CN218054912U

CN218054912U - Charging robot

Info

Publication number: CN218054912U
Application number: CN202222063484.7U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 温华锋; 周浩南; 吉剑涛; 周湘超; 杨明威; 赵威平
Original assignee: State Grid Commercial Electric Vehicle Investment Co ltd; Shenzhen Jingzhi Machine Co Ltd
Current assignee: State Grid Commercial Electric Vehicle Investment Co ltd; Shenzhen Jingzhi Machine Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-08-05
Filing date: 2022-08-05
Publication date: 2022-12-16
Anticipated expiration: 2032-08-05

Abstract

The application provides machine robot charges, this machine robot charges includes: a body having a first end and a second end, the body including a first region proximate the first end and a second region proximate the second end; a traveling mechanism connected with the vehicle body; one end of the mechanical arm is connected with the first end part of the vehicle body, and a charging plug is arranged at the free end of the mechanical arm; the charging component is arranged in the first area and comprises a battery assembly and a charger, and the charger is respectively connected with the battery assembly and the mechanical arm; and a control member provided in the second region. According to the charging robot, the mechanical arm is arranged at the first end part of the vehicle body, the battery assembly of the charging component and the charger are arranged in the first area close to the first end part, the control component is arranged in the second area close to the second end part, the flattening design of the charging robot is achieved, and the thickness of the charging robot can be reduced.

Description

Charging robot

Technical Field

The disclosure relates to the field of charging equipment, in particular to a charger robot.

Background

The existing charging robot needs to be parked beside an automobile for charging when an electric automobile is charged, but because the space of a parking lot is narrow, two adjacent parking spaces are close to each other. Under the condition that a parked vehicle exists on one side of the vehicle with the charging port, the charging trolley cannot enter a gap between the two trolleys, and the charging function cannot be completed.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of the above, there is a need to provide a charger robot, which solves the problem that the existing charger robot cannot adapt to the situation with narrow passageway space.

Therefore, the application provides a machine ware people charges includes:

a body having a first end and a second end, the body including a first region proximate the first end and a second region proximate the second end;

a traveling mechanism connected with the vehicle body;

one end of the mechanical arm is connected with the first end part of the vehicle body, and a charging plug is arranged at the free end of the mechanical arm and used for being plugged into a charging port of a vehicle to charge the vehicle;

the charging component is arranged in the first area and comprises a battery assembly and a charger, and the charger is respectively connected with the battery assembly and the mechanical arm and is used for charging the vehicle through a charging plug of the mechanical arm;

and the control component is arranged in the second area and used for the walking mechanism to walk and the mechanical arm to plug in the vehicle.

According to the charger robot, the mechanical arm comprises a moving seat and an arm body, the moving seat is movably connected with the first end portion of the vehicle body along the width direction of the vehicle body, and the arm body is connected with the moving seat.

According to the charger robot, the mechanical arm further comprises a screw rod and a transverse moving motor, the screw rod is rotationally connected with the first end portion of the vehicle body, the moving seat is in threaded connection with the screw rod, and the transverse moving motor is connected with the screw rod and used for driving the moving seat to move along the width direction of the vehicle body through the screw rod.

According to the charger robot, the charger is located in a first sub-area, close to the first end, of the first area, the battery assembly is located in a second sub-area, far away from the first end, of the first area, and therefore the charger is located between the battery assembly and the mechanical arm.

According to the charger robot, the battery assembly comprises battery packs extending along the length direction of the vehicle body, and the plurality of battery packs are arranged in the first area along the width direction of the vehicle body.

According to the machine ware people that charges, the battery assembly still includes the installed part, the installed part includes a plurality of edges the cell body that the length direction of automobile body extends, the battery package inlays the cell body.

According to the charger robot, the battery assembly further comprises a shell at least covering the battery pack, and the shell and the mounting piece form a containing cavity for containing the battery pack.

According to the charger robot, the control component comprises a control module, a power module, a communication module and a sensing module, wherein the power module is respectively connected with the control module, the communication module and the sensing module; the control module is respectively connected with the communication module and the sensing module.

According to the charger robot, the sensing module comprises a laser radar arranged at the second end part and an encoder used for detecting the steering angle.

According to the charger robot, the traveling mechanism comprises steering wheels arranged on the periphery of the vehicle body.

