CN115179907A - Battery replacement equipment and control method thereof - Google Patents

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CN115179907A
CN115179907A CN202210999796.0A CN202210999796A CN115179907A CN 115179907 A CN115179907 A CN 115179907A CN 202210999796 A CN202210999796 A CN 202210999796A CN 115179907 A CN115179907 A CN 115179907A
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60SSERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60S5/00Servicing, maintaining, repairing, or refitting of vehicles
    • B60S5/06Supplying batteries to, or removing batteries from, vehicles
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60LPROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES
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    • B60L53/80Exchanging energy storage elements, e.g. removable batteries
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02TCLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
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    • Y02T10/60Other road transportation technologies with climate change mitigation effect
    • Y02T10/70Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02TCLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
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Abstract

The invention discloses a battery replacement device and a control method thereof. Should trade battery equipment includes: the tray moves up and down under the driving of the lifting mechanism; the tray includes a tray body, at least three elastic component and pressure sensor, pressure sensor with the elastic component one-to-one sets up, the elastic component with pressure sensor locates on the tray body, pressure sensor is used for detecting the pressure that the elastic component received. The control method is used for controlling the battery replacement equipment. According to the battery replacement equipment, the pressure sensor is arranged on the battery replacement equipment, and whether the battery reaches the locking position is judged through detection of the pressure sensor, so that the situation that the sensor and an unnecessary circuit are arranged on an automobile is avoided, and the manufacturing cost of the automobile is reduced. According to the control method of the battery replacement device, detection and judgment are performed in the battery replacement process by using the parts of the battery replacement device, so that the increase of the manufacturing cost of an automobile is avoided.

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Battery replacement equipment and control method thereof
The application is a divisional application of Chinese patent applications with application dates of 2019, 3 and 26, and application numbers of CN201910232809.X, and the name of battery replacement equipment and a control method thereof is invented and created.
Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of quick-change electric vehicles, in particular to a battery replacement device and a control method thereof.
Background
In the conventional battery replacement process of the battery replacement device, the battery replacement device generally lifts a battery to a predetermined position, so that a lock column on the battery can horizontally move into a lock groove, as shown in fig. 1. In the battery replacement process, whether the battery is lifted to a preset position needs to be judged, otherwise, the problem that the battery cannot be locked easily occurs.
In the prior art, a hall sensor is generally installed on a vehicle body to detect the position of a lock column of a battery, and then the action of a battery replacement device is controlled according to the detection result of the hall sensor, but the solution needs to install the sensor on the vehicle and arrange a related circuit for coupling the vehicle and the battery replacement device, and the arrangement is very complicated and increases the manufacturing cost of the vehicle.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to solve the technical problem that in the prior art, the automobile manufacturing cost is increased due to the fact that battery replacement equipment is additionally provided with a sensor to assist in a battery replacement process, and provides the battery replacement equipment and a control method thereof.
The invention solves the technical problems through the following technical scheme:
a battery swapping device, comprising: the tray moves up and down under the driving of the lifting mechanism;
wherein:
the tray includes a tray body, at least three elastic component and pressure sensor, pressure sensor with the elastic component one-to-one sets up, the elastic component with pressure sensor locates on the tray body, pressure sensor is used for detecting the pressure that the elastic component received.
Preferably, the battery replacement equipment further comprises a judging unit, and the judging unit is electrically connected with the pressure sensor;
the judgment unit performs judgment as follows: and when the pressure values detected by more than three pressure sensors are all larger than a preset value, judging that the tray is lifted to a preset height, otherwise, judging that the tray is not lifted to the preset height, wherein the preset height is a proper height of the locking battery.
Preferably, a groove is formed in the tray, and the elastic member and the pressure sensor are arranged in the groove.
Preferably, the elastic member is provided at a corner portion of the tray.
Preferably, the tray is a square structure, and the tray includes four elastic members, and the four elastic members are respectively disposed at four corners of the tray.
Preferably, the pressure sensor is a fiber optic pressure sensor.
Preferably, trade the battery equipment and still include the fixed disk, the fixed disk is located the tray with between the elevating system, elevating system is used for the drive the fixed disk reciprocates, the tray is located on the fixed disk and for but fixed disk horizontal migration.
Preferably, the tray and the fixed disc are provided with guide forks.
Preferably, if the determining unit determines that the tray has risen to a predetermined height, the tray moves horizontally relative to the fixed tray to lock the battery, and if the determining unit determines that the tray has not risen to the predetermined height, the lifting mechanism drives the fixed tray to continue rising.
A control method of a battery swapping device is provided, wherein the control method is used for controlling the battery swapping device;
the control method comprises the following steps:
s1: the lifting mechanism drives the tray to ascend;
s2: the judging unit judges whether the pressure values detected by more than three pressure sensors are larger than a preset value or not, if so, the step S3 is executed, and if not, the step S4 is executed;
s3: stopping the tray from rising;
s4: the lifting mechanism drives the tray to continuously rise.
