CN216863368U

CN216863368U - Floating lifting appliance and battery replacing equipment

Info

Publication number: CN216863368U
Application number: CN202123350482.8U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张星; 陈静宇
Original assignee: Sany Heavy Industry Co Ltd
Current assignee: Sany Lithium Energy Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-12-28
Filing date: 2021-12-28
Publication date: 2022-07-01
Anticipated expiration: 2031-12-28

Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of battery lifting appliances, and provides a floating lifting appliance and a battery replacement device. The floating lifting appliance comprises: the upper tool is provided with a plurality of adjusting mechanisms, and each adjusting mechanism is connected with a steel wire rope; each steel wire rope is respectively connected with a lower tool, and the lower tool is provided with a grabbing mechanism; the angle detection device is arranged on the lower tool and used for detecting the levelness of the lower tool and the levelness of the battery to be grabbed; the adjusting mechanism is used for adjusting the length of the steel wire rope so as to adjust the inclination direction and the levelness of the lower tool and the battery. The floating lifting appliance provided by the utility model can adjust the inclination direction and the levelness of the floating lifting appliance and the battery, thereby meeting the battery replacement requirement when the replaced battery equipment is not parked horizontally and solving the problem that the battery replacement is not smooth or even can not be finished when the battery is placed at a poor levelness.

Description

Floating lifting appliance and battery replacing equipment

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of battery lifting appliances, in particular to a floating lifting appliance and a battery replacement device.

Background

In the process of replacing the battery, the battery replacement equipment needs to take out the insufficient battery from the base of the replaced equipment and then put the full battery into the base of the replaced equipment. In the process of grabbing and placing the battery, the battery replacement process is easily blocked due to the fact that the battery and the base are poor in overall levelness and position errors between the battery and the base, and even the battery cannot be grabbed or placed.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model provides a floating lifting appliance and a battery replacing device, which are used for solving the problem that a battery is difficult to grab or place when a battery base is inclined to a horizontal plane in the prior art.

The utility model provides a floating spreader, comprising: the device comprises an upper tool, a lower tool and a control device, wherein the upper tool is provided with a plurality of adjusting mechanisms, and each adjusting mechanism is connected with a steel wire rope; each steel wire rope is connected with the lower tool, and the lower tool is provided with a grabbing mechanism used for grabbing a battery; the angle detection device is arranged on the lower tool and used for detecting the levelness of the lower tool and the levelness of the battery to be grabbed; the adjusting mechanism is used for adjusting the length of the steel wire rope so as to adjust the inclination direction and the levelness of the lower tool and the battery.

According to the floating lifting appliance provided by the utility model, the upper tool comprises a first mounting platform, the top surface of the first mounting platform is provided with the adjusting mechanism, and each steel wire rope penetrates through the first mounting platform and is connected with the lower tool.

According to the floating lifting appliance provided by the utility model, the upper tool further comprises a plurality of positioning pieces, and the positioning pieces are used for positioning the lower tool.

According to the floating lifting appliance provided by the utility model, the lower tool comprises a second mounting platform, the top surface of the second mounting platform is connected with the steel wire rope, a plurality of positioning holes are formed in the second mounting platform, and the positioning holes are matched with the positioning pieces.

According to the floating lifting appliance provided by the utility model, the lower tool further comprises a plurality of guide pieces, and the guide pieces can extend into the battery to play a role in guiding.

According to the floating lifting appliance provided by the utility model, the adjusting mechanism is a winch, an electric cylinder, a hydraulic oil cylinder or an air cylinder.

According to the floating lifting appliance provided by the utility model, the number of the adjusting mechanisms is 4.

The floating lifting appliance further comprises a control system, and the control system is used for controlling the adjusting mechanism to synchronously or independently adjust the length of each steel wire rope according to the levelness data detected by the angle detection device.

The utility model also provides a battery replacement device which comprises the floating lifting appliance.

