CN213043146U

CN213043146U - Electric connector plugging mechanism

Info

Publication number: CN213043146U
Application number: CN202021422661.0U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王亚光
Original assignee: Blue Valley Smart Beijing Energy Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Blue Valley Smart Beijing Energy Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-07-17
Filing date: 2020-07-17
Publication date: 2021-04-23
Anticipated expiration: 2030-07-17

Abstract

The utility model discloses an electric connector plug mechanism, electric connector plug mechanism includes: a mounting seat; the electric connecting device is arranged on the mounting seat and is suitable for moving away from or towards the mounting seat in the horizontal direction so as to enable the electric connecting device to be in butt joint with the battery pack or reset. From this, through mount pad and electric connection device cooperation, can make battery package and electric connection device dock together fast, accurately, can shorten the charge time of battery package to can promote the charge efficiency of battery package.

Description

Electric connector plugging mechanism

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of trade the power station and specifically relates to an electric connector plug mechanism is related to.

Background

In the related art, an electric vehicle is driven into a battery replacement station to replace a power battery, and after the power battery is detached from a vehicle body, the power battery is placed on a battery rack in the battery replacement station and is charged on the battery rack.

However, the user needs to manually butt the power battery with the electrical connection device to charge the power battery, and the power battery cannot be quickly and accurately connected with the electrical connection device, so that the charging time of the power battery is prolonged, the charging efficiency of the power battery is affected, and the physical strength of the user is wasted.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model discloses aim at solving one of the technical problem that exists among the prior art at least. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an electrical connector plugging mechanism, which can make the battery pack and the electrical connection device be butted together quickly and accurately, and shorten the charging time of the battery pack, thereby improving the charging efficiency of the battery pack.

According to the utility model discloses an electric connector plug mechanism includes: a mounting seat; the electric connecting device is arranged on the mounting seat and is suitable for moving away from or towards the mounting seat in the horizontal direction so as to enable the electric connecting device to be in butt joint with the battery pack or reset.

According to the utility model discloses an electric connector plug mechanism, through mount pad and electric connecting device cooperation, can make battery package and electric connecting device dock together fast, accurately, can shorten the charge time of battery package to can promote the charge efficiency of battery package.

In some examples of the present invention, the electrical connector plugging mechanism further comprises: a drive assembly adapted to drive the electrical connection means away from or towards the mounting.

In some examples of the invention, the drive assembly is connected between the mounting base and the electrical connection device and is located on a side of the mounting base opposite the electrical connection device.

In some examples of the invention, the drive assembly comprises: the push rod is connected between the driving piece and the electric connecting device.

In some examples of the invention, the mounting base is provided with a first slider, and the electrical connection device is provided with a second slider in sliding engagement with the first slider.

In some examples of the present invention, the first sliding member is provided as one of a slide rail and a slider, and the second sliding member is provided as the other of the slide rail and the slider.

In some examples of the invention, in the horizontal direction, the first slider is perpendicular to a surface of the mount opposite the electrical connection device.

In some examples of the present invention, the first sliding member is provided in plurality, and each of the first sliding members is provided with at least one of the second sliding members.

In some examples of the invention, the mount is provided with a slider mounting portion, the first slider being provided in the slider mounting portion.

In some examples of the present invention, the electrical connector plugging mechanism further comprises: and the microswitch is used for detecting whether the battery pack is in butt joint with the electric connector of the electric connection device in place or not.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an electrical connector plugging mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a front view of an electrical connector plugging mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a side view of an electrical connector plugging mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a battery pack, an electric connector plugging mechanism on a battery rack according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numerals:

an electrical connector plugging mechanism 700;

a mounting seat 701; a slider mounting portion 705; a first slider 7072;

an electrical connection means 704; an electrical connector mounting frame 7041; an electrical connector 7042; a second slider 7082;

a drive assembly 7091; a push rod 7092;

a battery pack 10; a battery holder 601.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are exemplary only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

An electrical connector plugging mechanism 700 according to an embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to fig. 1 to 4.

As shown in fig. 1 to 4, an electrical connector plugging mechanism 700 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a mounting block 701 and electrical connection means 704. The electrical connection means 704 is slidably disposed on the mounting seat 701, and the electrical connection means 704 is adapted to move away from or toward the mounting seat 701 in a horizontal direction, so that the electrical connection means 704 can be docked or reset with the battery pack 10. It should be noted that when the electrical connection device 704 is moved away from the mounting seat 701 in the horizontal direction, the electrical connection device 704 may be mated with the battery pack 10, and when the electrical connection device 704 is moved toward the mounting seat 701 in the horizontal direction, the electrical connection device 704 is separated from the battery pack 10, and the electrical connection device 704 may be moved to the initial position.

