CN215204523U

CN215204523U - Vehicle positioning device and battery replacement station

Info

Publication number: CN215204523U
Application number: CN202120501322.XU
Authority: CN
Inventors: 孙福禄; 叶明瑞; 辛庆锋; 姜军平; 张栋江
Original assignee: Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co Ltd; Zhejiang Jizhi New Energy Automobile Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co Ltd; Zhejiang Jizhi New Energy Automobile Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-03-09
Filing date: 2021-03-09
Publication date: 2021-12-17
Anticipated expiration: 2031-03-09

Abstract

The utility model relates to a vehicle positioner and trade power station, including locating component, locating component includes preceding cylinder, rear cylinder and positioning mechanism, preceding cylinder with rear cylinder parallel arrangement, preceding cylinder with the rear cylinder is used for bearing the weight of the vehicle tire, preceding cylinder with distance is greater than between the rear cylinder the diameter of vehicle tire, preceding cylinder center pin direction with the vehicle direction of travel is perpendicular, preceding cylinder with the rear cylinder constitutes the constant head tank structure, the constant head tank structure positioning mechanism with preceding cylinder connects, positioning mechanism is used for the adjustment preceding cylinder with distance between the rear cylinder. The adjustable positioning groove is formed by arranging the double rollers, so that the positioning of vehicles with different wheelbases can be realized; the problem of trade among the prior art power station can't trade the electricity for different wheelbase vehicles and the vehicle easily passes through the position of trading the electricity is solved.

Description

Vehicle positioning device and battery replacement station

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a trade power station technical field, especially relate to a vehicle positioner and trade power station.

Background

The electric power supply mode of the power battery of the electric automobile is generally divided into two modes of inserting charging with the automobile and replacing the battery, wherein the inserting charging mode comprises a slow charging mode and a fast charging mode. The insertion charging mode has the following defects: 1. the initial investment cost of the battery is high, and the popularization of the electric automobile is hindered to a certain extent; 2. the charging time is too long, at least 2-4 hours, and compared with the oiling of a common automobile, the time spent on supplying energy by the electric automobile is too long, so that the charging is not convenient and fast, and the requirements of people cannot be met. The problem of the plug-in charging mode can be effectively avoided by adopting the mode of replacing the battery, and the quick charging mode can greatly damage the battery, so that the service life of the battery is shortened. The method for replacing the battery can finish the electric energy supply of the electric automobile in a short time and cannot influence the service life of the power battery, so that the method for replacing the battery becomes a more popular electric energy supply method for the electric automobile at present.

When the battery is replaced, firstly, the electric automobile needs to be driven to a target position on the battery replacing platform, so that the battery replacing trolley is located below a battery pack on a chassis of the vehicle, then the battery replacing trolley is lifted by the lifting mechanism so that the battery replacing trolley is suitable for vehicles with different chassis heights, and if the vehicle does not drive into a target area on the battery replacing platform, the battery replacing trolley cannot perform accurate replacement operation on the battery pack. In the prior art, the positioning mode of driving a vehicle to a target area is basically realized by subjective judgment of a driver, the vehicle is easily driven to pass through a battery replacement position, the requirement on the driving experience of the driver is extremely high, if the driving position is inaccurate, the driver is required to adjust the vehicle position for many times until the battery replacement position is accurate, the vehicle positioning time is long, the user experience is poor, and meanwhile, the battery replacement efficiency of the vehicle is also seriously influenced.

Therefore, it is necessary to provide a positioning device capable of positioning vehicles with different wheelbases and improving the battery replacement efficiency to solve the above technical problems.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In order to solve the technical problem, the utility model provides a vehicle positioning device. The problem of trade among the prior art power station can't trade the electricity for different wheelbase vehicles and the vehicle easily passes through the position of trading the electricity is solved.