Compared with the prior art, the charging robot has the advantages that the mechanical arm is arranged at the first end portion of the vehicle body, the battery assembly of the charging component and the charger are arranged in the first area close to the first end portion, the control component is arranged in the second area close to the second end portion, the flat design of the charging robot is achieved, the thickness of the charging robot can be reduced, the charging robot can move below the vehicle, and a passageway of a garage is not needed. When charging is needed, the vehicle body moves to the lower portion of the vehicle, the mechanical arm extends out of the lower portion of the vehicle to be in butt joint with the vehicle, and the function of charging the vehicle is achieved.

Drawings

In order to make the description of the embodiments more clear, the drawings needed for the description of the embodiments are briefly described below, it being obvious that the drawings in the description below are some examples of the disclosure, from which other drawings may be derived by a person skilled in the art without inventive effort.

Fig. 1 is an appearance structure schematic diagram of a charger robot.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of the internal structure of the charger robot.

Fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of the traveling mechanism.

Fig. 4 is a schematic view of the structure of the robot arm.

Fig. 5 is a schematic configuration diagram of the charging member.

Fig. 6 is a schematic configuration diagram of the control part.

Description of the main elements

The following detailed description will further illustrate the disclosure in conjunction with the above-described figures.

Detailed Description

In order that the above objects, features and advantages of the present disclosure may be more clearly understood, a detailed description of the present disclosure is given below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and the detailed description. In addition, the embodiments and features of the embodiments of the present application may be combined with each other without conflict. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present disclosure, and the described embodiments are merely some, but not all embodiments of the present disclosure. All other embodiments, which can be derived by one of ordinary skill in the art from the embodiments disclosed herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.

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 disclosure belongs. The terminology used in the description herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the disclosure.

In various embodiments, the term "coupled" as used in the specification and claims of the present disclosure is not limited to physical or mechanical connections, but may include electrical connections, whether direct or indirect, for convenience of description and not limitation of the present disclosure. "upper", "lower", "left", "right", and the like are used merely to indicate relative positional relationships, and when the absolute position of the object being described is changed, the relative positional relationships are changed accordingly.

Fig. 1 is an appearance structure schematic diagram of a charger robot, and fig. 2 is an internal structure schematic diagram of the charger robot. As shown in fig. 1, the charging robot includes a vehicle body 10, a traveling mechanism 40, a robot arm 20, a charging member 30, and a control member 50. The vehicle body 10 is used for bearing other parts of the charging robot, the walking mechanism 40 is used for providing walking functions such as moving back and forth and steering in the garage, the mechanical arm 20 is used for being plugged in a charging port of a vehicle to be charged, and the charging part 30 is used for charging the vehicle after the mechanical arm 20 is plugged in the vehicle. The control unit 50 is used to control functions of movement, charging, sensing, and the like of the vehicle.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the vehicle body 10 has a substantially rectangular frame-like structure, and a first end portion 11 and a second end portion 12 are provided at both ends in the longitudinal direction. The vehicle body 10 includes a first region 13 proximate the first end 11 and a second region 14 proximate the second end 12. The first region 13 and the second region 14 divide the vehicle body 10 into a plurality of sections in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body 10, and the first region 13 is used for carrying the charging member 30 and includes two sub-regions: a first subregion 131 and a second subregion 132. Wherein the first sub-area 131 is close to the first end 11 and the second sub-area 132 is close to said second end 12. The second region 14 is used to carry the control member 50. In this way, the housing space of the vehicle body 10 includes the first sub-section 131, the second sub-section 132, and the second section 14 in this order from the first end 11 to the second end 12. Through each components and parts of reasonable part automobile body 10 to can reduce whole charging robot's height, realize charging robot's flat design, make charging robot can remove in the below of vehicle, and then can not occupy the garage space more.

Fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of the traveling mechanism 40. As shown in fig. 3, the traveling mechanism 40 is connected to the vehicle body 10. In this embodiment, the traveling mechanism 40 includes a plurality of steering wheels, and the steering wheels are disposed around the vehicle body 10 to support the vehicle body 10 to move the vehicle body 10. The steering wheel has walking and steering functions and comprises walking wheels 42, a steering gear 41 and a steering motor 43. The walking wheels 42 can be internally provided with motors for driving the walking wheels 42 to rotate so as to realize a walking function. The road wheels 42 are rotationally connected with the steering gear 41, the steering gear 41 is rotationally connected with the vehicle body 10, and the rotation of the steering gear 41 drives the road wheels 42 to steer so as to realize the steering action of the road wheels 42. The steering gear 41 is connected with a steering motor 43, and the steering gear 41 is driven to rotate by the steering motor to realize steering action. In the present embodiment, the steering wheel of the traveling mechanism 40 further includes an angle gear 411, and the angle gear 411 is engaged with the steering gear 41 to detect the turning angle of the steering gear 41. When the steering mechanism works, the steering motor 43 drives the steering gear 41 to rotate, and drives the travelling wheels 42 to rotate along the axis in the vertical direction, so that the steering function is realized; in the process of rotating the steering gear 41, the angle gear 411 is driven to rotate, so that the rotating angle of the steering gear 41 can be detected, and the steering action of the travelling wheels 42 is controlled.

