CN114347843A

CN114347843A - Vehicle side battery replacement system, method, equipment and storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN114347843A
Application number: CN202210043812.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 谭黎敏; 陈叶浪; 梁炽盛
Original assignee: Shanghai Westwell Information Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shanghai Westwell Information Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-01-14
Filing date: 2022-01-14
Publication date: 2022-04-15
Anticipated expiration: 2042-01-14
Also published as: CN114347843B

Abstract

The invention provides a vehicle side battery swapping system, a method, equipment and a storage medium, wherein the system comprises: a battery compartment, the battery compartment comprising: the support guide rail group is vertical to the running direction of the battery replacing vehicle in the extension direction, and an insertion space is formed between the support guide rail groups; the side cabin door is arranged on the side surface of the head of the battery replacing vehicle and is communicated with one end of the support guide rail group in the battery cabin after being opened; and a charging terminal which is inserted into and pulled out of the charging port of the battery through displacement. The invention can improve the space utilization rate in the vehicle body, is suitable for the rapid battery replacement scene of a large-sized electric vehicle, prolongs the service life of the whole electric vehicle, accelerates the battery replacement speed, increases the turnover efficiency of a battery replacement station, and can ensure the safety of the vehicle and the battery replacement equipment in the battery replacement process.

Description

Vehicle side battery replacement system, method, equipment and storage medium

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of large-scale new energy vehicle battery replacement, in particular to a vehicle side battery replacement system, method, equipment and storage medium.

Background

The battery replacement mode adopted by the conventional electric vehicle is mainly that battery replacement is carried out at the bottom, a vehicle needs to be supported, a battery compartment door is opened at the bottom of the vehicle, and a battery is taken out from the lower part for battery replacement. However, large new energy vehicles, for example: heavy unmanned truck etc. self weight is huge, obviously can't carry out the bottom and trade the electricity, and the bottom is traded the whole speed of electricity and is slow moreover, has reduced the turnover efficiency that trades the power station.

Therefore, the invention provides a vehicle side battery swapping system, a vehicle side battery swapping method, a vehicle side battery swapping device and a storage medium which are suitable for a horizontal battery swapping mode.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a vehicle lateral battery replacement system, a vehicle lateral battery replacement method, a vehicle lateral battery replacement device and a storage medium, overcomes the difficulties in the prior art, can improve the space utilization rate in a vehicle body, is suitable for a rapid battery replacement scene of a large-sized electric vehicle, prolongs the service life of the whole electric vehicle, accelerates the battery replacement speed, increases the turnover efficiency of a battery replacement station, and can ensure the safety of the vehicle and the battery replacement device in the battery replacement process.

The embodiment of the invention provides a vehicle side power conversion system, which comprises:

a battery compartment, the battery compartment comprising:

the support guide rail group is vertical to the running direction of the battery replacing vehicle in the extending direction, and an insertion space is formed between the support guide rail groups;

the side cabin door is arranged on the side surface of the head of the battery replacing vehicle and is communicated with one end of the support guide rail group in the battery cabin after being opened; and

and the charging terminal is inserted into and pulled out of the charging port of the battery through displacement.

Preferably, the charging terminal is vertically movable through the insertion space to be inserted into and removed from a charging port formed in a bottom surface of the battery.

Preferably, the battery replacing device is provided with a tray part which enters and exits the inserting space along the extending direction of the support guide rail group, bears and takes and places the battery.

Preferably, a first space stroke of the charging terminal for lifting and lowering is at least partially overlapped with a second space stroke of the tray member for horizontally moving in and out, and the charging terminal and the tray member are selected to enter the insertion space.

Preferably, the directions of the tray member entering and exiting the battery compartment are perpendicular to the traveling direction of the battery replacement vehicle and the vertical lifting direction of the charging terminal, respectively.

Preferably, the battery replacement device further includes:

the conveying transmission belt is arranged along the movement direction of the tray member and is used for transmitting the tray member to enter and exit the battery bin; and

and the clamping tenon is arranged on the upper surface of the tray part, can be lifted and is clamped with the insertion groove on the bottom surface of the battery.

Preferably, a plurality of positioning grooves are further formed in the two sides of the support guide rail group in the battery compartment, and a plurality of limiting tenons clamped with the positioning grooves are respectively arranged on the two sides of the battery.

