CN115284934A - Anti-collision battery replacing equipment and battery replacing station - Google Patents

Anti-collision battery replacing equipment and battery replacing station Download PDF

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CN115284934A
CN115284934A CN202111165940.2A CN202111165940A CN115284934A CN 115284934 A CN115284934 A CN 115284934A CN 202111165940 A CN202111165940 A CN 202111165940A CN 115284934 A CN115284934 A CN 115284934A
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Abstract

The invention discloses an anti-collision battery replacing device and a battery replacing station, wherein the anti-collision battery replacing device comprises a battery positioning part and a battery installing part, an elastic buffer part is arranged between the battery positioning part and the battery installing part and is used for realizing the elastic connection between the battery positioning part and the battery installing part, the battery replacing device also comprises a limiting mechanism, and the limiting mechanism is arranged between the battery positioning part and the battery installing part and is used for enabling the distance between the battery positioning part and the battery installing part to be larger than or equal to a preset threshold value when the battery replacing device bears a battery pack. When the battery package was placed on battery location portion, elastic buffer can be compressed under the effect of battery package weight to the distance between battery location portion and the battery installation department can reduce, and this stop gear retrains the extreme low position of battery location portion, controls the minimum distance between battery location portion and the battery installation department, guarantees to trade the in-process fork and can not bump with the battery package when getting the battery package from trading the electrical equipment, avoids the damage of battery package.

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Anti-collision battery replacing equipment and battery replacing station
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of electric automobile battery replacement, in particular to anti-collision battery replacement equipment and a battery replacement station.
Background
The battery replacement equipment is applied to the field of battery replacement of electric vehicles. In trading the power station, after electric automobile was fixed a position, trade electric equipment and take off insufficient voltage battery package and transport suitable position from electric automobile, then take away the insufficient voltage battery package that will trade on the electric equipment by the fork on the lift to put full charge battery package, trade electric equipment at last and will be full charge battery package and install on electric automobile and accomplish electric automobile's whole trade electric process promptly.
Chinese patent application CN201711242724.7 discloses an installation platform and a battery replacement device comprising the same, wherein the battery replacement device comprises an installation platform, the installation platform comprises an installation plate, an elastic support assembly and a tray, the elastic support assembly is arranged on the installation plate, a positioning column is arranged at the bottom of the tray, a positioning element is arranged on the installation plate, and the positioning column is arranged opposite to the positioning element, so that when a battery pack is placed on the tray, the positioning column will abut against the upper end of the positioning element when the positioning column is in a lowest state. Among the above-mentioned scheme, reference column and locating element can restrict the extreme low position that the tray can reach on the direction of height when mutual butt, restrict the minimum distance between mounting panel and the tray promptly, but because the minimum distance that can reach between mounting panel and the tray is not designed, and the weight of some battery packages is great, minimum distance undersize between mounting panel and the tray to lead to the fork can bump with the battery package when getting the battery package, lead to the battery package to damage.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to solve the technical problem that when the weight of a loaded battery pack is large, the minimum distance between an installation plate and a tray of battery replacing equipment is too small, and the battery pack is easily damaged when a fork takes the battery pack, and provides anti-collision battery replacing equipment and a battery replacing station.
The invention solves the technical problems through the following technical scheme:
the utility model provides an anticollision trade electrical equipment, includes battery location portion and battery installation department, battery location portion is used for fixing a position and bears the battery package, and battery installation department is used for bearing battery location portion, battery location portion with be equipped with elastic buffer between the battery installation department, elastic buffer is used for realizing the elastic connection between battery location portion and the battery installation department, trade electrical equipment still includes:
and the limiting mechanism is arranged between the battery positioning part and the battery installation part and used for enabling the distance between the battery positioning part and the battery installation part to be larger than or equal to a preset threshold value when the battery replacing equipment bears a battery pack.
In this scheme, when the battery package was placed on battery location portion, elastic buffer can be compressed under the effect of battery package gravity, the distance between battery location portion and the battery installation department can reduce, through setting up this stop gear, retrain the lowest position of battery location portion, control the minimum distance between battery location portion and the battery installation department promptly, the interval of battery location portion and battery installation department equals to predetermine the threshold value this moment, make to place to have sufficient distance between battery package and the battery installation department on battery location portion, thereby guarantee to trade the in-process fork and can not bump with the battery package when getting the battery package from trading the electrical equipment, avoid the damage of battery package.
Preferably, the limiting mechanism includes a first limiting member, and the first limiting member is disposed on the battery positioning portion or the battery mounting portion;
when the battery replacing equipment does not bear a battery pack, the length of the first limiting part is smaller than that of the elastic buffer part.
In this scheme, first locating part sets up on battery location portion or battery installation department, and when great battery package of weight was placed on battery location portion, first locating part can restrict the minimum distance that battery location portion and battery installation portion can reach in the direction of height to guarantee that the distance between battery package and the battery installation department can enough supply to get inserting of the fork of battery package and can not bump with the battery package.
Preferably, when the distance between the battery positioning portion and the battery mounting portion is equal to the preset threshold, the first limiting member abuts against the battery positioning portion or the end face of the battery mounting portion where the first limiting member is not provided.
