WO2021199435A1

WO2021199435A1 - Parking device

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Publication number: WO2021199435A1
Application number: PCT/JP2020/015357
Authority: WO
Inventors: 須田　浩史
Original assignee: 富士変速機株式会社
Priority date: 2020-04-03
Filing date: 2020-04-03
Publication date: 2021-10-07

Abstract

Provided is a fork-type parking device capable of more safely and reliably storing an electric vehicle in a parking room in a charged state.　The parking device comprises: a housing having a self-standing shape; a cable that is at least partially accommodated inside the housing so that a tip thereof is pulled out to the outside of the housing by a predetermined length; a charging connector that is attached to the tip of the cable and connected to a charging port of the electric vehicle; and a power supply box that is electrically connected to the cable inside the housing, is exposed to the outside of the housing, and includes a connection terminal electrically connectable to a power supply terminal of a power supply device. The parking device is provided with: an elevation lifting-side holder that is installed in an elevation lift and holds the power supply box on the elevation lift in a self-standing state; and a transverse tray-side holder that is installed in a transverse tray, holds the power supply box on the transverse tray in a self-standing state, and is configured to transfer and receive the power supply box between the elevation lifting-side holder and the transverse tray-side holder when passing by the elevation lifting side holder.

Description

Parking device

The present invention relates to a fork-type parking device that rechargeably accommodates a vehicle in a parking room.

Conventionally, in a fork-type parking device, a charging plug is wired to an electric vehicle in a parking room to charge the electric vehicle during parking time.

For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a fork-type parking device. In this paragraph, the reference numerals of Patent Document 1 are shown in parentheses. The parking device (1) of Patent Document 1 is provided in an elevating lift (2) that elevates and elevates the elevating space (E), a parking room (X) provided adjacent to the elevating space (E), and a parking room (X). A traversing tray (3) that is arranged and reciprocates in the elevating space (E) and a charging device for charging the electric vehicle to be stored are provided, and the forks of the elevating lift (2) and the traversing tray (3) are attached to each other. By passing each other, the vehicle can be delivered. The charging device includes a power receiver (17) that is electrically connected to a storage battery of an electric vehicle via a lead wire (15) and a plug (16), and a parking room (X) for supplying power to the power receiver (17). The power supply (21) installed in the above is provided. For the electric vehicle stopped on the boarding platform (13), the power receiver (16) is passed through the lead wire (15) and the plug (16) at the tire stop position (14) of the electric vehicle on the lift (2) by the user. 17) is attached. Then, in order to accommodate the electric vehicle in the parking room (X), the power receiver (17) is transferred from the lift (2) to the traverse tray (3) together with the electric vehicle. Next, when the traversing tray (3) on which the electric vehicle is placed traverses and the electric vehicle enters the parking room (X), the power receiver (17) is installed in the parking room (X). ), The power receiver (17) and the power supply (21) come into contact with each other, so that the charging device charges the electric vehicle.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2011-69181

In a conventional parking device as in Patent Document 1, a power receiver is attached to an electric vehicle according to the position of a power supply in the parking room, and then a plug charges the electric vehicle via a lead wire (hereinafter, a cable). Attached to the mouth. Since the position of the charging port of the electric vehicle varies depending on the vehicle type, a sufficiently long cable is prepared by the manager of the parking device assuming that the distance between the charging port and the power receiver is the maximum. Alternatively, the user prepares a sufficiently long cable. Therefore, when the cable is connected between the charging port of the electric vehicle and the power receiver, the cable may be loosened and come into contact with the lifting lift or the traverse tray due to the excess cable length. Further, when the charging port is located on the opposite side of the power receiving port, the cable routing tends to be complicated. As a result, there was a risk of accidents such as cable disconnection occurring when the electric vehicle was transferred. For example, if the cable is entangled in a lift or a fork portion of a traverse tray, the cable may be torn off when the power receiver is transferred between the lift and the traverse tray, leading to an accident or damage. That is, in the conventional fork-type parking device, it is required to safely and surely transfer the power receiver from the boarding / alighting area to the parking room together with the electric vehicle.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a fork-type parking device capable of safely and surely storing an electric vehicle in a parking room in a charged state. There is.

The parking device of one embodiment of the present invention has a boarding / alighting area for the user to get on and off the electric vehicle, an elevating space extending in the elevating direction so as to elevate the electric vehicle from the boarding / alighting area to another level, and the elevating space. A fork-type parking device having one or a plurality of parking rooms arranged adjacent to the elevating space in the transverse direction in order to allow the electric vehicle to traverse and accommodate the electric vehicle, and accommodating the electric vehicle in the parking room so as to be rechargeable. And
An elevating lift that has a comb-toothed frame on which an electric vehicle can be placed and elevates and elevates the elevating space,
It has a comb-shaped frame that is formed so as to be able to pass each other in the elevating direction with respect to the comb-shaped frame of the lifting lift, has a comb-shaped frame on which an electric vehicle can be placed, and is stored in a corresponding parking room, and also has the parking room and the above. A traversing tray that traverses approximately horizontally between the elevating space and
A power supply device for supplying electric power to an electric vehicle housed in at least a part of the one or a plurality of parking rooms.
A housing having a self-supporting shape, a cable housed at least partially inside the housing so that the tip can be pulled out of the housing to an arbitrary length, and a cable attached to the tip of the cable to charge an electric vehicle. A charging connector connected to the mouth and a connection terminal that is electrically connected to the cable inside the housing and is exposed to the outside of the housing and can be electrically connected to the power supply terminal of the power supply device. With a power supply box and
An elevating lift side holding body installed on the elevating lift and holding the power supply box on the elevating lift in a self-supporting state.
It is installed on the traversing tray, and the power supply box is held on the traversing tray in a self-supporting state, and when the elevating lift side holding body passes by the elevating lift side holding body, the feeding box is mutually provided with the elevating lift side holding body. A traversing tray side holder configured for transfer and
It is characterized by including a control unit that controls the operation of the parking device.

The parking device of the present invention is characterized in that a self-supporting power supply box is used as a power receiver in order to electrically connect the electric vehicle and the power supply device. The power supply box is provided with a cable that is at least partially housed inside the housing so that the tip is pulled out of the housing to an arbitrary length, so that the charging port of the electric vehicle and the lifting lift side holding body (or traversing) are provided. The lead-out length of the cable can be appropriately set according to the distance from the tray-side holder). As a result, it is possible to prevent the cable from loosening and coming into contact with the lifting lift or the traverse tray, and it is possible to effectively prevent accidents, damage, etc. due to the contact of the cable that may occur at the time of transfer. That is, the parking device of the present invention makes it possible to safely and surely transfer the power receiving device (power supply box) from the boarding / alighting area to the parking room together with the electric vehicle. In addition, the user can electrically connect the electric vehicle to the power supply by simply placing the power supply box on the holder, which allows parking to connect the cables as in the past. This eliminates the need to search for an outlet on the device side, enabling a more user-friendly design of the parking device.

A further embodiment of the parking device of the present invention is the parking device of the above embodiment, wherein the parking chambers are arranged in pairs on both sides of the elevating space in the transverse direction at each level different from the boarding / alighting area. The power supply terminal is installed at a side end portion of each parking room opposite to the elevating space, and the elevating lift side holding body is installed at both side edges of the elevating lift in the transverse direction. The traversing tray side holder is installed only at the side edge of the traversing tray near the power supply terminal of the corresponding parking room, and the control unit is attached to the traversing tray from the elevating lift to the electric vehicle and the power supply box. The traversing tray on the same side as the elevating lift side holding body that holds the power supply box is driven when the power supply box is transferred. That is, when arranging the power supply box with respect to the elevating lift side holding body, the user can select the elevating lift side holding body on the charging port side of the electric vehicle. As a result, it is possible to prevent the cable from extending from the housing across the electric vehicle, and to make the lead-out length of the cable more appropriate.