The technical effects of the utility model are through following realization:

a vehicle positioning device comprises a positioning assembly, wherein the positioning assembly comprises a front roller, a rear roller and a positioning mechanism, the front roller and the rear roller are arranged in parallel, the front roller and the rear roller are used for bearing vehicle tires, the distance between the front roller and the rear roller is larger than the diameter of the vehicle tires, the central axis direction of the front roller is perpendicular to the driving direction of a vehicle, the front roller and the rear roller form a positioning groove structure, the positioning groove structure is connected with the front roller, and the positioning mechanism is used for adjusting the distance between the front roller and the rear roller. Through setting up locating component for the constant head tank that front roll and rear drum constitute under positioning mechanism's effect is adjustable in vehicle direction of travel width, has realized changing the X of power station and can't change the problem of electricity for different wheel base vehicles to the location to different wheel base vehicles. Through setting up preceding cylinder, solved among the prior art the vehicle and driven into the problem that trades the position and drive through trading the electric position easily in trading the power station, promoted the trade electric efficiency of vehicle, avoided the driver to drive into the position inaccurate, need carry out adjustment many times to the vehicle position, cause the problem that vehicle positioning time is long, drive and experience the difference.

Furthermore, the positioning mechanism comprises an electric push rod and a supporting plate, the supporting plate is used for being vertically fixed on the battery replacing platform, the electric push rod is arranged on the side wall of the supporting plate and is of a telescopic structure, one end of the electric push rod is fixedly connected with the front roller, and the other end of the electric push rod is fixedly connected with the rear roller.

Further, the front roller and the rear roller respectively comprise a roller body and a rotating shaft, the roller body is rotatably connected to the rotating shaft, and the rotating shaft is connected with the side end of the electric push rod.

Furthermore, the positioning assembly further comprises an elastic piece, one end of the elastic piece is connected with the cylinder, the other end of the elastic piece is connected with the electric push rod, and the cylinder can move along the axis direction of the rotating shaft.

Further, the positioning mechanism further comprises a driving unit, and the driving unit is connected with the electric push rod.

Further, still include hoisting mechanism, hoisting mechanism locates in the constant head tank structure, hoisting mechanism includes anti-skidding platform and supporting part, anti-skidding platform with trade the electric platform parallel, the supporting part vertical fixation be in anti-skidding platform with trade between the electric platform, the supporting part is extending structure, the supporting part with the drive unit is connected. Through being equipped with anti-skidding platform on hoisting mechanism, play skid-proof effect, the vehicle trades the electric back of accomplishing, makes the vehicle tire obtain through raising hoisting mechanism and grabs the land fertility, makes things convenient for the vehicle to drive away from and trades the power station, has solved the problem that the vehicle tire climbed the difficulty and skidded easily on traditional trade power station V type groove.

Furthermore, the surface of the anti-skid platform is provided with a concave-convex structure.

Further, still include centering mechanism, centering mechanism includes push arm and tire promotion portion, tire promotion portion with push arm fixed connection, tire promotion portion is used for promoting in the perpendicular to driving direction the vehicle tire, push arm sliding connection is in on the backup pad.

Further, the device also comprises a control module, and the control module is electrically connected with the driving unit.

In addition, still provide a trade power station, include above-mentioned vehicle positioner.

In addition, a vehicle positioning method is provided, and the method is implemented based on the vehicle positioning device, and is characterized in that the method comprises the following steps:

acquiring target vehicle information, wherein the target vehicle information is vehicle information acquired at a driving place of a power conversion station;

determining the target vehicle according to the target vehicle information;

obtaining wheel base information of the target vehicle according to the target vehicle;

adjusting the distance between the front roller and the rear roller according to the wheel base information of the target vehicle;

the target vehicle enters the adjusted positioning groove structure to realize X-direction positioning;

further, the target vehicle drives into the adjusted positioning groove structure to realize X-direction positioning, and then comprises:

judging Y-direction offset between the target vehicle position and the power exchanging position of the power exchanging station;

the vehicle positioning device comprises a centering mechanism, and the centering mechanism pushes the target vehicle to a set position according to the Y-direction offset to realize Y-direction positioning;

the vehicle positioning device further comprises a lifting mechanism, the target vehicle starts to change the battery, and meanwhile, the lifting mechanism is lifted;

and the target vehicle finishes power conversion, and the vehicle tire obtains the ground gripping force to drive away from the power conversion station.

