CN215360962U

CN215360962U - Trade mobile battery storehouse and trade electric system of electric system

Info

Publication number: CN215360962U
Application number: CN202121761111.6U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 来瑞俊; 丁习坤; 刘俊; 徐红刚; 丁艳领; 胡新举; 李松磊; 祝礼康; 李景云
Original assignee: Shanghai Enneagon Energy Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Shanghai Enneagon Energy Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-07-30
Filing date: 2021-07-30
Publication date: 2021-12-31
Anticipated expiration: 2031-07-30

Abstract

The mobile battery compartment of the battery replacement system comprises a vehicle body (10) and a plurality of functional units (20). The function unit is arranged on the vehicle body and comprises a battery seat (21) and a charger (22). The battery holder can be plugged in along the installation direction (A) and supports the battery box (90). The charger has a first connector (23) and a second connector (24). In the process of inserting the battery box and the battery seat, the first connector contacts with a charging interface of the battery box to realize electric connection, and the second connector is used for connecting a power supply to charge the battery box inserted in the battery seat. The mobile battery compartment is beneficial to reducing the requirements on the station building environment. Besides, a battery replacing system comprising the mobile battery bin is also provided.

Description

Trade mobile battery storehouse and trade electric system of electric system

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the field of battery replacement of electric trucks, in particular to a mobile battery compartment. The utility model also relates to a battery replacing system comprising the mobile battery cabin.

Background

The existing power exchanging station needs to be equipped with a charging mechanism, a power exchanging mechanism and a battery bin for storing a battery box which are fixedly arranged at the same station, and the requirement on the station building environment is high.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims to provide a mobile battery compartment of a battery replacement system, which is beneficial to reducing the requirement on a station building environment.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a power swapping system, which is beneficial to reduce the requirements for the station building environment.

The utility model provides a mobile battery compartment of a battery replacement system, which comprises a vehicle body and a plurality of functional units. The vehicle body can be displaced by the operation. The plurality of functional units are arranged on the vehicle body. Each functional unit comprises a battery holder and a charger. The battery holder can be plugged with a battery box along an installation direction and can support the battery box along the installation direction. The charger is provided with a first connector and a second connector, and the first connector is electrically connected with the second connector. The first connector contacts the charging interface of the battery box to achieve electrical connection. The second connector is used for connecting a power supply to charge a battery box inserted in the battery seat.

According to the mobile battery compartment of the battery replacement system, the vehicle body is used for loading the battery box to move, so that the charging mechanism and the battery replacement mechanism can be arranged at different geographical positions, and the requirement on a station building environment is favorably reduced.

In yet another exemplary embodiment of the mobile battery compartment, the mobile battery compartment further comprises a case. The case 30 is detachably connected to the vehicle body and has a storage space. The cabinet includes a bottom plate located at one side of the storage space in the installation direction. The battery seat and the charger are arranged in the storage space and fixedly connected with the bottom plate. The box body has a loading and unloading opening opposite to the bottom plate along the installation direction.

In yet another exemplary embodiment of the mobile battery compartment, the box body further comprises a plurality of side panels. The plurality of side plates are arranged on one side of the bottom plate along the mounting direction. The side plates and the bottom plate enclose a storage space. The one end that the bottom plate was kept away from along the installation direction to the several curb plate encloses into the loading and unloading opening. At least one side plate is configured to be capable of deforming or moving to open the side of the storage space corresponding to the side plate.

In a further exemplary embodiment of the mobile battery compartment, the housing is cuboid. The number of the side plates 33 is four. The bottom plate and the side plate correspond to one surface of the rectangular parallelepiped respectively. At least one side plate is arranged to be of a rolling door structure, and a rolling shaft of the rolling door structure is perpendicular to the installation direction and is located at one end, close to the bottom plate, of the side plate along the installation direction.

The utility model also provides a battery replacement system which comprises a charging mechanism, a battery replacement mechanism and the mobile battery bin. The vehicle body can move between the charging mechanism and the battery replacement mechanism through action. Under the condition that the vehicle body moves to the charging mechanism, the charging mechanism can be connected with the second connector so as to charge the battery box inserted in the battery seat. Under the condition that the vehicle body moves to the battery replacing mechanism, the battery replacing mechanism can pick and place the battery box between the mobile battery bin and the equipment to be replaced through action.

