CN212149092U

CN212149092U - Unmanned vehicle, transfer device and logistics distribution system

Info

Publication number: CN212149092U
Application number: CN202020756818.7U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王永聪
Original assignee: Neolix Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Neolix Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-05-09
Filing date: 2020-05-09
Publication date: 2020-12-15
Anticipated expiration: 2030-05-09

Abstract

The utility model belongs to the technical field of logistics distribution, specifically provide an unmanned car, transfer device and logistics distribution system, wherein unmanned car includes the chassis and sets up in the carriage of chassis top, be provided with the direction recess that extends along the chassis upper surface on the chassis, the direction recess runs through the terminal surface on chassis, transfer device includes elevating system and conveyer belt structure, the one end of conveyer belt structure can stretch into in the direction recess, elevating system can drive the conveyer belt structure and rise, in order to lift the carriage from the chassis, or drive the conveyer belt structure and descend, in order to place the carriage in the chassis. The chassis and the carriage of the unmanned vehicle which is unmanned or automatically driven are separated through the lifting device, so that the cargo delivery function and the transportation function of the unmanned vehicle are separated, the unmanned vehicle is prevented from waiting for a customer to take the cargo for a long time, and the delivery efficiency of the unmanned vehicle is improved.

Description

Unmanned vehicle, transfer device and logistics distribution system

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a logistics distribution technical field especially relates to an unmanned car, transfer device and logistics distribution system.

Background

With the rapid development of the logistics industry, the labor cost is saved and the distribution efficiency is improved by the technology of automatically driving the distribution vehicle for distribution, so that the system is widely concerned by the logistics industry.

The "last mile" in the logistics industry refers to the last distance a package has from the transfer station to the customer, and unmanned delivery of the last mile is typically accomplished using an autonomous delivery vehicle. Generally, an automated delivery vehicle waits at a predetermined delivery location for a customer to remove the goods and then returns to a transfer station for the next delivery. Due to the fact that the goods taking time of different customers is different, the automatic driving distribution vehicle can return to the transfer station after all the customers finish taking goods for a long time, distribution efficiency and use efficiency are low, the profitability of the automatic driving distribution vehicle is weakened, and distribution efficiency of a distribution system is reduced.

Therefore, there is a need for an unmanned vehicle, a transfer device and a logistics distribution system to improve cargo distribution efficiency.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the utility model is to provide an unmanned car, transfer device and logistics distribution system to avoid the long time wait of unmanned car delivery goods, improve the delivery efficiency of unmanned car.

To achieve the purpose, the technical proposal adopted by the utility model is that:

an unmanned vehicle comprising:

the chassis is provided with a guide groove extending along the upper surface of the chassis, and the guide groove penetrates through the end surface of the chassis; and

the carriage is detachably arranged on the chassis and is positioned above the guide groove.

Further, the guide groove is arranged on the chassis along the traveling direction of the unmanned vehicle.

Furthermore, a first positioning structure is arranged on the chassis, a second positioning structure is arranged on the carriage, and the first positioning structure can be matched with the second positioning structure so as to fix the carriage on the chassis; the first locating structure is disengageable from the second locating structure to separate the car from the chassis.

Furthermore, one of the first positioning structure and the second positioning structure is a positioning column, and the other one of the first positioning structure and the second positioning structure is a positioning groove, and the positioning column can be inserted into the positioning groove.

Furthermore, the number of the positioning columns is four, the four positioning columns are arranged on the chassis in a rectangular mode, and the positioning grooves correspond to the positioning columns in the same number one to one.

The transfer device is used for transferring the carriage of the unmanned vehicle and comprises a lifting mechanism and a conveyor belt structure, wherein a transmission end of the conveyor belt structure can extend into a guide groove of a chassis of the unmanned vehicle, and the lifting mechanism can drive the conveyor belt structure to ascend so as to lift the carriage away from the chassis; the lifting mechanism can drive the conveying belt structure to descend so as to place the carriage on the chassis.

Further, the conveyer belt structure includes support, band pulley and the conveyer belt of cover locating on the band pulley, elevating system's output with the support links to each other, the band pulley is provided with at least two, wherein two the band pulley set up respectively in the both ends of support, the band pulley can drive the conveyer belt rotates.