Preferably, in step S3, after stopping the elevation of the tray, the tray is horizontally moved to lock the battery.
The positive progress effects of the invention are as follows: according to the battery replacement equipment, the pressure sensor is arranged on the battery replacement equipment, and whether the battery reaches the locking position is judged through detection of the pressure sensor, so that the situation that the sensor and an unnecessary circuit are arranged on an automobile is avoided, and the manufacturing cost of the automobile is reduced. According to the control method of the battery replacement equipment, detection and judgment are performed in the battery replacement process by using the parts of the battery replacement equipment, so that the increase of the manufacturing cost of an automobile is avoided.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a locking mechanism and a lock cylinder in a prior art.
Fig. 2 is a schematic perspective structure diagram of a battery swapping device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a holding pan and a tray mounted together according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is another perspective view of the holding pan and tray mounted together according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional structure view of a tray according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 6 is a schematic block diagram of a power swapping device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a control method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
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lock cylinder 8
Locking groove 9
Battery replacement device 10
Lifting mechanism 11
Tray 12
Fixed disk 13
Driving member 14
Guide fork 15
Elastic member 16
Gasket 17
Determination unit 18
Pressure sensor 19
Detailed Description
The present invention is further illustrated by way of example and not by way of limitation in the scope of the following examples in connection with the accompanying drawings.
As shown in fig. 2 to 4, the battery swapping apparatus 10 includes: the tray 12 moves up and down under the drive of the lifting mechanism 11.
The battery replacement device 10 further comprises a fixed disk 13, the fixed disk 13 is arranged between the tray 12 and the lifting mechanism 11, the lifting mechanism 11 is used for driving the fixed disk 13 to move up and down, and the tray 12 is arranged on the fixed disk 13 and can move horizontally relative to the fixed disk 13.
The power exchanging apparatus 10 further includes a driving member 14, and the driving member 14 is used for driving the tray 12 to move in the horizontal direction. The fixing plate 13 is provided with a notch, and the driving member 14 is fixedly arranged on the fixing plate 13 and penetrates through the notch to be connected with the tray 12. The notch is sized so that the drive member 14 can move a distance within the notch to allow the tray 12 to move within a predetermined range. The drive 14 is preferably a linear motor.
Guide forks 15 are arranged on the tray 12 and the fixed disc 13.
As shown in fig. 5, the tray 12 includes a tray body, at least three elastic members 16 and pressure sensors 19, the pressure sensors 19 and the elastic members 16 are disposed in a one-to-one correspondence, and the elastic members 16 and the pressure sensors 19 are disposed on the tray body. The pressure sensor 19 is used for detecting the pressure applied to the elastic member 16. In this embodiment, the pressure sensor 19 is provided between the elastic member 16 and the disk body. Of course, the position of the pressure sensor 19 can be set by those skilled in the art as required, as long as it can detect the pressure applied to the elastic member 16. As shown in fig. 6, the battery replacement device 10 further includes a determination unit 18, and the determination unit 18 is electrically connected to the pressure sensor 19.
The judgment unit 18 performs the following judgment: when the pressure values detected by the three or more pressure sensors 19 are all larger than the predetermined value, it is determined that the tray 12 has risen to the predetermined height, otherwise, it is determined that the tray 12 has not risen to the predetermined height, and the predetermined height is an appropriate height for locking the battery. The lock cylinder 8 has been raised to a predetermined height, i.e. the battery has been raised to a position where it can enter the lock recess 9 of the vehicle as shown in fig. 1.
When the pressure applied to three of the plurality of elastic members 16 exceeds a predetermined value, the three points define a plane, and it is determined that the battery has risen to a predetermined height.
The battery replacement device 10 is provided with the pressure sensor 19, and whether the battery reaches the locking position is judged through the detection of the pressure sensor 19, so that the installation of a sensor and an unnecessary circuit on the automobile is avoided, and the manufacturing cost of the automobile is reduced.
A recess is provided in the tray 12, in which recess the resilient member 16 and the pressure sensor 19 are located. The groove is used for limiting the elastic piece 16, so that the transverse torsion of the elastic piece 16 is avoided, and the pressure sensor 19 cannot measure accurately. The elastic members 16 are provided at the corner portions of the tray 12 to facilitate better support of the battery. Alternatively, the elastic member 16 may be provided near the center of the tray 12 as long as it can hold the battery.
In the present embodiment, the tray 12 has a square structure, and the tray 12 includes four elastic members 16, and the four elastic members 16 are respectively disposed at four corners of the tray 12. This is advantageous for holding the prismatic battery.
A gasket 17 is also arranged above the elastic member 16 to prevent the elastic member 16 from directly contacting the battery to damage the battery. In the present embodiment, the spacer 17 is a circular spacer 17. The shape of the spacer 17 may also be square, diamond, rectangular, oval, hexagonal, etc. The material of the spacer 17 may be a rigid or flexible material, such as a plastic or rubber sheet or the like. The elastic member 16 is preferably a spring. Alternatively, the elastic member 16 may be a coil spring, a rubber pad having sufficient elasticity, or the like. The connection between the spacer 17 and the elastic member 16 may be made by means of adhesion, welding, mechanical connection, or the like.
