CN210707338U - Double-lane type battery replacement station - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a power station is traded to two lane formulas, include: two groups of opposite and spaced guide positioning lanes; and locate two sets ofly the storehouse of charging between the guide positioning lane, the storehouse of charging includes: a first charging stand; and the second charging frame is opposite to the first charging frame and is arranged at intervals to form a conveying channel between the first charging frame and the second charging frame, wherein a stacker crane for taking and placing batteries is arranged in the conveying channel, and at least one battery conveying trolley which moves to and fro between the stacker crane and the guide positioning lane is arranged between the stacker crane and the guide positioning lane. According to the utility model, the double-lane layout is adopted, the charging and storage capacity of the single-group charging bin can be fully utilized, the battery replacement efficiency is improved, and the equipment cost and the land use cost are reduced; the movement stroke of the charging joint is improved to improve the butt joint efficiency, and meanwhile, the capacity of the charging bin for accommodating the battery is greatly improved; the automation degree of the battery replacement process is improved, and the battery replacement efficiency is further improved.

Description

Double-lane type battery replacement station

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an electric automobile field, in particular to power station is traded to two lane formulas.

Background

The full-deficiency battery replacing process is a mode for quickly charging energy of the electric automobile, and specifically means that a power-deficiency battery of the electric automobile is replaced by a power replacing device and is immediately replaced by a full-deficiency battery, and a power replacing station is a place for realizing the replacement of the full-deficiency battery of the electric automobile.

In the process of replacing batteries with full-power-loss batteries, the electric automobile with insufficient power needs to be driven into the guiding and positioning lane, then the full-power-loss batteries are taken down from the automobile, meanwhile, the full-power-loss batteries are taken out from the charging bin and replaced on the automobile, and the replaced batteries need to be placed into the charging bin to be charged for recycling.

The existing power station is mostly arranged in a way that one charging bin corresponds to one group of guide positioning lanes or two or more groups of charging bins correspond to one group of guide positioning lanes, and the charging bin plays a role in both charging and warehousing the battery, so that the charging bin usually occupies a large area, and the existing power station has the following problems: firstly, the utilization rate of the single group of charging bins is low, so that the land utilization rate is low, and the equipment cost and the land cost are improved; secondly, the time spent when the battery is butted with the charging plug in the battery compartment is too long, so that the charging efficiency is low; thirdly, in the battery replacement process, the battery frequently enters and exits the charging bin, and the conventional charging bin lacks a function of quickly and accurately positioning the battery; finally, the automation degree of the battery replacement process is low, so that the battery replacement efficiency is low.

In view of the above, it is necessary to develop a dual-lane power exchanging station to solve the above problems.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

Aiming at the defects existing in the prior art, the utility model aims at providing a double-lane type battery replacement station which adopts a double-lane layout, can fully utilize the charging and storage capacity of a single-group charging bin, improves the battery replacement efficiency, and reduces the equipment cost and the land use cost; the movement stroke of the charging connector is improved to improve the butt joint efficiency, and meanwhile, the height size of the plugging mechanism can be properly reduced, and the height space occupied by the plugging mechanism on a charging layer is reduced, so that the capacity of the charging bin for accommodating the battery is greatly improved; the automation degree of the battery replacement process is improved, and the battery replacement efficiency is further improved.

In order to realize the basis the utility model discloses an above-mentioned purpose and other advantages provide a power station is traded to two lane formulas, include:

two groups of opposite and spaced guide positioning lanes; and

locate two sets ofly guide the storehouse of charging between the location lane, the storehouse of charging includes:

a first charging stand; and

a second charging rack which is opposite to the first charging rack and is arranged at intervals to form a carrying channel between the first charging rack and the second charging rack,

the conveying channel is internally provided with a stacker crane for taking and placing batteries, and at least one battery conveying trolley which moves back and forth between the stacker crane and the guide positioning lane is arranged between the stacker crane and the guide positioning lane.

Preferably, the first charging frame and/or the second charging frame are respectively provided with at least one battery compartment for charging a battery, and each battery compartment is provided with a battery charging quick plugging and unplugging mechanism for realizing quick connection and disconnection between the battery and a power supply.

Preferably, the battery charging quick-plug mechanism includes:

the mounting frame is fixedly arranged in the battery compartment;

the charging joint assembly is slidably mounted on the mounting frame; and

the plug transmission assembly is installed on the mounting frame, and the power output end of the plug transmission assembly is in transmission connection with the mounting frame and the charging connector assembly respectively.

Preferably, the plug transmission assembly comprises:

the tail part of the plugging driver is rotatably connected to the mounting frame;

one end of the first rocker is rotatably connected with the mounting rack; and

one end of the second rocker is rotationally connected with the charging joint component,

the first rocker and the second rocker are intersected and hinged at the intersection point of the first rocker and the second rocker, and the power output end of the plugging driver is rotatably connected to the intersection point of the first rocker and the second rocker.

Preferably, the first charging frame and/or the second charging frame are provided with floating positioning bins, and floating positioning mechanisms are arranged in the floating positioning bins.

Preferably, the floating positioning mechanism includes:

the floating positioning bins are fixedly arranged in the floating positioning bin; and

the even number of guiding and positioning units are fixedly arranged on the peripheral edge of the floating positioning bin;

the guide positioning units in each guide assembly are arranged oppositely.

Preferably, the guide positioning unit includes:

a fixedly arranged guide driver;

a guide block in transmission connection with the power output end of the guide driver,

wherein, the guide block can be selectively lifted and lowered along the vertical direction under the driving of the guide driver.

Preferably, the floating positioning block includes:

a bottom plate fixedly arranged;

at least three floating units arranged on the bottom plate; and

a puck supported by the floating unit,

and the skirt part is fixedly connected with the periphery of the bottom plate, is combined with the bottom plate on the periphery of the bottom plate and extends upwards from the periphery of the bottom plate so as to accommodate the floating unit and the positioning disc in the skirt part.

Preferably, at least three resilient retaining members are radially connected between the puck and the skirt.

Preferably, the guidance positioning lane includes:

a guide ramp;

the ascending slope is opposite to the guiding slope and is arranged at an interval so as to form a battery replacement channel between the guiding slope and the ascending slope; and

a body guide device provided in pairs on the guide slope and/or the rising slope,

wherein each pair of the vehicle body guiding devices are arranged in parallel and oppositely to form a vehicle body guiding channel between the vehicle body guiding devices.