Preferably, the battery comprises a plurality of vertically arranged battery pieces and a plurality of charging terminals, the battery pieces are perpendicular to the driving direction of the battery replacing vehicle, the battery pieces are provided with non-overlapping space paths which exit the battery compartment, and tray pieces of the battery replacing device bear and take and place the battery one by one.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a vehicle side power change method, and the vehicle side power change system comprises the following steps:

the charging terminal descends to be separated from a charging port of the battery;

the side cabin door of the battery replacement vehicle is opened to expose the battery cabin;

the tray horizontally enters the bottom of the battery in the battery bin;

the battery replacement vehicle is separated from the battery, and the support guide rail set bears the battery; and

the tray part carries the battery to exit the battery bin.

The embodiment of the invention also provides another vehicle side power exchange method, and the vehicle side power exchange system comprises the following steps:

the tray part carries the battery to enter the battery bin;

the tray member is disengaged from the battery, and the support rail set carries the battery;

the tray member horizontally exits from the bottom of the battery in the battery compartment;

the battery replacing vehicle closes the side cabin door and seals the battery cabin; and

the charging terminal is raised to be connected to a charging port of the battery.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a vehicle side power-changing device, which comprises:

a processor;

a memory having stored therein executable instructions of the processor;

wherein the processor is configured to perform the steps of the vehicle side swapping method described above via execution of the executable instructions.

Embodiments of the present invention also provide a computer-readable storage medium for storing a program, which when executed, implements the steps of the above-described vehicle side battery swapping method.

The invention aims to provide a vehicle lateral battery replacement system, a vehicle lateral battery replacement method, a vehicle lateral battery replacement device and a storage medium, which can improve the space utilization rate in a vehicle body, are suitable for a rapid battery replacement scene of a large-sized electric vehicle, prolong the service life of the whole electric vehicle, accelerate the battery replacement speed, increase the turnover efficiency of a battery replacement station, and ensure the safety of the vehicle and the battery replacement device in the battery replacement process.

Drawings

Other features, objects and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent upon reading of the following detailed description of non-limiting embodiments thereof, with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a vehicle side charging system of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the vehicle side swapping system of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a side view of the closed state of the side cabin of the unmanned collecting card in the vehicle side battery changing system of the invention.

Fig. 4 is a side view of the open state of the unmanned truck side hatch door in the vehicle side swapping system of the invention.

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of the bottom of a battery in the vehicle side battery replacement system of the invention.

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of the vehicle side-swapping system of the present invention in which the charging terminal is separated from the battery after being lowered.

Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of the insertion space of the tray member into the battery compartment in the vehicle side battery replacement system of the invention.

Fig. 8 is a side view of the clamping tenon of the tray part and the battery in the vehicle side battery replacement system.

Fig. 9 is a top view of the tray member driving the battery to leave the battery compartment in the vehicle side battery replacement system of the present invention.

Fig. 10 is a top view of the latch and the battery latch of the tray member in the vehicle side battery replacement system of the invention.

Fig. 11 is a schematic diagram illustrating connection of a battery to a charging terminal after the charging terminal is lifted in a vehicle side charging system according to the present invention.

Fig. 12 is a schematic diagram of a battery replacement in the vehicle side battery replacement system according to the invention.

Fig. 13 is a flowchart of a first vehicle side-swapping method of the present invention.

Fig. 14 is a flowchart of a second vehicle side-swapping method of the present invention.

Fig. 15 is a schematic structural diagram of the vehicle side battery swapping device of the present invention.

Fig. 16 is a schematic structural diagram of a computer-readable storage medium according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numerals

1 unmanned card

11 support guide rail group

12 side cabin door

13 insertion space

14 charging terminal

15 alignment piece

2 trade electric installation

20 track

21 tray piece

22 conveyor belt

23 clamping tenon

24 height detection piece

3 Battery rack

31 cell

311 charging port

312 inserting groove

313 limiting trip

32 cell

33 cell

3A battery position

3B battery position

3C battery position

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present application is provided by way of specific examples, and other advantages and effects of the present application will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art from the disclosure herein. The present application is capable of other and different embodiments and of being practiced or of being carried out in various ways, and its several details are capable of modification in various respects, all without departing from the spirit and scope of the present application. It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments in the present application may be combined with each other without conflict.

Embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art to which the present application pertains can easily carry out the present application. The present application may be embodied in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein.