In this scheme, this predetermine threshold value promptly for the minimum distance that battery location portion and battery installation department can reach in the direction of height, guarantee that first locating part can realize avoiding the function of battery package and fork collision.
Preferably, the first limiting member is disposed in the elastic buffer member.
In this scheme, first locating part is located elastic buffer spare and can restricts elastic buffer spare's position to save stop gear and elastic buffer spare totality and occupy the volume.
Preferably, the limiting mechanism further comprises a second limiting member arranged opposite to the first limiting member;
when the second limiting member is disposed on the battery mounting portion, the first limiting member is disposed on the battery positioning portion;
and when the distance between the battery positioning part and the battery mounting part is equal to the preset threshold value, the end faces of the first limiting part and the second limiting part are abutted.
In this scheme, stop gear sets to relative first locating part and the second locating part that sets up, can make things convenient for stop gear's installation.
Preferably, the first limiting part is a positioning rod, the second limiting part is a positioning boss, and the abutting ends of the positioning rod and the positioning boss are planes.
In this scheme, the locating lever is the plane with the butt end of location boss and has further improved the stability of locating lever and location boss in butt department.
Preferably, the second limiting member is disposed in the elastic buffer member.
In this scheme, first locating part and second locating part all are located springy cushioning spare's inside, can carry out the location of horizontal direction to springy cushioning spare, compact structure, the dismouting of being convenient for.
Preferably, when the battery replacing device does not bear a battery pack, the length of the elastic buffer member is greater than the sum of the heights of the first limiting member and the second limiting member.
In this scheme, restriction elastic buffer's length to guarantee that elastic buffer can play buffering balanced effect when bearing the weight of the battery package.
Preferably, the second limiting part is a positioning boss, the positioning boss is step-shaped, and one end of the elastic buffer part abuts against the step surface of the positioning boss.
In this scheme, the step face of location boss can play the effect of location direction to elastic buffer's tip.
Preferably, the limiting mechanism further comprises a first height adjusting mechanism, and the first height adjusting mechanism is arranged between the battery installation part and the second limiting part and used for adjusting the distance between the second limiting part and the battery installation part.
In this scheme, through setting up first height adjusting mechanism, can adjust the distance between second locating part and the battery installation portion to the size of the minimum distance that can reach between realization battery location portion and the battery installation portion.
Preferably, the first height adjustment mechanism comprises a height adjustment spacer;
the height adjusting gasket is provided with a through hole, the second limiting part is provided with a connecting hole, the battery installation part is provided with a positioning hole, and the second limiting part and the battery installation part penetrate through a connecting piece to penetrate through the positioning hole, the through hole and the connecting hole to be connected.
In this scheme, reach the purpose that promotes or reduce the height of second locating part for the battery installation department through the quantity of increase and decrease height control gasket or adopt the gasket that thickness differs to nimble adjustment battery location portion's lowest position realizes the purpose of the minimum distance size that can reach between adjustment battery location portion and the battery installation department promptly.
Preferably, the first height adjustment mechanism comprises a height adjustment spacer;
the height adjusting gasket is provided with a through hole, the second limiting part penetrates through the through hole, the battery installation part is provided with a positioning hole, the second limiting part is provided with a connecting hole, and the second limiting part and the battery installation part penetrate through a connecting piece to be connected with the connecting hole through the positioning hole.
In this scheme, the through hole can play the guide effect to the second locating part when the adjustment, and the high regulation of second locating part for the battery installation department realizes through mutually supporting between connecting piece and the locating hole.
Preferably, one end of the second limiting part, which is close to the first limiting part, is provided with a second height adjusting mechanism, and the second height adjusting mechanism can lift relative to the battery installation part.
In this scheme, through set up second height control mechanism at the one end that first locating part is close to the second locating part, except can realize through first height control mechanism that the second locating part is for the coarse adjustment of distance between the battery installation department, can also realize fine setting through second height control mechanism, improve and adjust the precision.
Preferably, the second height adjustment mechanism includes:
the adjusting hole and the threaded connecting piece are arranged at the end part, corresponding to the first limiting part, of the second limiting part, and the threaded connecting piece is in threaded connection with the adjusting hole.
In this scheme, through rotatory threaded connection spare, just can adjust threaded connection spare and stretch into the concrete length in the adjustment hole to adjust the interval between threaded connection spare's head and the battery installation department. When the distance between the battery positioning part and the battery mounting part is the minimum distance, the end part of the first limiting part abuts against the head part of the threaded connecting piece.
Preferably, a positioning groove is formed in the battery mounting part, and one end of the elastic buffer piece extends into the positioning groove.
In this scheme, through setting up the location when the constant head tank makes things convenient for the installation of elastic buffer to play the limiting displacement in the aspect of the level to elastic buffer in trading electric process.
Preferably, the limiting mechanism comprises a positioning cylinder, the positioning cylinder is of a cylindrical structure with two open ends, and one end of the positioning cylinder extends into and is connected into the positioning groove.
In this scheme, can make things convenient for the location when elastic buffer spare installs through setting up a location section of thick bamboo to play the spacing effect on the aspect of the level and reduce the effect that elastic buffer spare rocked to elastic buffer spare at the electricity change in-process.