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of the robot arm 20. As shown in fig. 2 and 4, the robot arm 20 has one end connected to the first end 11 of the vehicle body 10 and the other end extending outward and being freely movable, and for convenience of description, will be referred to as "free end" hereinafter. The free end of the mechanical arm 20 is provided with a charging plug 21 for plugging a charging port of a vehicle to charge the vehicle. The robot arm 20 includes a moving base 23 and an arm body 22. The movable seat 23 is connected to the first end 11 of the vehicle body 10 so as to be movable in the width direction of the vehicle body 10, and is movable back and forth in the width direction of the vehicle body 10. In order to drive the movable base 23 to move, the robot arm 20 further includes a screw 24 and a traverse motor 25, both ends of the screw 24 are rotatably connected to the first end 11 of the vehicle body 10 through bearings, and extend in the width direction of the vehicle body 10; the movable base 23 is not only movably connected to the vehicle body 10 by a slider-slider structure, but also connected to the screw 24 by a screw. The traverse motor 25 is disposed at an end of the vehicle body 10, and an output shaft thereof is connected to the screw 24 for driving the movable base 23 to move in the width direction of the vehicle body 10 via the screw 24. The arm body 22 is connected with the moving seat 23, and the arm body 22 has a plurality of joints, so that the arm body 22 can extend and retract, adjust the posture and the like. The free end of the arm 22 can be directly plugged into a charging port of the vehicle through the charging plug 21 to charge the vehicle. The multi-joint structure of the arm 22 may be implemented by a structure existing in the art, for example, the relative rotation of the arm 22 may be controlled by a motor, or the relative rotation of the arm 22 may be implemented by a pneumatic or hydraulic method, so as to implement the motions of extending, bending, retracting, etc. of the arm 22, which is not limited in the present application. When the charging device is used, the transverse moving motor 25 drives the screw rod 24 to rotate to drive the moving seat 23 to move according to the position of the charging port of a vehicle, so that the position of the moving seat 23 can be adjusted according to the position of the charging port, for example, if the charging port is positioned on the left side of the vehicle, the moving seat 23 is driven to move to the left side of the vehicle body 10, the arm body 22 of the mechanical arm 20 can be subjected to posture adjustment through stretching and bending, the charging plug 21 at the free end can be plugged into the charging port, and the length of the arm body 22 is small, so that the charging requirements of the charging ports at different positions can be met.

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of the charging member 30. As shown in fig. 2 and 5, the charging member 30 is disposed in the first area 13 and is used for providing a charging function for the charger robot. The charging component 30 comprises a battery assembly and a charger 31, wherein the charger 31 is respectively connected with the battery assembly and the mechanical arm 20 and is used for charging the vehicle through a charging plug 21 of the mechanical arm 20. The charger 31 is located in a first sub-area 131 of the first area 13 close to the first end 11. The battery assembly is located in a second sub-area 132 of the first area 13, remote from the first end 11, such that the charger 31 is located between the battery assembly and the robotic arm 20. The battery assembly includes a mounting member 33, a plurality of battery packs 32, and a housing. The mounting member 33 includes a plurality of groove bodies extending in the length direction of the vehicle body 10, and the plurality of groove bodies are arranged in parallel with each other in front. The battery pack 32 has an elongated structure and is fitted into the groove of the mounting member 33 such that the plurality of battery packs 32 are arranged in the first region 13 in parallel with each other in the width direction of the vehicle body 10. The housing covers the surface of the groove body of the mounting piece 33, and forms a cavity for accommodating the battery pack 32 with the mounting piece 33. In other embodiments, the housing may be made of a metal material, and wraps the mounting member 33 and the battery pack 32 to protect the battery pack 32. Thus, the battery pack 32 is mounted in the groove of the mounting member 33, and the battery pack 32 and the mounting member 33 are wrapped by the housing, so that the whole battery assembly is integrated, and the battery assembly can be replaced or maintained conveniently.