Further, the lifting mechanism is a hydraulic cylinder, an air cylinder or an electric push rod.

A logistics distribution system comprises the unmanned vehicle and the transfer device.

Further, the unmanned vehicle has a first position and a second position relative to the transfer device, when the unmanned vehicle is located at the first position, the transmission end of the conveyor belt structure can extend into the guide groove of the chassis, and the lifting mechanism can drive the conveyor belt structure to ascend so as to lift the carriage away from the chassis; when the unmanned vehicle is located at the second position, the lifting mechanism can drive the conveyor belt structure to descend so as to place the carriage on the chassis.

The utility model has the advantages that:

the utility model provides an unmanned vehicle, unmanned vehicle include the chassis and set up in the carriage of chassis top, are provided with the direction recess that extends along the upper surface on chassis on the chassis, and the direction recess runs through the terminal surface on chassis, and the carriage is located the top of direction recess, separates through carriage and chassis for the goods delivery function and the transportation function of unmanned vehicle separately, have avoided unmanned vehicle to wait for long time that client gets goods, have improved the delivery efficiency of unmanned vehicle.

The utility model also provides a transfer device for transport the carriage of above-mentioned unmanned car, separate the chassis and the carriage of unmanned car through elevating gear for the goods delivery function and the transportation function of unmanned car are separately, have avoided unmanned car to wait for long time that client gets goods, have improved the delivery efficiency of unmanned car.

The utility model also provides a logistics distribution system, logistics distribution system include above-mentioned unmanned car and above-mentioned transfer device, separate the chassis and the carriage of unmanned car through elevating gear for the goods delivery function and the transportation function of unmanned car are separately, have avoided unmanned car to wait for long time that client gets goods, have improved the delivery efficiency of unmanned car, are favorable to logistics distribution system's standardization, are convenient for its extensive deployment or popularization.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a left side view of an unmanned vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a front view of an unmanned vehicle provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a first schematic structural diagram of a logistics distribution system provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a logistics distribution system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a logistics distribution system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure:

1. unmanned vehicles; 11. a chassis; 111. a guide groove; 12. a carriage; 121. a storage cabinet; 122. a human-computer interaction interface;

2. a transfer device; 21. a lifting mechanism; 22. a conveyor belt structure; 221. a support; 222. a pulley; 223. a conveyor belt; 3. a base.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical problem solved by the present invention, the technical solution adopted by the present invention and the technical effect achieved by the present invention clearer, the technical solution of the present invention will be further explained by combining the drawings and by means of the specific implementation manner. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not limiting of the invention. It should be further noted that, for the convenience of description, only some but not all of the elements related to the present invention are shown in the drawings.

In the description of the present invention, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "connected," "connected," and "fixed" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning permanently connected, detachably connected, or integral to one another; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

In the present disclosure, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature may comprise direct contact between the first and second features, or may comprise contact between the first and second features not directly. Also, the first feature being "on," "above" and "over" the second feature includes the first feature being directly on and obliquely above the second feature, or merely indicating that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature includes the first feature being directly under and obliquely below the second feature, or simply meaning that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

In the description of the present embodiment, the terms "upper", "lower", "right", etc. are used in an orientation or positional relationship based on that shown in the drawings only for convenience of description and simplicity of operation, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first" and "second" are used only for descriptive purposes and are not intended to have a special meaning.

The technical solution of the present invention is further explained by the following embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2, the utility model provides an unmanned vehicle 1, unmanned vehicle 1 include chassis 11 and set up in carriage 12 above chassis 11, are provided with the direction recess 111 that extends along the upper surface of chassis 11 on chassis 11, and direction recess 111 runs through the terminal surface in chassis 11, and carriage 12 detachably sets up on chassis 11 to be located the top of direction recess 111.

As shown in fig. 3-5, the utility model also provides a transfer device 2 and logistics distribution system, logistics distribution system includes unmanned car 1 and sets up transfer device 2 in the delivery district, wherein transfer device 2 includes elevating system 21 and conveyor belt structure 22, conveyor belt structure 22 can support and transport carriage 12, transfer device 2's transmission end can stretch into direction recess 111, elevating system 21 can drive conveyor belt structure 22 and rise, in order to lift carriage 12 from chassis 11, or drive conveyor belt structure 22 and descend, in order to place carriage 12 in chassis 11.