Preferably, a front wheel positioning and lifting mechanism connected with the guide slope is arranged in the battery replacement channel.

Preferably, the front wheel positioning and lifting mechanism includes:

a positioning mechanism;

the supporting plate is connected with the positioning mechanism in a sliding manner; and

the transverse moving driver is used for driving the positioning mechanism to slide in a reciprocating mode along the width direction of the vehicle body;

the jacking mechanism is in transmission connection with the supporting plate and is used for driving the supporting plate and the positioning mechanism to reciprocate up and down,

wherein, the number of the jacking mechanisms is consistent with that of the positioning mechanisms.

Preferably, the positioning mechanism includes:

the supporting component is provided with a positioning groove matched with the periphery of the wheel; and

a traverse guide rail mounted at the bottom of the support assembly and slidably connected with the support plate,

wherein, the extending direction of the traverse guide rail is consistent with the width direction of the vehicle body.

Preferably, the jacking mechanism includes:

the jacking guide rail is arranged below the supporting plate;

the jacking inclined block is matched and connected with the jacking guide rail in a sliding manner; and

a jacking driver which is in transmission connection with the jacking inclined block,

and the jacking inclined block is driven by the jacking driver to slide along the jacking guide rail in a reciprocating manner.

Preferably, one side of the jacking inclined block is provided with a jacking inclined surface, the bottom of the supporting plate is supported by a jacking rod, and the bottom of the jacking rod is always in rolling contact with the jacking inclined block.

Preferably, be equipped with in trading the electric passageway and trade electric platform, trade electric platform and include:

a battery traverse assembly; and

at least three sets of racking mechanisms disposed about the battery racking assembly,

wherein, hold in palm flat-bed machine to construct and include:

the lifting mechanism comprises a lifting arm, a transmission structure, a rotating shaft and a locking structure; and

and the supporting and leveling driving component is used for driving the supporting and lifting arm to be selectively switched between an unfolding state and a folding state.

Preferably, the lifting arm comprises a lifting part and a cantilever which are used for abutting against the bottom of the vehicle; the supporting and horizontal driving assembly is connected with the rotating shaft through the transmission structure; the rotating shaft is fixedly connected with the cantilever; the locking structure is used for locking when the lifting part lifts the vehicle bottom, so that the lifting arm cannot rotate;

the support driving assembly drives the rotating shaft to rotate, so that the lifting part can be partially or completely folded below a datum plane of the battery replacement platform after rotating.

Preferably, the locking structure comprises a ratchet, a check rod, a clamping structure;

the ratchet wheel is fixedly connected with the rotating shaft; a clamping hook matched with the ratchet wheel is arranged on the check rod; when the lifting arm lifts the automobile, the clamping structure locks the check rod so that the clamping hook of the check rod blocks the ratchet wheel to rotate; when the lifting arm is retracted, the clamping structure unlocks the check rod, so that the ratchet wheel can rotate after being separated from the clamping hook of the check rod.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model, its beneficial effect is:

firstly, the double-lane layout is adopted, the charging and storage capacity of the single-group charging bin can be fully utilized, the battery replacement efficiency is improved, and the equipment cost and the land use cost are reduced;

secondly, the movement stroke of the charging connector is improved to improve the butt joint efficiency, and meanwhile, the height size of the plugging mechanism can be properly reduced, and the height space occupied by the plugging mechanism on a charging layer is reduced, so that the capacity of the charging bin for accommodating the battery is greatly improved;

finally, the automation degree of the battery replacement process is improved, and the battery replacement efficiency is further improved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a top view of a dual lane type power exchanging station according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a three-dimensional structural view of a guiding and positioning lane in a dual-lane power exchanging station according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a three-dimensional structural view of a battery charging quick plug-pull mechanism in a dual lane type power conversion station according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a three-dimensional structural view of a battery charging quick plug-pull mechanism in a dual lane type power conversion station according to an embodiment of the present invention at another viewing angle;

fig. 5 is a top view of a floating positioning mechanism in a dual lane type power exchanging station according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a three-dimensional structural view of a floating positioning mechanism in a dual lane type power station according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a three-dimensional structural view of a guiding and positioning unit in a dual lane type power station according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a three-dimensional structural view of a floating positioning block in a dual lane type power exchanging station according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a three-dimensional structural view of the floating positioning block in the double-lane type power exchanging station according to an embodiment of the present invention after the second cover plate is hidden;

fig. 10 is a longitudinal sectional view of a floating positioning block in a dual lane type power station according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 11 is an exploded view of a floating positioning block in a dual lane type power station according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 12 is a three-dimensional structural view of a leveling mechanism in a two-lane type power exchanging station according to an embodiment of the present invention in a vertical state;

fig. 13 is a right side view of a leveling mechanism in a dual lane type power swapping station according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 14 is a three-dimensional structural view of a leveling mechanism in a two-lane type power exchanging station according to an embodiment of the present invention in a horizontal state;

fig. 15 is a three-dimensional structural view of a front wheel positioning and lifting mechanism in a two-lane type power station according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 16 is a left side view of a front wheel positioning and lifting mechanism in a dual lane type power station according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 17 is a three-dimensional structural view of a vehicle body guide device in a two-lane type battery replacement station according to an embodiment of the present invention when the vehicle body guide device is engaged with a guide slope;

fig. 18 is a left side view of a vehicle body guide device in a two-lane type power exchanging station according to an embodiment of the present invention, the vehicle body guide device being engaged with a guide slope;

fig. 19 is a plan view of a vehicle body guide device in a two-lane type power exchanging station according to an embodiment of the present invention, the vehicle body guide device being engaged with a guide slope.

Detailed Description

The foregoing and other objects, features, aspects and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description, which, taken in conjunction with the annexed drawings, discloses a more detailed description of the present invention, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the present invention.

In the drawings, the shape and size may be exaggerated for clarity, and the same reference numerals will be used throughout the drawings to designate the same or similar components.

