JP2012154112A - Mechanical parking device for electrically-driven motorcycles - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mechanical parking device for electrically-driven motorcycles which enables parking of electrically-driven motorcycles and also charging during parking.SOLUTION: A mechanical parking device for electrically-driven motorcycles includes a motorcycle-mounted pallet 1 and the motorcycle-mounted pallet 1 includes, on the pallet 1, a retainer 30 for retaining a front wheel T of an electrically-driven motorcycle B and a charging receptacle 32 for connection to a charging plug 23 of the electrically-driven motorcycle B of which front wheel T retained by the retainer 30.

Description

  The present invention relates to a mechanical parking device for an electric motorcycle that can be charged while the electric motorcycle is parked.

  In recent years, with the growing awareness of the environment, electric motorcycles that use electric motors as the power source (the “electric motorcycles” in this specification and claims are the power of electric motors (combined use of engine and human power). (Including those that can be driven) is being developed. Such an electric motorcycle is excellent in environmental conservation because it can reduce the amount of exhaust gas, but it is necessary to charge electricity to a storage battery (battery) instead of conventional fuel.

  Therefore, the parking time in the mechanical parking device (including “mechanical parking device” in the document of this specification and claims includes a motorcycle parking and a mechanical parking device capable of parking a car). There is an idea to charge using.

  In the case of an electric vehicle, various mechanical parking devices with a charging function have been invented so that the vehicle can be charged using the parked time. For example, a parking device that can charge an electric vehicle parked on a parking pallet (see, for example, Patent Document 1), and a three-dimensional parking device that can be charged by storing a parking pallet equipped with an electric vehicle in a parking shelf (See, for example, Patent Document 2).

  In addition, as a parking device that can park a motorcycle, a motorcycle dedicated pallet provided with a mooring holder that holds and holds the front wheel of the motorcycle on the pallet is placed on top of the pallet for automobiles, There is a mixed parking apparatus that can park an automobile and a motorcycle (see, for example, Patent Document 3).

Japanese Patent No. 2753770 Japanese Patent No. 2789062 JP 2009-257072 A

  However, the conventional mechanical parking device does not have a sufficient storage space for parking a motorcycle efficiently, and as in Patent Documents 1 and 2, it can be charged while an electric vehicle is parked. However, a mechanical parking device with a charging function that allows the electric motorcycle to be parked stably and that can be charged using the parked time is still invented. Not.

  In recent years, there has also been a demand for the spread of charging equipment that supports quick charging, which can be charged using a short time during parking.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an electric motorcycle-compatible mechanical parking device that can park an electric motorcycle and that can be charged during parking.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a parking device for an electric motorcycle equipped with a motorcycle mounting pallet, wherein the motorcycle mounting pallet is placed on the pallet on the front wheel of the electric motorcycle. And a charging outlet for connecting a charging plug of the electric motorcycle holding a front wheel to the holding tool. The “charging outlet” in this specification and claims refers to an outlet suitable for a charging plug of an electric motorcycle. This allows the motorcycle to be charged by holding the front wheel of the motorcycle with the pallet holder for mounting the motorcycle and inserting the charging plug of the motorcycle into the charging outlet on the pallet. It is possible to charge the battery while it is ringing.

  The pallet for mounting a motorcycle includes the holder at a position where a plurality of electric motorcycles are mounted at predetermined intervals, and has a plurality of charging outlets for connecting charging plugs of the plurality of electric motorcycles. You may do it. In this way, a plurality of electric motorcycles can be parked and charged on one pallet, and the electric motorcycle can be efficiently charged in a small space.

  Further, the motorcycle mounting pallet is configured to perform only a lifting operation within a predetermined range of the parking device, and the motorcycle is disposed between the motorcycle mounting pallet that performs the lifting operation and a fixed side of the parking device. The power supply cable has a length that hangs down within the range of the lifting operation of the mounting pallet, the motorcycle mounting pallet has a relay post to which the power supply cable is connected, and the relay post is connected to the electric motorcycle. A charging outlet for connecting a charging plug may be provided. In this way, in the mechanical parking device that lifts and lowers the motorcycle mounting pallet with a finite stroke, the power feeding cable that feeds the motorcycle mounting pallet can be moved stably following the lifting and lowering operation of the pallet. .