The parking device of a further aspect of the present invention is installed in the boarding / alighting area in the parking device of the above-described embodiment and rotates with each other from the first position to the second position to change the direction of the electric vehicle to a predetermined angle. A rotating bed for the purpose of mounting an electric vehicle formed so as to be able to pass each other in the elevating direction with respect to the comb-shaped frame of the elevating lift at both the first position and the second position. Between the rotating floor having a frame and the elevating lift side holding body installed on the rotating floor and holding the power supply box on the rotating floor in a self-supporting state and passing by the elevating lift side holding body. The power supply box is configured to be mutually transferable, and is further provided with rotating floor side holding bodies installed on both sides of the rotating floor electric vehicle. That is, when the user arranges the power supply box on the rotating floor side holding body on the side close to the charging port of the electric vehicle, the rotating floor is rotated according to the position of the parking room of the accommodation destination, and the electric vehicle and the lift are lifted. By delivering the power supply box, the side of the lift-side holder that holds the power supply box and the side of the parking room of the accommodation destination can be aligned on the lift. This makes it possible to selectively accommodate the electric vehicle in the parking rooms on both sides while the power supply box is held by the holding body closest to the charging port regardless of the installation side of the charging port of the electric vehicle. ..

A further embodiment of the parking device of the present invention is the parking device of the above-described embodiment, wherein the rotating floor side holding body and the elevating lift side holding body are front and rear 2 of the side edges of the rotating floor and the elevating lift on both sides in the transverse direction. The traversing tray side holding bodies are installed at two locations in front of and behind the side edge portion of the traversing tray near the feeding terminal of the corresponding parking room, and the feeding terminal of the feeding device has two. It is characterized in that it is installed at two locations in front of and behind the side end of the parking room so as to correspond to the two installation locations of the traversing tray side holding body. The rotating floor side holding body and the elevating lift side holding body are installed at two locations in the front and rear of the side edges of the rotating floor and the elevating lift, so that the user can use the holding body close to the front and rear direction from the charging port of the electric vehicle. Can be selected to place the power supply box. As a result, the electric vehicle can be selectively accommodated in the parking rooms on both sides while the power supply box is held by the holding body closest to the charging port regardless of the installation side and the front-rear position of the charging port of the electric vehicle. It is possible.

The parking device of one embodiment of the present invention has a boarding / alighting area for the user to get on and off the electric vehicle, an elevating space extending in the elevating direction so as to elevate the electric vehicle from the boarding / alighting area to another level, and the elevating space. It has a plurality of parking rooms arranged adjacent to each other so as to be paired on both sides in the traversing direction with respect to the elevating space so that the electric vehicle can be traversed and accommodated, and the electric vehicle can be rechargeably accommodated in the parking chamber. It ’s a fork-type parking device.
It has a comb-toothed frame installed in the boarding / alighting area and on which an electric vehicle can be placed, and is used to rotate each other from a first position to a second position to change the direction of the electric vehicle to a predetermined angle. With a rotating floor
Both the first position and the second position of the rotating bed are formed so as to be able to pass each other in the elevating direction with respect to the comb-shaped frame of the rotating bed, and have a comb-shaped frame on which an electric vehicle can be placed. , The elevating lift that goes up and down the elevating space,
It has a comb-shaped frame that is formed so as to be able to pass each other in the elevating direction with respect to the comb-shaped frame of the lifting lift, and has a comb-shaped frame on which an electric vehicle can be placed. A traversing tray that traverses approximately horizontally between the elevating space and
A power supply device having one or more power supply terminals installed at a side end opposite to the elevating space of each parking room and for supplying electric power to an electric vehicle housed in the parking room.
A housing having a self-supporting shape, a cable housed at least partially inside the housing so that the tip can be pulled out of the housing to an arbitrary length, and a cable attached to the tip of the cable to charge an electric vehicle. A power supply equipped with a charging connector connected to the mouth and a connection terminal that is electrically connected to the cable inside the housing and is exposed to the outside of the housing and can be electrically connected to the power supply terminal. Box and
A plurality of rotating floor side holding bodies installed on the side edges on both sides in the transverse direction of the rotating floor and holding the power supply box on the rotating floor in a self-supporting state.
It is installed on both side edges of the lifting lift in the transverse direction, and the power supply box is held on the lifting lift in a self-standing state, and when it passes by the rotating floor side holding body, it and the rotating floor side holding body. A plurality of lift-side holders configured to be able to transfer the power supply box to each other,
The power supply box is installed only on the side edge of the traversing tray on the side close to the power supply terminal of the stored parking room, and the power supply box is held on the traverse tray in a self-supporting state with the elevating lift side holding body. One or more traversing tray-side holders configured to be able to transfer the power supply box to and from the lift-side holder when they pass each other.
A control unit that controls the operation of the parking device,
It also has an operation panel for the user to enter instructions.
The control unit is used when the electric vehicle is warehousing.
The process of receiving information on the designated parking room of the designated electric vehicle accommodation from multiple parking rooms, and
A step of identifying a rotating floor-side holding body that holds the power supply box from the plurality of rotating floor-side holding bodies, and a step of identifying the rotating floor-side holding body.
A step of selectively rotating the rotating floor so that the power supply box is located on the side of the designated parking room based on the installation position of the specified rotating floor side holder.
The elevating lift and the elevating lift so as to transfer the electric vehicle and the power supply box from the rotating floor to the elevating lift, transfer from the elevating lift to the traversing tray, and traverse the traversing tray to the designated parking room. It is characterized in that the step of driving the traversing tray and the process of driving the traversing tray are executed.

The parking device of the present invention is characterized in that a self-supporting power supply box is used as a power receiver in order to electrically connect the electric vehicle and the power supply device. The power supply box is provided with a cable that is at least partially housed inside the housing so that the tip can be pulled out to the outside of the housing to an arbitrary length. , The elevating lift side holding body and the traversing tray side holding body), the pull-out length of the cable can be appropriately set. As a result, it is possible to prevent the cable from loosening and coming into contact with the lifting lift or the traverse tray, and it is possible to effectively prevent accidents, damage, etc. due to the contact of the cable that may occur at the time of transfer. Further, when the user arranges the power supply box on the rotating floor side holding body on the side close to the charging port of the electric vehicle, the control unit selectively rotates the rotating floor according to the position of the designated parking room of the accommodation destination. By passing the electric vehicle and the power supply box to the elevating lift, the side of the elevating lift side holding body that holds the power supply box and the side of the parking room of the accommodation can be matched on the elevating lift. This makes it possible to selectively accommodate the electric vehicle in the parking rooms on both sides while the power supply box is held by the holding body closest to the charging port regardless of the installation side of the charging port of the electric vehicle. .. That is, the parking device of the present invention makes it possible to safely and surely transfer the power receiving device (power supply box) from the boarding / alighting area to the parking room together with the electric vehicle. Further, the user can electrically connect the electric vehicle and the power supply device simply by placing the power supply box on the rotating floor side holding body, thereby connecting the cables as in the conventional case. It is possible to eliminate the trouble of searching for an outlet on the parking device side in the boarding / alighting area, and it is possible to design the parking device in a more user-friendly manner.

In the parking device of the above embodiment, the rotating floor side holder includes a limit switch for mechanically detecting the holding of the power supply box, and the power supply box is provided in the boarding / alighting area. An optical sensor for optically detecting the presence or absence of the above is provided, and the control unit receives a signal from the limit switch and holds the power supply box among the plurality of rotating floor side holding bodies. A step of identifying the body, a step of receiving a signal from the optical sensor to determine the presence or absence of the power supply box, and a step of collating the signal from the limit switch with the signal from the optical sensor are executed. When both the limit switch and the optical sensor identify the existence of the power supply box, the control unit recognizes that the parked vehicle is an electric vehicle, and both the limit switch and the optical sensor both of the power supply box. When the control unit recognizes that the parked vehicle is not an electric vehicle and one of the limit switch and the optical sensor identifies the existence of the power supply box, the control unit informs the user. It is characterized by issuing a warning to it. Based on the collation of the limit switch and the optical sensor, it can be determined whether or not the vehicle is an electric vehicle, and it is possible to prevent erroneous charging processing. Further, by mechanically and optically double-detecting the holding of the power supply box by the limit switch and the optical sensor, it is possible to prevent erroneous transportation of anything other than the power supply box.

A further embodiment of the parking device of the present invention is the parking device of the above embodiment, wherein the power supply box regulates the pull-out length of the cable according to the distance between the lifting lift side holding body and the charging port of the electric vehicle. It is characterized by further providing a regulating member for the purpose. By setting the length in which the cable can be pulled out in advance by the user using the regulation member, it is possible to improve the convenience of the user without setting the length of the cable each time the parking lot is parked.