The chassis 11 and the carriage 12 of the unmanned vehicle 1 are separated through the transfer device 2, so that the cargo delivery function and the transportation function of the unmanned vehicle 1 are separated, the unmanned vehicle 1 is prevented from waiting for a long time for a customer to take the cargo, the delivery efficiency of the unmanned vehicle 1 is improved, the standardization of a logistics delivery system is facilitated, and the large-scale deployment or popularization of the logistics delivery system is facilitated.

In this embodiment, the chassis 11 is provided with a first positioning structure (not shown), and the carriage 12 is provided with a second positioning structure (not shown). When the first positioning structure is matched with the second positioning structure, the carriage 12 can be stably placed on the chassis 11; when the first locating structure is disengaged from the second locating structure, the car 12 can be disengaged from the chassis 11. Particularly, one of them of first location structure and second location structure is the reference column, and another is the constant head tank, and the reference column can be pegged graft in the constant head tank to guarantee that unmanned vehicle 1's chassis 11 and carriage 12 can be connected firmly, avoid chassis 11 and carriage 12 separation in the transportation, lead to carriage 12 to lose, and/or the goods in the carriage 12 damage.

Further preferably, the number of the positioning columns is four, the four positioning columns are arranged on the upper end face of the chassis 11 in a rectangular shape, and the positioning grooves are the same in number as the positioning columns and correspond to the positioning columns one to one. In other embodiments, the detachable connection between the chassis 11 and the car 12 can also be achieved through a structure or a connection form such as a magnetic lock, an adhesive or a buckle, wherein the structure and the operation process of the magnetic lock and the buckle are conventional technical means in the art, and are not described herein again.

As shown in fig. 3-5, the conveyor structure 22 includes a support 221, at least two belt pulleys 222, and a conveyor 223 sleeved on the belt pulleys 222, where the two belt pulleys 222 are respectively disposed at two ends of the support 221 and can drive the conveyor 223 to rotate, so as to transport the car 12.

In the present embodiment, the lifting mechanism 21 is preferably a hydraulic cylinder, and in order to facilitate the installation of the lifting mechanism 21, the base 3 is further provided in the delivery area, and the lifting mechanism 21 is installed on the base 3. The output end of the hydraulic cylinder, i.e. the piston rod, is connected to the support 221 of the conveyor belt structure 22 and supports the support 221. The hydraulic cylinders are provided with two hydraulic cylinders, and piston rods of the two hydraulic cylinders are connected with the support 221 of the conveyor belt structure 22 so as to increase the stable support for the conveyor belt structure 22. In other embodiments, the lifting mechanism 21 may also be an air cylinder or an electric push rod structure, and the mechanism capable of lifting the conveyor belt structure 22 is a conventional technical means in the art, and will not be described herein again.

For ease of understanding and description, the positions of the unmanned vehicle 1 in the delivery area are described as the first position and the second position. As shown in fig. 3, after the unmanned vehicle 1 arrives at the distribution area from the cargo transfer station, the unmanned vehicle 1 moves relative to the conveyor belt structure 22 until it reaches the first position, at which time the transfer end of the conveyor belt structure 22 extends into the guide groove 111 on the chassis 11. As shown in fig. 4, the lifting mechanism 21 drives the conveyor belt structure 22 to rise in the vertical direction, and the conveyor belt 223 abuts against the lower end surface of the carriage 12 and drives the carriage 12 to rise continuously until the carriage 12 is lifted off the chassis 11. The carriage 12 is disposed on the conveyor belt structure 22 to deliver the goods, so that the delivery function and the transportation function of the unmanned vehicle 1 are separated, and the delivery efficiency of the unmanned vehicle 1 is improved.