When the electric automobile is started to the battery replacing station to replace the battery pack 10, the battery replacing mobile device detaches the power battery (namely the battery pack 10) from the automobile body, the battery replacing mobile device conveys the battery pack 10 to the battery transferring device, then the battery transferring device places the battery pack 10 on the battery frame 601, and the battery pack 10 is charged on the battery frame 601. Specifically, the electrical connector plugging mechanism 700 is disposed on the battery rack 601, the battery transportation device places the power battery on the battery rack 601, and then the electrical connection device 704 moves in a direction away from the mounting seat 701 in the horizontal direction, that is, the electrical connection device 704 moves toward the battery pack 10, and the electrical connection device 704 is butted with the battery pack 10, so as to achieve the purpose of charging the battery pack 10. The arrangement enables the battery pack 10 and the electrical connection device 704 to be quickly and accurately butted together, so that the charging time of the battery pack 10 can be shortened, and the charging efficiency of the battery pack 10 can be improved. Moreover, the electrical connector plugging mechanism 700 of the present application is simple in structure and low in cost.

When it is not necessary to charge the battery pack 10, the electrical connection device 704 is controlled to move toward the mounting base 701 in the horizontal direction, the battery pack 10 is separated from the electrical connection device 704, and finally the electrical connection device 704 moves to the initial position.

Therefore, the battery pack 10 and the electric connecting device 704 can be quickly and accurately butted together through the matching of the mounting seat 701 and the electric connecting device 704, the charging time of the battery pack 10 can be shortened, and the charging efficiency of the battery pack 10 can be improved.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 and 3, the electrical connector plugging mechanism 700 may further include: a driving assembly 7091, the driving assembly 7091 being adapted to drive the electrical connection device 704 to move away from or towards the mounting block 701 in a horizontal direction. The horizontal direction can be the front-back direction in fig. 3, so that the working effect of automatically driving the electric connection device 704 to move away from or towards the mounting seat 701 can be achieved, the working step of manually butting the battery pack 10 and the electric connection device 704 by a user can be omitted, the physical strength of the user can be saved, and the working purpose of automatically charging the battery pack 10 can be achieved.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, the driving component 7091 may be connected between the mounting seat 701 and the electrical connection device 704, and the driving component 7091 is located on a side of the mounting seat 701 opposite to the electrical connection device 704, so as to facilitate the driving component 7091 to be connected with the electrical connection device 704, and facilitate the driving component 7091 to drive the electrical connection device 704 to move.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, the driving assembly 7091 may comprise: the push rod 7092 can be an electric push rod 7092, the push rod 7092 is connected between the driving part and the electrical connection device 704, the driving part is suitable for driving the push rod 7092 to move away from or towards the mounting seat 701 in a horizontal direction, preferably, the driving part is suitable for driving the push rod 7092 to move in a front-back direction in fig. 3, and when the push rod 7092 moves in the front-back direction in fig. 3, the push rod 7092 can drive the electrical connection device 704 to move in the front-back direction in fig. 3, so that the working effect that the electrical connection device 704 moves away from or towards the mounting seat 701 can be achieved. In addition, the push rod 7092 pushes the electrical connection device 704 to be in butt joint with the battery pack 10, so that the electrical connection device 704 can be in reliable butt joint with the battery pack 10, and a virtual joint phenomenon between the electrical connection device 704 and the battery pack 10 can be avoided, thereby ensuring that the battery pack 10 can be charged, and further improving the charging reliability of the battery pack 10.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, the mount 701 may be provided with a first slider 7072, and the electrical connection device 704 may be provided with a second slider 7082 in sliding engagement with the first slider 7072. The electrical connection device 704 may include an electrical connector mounting frame 7041 and an electrical connector 7042, the electrical connector 7042 may be disposed on the electrical connector mounting frame 7041, a lower portion of the electrical connector mounting frame 7041 is connected to the second sliding member 7082, one end of the push rod 7092 is connected to a lower portion of the electrical connector mounting frame 7041, when the electrical connection device 704 moves away from or toward the mounting seat 701 in a horizontal direction, the first sliding member 7072 and the second sliding member 7082 cooperate to enable the electrical connection device 704 to move smoothly, so as to ensure accurate docking of the electrical connection device 704 with the battery pack 10, thereby further preventing virtual connection between the battery pack 10 and the electrical connection device 704.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, the first sliding part 7072 can be provided as one of a sliding rail and a slider, and the second sliding part 7082 can be provided as the other of a sliding rail and a slider. The first sliding part 7072 may be configured as a sliding rail, the second sliding part 7082 may be configured as a sliding block, and when the electrical connection device 704 moves away from or toward the mounting seat 701 in the horizontal direction, the sliding rail and the sliding block can perform positioning and guiding functions by cooperation of the sliding rail and the sliding block, so that the electrical connection device 704 can be ensured to move along the extending direction of the sliding rail