According to the floating lifting appliance provided by the utility model, the inclination direction and the levelness of the grabbing surface of the lifting appliance can be adjusted by arranging the adjusting mechanism, and the floating lifting appliance can meet the electricity changing requirement when the replaced equipment is not parked horizontally under the condition of transferring through the combined action of the electricity changing device, so that the problem that the electricity changing is not smooth or even cannot be completed when the battery is placed at a poor levelness is solved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention or the prior art, the drawings needed for the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present invention, and those skilled in the art can also obtain other drawings according to the drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a floating spreader provided by the present invention;

FIG. 2 is one of the schematic diagrams of the floating spreader lifting battery provided by the present invention;

fig. 3 is a second schematic diagram of a floating spreader hoisting battery provided by the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a battery swapping device provided by the present invention;

reference numerals:

10: a first mounting platform; 11: an adjustment mechanism; 12: a wire rope; 13: a positioning member; 20: a second mounting platform; 21: positioning holes; 22: a guide member; 23: a grabbing mechanism; 30: a battery; 31: a battery base; 40: and battery replacement equipment.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The features of the terms first and second in the description and in the claims of the utility model may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of these features. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.

The floating spreader and the power swapping device of the present invention will be described with reference to fig. 1-4.

As shown in fig. 1, in one embodiment of the utility model, a floating spreader comprises: go up frock, lower frock, angle detecting device and adjustment mechanism 11. The top surface of going up the frock is provided with a plurality of adjustment mechanism 11, and every adjustment mechanism 11 is connected with wire rope 12, and adjustment mechanism 11 is used for adjusting wire rope 12's length. Each wire rope 12 is connected to a lower tool, and the lower tool is provided with a grabbing mechanism 23, and the grabbing mechanism 23 is used for grabbing the battery 30. The angle detection device is arranged on the lower tool and used for detecting the levelness of the lower tool and the levelness of the battery to be grabbed.

Particularly, go up the frock and set up with frock down relatively, go up the frock and be connected through many wire rope 12 with frock down, the first end of every wire rope 12 is connected with adjustment mechanism 11, the second end of every wire rope 12 is connected with frock down, but a plurality of adjustment mechanism 11 synchronization action or independent motion, every adjustment mechanism 11 speed action that also can be different, and then realize that many wire rope 12 unreels the rope simultaneously or receive the rope, or certain wire rope 12 unreels the rope alone, or the speed that every wire rope 12 was unreeled the rope is the same or different. The action of the adjusting mechanism 11 can make the length of each steel wire rope 12 longer or shorter, so that the lower tool is parallel to the upper tool or a certain angle is formed between the lower tool and the upper tool.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 2, when a battery 30 of a vehicle is replaced, when the battery 30 is placed vertically to a horizontal plane, a floating hanger is moved to a position right above the battery 30 and aligned with the battery 30, at this time, a lower tool is parallel to an upper tool, the lower tool is parallel to a top surface of the battery 30, the length of each wire rope 12 is the same, a plurality of adjusting mechanisms 11 synchronously operate to extend each wire rope 12 at the same speed to drive the lower tool to move downward, in the process, since the extending speed of each wire rope 12 is the same, the length of each wire rope 12 is the same, the lower tool and the top surface of the battery 30 are always kept parallel, when a grasping mechanism 23 of the lower tool enters the inside of the battery 30, the grasping mechanism 23 can be engaged with the battery 30 to grasp the battery 30, thereby carrying the dead battery away, and during the carrying process, the plurality of adjusting mechanisms 11 synchronously operate, each steel wire rope 12 is wound at the same speed, so that the lower tool and the upper tool are close to each other and are positioned through the positioning piece, and the horizontal shaking caused by the flexibility of the steel wire ropes 12 in the carrying process of the battery 30 is avoided. Correspondingly, the floating lifting appliance is moved to be right above the full-charge battery and aligned with the full-charge battery, and the full-charge battery is arranged vertically to the horizontal plane, so that the top surface of the full-charge battery is parallel to the lower tool, and the full-charge battery can be conveyed to the vehicle by adopting the method for conveying the insufficient-charge battery.