Reference throughout this specification to "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples," or the like, means that a particular 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 application. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics shown may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples. Moreover, various embodiments or examples and features of different embodiments or examples presented in this application can be combined and combined by those skilled in the art without contradiction.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" 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 expressions of the present application, "plurality" means two or more unless specifically defined otherwise.

In order to clearly explain the present application, components that are not related to the description are omitted, and the same reference numerals are given to the same or similar components throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a device is referred to as being "connected" to another device, this includes not only the case of being "directly connected" but also the case of being "indirectly connected" with another element interposed therebetween. In addition, when a device "includes" a certain component, unless otherwise stated, the device does not exclude other components, but may include other components.

When a device is said to be "on" another device, this may be directly on the other device, but may also be accompanied by other devices in between. When a device is said to be "directly on" another device, there are no other devices in between.

Although the terms first, second, etc. may be used herein to describe various elements in some instances, these elements should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one element from another. For example, the first interface and the second interface are represented. Also, as used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms "comprises," "comprising," "includes" and/or "including," when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, steps, operations, elements, components, items, species, and/or groups, but do not preclude the presence, or addition of one or more other features, steps, operations, elements, components, items, species, and/or groups thereof. The terms "or" and/or "as used herein are to be construed as inclusive or meaning any one or any combination. Thus, "A, B or C" or "A, B and/or C" means "any of the following: a; b; c; a and B; a and C; b and C; A. b and C ". An exception to this definition will occur only when a combination of elements, functions, steps or operations are inherently mutually exclusive in some way.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the application. As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" include plural forms as long as the words do not expressly indicate a contrary meaning. The term "comprises/comprising" when used in this specification is taken to specify the presence of stated features, regions, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but does not exclude the presence or addition of other features, regions, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components.

Although not defined differently, including technical and scientific terms used herein, all terms have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs. Terms defined in commonly used dictionaries are to be additionally interpreted as having meanings consistent with those of related art documents and the contents of the present prompts, and must not be excessively interpreted as having ideal or very formulaic meanings unless defined.

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a vehicle side charging system of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a side view of the vehicle side swapping system of the present invention. Fig. 3 is a side view of the closed state of the side cabin of the unmanned collecting card in the vehicle side battery changing system of the invention. Fig. 4 is a side view of the open state of the unmanned truck side hatch door in the vehicle side swapping system of the invention. Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of the bottom of a battery in the vehicle side battery replacement system of the invention. Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of the vehicle side-swapping system of the present invention in which the charging terminal is separated from the battery after being lowered. Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of the insertion space of the tray member into the battery compartment in the vehicle side battery replacement system of the invention. Fig. 8 is a side view of the clamping tenon of the tray part and the battery in the vehicle side battery replacement system. Fig. 9 is a top view of the tray member driving the battery to leave the battery compartment in the vehicle side battery replacement system of the present invention. Fig. 10 is a top view of the latch and the battery latch of the tray member in the vehicle side battery replacement system of the invention. Fig. 11 is a schematic diagram illustrating connection of a battery to a charging terminal after the charging terminal is lifted in a vehicle side charging system according to the present invention. As shown in fig. 1 to 11, an embodiment of the present invention provides a vehicle side battery replacement system, including: a battery chamber and a battery changing device 2. The battery compartment is provided with a support rail set 11, a side compartment door 12 and a charging terminal 14. The support guide rail sets 11 are perpendicular to the driving direction of the battery replacing vehicle 1 in the extending direction, and an insertion space 13 is formed between the support guide rail sets 11. The side cabin door 12 is arranged on the side of the head of the battery replacing vehicle 1, and the side cabin door 12 is opened and then communicated with one end of the support guide rail group 11 in the battery cabin. The charging terminal 14 is inserted into and removed from the charging port 311 of the battery 31 by displacement. The charging terminal 14 is inserted into and removed from the charging port 311 on the bottom surface of the battery 31 through the insertion space 13 so as to be vertically movable. The battery replacement device 2 has a tray member 21 which enters and exits the insertion space 13 along the extending direction of the support rail set 11 and carries and takes in and out the battery 31. The direction (Y direction) in which the tray member 21 moves into and out of the battery compartment is perpendicular to the traveling direction (X direction) of the battery replacement vehicle 1 and the vertical lifting direction (Z direction) of the charging terminal 14. The weight of the battery pack in the heavy unmanned truck is far higher than that of the current household electric vehicle, the weight of part of battery packs with long mileage can reach 1-2 tons, and bottom battery replacement is difficult. In order to accelerate the lateral power changing speed, the whole battery pack in the heavy-duty unmanned truck can be completely taken out at one time. In addition, in order to increase the space utilization rate inside the heavy unmanned truck, more extra space is provided as much as possible to arrange more batteries, and the driving mileage is increased. The quick battery replacement system is very suitable for a scene of quickly replacing the large-sized electric vehicle, prolongs the service life of the whole electric vehicle, accelerates the battery replacement speed, increases the turnover efficiency of a battery replacement station, and can ensure the safety of the vehicle and the battery replacement equipment in the battery replacement process, but not limited to the above.