In the following description, terms such as center, thickness, height, length, front, back, rear, left, right, top, bottom, upper, lower, etc., are defined with respect to the configurations shown in the respective drawings, and in particular, "height" corresponds to a dimension from top to bottom, "width" corresponds to a dimension from left to right, "depth" corresponds to a dimension from front to rear, which are relative concepts, and thus may be varied accordingly depending on the position in which it is used, and thus these or other orientations should not be construed as limiting terms.

Terms concerning attachments, coupling and the like (e.g., "connected" and "attached") refer to a relationship wherein structures are secured or attached, either directly or indirectly, to one another through intervening structures, as well as both movable or rigid attachments or relationships, unless expressly described otherwise.

According to an embodiment of the utility model combines the demonstration of fig. 1 and fig. 2, can see that the power station is traded to two lane formulas includes:

two sets of opposite and spaced guiding and positioning lanes 100; and

locate two sets of guide positioning lane 100 between charging bin 200, charging bin 200 includes:

a first charging stand 210; and

a second charging stand 220 disposed opposite to the first charging stand 210 with a space therebetween to form a carrying passage therebetween,

a stacker crane 300 for taking and placing batteries is arranged in the conveying channel, and at least one battery conveying trolley 260 which moves back and forth between the stacker crane 300 and the guide positioning lane 100 is arranged between the stacker crane 300 and the guide positioning lane.

Further, the first charging frame 210 and/or the second charging frame 220 respectively have at least one battery compartment for charging a battery, and each battery compartment is provided with a battery charging quick plug-pull mechanism 500 for realizing quick connection and disconnection between the battery and a power supply.

As can be seen from fig. 3 and fig. 4, the battery charging quick plug mechanism 500 includes:

a mounting bracket 510 fixedly disposed in the battery compartment;

a charging connector assembly slidably mounted on the mounting bracket 510; and

the plugging transmission assembly is installed on the mounting frame 510, and the power output end of the plugging transmission assembly is in transmission connection with the mounting frame 510 and the charging joint assembly respectively. So that the charging connector assembly can be driven by the plug transmission assembly to reciprocate along the mounting frame 510.

Further, the plug transmission assembly comprises:

the tail part of the plugging driver 543 is rotatably connected to the mounting frame 510;

a first rocker 541, one end of which is rotatably connected to the mounting frame 510; and

a second rocking bar 542, one end of which is rotatably connected with the charging joint component,

the first rocking bar 541 and the second rocking bar 542 are intersected and hinged at the intersection point of the first rocking bar 541 and the second rocking bar 542, and the power output end of the plugging driver 543 is rotatably connected to the intersection point of the first rocking bar 541 and the second rocking bar 542.

Referring to fig. 3, the mounting frame 510 has a guide rail 513 extending in a vertical direction, and the charging connector assembly is slidably mounted on the guide rail 513.

Further, the first rocking bar 541 and the second rocking bar 542 are reciprocally switched between a closed state and an open state under the driving of the plugging driver 543, so that the charging connector assembly reciprocally ascends and descends along the guide track 513 under the driving of the plugging driver 543.

Referring to fig. 3 and 4, the charging connector assembly includes:

a joint mounting bracket 520 slidably coupled to the guide rail 513;

a charging connector 530 mounted on the connector mounting bracket 520.

Further, when the charging joint assembly is located at the highest position, the first rocking bar 541 and the second rocking bar 542 are in a closed state, and when the charging joint assembly is located at the lowest position, the first rocking bar 541 and the second rocking bar 542 are in an open state. Therefore, when the charging joint assembly is located at the highest position, the charging joint 530 is separated from a power joint on the charging bin, the first rocker 541 and the second rocker 542 are in a folded state, the height space occupied by the battery charging quick plugging mechanism 500 in a charging layer is greatly reduced, and when the first rocker 541 and the second rocker 542 are in an unfolded state, the total stroke of downward movement of the charging joint assembly is large, and the requirement of quick plugging can be met.

In a preferred embodiment, the first rocking bar 541 has a receiving groove 5411 formed thereon, and when the first rocking bar 541 and the second rocking bar 542 are in a closed state, the second rocking bar 542 can be partially or entirely folded in the receiving groove 5411. The height space occupied by the battery charging quick-connect-disconnect mechanism 500 in the charging layer is further reduced.

Further, the receiving groove 5411 penetrates upper and lower surfaces of the first rocking bar 541.

Referring to fig. 1, a left vertical plate 511 and a right vertical plate 512 which are oppositely disposed are fixedly connected to a side of the mounting frame 510, the left vertical plate 511 and the right vertical plate 512 are parallel to each other and spaced apart from each other to form an accommodating space therebetween, and the first rocking bar 541 and the second rocking bar 542 are disposed in the accommodating space.

Further, the plugging driver 543 is located beside the accommodating space, and the guiding track 513 is disposed outside the left vertical plate 511 and/or the right vertical plate 512. In a preferred embodiment, a guide rail 513 is disposed on the outer side of each of the left vertical plate 511 and the right vertical plate 512.

As can be seen from the illustration of fig. 1, a stacker crane 300 is disposed in the conveying channel, an upper guide rail 370 and a lower guide rail 380 are slidably connected to the top and the bottom of the stacker crane 300, respectively, and the extending directions of the upper guide rail 370 and the lower guide rail 380 are consistent with the extending direction of the conveying channel. The stacker moves back and forth between the first charging rack 210 and the second charging rack 220 to complete the picking and placing operation of the full-loss battery.

Further, the first charging frame 210 and/or the second charging frame 220 have a floating positioning bin 250 thereon, and a floating positioning mechanism 400 is disposed in the floating positioning bin 250.

As can be seen from fig. 1, 5 and 6, a floating positioning mechanism 400 is disposed in the floating positioning bin 250, and the floating positioning mechanism 400 includes:

at least three circumferentially arranged floating locating blocks 410 fixedly disposed in the floating locating bin 250; and

an even number of guide positioning units 420 fixedly provided at the peripheral edge of the floating positioning bin 250;

two guiding and positioning units 420 form guiding assemblies, and the guiding and positioning units 420 in each guiding assembly are arranged oppositely. In a preferred embodiment, a floating positioning station 250 is provided at the lowermost of the battery compartments.

In a preferred embodiment, there are four floating positioning blocks 410, and two floating positioning blocks 410 are oppositely disposed, so that the four floating positioning blocks 410 are distributed in a rectangular shape.

