CN218145385U

CN218145385U - Battery clamping device

Info

Publication number: CN218145385U
Application number: CN202222663298.7U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 孙政
Original assignee: GAC Toyota Motor Co Ltd
Current assignee: GAC Toyota Motor Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-10-10
Filing date: 2022-10-10
Publication date: 2022-12-27
Anticipated expiration: 2032-10-10

Abstract

The utility model provides a battery clamping device, which is used in the workshop production and transportation field and comprises a base, a driving mechanism, a clamping mechanism, a limit detection mechanism and a limit component; the base comprises a first clamping part; the driving mechanism comprises a driving main body and a transmission part connected with the driving main body, and the driving main body is arranged on the base; the clamping mechanism comprises a moving plate and a second clamping part connected with the moving plate, and the transmission piece is connected with the moving plate and used for driving the second clamping part to be close to or far away from the first clamping part; the limit detection mechanism comprises a bracket and a contact switch arranged on the bracket, and the bracket is arranged on the base; the limiting assembly comprises a rotating piece and a plurality of abutting heads arranged on the rotating piece, wherein the rotating piece is rotatably arranged on the moving plate and used for switching different abutting heads to face the contact switch through rotation. The battery clamping device has the advantages of safety and high efficiency.

Description

Battery clamping device

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a workshop production transportation field especially relates to a battery clamping device.

Background

At present, in the traditional industry, after a transport vehicle unloads batteries stacked in a lump for batteries with larger weight, such as batteries for vehicles weighing tens of kilograms, batteries with different types are generally sorted manually, and then the batteries are hoisted by a battery hoisting clamp to be transferred to a logistics trolley. Because the battery belongs to dangerous chemicals, the condition that the battery electrode was touched to the anchor clamps metal part appears easily during anchor clamps centre gripping, produces the risk of electrocution. Meanwhile, batteries with different types and sizes can be received at the same station, based on safety factors, a hoisting clamp is often independently used for hoisting each type of battery in the industry, and the clamps need to be replaced during hoisting of the batteries with different types, so that the clamp models are too many and are repeatedly switched, and the efficiency is low; the risk of the metal part of the holder hitting the cell electrode is further increased during the change-over process.

Therefore, a new battery clamping device is needed to solve the above-mentioned problems.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims at providing a battery clamping device aims at solving among the prior art battery anchor clamps and has the technical problem that the electric shock risk and anchor clamps switch inefficiency.

The utility model provides a battery clamping device, which comprises a base, a driving mechanism, a clamping mechanism, a limit detection mechanism and a limit component; the base includes a first clamping portion; the driving mechanism comprises a driving main body and a transmission part connected with the driving main body, and the driving main body is arranged on the base; the clamping mechanism comprises a moving plate and a second clamping part connected with the moving plate, and the transmission piece is connected with the moving plate and used for driving the second clamping part to be close to or far away from the first clamping part; the limit detection mechanism comprises a support and a contact switch arranged on the support, and the support is arranged on the base; the limiting assembly comprises a rotating piece and a plurality of abutting heads arranged on the rotating piece, the rotating piece is rotatably arranged on the moving plate and used for switching different abutting heads to face the contact switch through rotation.

In an embodiment, the rotating member includes a rotating shaft and a plurality of connecting portions connected to and extending out of an outer periphery of the rotating shaft, the number of the abutting heads is the same as the number of the connecting portions, and the abutting heads are connected in a one-to-one correspondence.

In one embodiment, the abutting head comprises a rod body and an abutting block connected to one end of the rod body, the other end of the rod body is connected to the connecting portion, and the abutting block is located on one side, close to the contact switch, of the rod body.

In one embodiment, the rotating member further comprises a hand-operated member, the hand-operated member comprises a rocker and a connecting plate, and the connecting plate is connected with the rocker and the rotating shaft and is positioned between the rocker and the rotating shaft.

In an embodiment, the driving body includes a cylinder body, the transmission member includes a piston rod telescopically connected to the cylinder body, and one end of the piston rod, which is far away from the cylinder body, is connected to the moving plate.

In one embodiment, the battery clamping device further comprises an air source communicated with the cylinder body through an air pipe, and the air pipe is provided with a control valve.

In an embodiment, the battery clamping device further includes a switch, and the switch is connected to the control valve to control the control valve to deliver gas and release pressure to the cylinder body.

In one embodiment, the air pipe is further provided with an air pressure sensing valve.

In one embodiment, the battery clamping device further comprises a console, the console is in signal connection with the contact switch, and the console is in signal connection with the air pressure sensing valve.

In an embodiment, the base is further provided with a guide rail, an extending direction of which is parallel to a moving direction of the transmission member, and the moving plate includes a sliding groove, and the sliding groove is slidably connected with the guide rail.