  Further, the relay post may be disposed in the holding tool or in the vicinity of the holding tool, and the charging outlet may be provided above the relay post. In this way, the front wheel of the electric motorcycle can be held by the holder and the charging plug of the electric motorcycle can be more easily inserted into the charging outlet provided on the relay post.

  The holder may include a charging outlet for connecting a charging plug of the electric motorcycle. In this way, the front wheel of the electric motorcycle is held by the holder, and the charging plug of the electric motorcycle is inserted into the charging outlet at the position of the holder at that position to complete the connection work for charging. Therefore, the charging operation of the electric motorcycle can be easily performed.

  The holder may include a detecting unit that detects holding of the front wheel of the electric motorcycle, and may be configured to start energization of the charging outlet based on a detection signal of the detecting unit. In this way, the electric motorcycle can be automatically charged at the position where the front wheel of the electric motorcycle is held, and the electric motorcycle can be efficiently charged without the need to turn on and off the power. Moreover, it can be prevented from being used for purposes other than charging.

  Further, the holder has a swing holding member into which a front wheel of an electric motorcycle enters, and the detecting means includes an actual vehicle state in which the front wheel is inserted into the swing holding member, and an empty vehicle state in which no front wheel is included. It may be configured to detect the presence or absence of an electric motorcycle. In this way, it is possible to easily detect whether or not the electric motorcycle is held by the swinging state of the swing holding member that holds the front wheel of the electric motorcycle, and power supply to the held electric motorcycle is possible. Can be performed stably.

  Further, display means for turning on or off based on a detection signal for holding the front wheel by the detection means may be provided. In this way, the user can easily confirm visually whether or not the detection means has detected that the electric motorcycle is held, and it is determined whether or not the electric motorcycle can be charged. Can be easily performed.

  According to the present invention, the electric motorcycle can be stably parked by being held by the motorcycle mounting pallet holder, and can be charged while the electric motorcycle is parked. It becomes.

It is a front view which shows one Embodiment of the pit two-step raising / lowering parking apparatus which employ | adopted this invention. It is the II-II arrow side view shown in FIG. It is the III-III arrow top view shown in FIG. It is a principal part enlarged view of FIG. It is drawing of the holder shown in FIG. 4, (a) is a side view at the time of an empty vehicle, (b) is a side view at the time of a real vehicle. FIG. 2 is a control block diagram of the pit two-stage lift type parking apparatus shown in FIG. 1. It is a front view of the state which raised the motorcycle mounting pallet.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following embodiments, a pit two-step lift parking device will be described as an example of a mechanical parking device for electric motorcycles. Further, the concept of the up / down / left / right direction in the document of this specification and claims shall be the same as the concept of the up / down / left / right direction of the parking apparatus shown in FIG. ”, The opposite side is the“ rear side ”.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the pit two-stage lifting / lowering parking apparatus 10 according to this embodiment is a pit storage-type two-stage / two-row lifting / lowering parking apparatus. In this pit two-stage lifting type parking device 10 (hereinafter also simply referred to as “parking device 10”), upper pallets 1 and 2 and lower pallets 3 and 4 are arranged in two upper and lower tiers. The lifting bodies 6 and 7 are integrally formed by being connected by the connecting member 5. These elevating bodies 6 and 7 are arranged in two rows (left parking row, right parking row) side by side in the pit 8. The elevating bodies 6 and 7 are moved up and down by the connecting member 5 while the upper pallets 1 and 2 and the lower pallets 3 and 4 maintain a positional relationship. The elevating bodies 6 and 7 are guided so as to move up and down in the vertical direction between the central portion in the width direction of the pit 8 and the pillars 9 provided at the left and right end portions. These pillars 9 are provided at the front and rear positions of the pit 8.

  The elevating bodies 6 and 7 are moved up and down by elevating means 11 (in this example, a hydraulic cylinder mechanism is adopted as shown in FIG. 2) provided in the vicinity of the column 9. The raising and lowering of the elevating bodies 6 and 7 is a finite stroke between a state in which the upper pallets 1 and 2 coincide with the entry floor surface 12 and a state in which the lower pallets 3 and 4 coincide with the entry floor surface 12 (FIG. 7). Can be raised and lowered.