A further aspect of the parking device of the present invention is the parking device of the above embodiment, wherein the traversing tray has a power receiving terminal that electrically contacts the power feeding terminal when the traversing tray is stored in the corresponding parking room. The traversing tray-side holder is provided so as to electrically connect the power receiving terminal to the connection terminal of the power supply box when the power supply box is held. With the simple configuration as described above, it is possible to supply electric power from the power supply device to the power supply box in the parking room.

A further embodiment of the parking device of the present invention is the parking device of the above embodiment, in which the power supply is supplied when the traverse tray is stored in the corresponding parking room while the power supply box is held by the traverse tray side holder. The box connection terminal is configured to be in electrical contact with the power feeding terminal. With the simple configuration as described above, it is possible to supply electric power from the power supply device to the power supply box in the parking room.

A further aspect of the parking device of the present invention is the parking device of the above embodiment, wherein the power supply box protrudes from the bottom surface of the housing, and a pair of pins arranged in the length direction of the bottom surface and the pair of pins in the length direction. The elevating lift side holding body includes a pair of projecting pieces protruding from the bottom surface of the housing between the pins and arranged in the width direction of the bottom surface, and the elevating lift side holding body includes the elevating lift side supporting piece supporting the bottom surface of the power supply box. The elevating lift side receiving hole for inserting one of the pair of pins is provided, the elevating lift side supporting piece supports the bottom surface of the power supply box, and the elevating lift side receiving hole inserts the one pin. In this state, the pair of projecting pieces can come into contact with the side end faces of the lifting lift side support pieces from the width direction, and the traversing tray side holding body can pass the lifting lift side supporting pieces in the raising and lowering directions. The traversing tray side support piece formed and supporting the bottom surface of the power supply box and the traverse tray side receiving hole for interpolating the other of the pair of pins are provided, and the traversing tray side support piece presses the bottom surface of the power supply box. It is characterized in that the pair of projecting pieces can come into contact with the side end faces of the traversing tray side supporting piece from the width direction while supporting and the traversing tray side receiving hole has the other pin inserted therein. .. That is, when the pair of projecting pieces of the power supply box engage with the side end faces of the lifting lift side support piece and the traverse tray side support piece from the width direction, the pin rotates in the width direction and largely deviates from the receiving hole. Can be suppressed.

A further form of the parking device of the present invention is characterized in that, in the parking device of the above form, the power supply box is configured to be portable in the trunk of a passenger car. The power supply box can be carried by the user in a passenger car, and its convenience can be greatly improved.

The present invention provides a fork-type parking device that can more safely and reliably store an electric vehicle in a parking room in a charged state.

The perspective view which shows the mechanical structure of the parking device (fork type multi-storey car park) of one Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the parking device of FIG. 1 as viewed from the outside front. FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the parking device of FIG. 1 as viewed from the front. The plan view of the boarding / alighting area of the parking device of FIG. (A) Overall schematic view and (b) partial enlarged view which shows the rotating floor of the parking device of one Embodiment of this invention. (A) Overall schematic view and (b) partial enlarged view which shows the elevating lift of the parking device of one Embodiment of this invention. (A) Overall schematic view and (b) Partially enlarged view showing a traversing tray and a parking room of a parking device according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a partially enlarged view of the power supply device of the parking room of FIG. Indicates the state. (A) front view, (b) rear view and (c) bottom view of the power supply box of the parking device according to the embodiment of the present invention. The figure which shows the internal structure of the power supply box of FIG. In the power supply box of FIG. 10, (a) a front view and (b) a plan view showing an internal structure in a state where a cable is pulled out. FIG. 6 is a schematic view showing a state in which an electric vehicle is arranged on a rotating floor in the parking device according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 12 is a partially enlarged view of the vicinity of the charging port of the electric vehicle of FIG. FIG. 12 is a partially enlarged schematic view of the vicinity of the power supply box of FIG. FIG. 6 is a schematic view showing a mode in which a power supply box is transferred between holding bodies in a parking device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a control method for determining whether or not the vehicle is an electric vehicle in the parking device according to the embodiment of the present invention. The flowchart which shows the control method of the rotating floor in the parking device of one Embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The shapes of the figures referred to in the following description are conceptual diagrams or schematic views for explaining suitable shape dimensions, and the dimensional ratios and the like do not always match the actual dimensional ratios. That is, the present invention is not limited to the dimensional ratio in the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an outline of a fork-type parking lot of the parking device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the parking device 100 as viewed from the outside front. FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the parking device 100 as viewed from the front. FIG. 4 is a schematic plan view of the boarding / alighting area of the parking device 100.

The parking device 100 of the present embodiment is a fork (comb tooth) type mechanical multi-storey car park capable of parking vehicles on a plurality of levels. The operation of the parking device 100 is controlled by a control unit (not shown). As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the parking device 100 includes an boarding / alighting area 101 for the user to get on and off the vehicle, and an elevating space 102 extending in the elevating direction from the boarding / alighting area 101 so as to move the electric vehicle up and down to another level. , A plurality of parking rooms 103 arranged adjacent to the elevating space 102 in the transverse direction so as to allow the electric vehicle to traverse and accommodate the electric vehicle from the elevating space 102, and a housing portion of the elevating lift 120 recessed below the boarding / alighting area 101. It has 104 and. Then, the parking device 100 of the present embodiment is a power supply device for supplying electric power to the electric vehicle housed in at least a part of the plurality of parking rooms 103 in order to charge the electric vehicle in the parking room 103. The 140 is provided with a power supply box 150 having a self-supporting shape and electrically connecting the power supply device 140 and the electric vehicle so as to be able to supply power to the electric vehicle. That is, the parking device 100 is characterized in that power is supplied to the electric vehicle via the power supply box 150. The parking device 100 operates to park the vehicle in general, but operates to charge the electric vehicle at the time of parking only when the vehicle is an electric vehicle. Therefore, the term "vehicle" as used herein is a concept indicating a vehicle in general including an electric vehicle.

The boarding / alighting area 101 is arranged indoors of the parking device 100 so as to get on / off the vehicle. An external area adjacent to the lane is arranged outside the boarding / alighting area 101. The external area is an area communicating with the boarding / alighting area 101 via the doorway 106. The boarding / alighting area 101 is arranged at the same level as the lane so that the vehicle can enter the lane or leave the lane. Further, the boarding / alighting area 101 and the external area are separated by an entrance / exit door 106. As shown in FIG. 2, an operation panel 107 is provided on the outer wall of the parking device 100 adjacent to the doorway 106. The user can open and close the doorway 106 and process the warehousing of the vehicle by temporarily stopping the vehicle in the external area for warehousing and inputting necessary information to the operation panel 107. Alternatively, the user can open and close the doorway 106, process the vehicle to leave the garage, and unload the vehicle from the boarding / alighting area 101 to the external area by inputting the information required for the operation panel 107 for warehousing. ..

The elevating space 102 is a space for the elevating lift 120 to elevate and descend, and extends over all layers. The height of the elevating space 102 is set by the desired number of parking rooms 103, that is, the number of floors of the parking tower. In the elevating space 102, the comb teeth of the elevating lift 120 and the comb teeth of the traversing tray 130 pass each other, so that the vehicle is transferred between the elevating lift 120 and the traversing tray 130.

Each parking room 103 is arranged so as to be paired on both sides of the elevating space 102 in the transverse direction on each floor different from the boarding / alighting area 101. Each parking room 103 is a space in which one vehicle can be parked and can be charged. In each parking room 103, a traversing tray 130 on which a vehicle is placed is arranged. As will be described later, the parking room 103 is provided with a power supply device 140 and / or a power supply terminal 141 capable of charging the electric vehicle when the vehicle is an electric vehicle. Reference numeral 140 in the figure is a power supply relay box, which constitutes a part of the power supply device.

The accommodating portion 104 is a space provided for accommodating the elevating lift 120 below the rotating floor 110 of the boarding / alighting area 101. That is, the accommodating portion 104 is a space recessed in the boarding / alighting area 101. In the operation of the parking device 100, the elevating lift 120 is accommodated in the accommodating portion 104 as a retreat position so as not to interfere with the rotation of the rotating floor 110. It can be detected by a sensor, a limit switch, or the like that the elevating lift 120 is housed in the housing unit 104.