As described above, the utility model discloses following beneficial effect has:

1) through setting up locating component for the constant head tank that front roll and rear roll constitute under positioning mechanism's effect is adjustable in vehicle direction of travel width, has realized changing the X of power station and can't change the problem of electricity for different wheel base vehicles to location to different wheel base vehicles, has solved traditional

2) Through setting up preceding cylinder, solved among the prior art the vehicle and driven into the problem that trades the position and drive through trading the electric position easily in trading the power station, promoted the trade electric efficiency of vehicle, avoided the driver to drive into the position inaccurate, need carry out adjustment many times to the vehicle position, cause the problem that vehicle positioning time is long, drive and experience the difference.

3) Through being equipped with anti-skidding platform on hoisting mechanism, play skid-proof effect, the vehicle trades the electric back of accomplishing, makes the vehicle tire obtain through raising hoisting mechanism and grabs the land fertility, makes things convenient for the vehicle to drive away from and trades the power station, has solved the problem that the vehicle tire climbed the difficulty and skidded easily on traditional trade power station V type groove.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, the drawings used in the description of the embodiment or the prior art will be briefly described below. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the invention, and that for a person skilled in the art, other drawings can be derived from them without inventive effort.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a vehicle positioning device with a front roller in a default position according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a vehicle positioning device when a front roller is located at a set position according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a vehicle positioning device when the anti-skid platform is at a default height according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a vehicle positioning device when the anti-skid platform of the embodiment of the present application is at a set height;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a vehicle positioning method according to an embodiment of the present application.

Wherein the reference numerals in the figures correspond to:

the positioning device comprises a positioning component 2, a front roller 21, a rear roller 22, a positioning mechanism 23, an electric push rod 231, a supporting plate 232, a driving unit 233, a barrel 24, a rotating shaft 25, an elastic element 26, a lifting mechanism 3, an anti-skid platform 31, a supporting part 32, a centering mechanism 4, a push arm 41 and a tire pushing part 42.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

Example 1:

as shown in fig. 1-4, a vehicle positioning device comprises a positioning assembly 2, the positioning assembly 2 is arranged on a battery replacing platform, the positioning assembly 2 is used for positioning a vehicle tire in an X direction, the X direction is a vehicle driving direction, the positioning assembly 2 comprises a front roller 21, the front roller 21 and the rear roller 22 are used for bearing vehicle tires, the distance between the front roller 21 and the rear roller 22 is larger than the diameter of the vehicle tires, the central axis direction of the front roller 21 is perpendicular to the vehicle running direction, the front roller 21 and the rear roller 22 form a positioning groove structure, the positioning groove structure positioning mechanism 23 is connected with the front roller 21, the positioning mechanism 23 is used for adjusting the distance between the front roller 21 and the rear roller 22, the front roller 21 and the rear roller 22 both comprise a barrel 24 and a rotating shaft 25, and the barrel 24 is rotatably connected to the rotating shaft 25. When the vehicle drives into the power conversion station, the vehicle wheels roll over the barrel body on the rear roller and rotate around the rotating shaft along with the barrel body, and the vehicle wheels drive into the positioning grooves. In some other embodiments, the front roller and the rear roller may be composed of a plurality of barrels. The front roller is moved to a set position from a default position through the positioning mechanism, so that the width of a positioning groove formed by the front roller and the rear roller in the vehicle running direction can be adjusted, the X-direction positioning of vehicles with different wheel bases is realized, and the default position, namely the initial position, is set by a person skilled in the art; after the set position is the vehicle information identified by the system, the battery replacement position is determined according to the vehicle wheelbase, and the problem that the battery replacement of the vehicles with different wheelbases cannot be performed by the traditional battery replacement station is solved. Through setting up preceding cylinder, solved among the prior art the vehicle and driven into the problem that trades the position and drive through trading the electric position easily in trading the power station, promoted the trade electric efficiency of vehicle, avoided the driver to drive into the position inaccurate, need carry out adjustment many times to the vehicle position, cause the problem that vehicle positioning time is long, drive and experience the difference. In some other embodiments, the position of the vehicle in the X direction can be adjusted to realize the X-direction positioning by adjusting the rear roller, or adjusting the front roller and the rear roller simultaneously but with different adjustment amplitudes.