  Further, a main post 14 and a sub post 15 are provided at both left and right ends of the entrance 13 (the right direction portion in FIG. 2), and a front sealing chain 16 is hung between these posts 14 and 15. It has been. An operation panel 17 is provided on the upper portion of the main post 14. Furthermore, since this parking apparatus 10 parks and charges the electric motorcycle B, three sides other than the entrance 13 are surrounded by the fence 18. In this example, the charging power supply device 20 is provided at the center rear portion in the width direction, and the control device (control panel) 21 is provided at the rear portion in the right direction.

  In this example, among the pallets 1 to 4 corresponding to four automobiles, one automobile on the upper left pallet is the motorcycle mounting pallet 1. A plurality (three) of electric motorcycles B can be parked and charged on the motorcycle mounting pallet 1. The other pallets 2 to 4 are for the automobile V.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, in this embodiment, three electric motorcycles B can be parked on the motorcycle mounting pallet 1, and two electric motorcycles are provided in the rear portion. B can park, and one electric motorcycle B can park on the front part.

  At the place where each electric motorcycle B is parked, three holders 30 for holding the front wheels of the electric motorcycle B are provided. The holders 30 are provided at the front part on the right side in the width direction of the motorcycle mounting pallet 1 and the holders 30 provided on the rear part on the left side of the pallet 1 for mounting the motorcycle. The holder 30 provided in parallel with the direction and provided in the rear part on the right side is obliquely arranged so as to park the electric motorcycle B obliquely from the left side of the pallet. A two-dot chain line arrow M shown in the figure indicates a direction in which the electric motorcycle B is to get on and off.

  In this embodiment, relay posts 31 are provided in the vicinity of the holders 30. Charging outlets 32 for inserting charging plugs 23 provided at the ends of the charging cable 22 of the electric motorcycle B held by the respective holders 30 are respectively provided on the upper portions of these relay posts 31. Yes. This figure shows a state where the electric motorcycle B is parked on all three holders 30 (parking positions) and is being charged.

  A deck 19 is provided at the upper end of the column 9 to block the gap between the pit 8 and the lifting bodies 6 and 7. Further, in this embodiment, the relay post 31 is provided in the vicinity of the holder 30, but even if the relay post 31 is provided in the holder 30, a power feeding member (a member similar to the relay post 31) from the holder 30. May be extended and a charging outlet 32 may be provided on the upper portion thereof.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the motorcycle mounting pallet 1 and the charging power supply device 20 are connected by a power feeding cable 33. The power supply cable 33 extends from the charging power supply device 20 to the vicinity of the connecting member 5 of the elevating body 6 along the lower surface of the deck 19, and extends from the lower surface of the deck 19 to the motorcycle mounting pallet 1. Both ends of the power supply cable 33 are fixed to the lower surface of the deck 19 on the fixed side and the peripheral portion of the pallet 1 for mounting a motorcycle.

  The power feeding cable 33 between the deck 19 on the fixed side and the motorcycle mounting pallet 1 is higher than the range of the lifting operation of the motorcycle mounting pallet 1 (the range of the lifting stroke indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 4). It is a little long and has a length that hangs down in a U-shape. The power supply cable 33 provided on the lower surface of the motorcycle mounting pallet 1 extends to the position of each relay post 31 and is connected to a charging outlet 32 provided above each relay post 31. The power feeding cable 33 has a length that is a U-shape that slightly hangs down when the motorcycle mounting pallet 1 is raised.

  Even if the motorcycle mounting pallet 1 is moved up and down by supplying power to the motorcycle mounting pallet 1 using such a power supply cable 33, the pallet side end of the power supply cable 33 moves in the vertical direction within the lift range. Stable power feeding can be performed between the fixed portion and the motorcycle mounting pallet 1.