As shown in FIG. 3, the parking device 100 is stored in a rotating floor 110 installed in the boarding / alighting area 101, an elevating lift 120 for ascending / descending the elevating space 102, and a corresponding parking room 103 as a vehicle transport mechanism. In addition, a traversing tray 130 that traverses between the parking room 103 and the elevating space 102 substantially horizontally along the traversing rail is provided. The rotating floor 110 has a comb-shaped frame on which a vehicle can be placed, and is configured so that the direction of the vehicle can be changed to a predetermined angle. As an example, the rotating floor 110 has a comb tooth shape in which comb teeth extend outward from the central frame to the left and right. In this embodiment, the rotating floor 110 is set to rotate 180 degrees so that either the front or the rear of the vehicle faces the doorway 106. The elevating lift 120 has a comb-shaped frame on which a vehicle can be placed, and the frame is in the elevating direction with respect to the comb-shaped frame of the rotating floor 110 at both the unrotated position and the rotated position of the rotating floor 110. It is formed so that it can pass each other. As an example, the elevating lift 120 is composed of a pair of left and right frames, and comb teeth extend inward from the outer frame. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, the elevating lift 120 is arranged at the same height as the rotating floor 110 of the boarding / alighting area 101 in the initial form, and only when the rotating floor 110 is rotationally driven, the rotating floor 110 It is evacuated to the accommodating portion 104 in order to avoid interference with. The traversing tray 130 has a comb-shaped frame on which an electric vehicle can be placed, and the frame is formed so as to be able to pass each other in the lifting direction with respect to the comb-shaped frame of the lifting lift 120. As an example, the traverse tray 130 has a comb tooth shape in which comb teeth extend outward from the central frame to the left and right. The traversing tray 130 is stored in each parking room 103. The traverse tray 130 is driven from the parking room 103 to the elevating space 102 along the traverse rail, and the position of the traverse tray 130 can be controlled more accurately by providing a limit switch (not shown) on the traverse rail. .. The transport mechanism is driven by a general drive mechanism such as a motor or a pulley based on a command from the control unit, but the description of the drive mechanism will be omitted here.

When the vehicle is stored in the predetermined parking room 103, the lift 120 retreats to the accommodating portion 104 as necessary for rotation while the vehicle gets into the boarding / alighting area 101 and the vehicle is placed on the rotating floor 110. (Or, the elevating lift 120 may be arranged in the accommodating portion 104 in advance), and the rotating floor 110 rotates. Then, when the elevating lift 120 rises, the comb-shaped frames of the rotating floor 110 and the elevating lift 120 pass each other, and the vehicle is transferred from the rotating floor 110 to the elevating lift 120. The lift 120 in the loaded state on which the vehicle is mounted is pulled up above the floor surface of the predetermined parking room 103, and the traverse tray 130 traverses in the lift space 102 and is arranged below the lift 120. Then, the elevating lift 120 descends, and the comb-shaped frames of the elevating lift 120 and the traversing tray 130 pass each other, so that the vehicle is transferred from the elevating lift 120 to the traversing tray 130. After the transfer, the traversing tray 130 on which the vehicle is mounted traverses the parking room 103 along the traversing rail, so that the vehicle is accommodated in the parking room 103.

On the other hand, when the designated vehicle is discharged from the predetermined parking room 103, the traversing tray 130 on which the vehicle is mounted traverses from the parking room 103 to the elevating space 102, and the elevating lift 120 in the empty state is the boarding / alighting area 101 or the accommodating portion. It rises from 104. Then, the elevating lift 120 rises and stops above the traversing tray 130 so that the comb-shaped frames of the elevating lift 120 and the traversing tray 130 pass each other, and the vehicle is transferred from the traversing tray 130 to the elevating lift 120. Next, the empty traversing tray 130 traverses and is housed in the original parking room 103. Subsequently, the lift 120 in the loaded state descends to the ground floor, the vehicle is arranged in the boarding / alighting area 101, the comb-shaped frames of the lift 120 and the rotating floor 110 overlap each other, and the vehicle moves from the lift 120. It is placed on the rotating floor 110. If necessary, the rotating floor 110 rotates so that the vehicle can be delivered. When the rotating floor 110 needs to be rotated, the elevating lift 120 descends to the accommodating portion 104 and is transferred to the rotating floor 110, and then the rotating floor 110 rotates.

The rotating floor 110 of the parking device 100 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, the rotating floor 110 is installed in the boarding / alighting area 101 so that the rotating floor 110 can rotate from the first position to the second position and the direction of the mounted vehicle can be changed. Further, the rotating floor 110 is configured as a comb-shaped frame that can rotate with the tires of the vehicle placed on the comb teeth. At the initial position of the rotating floor 110, the longitudinal direction of the row of pairs of comb teeth faces the doorway 106. The rotating floor 110 is controlled to rotate 180 degrees according to the orientation of the vehicle when parked. That is, the rotating floor 110 rotates with each other from the first position (non-rotated position) to the second position (rotated position) to change the direction of the vehicle to a predetermined angle. In the present embodiment, when the rotating floor 110 is in the first position and the second position, the directions of the rows of comb teeth of the rotating floor 110 and the rows of the comb teeth of the elevating lift 120 match, and the elevating lift 120 is the rotating floor. It becomes possible to pass 110. On the other hand, when the row of comb teeth of the rotating floor 110 and the row of comb teeth of the elevating lift 120 intersect, the elevating lift 120 cannot pass through the rotating floor 110. The rotation of the rotating floor 110 is detected by a sensor, a limit switch, or the like.

Further, in order to hold the power supply box 150 (see FIG. 9 and the like) on the rotating floor 110 in a self-supporting state at two front and rear positions (four corners of the front, rear, left and right) of the side edges on both sides of the rotating floor 110 in the transverse direction. A rotating floor side holding body 111 is installed. As shown in FIG. 5B, the rotating floor side holding body 111 interpolates one of the rotating floor side supporting piece 112 that supports the bottom surface of the feeding box 150 and the pair of

pins

156 and 156 of the feeding box 150. It is provided with a rotating floor side receiving hole 113. The rotating floor side support piece 112 is a longitudinal piece extending from the end edge of the floor material on one end side in the transverse direction to the other end side, and has a length capable of supporting the bottom wall between the

pins

156 and 156 of the power supply box 150. It is postponed. On the other hand, the rotating floor side receiving hole 113 is bored in the floor member on one end side in the transverse direction. The distance from the rotating floor side receiving hole 113 to the tip of the rotating floor side support piece 112 is shorter than the distance between the

pins

156 and 156.

The lifting lift 120 of the parking device 100 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The elevating lift 120 is configured as a comb-shaped frame that can be raised and lowered with the tires of the vehicle placed on the comb teeth. Elevating lifts for holding the power supply boxes 150 (see FIG. 9 and the like) on the elevating lift 120 in a self-supporting state at two front and rear (front, rear, left, and right four corners) of the side edges on both sides of the elevating lift 120 in the transverse direction. A side holder 121 is installed. As shown in FIG. 6B, the elevating lift side holding body 121 interpolates the elevating lift side support piece 122 that supports the bottom surface of the power supply box 150 and the other of the pair of

pins

156 and 156 of the power supply box 150. It is provided with an elevating lift side receiving hole 123. The lifting lift side support piece 122 is a U-shaped piece extending from the end edge of the floor material on the other end side in the transverse direction to one end side, and can support the bottom wall between the

pins

156 and 156 of the power supply box 150. It extends in length. Further, the elevating lift side support piece 122 has a complementary shape capable of passing the rotating floor side support piece 112 in the elevating direction. On the other hand, the elevating lift side receiving hole 123 is bored in the floor member on the other end side in the transverse direction. The distance from the elevating lift side receiving hole 123 to the tip of the elevating lift side support piece 122 is shorter than the distance between the

pins

156 and 156.