Among the above-mentioned technical scheme, for avoiding appearing the not enough or excessively tight condition of clamp degree at the in-process to the battery centre gripping, set up spacing detection mechanism and rather than the spacing subassembly of complex and be used for realizing the inspection to the battery clamping state, make operating personnel learn the clamping state through detecting and output clamping signal promptly. Because the different batteries have different structural sizes, the distances from the moving plate to the contact switch are inconsistent in a clamping state, and one abutting head cannot meet the limit detection requirements of the batteries with different sizes at the same time, so that the abutting heads with different sizes are designed corresponding to the batteries with different types; here, the design of the abutting head is calibrated, and the structure of the abutting head is matched with the structure size of the battery of the corresponding model, so that the contact switch touched by the corresponding abutting head indicates that the battery of the model is clamped in place. When the battery needs to be clamped and transferred, the battery clamping device is moved to the position above the battery, and the rotating piece is adjusted to select the required abutting joint head to face the contact switch; then, moving the battery clamping device to enable the battery to be located between the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion, controlling the driving main body to drive the driving piece to retract, and driving the second clamping portion to be close to the first clamping portion to clamp two opposite sides of the battery; controlling the second clamping part to continue clamping until the abutting head abuts against the touch contact switch, and at the moment, achieving the clamping state required by design and being kept, and not continuing to deeply clamp to prevent the metal part of the clamping device from contacting the battery terminal to cause the problem of short circuit and electric shock; meanwhile, the abutting joint outputs a contact signal after the abutting joint touches the contact switch, so that an operator is reminded that the first clamping part and the second clamping part reach a required designed clamping state for the battery, and the battery can be transferred in the next step. When batteries of different models are replaced for clamping, the requirements for adaptive clamping can be simply and quickly met by only manually rotating and switching the butt joint heads without replacing different battery clamping devices or disassembling and replacing related components in the battery clamping devices. The utility model discloses a have factor of safety high and efficient advantage.

Drawings

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

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a battery holding device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a front view of a battery clamping device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of the limiting assembly according to the embodiment of the present invention.

The reference numbers illustrate:

1. a base; 11. a guide rail; 12. a first clamping portion; 2. a clamping mechanism; 21. a motion plate; 22. a second clamping portion; 3. a drive mechanism; 31. a drive body; 32. a transmission member; 4. a limit detection mechanism; 41. a support; 42. a contact switch; 5. a limiting component; 51. a rotating member; 511. a rotating shaft; 512. a connecting portion; 52. a butting head; 521. a rod body; 522. a butting block; 53. a hand piece; 531. a rocker; 532. a connecting plate.

The realization, the functional characteristics and the advantages of the utility model are further explained by combining the embodiment mode and referring to the attached drawings.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that all the directional indicators (such as up, down, left, right, front, back \8230;) in the embodiments of the present invention are only used to explain the relative position relationship between the components, the motion situation, etc. in a specific posture (as shown in the attached drawings), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indicator is changed accordingly.

Furthermore, descriptions in the present application as to "first," "second," etc. are for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or to implicitly indicate the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise.

In the present application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "connected" and "fixed" are to be construed broadly, e.g., "fixed" may be fixedly connected or detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or they may be interconnected within two elements or in a relationship where two elements interact with each other unless otherwise specifically limited. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations by those skilled in the art.

In addition, the technical solutions between the embodiments of the present invention can be combined with each other, but it is necessary to be able to be realized by a person having ordinary skill in the art as a basis, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, the combination of such technical solutions should be considered to be absent, and is not within the protection scope of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, the utility model provides a battery clamping device, which comprises a base 1, a driving mechanism 3, a clamping mechanism 2, a limit detection mechanism 4 and a limit component 5; the base 1 comprises a first clamping portion 12; the driving mechanism 3 comprises a driving main body 31 and a transmission piece 32 connected with the driving main body 31, wherein the driving main body 31 is arranged on the base 1; the clamping mechanism 2 comprises a moving plate 21 and a second clamping part 22 connected with the moving plate 21, and a transmission piece 32 is connected with the moving plate 21 and used for driving the second clamping part 22 to be close to or far away from the first clamping part 12; the limit detection mechanism 4 comprises a bracket 41 and a contact switch 42 arranged on the bracket 41, wherein the bracket 41 is arranged on the base 1; the position limiting assembly 5 includes a rotary member 51 and a plurality of abutment heads 52 mounted to the rotary member 51, and the rotary member 51 is rotatably mounted to the moving plate 21 to face the contact switch 42 by switching the different abutment heads 52 by rotation.