According to the battery replacement system provided by the utility model, the vehicle body is used for loading the battery box to move, so that the charging mechanism and the battery replacement mechanism can be arranged at different geographical positions, and the requirement on a station building environment is favorably reduced.

In another exemplary embodiment of the battery swapping system, the battery swapping mechanism includes a guiding unit and a battery swapping robot. The battery replacement robot is movably arranged on the guide unit along the first direction and the reverse direction of the first direction. The battery replacing robot can grab and release the battery box through actions and can move the battery box in a second direction and an installation direction. The first direction, the second direction and the mounting direction are perpendicular to each other.

In yet another exemplary embodiment of the swapping system, the swapping robot comprises a truss, a truss car and a spreader. The truss is provided with a cross beam, two support frames and two groups of rollers. The beam extends in a second direction. The two support frames are respectively connected with the two ends of the cross beam along the second direction and are positioned on one side of the cross beam along the installation direction. One end of each support frame, which is far away from the cross beam along the mounting direction, is connected with a group of rollers. The guide unit includes two rails aligned in the second direction. Each group of rollers is arranged on one rail in a rolling way along the first direction and the direction opposite to the first direction. The truss vehicle is movably connected with the cross beam along the second direction and the direction opposite to the second direction. The lifting appliance is connected with the truss car. The truss car can drive the lifting appliance to move along the installation direction and the direction opposite to the installation direction. The spreader can grab and release the battery box.

In another exemplary embodiment of the battery replacement system, the charging mechanism includes a power supply cabinet, a high voltage distribution cabinet, a transformer, a low voltage distribution cabinet, a plurality of charging distribution cabinets, a plurality of charging guns, and a monitoring device. The inlet wire cabinet is used for connecting a power supply. The high-voltage power distribution cabinet is electrically connected with the incoming line cabinet. The high-voltage end of the transformer is electrically connected with the high-voltage power distribution cabinet. The low-voltage power distribution cabinet is electrically connected with the low-voltage end of the transformer. Each charging power distribution cabinet is electrically connected with the low-voltage power distribution cabinet. The charging gun is electrically connected with the charging power distribution cabinet through a cable. Each charging gun can be connected with a second connector in a pluggable manner so as to charge the battery box plugged in the battery seat. The monitoring device can detect the running states of the incoming line cabinet, the high-voltage power distribution cabinet, the transformer and the low-voltage power distribution cabinet.

In another exemplary embodiment of the swapping system, the charging mechanism further comprises a container. The container has a receiving cavity. The inlet wire cabinet, the high-voltage distribution cabinet, the transformer, the low-voltage distribution cabinet and the charging distribution cabinet are arranged in the accommodating cavity.

In another exemplary embodiment of the charging system, the charging mechanism further comprises a plurality of ventilation devices. The ventilation device is arranged on the container and used for gas exchange between the inner side and the outer side of the container.

Drawings

The following drawings are only schematic illustrations and explanations of the present invention, and do not limit the scope of the present invention.

Fig. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram for explaining an exemplary embodiment of a mobile battery compartment.

Fig. 2 is a schematic sectional view for explaining the mobile battery compartment shown in fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram for explaining an exemplary embodiment of the battery replacement mechanism.

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating a top-view configuration of the battery replacement mechanism shown in fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a schematic configuration diagram for explaining an exemplary embodiment of the charging mechanism.

Description of the reference symbols

100 mobile battery compartment

10 vehicle body

20 functional units

21 battery holder

22 charger

23 first connector

24 second connector

30 case body

31 storage space

32 bottom plate

33 side plate

34 loading and unloading opening

200 charging mechanism

41 incoming line cabinet

42 high-voltage power distribution cabinet

43 Transformer

44 low-voltage distribution cabinet

45 switch board charges

46 charging gun

47 monitoring device

48 container

481 accommodating cavity

49 ventilating device

300 power changing mechanism

50 guide unit

51 track

60 trade electric robot

61 truss

62 Cross member

63 support frame

64 roller

65 truss vehicle

66 lifting appliance

80 standby power-changing equipment

90 battery box

91 charging interface

A mounting direction

D1 first direction

D2 second direction.