The traversing tray 130 and the parking room 103 of the parking device 100 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 7. As shown in FIG. 7, the parking device 100 includes a power feeding device 140 for supplying power to a part or all of the plurality of parking rooms 103. The power supply terminal 141 of the power supply device 140 is installed at a side end portion (such as a wall surface of the side wall or a floor near the side wall) 103a on the opposite side of the elevating space 102 of each parking room 103. The power supply terminals 141 are installed at two front and rear positions of the side end 103a so as to correspond to the front and rear positions of the vehicle to be accommodated.

The traversing tray 130 is configured as a comb-toothed frame that can traverse with the vehicle tires placed on the comb-teeth. The traversing tray 130 is stored in the parking room 103, and the electric vehicle is placed in the parking room 103 in a state where it can be charged from the power supply terminal 141. The traversing tray side holding body 131 for holding the power supply box 150 (see FIG. 9 and the like) on the traversing tray 130 in a self-supporting state at two positions in front of and behind the side edge portion on the side end portion 103a side of the traversing tray 130. Is installed. As shown in FIG. 7B, the traversing tray side holder 131 interpolates one of the traversing tray side support piece 132 that supports the bottom surface of the power supply box 150 and a pair of

pins

156 and 156 of the power supply box 150. It is provided with a traversing tray side receiving hole 133. The traverse tray side support piece 132 is a longitudinal piece extending from the end edge of the floor material on one end side in the traverse direction to the other end side, and has a length capable of supporting the bottom wall between the

pins

156 and 156 of the power supply box 150. It is postponed. Further, the traverse tray side support piece 132 has a complementary shape capable of passing each other in the elevating direction with the elevating lift side support piece 122. Further, the traverse tray side support piece 132 is provided with a power supply unit 136 that can be electrically connected to the connection terminal 155 formed on the bottom surface of the power supply box 150. On the other hand, the traversing tray side receiving hole 133 is bored in the floor member on one end side in the traversing direction. The distance from the traversing tray side receiving hole 133 to the tip of the traversing tray side support piece 132 is shorter than the distance between the

pins

156 and 156.

Further, the traversing tray 130 is provided with a power receiving terminal 134 that electrically contacts the power feeding terminal 141 when the traversing tray 130 is stored in the corresponding parking room 103. The power receiving terminal 134 is formed at two positions in the front and rear of the side edge portion on the side end side, and corresponds to the position of the power feeding terminal 141. The power receiving terminal 134 is preferably arranged close to the traversing tray side holding body 131. Further, the power receiving terminal 134 is electrically connected to the power feeding unit 136 inside the traversing tray 130. That is, the traverse tray side holder 131 is configured to electrically connect the power receiving terminal 134 to the connection terminal 155 of the power supply box 150 when the power supply box 150 is held on the traverse tray side support piece 132. .. As a result, when the traverse tray 130 is stored in the parking room 103, the power supply terminal 141 can supply electric power to the power supply box 150 via the power reception terminal 134 and the power supply unit 136.

FIG. 8 shows in more detail the relationship between the power receiving terminal 134 of the traverse tray 130 and the power feeding terminal 141 of the power feeding device 140. As shown in FIG. 8A, when the traverse tray 130 is stored at a predetermined position in the parking room 103, the power receiving terminal 134 is in contact with the power feeding terminal 141, and the two are electrically connected to each other. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 8B, when the traversing tray 130 traverses from the parking room 103 to the elevating space 102, the power receiving terminal 134 is separated from the power feeding terminal 141, and the electrical connection between the two is cut off.

Subsequently, the power supply box 150 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 to 11. 9 (a) to 9 (c) are a front view, a rear view, and a bottom view of the power supply box 150. FIG. 10 is a front view showing the internal structure of the power supply box 150. 11 (a) and 11 (b) are a front view and a plan view showing the internal structure of the power supply box 150 in a state where the cable 152 is pulled out by a predetermined length.

As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the power supply box 150 is housed in a housing 151 having a self-supporting shape, at least partially inside the housing so that the tip of the housing 151 is pulled out of the housing to an arbitrary length. The cable 152, the charging connector 153 attached to the tip of the cable 152 and connected to the charging port of the electric vehicle, and the cable 152 electrically connected to the inside of the housing and exposed to the outside of the housing. A connection terminal 155 that can be electrically connected to the power supply terminal 141 of the power supply device 140 is provided. The power supply box 150 is configured to be portable in the trunk of the user's electric vehicle. In the parking system of the parking device 100, the power supply box 150 is not commonly used among users, and is preferably stored individually by each user. In this case, the cable 152 is a dedicated cable defined for each vehicle.

The housing 151 is composed of a rectangular box, and has a door 151a that can be opened and closed on the front surface, and a handle 151b for opening and closing the door 151a. The user can access the inside of the housing by grasping the handle 151b and opening the door 151a. The housing 151 extends longitudinally in a plan view (upper surface and lower surface), and has a length direction and a width direction. The length direction of the housing 151 matches the traverse direction at the time of installation. The bottom surface of the housing 151 has a dimensional shape that allows it to be placed and supported on the

support pieces

112, 122, 132 so that it can stand on the rotating floor 110, the elevating lift 120, and the traverse tray 130. Further, a pair of

pins

156 and 156 are projected and formed on the bottom surface of the housing 151. The pair of

pins

156 and 156 are arranged so as to be separated from each other in the length direction, and are located on both ends in the length direction of the bottom surface. Each pin 156 has a tapered tip and is pointed. The pin 156 has a shape that can be inserted into the receiving

holes

113, 123, and 133. That is, the power supply box 150 has its bottom surface arranged on the

support pieces

112, 122, 132 with one pin 156 inserted through the receiving

holes

113, 123, 133, so that the holding

bodies

111, 121, 131, respectively. Is held in. Further, the bottom surface of the housing 151 is provided with a pair of projecting pieces 157,157 that project from the bottom surface between a pair of

pins

156 and 156 in the length direction and are arranged in the width direction of the bottom surface. The pair of projecting

pieces

157, 157 are configured so as to be able to come into contact with the side end faces of the

support pieces

112, 122, 132 while the power supply box 150 is held by the holding

bodies

111, 121, 131. That is, the pair of projecting

pieces

157, 157 functions to regulate the rotation of the power supply box 150 in the width direction about the pin 156. Further, a connection terminal 155 exposed to the outside is provided between the pair of pins 156 on the bottom surface of the housing 151.

The cable 152 is held by being wound inside the housing. The cable 152 is pulled out to the outside through an insertion hole formed on a side surface near the upper wall of the housing 151. This insertion hole has a size that allows the passage of the cable 152 but not the passage of the charging connector 153. A charging connector 153 is formed at the tip of the cable 152, and a plug 154a is formed at the base end. The plug 154a is connected to the outlet 154b inside the housing 151. The outlet 154b is wired so as to be electrically connected to the connection terminal 155 inside the housing. The cable 152 may generally be prepared by the user depending on the type of electric vehicle.

Further, the power supply box 150 further includes a regulating member 158 for regulating the pullable length of the cable 152 according to the distance between the selected holding

bodies

111, 121, 131 and the charging port of the electric vehicle. The regulating member 158 is fixed to the cable 152 at a position separated from the charging connector 153 by a predetermined distance. The regulating member 158 has a size that does not allow it to pass through the insertion hole, and is locked to the inner surface of the housing 151 when the cable 152 is pulled out. As shown in FIGS. 11A and 11B, the user presets the position of the regulating member 158 according to the distance between the selected holding

bodies

111, 121, 131 and the charging port of the electric vehicle. This makes it possible to pull out the cable 152 with a certain length. Since the positions of the holding

bodies

111, 121, and 131 to be selected are determined by the positions of the charging ports of the electric vehicle, it becomes easy to connect the power supply box 150 and the charging port without slack. In other words, since the pull-out length of the cable 152 is regulated by the regulating member 158, it is possible to prevent the cable 152 from being pulled out more than necessary and to prevent the cable 152 from hanging down and coming into contact with other members. Is possible. When the cable 152 is pulled out to a predetermined length and the power supply box 150 is not used, the cable hook 151c provided on the upper part of the housing 151 does not have to be rewound. The cable 152 can be wound around.

Next, a process of parking the electric vehicle in a charged state using the power supply box 150 will be described.

