the charging seat on the battery replacing vehicle.
9. The charging station of claim 5, wherein the charging region comprises a first charging region and a second charging region, the hoist region comprises a first hoist region and a second hoist region, the parking region is located between the first hoist region and the second hoist region in the first direction, the first hoist region is located between the parking region and the first charging region to transport a battery to be charged on the charging vehicle to the charging cradle of one charging dock of the charging device of the first charging region, and the second hoist region is located between the parking region and the second charging region to transport a battery charged on the charging cradle of one charging dock of the charging device of the second charging region to the charging vehicle.
10. The power swapping method of the power swapping station as claimed in claim 8, characterized by comprising the following steps:
the method comprises the steps that a battery replacement vehicle is parked in a parking area, and a battery to be charged of the battery replacement vehicle corresponds to a battery replacement position of a charging device in a first direction;
moving a charging seat of the charging device to the battery replacement position by using a driving assembly, wherein a battery is not placed on the charging seat of the charging device;
the battery to be charged of the battery replacement vehicle is conveyed to a charging support of the charging seat of the charging device along the vertical direction and the first direction by using a hoisting device so as to charge the battery to be charged;
moving another charging seat of the charging device to the battery replacement position by using a driving assembly, wherein a charged battery is placed on the other charging seat of the charging device;
and conveying the charged battery on the other charging seat of the charging device to the battery replacement vehicle along the vertical direction and the first direction by using a hoisting device.
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