WO2015162310A1

WO2015162310A1 - Modular and portable system for parking and charging electric vehicles

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Publication number: WO2015162310A1
Application number: PCT/ES2014/070359
Authority: WO
Inventors: Juan Carlos Perez Oliva
Original assignee: Arcenegui Vera, Francisco
Priority date: 2014-04-24
Filing date: 2014-04-24
Publication date: 2015-10-29

Abstract

The invention relates to a modular and portable system for parking and charging electric vehicles, providing a permanent or temporary solution for parking and charging bicycles, motorbikes and other electric vehicles which circulate on public roads, by means of the installation of a system using a combination of prefabricated easy-to-assemble modules, wherein the bicycle storage system includes a circular and rotary housing wherein each bicycle is stored radially in a free space with at least two levels, the handlebar facing outwards and with the possibility of electric charging. The system can also be used for combining the charging of an electric vehicle with an anti-theft security system, above ground, using cables provided with a male-female connector, in a single application, or for the electrical charging of portable batteries, using lockers designed for such a purpose.

Description

DESCRIPTION

Modular and portable system for parking and recharging of electric vehicles. OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

The present invention, as expressed in the statement of this specification, presents a stable or temporary solution for parking and recharging of bicycles, motorcycles and other electric vehicles on public roads, by installing a system designed by combining of prefabricated modules of easy assembly and in which the bicycle storage system includes, at least, a circular and rotating cabin in which each bicycle is stored radially in a free space at several heights, leaving the front part of the bicycle out . Likewise, the system is also useful for electric recharging of portable batteries using slogans designed for this purpose.

BACKGROUND IN THE STATE OF THE TECHNIQUE

One of the key factors for a better development of new models of non-polluting mobility is, along with bike lanes designed by and for bicycles, exclusive and safe parking for these two-wheeled vehicles.

For a while now we have seen the great boom experienced by the use of bicycles in urban areas. This, in itself, is already great news from the environmental point of view but it also entails a problem and that is that the infrastructure of the cities has to adapt to this increase in cyclists.

Rails adapted to bicycles have to be improved, roads shared with the rest of the vehicles must be enabled and adapted, and they are safe, and exclusive parking lots must be created for these types of vehicles and more if we talk about electric bicycles. We are accustomed to seeing bicycles locked with lanterns, trees and parking lots in "inverted U" that the municipalities have gone adapting in big cities. In the case of electric bicycles the problems increase by attracting much more attention and incorporating much more economic value.

In some countries for years that have been put to work in this regard, such as in some cities in the United States, where they have begun to implant lockers for those bicycles that allow folding, or in Japan, where they already exist exclusive underground parking for bicycles, or in London, where "biciestaciones" with stands with built-in anti-theft are implanted, or in Germany or France, where you are opting for slogans where to leave the bicycles inside, in the style of the "BiciBox" that We can see through the area of Baix Llobregat, in Barcelona.

In Spain there are several options, such as Biceberg, automatic parking for bicycles, patented in 1994 and that we can already see in various cities in Catalonia, the Basque Country and Aragon. The operation is really simple and very similar to the underground car parks in Japan; the parking and removal maneuvers of the bicycle are carried out through a card whose chip contains the user and parking information. The "station display will indicate the steps to follow and we can deposit our bicycle inside a cylindrical sealed container where, in addition, we can leave other objects next to our bicycle. The withdrawal process is equally simple, when introducing our card, The "display" will indicate the return of our vehicle There are different installation models varying their capacity from 23 to 92 bicycles.

Another service that works in some municipalities of the metropolitan area of Barcelona (Spain) is the "Bicibox", a public network of secure parking for private bicycles, which aims to encourage the use of bicycles among citizens by offering safe parking. The operation is through a previous registration of users, their bicycles and a bonus with which you get the right to park our bicycle at any point of the entire network, up to a maximum of 36 hours, wanting to enhance the Vehicle rotation In these cases, both the correct situation of the parking points, as well as the security, and the connectivity of our bicycles to the electricity network while they are stored, must be basic criteria to plan the improvement of the bicycle parking infrastructure and thus , promote the development of the non-polluting mobility model.

With specific attention to the aforementioned underground car parks in Japan, the company of this country, GIKEN Seisakusho Co. Ltd., has developed an automatic and underground parking for electric and conventional bicycles. The system developed by the Japanese company solves at a stroke the main problems generated by the parking of bicycles in large cities: lack of space, robberies and vandalism. In addition it also provides an effective charging system for electric bikes while they are parked. The underground parking for bikes, which already works in some Japanese cities, has been called "ECo Cycle".