Referring to fig. 7 and 8, the guide positioning unit 420 includes:

a fixedly disposed guide driver 421;

a guide block 422 in transmission connection with the power output end of the guide driver 421,

wherein, the guide block 422 can be selectively lifted and lowered in the vertical direction under the driving of the guide driver 421.

Further, a guide post 423 is fixed to a tip of the guide driver 421, and a tapered guide surface is formed on a tip of the guide post 423. When the battery is fed into the floating positioning station 250 on the charging rack 220, the floating positioning block 410 can provide floating supporting force in three directions of an X axis, a Y axis and a Z axis for the battery, and the guiding positioning unit 420 is used for guiding and positioning the battery, specifically, the bottom of the battery is provided with a positioning hole corresponding to the guiding column 423, the battery slowly descends under the action of self gravity, and in the descending process, the guiding column 423 is guided into the positioning hole at the bottom of the battery under the guiding of the conical guiding surface at the top of the guiding column 423, so that the floating positioning of the battery is completed.

Referring to fig. 7 to 10, the floating positioning block 410 includes:

a bottom plate 411 fixedly provided;

at least three floating units 413 provided on the bottom plate 411; and

a puck 414 supported by the floating unit 413,

a skirt 412 is fixed to the outer periphery of the bottom plate 411, and the skirt 412 is combined with the bottom plate 411 on the outer periphery of the bottom plate 411 and extends upward from the outer periphery of the bottom plate 411 to accommodate the floating unit 413 and the positioning plate 414 therein.

Referring to fig. 8, at least three elastic holders 415 are radially connected between the puck 414 and the skirt 412. Generally, the puck 414 is located at the center of the skirt 412 and the resilient retainer 415 enables the puck 414 to remain at the center of the skirt 412 at all times.

Further, a positioning block 4141 is formed at the center of the positioning plate 414 to protrude upward, and the elastic maintaining members 415 are radially connected between the positioning block 4141 and the skirt portion 412.

In a preferred embodiment, there are four resilient maintaining members 415, and the included angle between two adjacent resilient maintaining members 415 is 90 °. With this structure, the elastic restoring force applied to the positioning block 4141 can be balanced in magnitude and direction, and the ability of the positioning block 4141 to maintain the centrality can be improved.

Referring to fig. 11 and 12, a first cover plate 417 is disposed over the positioning plate 414, a first abdicating through hole 4171 is disposed at a center of the first cover plate 417, and when the first cover plate 417 covers the positioning plate 414, the positioning block 4141 protrudes upward after passing through the first abdicating through hole 4171.

Further, a second cover plate 416 covering the elastic maintaining member 415 is disposed over the first cover plate 417, a second yielding through hole 4161 is disposed at the center of the second cover plate 416, and when the second cover plate 416 covers the elastic maintaining member 415, the positioning block 4141 protrudes upward after passing through the second yielding through hole 4161.

Referring to fig. 9 to 12, at least three supporting blocks 419 are supported between the first cover plate 417 and the second cover plate 416, so that a receiving space for receiving the elastic maintaining member 415 is formed between the first cover plate 417 and the second cover plate 416.

Furthermore, a spacer 418 is fixedly connected to the positioning block 4141, and the spacer 418 protrudes from the top surface of the second cover plate 416. In a preferred embodiment, the pad 418 is made of an elastic material with a certain adhesive force, such as silicone or rubber.

As can be seen from fig. 1 and fig. 2, the secondary circulation charging bin 200 may further include a controller, the battery carrying cart 260 is disposed beside the carrying channel, a stacker 300 for picking and placing batteries is disposed in the carrying channel, each battery bin is provided with a battery sensor for detecting whether a battery is in the battery bin, and the battery sensor, the battery carrying cart 260 and the stacker 300 are electrically connected to the controller. The advantage in this case lies in, can concentrate again independently to charge the battery in every battery compartment, can monitor the charged state of the battery in every battery compartment in the charging process through the battery sensor often simultaneously again, and convert this charged state into the signal of telecommunication and send to the controller, thereby can guarantee that every battery in the battery compartment in time cuts off the power supply and in time discovers when trouble appears in the charging process when charging to accomplish, and then inform hacking machine 300 in time to take out this problem battery from this battery compartment and place on battery floor truck 260, make battery floor truck 260 can in time send out the charging station with the problem battery, guaranteed the stability and the security of battery in the charging process, prevent to lead to the suspension of charging process because of the problem battery.

As can be seen from the illustrations of fig. 1 and 2, the guidance and positioning lane 100 includes:

a guide slope 110;

a rising ramp 120 opposite to the guiding ramp 110 and spaced apart from the guiding ramp to form a battery replacement channel 130 between the guiding ramp 110 and the rising ramp 120; and

a body guide 160, the body guide 160 being provided in pairs on the guide ramp 110 and/or the rising ramp 120,

wherein each pair of the body guides 160 are arranged in parallel and opposite to each other to form a body guide passage therebetween. Generally, a battery replacing platform 600 is arranged in the battery replacing channel 130, and when the vehicle body is lifted to a proper height, the battery replacing platform 600 starts to replace a low-power battery on the chassis of the vehicle body and replace a full-power battery.

In a preferred embodiment, the body guide channel leads to the battery replacement channel 130.

In a preferred embodiment, the vehicle body guiding devices 160 are fixedly disposed on the upper surfaces of the guiding slope 110 and the ascending slope 120 in pairs, so that the electric vehicle can be guided by the vehicle body guiding devices 160 during the process of driving into the battery replacing channel 130 through the ascending slope 120 and driving out of the battery replacing channel 130 through the guiding slope 110.