Preferably, the pressure sensor 19 is a fiber optic pressure sensor 19.
If the determination unit 18 determines that the tray 12 has risen to the predetermined height, the tray 12 moves horizontally with respect to the fixed tray 13 to lock the battery, and if the determination unit 18 determines that the tray 12 has not risen to the predetermined height, the elevating mechanism 11 drives the fixed tray 13 to continue rising.
The determination unit 18 is also electrically connected to the elevating mechanism 11 and the driver 14. If the determining unit 18 determines that the tray 12 has risen to the predetermined height, the determining unit 18 sends a first command to the driving member 14 to move the tray 12 horizontally with respect to the fixed tray 13. If the determining unit 18 determines that the tray 12 is not raised to the predetermined height, the determining unit 18 sends a second command to the lifting mechanism 11 to cause the fixed tray 13 to continue to be raised.
Fig. 7 provides a control method of the battery swapping apparatus 10 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The control method is used for controlling the battery replacement device 10.
The control method comprises the following steps:
s1: the lifting mechanism 11 drives the tray 12 to ascend;
s2: the judgment unit 18 judges whether the pressure values detected by the three or more pressure sensors 19 are greater than a predetermined value, if so, step S3 is executed, and if not, step S4 is executed;
s3: causing the tray 12 to stop rising;
s4: the elevating mechanism 11 drives the tray 12 to continue to ascend.
Preferably, in step S3, after stopping the elevation of the tray 12, the tray 12 is horizontally moved to lock the battery.
According to the control method of the battery replacement device 10, detection and judgment are performed in the battery replacement process by using the parts of the battery replacement device 10, so that the increase of the manufacturing cost of an automobile is avoided.
In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", and the like, indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience in describing the present invention and for simplicity in description, and do not indicate or imply that the referenced devices or elements must have a particular orientation, be constructed in a particular orientation, and be operated, and therefore, should not be construed as limiting the present invention unless otherwise specified herein.
While specific embodiments of the invention have been described above, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that this is by way of example only, and that the scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims. Various changes or modifications to these embodiments can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the principle and spirit of this invention, and these changes and modifications all fall into the scope of this invention.

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1. The battery replacing equipment comprises a lifting mechanism and a tray, wherein the tray moves up and down under the driving of the lifting mechanism; the method is characterized in that:
the tray comprises a tray body, at least three elastic pieces and pressure sensors, the pressure sensors and the elastic pieces are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence mode, the pressure sensors are arranged between the elastic pieces and the tray body, and the pressure sensors are used for detecting the pressure borne by the elastic pieces;
the battery replacement equipment further comprises a judgment unit which is electrically connected with the pressure sensor;
the judgment unit performs judgment as follows: when the pressure values detected by at least three pressure sensors are all larger than a preset value, determining a plane by three points, judging that the tray is lifted to a preset height, and otherwise, judging that the tray is not lifted to the preset height, wherein the preset height is the proper height of the locking battery.
2. The battery swapping apparatus of claim 1, wherein a groove is disposed in the tray, and the elastic member and the pressure sensor are disposed in the groove.
3. The battery replacement device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the elastic member is provided at a corner portion of the tray.
4. The charging apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein the tray has a square structure, and the tray comprises four elastic members, and the four elastic members are respectively disposed at four corners of the tray.
5. The charging apparatus as recited in claim 1 wherein the pressure sensor is a fiber optic pressure sensor.
6. The battery replacement device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a fixed disk, wherein the fixed disk is disposed between the tray and the lifting mechanism, the lifting mechanism is configured to drive the fixed disk to move up and down, and the tray is disposed on the fixed disk and is horizontally movable relative to the fixed disk.
7. The battery swapping apparatus of claim 6, wherein guide forks are provided on both the tray and the stationary disk.
8. The charging apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the determining unit is electrically connected to the lifting mechanism.
9. The battery swapping device as in claim 6, wherein the determining unit is electrically connected to the lifting mechanism, and if the determining unit determines that the tray has risen to a predetermined height, the tray moves horizontally relative to the fixed tray to lock the battery, and if the determining unit determines that the tray has not risen to the predetermined height, the lifting mechanism drives the fixed tray to continue rising.
10. A control method for a battery swapping device, wherein the control method is used for controlling the battery swapping device as claimed in any one of claims 1-9;
the control method comprises the following steps:
s1: the lifting mechanism drives the tray to ascend;
s2: the judging unit judges whether the pressure values detected by more than three pressure sensors are larger than a preset value, if so, the step S3 is executed, and if not, the step S4 is executed;
s3: stopping the tray from rising;
s4: the lifting mechanism drives the tray to continuously rise.
11. The control method of a battery replacement device according to claim 10, wherein in step S3, after stopping the elevation of the tray, the tray is horizontally moved to lock the battery.
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