As shown in fig. 3, when the battery 30 is placed in an inclined manner with respect to the horizontal plane, the floating spreader is moved to a position directly above the low-power battery and aligned with the low-power battery, and the plurality of adjustment mechanisms 11 are operated in synchronization with each other to lower the lower tool by a predetermined height. Then, part of the adjusting mechanisms 11 act to enable the lower tool to incline with the horizontal plane, in the process, the angle detecting device is used for detecting the angle between the lower tool and the horizontal plane, when the angle data detected by the angle detecting device is equal to the inclination angle between the battery base 31 and the horizontal plane, the adjusting mechanisms 11 act synchronously, and the combined action of the battery replacing device is combined, so that the whole lower tool moves downwards along the axis of the battery, and the grabbing mechanism 23 is clamped with the power-deficient battery. A plurality of adjustment mechanism 11 receive the rope in step, promote the certain distance with insufficient voltage battery along the battery axis. Then, part adjustment mechanism 11 action to adjust the length of part wire rope 12, thereby adjust the angle between frock and the horizontal plane down, when frock was parallel with the horizontal plane down, a plurality of adjustment mechanism 11 were received the rope in step, made frock and last frock be close to and pass through the setting element location down, then, removed the insufficient voltage battery to empty battery position in storehouse, because insufficient voltage battery was parallel with lower frock this moment, can place the insufficient voltage battery according to the method of the embodiment shown in fig. 2, and snatch full-charge battery, carry to the position of waiting to install the battery on the electrical equipment of being traded.

The fully charged battery is carried to just above the battery dock 31 and aligned with the battery dock 31. The plurality of adjusting mechanisms 11 synchronously act to enable the lower tool and the fully charged battery to descend by a certain height. Then, the partial adjustment mechanism 11 operates to tilt the lower tool and the horizontal plane, thereby tilting the fully charged battery and the horizontal plane. In the process, when the angle data detected by the angle detection device is equal to the inclination angle of the battery base 31 and the horizontal plane, the plurality of adjusting mechanisms 11 synchronously act, and the combined action of the battery replacing device is combined, so that the lower tool and the full-charge battery integrally move downwards along the axis of the battery, and the full-charge battery is placed on the battery base 31 of the battery to be installed on the replaced equipment.

Further, in one embodiment of the present invention, the number of the adjusting mechanisms 11 is at least three. Alternatively, in one embodiment of the present invention, the number of the adjustment mechanisms 11 is four. Four adjustment mechanism 11 can follow four limits of last frock and evenly set up, and every wire rope 12 is connected with a corner of frock down respectively, when adjusting wire rope 12's length, can adjust the incline direction and the angle of frock down. When the four adjusting mechanisms 11 grab the battery 30 by the grabbing mechanism 23 of the lower tool, the hoisting is integrally stable.

Further, in an embodiment of the present invention, the adjusting mechanism 11 may be a winch, one end of the steel wire rope 12 is wound on the winch, and the winch rotates forward or backward to realize the rope releasing or releasing of the steel wire rope, and at the same time, the rotation speed of the winch is controlled to control the speed of the steel wire rope when releasing the rope. Optionally, the adjusting mechanism 11 may also be an electric cylinder, an oil cylinder, an air cylinder, or the like, a moving part of the electric cylinder, the oil cylinder, or the air cylinder is connected to the steel wire rope 12, and the moving part drives the steel wire rope 12 to lengthen or shorten when moving, so as to adjust the length of the steel wire rope 12.

Further, in one embodiment of the present invention, the angle detection device may be an angle sensor, a laser radar, a vision camera, or other detection device.

Further, in an embodiment of the present invention, the floating spreader further includes a control system, and the control system is configured to control the adjusting mechanism 11 to adjust the length of each wire rope 12 according to the levelness data detected by the angle detecting device, so as to adjust the inclination direction and the levelness of the lower tool and the battery.