Preferably, the limiting mechanism further comprises an anti-release piece, and one end of the anti-release piece sequentially penetrates through the positioning cylinder and the elastic buffer piece.
In this scheme, anticreep piece prevents that elastic buffer spare from deviating from in the location section of thick bamboo, improves the elastic connection's between battery location portion and the battery installation department stability.
Preferably, the elastic buffer part is a spring, and one end of the anti-release part sequentially penetrates through the positioning cylinder and a gap between two adjacent rings of the spring.
In this scheme, prevent through anticreep piece that the spring from deviating from in the location section of thick bamboo, as long as can realize aforementioned function in inserting the clearance between the adjacent two rings of spring with anticreep piece.
Preferably, the anti-collision battery replacement equipment further comprises a height detection device, and the height detection device is arranged on the battery installation part;
the battery positioning part comprises a detection unit, and the height detection device is matched with the detection unit for use and is used for detecting the relative height of the battery positioning part and the battery installation part.
In the scheme, the height detection mechanism is used for acquiring the relative height between the battery positioning part and the battery installation part, and the battery pack can be leveled based on the acquired relative height.
A power swapping station comprises the anti-collision power swapping device.
On the basis of the common knowledge in the field, the above preferred conditions can be combined randomly to obtain the preferred embodiments of the invention.
The positive progress effects of the invention are as follows:
according to the invention, when the battery pack is placed on the battery positioning part, the elastic buffer part can be compressed under the action of the gravity of the battery pack, so that the distance between the battery positioning part and the battery installation part can be reduced, and the limiting mechanism is arranged to restrain the lowest position of the battery positioning part, namely, the minimum distance between the battery positioning part and the battery installation part is controlled, so that the battery pack placed on the battery positioning part has enough distance with the battery installation part, thereby ensuring that a fork does not collide with the battery pack when taking the battery pack from a battery replacing device in a battery replacing process, and avoiding the damage of the battery pack. Simultaneously, trade the elastic connection between battery location portion and the battery installation department of electric equipment more stable for trade electric equipment's overall stability is better.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a sectional view of a stopper mechanism according to embodiment 1 of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a stopper mechanism according to embodiment 2 of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a top view of example 3 of the present invention.
Fig. 5 isbase:Sub>A sectional view taken along linebase:Sub>A-base:Sub>A of fig. 4.
Fig. 6 is an enlarged view of a portion B of fig. 5.
Fig. 7 is a partial sectional view of a stopper mechanism according to embodiment 4 of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 9 is an enlarged view of a portion C of fig. 8.
Fig. 10 is a partial sectional view of a spacing mechanism in accordance with embodiment 5 of the present invention.
Fig. 11 is a sectional view of embodiment 6 of the present invention.
Fig. 12 is an enlarged view of a portion D of fig. 11.
Fig. 13 is a usage scenario diagram of the battery swapping device of the present invention.
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battery replacement station 10
Anti-collision battery swapping device 100
Track 200
Battery positioning part 1
Battery mounting part 2
Positioning hole 21
Positioning groove 22
Elastic buffer 3
Limiting mechanism 4
First limiting part 41
Second position limiting member 42
Connecting hole 421
Adjusting hole 422
Step surface 423
First pole segment 424
Second pole segment 425
First height adjusting mechanism 43
Through hole 431
Through hole 432
Connecting piece 44
Second height adjusting mechanism 45
Threaded connection 451
Positioning cylinder 46
First positioning member 5
First recess 51
Second positioning part 6
Second groove 61
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The present invention is further illustrated by the following examples, but is not limited thereby in the scope of the examples described below.
[ example 1 ] A method for producing a polycarbonate
As shown in fig. 1, 2, and 13, the present embodiment provides an anti-collision swapping device 100, where the swapping device 100 for swapping the anti-collision is disposed on a track 200 of a swapping station. Trade the electric in-process, the electric equipment that trades 100 operation of anticollision is to the electric automobile below, will lose electric battery package and dismantle and carry to the lift department that trades the station, and the fork of lift takes off the power shortage battery package to put full electric battery package on the electric equipment that trades 100 of anticollision, the electric equipment that trades 100 of last anticollision bears full electric battery package and moves to the electric automobile below and install full electric battery package.
The anti-collision battery replacement device 100 includes a battery positioning portion 1 and a battery mounting portion 2, the battery positioning portion 1 is used for positioning and carrying a battery pack, and the battery mounting portion 2 is used for carrying the battery positioning portion 1. The battery positioning portion 1 is a battery tray in this embodiment. Be equipped with elastic buffer member 3 between battery location portion 1 and the battery installation department 2 for realize the elastic connection between battery location portion 1 and the battery installation department 2, the elastic force that elastic buffer member 3 provided has included the effort of upper and lower direction, thereby when the battery package was placed on battery location portion 1, elastic buffer member 3 can cushion the impact force between battery location portion 1 and the battery installation department 2.
In this embodiment, the elastic buffer 3 is a spring.
In order to limit the minimum distance which can be achieved between the battery positioning portion 1 and the battery installation portion 2, the anti-collision battery replacement device 100 further comprises a limiting mechanism 4, wherein the limiting mechanism 4 is arranged between the battery positioning portion 1 and the battery installation portion 2 and used for enabling the distance between the battery positioning portion 1 and the battery installation portion 2 to be larger than or equal to a preset threshold value when the anti-collision battery replacement device 100 bears a battery pack.
