CN217589528U

CN217589528U - Charging mechanism and charging device

Info

Publication number: CN217589528U
Application number: CN202221645355.2U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 赵泉州; 王毅可; 唐旋来
Original assignee: Shanghai Keenlon Intelligent Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shanghai Keenlon Intelligent Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-06-28
Filing date: 2022-06-28
Publication date: 2022-10-14
Anticipated expiration: 2032-06-28

Abstract

The utility model discloses a charging mechanism and charging device belongs to battery charging outfit technical field. The charging mechanism comprises an electrode holder, a guide piece and an electrode assembly, wherein the guide piece is arranged on the electrode holder, the electrode assembly is connected with the electrode holder through the guide piece, and the guide piece is configured to guide or drive the whole electrode assembly to move towards the electrode holder synchronously when the electrode assembly is extruded in any direction. This charging mechanism utilizes the guide to be connected with electrode assembly through setting up the guide on the electrode holder to make electrode assembly when receiving the extrusion of arbitrary direction homoenergetic under the guide of guide or drive whole synchronous towards the electrode holder motion. Because the electrode assembly moves towards the electrode seat integrally and synchronously, the phenomenon that the electrode assembly is clamped on the electrode seat due to inclined movement of the electrode assembly can not occur, the failure rate of the charging mechanism is reduced, and the charging stability of the charging mechanism is improved.

Description

Charging mechanism and charging device

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a battery charging outfit technical field especially relates to a charging mechanism and charging device.

Background

With the rapid development of automation equipment, robots are used more and more frequently in various industries. The robot generally adopts the rechargeable battery who hand-carries as the power supply, and when rechargeable battery electric power was not enough, the robot can automatic movement to fill electric pile department to with fill the automatic butt joint of the mechanism of charging on the electric pile, thereby accomplish charging to rechargeable battery.

However, when the existing robot is docked with the charging mechanism, the angle of the robot is not adjusted in place, so that the charging port on the robot is inclined to touch the charging pole piece of the charging mechanism, the charging pole piece can be inclined to move on the charging mechanism under the condition, the phenomenon of clamping of the charging pole piece is easy to occur, and the charging is poor in contact and even cannot be charged.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

A first object of the utility model is to provide a charging mechanism, this charging mechanism's electrode subassembly no matter receive the extrusion homoenergetic of any direction and wholly move towards the electrode holder, the difficult dead phenomenon of card that takes place, charging stability is high.

To achieve the purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical proposal:

a charging mechanism comprising: an electrode holder; the guide piece is arranged on the electrode seat; the electrode assembly is connected with the electrode holder through the guide piece, and the guide piece is configured to be capable of guiding or driving the whole electrode assembly to move towards the electrode holder synchronously when the electrode assembly is extruded in any direction.

Preferably, the guide member includes a rotation shaft portion rotatably provided on the electrode holder and support arms provided at both ends of the rotation shaft portion, the support arms being connected to end portions of the electrode assembly, respectively.

Preferably, the end portions of the electrode assembly are respectively provided with a connecting portion, and the connecting portions are correspondingly connected with the support arms.

Preferably, the connecting parts are arranged at two opposite ends of the electrode assembly, each connecting part comprises a waist-shaped groove, and each support arm can penetrate through the waist-shaped grooves and is connected with the connecting parts.

Preferably, the electrode holder is provided with a rotating groove, and the rotating shaft part is rotatably arranged in the rotating groove;

or, the mechanism of charging still includes the rotation couple that two at least intervals set up, the one end of pivot portion is connected on the major structure of electrode holder, the other end with the installation face parallel arrangement of electrode holder, pivot portion rotates to be established the rotation couple with the U-shaped inslot that the installation face of electrode holder formed.

Preferably, the charging mechanism further comprises an electrode holder front case disposed on the electrode holder, the electrode holder front case being used to define and guide the electrode assembly.

Preferably, the electrode seat front shell is covered on the electrode seat, a guide hole is formed in the electrode seat front shell, the guide hole is matched with the outer peripheral surface of the electrode assembly, and one end, far away from the electrode seat, of the electrode assembly can penetrate through the guide hole to be in contact with equipment to be charged in the movement direction of the electrode assembly.

Preferably, the charging mechanism further comprises an elastic member, one end of the elastic member is connected to the electrode holder, and the other end of the elastic member is connected to the electrode assembly.

Preferably, the number of the electrode assemblies is two, and at least one elastic member is disposed between each of the electrode assemblies and the electrode holder.

A second object of the present invention is to provide a charging device, which has a low failure rate and a high charging stability.

a charging device, comprising: a housing; the charging mechanism as described above, the charging mechanism being provided in the housing.