Fig. 6 is a schematic configuration diagram of the control section 50. As shown in fig. 6, a control unit 50 is provided in the second area 14 for traveling by the traveling mechanism 40 and for inserting the robot arm 20 into the vehicle. The control component 50 includes a control module 51, a power module 52, a communication module 53 and a sensing module 54, the power module 52 is respectively connected to the control module 51, the communication module 53 and the sensing module 54 for supplying power to the control component 50, in this embodiment, the power module 52 may include 48V and 24V power supplies, but other types of power supplies may also be provided as required. The control module 51 is connected to the communication module 53 and the sensing module 54, respectively, and is configured to control the operation of the vehicle body 10. In the present embodiment, the control module 51 may include a controller such as an industrial personal computer or a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), but may include another type of controller. The sensing module 54 includes a lidar disposed at the second end 12 and an encoder for detecting a steering angle. The encoder is connected with the angle gear 411 and is used for detecting the steering angle of the road wheels 42 according to the rotating angle or the number of turns of the angle gear 411.

When a charger robot is arranged, the charger 31 is arranged in the first sub-area 131 close to the first end 11 of the mechanical arm 20, the battery assembly is arranged in the second sub-area 132, the battery assembly is close to the charger 31, the charger 31 is close to the mechanical arm 20, the shortest path of the charging circuit is arranged, and the battery assembly can charge the vehicle through the charger 31 and the charging plug 21 of the mechanical arm 20. On the other hand, with the configuration of charging robot's control unit 50 in the second region 14 that is close to second tip 12, not only can keep apart with the charging line, guarantee control unit 50's electrical safety, can also realize whole charging robot's reasonable configuration, avoid mixing and piling up between each part, also can reduce charging robot's height, realize charging robot's flat design.

In the charging robot, the mechanical arm 20 is disposed at the first end portion 11 of the vehicle body 10, the battery assembly of the charging member 30 and the charger 31 are disposed in the first region 13 close to the first end portion 11, and the control member 50 is disposed in the second region 14 close to the second end portion 12, so that the charging robot is designed to be flat, the thickness of the charging robot can be reduced, the charging robot can move under a vehicle, and a passage of a garage does not need to be used. When charging is needed, the vehicle body 10 moves to the lower part of the vehicle, and the mechanical arm 20 extends out of the lower part of the vehicle to be abutted with the vehicle, so that the function of charging the vehicle is realized.

In several embodiments provided in the present disclosure, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present disclosure is not limited to the details of the above-described exemplary embodiments, and can be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. The present embodiments are therefore to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the disclosure being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein. Furthermore, it is obvious that the word "comprising" does not exclude other elements or steps, and the singular does not exclude the plural. The terms first, second, etc. are used to denote names, but not to denote any particular order.

Although the present disclosure has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes may be made and equivalents may be substituted without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure.

Claims

1. A charger robot is characterized by comprising:

the traveling mechanism is connected with the vehicle body;

2. The charger robot according to claim 1, wherein the mechanical arm comprises a movable seat and an arm body, the movable seat is movably connected with the first end portion of the vehicle body along the width direction of the vehicle body, and the arm body is connected with the movable seat.

3. The charger robot as claimed in claim 2, wherein the mechanical arm further comprises a screw rod and a traverse motor, the screw rod is rotatably connected to the first end portion of the vehicle body, the movable base is in threaded connection with the screw rod, and the traverse motor is connected to the screw rod and is used for driving the movable base to move along the width direction of the vehicle body through the screw rod.

4. The charger robot as claimed in claim 1, wherein the charger is located in a first sub-area of the first area close to the first end, and the battery assembly is located in a second sub-area of the first area far from the first end, so that the charger is located between the battery assembly and the mechanical arm.

5. The charger robot as recited in claim 4, wherein the battery assembly includes a plurality of battery packs extending in a length direction of the vehicle body, and a plurality of the battery packs are disposed in the first region in a width direction of the vehicle body.

6. The charger robot as recited in claim 5, wherein the battery assembly further comprises an installation member, the installation member comprises a plurality of grooves extending along a length direction of the vehicle body, and the battery pack is embedded in the grooves.

7. The charger robot as recited in claim 6, wherein the battery assembly further comprises a housing for covering at least the battery pack, the housing and the mounting member forming a cavity for receiving the battery pack.

8. The charger robot according to claim 1, wherein the control part comprises a control module, a power module, a communication module and a sensing module, the power module is respectively connected with the control module, the communication module and the sensing module; the control module is respectively connected with the communication module and the sensing module.

9. The charger robot according to claim 8, wherein the sensing module comprises a lidar disposed at the second end and an encoder for detecting a steering angle.

10. The charger robot of claim 1, wherein the traveling mechanism comprises steering wheels arranged around the vehicle body.