Furthermore, a centering sensor and a bias alarm which are used for detecting whether the vehicle body is centered in the vehicle body guide channel or not are arranged on the central line of the vehicle body guide channel, and the centering sensor is electrically connected with the bias alarm. When the power is changed, the vehicle head is driven in from the ascending slope 120, the front wheels are positioned in the front wheel positioning and lifting mechanism 140 after sequentially passing through the rear wheel positioning and lifting mechanism 150 and the power changing platform 600, and in the process that the vehicle body enters the ascending slope 120, the centering sensor in the ascending slope 120 continuously senses the posture of the vehicle body so as to judge whether the driving direction of the vehicle body deviates from the central line of the vehicle body guide channel, if the vehicle body deviates, the offset alarm gives out buzzing sound to assist a driver to adjust the advancing direction of the vehicle body in time, so that the vehicle body posture can be finely adjusted after the vehicle body enters the power changing channel 130; when the battery replacement is finished, the vehicle head drives away through the guide slope 110, the centering sensor in the guide slope 110 continuously senses the posture of the vehicle body in the process that the vehicle body drives away from the guide slope 110 to judge whether the driving direction of the vehicle body deviates from the central line of the vehicle body guide channel, and if the vehicle body deviates, the offset alarm gives out a buzzing sound to assist a driver to adjust the advancing direction of the vehicle body in time, so that the time consumed for driving away from the positioning guide lane 100 after the vehicle battery replacement is finished is greatly reduced, and the battery replacement efficiency is improved.

As can be seen in conjunction with the illustrations of fig. 17 and 18, the top surface of the guiding ramp 110 and/or the top surface of the rising ramp 120 form an angle β with the horizontal plane, the angle β being 5 ° to 33 °, the angle β being 5 ° in one embodiment, the angle β being 33 ° in another embodiment, and the angle β being 18 ° in a preferred embodiment.

Referring to fig. 17 to 19, vehicle body guide device 160 includes:

a vehicle body limiting frame is fixedly installed; and

a body bump guard 163 mounted on the body restraint frame,

one end of the body bumper 163 is bent to form a guide portion 1631, and the guide portion 1631 forms an included angle α with the body bumper 163.

The included angle α is 115-160 degrees, the included angle α is 115 degrees in one embodiment, the included angle α is 160 degrees in another embodiment, and the included angle α is 150 degrees in a preferred embodiment, so that the guide 1631 can prevent the vehicle from deviating from the vehicle body guide channel too much when the vehicle body enters or exits the vehicle body guide channel, and can adjust the deviation direction of the vehicle in time.

Further, the body bumper 163 is made of an elastic material. The elastic material can prevent the car body and the car from being scraped after the car body deflects.

Further, the body bumper 163 is provided with at least two vehicle distance sensors arranged along the length direction thereof.

Further, a vehicle distance alarm is arranged on the vehicle body anti-collision rail 163, and the vehicle distance sensor is electrically connected with the vehicle distance alarm. The distance sensor can continuously sense the distance between the vehicle body and the vehicle body anti-collision rail 163 when the vehicle body enters or drives away from the vehicle body guide channel, and once the distance sensor senses that the vehicle body is too close to the vehicle body anti-collision rail 163, for example, less than 10cm, the distance alarm can give out a buzzing alarm.

Referring to fig. 18, the vehicle body restraint frame includes:

a supporting vertical plate 161; and

a limiting plate 162 fixed on the top of the supporting vertical plate 161,

the supporting vertical plate 161 is offset arranged on one side of the limiting plate 162, so that the vehicle body limiting frame is in an inverted L-shaped structure.

Further, the body bumper 163 is mounted on the limit plate 162 on a side away from the supporting vertical plate 161. Therefore, the anti-collision rail 163 of the vehicle body can be arranged in a hanging manner, so that the collision area is reduced, and the scratch of the vehicle body in a large area can be prevented in case of collision.

Further, the height of the vehicle body anti-collision rail 163 from the ground is 8-15 cm. In a preferred embodiment, the height of the body rail 163 from the ground is 12 cm. Therefore, the anti-collision fence 163 can only cover the wheels, and the over-high anti-collision fence 163 is prevented from interfering with the doors, the frames and the like, thereby being beneficial to reducing the distance between the vehicle body guiding devices 160 and improving the positioning accuracy of the vehicle body.

Further, a front wheel positioning and lifting mechanism 140 connected with the guiding slope 110 is disposed in the battery replacement channel 130. As can be seen from fig. 1 and fig. 2, a front wheel positioning and lifting mechanism 140 connected to the guiding slope 110 and the power exchanging platform 600 is disposed between the guiding slope 110 and the power exchanging platform 600.

As can be seen from fig. 15 and 16, the front wheel positioning and lifting mechanism 140 includes:

a positioning mechanism 141;

a support plate 1421 slidably connected to the positioning mechanism 141; and

a traverse actuator 144 for driving the positioning mechanism 141 to slide reciprocally in the width direction of the vehicle body;

the jacking mechanism 143 is in transmission connection with the supporting plate 1421 and is used for driving the supporting plate 1421 and the positioning mechanism 141 to reciprocate up and down,

wherein, the number of the jacking mechanisms 143 is consistent with the number of the positioning mechanisms 141. The "wheel" herein may refer to a front wheel or a rear wheel of a vehicle, and in an actual vehicle, different vehicle types have different vehicle body widths, and further, the distance between the front wheels or the distance between the rear wheels is also different, and the traverse actuator 144 drives the positioning mechanism 141 to slide back and forth along the width direction of the vehicle body, so that the lifting type guiding and positioning lane 140 can be adjusted according to vehicles with different vehicle body widths, and the vehicle is positioned by the positioning mechanism 141, so that the vehicle can be accurately positioned with respect to the battery replacement station, in addition, the jacking mechanism 143 can drive the supporting plate 1421 and the positioning mechanism 141 to lift upwards, and further, the vehicle body is lifted, and thus, a sufficient battery replacement space can be left below the vehicle body.

Referring to fig. 16, the positioning mechanism 141 includes:

a support component 1411, on which a positioning groove matched with the periphery of the wheel is formed; and

a traverse guide 1412 mounted to the bottom of the support assembly 1411 and slidably coupled to the support plate 1421,

the extending direction of the traverse guide 1412 corresponds to the width direction of the vehicle body.

The positioning groove can be bowl-shaped, wedge-shaped, U-shaped, square and the like. In a preferred embodiment, the positioning groove is configured in a V-shape, and the vertex angle of the V-shaped positioning groove is an obtuse angle.

Furthermore, the vertex angle of the V-shaped positioning groove is 115-165 degrees. In a preferred embodiment, the V-shaped positioning groove has a vertex angle of 155 °.