In this embodiment, when the battery package is placed on battery location portion 1, elastic buffer 3 can be compressed under the effect of battery package gravity to the distance between battery location portion 1 and battery installation department 2 can reduce, through setting up this stop gear 4, retrains the lowest position of battery location portion 1, controls the minimum distance between battery location portion 1 and the battery installation department 2, guarantees to trade the fork of the relevant equipment of electric in-process and carries the battery package smoothly.
Specifically, the limiting mechanism 4 includes a first limiting member 41 that is a cylindrical body, one end of the first limiting member 41 is vertically disposed on the battery positioning portion 1, the other end of the first limiting member 41 is a free end, and the first limiting member 41 is disposed in the elastic buffer member 3, that is, the elastic buffer member 3 is sleeved on the first limiting member 41.
The first limiting part 41 is located in the elastic buffering part 3 and can limit the position of the elastic buffering part 3, the volume occupied by the limiting mechanism 4 and the elastic buffering part 3 is saved, in addition, the elastic buffering part 3 can also play a mechanical protection role for the first limiting part 41, and when the elastic buffering part 3 is a spring, the first limiting part 41 can also prevent the elastic buffering part 3 from swinging relative to the vertical direction, so that the stability and the reliability of the elastic buffering part 3 are improved.
When the anti-collision battery replacing device 100 does not bear the battery pack, the length of the first limiting piece 41 is smaller than that of the elastic buffer piece 3, so that after the battery pack is placed on the battery positioning portion 1, the battery positioning portion 1 and the battery mounting portion 2 can float up and down under the action of the elastic buffer piece 3 until the stress is balanced.
When the distance between the battery positioning portion 1 and the battery mounting portion 2 is equal to the preset threshold, the first stopper 41 abuts against the upper end surface of the battery mounting portion 2, so that the limitation of the minimum distance in the height direction between the battery positioning portion 1 and the battery mounting portion 2 is achieved by the first stopper 41.
In other words, when a battery pack having a large mass is placed on the battery positioning portion 1, the battery mounting portion 2 is caused to abut against the free end of the first stopper 41, and the distance between the lower surface of the battery positioning portion 1 and the upper surface of the battery mounting portion 2 at this time is equal to the aforementioned preset threshold value. In practice, the predetermined threshold may be set in combination with the size of the forks, and the predetermined threshold is greater than the height of the forks.
[ example 2 ] A method for producing a polycarbonate
Please refer to fig. 1, 3, and 13 for understanding. The embodiment provides a battery replacing station 10 for replacing a battery pack of an electric vehicle, which comprises an anti-collision battery replacing device 100, wherein the anti-collision battery replacing device 100 is arranged on a track 200 of the battery replacing station. Trade the electric in-process, the trade electric equipment 100 of anticollision moves to the electric automobile below, will lack the electric battery package and dismantle and carry to the lift department that trades the station, the fork of lift takes off the power shortage battery package to put full electric battery package on the trade electric equipment 100 of anticollision, trade electric equipment 100 of anticollision bears full electric battery package and moves to the electric automobile below and install full electric battery package at last.
As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the anti-collision battery replacement device 100 includes a battery positioning portion 1 and a battery installation portion 2, the battery positioning portion 1 is used for positioning and bearing a battery pack, and the battery installation portion 2 is used for bearing the battery positioning portion 1. The battery positioning portion 1 is a battery tray in this embodiment. Be equipped with springy cushion 3 between battery location portion 1 and the battery installation portion 2 for realize the elastic connection between battery location portion 1 and the battery installation portion 2, the elastic force that springy cushion 3 provided has included the effort of upper and lower direction, thereby when the battery package was placed on battery location portion 1, springy cushion 3 can cushion the impact force between battery location portion 1 and the battery installation portion 2.
In this embodiment, the elastic buffer 3 is a spring.
In order to limit the minimum distance that can be achieved between the battery positioning portion 1 and the battery mounting portion 2, the anti-collision battery replacement device 100 further comprises a limiting mechanism 4, wherein the limiting mechanism 4 is arranged between the battery positioning portion 1 and the battery mounting portion 2 and used for enabling the distance between the battery positioning portion 1 and the battery mounting portion 2 to be larger than or equal to a preset threshold value when the anti-collision battery replacement device 100 bears a battery pack.
In this embodiment, when the battery package is placed on battery location portion 1, elastic buffer 3 can be compressed under the effect of battery package gravity to the distance between battery location portion 1 and battery installation department 2 can reduce, through setting up this stop gear 4, retrains the lowest position of battery location portion 1, controls the minimum distance between battery location portion 1 and the battery installation department 2, guarantees to trade the fork of the relevant equipment of electric in-process and carries the battery package smoothly.
Specifically, the limiting mechanism 4 includes a second limiting member 42 which is a cylindrical body, one end of the second limiting member 42 is vertically disposed on the battery mounting portion 2, the other end of the second limiting member 42 is a free end, and the second limiting member 42 is disposed in the elastic buffer member 3, that is, the elastic buffer member 3 is sleeved on the second limiting member 42.