In this embodiment, the positioning mechanism 23 includes an electric push rod 231, a supporting plate 232 and a driving unit 233, the supporting plate 232 is used for being vertically fixed on the battery replacing platform, the electric push rod 231 is disposed on a side wall of the supporting plate 232, the electric push rod 231 is of a telescopic structure, one end of the electric push rod 231 is fixedly connected with the front drum 21, the other end of the electric push rod 231 is fixedly connected with the rear drum 22, the driving unit 233 is connected with the electric push rod 231, and a side end of the electric push rod 231 is connected with the rotating shaft 25. The position of the rotating shaft is adjusted by controlling the electric push rod through the driving unit, so that the width of the positioning groove formed by the front roller and the rear roller in the driving direction of the vehicle can be adjusted, the X-direction positioning of the vehicles with different wheelbases is realized quickly, and the battery replacement time is saved. In some other embodiments, the electric push rod may be configured as a manual push-pull rod, and any configuration capable of adjusting the position of the front roller or the rear roller through telescopic change of the electric push rod, which is claimed in the present specification, so as to achieve positioning of the vehicle tire X direction is within the scope of the present application.

In this embodiment, after the vehicle is driven away from the battery replacement station after battery replacement is completed, in order to improve the automatic reset function of the battery replacement device, an elastic member 26 may be further disposed between the barrel 24 and the electric push rod 231, the vehicle is completed battery replacement, the elastic member 26 resets under the action of its own elastic force, that is, moves to an initial position, so that a subsequent battery replacement vehicle enters the battery replacement station, the elastic member 234 may be a return spring, thereby avoiding manual operation, improving convenience of device use, and reducing maintenance cost.

In this embodiment, still include hoisting mechanism 3, in hoisting mechanism 3 located the constant head tank structure, hoisting mechanism 3 included anti-skidding platform 31 and supporting part 32, anti-skidding platform 31 with trade the electric platform parallel, supporting part 32 vertical fixation in anti-skidding platform 31 with trade between the electric platform, supporting part 32 is extending structure, and supporting part 32 and drive unit 233 are connected, and anti-skidding platform 31 surface is equipped with concave-convex structure, plays skid-proof effect. The supporting part is controlled to stretch out and draw back through the driving unit, so that the vehicle can be in contact with the vehicle tire when the anti-skid platform is controlled to rise to a certain height, the ground gripping performance of the tire is realized, the vehicle can conveniently drive away from the battery replacement station, and the problem that the vehicle tire is difficult to climb on a V-shaped groove of the traditional battery replacement station and slip easily is solved. The lifting mechanism can also be used for being arranged at a battery replacing hole of the battery replacing station and used for replacing batteries for the vehicle in the Z direction, and the Z direction is a direction perpendicular to the X direction and the Y direction.

In this embodiment, the centering mechanism 4 further includes a pushing arm 41 and a tire pushing portion 42, the tire pushing portion 42 is fixedly connected to the pushing arm 41, the tire pushing portion 42 is used for pushing the vehicle tire in a direction perpendicular to the driving direction, and the pushing arm 41 is slidably connected to the supporting plate 232. The four centering mechanisms respectively act on four vehicle tires through respective tire pushing parts, and position the vehicle at a specified position in the direction perpendicular to the driving direction, namely, realize Y-direction positioning.

In some other embodiments, the vehicle positioning device may further include a position detection module and a control unit, the detection module may detect a position of the vehicle and send the position information of the vehicle to the control unit, and the control unit generates a vehicle position adjustment instruction according to the position information of the vehicle and a preset battery replacement position, and controls the driving unit to operate according to the adjustment instruction.