Detailed Description

In order to more clearly understand the technical features, objects and effects of the present invention, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein the same reference numerals in the drawings refer to the same or similar structural or functional components.

"exemplary" means "serving as an example, instance, or illustration" herein, and any illustration, embodiment, or steps described as "exemplary" herein should not be construed as a preferred or advantageous alternative.

In this document, "first", "second", etc. do not mean their importance or order, etc., but merely mean that they are distinguished from each other so as to facilitate the description of the document.

For the sake of simplicity, the drawings only schematically show the parts relevant to the present invention, and they do not represent the actual structure as a product.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view for explaining an exemplary embodiment of a mobile battery compartment, and fig. 2 is a schematic sectional structural view for explaining the mobile battery compartment shown in fig. 1. Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the mobile battery compartment 100 includes a vehicle body 10 and a plurality of functional units 20 (only one of the functional units 20 is visible because the plurality of functional units 20 are arranged in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the drawing in fig. 2). The vehicle body 10 is movable to displace, for example, a heavy truck. The plurality of functional units 20 are provided in the vehicle body 10.

Referring to fig. 2, each function unit 20 includes a battery holder 21 and a charger 22. The battery holder 21 can be plugged into a battery box 90 in one mounting direction a and can support the battery box 90 in the mounting direction a. In the present exemplary embodiment, the battery holder 21 can also abut against the battery case 90 inserted thereto in a direction perpendicular to the mounting direction a, for example, to restrict relative movement of the battery case 90 and the battery holder 21 in the direction perpendicular to the mounting direction a, but is not limited thereto. Specifically, referring to fig. 2, in the present exemplary embodiment, the battery box 90 is inserted into the battery holder 21 from top to bottom along the installation direction a to be fixed to the battery holder 21 by plugging.

In the present exemplary embodiment, the charger 22 has a first connector 23 and a second connector 24. The first connector 23 is disposed at a central position of the battery holder 21, and the second connector 24 is disposed at one side of the battery holder 21, but not limited thereto, in other exemplary embodiments, the first connector 23 and the second connector 24 may be disposed at other positions of the battery holder 21. The first connector 23 and the second connector 24 are electrically connected by, for example, a cable. During the process of plugging the battery box 90 with the battery holder 21, the first connector 23 contacts the charging interface 91 of the battery box 90 to achieve electrical connection. The second connector 24 is used for connecting a power supply to charge the battery box 90 plugged in the battery holder 21.

In the present exemplary embodiment, referring to fig. 1 and 2, the mobile battery compartment 100 further includes a case 30. The box 30 is detachably connected to the vehicle body 10 and has a storage space 31. The casing 30 includes a bottom plate 32 located at one side of the storage space 31 in the installation direction a. The battery holder 21 and the charger 22 are disposed in the storage space 31 and fixedly connected to the bottom plate 32. The case 30 has a loading and unloading opening 34 opposite to the bottom plate 32 in the mounting direction a for hoisting the battery box 90 in the mounting direction a. The use of the mobile battery compartment 100 can be made more flexible by providing the case 30, for example, by detaching the case 30 from the vehicle body 10 when necessary.

The housing 30 also includes a plurality of side panels 33. The side plates 33 are disposed on one side of the bottom plate 32 along the installation direction a. The side plates 33 and the bottom plate 32 enclose a storage space 31. The end of the side plates 33 remote from the bottom plate 32 in the mounting direction a encloses a mounting opening 34. At least one side plate 33 is provided to be capable of being deformed or moved to open the side of the storage space 31 corresponding thereto, thereby facilitating the reduction in height required for the battery box 90 to be hoisted.