It is undoubtedly the perfect system for large Japanese cities in which the bicycle is the usual transport of its citizens and where parking generated significant mobility problems for pedestrians. Another interesting aspect of this parking system is that it offers the possibility of recharging electric bikes while the parking time lasts. A parking of this type is ideal to place it in central areas or in office areas. You go with your electric bike from home to work, park it underground in about 8 seconds, forget about carrying chains, locks and other uncomfortable security systems, such as removing the saddle. And when you pick up your electric bike to return home it is intact and with the battery recharged.

On the other hand, wireless recharging or also known as inductive recharging, is the transfer of electricity through waves that reach the reception machines, causing the device to charge.

In the Utility Model ES1078945 entitled "Device for recharging electric vehicles with anti-theft security system" an application proposal was presented in electric vehicle charging systems in both private and public access charging stations, making use of plugs based on a fixed relative position of the male connector with respect to the female connector to ensure the fixation of both elements and their electrical continuity.

However, the "Modular and portable system for parking and recharging of electric vehicles" takes into account all the previous background and brings the following advantages over the state of the art:

one . It is a proposal adapted to the need to recharge electric power of an electric vehicle in a city that also incorporates security or anti-theft elements.

2. It is a solution designed to be easily assembled and disassembled without the need for civil works, that is, it can have temporary use, for example, a concert, a football match or a universal exhibition.

3. Being modular, it is expandable or reducible, adapting in time to the needs of the markets and their evolution over time, combining dimensions, heights, storage space, secure parking in the open.

4. Vehicle recharge systems by means of a tongue and groove plug on a single application axis that substantially simplifies access and connection to a free charger.

EXPLANATION OF THE INVENTION

As an explanation of the "Modular and portable system for parking and recharging of electric vehicles" it can be carried out by composing a booth of approximately rectangular configuration by joining a set of prefabricated modules to form an open space in its interior delimited by a vertical envelope preferably of translucent material that is accessed by access ramps and that extends vertically in one or several floors above ground above an approximately cylindrical space or several of envelope designed for storing bicycles in a structure radial for this purpose with the possibility of electric recharging. The system will contain, at least, an area in which the user delivers his bicycle to the automatic bicycle storage system and other spaces inside it enabled for storage provided with battery recharge systems and rows of secure protected bicycle parking lots of the weather.

Likewise, the outer perimeter of the booth can be completed with parking and recharging rows for bicycles, motorcycles or electric cars, without occupying the accesses to the set described above.

A. Characterization of charging stations for electric vehicles.

The set of electric vehicle charging stations proposed by the invention solves the recharging of the corresponding batteries in a simple and simple way based on a system consisting of a female connection on the vehicle, suitable in combination with a conventional tower, which Connects with the corresponding computer system where the needs of the users and the corresponding hoses that are formed from the following main elements are resolved in a simple interface:

one . Hose made of insulating material that houses copper conductors that supply the electric current and adequate information on the one hand and, on the other, a flexible steel cable with anti-theft function provided with a latch on its end.

2. Connector or "male plug" in the form of a cylinder housing the termination of the electrical connections and the latch.

3. Connector or "female plug" designed for connection in any position of the "male plug", housed in the vehicle.

B. Characterization of the automatic bicycle storage system.

It is carried out based on a centralized automatic control system based on a computer application for this purpose that regulates the movement of two fundamental elements, on the one hand a cylindrical envelope in which it is located an independent structure per plant provided with rotation movement and carried out based on upward U-shaped horizontal profiles in which the bicycles will be placed as a support and leveling according to a plurality of radial storage units provided with a system of blocking and recharging, forming one or several levels of storage interspersed in order to optimize storage space avoiding contact between vehicles and, on the other, a U-shaped horizontal profile upwards in which the bicycle will also be located up to definitive location with the help of a carriage that moves longitudinally between the ends of said U and contains the mooring arm with closing movement to fix the bicycle by its front wheel and drag it from the outside towards the inside of the profile, and, once inside, deliver it with the reverse drag movement and the opening of the mooring arm in the available hole based on the following intermediate movements:

one . Vertical movement of the horizontal profile until the bicycle is positioned on the floor of the envelope above ground in which the bicycle is to be stored.

2. If required, rotation movement of the horizontal profile on a vertical axis to provide the bicycle once it is on the profile and has been driven with it to the corresponding plant, a turning movement that positions it on the radius by the one that has to access the cylindrical envelope with the front part of the bicycle facing outwards.

3. Rotational movement of the plurality of radial storage units until the selected hole is positioned before the horizontal profile of the bicycle to be stored.

Obviously, the process of removal of the bicycle by the user will launch a set of movements in the reverse order of those described once requested by the user.