The utility model has the advantages that:

the utility model provides a charging mechanism should charge the mechanism and utilize the guide to be connected with electrode assembly through setting up the guide on the electrode holder to make electrode assembly homoenergetic when receiving arbitrary direction's extrusion perhaps drive down whole synchronous towards the electrode holder motion at the guide of guide. Because the electrode assembly moves towards the electrode seat integrally and synchronously, the phenomenon that the electrode assembly is clamped on the electrode seat due to inclined movement of the electrode assembly can not occur, the failure rate of the charging mechanism is reduced, and the charging stability of the charging mechanism is improved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a charging device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of an internal structure of a charging device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of portion A of FIG. 2;

fig. 4 is an exploded view of a charging mechanism provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of an electrode holder of a charging mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of an electrode assembly of a charging mechanism provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of an electrode holder front shell of a charging mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure:

1. an electrode holder; 11. a rotating groove; 12. rotating the hook; 13. installing a ring seat; 131. mounting a column; 132. a ring plate;

2. a guide member; 21. a support arm; 22. a rotating shaft part;

3. an electrode assembly; 30. a connecting portion; 31. a waist-shaped groove; 32. a pole piece mounting seat; 33. charging the pole piece; 34. limiting and flanging;

4. an electrode holder front shell; 41. a guide hole; 42. connecting the flanging;

5. a housing; 51. and (7) installing a cavity.

Detailed Description

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

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplification of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance. Wherein the terms "first position" and "second position" are two different positions.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may include, for example, a fixed connection or a detachable connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

The embodiment provides a charging mechanism which can be used on a charging device to realize automatic charging of a robot or other equipment needing charging. When the electric quantity of the equipment needing to be charged is insufficient, the equipment to be charged can move to the charging device independently or manually, and is charged after being butted with a charging mechanism on the charging device.

As shown in fig. 1 to 4, the charging mechanism includes an electrode holder 1, a guide 2 and an electrode assembly 3, the electrode holder 1 may be an independent component disposed on the charging device, or may be formed by integral molding with a housing of the charging device, the guide 2 is disposed on the electrode holder 1, the electrode assembly 3 is connected with the electrode holder 1 through the guide 2, and the guide 2 can guide or drive the entire electrode assembly 3 to move towards the electrode holder 1 synchronously when the electrode assembly 3 is pressed in any direction.

Compared with the prior art that the electrode assembly is only partially moved towards the electrode holder 1 when the electrode assembly is subjected to external force in the inclined direction, the phenomenon of blocking is easily caused, the charging mechanism provided by the embodiment can be guided and driven by the guide piece 2, the electrode assembly 3 can be integrally and synchronously moved towards the electrode holder 1 when the external force in the inclined direction is received, the phenomenon of blocking caused by partial movement of the charging mechanism is avoided, the charging stability of the charging mechanism is improved, and the failure rate of the charging mechanism is reduced.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, with continued reference to fig. 2, the electrode holder 1 is a box-shaped structure manufactured by an injection molding process, and the electrode holder 1 may be made of an insulating material such as plastic. A mounting structure for mounting the guide 2 is provided on the mounting surface of the electrode holder 1 facing the electrode assembly 3, and the guide 2 is rotatably connected to the mounting structure.

With continued reference to fig. 3 and 4, in the present embodiment, the guide 2 is a broken-line rod-shaped structure, the middle of the guide 2 is rotatably connected to the mounting structure of the electrode holder 1, and both ends of the guide 2 in the length direction are connected to both ends of the electrode assembly 3, so that when a certain part of the electrode assembly 3 (for example, the left end of the electrode assembly 3) is pressed by an external force, the corresponding part of the guide 2 (the end of the guide 2 on the left side) is pressed at the same time, the guide 2 rotates integrally around the mounting structure, and the part of the guide 2 that is not pressed (for example, the end of the guide 2 on the right side) can drive the part of the electrode assembly 3 that is not pressed (for example, the right end of the electrode assembly 3) to move synchronously toward the electrode holder 1, so that the whole electrode assembly 3 moves synchronously toward the electrode holder 1.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 4, the guide 2 includes a rotation shaft portion 22 and arm portions 21 provided at both ends of the rotation shaft portion 22, the rotation shaft portion 22 is rotatably provided on the electrode holder 1, and the two arm portions 21 are connected to the ends of the electrode assembly 3, respectively.