As shown in fig. 1, in an embodiment of the present invention, the upper tool includes a first mounting platform 10, an adjusting mechanism 11 is disposed on a top surface of the first mounting platform 10, and each wire rope 12 passes through the first mounting platform 10 and is connected to the lower tool.

Further, the upper tool further comprises a plurality of positioning pieces 13, each positioning piece 13 is respectively arranged on the bottom surface of the first mounting platform 10, and the positioning pieces 13 are used for positioning the lower tool.

Particularly, in the battery handling process, control system controls a plurality of adjustment mechanism 11 synchronization action, receives wire rope 12 to make lower frock and last frock be close to, when lower frock and last frock are close to, setting element 13 is used for locking the position of frock down, and 12 production rocks of wire rope in order to avoid the battery handling process.

It can be understood that: the positioning member 13 may be installed on the side of the first installation platform 10, or at other positions.

As shown in fig. 1, in an embodiment of the present invention, the lower fixture includes a second mounting platform 20, a top surface of the second mounting platform 20 is connected to the wire rope 12, the second mounting platform 20 is provided with a plurality of positioning holes 21, and the positioning holes 21 are adapted to the positioning members 13.

Specifically, in the battery handling process, the control system controls the synchronous action of the adjusting mechanisms 11 to take up the steel wire rope 12, the steel wire rope 12 drives the second mounting platform 20 to move upwards to be close to the first mounting platform 10, and at the moment, the positioning piece 13 is inserted into the positioning hole 21 to lock the second mounting platform 20 and the first mounting platform 10, so that the second mounting platform 20 is prevented from shaking in the horizontal direction in the battery handling process.

Further, in an embodiment of the present invention, the lower tool further includes a plurality of guiding members 22, and optionally, in an embodiment of the present invention, the guiding members 22 are disposed on the bottom surface of the second mounting plate 20, and the guiding members 22 can protrude into the battery 30 to perform a guiding function.

Specifically, the number of the guide members 22 may be two or more. When the second mounting plate 20 moves downward, the guide member 22 may protrude into the battery 30 to perform a guiding function.

The number of the grasping mechanisms 23 may be two or more. When the second mounting platform 20 moves downward, the guide 22 enters the inside of the battery 30 to guide, and the grasping mechanism 23 is used for grasping the battery 30.

When the grabbing mechanism 23 enters the battery 30, the second mounting platform 20 can float forwards, backwards, leftwards and rightwards relative to the first mounting platform 10 on the horizontal plane due to the flexibility of the steel wire rope 12, and therefore the lower tool can be guided into the battery smoothly.

The working process of the floating spreader provided by the present invention is specifically described below.

As shown in fig. 2, when the battery 30 is replaced and the levelness of the vehicle parking meets the requirement of horizontal battery replacement of the floating hanger, the floating hanger is moved to be right above the insufficient battery and aligned with the insufficient battery. At this time, the first and

second mounting platforms

10 and 20 are parallel to the horizontal plane and locked by the positioning member 13.

Then, the control system controls the plurality of adjusting mechanisms 11 to act synchronously, so that the second mounting platform 20 moves downwards, and at the moment, the speed of each adjusting mechanism 11 is the same, so that the length of each steel wire rope 12 is equal, and the second mounting platform 20 is ensured to be parallel to the horizontal plane. The guide 22 and the grasping mechanism 23 enter the insufficient battery, and the grasping mechanism 23 grasps the insufficient battery. The control system controls the synchronous action of the plurality of adjusting mechanisms 11 to drive the second mounting platform 20 to move upwards, the second mounting platform 20 is close to the first mounting platform 10, and the positioning part 13 is inserted into the positioning hole 21 to lock the second mounting platform 20. And moving the floating lifting appliance to carry the insufficient battery to a battery placing position. The control system controls the synchronous action of the plurality of adjusting mechanisms 11 to enable the second mounting platform 20 to move downwards, so that the insufficient battery is placed at an empty battery position. Then, the control system controls the plurality of adjusting mechanisms 11 to act synchronously again, so that the second mounting platform 20 is close to the first mounting platform 10 again, and the positioning piece 13 locks the second mounting platform 20. And moving the floating lifting appliance to the position right above the fully charged battery, and then carrying the fully charged battery to the position of the battery to be installed of the battery to be replaced by the battery replacing equipment by adopting the above methods of grabbing, carrying and discharging the insufficient battery, and then discharging the insufficient battery to the battery base 31.