As shown in fig. 5, another car 12 with the goods delivered is supported on the belt 223 of the belt structure 22. After the unmanned vehicle 1 unloads the carriage 12 with the goods on the conveyor belt structure 22, and after the unmanned vehicle 1 moves from the first position to the second position, the lifting mechanism 21 drives the conveyor belt structure 22 to descend, and the other end of the conveyor belt structure 22 can enter the guide groove 111 and be separated from contact with another carriage 12 with the goods delivery completed, so that another carriage 12 with the goods delivery completed is placed on the chassis 11, and the unmanned vehicle 1 transports the other carriage 12 with the goods delivery completed back to the goods transfer station, thereby improving the use efficiency and the delivery efficiency of the unmanned vehicle 1.

In the present embodiment, taking the orientation of fig. 4 as an example, the first position is at the right end of the conveyor belt structure 22, and the second position is at the left end of the conveyor belt structure 22. After unloading the carriage 12 loaded with goods or express items to the conveyor belt structure 22 when the unmanned vehicle 1 is located at the first position, when the conveyor belt structure 22 transfers the carriage 12 loaded with goods from right to left, the other carriage 12 to which the goods are distributed is simultaneously transferred to the other end of the conveyor belt structure 22, i.e., the left end of the conveyor belt structure 22, so as to be detachably connected to the chassis 11 of the unmanned vehicle 1 arriving at the second position.

As shown in fig. 5, a plurality of storage cabinets 121 capable of accommodating goods are disposed on the compartment 12, each storage cabinet 121 has a cabinet door capable of opening or closing an inner cavity of the storage cabinet 121, and an illumination lamp (not shown) is disposed in each storage cabinet 121, so that a customer can conveniently take away the goods at night or in a dark condition.

Specifically, this carriage 12 is the intelligent express delivery distribution cabinet of common use, can realize the automatic dispatch of express delivery (the delivery cabinet is got by oneself after the addressee obtains the express delivery notice), and locker 121 can also be according to the size design of goods for the inner chamber that has multiple specification. The carriage 12 is provided with a human-computer interface 122, so that a receiver can issue an instruction through the human-computer interface 122, the operation of opening the storage cabinet 121 or scanning an information code of a customer can be realized, and the intellectualization of the carriage 12 for distributing goods is realized.

It should be noted that, because the unmanned vehicle 1 has an automatic driving function, the unmanned vehicle 1 further includes a visual camera (not shown in the figure), and the visual camera is disposed at the top end of the vehicle head of the unmanned vehicle 1 and is used for shooting an image of a driving path of the unmanned vehicle 1, so as to provide accurate view information for navigation of the unmanned vehicle 1 and improve navigation accuracy of the unmanned vehicle 1. Meanwhile, the unmanned vehicle 1 can plan a route according to the image of the driving route, so that congested road conditions or collision barriers are avoided, and the safety and the distribution efficiency of the unmanned vehicle 1 are improved.

In order to realize the accurate removal of unmanned vehicle 1, avoid the circumstances such as collide with surrounding environment or object, unmanned vehicle 1 still includes a plurality of range radar (not drawn in the figure), and a plurality of range radar set up respectively on the lateral wall of unmanned vehicle 1's periphery for measure unmanned vehicle 1 and the interval of barrier on every side. It can be understood that the unmanned vehicle 1 may further be provided with a laser navigation structure, a GPS positioning system structure, and the like, so as to improve the path planning capability and the navigation accuracy of the unmanned vehicle 1, and a device capable of implementing accurate navigation of the unmanned vehicle 1 is a conventional technical means in the field, and is not described herein again.

For convenience of understanding, the distribution process of the logistics distribution system is as follows:

first, the unmanned vehicle 1 is detachably connected to the carriage 12 loaded with goods, the unmanned vehicle 1 moves to a distribution area according to a planned route, in the distribution area, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the unmanned vehicle 1 moves to the right side of the conveyor belt structure 22, the conveyor belt structure 22 extends into the guide groove 111 of the chassis 11 of the unmanned vehicle 1, and the lifting mechanism 21 drives the conveyor belt structure 22 to ascend, so that the carriage 12 loaded with goods is separated from the chassis 11. Then, as shown in fig. 5, the unmanned vehicle 1 moves to the left side of the conveyor belt structure 22, while the conveyor belt structure 22 transports the carriage 12 loaded with the goods, another carriage 12 with the goods delivered is transported to the left end of the conveyor belt structure 22, the lifting mechanism 21 drives the conveyor belt structure 22 to descend, the other end of the conveyor belt structure 22 enters the guide groove 111 of the chassis 11 of the unmanned vehicle 1 and is separated from the contact with another carriage 12 with the goods delivered, and the another carriage 12 with the goods delivered is plugged into the positioning columns on the chassis 11 through the positioning grooves at the bottom in a one-to-one correspondence manner and is detachably connected to the chassis 11. Then, the unmanned vehicle 1 leaves the delivery area according to the planned route, and transports another carriage 12, to which the goods are delivered, back to the goods transfer station.

This logistics distribution system separates chassis 11 and carriage 12 of unmanned car 1, because carriage 12 possesses independent goods delivery ability for unmanned car 1's goods delivery separates with the transportation function, has avoided unmanned car 1 to wait for a long time that customer gets goods, has improved logistics distribution system's delivery efficiency.

The above embodiments have been described only the basic principles and features of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited by the above embodiments, and is not departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

Claims

1. An unmanned vehicle, comprising:

the chassis (11), the chassis (11) is provided with a guide groove (111) extending along the upper surface of the chassis (11), and the guide groove (111) penetrates through the end surface of the chassis (11); and

the carriage (12) is detachably arranged on the chassis (11) and is positioned above the guide groove (111).

2. The unmanned vehicle according to claim 1, characterized in that the guide groove (111) is provided on the chassis (11) in a traveling direction of the unmanned vehicle (1).

3. The unmanned vehicle of claim 1, wherein the chassis (11) is provided with a first locating structure, and the wagon body (12) is provided with a second locating structure, the first locating structure being capable of cooperating with the second locating structure to secure the wagon body (12) to the chassis (11); the first locating structure is disengageable from the second locating structure to separate the wagon (12) from the chassis (11).

4. The unmanned vehicle of claim 3, wherein one of the first and second positioning structures is a positioning post and the other is a positioning slot, and the positioning post can be inserted into the positioning slot.

5. The unmanned vehicle of claim 4, wherein the number of the positioning columns is four, the four positioning columns are arranged on the chassis (11) in a rectangular shape, and the positioning grooves are the same in number as the positioning columns and correspond to the positioning columns one by one.

6. Transfer device, characterized in that it is used for transferring a car body (12) of an unmanned vehicle according to any of claims 1-5, the transfer device (2) comprising a lifting mechanism (21) and a conveyor belt structure (22), the conveying end of the conveyor belt structure (22) being capable of extending into a guide groove (111) of a chassis (11) of the unmanned vehicle, the lifting mechanism (21) being capable of lifting the conveyor belt structure (22) to lift the car body (12) off the chassis (11); the lifting mechanism (21) can drive the conveying belt structure (22) to descend so as to place the carriage (12) on the chassis (11).

7. Transfer device according to claim 6, wherein the conveyor belt structure (22) comprises a support (221), a pulley (222) and a conveyor belt (223) sleeved on the pulley (222), the output end of the lifting mechanism (21) is connected to the support (221), at least two pulleys (222) are provided, two pulleys (222) are respectively provided at two ends of the support (221), and the pulleys (222) can drive the conveyor belt (223) to rotate.

8. Transfer device according to claim 6, wherein the lifting mechanism (21) is a hydraulic cylinder, an air cylinder or an electric push rod.

9. Logistics distribution system, characterized in that it comprises an unmanned vehicle according to any of claims 1-5 and a transfer device according to any of claims 6-8.

10. Logistics distribution system according to claim 9, wherein the unmanned vehicle (1) has a first position and a second position relative to the transfer device (2), when the unmanned vehicle (1) is in the first position, a delivery end of the conveyor belt structure (22) can be inserted into the guide groove (111) of the chassis (11), and the lifting mechanism (21) can lift the conveyor belt structure (22) to lift the carriage (12) off the chassis (11); when the unmanned vehicle (1) is located at the second position, the lifting mechanism (21) can drive the conveyor belt structure (22) to descend so as to place the carriage (12) on the chassis (11).