In a preferred embodiment, a plurality of rollers arranged side by side are respectively arranged at the bottom edges of the positioning grooves on the supporting component 1411, and a gap is reserved between adjacent rollers, so that each roller can rotate around the axis of the roller, the axis of the roller is perpendicular to the width direction of the vehicle body, and the friction between the wheel and the supporting component 1411 can be reduced.

Furthermore, a limiting plate 1424 is fixed to the supporting plate 1421 and is disposed beside the supporting assembly 1411.

Referring again to fig. 6, the jacking mechanism 143 includes:

a lift-up guide rail 1432 provided below the support plate 1421;

a lift-up ramp block 1431 slidably coupled to the lift-up guide rail 1432; and

a jacking driver 1433 which is in transmission connection with the jacking inclined block 1431,

wherein, the jacking sloping block 1431 slides back and forth along the jacking guide rail 1432 under the driving of the jacking driver 1433.

Further, a lift-up slope 1431a is formed at one side of the lift-up slope block 1431.

In a preferred embodiment, a lifting rod 1422 is supported at the bottom of the supporting plate 1421, the bottom of the lifting rod 1422 is always in rolling contact with the lifting inclined block 1431, and the extending direction of the lifting guide rail 1432 is consistent with the extending direction of the traverse guide rail 1412, so that the lifting driver 1433 can transmit a driving force to the lifting rod 1422 through the lifting inclined surface 1431a of the lifting inclined block 1431 while the lifting inclined block 1431 tends to traverse along the lifting guide rail 1432, and further, the supporting plate 1421 is driven to reciprocate in the vertical direction.

Further, a top positioning platform 1431c and a bottom positioning platform 1431b extending in the horizontal direction are respectively formed at the top end and the bottom end of the lifting inclined surface 1431 a. Thus, when the lift bar 1422 reaches the top end or the bottom end of the lift inclined surface 1431a, a stable and stable supporting force can be obtained, and when the lift bar 1422 is located at the top end and the bottom end of the lift inclined surface 1431a, the supporting plate 1421 is located at the highest position and the lowest position, respectively.

Further, the periphery of the positioning mechanism 141 is provided with at least three non-collinear guide posts 1423, and the support plate 1421 is slidably sleeved on the guide posts 1423. In the preferred embodiment, four guide posts 1423 are provided and are arranged in a rectangular pattern around the circumference.

In the preferred embodiment, the positioning mechanisms 141 are provided in two sets and are symmetrically arranged about the vehicle body. Therefore, the two groups of positioning mechanisms 141 can move close to or away from each other at the same time, so that the efficiency of adjusting the distance between the two groups of positioning mechanisms is improved, and the widths of different vehicle types can be adapted more quickly and efficiently.

As can be seen in conjunction with the illustration of fig. 2, a battery replacing platform 600 is disposed in the battery replacing channel 130, and the battery replacing platform 600 includes:

a battery traverse assembly 610; and

at least three sets of racking mechanisms 620 disposed about the battery traverse assembly 610,

wherein, hold in palm flat mechanism 620 includes:

a lifting arm 621, a transmission structure, a rotation shaft, and a locking structure; and

a lifting drive 622 for driving the lifting arm 621 to selectively switch between an expanded state and a collapsed state. The specific driving method may be any one of the conventional driving methods such as rotation driving, rack and pinion lifting driving, hydraulic lifting driving, cylinder lifting driving, or rail lifting driving, or a combination of two or more of the above driving methods, so as to support the lifting arm 621 on the bottom of the vehicle body in the unfolded state, or partially or completely fold under the reference plane of the power exchanging platform 600 in the folded state.

Referring to fig. 12 to 14, the lifting arm 621 includes a lifting portion 6211 for abutting against the bottom of the vehicle, and a cantilever 6212; the support flat driving component 622 is connected with the rotating shaft through a transmission structure; the rotating shaft is fixedly connected with the cantilever 6212; the locking structure is used for locking when the lifting part 6211 lifts the vehicle bottom, so that the lifting arm 621 cannot rotate;

the horizontal driving assembly 622 drives the rotation shaft to rotate, so that the lifting portion 6211 can be partially or completely folded below the reference plane of the power exchanging platform 600 after rotating.

In the present embodiment, when the lifting driving assembly 622 drives the lifting arm 621 to the state shown in fig. 1, the lifting mechanism 620 is used to lift the vehicle, in which case the locking structure locks the rotating shaft or the lifting arm 621 to prevent the lifting arm 621 from retracting; it should be understood that the locking structure may include, but is not limited to, a latch-type or a hoop-type structure, but any structure capable of locking the rotating shaft or the lifting arm 621 is within the scope of the present invention. As shown in fig. 14, when the lifting part 6211 of the lifting arm 621 can be folded below the datum plane of the power exchanging platform when the lifting is not needed, and the cantilever 6212 is a supporting surface and can support the vehicle to run; it should be understood that the cantilever 6212 and the lifting portion 6211 may be connected at any angle, only one of which is shown in fig. 1-3, and may include, but not limited to, a "T" -shape, a "Z" -shape, a triangular shape, etc.; in a preferred embodiment, the length of the cantilever 6212 is greater than or equal to the length of the lifting portion 6211, so that after the rotation, the lifting portion 6211 does not occupy too much space inside the power exchanging platform.

In a preferred embodiment, as shown in fig. 12 and 14, the supporting and flat driving component 622 and the locking structure are located on both sides of the supporting and lifting arm 621, so that the two sides of the rotating shaft are stressed, the stress on the whole structure is relatively dispersed, and the stability of the mechanism is ensured. It should be understood that it is within the scope of the present invention that the support driving assembly 622 and the locking structure are located on the same side of the support arm 621.

In a preferred embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 12-14, the locking structure includes a ratchet 626, a check rod 627, a clamping structure; the ratchet 626 is fixedly connected with the rotating shaft; a clamping hook matched with the ratchet 626 is arranged on the check rod 627; when the lifting arm 621 lifts the automobile, the clamping structure locks the check rod 627, so that the hook of the check rod 627 blocks the ratchet 626 from rotating; when the lifting arm 621 is retracted, the clamping structure unlocks the check rod 627, so that the ratchet 626 can rotate after being disengaged from the hook of the check rod 627. In this embodiment, the free rotation direction of the ratchet 626 is opposite to the movement direction of the lifting arm 621 retracting to the supporting surface, and the ratchet structure is adopted to prevent the lifting arm 621 from retracting, thereby improving the reliability of the mechanism; it should be understood that the clamping structure may include, but is not limited to, a latch-type or a hoop-type structure, but any structure capable of locking the check rod 627 is within the scope of the present invention.