Specifically, reference is made to fig. 1 and 2. The case 30 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape, four side plates 33 are provided, and the bottom plate 32 and the side plates 33 correspond to one surface of the rectangular parallelepiped shape. At least one side plate 33 is provided as a roller door structure, the roller of which is perpendicular to the mounting direction a and is located at an end of the side plate 33 in the mounting direction a close to the bottom plate 32. In the present exemplary embodiment, only the left side panel 33 in fig. 2 is provided as a shutter structure, and the figure shows its rolled state by a solid line and its unfolded state by a broken line. But not limited thereto, the side plate 33 may also be opened to the storage space 31 by other structural means (for example, the side plate 33 is driven to open and close by a rotating shaft).

When the battery box is used, the battery box loaded on the movable battery bin moves between the charging mechanism and the battery replacing mechanism. In the case where the vehicle body 10 is moved to the charging mechanism, the charging mechanism can be connected to the second connector 24 to charge the battery box 90 inserted into the battery holder 21. Under the condition that the vehicle body 10 moves to the battery replacing mechanism, the battery replacing mechanism can pick and place the battery box 90 between the mobile battery bin and the equipment to be replaced.

The utility model also provides a battery replacement system. The battery replacement system comprises a charging mechanism 200, a battery replacement mechanism 300 and a mobile battery compartment 100 shown in fig. 1. Fig. 3 and 5 show schematic structural diagrams of an exemplary embodiment of the charging mechanism 200 and the swapping mechanism 300, respectively. The movable battery compartment 100 carries the battery box 90 to move between the charging mechanism 200 and the battery swapping mechanism 300. Referring to fig. 3 and 5, in the case where the vehicle body 10 is moved to the charging mechanism 200, the charging mechanism 200 can be connected to the second connecting head 24 to charge the battery box 90 inserted into the battery holder 21. When the vehicle body 10 moves to the battery replacing mechanism 300, the battery replacing mechanism 300 can pick and place the battery box 90 between the mobile battery compartment and the device to be replaced.

Fig. 4 is a schematic top view for explaining the power exchanging mechanism 300. Referring to fig. 3 and 4, the swapping mechanism 300 includes a guide unit 50 and a swapping robot 60. The swapping robot 60 is movably disposed at the guide unit 50 in a reverse direction of the first direction D1 and the first direction D1. The swapping robot 60 can grasp and release the battery box 90 by an action, and can move the battery box 90 in one second direction D2 and the mounting direction a. The first direction D1, the second direction D2, and the mounting direction a are perpendicular to each other.

In an exemplary embodiment, referring to fig. 3, the swapping robot 60 includes a truss 61, a truss car 65, and a spreader 66. The truss 61 has a cross beam 62, two support brackets 63 and two sets of rollers 64. The cross beam 62 extends in a second direction D2. The two support brackets 63 are respectively connected to two ends of the cross beam 62 in the second direction D2 and located on one side of the cross beam 62 in the mounting direction a. One end of each support bracket 63 remote from the cross beam 62 in the mounting direction a is connected to a set of rollers 64. Referring to fig. 4, the guide unit 50 includes two rails 51 arranged in the second direction D2. Referring to fig. 3 to 4, each set of rollers 64 is rollably disposed on one rail 51 in the first direction D1 and the direction opposite to the first direction D1, whereby the battery box 90 is grasped by the swapping robot 60 to move the battery box 90 in the first direction D1. The truss carriage 65 is movably connected to the cross member 62 in the second direction D2 and the opposite direction of the second direction D2. The lifting tool 66 is connected with the truss vehicle 65, the truss vehicle 65 can drive the lifting tool 66 to move along the installation direction and the direction opposite to the installation direction A, and the lifting tool 66 can grab and release the battery box 90, so that the battery box 90 can move in the installation direction A.