First, the user performs an authentication operation or the like on the operation panel 107, and then stops the electric vehicle V on the rotating floor 110 of the boarding / alighting area 101 via the doorway 106. Next, the user gets out of the electric vehicle V, takes out the power supply box 150 from the trunk of the electric vehicle V, and arranges the power supply box 150 in the rotating floor side holding body 111 located closest to the charging port V1 of the electric vehicle V. Then, the charging connector 153 extending from the power supply box 150 by a predetermined length is connected to the charging port V1 (see FIGS. 12 and 13). At this time, the user only needs to place the power supply box 150 on the rotating floor side holding body 111, and does not need to search for an outlet on the parking device side for connecting the cable 152 in the boarding / alighting area 101 as in the conventional case. .. Subsequently, the user moves from the boarding / alighting area 101 to the outside via the doorway 106 and operates the operation panel 107 to execute the warehousing process. After the input of the warehousing process instruction is completed, the doorway 106 is closed, and both the electric vehicle V and the power supply box 150 are transported to the designated parking room (hereinafter, designated parking room) 103. The designated parking room 103 may be assigned in advance according to the user, may be input to the operation panel 107 by the user, or may be arbitrarily determined from the vacant parking room 103 by the control unit. good.

FIG. 14 schematically shows a form in which the power supply box 150 is held by the rotating floor side holding body 111. As shown in FIG. 14, one pin 156 of the power supply box 150 is inserted into the rotating floor side receiving hole 113, and the bottom surface of the housing 151 is supported by the rotating floor side supporting piece 112. The other pin 156 is arranged in the empty space on the tip end side of the rotating floor side support piece 112. When one of the pins 156 comes into contact with the limit switch 115 formed in the rotating floor side receiving hole 113, the holding of the power supply box 150 by the rotating floor side holding body 111 is detected. Based on the signal from the limit switch 115, the control unit can determine which of the rotating floor-side holders 111 installed at the four locations holds the power supply box 150. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 14, since the floor surface of the elevating lift 120 is arranged at the same height as the floor surface of the rotating floor 110, the power supply box 150 is the rotating floor side holding body 111. It is also held by the elevating lift side holding body 121. Specifically, the other pin 156 of the power supply box 150 is inserted into the elevating lift side receiving hole 123, and the bottom surface of the housing 151 is supported by the elevating lift side support piece 122. However, when the elevating lift 120 retracts to the accommodating portion 104, the power supply box 150 is held only by the rotating floor side holding body 111.

Further, two pairs of photoelectric sensors 108 are installed as optical sensors in the boarding / alighting area 101, and it is detected whether or not the power supply box 150 exists in the boarding / alighting area 101. The photoelectric sensor 108 includes a light receiver and a floodlight, and the power supply box 150 is arranged on a virtual line between them to detect a change in the amount of light and detect the presence or absence of the power supply box 150. However, the form of the sensor is not limited to this embodiment, and the optical sensor may individually set each position of the rotating floor side holding body 111 as a detection range, or may set the entire boarding / alighting area 101 as a detection range. Further, as the optical sensor, a known infrared sensor or the like can be adopted. Alternatively, the optical sensor may be a camera that captures the inside of the boarding / alighting area 101, and may be an image sensor that detects the presence / absence of the power supply box 150 by image processing the income image information.

The control unit determines whether or not the vehicle is an electric vehicle or whether or not there is an error in the installation of the power supply box 150 based on the signals from the limit switch 115 and the photoelectric sensor 108 according to the flowchart of FIG. 17 described later. .. Then, the control unit determines whether or not the rotation of the rotating floor 110 is necessary based on the holding position specified by the signal of the limit switch 115 and the position of the designated parking room 103 according to the flowchart of FIG. 18 described later, and if necessary. Accordingly, the elevating lift 120 is retracted to the accommodating portion 104 to rotate the rotating floor 110 by 180 degrees.

Next, the elevating lift 120 rises so as to pass the rotating floor 110, and the electric vehicle and the power supply box 150 are completely transferred from the rotating floor 110 to the elevating lift 120. As shown in FIG. 15, the power supply box 150 initially mounted on both the longitudinal piece-shaped rotating floor side support piece 112 and the U-shaped elevating lift side support piece 122 is provided with respect to the rotating floor side support piece 112. It is delivered to the lift-side support piece 122 that has risen relatively. As the elevating lift 120 rises, one pin 156 separates from the rotating floor side receiving hole 113 while the other pin 156 is inserted into the elevating lift side receiving hole 123. As a result, the power supply box 150 is supported only by the lifting lift side support piece 122 having a U-shape on the bottom surface, and the other pin 156 is inserted into the lifting lift side receiving hole 123, and the lifting lift side holding body 121 Retained only. At this time, a limit switch (not shown) may be similarly arranged in the elevating lift side receiving hole 123. The control unit can determine whether or not the power supply box 150 has been normally delivered by the signal from the limit switch. Then, the elevating lift 120 goes up to the floor where the designated parking room 103 is located.

Subsequently, after the elevating lift 120 stops at a predetermined height, the traversing tray 130 of the designated parking room 103 traverses the elevating space 102 and stops directly under the elevating lift 120. Then, the elevating lift 120 descends and passes by the traversing tray 130, so that the electric vehicle and the power supply box 150 are transferred from the elevating lift 120 to the traversing tray 130. The power supply box 150 mounted on the U-shaped lift lift side support piece 122 is delivered from the lift lift side support piece 122 lowered so as to pass the traverse tray side support piece 132 to the traverse tray side support piece 132. Is done. When the elevating lift 120 and the traverse tray 130 move relative to each other at the same height, the power supply box 150 is held by both the elevating lift side holding body 121 and the traversing tray side holding body 131. Then, as the elevating lift 120 is further lowered, one pin 156 is inserted into the traverse tray side receiving hole 133, and the other pin 156 is separated from the elevating lift side receiving hole 123. As a result, the power supply box 150 is supported only by the traverse tray side support piece 132 whose bottom surface is elongated and has one pin 156 inserted into the traverse tray side receiving hole 133, and the traverse tray side holder 131. Retained only. At this time, a limit switch (not shown) may be similarly arranged in the traversing tray side receiving hole 133. The control unit can determine whether or not the power supply box 150 has been normally delivered by the signal from the limit switch. Then, the traversing tray 130 traverses to the designated parking room 103 and is stored in the designated parking room 103.

The traversing tray 130 stored in the designated parking room 103 is in a state where power can be supplied from the power supply terminal 141 of the power supply device 140 (see FIG. 8), and the power supply box 150 is electrically connected to and held by the power supply terminal 141. .. That is, the electric vehicle is housed in the parking room 103 in a state where it can be charged from the power supply terminal 141 via the power supply box 150. Then, the control unit controls the power feeding device 140 and starts charging the electric vehicle.

In the warehousing process, the electric vehicle and the power supply box 150 are delivered from the traversing tray 130 to the elevating lift 120, and the electric vehicle and the power supply box 150 are received from the elevating lift 120 to the rotating floor 110 in a process opposite to the warehousing process. By passing the electric vehicle and the power supply box 150, the electric vehicle and the power supply box 150 can be transported to the boarding / alighting area 101 in a state where they can be delivered. In the boarding / alighting area, the user can remove the charging connector 153 from the charging port, lift the power supply box 150, and collect it from the rotating floor side holding body 111. Preferably, the power supply box 150 is collected in the trunk of the electric vehicle. However, if the power supply box 150 is shared, it may be returned to the manager of the parking device 100. Then, the user delivers the electric vehicle to the outside of the boarding / alighting area 101, and completes the warehousing process while operating the operation panel 107.

Subsequently, a process of determining whether or not the vehicle is an electric vehicle will be described based on the flowchart of FIG. As shown in FIG. 16, the control unit receives the user input information from the operation panel 107 and determines the designated parking room 103 in which the vehicle is parked. Next, the user stops the vehicle at a predetermined position on the rotating floor 110 of the boarding / alighting area 101. The control unit confirms that the vehicle has stopped at a predetermined position via a sensor or the like. The control unit requests the user to install the power supply box 150 on the rotating floor side holding body 111. If the user's vehicle information is registered in the database in advance, the control unit may notify the user that the rotating floor-side holder 111 located closest to the charging port of the electric vehicle is selected. The notification to the user may be made via the operation panel 107, or may be given by lighting at each installation position in the boarding / alighting area 101.