In a preferred embodiment, as shown in fig. 12 and 13, the check rod 627 has a pivot hole in the middle thereof, and the check rod 627 rotates around the pivot hole. In this embodiment, the clamping structure includes a backstop drive assembly 624, a backstop pin 625, a spring 628; check drive assembly 624 is coupled with check pin 625; the end of the check pin 625 is provided with a defective part 6251; one end of the elastic member 628 is fixed to the check rod 627; the elastic member 628 pulls the check rod 627 such that one end of the check rod 627 presses the check pin 625; the check drive assembly 624 drives the check pin 625 to extend and retract, and one end of the check rod 627 contacts or moves away from the defect portion 6251, so that the check rod 627 can swing around the pivot hole. In one embodiment, the defect 6251 is a depressed portion of the check pin 625 to facilitate a smooth transition of the check rod 627.

In a preferred embodiment, the no-back drive assembly 624 includes, but is not limited to, an air cylinder or an electric push rod or a hydraulic or electric cylinder; the elastic member 628 is a spring; it should be understood that the position of the spring may be located on the side near the check pin 625, and may also be located on the side near the ratchet 626; as shown in fig. 2, when the spring is located close to the check pin 625, the spring is located below the check rod 627, and the check rod 627 is pulled counterclockwise close to the check pin 625, so that one end of the check rod 627 presses the check pin 625; similarly, when the position of the spring is located near the side of the ratchet 626, the spring is located above the check rod 627, and the side of the check rod 627 near the ratchet 626 is pulled counterclockwise, so that one end of the check rod 627 presses the check pin 625; meanwhile, due to the lever principle, the check rod 627 and the hook clamp the ratchet 626, so that the function of preventing the ratchet 626 from returning is achieved, and the lifting arm 621 is prevented from being pressed back.

In a preferred embodiment, the trustee drive assembly 622 outputs a linear drive force; the racking drive assembly 622 includes, but is not limited to, an electric push rod or hydraulic cylinder or an electric cylinder or pneumatic cylinder. As shown in fig. 1, the leveling driving component 622 is an electric push rod, and in this embodiment, the transmission structure includes a rack 623 and a gear 629; the rack 623 is fixedly connected with the movable end of the linear driving device; the rack 623 is meshed with a gear 629, and the gear 629 is fixedly connected with a rotating shaft. Through the accurate transmission of rack and pinion, realize holding in the palm the accurate control of arm 621 motion, as shown in fig. 12, 14, through electric putter drive, rack and pinion intermeshing realizes holding in the palm the 90 upset of arm.

It should be understood that the thrust drive assembly 622 may also be an output rotary torque rotary motor; the transmission structure includes, but is not limited to, a belt transmission structure or a chain transmission structure or a reduction gear structure.

A battery swapping platform comprising a platform 600 for replacing a battery assembly; the platform 600 comprises a supporting mechanism 620 and a lifting mechanism; wherein, the lifting mechanism is used for lifting the vehicle, and at least three hold in the palm flat mechanism 620 and contradict the vehicle bottom to adjust the vehicle gesture.

As shown in fig. 1, the four sets of supporting mechanisms 620 are respectively arranged on two sides of the platform 600 in pairs, the lifting arms 621 of two adjacent supporting mechanisms 620 are arranged oppositely (as shown in fig. 4) or back to back (not shown), when the lifting mechanism lifts the vehicle to a certain height, the lifting arms 621 of the supporting mechanisms 620 are turned over to the position shown in fig. 4, the lifting mechanism descends, and after the vehicle bottom contacts the lifting portions 6211 of the four supporting arms 621, an opposite moment should be borne, so that the lifting arms 621 are effectively prevented from turning over.

The utility model discloses the structure is ingenious, and reasonable in design adopts the support arm support vehicle bottom that can draw back automatically, realizes the adjustment of vehicle gesture, satisfies the requirement that new forms of energy car trades the electricity fast, and the facilitate promotion is used.

It should be understood that the technical term "battery" as used herein includes, but is not limited to, batteries, battery packs, and the like used to power a vehicle. The "vehicle" or "automobile" mentioned in the foregoing includes various new energy vehicles such as a pure electric vehicle, a hybrid electric vehicle, and the like.

The number of apparatuses and the scale of the process described here are intended to simplify the description of the present invention. Applications, modifications and variations of the present invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

While the embodiments of the invention have been disclosed above, it is not limited to the applications listed in the description and the embodiments, which are fully applicable in all kinds of fields of application suitable for this invention, and further modifications may be readily made by those skilled in the art, and the invention is therefore not limited to the specific details and illustrations shown and described herein, without departing from the general concept defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims (18)

1. The utility model provides a two lane formula trades power station which characterized in that includes:

two groups of opposite and spaced guide positioning lanes (100); and

locate two sets of guide positioning lane (100) between charging bin (200), charging bin (200) includes:

a first charging stand (210); and

a second charging stand (220) disposed opposite to the first charging stand (210) at a distance to form a carrying passage therebetween,

the conveying channel is internally provided with a stacker crane (300) for taking and placing batteries, and at least one battery conveying trolley (260) which moves back and forth between the stacker crane (300) and the guide positioning lane (100) is arranged between the stacker crane and the guide positioning lane.

2. The dual-lane power exchanging station as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first charging rack (210) and/or the second charging rack (220) respectively has at least one battery compartment for charging a battery, and each battery compartment is provided with a battery charging quick plug mechanism (500) for realizing quick connection and disconnection between the battery and a power supply.

3. The dual lane swapping station of claim 2, wherein the battery charging quick-connect mechanism (500) comprises:

the mounting frame (510) is fixedly arranged in the battery compartment;

a charging joint assembly slidably mounted on the mounting frame (510); and

the plug transmission assembly is installed on the mounting frame (510) and the power output end of the plug transmission assembly is in transmission connection with the mounting frame (510) and the charging connector assembly respectively.