Thus, from the means described, its operation is that the user begins by activating the system by one of the methods already present in the market, internet, on an "in situ" screen or with the help of an operator and, act then, enjoy any of the services contained in the present invention, such as slogan, storage of bicycles positioning it in the reception area by contracting the battery charge, in the case of recharging electric vehicle on the surface, connecting the hose in its compatible equipment and once the anti-theft latch is activated, the electronic equipment makes an identification unique of the connected equipment, adjusts the required voltage and is automatically regulated as a step prior to the start of the load during the contracted time. After the contracted time or at the user's request, the system automatically unlocks the latch, releasing the connection so that the user can remove the vehicle.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

To complement the description that is being made and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, according to a preferred example of practical implementation thereof, a set of drawings is attached as an integral part of said description. where, for illustrative and non-limiting purposes, the following has been represented:

Figure 1 .- Shows an overview of the set "Modular and portable system for parking and recharging of electric vehicles" seen from the outside.

Figure 2.- Shows an overview of the "Modular and portable system for parking and recharging of electric vehicles" centering attention inside. Figure 3.- Shows a general detail view of the device for recharging electric vehicles with anti-theft security system.

Figure 4.- Shows a perspective view of a bicycle assembly on a U-shaped horizontal profile for automatic position of a bicycle in a cylindrical enclosure in the collection stage on its user with a closed mooring.

Figure 5.- Shows a perspective view of a bicycle assembly on a U-shaped horizontal profile for its automatic position in a cylindrical envelope, once the carriage has been moved to the opposite end and vertically to the chosen plant. Figure 6.- Shows a perspective view of the whole, plurality of bicycles in storage position on two heights inside the cylindrical envelope and U-shaped horizontal profile, delivering the bicycle in the unit of storage selected by moving the carriage to the end and opening the mooring arms.

Figure 7.- It shows a perspective perspective view of the definitive storage unit of the bicycle, in order that the butt fixation system and the electric recharge can be appreciated by induction techniques once the bicycle enters its secure locking position .

Figure 8.- Shows an interior detail of the bicycle locking mechanism from which, additionally, the wireless recharge is located by induction.

In the mentioned figures the following constituent elements can be highlighted:

one . Rectangular booth.

2. Glazed enclosures.

3. Access ramp.

4. Cylindrical envelope.

5. Bicycle storage access box on the first floor.

6. Bicycle delivery area to the automatic storage system.

7. Setpoint.

8. Parking and indoor bicycle recharge.

9. Parking and recharging of electric vehicles outside.

10. Tower.

eleven . Hose.

12. "male" connector.

13. "Female" connector housed over the vehicle itself.

14. Radial storage units on the first floor.

15. Intermediate profile for collection and final position.

16. Longitudinal displacement carriage in anterior profile.

17. Bicycle mooring arm on previous car.

18. Lock system in safety position activated.

19. Locking mechanism.

EXAMPLE OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENT As an example of a preferred embodiment of the "Modular and portable system for parking and recharging electric vehicles" in view of Figure 1 and Figure 2, it can be seen how it is carried out by the composition of a rectangular booth ( 1) mounted by joining a set of prefabricated modules to form a diaphanous space inside delimited by vertical coverings as a glazed profile (2), which is accessed by a ramp (3) and extends vertically in a plant above ground above a cylindrical envelope space (4) extended over an access box (5), through which the bicycles will be driven.

The aforementioned interior space contains an area in which the user delivers his bicycle to the automatic bicycle storage system (6), other storage spaces (7) equipped with portable battery recharge systems and rows of secure parking lots. bicycles protected from the weather (8).

Likewise, the outer perimeter of the house is complemented with parking rows for bicycles, motorcycles or electric cars (9).

Figure 3 shows a detail of the electric vehicle charging stations based on a conventional tower (10), which is connected to the corresponding computer system where the needs of the users and the corresponding ones are solved in a simple interface hoses that conform according to main hose body (1 1), "male" connector (12) that makes the free end of the hose and "female" connector housed on the vehicle itself.

Regarding the automatic bicycle storage system, in the light of Figure 4, Figure 5, Figure 6 and Figure 7, it can be seen how a computer system makes possible the automatic control of a cylindrical envelope (4) in which a first-floor structure above ground provided with rotation movement and carried out based on upward U-shaped horizontal profiles, in which the bicycles will be placed as support and leveling according to a plurality of radial storage units (14 ) forming two interleaved storage levels provided with a small inward slope and a horizontal U-shaped profile upwards (15), designed to carry out the collection of the bicycle and make the necessary movements to its final location with the help of a carriage (16) that moves longitudinally between the ends of said U and contains the mooring arm (17) with closing movement based on the following sequence: a) Placement of the bicycle by the user with handlebars in front in a specific area for them according to Figure 2.

b) Activation of the service by fixing the bicycle by its front wheel through the mooring arm (17) and rear dragging from the outer position shown in Figure 4 towards the opposite end of the profile.