The second locating part 42 is located in the elastic buffer part 3 and can limit the position of the elastic buffer part 3, and the total occupied volume of the limiting mechanism 4 and the elastic buffer part 3 is saved, in addition, the elastic buffer part 3 can also play a mechanical protection role for the second locating part 42, when the elastic buffer part 3 is a spring, the second locating part 42 can also prevent the elastic buffer part 3 from swinging relative to the vertical direction, and therefore the stability and the reliability of the elastic buffer part 3 are improved.
When the anti-collision battery replacing device 100 does not bear a battery pack, the length of the second limiting piece 42 is smaller than that of the elastic buffer piece 3, so that after the battery pack is placed on the battery positioning portion 1, the battery positioning portion 1 and the battery mounting portion 2 can float up and down under the action of the elastic buffer piece 3 until the stress is balanced.
When the distance between the battery positioning portion 1 and the battery mounting portion 2 is equal to the preset threshold, the second stopper 42 abuts against the lower end surface of the battery positioning portion 1, so that the limitation of the minimum distance in the height direction between the battery positioning portion 1 and the battery mounting portion 2 is achieved by the second stopper 42.
In other words, when a battery pack having a large mass is placed on the battery positioning portion 1, the battery positioning portion 1 is made to abut against the free end of the second stopper 42, and the distance between the lower surface of the battery positioning portion 1 and the upper surface of the battery mounting portion 2 at this time is equal to the aforementioned preset threshold value. In practice, the predetermined threshold may be set in combination with the size of the forks, and the predetermined threshold is greater than the height of the forks.
[ example 3 ]
Referring to fig. 4-6, an embodiment 3 discloses a specific implementation of another anti-collision battery replacement device 100, the structure of the embodiment 3 is substantially the same as that of the embodiment 2, and a difference between the embodiment 3 and the embodiment 2 is that the limiting mechanism 4 of the embodiment 3 includes a first limiting member 41 and a second limiting member 42.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the first limiting member 41 and the second limiting member 42 are disposed opposite to each other, that is, one of the first limiting member 41 and the second limiting member 42 is disposed on the battery positioning portion 1, and the other is disposed on the battery mounting portion 2. In this embodiment, the second stopper 42 is mounted on the battery mounting portion 2, and the first stopper 41 is provided on the battery positioning portion 1. The first limiting members 41 and the second limiting members 42 are disposed in a one-to-one correspondence, and extend in opposite directions.
The first limiting member 41 is a positioning rod, the first limiting member 41 and the battery positioning portion 1 are integrally formed, the second limiting member 42 is a positioning boss, the positioning boss is step-shaped, and one end of the elastic buffering member 3 abuts against a step surface of the positioning boss. The abutting ends of the positioning rod and the positioning lug boss are flat. In specific implementation, the positioning boss comprises a first rod section 424 and a second rod section 425 which are sequentially and coaxially connected, and the cross-sectional shapes of the first rod section 424 and the second rod section 425 are circular. In the axial direction, the radial dimension of the first rod segment 424 is smaller than the radial dimension of the second rod segment 425, so that a step surface 423 is formed between the first rod segment 424 and the second rod segment 425. Two ends of the elastic buffer 3 are respectively sleeved on the first limiting member 41 and the second limiting member 42, that is, the first limiting member 41 and the second limiting member 42 are disposed in the elastic buffer 3. The lower end of the elastic buffer 3 extends into the positioning groove 22 and is sleeved on the first rod section 424, and abuts against the step surface 423, and the second rod section 425 disperses the acting force of the elastic buffer 3 to the battery mounting portion 2 more uniformly, so that the stress concentration is reduced. The upper end of the spring buffer member 3 is sleeved on the first limiting member 41, so that the first limiting member 41 and the second limiting member 42 horizontally position the elastic buffer member 3 from the two ends of the spring buffer member 3, and the spring buffer member 3 has a compact structure and is convenient to disassemble and assemble.
When the distance between the battery positioning portion 1 and the battery mounting portion 2 is equal to the preset threshold, the end surfaces of the first limiting member 41 and the second limiting member 42 abut against each other, that is, the lower end surface of the first limiting member 41 in fig. 4 abuts against the upper end surface of the second limiting member 42, in other words, the first limiting member 41 and the second limiting member 42 do not directly abut against the battery positioning portion 1 or the battery mounting portion 2, so that only the first limiting member 41 or the second limiting member 42 needs to be replaced during maintenance, the battery positioning portion 1 or the battery mounting portion 2 does not need to be damaged, and meanwhile, the limiting mechanism 4 is provided in the form of the first limiting member 41 and the second limiting member 42, which can facilitate the installation and maintenance of the limiting mechanism 4.
When the anti-collision battery replacing device 100 does not bear the battery pack, the length of the elastic buffer member 3 is greater than the sum of the heights of the first limiting member 41 and the second limiting member 42, and by limiting the length of the elastic buffer member 3, the elastic buffer member 3 is guaranteed to play a buffering balance role when bearing the battery pack, so that the situation that the first limiting member 41 and the second limiting member 42 directly collide hard after the battery pack is placed is avoided.