  The motorcycle mounting pallet 1 in the illustrated example is a simple elevating type, but in the case of an elevating / lowering type elevating pallet, the cable end moves following the elevating / traversing operation of the elevating / lowering pallet. In this way, the length and fixed position of the power feeding cable 33 may be set.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 (a), (b), the holder 30 is formed wider than the width dimension of the front wheel T of the motorcycle B, and the frame member 35 between which the front wheel T is interposed, A holding member 36 for holding the front wheel T put in the frame member 35 is provided. The holding member 36 of this example includes a swing holding member 37 provided at the front part into which the front wheel T enters, and a tip holding member 38 provided at the rear part where the tip part of the front wheel T abuts.

  The swing holding member 37 is provided so as to swing in the boarding / alighting direction M of the motorcycle B around the swing shaft 40. When the front wheel T of the motorcycle B does not enter (when the vehicle is empty: FIG. 5 (a)), the swinging holding member 37 is tilted in the direction in which the front wheel T enters, and the front wheel T enters. When the vehicle is on (in actual vehicle: FIG. 5 (b)), the front wheel T rides and falls in the anti-entry direction. The swing state of the swing holding member 37 is detected by a sensor 39 (a limit switch or the like), and an actual vehicle state or an empty vehicle state is detected from the direction in which the swing holding member 37 is tilted. In this embodiment, the sensor 39 is a detection means and is provided in the holder 30.

  Then, based on a detection signal indicating whether or not the front wheel T is held by the swing holding member 37, a switching means for turning ON / OFF the power supply to the charging outlet 32 is provided. As the switching means, when the front wheel T is not held by the swing holding member 37, the power supply from the charging power supply device 20 is turned off, and it is detected that the front wheel T is held by the swing holding member 37. Thus, the power supply from the charging power supply device 20 is switched to ON. This switching is performed by switching a switch 59 of the charging power supply device 20 to be described later with a signal from the control device 21.

  Further, as described above, the motorcycle mounting pallet 1 of this embodiment is provided with the relay post 31 in the vicinity of the holding tool 30 that holds the front wheel T of each electric motorcycle B. A power feeding cable 33 is connected to a charging outlet 32 provided at the upper portion of 31 (FIG. 2).

  As shown in FIG. 6, the control block of the parking apparatus 10 includes a RAM 21 that integrally stores a user ID / contract pallet number and the like, a ROM, a CPU, and the like, and a controller 21 that emits a signal for controlling each unit. The left / right column lifting / lowering drive unit 50, the left / right column lifting / lowering position detecting means 51, the charging power source device 20, and the operation panel 17 constitute the I / O device 52 (input / output device). And signals are transmitted and received between the respective units.

  In this embodiment, since it is the two-stage, two-row lifting / lowering parking device 10 as described above, the contract pallet number by the control device 21 is (1) the upper left row (motorcycle-mounted pallet 1), ( 2) Upper row (car pallet 2), (3) Lower row (car pallet 3), (4) Lower row (car pallet 4).

  Also, the left / right row lifting / lowering drive units 50 and the left / right row lifting / lowering position detecting means 51 are provided on the lifting bodies 6 and 7, and the lifting / lowering means which is the main component of the lifting / lowering driving unit 50. The lift position of the pallet is detected by the lift position detecting means 51 from the amount of expansion and contraction of the (hydraulic cylinder mechanism) 11.

  The operation panel 17 is provided with an alarm lamp 53 at the top, and below it, a “lower call” pushbutton switch 54, a “store” pushbutton switch 55, a palette number (lower) selector switch 56, and a power key switch 57. Is provided. The power key switch 57 is operated when a driving operation is performed by a key (not shown) contributed to each contractor.

  On the other hand, power is supplied to the charging power supply device 20 from an external power supply 62 (dedicated power supply, shared with a lifting power supply for the pallet lifting / lowering body, etc.). The power supply cable 33 is connected to the power supply cable 33. A power supply cable 33 provided via the breaker 58 is connected to a charging outlet 32 provided on each relay post 31. In addition, a charging plug 23 of each electric motorcycle B is connected to each charging outlet 32. In each electric motorcycle B, the battery 61 is charged via the in-vehicle charger 60 by the charging cable 22 provided with the charging plug 23. Although the charging power supply device 20 of this example shows an example in which only the breaker 58 is provided, a contactor, a transformer or the like may be combined in addition to this, and is not limited to this embodiment.