In the above embodiment, in order to avoid the situation that the clamping degree is insufficient or excessively clamped in the process of clamping the battery, the limiting detection mechanism 4 and the limiting component 5 matched with the limiting detection mechanism are arranged to detect the clamping state of the battery, that is, the clamping state is known by an operator through detecting and outputting a clamping signal. Because the different batteries have different structural sizes, the distances from the moving plate 21 to the contact switch 42 are different in a clamping state, and one abutting head 52 cannot meet the limit detection requirements of the batteries with different sizes at the same time, the abutting heads 52 with different sizes are designed corresponding to the batteries with different models; here, the abutting head 52 is dimensioned and configured to match the dimensions of the corresponding battery model, such that touching the contact switch 42 by the corresponding abutting head 52 indicates that the battery model has been held in place. When the battery needs to be clamped and transferred, the battery clamping device is moved to the position above the battery, and the rotating piece 51 is adjusted to select the required abutting head 52 to face the contact switch 42; then, the battery clamping device is moved to enable the battery to be located between the first clamping portion 12 and the second clamping portion 22, the driving main body 31 is controlled to enable the driving transmission member 32 to retract, and the second clamping portion 22 is driven to be close to the first clamping portion 12 to clamp two opposite sides of the battery; controlling the second clamping portion 22 to continue clamping until the abutting head 52 abuts against the touch contact switch 42, at which time the clamping state required by the design is reached and maintained, and the deep clamping is not continued to prevent the metal part of the clamping device from contacting the battery terminal to cause the problem of short circuit electric shock; meanwhile, the abutting head 52 outputs a contact signal after touching the contact switch 42, so as to remind the operator that the first clamping portion 12 and the second clamping portion 22 have reached the required designed clamping state for the battery, and the battery can be transferred in the next step. When batteries of different types are replaced for clamping, the requirements for adaptive clamping can be simply and quickly met by only manually rotating the switching butt joint head 52 without replacing different battery clamping devices or disassembling and replacing related components in the battery clamping devices. This embodiment has the advantage that factor of safety is high and efficient.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, in an embodiment, the rotating member 51 includes a rotating shaft 511 and a plurality of connecting portions 512 connected to and extending from the outer periphery of the rotating shaft 511, the number of the abutting heads 52 is the same as the number of the connecting portions 512, and the base 1 further includes a first through hole, and the rotating shaft 511 is rotatably installed in the first through hole for rotatably switching the abutting heads 52 to face the contact switch 42; when the different batteries are replaced and clamped, the operator rotates the rotating shaft 511 to select a desired abutting head 52 to face the contact switch 42; by arranging the plurality of abutting heads 52, the requirements of clamping and limiting detection of batteries with various types can be met by one battery clamping device.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, in an embodiment, the abutting head 52 includes a rod 521 and an abutting block 522 connected to one end of the rod 521, the other end of the rod 521 is connected to the connecting portion 512, and the abutting block 522 is located on one side of the rod 521 close to the contact switch 42; in the clamped state, the abutting block 522 abuts against the contact switch 42, the clamping mechanism 2 does not continue to clamp deeply to prevent the metal part of the clamping device from contacting the battery terminal and causing the risk of short circuit and electric shock, and the contact switch 42 outputs a contact signal for reminding an operator that the first clamping part 12 and the second clamping part 22 have reached the required designed clamping state for the battery.

Referring to fig. 1-3, in one embodiment, rotating member 51 further comprises a hand piece 53, wherein hand piece 53 comprises a rocker 531 and a connecting plate 532, and connecting plate 532 connects rocker 531 and rotating shaft 511 and is located between rocker 531 and rotating shaft 511; the operator operates the rocker 531 to rotate the rotary shaft 511 via the link plate 532, and selects a desired abutting head 52 to face the contact switch 42.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, in an embodiment, the driving body 31 includes a cylinder body, the transmission member 32 includes a piston rod telescopically connected to the cylinder body, and an end of the piston rod away from the cylinder body is connected to the moving plate 21; when the battery needs to be clamped, the cylinder body drives the piston rod to contract, so that the second clamping part 22 is close to the first clamping part 12 and is abutted to and clamped with the battery until the abutting head 52 touches the contact switch 42 and then is kept in the clamping state; when the battery needs to be unclamped, the cylinder body of the air cylinder drives the piston rod to return, so that the clamping mechanism 2 unclamps the battery.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, in an embodiment, the battery clamping device further includes an air source communicated with the cylinder body through an air pipe, and the air pipe is provided with a control valve; the control valve is used for controlling the on-off of gas from the gas source to the cylinder body of the cylinder, in a clamping state, the control valve is communicated with a gas path from the gas source to the cylinder body of the cylinder, the cylinder body of the cylinder drives the piston rod to contract under the action of air pressure, and the second clamping part 22 is close to the first clamping part 12 so as to clamp the battery; when the battery needs to be unclamped, the control valve controls the gas in the cylinder body to be decompressed and discharged, so that the cylinder body drives the piston rod to return, and the clamping mechanism 2 is further unclamped to clamp the battery.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, in an embodiment, the battery clamping device further includes a switch, and the switch is connected to the control valve to control the control valve to deliver gas to and release pressure from the cylinder body; when clamping operation is required, an operator operates a switch to enable a control valve to be communicated with gas transmission from a gas source to a cylinder body, and the cylinder body drives a piston cylinder to contract under the action of air pressure, so that a clamping mechanism 2 clamps a battery; when the clamping is required to be loosened, an operator operates the switch to control the control valve to control the air in the cylinder body to release pressure and discharge, so that the cylinder body drives the piston rod to return, and the clamping mechanism 2 is further loosened to clamp the battery.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, in an embodiment, the air tube is further provided with an air pressure sensing valve; the air pressure sensing valve can detect the air pressure in the air path and is used for judging whether the clamping mechanism 2 has enough clamping force or not according to the air pressure value; specifically, an air pressure range suitable for clamping can be determined during design and calibration according to actual conditions, and whether the clamping force meets the requirement can be judged by comparing whether the detected air pressure value is in the air pressure range.