In other embodiments, the positioning groove 22 is formed on the battery mounting portion 2, the second limiting member 42 is set up at the bottom of the positioning groove 22 of the battery mounting portion 2, the first limiting member 41 is disposed on the battery positioning portion 1, and the positioning groove 22 can realize the fast positioning of the second limiting member 42.
In other embodiments, further, in order to provide better guiding effect for the elastic buffer 3, the limiting mechanism 4 includes a positioning cylinder 46, the positioning cylinder 46 is a cylinder structure with two open ends, one end of the positioning cylinder 46 extends into and is connected to the positioning groove 22, the positioning cylinder 46 and the positioning groove 22 can be in interference fit, and the upper end of the positioning cylinder 46 extends out of the positioning groove 22. Meanwhile, the positioning cylinder 46 is arranged to facilitate the positioning of the elastic buffer member 3 during installation, and the elastic buffer member 3 is limited horizontally in the battery replacement process.
In other embodiments, further to further limit the elastic buffer 3 from falling out of the positioning groove 22, the limiting mechanism 4 further includes a falling-off preventing element, and one end of the falling-off preventing element sequentially penetrates through the positioning cylinder 46 and the elastic buffer 3, so as to clamp the elastic buffer 3. The retaining member extends in the radial direction of the positioning cylinder 46, and one end of the retaining member extending into the positioning cylinder 46 catches the elastic buffer member 3, so that the middle portion and the upper portion of the elastic buffer member 3 can be fixed in the positioning cylinder 46 while still being deformed in the up-down direction. In this embodiment, when the elastic buffer 3 is a spring, one end of the anti-slip member sequentially passes through the gap between two adjacent turns of the spring and the positioning tube 46.
In this embodiment, the spring is coil spring, and coil spring diameter is 7mm, and the spring pitch diameter is 33mm, and effective number of turns is 7.5 circles, and the free height is 73mm, and coil spring's both ends are ground flat. The levelness of the battery pack is adjusted by adjusting the position of the spring, so that the battery pack is convenient to assemble. In other embodiments, the spring may alternatively be a rectangular spring.
The other parts of the anti-collision battery replacement device 100 of the embodiment are the same as those of embodiment 2, and the description thereof is omitted.
The embodiment also provides a power swapping station, which includes the anti-collision power swapping device 100 mentioned in the embodiment.
[ example 4 ]
Embodiment 4 discloses a specific implementation of another anti-collision battery replacement device 100, and the structure of embodiment 4 is substantially the same as that of embodiment 3, and embodiment 4 differs from embodiment 3 in that the structure of the limiting mechanism 4 of embodiment 4 is different from that of embodiment 3 and the connection form of the limiting mechanism 4 and the battery mounting part 2 is different from that of embodiment 3.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 7, the limiting mechanism 4 includes a first limiting member 41, a second limiting member 42 and a first height adjusting mechanism 43, and the first limiting member 41 and the second limiting member 42 are both rod-shaped structures.
As shown in fig. 7, the first height adjusting mechanism 43 is provided between the battery mounting portion 2 and the second stopper 42 for adjusting the distance between the second stopper 42 and the battery mounting portion 2. By providing the first height adjusting mechanism 43, the distance between the second stopper 42 and the battery mounting portion 2 can be adjusted, so that the preset threshold value can be adjusted according to actual needs.
Specifically, first height adjustment mechanism 43 is including being platelike height adjustment gasket, height adjustment gasket sets up the below at second locating part 42, through-hole 431 has been seted up on the height adjustment gasket, second locating part 42 has connecting hole 421, battery installation department 2 is opened there is locating hole 21, second locating part 42 passes locating hole 21 from supreme passing in proper order down with battery installation department 2 through connecting piece 44, through-hole 431, connecting hole 421 is connected, height adjustment gasket establishes on connecting piece 44 through this through-hole 431 cover promptly, in this embodiment, connecting piece 44 can be the bolt.
At this time, the lower end of the elastic buffer 3 is sleeved outside the second limiting member 42 and abuts against the upper surface of the height adjusting gasket.
Adopt above-mentioned structure, can reach the purpose that promotes or reduce the height of second locating part 42 for battery installation portion 2 through the quantity that increases and decreases height adjustment gasket or adopt the height adjustment gasket that thickness differs to nimble adjustment battery location portion 1 and the minimum distance between the battery installation portion 2.
In other embodiments, as shown in fig. 8 and 9, the connecting member 44 may also sequentially pass through the positioning hole 21, the through hole 431 and the connecting hole 421 from top to bottom to achieve the connection and fixation between the second limiting member 42 and the battery mounting portion 2.
Other parts of the anti-collision battery swapping device 100 of the present embodiment are the same as those of embodiment 3, and a description thereof is omitted.
The embodiment also provides a power swapping station, which includes the anti-collision power swapping device 100 mentioned in the embodiment.