In order to realize the rotational connection between the shaft portion 22 and the electrode holder 1, as shown in fig. 3, the electrode holder 1 is provided with a rotation groove 11, and the shaft portion 22 is rotatably provided in the rotation groove 11. The turning grooves 11 may be grooves directly formed on the main structure of the electrode holder 1. In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 5, the mounting structure includes two rotating hooks 12 disposed at an interval, the rotating hooks 12 are L-shaped as a whole, one end of each rotating hook 12 is perpendicularly connected to the main structure of the electrode holder 1, the other end of each rotating hook 12 is disposed parallel to the mounting surface of the electrode holder 1, and the rotating shaft 22 is rotatably connected in a U-shaped groove formed by the rotating hook 12 and the mounting surface of the electrode holder 1.

Alternatively, in order to improve the rotational stability of the rotating shaft portion 22, at least two rotating hooks 12 are provided for one guide 2, and the at least two rotating hooks 12 are spaced apart in a direction parallel to the rotating shaft portion 22 and are connected to different positions of the rotating shaft portion 22, respectively. In this embodiment, with continued reference to fig. 4, two swivel hooks 12 are provided for one guide 2.

Further alternatively, the number of the electrode assemblies 3 is two, the two electrode assemblies 3 are arranged at intervals in a direction perpendicular to the rotating shaft part 22, and one guide 2 is arranged between each electrode assembly 3 and the electrode holder 1. The two guide parts 2 are correspondingly provided with four rotating hooks 12, and the four rotating hooks 12 are respectively arranged at four corners of the main structure of the electrode holder 1. With continued reference to fig. 4 and 6, the two electrode assemblies 3 have the same structure, and each electrode assembly 3 includes a pole piece mounting seat 32 that is perpendicular to the mounting surface of the electrode holder 1 and protrudes therefrom, and a charging pole piece 33 that is disposed in the pole piece mounting seat 32.

In order to connect the arm 21 and the electrode assembly 3, two ends of the electrode assembly 3 are respectively provided with a connecting portion 30, and the connecting portions 30 are correspondingly connected with the arm 21. Specifically, as shown in fig. 3, the connection portion 30 includes a waist-shaped groove 31, the waist-shaped groove 31 is opened at two opposite sides of the electrode assembly 3, and each arm 21 can be connected to the connection portion 30 through the waist-shaped groove 31.

More specifically, as shown in fig. 6, a connection portion 30 is protrusively provided at one end of a pole piece mounting seat 32 of the electrode assembly 3 near the electrode holder 1, the connection portion 30 has an elongated shape, and a kidney-shaped groove 31 penetrates the entire connection portion 30 in a direction parallel to the mounting surface. When the electrode holder 1 is extruded by external force, the guide part 2 rotates around the rotating hook 12 and can move in the kidney-shaped groove 31, so that the whole electrode assembly 3 can be smoothly moved to the direction close to the electrode holder 1 under the guidance of the guide part 2, the movement perpendicular to the moving direction cannot occur, and the blocking condition is avoided.

In order to position and guide the electrode assembly 3, as shown with continued reference to fig. 4, the charging mechanism further comprises a front electrode holder shell 4, the front electrode holder shell 4 being provided on the electrode holder 1, the front electrode holder shell 4 serving to position and guide the electrode assembly 3. Specifically, the electrode holder front shell 4 covers the electrode holder 1, the guide hole 41 is formed in the electrode holder front shell 4, the guide hole 31 is matched with the outer peripheral surface of the electrode assembly 3, and in the movement direction of the electrode assembly 3, one end, far away from the electrode holder 1, of the electrode assembly 3 can penetrate through the guide hole 41 to be in contact with the device to be charged.

More specifically, as shown in fig. 7, the electrode holder front shell 4 is a cubic shell-shaped structure formed by injection molding of an insulating material such as plastic, the electrode holder front shell 4 includes a shell 5 and a connecting flange 42 arranged along the circumference of the shell 5, the connecting flange 42 is used for connecting with the electrode holder 1, the shell 5 is used for accommodating one end of the electrode assembly 3 close to the electrode holder 1, and the other end of the electrode assembly 3 protrudes out of the shell 5. As shown in fig. 6, a limiting flange 34 is disposed at one end of the pole piece mounting seat 32 of the electrode assembly 3 close to the electrode holder 1, the limiting flange 34 is located in the casing 5, and the size of the limiting flange 34 is greater than that of the guide hole 41, so that the limiting flange 34 is always located in the casing 5 and cannot be moved out of the electrode holder front shell 4 through the guide hole 41.

Further, the charging mechanism further includes an elastic member (not shown), one end of which is connected to the electrode holder 1 and the other end of which is connected to the electrode assembly 3. Optionally, the elastic element is a coil spring, and as shown in fig. 5, a mounting ring base 13 is convexly disposed on the mounting surface of the electrode base 1, the mounting ring base 13 includes a mounting column 131 and a ring plate 132 disposed around the circumference of the mounting column, and one end of the coil spring is disposed in an annular space between the mounting column 131 and the ring plate 132, so as to achieve connection between the coil spring and the electrode base 1.