In a preferred embodiment, a first space stroke of the charging terminal 14 for lifting and lowering is at least partially overlapped with a second space stroke of the tray member 21 for horizontally moving in and out, and the charging terminal 14 and the tray member 21 are selected to enter the insertion space 13, but not limited thereto.

In a preferred embodiment, the battery swapping device 2 further includes: a conveying belt 22 disposed along the moving direction of the tray member 21 for conveying the tray member 21 into and out of the battery compartment, but not limited thereto.

In a preferred embodiment, the battery swapping device 2 further includes: and the at least one clamping tenon 23 is arranged on the upper surface of the tray part 21, can be lifted and is clamped with the inserting groove 312 on the bottom surface of the battery 31. In the prior art, after a battery is pushed into a battery bin by a large-scale motor in a battery replacing mode, the battery is directly connected with a corresponding node terminal, but the horsepower of the motor required by pushing the battery is too large, so that the corresponding node terminal is easily bent or deformed in a butt joint process, poor contact is caused, and the service life of the whole electric vehicle is greatly shortened. In order to overcome the problem, the charging terminal 14 in the embodiment adopts an independent small-sized motor to lift, so that the mechanical damage to the charging terminal 14 during butt joint is greatly reduced, and the service life of the whole electric vehicle is prolonged.

In a preferred embodiment, the battery compartment is further provided with a plurality of positioning grooves at two sides of the supporting rail set 11, and two sides of the battery 31 are respectively provided with a plurality of limiting tenons 313 engaged with the positioning grooves, but not limited thereto.

Fig. 12 is a schematic diagram of a battery replacement in the vehicle side battery replacement system according to the invention. As shown in fig. 12, in a preferred embodiment, the battery includes a plurality of vertically arranged battery cells and a plurality of charging terminals 14, the battery cells are perpendicular to the driving direction of the battery replacing vehicle 1, and have non-overlapping spatial paths exiting from the battery compartment, and the tray member 21 of the battery replacing device 2 carries and takes and places the batteries 31 one by one, but not limited thereto.

The specific embodiment of the invention is as follows:

referring to fig. 1 and 2, a battery replacement vehicle 1 to be replaced drives into a battery replacement station, and the battery replacement station includes a battery replacement device 2 and a battery rack 3. The battery holder 3 includes a plurality of

battery sites

3A, 3B, 3C arranged in a matrix in the vertical direction, each of which can accommodate one battery 32, 33 (the batteries 32, 33 are fully charged). Each battery can leave the battery frame 3 along the direction vertical to the vertical plane of the battery frame 3, one side of the battery frame 3 is provided with a group of rails 20, and the battery replacing device 2 runs along the rails 20 and carries the batteries from the battery frame 3. The battery replacing device 2 comprises a tray part 21 and a lifting mechanism (not shown in the figure) for lifting the tray part 21, wherein the tray part 21 can freely extend out based on two sides of the battery replacing device 2 to take or return the battery to the battery rack 3, and the battery can be installed or removed from a battery compartment of the battery replacing vehicle 1. The battery replacement device 2 aligns batteries in different rows in the battery rack 3 by aligning the batteries in different columns in the battery rack 3 based on the movement on the rail 20 and adjusting the height of the tray 21 based on the lifting mechanism, but the invention is not limited thereto.

Referring to fig. 3 and 4, an openable side cabin door 12 is arranged on the side of the battery replacing vehicle 1, and the battery compartment is exposed after the side cabin door 12 is opened. The battery compartment supports therein the battery 31 to be replaced by the support rail groups 11, and the support rail groups 11 form therebetween an insertion space 13 into which the tray member 21 is inserted.