  Further, the charging power supply device 20 may be built in the control device 21 (inside the control panel), may be integrated with the control device 21 or may be a separate body, and is limited to this embodiment. is not. Further, the charging power supply device 20 may be configured separately from the I / O device 52.

  Further, as described above, when the control signal of the detecting means and the contactor is controlled by the control device 21 of the parking device 10, it is necessary to connect a signal cable (not shown) together with the U-shaped power supply cable 33. However, an independent control device (not shown) may be incorporated in the relay post 31 portion. In this case, a signal cable provided along with the power supply cable 33 is not necessary.

  Hereinafter, an operation for bringing the electric motorcycle B into and out of the parking apparatus 10 compatible with the electric motorcycle will be described. At the time of warehousing, it is assumed that one or more of the holding tools 30 of the motorcycle mounting pallet 1 are open.

[Goods receipt work]
At the time of warehousing, in this embodiment, since the upper pallet is the motorcycle mounting pallet 1, the front blocking chain 16 is removed, the electric motorcycle B is pushed toward the holder 30, and the front wheel T is moved to the holder 30. Stop while holding. In addition, the electric motorcycle B in a state of being held by the holder 30 is locked or locked with a rope as necessary (not shown), and is parked in a stable state on the top of the motorcycle mounting pallet 1.

  Then, the charging cable 22 of the electric motorcycle B is taken out (the charging cable 22 includes various types such as a reel-type payout type and a type in which a cable independent of the vehicle body is connected to both the vehicle body and the outlet). The charging plug 23 is connected to a charging outlet 32 provided on the upper portion of the relay post 31. In this embodiment, since the charging outlet 32 is energized by holding the front wheel of the electric motorcycle B by the holder 30, charging is started by the connection operation of the charging plug 23.

  Thereafter, the user exits from the parking apparatus 1 and hangs up the front sealing chain 16 to complete the warehousing operation.

  Further, when the front wheel T is held by the holder 30, display means (display lamp or the like: not shown) may be provided so that the user can visually confirm that the front wheel T is held by the holder 30. In this way, the user can easily check visually whether the vehicle is parked at the regular position and can be charged by checking the display means.

  According to the above configuration, since the charging outlet 32 is not energized when the front wheel T of the electric motorcycle B is not housed in the holder 30, the risk of electric leakage and electric shock due to intrusion of rainwater and intrusion of foreign matter is reduced. it can.

[Outgoing work]
At the time of delivery, since the motorcycle mounting pallet 1 is an upper pallet in this embodiment, the motorcycle mounting pallet 1 coincides with the entry floor surface 12 in a standby state. After the chain 16 is removed, the motorcycle 16 enters the position of the motorcycle B on the motorcycle mounting pallet 1. Then, the charging plug 23 provided on the charging cable 22 of the electric motorcycle B is removed from the charging outlet 32, and the locking means and the fixing means are released as necessary. Thereafter, the electric motorcycle B is pulled rearward to remove the front wheel T from the holder 30, and further retracted to exit the parking device 10 (bicycle parking device). Then, the front sealing chain 16 is turned back to finish.

  Further, when the vehicle V enters and leaves the lower pallet 3 for automobiles, as shown in FIG. 7, the lifting body 6 in which the upper and lower pallets 1 and 3 are integrated is raised, and the lower pallet 3 is loaded on the floor. At the same level as the surface 12, the front blocking chain 16 is removed and stored. When the loading / unloading is finished, the front closing chain 16 is hung, the lifted lifting body 6 is lowered and returned to the standby state, and the process ends.

  Further, when the lower pallet 3 is the motorcycle mounting pallet 1, the parking place is the lower pallet 3, so that the lifting body 6 is raised so that the lower pallet 3 is positioned on the loading floor 12 ( In FIG. 7), the parking operation and the charging start operation or the delivery operation are performed by performing the entry operation or the delivery operation in that state.

  As described above, according to the pit two-stage lifting type parking apparatus 10, a plurality of electric motorcycles B can be stably parked on the motorcycle mounting pallet 1, and the parked electric automatic The two-wheeled vehicle B can be charged using the time during parking.