It can be understood that: in the above-described embodiment, when the battery is lifted and placed, the adjusting mechanism 11 takes in or releases the rope, and during the battery transportation process, the second mounting platform 20 is close to the first mounting platform 10 and locked by the positioning member 13, so as to prevent the battery from shaking during the battery transportation process.

As shown in fig. 3, when the levelness of the vehicle parking during the battery replacement does not meet the requirement of horizontal battery replacement of the floating lifting appliance, the floating lifting appliance is moved to be right above the insufficient battery and aligned with the insufficient battery, at this time, the first mounting platform 10 and the second mounting platform 20 are parallel to the horizontal plane, and the first mounting platform 10 is close to the second mounting platform 20 and locked by the positioning piece 13.

Then, the control system controls the plurality of adjusting mechanisms 11 to synchronously operate, the steel wire rope 12 is unreeled, and the second mounting platform 20 moves downwards. When second mounting platform 20 moves to suitable position, the action of control system control part adjustment mechanism 11, the length of adjustment part wire rope 12, make second mounting platform 20 parallel with the top surface of insufficient voltage battery, when angle detection device detects that the angle of second mounting platform 20 and horizontal plane is equal with the angle of battery base 31 and horizontal plane, the synchronous action of a plurality of adjustment mechanism 11 of control system control, second mounting platform 20 continues to descend, inside guide 22 and snatching mechanism 23 entered into the insufficient voltage battery along the battery axis, in order to snatch the insufficient voltage battery. Then, the control system controls the plurality of adjusting mechanisms 11 to synchronously act, so that the insufficient battery is lifted by a certain height along the axis of the insufficient battery. Then, the control system controls the long adjusting mechanism 11 of the wire rope 12 to act, and the wire rope 12 is retracted to the length equal to that of other wire ropes 12, so that the second mounting platform 20 and the top surface of the power-lack battery are parallel to the first mounting platform 10. Then, the control system controls the synchronous action of the plurality of adjusting mechanisms 11 to take up the rope, so that the second mounting platform 20 is close to the first mounting platform 10 and is locked by the positioning part 13, and the floating lifting appliance is moved to an empty battery position, and since the insufficient battery is parallel to the horizontal plane at the moment, the insufficient battery can be put down by adopting the same method as the embodiment shown in fig. 2.

After the low-power battery is lowered, the second mounting platform 20 is again brought close to the first mounting platform 10 and locked. The floating spreader is moved to just above the fully charged battery and the second mounting platform 20 is aligned with the top surface of the fully charged battery. The control system controls the plurality of adjusting mechanisms 11 to synchronously act, so that the second mounting platform 20 descends, the guide piece 22 and the grabbing mechanism 23 enter the interior of the fully charged battery, and the grabbing mechanism 23 is clamped with the fully charged battery to grab the fully charged battery. The control system controls the synchronous action of the plurality of adjusting mechanisms 11 to withdraw the steel wire rope, and the second mounting platform 20 is close to the first mounting platform 10 and is locked by the positioning piece 13.

And moving the floating lifting appliance to the position where the full-charge battery is to be installed, so that the full-charge battery is positioned right above the battery base 31 and aligned with the battery base 31. The control system controls the plurality of adjusting mechanisms 11 to synchronously act, so that the second mounting platform 20 and the fully charged battery descend for a certain distance. The control system controls the partial adjusting mechanisms 11 to act, so that the lengths of partial steel wire ropes 12 are lengthened or shortened, the second mounting platform 20 is inclined to the horizontal plane, when the angle detection device detects that the angle between the second mounting platform 20 and the horizontal plane is equal to the angle between the battery base 31 and the horizontal plane, the control system controls the plurality of adjusting mechanisms 11 to act synchronously, the second mounting platform 20 moves downwards, and full batteries are placed on the battery base 31. Then, the second mounting platform 20 is close to the first mounting platform 10 according to the method for hoisting the insufficient-power battery in the embodiment, and is locked.