Referring to fig. 5 and 6, the charging terminal 14 is lowered to be separated from the charging port 311 on the bottom surface of the battery 31, and the charging terminal 14 is withdrawn from the insertion space 13.

Referring to fig. 7, the tray member 21 horizontally moves into and out of a battery compartment in the body of the battery replacement vehicle 1, and the tray member 21 horizontally moves into the bottom of the battery 31 in the battery compartment along the insertion space 13.

Referring to fig. 8, 9 and 10, the latch 23 is raised and latches with the slot 312 in the bottom surface of the battery 31. At this time, the weight of the battery 31 is borne by the tray member 21, the conveying belt 22 is reversed, and the tray member 21 exits the battery compartment with the battery 31.

Referring to fig. 11, after the battery 31 is placed in the empty battery position 3A of the battery holder 3 by the battery replacing device 2, a fully charged battery 32 is removed from the battery holder 3, and the tray member 21 carries the fully charged battery 32 horizontally into the battery compartment. When the tray part 21 is separated from the battery 32, the battery 32 is carried by the battery replacing vehicle 1, the tray part 21 exits from the battery compartment, the charging terminal 14 rises to be connected with the charging port 311 on the bottom surface of the battery 32, after the side cabin door 12 of the vehicle body is closed, the battery replacing vehicle 1 which completes battery replacing is driven out of the battery replacing station, and the whole battery replacing process is finished.

Fig. 13 is a flowchart of a first vehicle side-swapping method of the present invention. As shown in fig. 13, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a first vehicle side power swapping method, where the vehicle side power swapping system is adopted, and the method includes the following steps:

and S110, descending the charging terminal to be separated from the charging port of the battery.

And S120, opening a side cabin door of the battery replacing vehicle to expose the battery cabin.

S130, the tray horizontally enters the bottom of the battery in the battery bin.

And S140, separating the battery replacement vehicle from the battery, and supporting the guide rail set to bear the battery.

And S150, the tray piece takes the battery to exit the battery compartment.

Through the steps, the service life of the whole electric vehicle is prolonged in the process of taking out the battery from the battery replacing vehicle, the battery replacing speed is accelerated, and the turnover efficiency of the battery replacing station is increased.

Fig. 14 is a flowchart of a second vehicle side-swapping method of the present invention. As shown in fig. 14, a second vehicle side power swapping method is further provided in the embodiment of the present invention, where the vehicle side power swapping system is adopted, and includes the following steps:

and S210, the tray piece carries the battery to enter the battery bin.

S220, the tray piece is separated from the battery, and the support guide rail set bears the battery.

And S230, horizontally withdrawing the tray from the bottom of the battery in the battery bin.

S240, closing a side cabin door of the battery replacing vehicle and sealing the battery cabin.

And S250, the charging terminal rises to be connected with a charging port of the battery, and the vehicle can drive away from the charging station after the battery is replaced.

Through the steps, the service life of the whole electric vehicle can be prolonged in the process of installing the battery on the battery replacing vehicle, the battery replacing speed is accelerated, and the turnover efficiency of the battery replacing station is increased.

The vehicle lateral battery replacement method can improve the space utilization rate in the vehicle body, is suitable for the rapid battery replacement scene of large-sized electric vehicles, prolongs the service life of the whole electric vehicle, accelerates the battery replacement speed, increases the turnover efficiency of a battery replacement station, and can ensure the safety of the vehicle and the battery replacement equipment in the battery replacement process.

The above-mentioned embodiments are only preferred examples of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention, and any equivalent substitutions, modifications and changes made within the principle of the present invention are within the protection scope of the present invention.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a vehicle side power conversion device which comprises a processor. A memory having stored therein executable instructions of the processor. Wherein the processor is configured to perform the steps of the vehicle side swapping method via execution of executable instructions.

As shown above, the vehicle lateral battery replacement system of the embodiment of the invention can improve the space utilization rate inside the vehicle body, is suitable for a rapid battery replacement scene of a large-sized electric vehicle, prolongs the service life of the whole electric vehicle, accelerates the battery replacement speed, increases the turnover efficiency of the battery replacement station, and can ensure the safety of the vehicle and the battery replacement equipment in the battery replacement process.

As will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, aspects of the present invention may be embodied as a system, method or program product. Thus, various aspects of the invention may be embodied in the form of: an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment (including firmware, microcode, etc.) or an embodiment combining hardware and software aspects that may all generally be referred to herein as a "circuit," module "or" platform.

