CN216610915U - Remote communication electric automobile fills electric pile - Google Patents
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Abstract
The utility model relates to the technical field of charging piles, in particular to a remote communication electric automobile charging pile which comprises a device body, a conversion device and a communication device, wherein fixing plates are arranged on side walls of two sides of the device body, the communication device is arranged on a side wall, close to the outer side, of a fixing plate on one side, a base is arranged at the bottom of the fixing plate, a display device is arranged on the outer side of the device body, a placing groove is formed in the bottom of the device body, the conversion device is arranged at the top of the device body, a control main board is arranged inside the device body, an electricity storage device is arranged inside the device body in a lost mode, a power supply device is arranged at the bottom inside the device body, and a signal receiver is arranged on a side wall of one side inside the device body.
Description
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of charging piles, in particular to a charging pile for a remote communication electric automobile.
Background
The charging pile has the function similar to an oiling machine in a gas station, can be fixed on the ground or on the wall, is installed in public buildings (public buildings, markets, public parking lots and the like) and residential district parking lots or charging stations, and can charge various types of electric vehicles according to different voltage grades. The input end of the charging pile is directly connected with an alternating current power grid, and the output end of the charging pile is provided with a charging plug for charging the electric automobile. Fill electric pile and generally provide two kinds of charging methods of conventional charging and quick charge, people can use specific charging card to swipe the card and use on the human-computer interaction operation interface that fills electric pile and provide, carry out operations such as corresponding charging method, charging time, expense data printing, fill electric pile display screen and can show data such as the charge volume, expense, charging time.
The charging pile of the electric automobile is used as an energy supply device of the electric automobile, and the charging performance of the charging pile is related to the service life and the charging time of the battery pack. This is also one of the most important concerns for consumers before purchasing electric cars. The realization of quick, efficient, safe and reasonable electric quantity supply to the power battery is a basic principle of electric automobile charger design, and in addition, the applicability of the charger to various power batteries is also considered.
Along with the improvement of science and technology level, present electric automobile's prevalence is higher and higher, but the electric pile function of filling that is used for electric automobile now is comparatively single, needs the people wait always to fill the electric pile other just can be in time after being full of the electricity open away, and is very inconvenient, consequently needs a remote communication electric automobile to fill electric pile and makes the improvement to above-mentioned problem.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model aims to provide a remote communication electric vehicle charging pile to solve the problems in the background technology.
In order to achieve the purpose, the utility model provides the following technical scheme:
the utility model provides a remote communication electric automobile fills electric pile, includes device body, conversion equipment and communication device, all be equipped with the fixed plate on the lateral wall of device body both sides, a side fixed plate is equipped with communication device on leaning on the lateral wall in the outside, the bottom of fixed plate is equipped with the base, the outside of device body is equipped with display device, the bottom standing groove of device body, the top of device body is equipped with conversion equipment, the inside of device body is equipped with the control mainboard, the inside losing of device body is equipped with the accumulate device, the inside bottom of device body is equipped with power supply unit, be equipped with signal receiver on the lateral wall of the inside one side of device body.
According to the preferable scheme of the utility model, the protective cover is arranged on the outer side of the placing groove, the connecting seat is arranged at the top inside the placing groove, the fixed seat is arranged at the bottom of the connecting seat, the power supply plugs are arranged on two sides of the fixed seat, the paying-off wheel is arranged inside the fixed seat, the rotating shaft is arranged between the paying-off wheel and the fixed seat, and one side of each power supply plug is sleeved on the paying-off wheel.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a control panel is provided on an outer side of the communication device, and the communication device is connected to the signal receiver.
As a preferable scheme of the utility model, a solar panel is arranged at the top of the conversion device, the conversion device is electrically connected with the power storage device, and a connecting wire is arranged between the power storage device and the power supply device.
As a preferable scheme of the present invention, the control main board is electrically connected to the power supply device and the signal receiver, and the display device is connected to the control main board.