Next, the control unit receives the signal from the limit switch 115 and identifies the rotating floor side holding body 111 that holds the power supply box 150 among the plurality of rotating floor side holding bodies 111, and the signal from the optical sensor. Is received to determine the presence or absence of the power supply box 150, and the step of collating the signal from the limit switch 115 with the signal from the optical sensor is executed. More specifically, the control unit confirms whether or not the limit switch 115 is turned on by the power supply box 150 within a predetermined time. When the limit switch 115 is turned on and the optical sensor detects the power supply box 150 (both the limit switch 115 and the optical sensor identify the presence of the power supply box 150), the control unit electrifies the vehicle. Determined to be a car. When the limit switch 115 is turned on and the optical sensor does not detect the power supply box 150, the control unit issues an alarm or warning of a limit switch abnormality and resets the user from the operation panel 107. Request to do. On the other hand, when the limit switch 115 is not turned on and the optical sensor detects the power supply box 150, a message or warning such as "Please check the power supply box" is displayed on the operation panel 107, and the operation panel 107 is displayed again. The process returns to the process of requesting the user to install the power supply box 150 on the rotating floor side holding body 111. When the limit switch 115 is not turned on and the optical sensor does not detect the power supply box 150 (when both the limit switch 115 and the optical sensor identify the absence of the power supply box 150), the control unit is the vehicle. Judge that it is not an electric vehicle. With the above, the certification process of the electric vehicle by the control unit is completed.

Subsequently, a control method of the rotating floor 110 will be described based on the flowchart of FIG. As shown in FIG. 17, the control unit receives the user input information from the operation panel 107 and determines the designated parking room 103 in which the vehicle is parked. Next, the control unit receives the signal from the limit switch 115, identifies the rotary floor side holder 111 that holds the power supply box 150 among the plurality of rotary floor side holders 111, and determines the installation position of the power supply box 150. To detect. The control unit selectively rotates the rotating floor 110 so that the power supply box 150 is located on the side of the designated parking room 103 based on the specified installation position of the rotating floor side holding body 111. Specifically, the control unit determines whether the installation side of the specified rotating floor side holding body 111 coincides with the side of the designated parking room 103 in the transverse direction. That is, the control unit determines that the left and right positions of the power supply box 150 and the designated parking room 103 centered on the electric vehicle match. When the coincidence is determined, the elevating lift 120 is elevated and driven without rotating the rotating floor 110. On the other hand, if it is determined that they do not match, the rotating floor 110 is rotated 180 degrees so as to match, and then the lifting lift 120 is driven up and down. When the elevating lift 120 is at the same level as the rotating floor 110, the control unit drives the elevating lift 120 so as to be retracted by the accommodating unit 104 before rotating the rotating floor 110. On the other hand, when the elevating lift 120 is located in the accommodating portion 104 in advance, it is not necessary to drive the elevating lift 120 before the rotating floor 110 rotates. That is, according to the parking device 100 of the present embodiment, the power supply box 150 is held closest to the charging port regardless of the installation side of the charging port of the electric vehicle and regardless of which side the designated parking room 103 is located. It is possible to reliably accommodate the electric vehicle in the designated parking room 103 while being held by the

bodies

111, 121, 131.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various embodiments and modifications can be taken. Hereinafter, another embodiment of the present invention will be described.

[Another Embodiment, Modification Example]
(1) In the above embodiment, the parking direction of the boarding / alighting area (that is, the direction of the frame of the rotating floor) is arranged so as to face the doorway, the first position of the rotating floor is the non-rotating position, and the second position. Is the rotated position, but the present invention is not limited to this. That is, the doorway may be installed so as to deviate from the parking direction of the boarding / alighting area. For example, the doorway may be configured to face a direction offset by 90 degrees with respect to the parking direction of the boarding / alighting area. In this case, the control unit rotates the rotating floor to one side so that the power supply box is located on the side of the designated parking room based on the installation position of the specified rotating floor side holding body. It can be rotated by a degree and displaced to the first position, or the rotating bed can be rotated 90 degrees to the other side and displaced to the second position.

(2) In the above embodiment, the electrical connection of each terminal is made by direct contact or wiring, but a non-contact power transmission method may be adopted in place.

(3) In the present invention, when the power supply box is held in the traverse tray side holding body and the traverse tray is stored in the corresponding parking room, the connection terminal of the power supply box electrically contacts the power supply terminal. It may be configured in. In this case, the connection terminal of the power supply box is electrically contacted (including contact type and non-contact type) with the power supply terminal of the parking room in a state of being held by the traverse tray side holding body in the parking room without passing through the traverse tray. ), The arrangement relationship is designed. For example, as an example, the connection terminal is not arranged on the bottom surface of the power supply box but is exposed on the side surface of the housing facing the side end side of the parking room, and is parked while being held by the traverse tray side holder. It is placed facing the power supply terminal of the room.

(4) The parking device of the above embodiment is a parking tower having a plurality of floors and two or more parking rooms are installed on the same floor. However, the present invention provides, for example, a parking lot for home use. The same can be applied to a parking lot having a minimum configuration in which the rotating floor is omitted and there is only one parking room.

(5) In the parking device of the above embodiment, the elevating lift is retracted from the accommodating portion so that the rotating floor can rotate, but the present invention is not limited to this configuration. That is, in the parking device of the present invention, the accommodating portion may be omitted. In this case, the elevating lift is initially placed on the floor of the boarding / alighting area, the rotating floor is lifted above the elevating lift (instead of the elevating lift retracting to the accommodation), and the rotating floor rotates so as not to interfere with the elevating lift. It will be possible. In this modified example, it is possible to omit the provision of the accommodating portion, and the floor surface is located just below the comb teeth, so that it is suitable for wheelchair users.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and modifications, and can be implemented in various embodiments as long as it belongs to the technical scope of the present invention. That is, within the technical scope of the present invention, some configurations of the present embodiment may be omitted or modified, or other configurations may be added.

100 Parking device 101 Boarding / alighting area 102 Elevating space 103 Parking room 104 Storage unit 106 Doorway door 107 Operation panel 108 Photoelectric sensor 110 Rotating floor 111 Rotating floor side holder 112 Rotating floor side support piece 113 Rotating floor side receiving hole 115 Limit switch 120 Elevating Lift 121 Lifting lift side holding body 122 Lifting lift side support piece 123 Lifting lift side receiving hole 130 Traverse tray 131 Traverse tray side holding body 132 Traverse tray side support piece 133 Traverse tray side receiving hole 134 Power receiving terminal 136 Power supply unit 140 Power supply device 141 Power supply terminal 150 Power supply box 151 Housing 151a Door 151b Handle 151c Cable hook 152 Cable 153 Charging connector 154a Plug 154b Outlet 155 Connection terminal 156 Pin 157 Projection piece 158 Regulator V Electric vehicle V1 Charging port