Fig. 15 is a schematic structural diagram of the vehicle side battery swapping device of the present invention. An electronic device 600 according to this embodiment of the invention is described below with reference to fig. 15. The electronic device 600 shown in fig. 15 is only an example, and should not bring any limitation to the functions and the scope of use of the embodiments of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 15, the electronic device 600 is embodied in the form of a general purpose computing device. The components of the electronic device 600 may include, but are not limited to: at least one processing unit 610, at least one memory unit 620, a bus 630 connecting the different platform components (including the memory unit 620 and the processing unit 610), a display unit 640, etc.

Wherein the storage unit stores program code executable by the processing unit 610 to cause the processing unit 610 to perform steps according to various exemplary embodiments of the present invention described in the above-mentioned electronic prescription flow processing method section of the present specification. For example, processing unit 610 may perform the steps as shown in fig. 13 or 14.

The storage unit 620 may include readable media in the form of volatile memory units, such as a random access memory unit (RAM)6201 and/or a cache memory unit 6202, and may further include a read-only memory unit (ROM) 6203.

The memory unit 620 may also include a program/utility 6204 having a set (at least one) of program modules 6205, such program modules 6205 including, but not limited to: an operating system, one or more application programs, other program modules, and program data, each of which, or some combination thereof, may comprise an implementation of a network environment.

Bus 630 may be one or more of several types of bus structures, including a memory unit bus or memory unit controller, a peripheral bus, an accelerated graphics port, a processing unit, or a local bus using any of a variety of bus architectures.

The electronic device 600 may also communicate with one or more external devices 700 (e.g., keyboard, pointing device, bluetooth device, etc.), with one or more devices that enable a user to interact with the electronic device 600, and/or with any devices (e.g., router, modem, etc.) that enable the electronic device 600 to communicate with one or more other computing devices. Such communication may occur via an input/output (I/O) interface 650. Also, the electronic device 600 may communicate with one or more networks (e.g., a Local Area Network (LAN), a Wide Area Network (WAN), and/or a public network such as the Internet) via the network adapter 660. The network adapter 660 may communicate with other modules of the electronic device 600 via the bus 630. It should be appreciated that although not shown in the figures, other hardware and/or software modules may be used in conjunction with the electronic device 600, including but not limited to: microcode, device drivers, redundant processing units, external disk drive arrays, RAID systems, tape drives, and data backup storage platforms, to name a few.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a computer-readable storage medium for storing a program, and the program realizes the steps of the vehicle side battery replacement method when being executed. In some possible embodiments, the aspects of the present invention may also be implemented in the form of a program product comprising program code for causing a terminal device to perform the steps according to various exemplary embodiments of the present invention described in the above-mentioned electronic prescription flow processing method section of this specification, when the program product is run on the terminal device.

Fig. 16 is a schematic structural diagram of a computer-readable storage medium of the present invention. Referring to fig. 16, a program product 800 for implementing the above method according to an embodiment of the present invention is described, which may employ a portable compact disc read only memory (CD-ROM) and include program code, and may be run on a terminal device, such as a personal computer. However, the program product of the present invention is not limited in this regard and, in the present document, a readable storage medium may be any tangible medium that can contain, or store a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device.

The program product may employ any combination of one or more readable media. The readable medium may be a readable signal medium or a readable storage medium. A readable storage medium may be, for example, but not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or any combination of the foregoing. More specific examples (a non-exhaustive list) of the readable storage medium include: an electrical connection having one or more wires, a portable disk, a hard disk, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), an optical fiber, a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing.

A computer readable storage medium may include a propagated data signal with readable program code embodied therein, for example, in baseband or as part of a carrier wave. Such a propagated data signal may take many forms, including, but not limited to, electro-magnetic, optical, or any suitable combination thereof. A readable storage medium may also be any readable medium that is not a readable storage medium and that can communicate, propagate, or transport a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. Program code embodied on a readable storage medium may be transmitted using any appropriate medium, including but not limited to wireless, wireline, optical fiber cable, RF, etc., or any suitable combination of the foregoing.