As a preferable scheme of the present invention, the output end of the power supply device is connected to the connection base, and the connection base is electrically connected to the power supply plug.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the beneficial effects that:
1. according to the utility model, through the arranged communication device, when the automobile is charged, the mobile phone number can be input into the communication device through the control panel and is transmitted to the control mainboard through the signal receiver, and after the charging is finished, the control mainboard can control the communication device to send a signal to the mobile phone of a charger, so that people are reminded that the charging is finished.
2. According to the utility model, through the arranged conversion device, solar energy can be converted into electric energy through the solar cell panel on the conversion device in sunny days and stored in the electric storage device, and the electric quantity stored in the electric storage device can be used for charging the electric automobile through the power supply device, so that a large amount of energy is saved.
3. According to the utility model, the power supply plug can be pulled out of the fixing seat through the arranged fixing seat, the length of the power supply plug is freely controlled through the paying-off wheel, and when some power supply plugs are damaged due to long-term use and cannot supply power, the power supply plug can be charged through the power supply plug on the other side, so that the charging device is very convenient.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the device body according to the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the placement groove of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the fixing base of the present invention;
in the figure: 1. a device body; 2. a fixing plate; 3. a base; 4. a conversion device; 5. a solar panel; 6. a display device; 7. a communication device; 8. a control panel; 9. a placement groove; 10. a power supply device; 11. a connecting wire; 12. an electricity storage device; 13. a control main board; 14. a signal receiver; 15. a protective cover; 16. a fixed seat; 17. a connecting seat; 18. a power supply plug; 19. a paying-off wheel; 20. a rotating shaft.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all embodiments, and all other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts based on the embodiments of the present invention belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
To facilitate an understanding of the utility model, the utility model will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. Several embodiments of the utility model are presented in the drawings. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete.
It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. The terms "vertical," "horizontal," "left," "right," and the like as used herein are for illustrative purposes only.
Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used in the description of the utility model herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the utility model. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.
Referring to fig. 1-4, the present invention provides a technical solution:
the utility model provides a remote communication electric automobile fills electric pile, including device body 1, conversion equipment 4 and communication device 7, all be equipped with fixed plate 2 on the lateral wall of device body 1 both sides, one side fixed plate 2 is equipped with communication device 7 on leaning on the lateral wall in the outside, the bottom of fixed plate 2 is equipped with base 3, the outside of device body 1 is equipped with display device 6, the bottom standing groove 9 of device body 1, the top of device body 1 is equipped with conversion equipment 4, the inside of device body 1 is equipped with control mainboard 13, the inside loss of device body 1 is equipped with accumulate device 12, the inside bottom of device body 1 is equipped with power supply unit 10, be equipped with signal receiver 14 on the lateral wall of the inside one side of device body 1.
In an embodiment, referring to fig. 2, fig. 3 and fig. 4, a protective cover 15 is disposed on an outer side of the placement groove 9, a connection seat 17 is disposed on a top portion inside the placement groove 9, a fixed seat 16 is disposed at a bottom of the connection seat 17, power supply plugs 18 are disposed on two sides of the fixed seat 16, a paying-off wheel 19 is disposed inside the fixed seat 16, a rotation shaft 20 is disposed between the paying-off wheel 19 and the fixed seat 16, and one side of the power supply plug 18 is sleeved on the paying-off wheel 19.
In an embodiment, referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2, a control panel 8 is disposed on an outer side of the communication device 7, the communication device 7 is connected to the signal receiver 14, and the communication device 7 is configured to input a mobile phone number into the communication device 7 through the control panel 8 and transmit the mobile phone number to the control motherboard 13 through the signal receiver 14 when the vehicle is charged, and after the charging is completed, the control motherboard 13 can control the communication device 7 to send a signal to a mobile phone of a charger to remind people that the charging is completed.
In an embodiment, referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2, a solar panel 5 is disposed on the top of a conversion device 4, the conversion device is electrically connected to an electricity storage device 12, a connection line 11 is disposed between the electricity storage device 12 and a power supply device 10, and by the conversion device 4, solar energy can be converted into electric energy in a fine day through the solar panel 5 on the conversion device and stored in the electricity storage device 12, and electric quantity stored in the electricity storage device 12 can be used for charging an electric vehicle through the power supply device 10, so that a large amount of energy is saved.