Referring to fig. 1-3, in one embodiment, the battery clamping device further comprises a console in signal connection with the contact switch 42, and the console is in signal connection with the air pressure sensing valve; the air pressure signal detected by the air pressure induction valve is quickly and reliably transmitted to the console in the form of an electric signal for signal processing; here, the console is further connected with a signal prompting device, and when the detection station receives the contact signal sent by the contact switch 42 and determines that the air pressure value of the air pressure induction valve is within the set range, the detection station controls the prompting device to pop up a green buoy to prompt an operator that the battery is clamped, so that the battery can be transferred.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, in an embodiment, the base 1 is further provided with a guide rail 11 extending in a direction parallel to a moving direction of the transmission member 32, and the moving plate 21 includes a sliding groove slidably connected to the guide rail 11; through setting up guide rail 11, will be restricted along guide rail 11 extending direction when making motion board 21 receive the telescopic link to drive reciprocating motion, can effectively guarantee the steady of motion board 21 motion and the fixed of motion board 21 movement track like this.

The above is only the optional embodiment of the present invention, and therefore the patent scope of the present invention is not limited, all of which are under the technical conception of the present invention, the equivalent structure transformation made by the contents of the specification and the attached drawings is utilized, or the direct/indirect application is included in other related technical fields in the patent protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A battery clamping apparatus, comprising:

a base including a first clamping portion;

the driving mechanism comprises a driving main body and a transmission part connected with the driving main body, and the driving main body is arranged on the base;

the clamping mechanism comprises a moving plate and a second clamping part connected with the moving plate, and the transmission piece is connected with the moving plate and used for driving the second clamping part to be close to or far away from the first clamping part;

the limit detection mechanism comprises a bracket and a contact switch arranged on the bracket, and the bracket is arranged on the base;

the limiting assembly comprises a rotating piece and a plurality of abutting heads arranged on the rotating piece, the rotating piece is rotatably arranged on the moving plate and used for switching different abutting heads to face the contact switch through rotation.

2. The battery clamping device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rotary member comprises a rotary shaft and a plurality of connecting portions connected to and extending from an outer periphery of the rotary shaft, the number of the abutting heads is equal to the number of the connecting portions and the abutting heads are connected in a one-to-one correspondence, the base further comprises a first through hole, and the rotary shaft is rotatably mounted in the first through hole for rotatably switching different abutting heads to face the contact switch.

3. The battery clamping device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the abutting head comprises a rod body and an abutting block connected to one end of the rod body, the other end of the rod body is connected to the connecting portion, and the abutting block is located on one side of the rod body close to the contact switch.

4. The battery clamping device of claim 2 wherein said rotating member further comprises a hand piece, said hand piece comprising a rocker and a connecting plate, said connecting plate connecting said rocker and said rotating shaft and being located between said rocker and said rotating shaft.

5. The battery clamping device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the driving body comprises a cylinder body, the transmission member comprises a piston rod telescopically connected to the cylinder body, and an end of the piston rod remote from the cylinder body is connected to the moving plate.

6. The battery clamping device of claim 5, further comprising a gas source in communication with the cylinder block through a gas tube, the gas tube being provided with a control valve.

7. The battery clamping device of claim 6, further comprising a switch connected to said control valve for controlling said control valve to deliver gas to and relieve pressure from said cylinder block.

8. A battery holding apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the air tube is further provided with an air pressure sensitive valve.

9. The battery clamping apparatus of claim 8, further comprising a console in signal communication with said contact switch, said console in signal communication with said air pressure sensitive valve.

10. The battery clamping device as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the base is further provided with a guide rail extending in a direction parallel to the moving direction of the transmission member, and the moving plate includes a sliding groove slidably connected to the guide rail.