Program code for carrying out operations for aspects of the present invention may be written in any combination of one or more programming languages, including an object oriented programming language such as Java, C + + or the like and conventional procedural programming languages, such as the "C" programming language or similar programming languages. The program code may execute entirely on the user's computing device, partly on the user's device, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the user's computing device and partly on a remote computing device, or entirely on the remote computing device or server. In the case of a remote computing device, the remote computing device may be connected to the user computing device through any kind of network, including a Local Area Network (LAN) or a Wide Area Network (WAN), or may be connected to an external computing device (e.g., through the internet using an internet service provider).

In summary, the present invention is directed to a vehicle lateral battery replacement system, method, device and storage medium, which can improve the space utilization rate inside a vehicle body, is suitable for a rapid battery replacement scenario of a large-sized electric vehicle, prolongs the service life of the electric vehicle as a whole, increases the battery replacement speed, increases the turnover efficiency of a battery replacement station, and can ensure the safety of the vehicle and the battery replacement device during the battery replacement process.

The foregoing is a more detailed description of the invention in connection with specific preferred embodiments and it is not intended that the invention be limited to these specific details. For those skilled in the art to which the invention pertains, several simple deductions or substitutions can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention, and all shall be considered as belonging to the protection scope of the invention.

Claims

1. A vehicle side swapping system is characterized by comprising: a battery compartment, the battery compartment comprising:

the support guide rail set (11) is perpendicular to the running direction of the battery replacing vehicle (1) in the extending direction, and an insertion space (13) is formed between the support guide rail set (11);

the side cabin door (12) is arranged on the side face of the head of the battery replacing vehicle (1), and the side cabin door (12) is communicated with one end of the support guide rail group (11) in the battery compartment after being opened; and

and a charging terminal (14) which is inserted into and removed from a charging port (311) of the battery (31) by displacement.

2. The vehicle side swapping system of claim 1, wherein the charging terminal (14) is vertically movable through the insertion space (13) to be plugged into and pulled out of a charging port (311) on the bottom surface of the battery (31).

3. The vehicle side battery replacing system according to claim 2, further comprising a battery replacing device (2), wherein the battery replacing device (2) is provided with a tray member (21) which enters and exits the insertion space (13) along the extending direction of the support guide rail set (11) and carries and takes in and out the battery (31).

4. The vehicle side-swapping system of claim 3, characterized in that a first space stroke of the charging terminal (14) for lifting and lowering is at least partially spatially overlapped with a second space stroke of the tray member (21) for horizontal in and out, and the charging terminal (14) and the tray member (21) are alternatively inserted into the insertion space (13).

5. The vehicle side battery replacing system according to claim 3, wherein the directions of the tray member (21) entering and exiting the battery compartment are perpendicular to each other, respectively, the traveling direction of the battery replacing vehicle (1) and the vertical lifting direction of the charging terminal (14).

6. The vehicle side swapping system of claim 3, wherein the swapping device (2) further comprises:

a conveying belt (22) arranged along the moving direction of the tray member (21) and used for conveying the tray member (21) into and out of the battery compartment; and

and the clamping tenon (23) is arranged on the upper surface of the tray piece (21), can be lifted and is clamped with the inserting groove (312) on the bottom surface of the battery (31).

7. The vehicle side battery replacement system according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of positioning grooves are further formed in the battery compartment on two sides of the support guide rail set (11), and a plurality of limiting tenons (313) engaged with the positioning grooves are respectively formed in two sides of the battery (31).

8. The vehicle lateral battery replacement system according to claim 3, wherein the battery comprises a plurality of vertically arranged battery pieces and a plurality of charging terminals (14), the battery pieces are perpendicular to the driving direction of the battery replacement vehicle (1) and have non-overlapping spatial paths exiting the battery compartment, and tray members (21) of the battery replacement device (2) carry and take and place the battery (31) one by one.

9. The vehicle side battery replacement method is characterized in that the vehicle side battery replacement system according to claim 3 is adopted, and the method comprises the following steps:

the tray horizontally enters the bottom of the battery in the battery bin;

the tray part carries the battery to exit the battery bin.

10. The vehicle side battery replacement method is characterized in that the vehicle side battery replacement system according to claim 3 is adopted, and the method comprises the following steps:

the tray part carries the battery to enter the battery bin;

11. A vehicle side battery replacement device, comprising:

a processor;

a memory having stored therein executable instructions of the processor;

wherein the processor is configured to perform the steps of the vehicle side swapping method of claim 9 or 10 via execution of the executable instructions.

12. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program which, when executed by a processor, performs the steps of the vehicle side swapping method of claim 9 or 10.