Claims

The boarding / alighting area for the user to get on / off the electric vehicle, the elevating space extending in the elevating direction so as to move the electric vehicle up / down from the boarding / alighting area to another level, and the elevating space for traversing and accommodating the electric vehicle from the elevating space. A fork-type parking device having one or a plurality of parking rooms arranged adjacent to an elevating space in a transverse direction, and accommodating an electric vehicle in the parking room so as to be rechargeable.
An elevating lift that has a comb-toothed frame on which an electric vehicle can be placed and elevates and elevates the elevating space,
It has a comb-shaped frame that is formed so as to be able to pass each other in the elevating direction with respect to the comb-shaped frame of the lifting lift, has a comb-shaped frame on which an electric vehicle can be placed, and is stored in a corresponding parking room, and also has the parking room and the above. A traversing tray that traverses approximately horizontally between the elevating space and
A power supply device for supplying electric power to an electric vehicle housed in at least a part of the one or a plurality of parking rooms.
A housing having a self-supporting shape, a cable housed at least partially inside the housing so that the tip can be pulled out of the housing to an arbitrary length, and a cable attached to the tip of the cable to charge an electric vehicle. A charging connector connected to the mouth and a connection terminal that is electrically connected to the cable inside the housing and is exposed to the outside of the housing and can be electrically connected to the power supply terminal of the power supply device. With a power supply box and
An elevating lift side holding body installed on the elevating lift and holding the power supply box on the elevating lift in a self-supporting state.
It is installed on the traversing tray, and the power supply box is held on the traversing tray in a self-supporting state, and when the elevating lift side holding body passes by the elevating lift side holding body, the feeding box is mutually provided with the elevating lift side holding body. A traversing tray side holder configured for transfer and
A control unit that controls the operation of the parking device,
A parking device characterized by being provided with.
The parking rooms are arranged so as to be paired on both sides of the elevating space in the transverse direction at each level different from the boarding / alighting area, and the power supply terminals of the power supply device are on the opposite sides of the elevating space of each parking room. Installed on the side edge of
The elevating lift side holding body is installed on both side edges of the elevating lift in the transverse direction, respectively.
The traversing tray side holder is installed only on the side edge of the traversing tray near the power supply terminal of the corresponding parking room.
When the electric vehicle and the power supply box are transferred from the elevating lift to the traverse tray, the control unit drives the traverse tray on the same side as the elevating lift side holder that holds the power supply box. The parking device according to claim 1.
A rotating floor installed in the boarding / alighting area for rotating from a first position to a second position to change the direction of the electric vehicle to a predetermined angle, the first position and the second position. A rotating floor having a comb-shaped frame on which an electric vehicle formed so as to be able to pass each other in the lifting direction with respect to the comb-shaped frame of the lifting lift can be mounted.
The power supply box is installed on the rotating floor, and the power supply box is held on the rotating floor in a self-supporting state, and when the elevating lift side holding body passes by the elevating lift side holding body, the power feeding box is mutually delivered to and from the elevating lift side holding body. The parking device according to claim 2, further comprising a rotating floor side holding body which is configured to be possible and is installed on both sides of the rotating floor electric vehicle.
The rotating floor side holding body and the elevating lift side holding body are installed at two locations in front of and behind the side edges on both sides of the rotating floor and the elevating lift in the transverse direction.
The traversing tray side holding body is installed at two positions in front of and behind the side edge portion of the traversing tray near the power supply terminal of the corresponding parking room.
The parking according to claim 3, wherein the power supply terminals of the power supply device are installed at two locations in front of and behind the side end portion of the parking room so as to correspond to two installation locations of the two traversing tray side holders. Device.
The boarding / alighting area for the user to get on / off the electric vehicle, the elevating space extending in the elevating direction so as to move the electric vehicle up / down from the boarding / alighting area to another level, and the elevating space for traversing and accommodating the electric vehicle from the elevating space. A fork-type parking device having a plurality of parking rooms arranged adjacent to each other so as to be paired on both sides in the transverse direction with respect to the elevating space, and accommodating an electric vehicle in the parking room so as to be rechargeable.
It has a comb-toothed frame installed in the boarding / alighting area and on which an electric vehicle can be placed, and is used to rotate each other from a first position to a second position to change the direction of the electric vehicle to a predetermined angle. With a rotating floor
Both the first position and the second position of the rotating bed are formed so as to be able to pass each other in the elevating direction with respect to the comb-shaped frame of the rotating bed, and have a comb-shaped frame on which an electric vehicle can be placed. , The elevating lift that goes up and down the elevating space,
It has a comb-shaped frame that is formed so as to be able to pass each other in the elevating direction with respect to the comb-shaped frame of the lifting lift, and has a comb-shaped frame on which an electric vehicle can be placed. A traversing tray that traverses approximately horizontally between the elevating space and
A power supply device having one or more power supply terminals installed at a side end opposite to the elevating space of each parking room and for supplying electric power to an electric vehicle housed in the parking room.
A housing having a self-supporting shape, a cable housed at least partially inside the housing so that the tip can be pulled out of the housing to an arbitrary length, and a cable attached to the tip of the cable to charge an electric vehicle. A power supply equipped with a charging connector connected to the mouth and a connection terminal that is electrically connected to the cable inside the housing and is exposed to the outside of the housing and can be electrically connected to the power supply terminal. Box and
A plurality of rotating floor side holding bodies installed on the side edges on both sides in the transverse direction of the rotating floor and holding the power supply box on the rotating floor in a self-supporting state.
It is installed on both side edges of the lifting lift in the transverse direction, and the power supply box is held on the lifting lift in a self-standing state, and when it passes by the rotating floor side holding body, it and the rotating floor side holding body. A plurality of lift-side holders configured to be able to transfer the power supply box to each other,
The power supply box is installed only on the side edge of the traversing tray on the side close to the power supply terminal of the stored parking room, and the power supply box is held on the traverse tray in a self-supporting state with the elevating lift side holding body. One or more traversing tray-side holders configured to be able to transfer the power supply box to and from the lift-side holder when they pass each other.
A control unit that controls the operation of the parking device,
It also has an operation panel for the user to enter instructions.
The control unit is used when the electric vehicle is warehousing.
The process of receiving information on the designated parking room of the designated electric vehicle accommodation from multiple parking rooms, and
A step of identifying a rotating floor-side holding body that holds the power supply box from the plurality of rotating floor-side holding bodies, and a step of identifying the rotating floor-side holding body.
A step of rotating the rotating floor so that the power supply box is located on the side of the designated parking room based on the installation position of the specified rotating floor side holder.
The elevating lift and the elevating lift so as to transfer the electric vehicle and the power supply box from the rotating floor to the elevating lift, transfer from the elevating lift to the traversing tray, and traverse the traversing tray to the designated parking room. A parking device characterized by performing the steps of driving the traversing tray.
The rotating floor side holder includes a limit switch that mechanically detects the holding of the power supply box.
An optical sensor for optically detecting the presence or absence of the power supply box is provided in the boarding / alighting area.
The control unit
A step of receiving a signal from the limit switch and identifying a rotating floor-side holding body that holds the power supply box among the plurality of rotating floor-side holding bodies.
A process of receiving a signal from the optical sensor to determine the presence or absence of the power supply box, and
The step of collating the signal from the limit switch with the signal from the optical sensor is executed.
When both the limit switch and the optical sensor identify the presence of the power supply box, the control unit recognizes that the parked vehicle is an electric vehicle.
When both the limit switch and the optical sensor identify the absence of the power supply box, the control unit recognizes that the parked vehicle is not an electric vehicle.
The parking device according to claim 3 or 5, wherein when one of the limit switch and the optical sensor identifies the presence of the power supply box, the control unit issues a warning to the user.
1. 5. The parking device according to 5.
The traversing tray is provided with a power receiving terminal that electrically contacts the power feeding terminal when the traversing tray is stored in the corresponding parking room, and the traversing tray side holder holds the power supply box. The parking device according to claim 1 or 5, wherein the power receiving terminal is electrically connected to the connection terminal of the power supply box.
When the traversing tray is stored in the corresponding parking room with the power supply box held by the traversing tray side holder, the connection terminal of the power supply box is electrically contacted with the power supply terminal. The parking device according to claim 1 or 5, wherein the parking device is configured.
The power supply box projects from the bottom surface of the housing and protrudes from the bottom surface of the housing between a pair of pins arranged in the length direction of the bottom surface and the pair of pins in the length direction, and the width direction of the bottom surface. With a pair of projectiles arranged in
The elevating lift side holding body includes an elevating lift side support piece that supports the bottom surface of the power supply box, and an elevating lift side receiving hole into which one of the pair of pins is inserted. With the bottom surface of the power supply box supported and the lifting lift side receiving hole interpolating the one pin, the pair of projecting pieces can come into contact with the side end surface of the lifting lift side supporting piece from the width direction. ,
The traversing tray side holding body is formed so as to be able to pass each other in the elevating direction with the elevating lift side supporting piece, and the traversing tray side supporting piece supporting the bottom surface of the power supply box and the other of the pair of pins are inserted. The pair of projecting pieces traverse the tray side receiving hole, with the traversing tray side supporting piece supporting the bottom surface of the power supply box and the traversing tray side receiving hole interpolating the other pin. The parking device according to claim 1 or 5, wherein the side end surface of the tray-side support piece can be brought into contact with the side end surface in the width direction.
The parking device according to claim 1 or 5, wherein the power supply box is configured to be portable in the trunk of a passenger car.