In an embodiment, referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2, the control motherboard 13 is electrically connected to the power supply device 10 and the signal receiver 14, and the display device 6 is connected to the control motherboard 13.
In an embodiment, referring to fig. 2 and fig. 3, the output end of the power supply device 10 is connected to the connection seat 17, and the connection seat 17 is electrically connected to the power supply plug 18, the power supply plug 18 can be drawn out from the fixing seat 16 through the arranged fixing seat 16, the length of the power supply plug 18 is freely controlled through the paying-off wheel 19, and when some power supply plugs 18 are damaged due to long-time use and cannot supply power, the power supply plug 18 on the other side can be charged, which is very convenient.
The working principle is as follows: when the charging device is used, an automobile is moved to the side of a charging pile, the display device 6 is operated, the power supply plug 18 is pulled out from the fixed seat 16, the length of the power supply plug 18 is freely controlled through the paying-off wheel 19, when some power supply plugs 18 are damaged due to long-term use and cannot supply power, the charging can be carried out through the power supply plug 18 on the other side, when the automobile is charged, the mobile phone number is input into the communication device 7 through the control panel 8 and is transmitted to the control main board 13 through the signal receiver 14, after the charging is finished, the control main board 13 can control the communication device 7 to send a signal to a mobile phone of a charger to remind people that the charging is finished, the conversion device 4 can convert solar energy into electric energy through the solar cell panel 5 on the conversion device in sunny days and store the electric energy in the power storage device 12, and the electric quantity stored in the power storage device 12 can be used for charging the electric automobile through the power supply device 10, saves a large amount of energy, and has simple structure, convenient use and higher practicability.
Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the utility model, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.
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1. The utility model provides a remote communication electric automobile fills electric pile, includes device body (1), conversion equipment (4) and communication device (7), its characterized in that: the device is characterized in that fixing plates (2) are arranged on the side walls of two sides of the device body (1), a communication device (7) is arranged on the side wall, close to the outer side, of one side fixing plate (2), a base (3) is arranged at the bottom of the fixing plate (2), a display device (6) is arranged on the outer side of the device body (1), a bottom placing groove (9) of the device body (1) is formed, a conversion device (4) is arranged at the top of the device body (1), a control main board (13) is arranged inside the device body (1), an electricity storage device (12) is arranged inside the device body (1) in a lost mode, a power supply device (10) is arranged at the bottom inside the device body (1), and a signal receiver (14) is arranged on the side wall of one side inside the device body (1).
2. The remote communication electric vehicle charging pile according to claim 1, characterized in that: the outside of standing groove (9) is equipped with protective cover (15), the inside top of standing groove (9) is equipped with connecting seat (17), the bottom of connecting seat (17) is equipped with fixing base (16), the both sides of fixing base (16) all are equipped with power supply plug (18), and the inside of fixing base (16) is equipped with actinobacillus wheel (19), be equipped with rotation axis (20) between actinobacillus wheel (19) and fixing base (16), one side cover of power supply plug (18) is established on actinobacillus wheel (19).
3. The remote communication electric vehicle charging pile according to claim 1, characterized in that: one side of the communication device (7) close to the outer side is provided with a control panel (8), and the communication device (7) is connected with a signal receiver (14).
4. The remote communication electric vehicle charging pile according to claim 1, characterized in that: the solar energy conversion device is characterized in that a solar cell panel (5) is arranged at the top of the conversion device (4), the conversion device is electrically connected with the electricity storage device (12), and a connecting wire (11) is arranged between the electricity storage device (12) and the power supply device (10).
5. The remote communication electric vehicle charging pile according to claim 1, characterized in that: the control main board (13) is electrically connected with the power supply device (10) and the signal receiver (14), and the display device (6) is connected with the control main board (13).
6. The remote communication electric vehicle charging pile according to claim 1, characterized in that: the output end of the power supply device (10) is connected with the connecting seat (17), and the connecting seat (17) is electrically connected with the power supply plug (18).
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