4. The dual lane swapping station of claim 3, wherein the plugging transmission assembly comprises:

the tail part of the plugging driver (543) is rotatably connected to the mounting frame (510);

a first rocker (541) with one end rotatably connected with the mounting rack (510); and

a second rocker (542) having one end rotatably connected to the charging connector assembly,

the first rocker (541) and the second rocker (542) are intersected and hinged at the intersection point of the first rocker and the second rocker, and the power output end of the plugging driver (543) is rotatably connected to the intersection point of the first rocker (541) and the second rocker (542).

5. The dual-lane power swapping station according to claim 1, wherein the first charging rack (210) and/or the second charging rack (220) is provided with a floating positioning bin (250), and a floating positioning mechanism (400) is arranged in the floating positioning bin (250).

6. The dual lane swapping station of claim 5, wherein the floating positioning mechanism (400) comprises:

at least three circumferentially arranged floating locating blocks (410) fixedly disposed in the floating locating bin (250); and

an even number of guide positioning units (420) fixedly arranged on the peripheral edge of the floating positioning bin (250);

the guide positioning units (420) in every two guide positioning units form guide assemblies, and the guide positioning units (420) in each guide assembly are arranged oppositely.

7. The dual lane swapping station of claim 6, wherein the guiding and positioning unit (420) comprises:

a fixedly arranged guide driver (421);

a guide block (422) in transmission connection with the power output end of the guide driver (421),

wherein, the guide block (422) can be selectively lifted and lowered along the vertical direction under the driving of the guide driver (421).

8. The dual-lane swapping station of claim 6, wherein the floating positioning block (410) comprises:

a base plate (411) fixedly arranged;

at least three floating units (413) provided on the base plate (411); and

a puck (414) supported by the floating unit (413),

wherein, a skirt part (412) is fixedly connected with the periphery of the bottom plate (411), and the skirt part (412) is combined with the bottom plate (411) on the periphery of the bottom plate (411) and extends upwards from the periphery of the bottom plate (411) so as to accommodate the floating unit (413) and the positioning disc (414) therein.

9. The dual lane swapping station of claim 8 wherein at least three resilient retainers (415) are radially connected between the puck (414) and the skirt (412).

10. The dual lane swapping station of claim 1, wherein the guiding and positioning lane (100) comprises:

a guide ramp (110);

the ascending slope (120) is opposite to the guide slope (110) and is arranged at an interval so as to form a battery replacement channel (130) between the guide slope (110) and the ascending slope (120); and

a body guide (160), the body guide (160) being provided in pairs on the guide ramp (110) and/or the rising ramp (120),

wherein each pair of the vehicle body guiding devices (160) are arranged in parallel and opposite to each other to form a vehicle body guiding channel between the two.

11. The dual-lane swapping station of claim 10, wherein a front wheel positioning and lifting mechanism (140) connected to the guiding ramp (110) is disposed in the swapping channel (130).

12. The dual lane swapping station of claim 11 wherein the front wheel positioning and lifting mechanism (140) comprises:

a positioning mechanism (141);

a support plate (1421) slidably connected to the positioning mechanism (141); and

a traverse actuator (144) for driving the positioning mechanism (141) to slide in a reciprocating manner in the width direction of the vehicle body;

the jacking mechanism (143) is in transmission connection with the supporting plate (1421) and is used for driving the supporting plate (1421) and the positioning mechanism (141) to reciprocate up and down,

wherein the number of the jacking mechanisms (143) is consistent with the number of the positioning mechanisms (141).

13. The dual lane swapping station of claim 12, wherein the positioning mechanism (141) comprises:

a support component (1411) which is provided with a positioning groove matched with the periphery of the wheel; and

a traverse guide rail (1412) installed at the bottom of the support assembly (1411) and slidably connected with the support plate (1421),

wherein the extending direction of the traverse guide (1412) is consistent with the width direction of the vehicle body.

14. The dual lane swapping station of claim 12, wherein the jacking mechanism (143) comprises:

a lift-up guide rail (1432) provided below the support plate (1421);

a jacking sloping block (1431) which is matched and connected with the jacking guide rail (1432) in a sliding way; and

a jacking driver (1433) which is in transmission connection with the jacking inclined block (1431),

the jacking inclined block (1431) is driven by the jacking driver (1433) to slide along the jacking guide rail (1432) in a reciprocating mode.

15. The dual-lane type swapping station as claimed in claim 14, wherein a jacking slope (1431a) is formed at one side of the jacking ramp block (1431), a jacking rod (1422) is supported at the bottom of the supporting plate (1421), and the bottom of the jacking rod (1422) is always in rolling contact with the jacking ramp block (1431).

16. The dual-lane power swapping station as claimed in claim 10, wherein a power swapping platform (600) is disposed in the power swapping channel (130), and the power swapping platform (600) comprises:

a battery traverse assembly (610); and

at least three sets of racking mechanisms (620) disposed about the battery traverse assembly (610),

wherein, hold in palm flat mechanism (620) includes:

a lifting arm (621), a transmission structure, a rotating shaft and a locking structure; and

a lifting drive assembly (622) for driving the lifting arm (621) to selectively switch between an expanded state and a collapsed state.

17. The double-lane power change station as claimed in claim 16, wherein the lifting arm (621) comprises a lifting part (6211) for abutting against the bottom of the vehicle, a cantilever (6212); the supporting and flat driving component (622) is connected with the rotating shaft through the transmission structure; the rotating shaft is fixedly connected with the cantilever (6212); the locking structure is used for locking when the lifting part (6211) lifts the vehicle bottom, so that the lifting arm (621) cannot rotate;

the supporting and horizontal driving assembly (622) drives the rotating shaft to rotate, so that the supporting and lifting part (6211) can be partially or completely folded below the datum plane of the battery replacing platform (600) after rotating.

18. The dual lane swapping station of claim 17, wherein the locking structure comprises a ratchet (626), a check rod (627), a clamping structure;

the ratchet wheel (626) is fixedly connected with the rotating shaft; a clamping hook matched with the ratchet wheel (626) is arranged on the check rod (627); when the lifting arm (621) lifts the automobile, the clamping structure locks the check rod (627) so that the hook of the check rod (627) blocks the ratchet wheel (626) from rotating; when the lifting arm (621) is retracted, the clamping structure unlocks the check rod (627) so that the ratchet wheel (626) can rotate after being separated from the hook of the check rod (627).

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