Further optionally, a plurality of elastic members may be disposed according to requirements, correspondingly, a plurality of mounting ring seats 13 are disposed on the electrode holder 1, and the plurality of mounting ring seats 13 and the plurality of elastic members are disposed in a one-to-one correspondence manner. In the present embodiment, four mounting ring seats 13 are provided, the four mounting ring seats 13 are disposed on the mounting surface of the electrode holder 1 in two rows and two columns, and two of the mounting ring seats 13 and the elastic members are disposed between one electrode assembly 3 and the electrode holder 1 as one group, and the other two mounting ring seats 13 and the elastic members are disposed between the other electrode assembly 3 and the electrode holder 1 as the other group. Of course, in other embodiments, the number of the mounting ring bases 13 and the elastic members disposed between one electrode base 1 and the mounting base can be adjusted according to the requirement.

The present embodiment also provides a charging device, as shown in fig. 1, which includes a housing 5 and the charging mechanism described above, and the charging mechanism is provided in the housing 5. Through using the aforesaid charging mechanism, this charging device has reduced and has taken place the dead fault rate of card when treating charging device to charge, has promoted charging stability. With continued reference to fig. 1, the housing 5 is a cubic structure made of an insulating material such as plastic, and a part of the structure on the front wall surface thereof is recessed to form a mounting cavity 51, and the charging mechanism is disposed in the mounting cavity 51.

It is to be understood that the above-described embodiments of the present invention are merely examples for clearly illustrating the present invention and are not intended to limit the embodiments of the present invention. Other variations and modifications will be apparent to persons skilled in the art in light of the above description. And are neither required nor exhaustive of all embodiments. Any modification, equivalent replacement, and improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. A charging mechanism, comprising:

an electrode holder (1);

the guide piece (2) is arranged on the electrode seat (1);

electrode subassembly (3), through guide (2) with electrode holder (1) is connected, guide (2) are configured to can guide or drive wholly when electrode subassembly (3) receive the extrusion of arbitrary direction electrode subassembly (3) move towards electrode holder (1) is synchronous.

2. The charging mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the guide member (2) includes a rotation shaft portion (22) and arm portions (21) provided at both ends of the rotation shaft portion (22), the rotation shaft portion (22) being rotatably provided on the electrode holder (1), the arm portions (21) being connected to ends of the electrode assembly (3), respectively.

3. The charging mechanism according to claim 2, wherein the electrode assembly (3) is provided at an end thereof with a connection portion (30), and the connection portion (30) is connected to the arm (21).

4. A charging mechanism according to claim 3, wherein said connecting portion (30) is provided at opposite ends of said electrode assembly (3), said connecting portion (30) includes a waist-shaped groove (31), and each of said arms (21) is connected to said connecting portion (30) through said waist-shaped groove (31).

5. The charging mechanism according to claim 2, wherein the electrode holder (1) is provided with a rotating groove (11), and the rotating shaft portion (22) is rotatably provided in the rotating groove (11);

or, the mechanism of charging still includes rotation couple (12) that two at least intervals set up, the one end of pivot portion (22) is connected on the major structure of electrode holder (1), the other end with the installation face parallel arrangement of electrode holder (1), pivot portion (22) rotate and establish rotation couple (12) with the U-shaped inslot that the installation face of electrode holder (1) formed.

6. The charging mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that it further comprises a front electrode holder shell (4), said front electrode holder shell (4) being provided on said electrode holder (1), said front electrode holder shell (4) being intended to confine and guide said electrode assembly (3).

7. The charging mechanism according to claim 6, wherein the electrode holder front shell (4) covers the electrode holder (1), a guide hole (41) is formed in the electrode holder front shell (4), the guide hole (41) is adapted to an outer circumferential surface of the electrode assembly (3), and in a moving direction of the electrode assembly (3), one end of the electrode assembly (3) far away from the electrode holder (1) can pass through the guide hole (41) to contact with a device to be charged.

8. A charging mechanism according to any of claims 1-7, further comprising a resilient member having one end connected to the electrode holder (1) and the other end connected to the electrode assembly (3).

9. A charging mechanism according to claim 8, characterized in that there are two electrode assemblies (3), and at least one said elastic member is arranged between each electrode assembly (3) and the electrode holder (1).

10. A charging device, comprising:

a housing (5);

the charging mechanism according to any one of claims 1 to 9, which is provided in the housing (5).