According to the floating lifting appliance provided by the embodiment of the utility model, the inclination direction and the levelness of the lifting appliance can be adjusted by arranging the plurality of adjusting mechanisms, the requirement on the parking levelness of the replaced equipment is reduced when the battery replacing device works in the field, and the battery can be grabbed no matter whether the battery is parallel to the horizontal plane or not, so that the feasibility of battery replacement is ensured, and the battery replacing efficiency is improved. Meanwhile, the floating lifting appliance provided by the embodiment of the utility model utilizes the adjusting mechanism to adjust the length of the steel wire rope, so that the battery is lifted or lowered; in the battery grabbing process, the second mounting platform can float in the horizontal direction by using the flexibility of the steel wire rope, so that the battery grabbing is facilitated; in the battery handling process, utilize the setting element locking, avoided the handling in-process battery to take place to rock, improved the stability in the handling.

As shown in fig. 4, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a battery swapping device 40, which includes a floating spreader.

Specifically, the battery replacing device 40 is connected with the floating lifting appliance, and the battery replacing device 40 can drive the floating lifting appliance to move to change the spatial position. Specifically, the battery swapping device 40 may be a fixed device in the battery swapping station, and when the battery is swapped, the swapped device is parked near the battery swapping device to swap the battery; the battery swapping device 40 may also be a movable device, and when swapping, the battery swapping device 40 may travel to a position near the replaced device to swap batteries.

According to the battery replacement equipment provided by the embodiment of the utility model, by arranging the floating lifting appliance, when the battery replaced equipment is parked, the battery replacement equipment can smoothly grab and place the battery no matter whether the battery and the horizontal plane are inclined, so that the battery replacement reliability and efficiency are improved.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above examples are only intended to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, but not to limit it; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; and such modifications or substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the corresponding technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

Claims

1. A floating spreader, comprising:

the device comprises an upper tool, a lower tool and a control device, wherein the upper tool is provided with a plurality of adjusting mechanisms, and each adjusting mechanism is connected with a steel wire rope;

each steel wire rope is connected with the lower tool, and the lower tool is provided with a grabbing mechanism used for grabbing a battery;

the angle detection device is arranged on the lower tool and used for detecting the levelness of the lower tool and the levelness of the battery to be grabbed;

the adjusting mechanism is used for adjusting the length of the steel wire rope so as to adjust the inclination direction and the levelness of the lower tool and the battery.

2. The floating hanger according to claim 1, wherein the upper tool comprises a first mounting platform, the adjusting mechanism is arranged on the top surface of the first mounting platform, and each steel wire rope passes through the first mounting platform and is connected with the lower tool.

3. The floating spreader according to claim 2, wherein the upper tool further comprises a plurality of positioning members for positioning the lower tool.

4. The floating lifting appliance according to claim 3, wherein the lower tool comprises a second mounting platform, the second mounting platform is connected with the steel wire rope, a plurality of positioning holes are formed in the second mounting plate, and the positioning holes are matched with the positioning pieces.

5. The floating hanger according to claim 4, wherein the lower fixture further comprises a plurality of guiding members, the plurality of guiding members are respectively arranged on the bottom surface of the second mounting platform, and the guiding members can extend into the battery to play a guiding role.

6. The floating spreader of claim 1, wherein the adjustment mechanism is a winch, an electric cylinder, a hydraulic cylinder, or an air cylinder.

7. The floating spreader according to claim 1, wherein the number of adjustment mechanisms is 4.

8. The floating spreader according to claim 1, further comprising a control system for controlling the adjusting mechanism to synchronously or independently adjust the length of each wire rope according to the levelness data detected by the angle detecting device.

9. A battery swapping apparatus comprising a floating spreader according to any one of claims 1-8.