  Also, the charging operation for the electric motorcycle B can be turned on / off at the holding position of the front wheel T, and the charging operation can be performed efficiently.

  In the above embodiment, the pit storage type two-stage / two-row elevating parking apparatus 10 is taken as an example, but another type of mechanical parking apparatus may be used. In addition, although the example in which the motorcycle mounting pallet 1 is one has been described, other pallets (such as the lower stage) or all pallets may be used as the motorcycle mounting pallet 1. Further, the number of accommodated motorcycle pallets 1 is not limited to the above embodiment. Moreover, a normal engine-type motorcycle may be parked.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the relay post 31 is provided in the position of each holding | maintenance tool 30, and the outlet socket 32 for charging is provided in each relay post 31, respectively, the automatic parking on one motorcycle mounting pallet 1 is carried out. The charging outlets 32 corresponding to the number of the motorcycles B may be concentrated on one relay post 31, and the configuration of the charging outlets 32 is not limited to the above embodiment.

  Furthermore, the above-described embodiment shows an example, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment.

  The electric motorcycle-compatible mechanical parking apparatus according to the present invention can be used as a mechanical parking apparatus that can charge an electric motorcycle while it is parked.

1 Upper pallet (Motorcycle mounted pallet)
2 Upper pallet (car pallet)
3, 4 Lower pallet (car pallet)
6 and 7 Lifting body 10 Two-stage lifting and lowering parking device 11 Lifting means 12 Entrance floor surface 13 Entrance 17 Operation panel 20 Charging power supply device 21 Control device (control panel)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 22 Charging cable 23 Charging plug 30 Holder 31 Relay post 32 Charging outlet 33 Power supply cable 35 Frame member 36 Holding member 37 Oscillating holding member 38 Tip holding member 39 Sensor 40 Oscillating shaft 50 Elevating drive unit 51 Elevating position detecting means 52 I / O device 53 Alarm lamp 60 On-vehicle charger 61 Battery
M electric motorcycle direction of getting on and off
B Electric motorcycle
T front wheel

Claims (8)

A parking device for electric motorcycles equipped with a pallet for mounting motorcycles,
The motorcycle mounting pallet includes a holder for holding a front wheel of the electric motorcycle and a charging outlet for connecting a charging plug of the electric motorcycle holding the front wheel to the holder on the pallet. A mechanical parking device for electric motorcycles.   The motorcycle mounting pallet includes the holder at a position where a plurality of electric motorcycles are mounted at predetermined intervals, and has a plurality of charging outlets for connecting charging plugs of the plurality of electric motorcycles. The mechanical parking apparatus for electric motorcycles according to claim 1. The motorcycle mounting pallet is configured to perform only a lifting operation within a predetermined range of the parking device,
Between the motorcycle mounting pallet that performs the lifting operation and the fixed side of the parking device, a feeding cable having a length that hangs in the range of the lifting operation of the motorcycle mounting pallet,
The motorcycle mounting pallet has a relay post to which the power supply cable is connected,
3. The mechanical parking device for electric motorcycles according to claim 1, wherein the relay post includes a charging outlet for connecting a charging plug of the electric motorcycle.   4. The mechanical parking apparatus for an electric motorcycle according to claim 3, wherein the relay post is disposed in the holding tool or a position near the holding tool, and the charging outlet is provided on an upper portion of the relay post. 5.   The electric motorcycle-compatible mechanical parking device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the holder includes a charging outlet for connecting a charging plug of the electric motorcycle. The holder includes a detection means for detecting front wheel holding of the electric motorcycle,
The mechanical parking device for an electric motorcycle according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the electric power supply to the charging outlet is started based on a detection signal of the detection means. The holder has a swing holding member into which a front wheel of an electric motorcycle enters,
The electric detection device according to claim 6, wherein the detection means is configured to detect the presence or absence of an electric motorcycle in an actual vehicle state in which the front wheel is contained in the swing holding member and an empty vehicle state in which the front wheel is not contained. Mechanical parking device for motorcycles.   The mechanical parking apparatus for an electric motorcycle according to claim 6 or 7, further comprising display means for turning on or off based on a detection signal for holding the front wheel by the detection means.

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