In some embodiments of the present invention, in the horizontal direction, the first sliding part 7072 is perpendicular to the surface of the mounting seat 701 opposite to the electrical connection device 704, wherein, as shown in fig. 1, the first sliding part 7072 is perpendicular to the front surface of the mounting seat 701, so as to ensure the front-back direction movement of the electrical connection device 704 in fig. 1, and the working effect that the electrical connection device 704 is far away from or moves toward the mounting seat 701 in the horizontal direction can be realized, so that the working reliability of the electrical connector plugging mechanism 700 can be ensured.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the first sliding member 7072 may be provided in plurality, preferably, the first sliding member 7072 is provided in two, two first sliding members 7072 are arranged at intervals in the left-right direction in fig. 1, each first sliding member 7072 may be provided with at least one second sliding member 7082, preferably, two second sliding members 7082 are provided on each first sliding member 7072, such a configuration may make the electrical connection device 704 move more smoothly, so that it may be further ensured that the battery pack 10 can be precisely docked with the electrical connection device 704.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, the mount 701 may be provided with a slider mounting portion 705, and the first slider 7072 may be provided to the slider mounting portion 705. The longitudinal section of the slider mounting portion 705 may be a U-shaped structure, an opening end opposite to the bottom wall of the slider mounting portion 705 is disposed toward the lower side of the electrical connector plugging mechanism 700, the first slider 7072 may be disposed on the upper surface of the slider mounting portion 705, the rear end of the slider mounting portion 705 is connected to the front surface of the mounting seat 701, and the slider mounting portion 705 may support the first slider 7072, so that the mounting position of the first slider 7072 may be more stable.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the electrical connector plugging mechanism 700 may further include: a micro switch that can be used to detect whether the battery pack 10 is docked in place with the electrical connector 7042 of the electrical connection device 704. Wherein, the micro switch can be arranged on the surface of the electric connector mounting frame 7041 opposite to the battery pack 10, and in the process that the electric connection device 704 moves towards the battery pack 10, when the micro switch is triggered, the micro switch detects that the electric connection device 704 is in butt joint with the battery pack 10, and the industrial personal computer controls the electric connection device 704 to start charging the battery pack 10. When the microswitch is not triggered, for example: when the micro switch is not in contact with the battery pack 10, the micro switch detects that the electric connection device 704 is not in butt joint with the battery pack 10, the electric connection device 704 continues to move towards the battery pack 10, when the electric connection device 704 is triggered, the electric connection device 704 stops continuing to move towards the battery pack 10, and the industrial personal computer controls the electric connection device 704 to start charging the battery pack 10.

It should be noted that the electrical connector 7042 can slightly move in the vertical, horizontal, and front-back directions with respect to the electrical connector mounting frame 7041, which can solve the technical problem of small-scale mismatching between the battery pack 10 and the electrical connector 7042.

In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an illustrative embodiment," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples" or the like mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

While embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. An electrical connector plugging mechanism (700), comprising:

a mount (701);

the electric connecting device (704) is arranged on the mounting seat (701), and the electric connecting device (704) is suitable to move away from or towards the mounting seat (701) in the horizontal direction so as to enable the electric connecting device (704) to be butted or reset with the battery pack (10).

2. The electrical connector plugging mechanism (700) according to claim 1, further comprising: a drive assembly (7091), the drive assembly (7091) adapted to drive the electrical connection device (704) to move away from or towards the mount (701).

3. The electrical connector plugging mechanism (700) according to claim 2, wherein said driving assembly (7091) is connected between said mounting seat (701) and said electrical connection device (704) and is located at a side of said mounting seat (701) opposite to said electrical connection device (704).

4. The electrical connector plugging mechanism (700) according to claim 2, wherein said driving assembly (7091) comprises: a driver and a push rod (7092), the push rod (7092) being connected between the driver and the electrical connection device (704).

5. The electrical connector plugging mechanism (700) according to claim 1, wherein said mounting seat (701) is provided with a first sliding member (7072), and said electrical connection device (704) is provided with a second sliding member (7082) slidably engaged with said first sliding member (7072).

6. The electrical connector plugging mechanism (700) according to claim 5, wherein said first sliding member (7072) is provided as one of a sliding rail and a sliding block, and said second sliding member (7082) is provided as the other of said sliding rail and said sliding block.

7. The electrical connector plugging mechanism (700) according to claim 5, wherein in said horizontal direction, said first slider (7072) is perpendicular to a surface of said mounting seat (701) opposite to said electrical connection device (704).

8. The electrical connector plugging mechanism (700) according to claim 5, wherein said first sliding member (7072) is plural, each said first sliding member (7072) being provided with at least one said second sliding member (7082).

9. The electrical connector plugging mechanism (700) according to claim 5, wherein said mounting seat (701) is provided with a slider mounting portion (705), and said first slider (7072) is provided to said slider mounting portion (705).

10. The electrical connector plugging mechanism (700) according to claim 1, further comprising: a micro switch for detecting whether the battery pack (10) is docked in place with an electrical connector (7042) of the electrical connection device (704).