In the exemplary embodiment, with reference to fig. 5, the charging mechanism 200 comprises a service cabinet 41, a high voltage distribution cabinet 42, a transformer 43, a low voltage distribution cabinet 44, a plurality of charging distribution cabinets 45, a plurality of charging guns 46 and a monitoring device 47. Specifically, the inlet cabinet 41 is used for connecting a power supply. The high voltage distribution cabinet 42 is electrically connected to the inlet cabinet 41. The high-voltage end and the low-voltage end of the transformer 43 are electrically connected to the high-voltage distribution cabinet 42 and the low-voltage distribution cabinet 44, respectively. The low-voltage distribution cabinet 44 is electrically connected to each charging distribution cabinet 45. The charging guns 46 are electrically connected with the charging power distribution cabinet 45 through cables, and each charging gun 46 can be connected with one second connector 24 in a pluggable mode so as to charge the battery box 90 plugged in the battery holder 21. The monitoring device 47 can detect the operation states of the inlet wire cabinet 41, the high-voltage distribution cabinet 42, the transformer 43 and the low-voltage distribution cabinet 44, so that accidents are prevented, and the stable operation of the charging mechanism 200 is guaranteed.

In the illustrated embodiment, referring to fig. 5, the charging mechanism 200 further includes a container 48. The container 48 has a receiving cavity 481. Wherein, inlet wire cabinet 41, high voltage distribution cabinet 42, transformer 43, low-voltage distribution cabinet 44 and the switch board 45 of charging set up in holding chamber 481, borrow this can protect effectively and be convenient for transition.

When the battery replacement system is operated, the vehicle body 10 travels to a proper position at the battery replacement mechanism 300 along with the box body 30. At this time, the battery replacing robot 60 operates to hoist the battery box 90 of the device to be replaced (for example, a vehicle to be replaced) to an empty position in the box 30 (at least one empty position is left when the vehicle body 10 loads the battery box 90, so as to place the battery box 90 of the vehicle to be replaced), and replace the battery box 90 in a full state to the vehicle to be replaced. When the battery replacement is completed, the vehicle body 10 leaves the battery replacement mechanism 300 and travels to the charging mechanism 200, and the battery box 90 in the replaced low-power state is charged. So as to circularly work. This trade electric system removes through utilizing the automobile body loading battery box for charging mechanism and trade electric mechanism can set up in different geographical position, do benefit to and reduce the requirement to the environment of building a station.

It should be understood that although the present description has been described in terms of various embodiments, not every embodiment includes only a single embodiment, and such description is for clarity purposes only, and those skilled in the art will recognize that the embodiments described herein may be combined as suitable to form other embodiments, as will be appreciated by those skilled in the art.

The above-listed detailed description is only a specific description of a possible embodiment of the present invention, and they are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and equivalent embodiments or modifications such as combinations, divisions or repetitions of features, which do not depart from the technical spirit of the present invention, should be included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. Trade electric system's removal battery compartment, its characterized in that includes:

a vehicle body (10) which can be displaced by an action; and

a plurality of function units (20) provided to the vehicle body (10), each of the function units (20) including:

a battery holder (21) which can be plugged into a battery box (90) in an installation direction (A) and can support the battery box (90) in the installation direction (A), and

the charger (22) is provided with a first connector (23) and a second connector (24), the first connector (23) is electrically connected with the second connector (24), the first connector (23) is contacted with a charging interface (91) of the battery box (90) to realize electrical connection in the process that the battery box (90) is plugged with the battery holder (21), and the second connector (24) is used for connecting a power supply to charge the battery box (90) plugged in the battery holder (21).

2. A mobile battery compartment according to claim 1, further comprising a case (30), wherein the case (30) is removably connected to the vehicle body (10) and has a storage space (31), the case (30) includes a bottom plate (32) located on one side of the storage space (31) in the mounting direction (a), the battery holder (21) and the charger (22) are disposed in the storage space (31) and fixedly connected to the bottom plate (32), and the case (30) has a mounting/dismounting opening (34) opposite to the bottom plate (32) in the mounting direction (a).

3. A mobile battery compartment according to claim 2, wherein the box body (30) further comprises a plurality of side plates (33), the plurality of side plates (33) are disposed on one side of the bottom plate (32) along the installation direction (a), the plurality of side plates (33) and the bottom plate (32) enclose the storage space (31), one end of the plurality of side plates (33) far away from the bottom plate (32) along the installation direction (a) encloses the loading and unloading opening (34), and at least one of the side plates (33) is configured to be deformable or movable to open the side of the storage space (31) corresponding thereto.