As shown in fig. 5, a vehicle positioning method, which is implemented based on the vehicle positioning apparatus in embodiment 1, includes:

s100, acquiring target vehicle information, wherein the target vehicle information is acquired at a driving position of a power change station;

s200, determining the target vehicle according to the target vehicle information;

s300, obtaining wheel base information of the target vehicle according to the target vehicle;

s400, adjusting and adjusting the distance between the front roller 21 and the rear roller 22 according to the wheel base information of the target vehicle;

the centering mechanism 4 pushes the target vehicle to a set position according to the Y-direction offset, so that Y-direction positioning is realized;

the target vehicle starts to change the battery, and meanwhile, the lifting mechanism 3 is lifted;

and the target vehicle finishes power conversion, and the vehicle tire obtains the ground gripping force through the antiskid platform 31 and drives away from the power conversion station.

In this document, the terms front, back, upper and lower are used to define the components in the drawings and the positions of the components relative to each other, and are used for clarity and convenience of the technical solution. It is to be understood that the use of the directional terms should not be taken to limit the scope of the claims.

The embodiments and features of the embodiments described herein above can be combined with each other without conflict.

The above disclosure is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and certainly should not be taken as limiting the scope of the invention, which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A vehicle positioning device is characterized by comprising a positioning assembly (2), wherein the positioning assembly (2) comprises a front roller (21), a rear roller (22) and a positioning mechanism (23), the front roller (21) and the rear roller (22) are arranged in parallel, the front roller (21) and the rear roller (22) are used for bearing vehicle tires, the distance between the front roller (21) and the rear roller (22) is larger than the diameter of the vehicle tires, the central axis direction of the front roller (21) is perpendicular to the vehicle running direction, the front roller (21) and the rear roller (22) form a positioning groove structure, the positioning mechanism (23) is connected with the front roller (21), and the positioning mechanism (23) is used for adjusting the distance between the front roller (21) and the rear roller (22).

2. The vehicle positioning device according to claim 1, wherein the positioning mechanism (23) comprises an electric push rod (231) and a supporting plate (232), the supporting plate (232) is used for being vertically fixed on the battery replacing platform, the electric push rod (231) is arranged on a side wall of the supporting plate (232), the electric push rod (231) is of a telescopic structure, one end of the electric push rod (231) is fixedly connected with the front roller (21), and the other end of the electric push rod (231) is fixedly connected with the rear roller (22).

3. A vehicle positioning device according to claim 2, wherein said front roller (21) and said rear roller (22) each comprise a cylinder (24) and a rotating shaft (25), said cylinder (24) is rotatably connected to said rotating shaft (25), and said rotating shaft (25) is connected to the side end of said electric push rod (231).

4. A vehicle positioning device according to claim 3, wherein said positioning assembly (2) further comprises an elastic member (26), one end of said elastic member (26) is connected to said cylinder (24), the other end of said elastic member (26) is connected to said electric push rod (231), and said cylinder (24) is movable along the axial direction of said rotary shaft (25).

5. A vehicle positioning device according to claim 2, characterized in that the positioning mechanism (23) further comprises a drive unit (233), the drive unit (233) being connected to the electric push rod (231).

6. A vehicle positioning device according to claim 5, further comprising a lifting mechanism (3), wherein the lifting mechanism (3) is disposed in the positioning groove structure, the lifting mechanism (3) comprises an anti-skid platform (31) and a supporting portion (32), the anti-skid platform (31) and the battery replacing platform are parallel, the supporting portion (32) is vertically fixed between the anti-skid platform (31) and the battery replacing platform, the supporting portion (32) is of a telescopic structure, and the supporting portion (32) is connected with the driving unit (233).

7. A vehicle positioning device according to claim 6, wherein the anti-skid platform (31) is provided with a relief structure on its surface.

8. The vehicle positioning device according to claim 2, further comprising a centering mechanism (4), wherein the centering mechanism (4) comprises a push arm (41) and a tire pushing portion (42), the tire pushing portion (42) and the push arm (41) are fixedly connected, the tire pushing portion (42) is used for pushing the vehicle tire in a direction perpendicular to a driving direction, and the push arm (41) is slidably connected to the support plate (232).

9. The vehicle positioning apparatus of claim 5, further comprising a control module electrically connected to the drive unit (233).

10. A power station comprising a vehicle positioning device as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9.