[ example 5 ] A method for producing a polycarbonate
Embodiment 5 discloses a specific implementation of another anti-collision battery replacement device 100, the structure of embodiment 5 is substantially the same as that of embodiment 4, and the difference between embodiment 5 and embodiment 4 is that the structure of the limiting mechanism 4 of embodiment 5 is different from that of embodiment 4.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 10, the limiting mechanism 4 includes a first limiting member 41, a second limiting member 42 and a first height adjusting mechanism 43, and the first limiting member 41 and the second limiting member 42 are both rod-shaped structures. The first height adjustment mechanism 43 is provided between the battery mounting portion 2 and the second stopper 42, and is used to adjust the distance between the second stopper 42 and the battery mounting portion 2. By providing the first height adjusting mechanism 43, the distance between the second stopper 42 and the battery mounting portion 2 can be adjusted, so that the preset threshold value can be adjusted according to actual needs.
The first height adjustment mechanism 43 includes a plate-shaped height adjustment spacer fixed in the positioning groove 22, the height adjustment spacer has a through hole 432, the lower end of the second limiting member 42 passes through the through hole 432, the battery mounting portion 2 is provided with a positioning hole 21, the second limiting member 42 has a connection hole 421, and the second limiting member 42 and the battery mounting portion 2 pass through the positioning hole 21 through a connection member 44 to be connected to the connection hole 421. A vertical guide structure is arranged between the through hole 432 of the height adjusting gasket and the second limiting part 42, in this embodiment, the vertical guide structure is specifically a guide groove arranged on the inner wall of the through hole 432, the guide groove extends along the vertical direction, a guide block is arranged at a position of the second limiting part 42 corresponding to the guide groove, the guide block is located in the guide groove and is matched in shape, and when the connecting member 44 rotates, the second limiting part 42 can perform position adjustment along the vertical direction under the matching of the guide groove and the guide block.
The through hole 432 can play a role of guiding the second stopper 42 when the second stopper 42 is adjusted in the height direction, and the height adjustment of the second stopper 42 with respect to the battery mounting portion 2 is performed by the mutual engagement between the connector 44 and the positioning hole 21.
The other parts of the anti-collision battery swapping device 100 in this embodiment are the same as those in embodiment 4, and are not described again here.
The embodiment also provides a battery swapping station, which includes the anti-collision battery swapping device 100 mentioned in the embodiment.
[ example 6 ]
Embodiment 6 discloses a specific implementation of another anti-collision battery replacement device 100, the structure of embodiment 6 is substantially the same as that of embodiment 4 or 5, and embodiment 6 is different from embodiment 4 or 5 in that the structure of the limiting mechanism 4 of embodiment 6 is different from that of embodiments 4 and 5.
As shown in fig. 11 and 12, in the present embodiment, a second height adjusting mechanism 45 is disposed at one end of the second limiting member 42 close to the first limiting member 41 (the upper end of the second limiting member 42 in fig. 12), and the second height adjusting mechanism 45 can be lifted relative to the battery mounting portion 2. By providing the second height adjusting mechanism 45 at the end of the first limiting member 41 close to the second limiting member 42, the coarse adjustment of the distance between the second limiting member 42 and the battery mounting portion 2 can be realized by the first height adjusting mechanism 43, and the fine adjustment can be realized by the second height adjusting mechanism 45, thereby improving the adjustment accuracy.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 12, the second height adjusting mechanism 45 includes an adjusting hole 422 and a threaded connection member 451, which are disposed at an end of the second limiting member 42 corresponding to the first limiting member 41, and the threaded connection member 451 is threadedly connected to the adjusting hole 422. In this embodiment, the threaded connector 451 is a bolt. When the distance between the battery positioning portion 1 and the battery mounting portion 2 is equal to the preset threshold, the lower end of the first limiting member 41 abuts against the upper end of the threaded connector 451, i.e., the head of the bolt.
Therefore, when the distance between the second limiting member 42 and the battery mounting portion 2 needs to be finely adjusted, the threaded connector 451 engaged with the adjusting hole 422 is rotated, so that the threaded connector 451 extends into or exits from the adjusting hole 422, and the minimum distance between the battery positioning portion 1 and the battery mounting portion 2 can be finely adjusted according to the requirements of the power station.
The other parts of the anti-collision battery swapping device 100 in this embodiment are the same as those in embodiment 4 or 5, and details are not repeated here.
The embodiment also provides a power swapping station, which includes the anti-collision power swapping device 100 mentioned in the embodiment.
[ example 7 ] A method for producing a polycarbonate
Embodiment 7 discloses a specific implementation of another anti-collision battery replacement device 100, where embodiment 7 is substantially the same as any one of embodiments 1 to 6, and embodiment 7 is different in that embodiment 7 further includes a height detection device, the height detection device is disposed on the upper surface of the battery mounting portion 2, and an existing sensor may be used; the battery positioning portion 1 includes a detection unit, and a height detection device is used in cooperation with the detection unit for detecting the relative height of the battery positioning portion 1 and the battery mounting portion 2. The detection means may be the lower surface of the battery positioning portion 1, or may be a specific identification object that is paired with the height detection device. The relative height of the battery positioning portion 1 and the battery mounting portion 2 is acquired by the height detection mechanism, and the battery pack can be leveled based on the acquired relative height.
The other parts of the anti-collision battery replacement device 100 of this embodiment are the same as those of embodiments 1 to 6, and details are not repeated here.
The embodiment also provides a battery swapping station, which includes the anti-collision battery swapping device 100 mentioned in the embodiment.
While specific embodiments of the invention have been described above, it will be appreciated 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 within the scope of this invention.