4. A mobile battery compartment according to claim 3, characterised in that the box (30) has a rectangular parallelepiped shape, the number of side plates (33) is four, the bottom plate (32) and the side plates (33) correspond to one face of the rectangular parallelepiped shape, respectively, at least one of the side plates (33) is provided in a roller door structure, the roller of the roller door structure being perpendicular to the mounting direction (a) and located at the end of the side plate (33) in the mounting direction (a) close to the bottom plate (32).

5. Trade electric system, its characterized in that includes:

a charging mechanism (200);

a battery replacement mechanism (300); and

a mobile battery compartment according to any of claims 1 to 4, wherein the vehicle body (10) is movable by action between the charging mechanism (200) and the battery swapping mechanism (300); under the condition that the vehicle body (10) moves to the charging mechanism (200), the charging mechanism (200) can be connected with the second connecting head (24) to charge the battery box (90) plugged in the battery holder (21); under the condition that the vehicle body (10) moves to the battery replacing mechanism (300), the battery replacing mechanism (300) can pick and place the battery box (90) between the mobile battery bin and the equipment to be replaced through action.

6. The swapping system of claim 5, wherein the swapping mechanism (300) comprises:

a guide unit (50), and

an electric exchanging robot (60) movably provided to the guide unit (50) in a first direction (D1) and a direction opposite to the first direction (D1), the electric exchanging robot (60) being capable of grasping and releasing the battery box (90) by actuation and of moving the battery box (90) in a second direction (D2) and in the mounting direction (a), the first direction (D1), the second direction (D2) and the mounting direction (a) being perpendicular to each other.

7. The swapping system of claim 6, wherein the swapping robot (60) comprises:

a truss (61) having a cross member (62), two support frames (63) and two sets of rollers (64), the cross member (62) extending along the second direction (D2), the two support frames (63) respectively connecting two ends of the cross member (62) along the second direction (D2) and being located at one side of the cross member (62) along the mounting direction (A), one end of each support frame (63) away from the cross member (62) along the mounting direction (A) being connected to one set of rollers (64), the guide unit (50) comprising two rails (51) arranged along the second direction (D2), each set of rollers (64) being rollably disposed on one rail (51) in a direction opposite to the first direction (D1) and the first direction (D1),

a truss vehicle (65) movably connecting said cross-members (62) in a direction opposite to said second direction (D2) and said second direction (D2), an

A spreader (66) connected to the truss vehicle (65), the truss vehicle (65) being capable of driving the spreader (66) in the installation direction (A) and in a direction opposite to the installation direction (A), the spreader (66) being capable of gripping and releasing the battery box (90).

8. The charging system as set forth in claim 5, wherein the charging mechanism (200) comprises:

an inlet cabinet (41) for connection to a power source,

a high voltage distribution cabinet (42) electrically connected with the incoming line cabinet (41),

a transformer (43) whose high-voltage end is electrically connected to the high-voltage distribution cabinet (42),

a low-voltage distribution cabinet (44) electrically connected to the low-voltage end of the transformer (43),

a plurality of charging power distribution cabinets (45), each charging power distribution cabinet (45) is electrically connected with the low-voltage power distribution cabinet (44),

a plurality of charging guns (46), the charging guns (46) are electrically connected with the charging power distribution cabinet (45) through cables, each charging gun (46) can be connected with one second connector (24) in a pluggable manner so as to charge the battery box (90) inserted in the battery seat (21), and

a monitoring device (47) capable of detecting the operating states of the inlet cabinet (41), the high-voltage distribution cabinet (42), the transformer (43) and the low-voltage distribution cabinet (44).

9. The battery swapping system according to claim 8, wherein the charging mechanism (200) further comprises a container (48), the container (48) has a receiving cavity (481), and the incoming line cabinet (41), the high voltage distribution cabinet (42), the transformer (43), the low voltage distribution cabinet (44) and the charging distribution cabinet (45) are disposed in the receiving cavity (481).

10. The battery swapping system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the charging mechanism (200) further comprises a plurality of ventilation devices (49) arranged on the container (48) for gas exchange on both the inside and outside of the container (48).