c) Vertical movement of the horizontal profile (15) through the interior of the hole for this purpose (5) until the bicycle is positioned on the first floor on which the bicycle will be stored according to Figure 5. In our case, by way of clarification, no any rotation of the horizontal profile (15) is required on a vertical axis that positions the handlebar thereof in the outer position of the cylindrical envelope (4) on which it is to be stored.

d) Rotational movement of the plurality of radial storage units (14) until the selected hole is positioned before the horizontal profile (15) presented by the bicycle to be stored.

e) Horizontal movement of dragging the bicycle by means of the movement of the carriage (16) until its end of travel on the horizontal profile (15) from the external position to the position in which the bicycle is fixed to the plurality of radial storage units (14) as shown in Figure 6 through the butt fixation system shown in Figure 7 and the opening of the mooring arm (17) with possibility, depending on the contracted services, of wireless recharge of electric battery by induction once the locking system (18) has been activated.

Finally in Figure 8, a detail of the bicycle locking mechanism (19) in the approach position in which the wireless recharge by induction is located is seen. Thus, from the described means the movement in reverse or withdrawal of a bicycle is obvious from the previous description. Finally, its operation is that the user begins by activating the system via the Internet or on an "in situ" screen and, immediately afterwards, enjoys any of the services contained in the present invention.

It is not considered necessary to extend the present specification so that any person skilled in the art understands the scope of the invention and the advantages derived from its use.

The terms in which this report has been written must always be taken in a broad and non-limiting sense.

The materials used, shapes, dimensions, motors, mechanical systems of transmission of movements or technical solutions to carry out the building envelope in modules will be subject to modification as long as this does not imply an alteration to the essentiality of the invention.

Claims

one . - "Modular and portable system for parking and recharging of electric vehicles" characterized by being carried out from a booth of approximately rectangular configuration that is installed provisionally or permanently in the desired place by joining a set of prefabricated modules until forming a diaphanous space in its interior delimited by a vertical envelope preferably of translucent material that is accessed, by one or several access ramps, to an interior space that will contain one or several areas in which the user delivers his bicycle to the automatic storage system for bicycles, and other storage spaces equipped with portable battery recharge systems and rows of secure parking spaces for bicycles protected from the weather, and which extends vertically in one or several floors above ground level on one or several envelope spaces approximately cylindrical, concebid or for the storage of bicycles in a radial structure for this purpose where each storage unit has an electric lock and recharge system.

2. - "Modular and portable system for parking and recharging of electric vehicles" according to claim 1, characterized in that, alternatively, the outer perimeter of the house with parking rows and recharging of bicycles, motorcycles or electric cars can be completed modularly , without occupying access to the set described above.

3. - "Modular and portable system for parking and recharging of electric vehicles" according to claims 1 and 2, characterized by its system of recharging the corresponding batteries based on a female connection on the appropriate vehicle in combination with a conventional tower that It is connected to the corresponding computer system, where the needs of the users are solved in a simple interface, and the corresponding hoses, which are formed from the following main elements: to. Hose made of insulating material that houses copper conductors that supply the electric current and adequate information on the one hand and, on the other, a flexible steel cable with anti-theft function provided with a latch on its end. b. Connector or "male plug" in the form of a cylinder that houses the termination of the electrical connections and the latch.

C. Connector or "female plug" designed for connection in any position of the "male plug", housed in the vehicle.

4.- "Modular and portable system for parking and recharging of electric vehicles" according to claim 1, characterized by its automatic bicycle storage system based on a centralized automatic control system based on a computer application for this purpose that regulates the movement of two fundamental elements, on the one hand a cylindrical envelope in which an independent structure is located per floor provided with rotation movement and carried out based on upward U-shaped horizontal profiles in which the bicycles will be located support and leveling mode according to a plurality of radial storage units forming at least two interspersed storage levels in order to optimize the storage space, avoiding contact between bicycles and, on the other, an upward U-shaped horizontal profile in which the bicycle will also be located to its final location with the a a carriage that moves longitudinally between the ends of said U and contains the mooring arm with closing movement to fix the bicycle by its front wheel and drag it from the outside towards the inside of the profile, and, once inside, deliver it with the reverse drag movement and the mooring arm opening in the available hole based on the following intermediate movements: a. Vertical movement of the horizontal profile until the bicycle is positioned on the floor of the envelope above ground in which the bicycle is to be stored.

b. If required, rotation movement of the horizontal profile on a vertical axis to provide the bicycle once it is on the profile and has been driven with it to the corresponding plant, a turning movement that positions it on the radius by which You must access the cylindrical envelope with the front of the bicycle facing outwards. Rotational movement of the plurality of radial storage units until the selected hole is positioned before the horizontal profile of the bicycle to be stored.