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1. The utility model provides a trade electric equipment of anticollision, includes battery location portion and battery installation department, battery location portion is used for fixing a position and bears the weight of the battery package, and battery installation department is used for bearing battery location portion, battery location portion with be equipped with springiness cushioning spare between the battery installation department, springiness cushioning spare is used for realizing the elastic connection between battery location portion and the battery installation department, a serial communication port, trade electric equipment still includes:
and the limiting mechanism is arranged between the battery positioning part and the battery installation part and used for enabling the distance between the battery positioning part and the battery installation part to be larger than or equal to a preset threshold value when the battery replacing equipment bears a battery pack.
2. The anti-collision battery swapping device of claim 1, wherein:
the limiting mechanism comprises a first limiting piece, and the first limiting piece is arranged on the battery positioning part or the battery mounting part;
when the battery replacing equipment does not bear a battery pack, the length of the first limiting piece is smaller than that of the elastic buffer piece.
3. The anti-collision battery swapping device of claim 2, wherein:
when the distance between the battery positioning part and the battery installation part is equal to the preset threshold value, the first limiting part is abutted against the end face of the battery positioning part or the battery installation part which is not provided with the first limiting part.
4. The anti-collision battery swapping device of claim 3, wherein:
the first limiting part is arranged in the elastic buffer part.
5. The anti-collision battery swapping device of claim 2, wherein:
the limiting mechanism further comprises a second limiting piece arranged opposite to the first limiting piece;
when the second limiting member is arranged on the battery mounting part, the first limiting member is arranged on the battery positioning part;
and when the distance between the battery positioning part and the battery mounting part is equal to the preset threshold value, the end faces of the first limiting part and the second limiting part are abutted.
6. The anti-collision battery swapping device of claim 5, wherein:
the first limiting part is a positioning rod, the second limiting part is a positioning boss, and the abutting ends of the positioning rod and the positioning boss are planes.
7. The anti-collision battery swapping device of claim 5, wherein:
the second limiting part is arranged in the elastic buffer part.
8. The anti-collision battery swapping device of claim 5, wherein:
when the battery replacing equipment does not bear a battery pack, the length of the elastic buffer piece is larger than the sum of the heights of the first limiting piece and the second limiting piece.
9. The anti-collision battery swapping device of claim 5, wherein:
the second locating part is a locating boss, the locating boss is step-shaped, and one end of the elastic buffer part is abutted to the step surface of the locating boss.
10. The anti-collision battery swapping device of claim 5, wherein:
the limiting mechanism further comprises a first height adjusting mechanism, and the first height adjusting mechanism is arranged between the battery installation part and the second limiting part and used for adjusting the distance between the second limiting part and the battery installation part.
11. The anti-collision battery swapping device of claim 10, wherein:
the first height adjustment mechanism comprises a height adjustment gasket;
the height adjusting gasket is provided with a through hole, the second limiting part is provided with a connecting hole, the battery installation part is provided with a positioning hole, and the second limiting part and the battery installation part penetrate through a connecting piece to penetrate through the positioning hole, the through hole and the connecting hole to be connected.
12. The anti-collision battery swapping device of claim 10, wherein:
the first height adjustment mechanism comprises a height adjustment gasket;
the height adjusting gasket is provided with a through hole, the second limiting part penetrates through the through hole, the battery installation part is provided with a positioning hole, the second limiting part is provided with a connecting hole, and the second limiting part and the battery installation part penetrate through a connecting piece to be connected with the connecting hole through the positioning hole.
13. The anti-collision battery swapping device of claim 10, wherein:
one end of the second limiting part, which is close to the first limiting part, is provided with a second height adjusting mechanism, and the second height adjusting mechanism can lift relative to the battery installation part.
14. The anti-collision battery swapping device of claim 13, wherein:
the second height adjustment mechanism includes:
the adjusting hole and the threaded connecting piece are arranged at the end part, corresponding to the first limiting part, of the second limiting part, and the threaded connecting piece is in threaded connection with the adjusting hole.
15. The anti-collision battery swapping device of claim 1, wherein:
the battery mounting part is provided with a positioning groove, and one end of the elastic buffer part extends into the positioning groove.
16. The anti-collision battery swapping device of claim 15, wherein:
the limiting mechanism comprises a positioning barrel, the positioning barrel is of a barrel-shaped structure with two open ends, and one end of the positioning barrel extends into and is connected into the positioning groove.
17. The anti-collision battery swapping device of claim 16, wherein:
the limiting mechanism further comprises an anti-release piece, and one end of the anti-release piece sequentially penetrates through the positioning cylinder and the elastic buffer piece.
18. The anti-collision battery swapping device of claim 17, wherein:
the elastic buffer part is a spring, and one end of the anti-falling part sequentially penetrates through the positioning cylinder and a gap between two adjacent rings of the spring.
19. The anti-collision battery swapping device of claim 1, further comprising:
a height detection device provided on the battery mounting portion;
the battery positioning part comprises a detection unit, and the height detection device is matched with the detection unit for use and is used for detecting the relative height of the battery positioning part and the battery installation part.
20. An swapping station, characterized by comprising the anti-collision swapping device as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 19.
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