EP3980293A1 - Dispositif de charge pour charger une batterie d'un véhicule automobile - Google Patents

Dispositif de charge pour charger une batterie d'un véhicule automobile

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EP3980293A1
EP3980293A1 EP20731853.6A EP20731853A EP3980293A1 EP 3980293 A1 EP3980293 A1 EP 3980293A1 EP 20731853 A EP20731853 A EP 20731853A EP 3980293 A1 EP3980293 A1 EP 3980293A1
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contacting
link
motor vehicle
arm
charging
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Thomas Podolski
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Webasto SE
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60L—PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES
    • B60L53/00—Methods of charging batteries, specially adapted for electric vehicles; Charging stations or on-board charging equipment therefor; Exchange of energy storage elements in electric vehicles
    • B60L53/10—Methods of charging batteries, specially adapted for electric vehicles; Charging stations or on-board charging equipment therefor; Exchange of energy storage elements in electric vehicles characterised by the energy transfer between the charging station and the vehicle
    • B60L53/14—Conductive energy transfer
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60L—PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES
    • B60L53/00—Methods of charging batteries, specially adapted for electric vehicles; Charging stations or on-board charging equipment therefor; Exchange of energy storage elements in electric vehicles
    • B60L53/30—Constructional details of charging stations
    • B60L53/35—Means for automatic or assisted adjustment of the relative position of charging devices and vehicles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60L—PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES
    • B60L53/00—Methods of charging batteries, specially adapted for electric vehicles; Charging stations or on-board charging equipment therefor; Exchange of energy storage elements in electric vehicles
    • B60L53/10—Methods of charging batteries, specially adapted for electric vehicles; Charging stations or on-board charging equipment therefor; Exchange of energy storage elements in electric vehicles characterised by the energy transfer between the charging station and the vehicle
    • B60L53/14—Conductive energy transfer
    • B60L53/18—Cables specially adapted for charging electric vehicles
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
    • H02J7/00—Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
    • H02J7/0042—Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries characterised by the mechanical construction
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
    • H02J7/00—Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
    • H02J7/0042—Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries characterised by the mechanical construction
    • H02J7/0045—Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries characterised by the mechanical construction concerning the insertion or the connection of the batteries
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60L—PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES
    • B60L53/00—Methods of charging batteries, specially adapted for electric vehicles; Charging stations or on-board charging equipment therefor; Exchange of energy storage elements in electric vehicles
    • B60L53/30—Constructional details of charging stations
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02T—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
    • Y02T10/00—Road transport of goods or passengers
    • Y02T10/60—Other road transportation technologies with climate change mitigation effect
    • Y02T10/70—Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02T—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
    • Y02T10/00—Road transport of goods or passengers
    • Y02T10/60—Other road transportation technologies with climate change mitigation effect
    • Y02T10/7072—Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors

Definitions

  • Charging device for charging a battery of a motor vehicle
  • the present invention relates to a charging device for charging a battery of a
  • Motor vehicle in particular for charging a traction battery of a motor vehicle driven by an electric motor, in particular for automatically charging this traction battery.
  • a charging device for example a wallbox
  • a charging cable from the wallbox to the motor vehicle in order to be plugged into a corresponding socket there.
  • a secure connection between the wallbox and the motor vehicle can be established in such a way that charging is easy.
  • Providing such a wallbox in combination with a cable does not save much space, since the wallbox occupies a wall area, for example in a garage, and the charging cable that extends from the wallbox to the motor vehicle can create a trip hazard. Furthermore, the manual process of plugging the charging cable into the motor vehicle is perceived by the users as a nuisance. This can lead to forgetting to connect the motor vehicle for charging or even forgetting that the motor vehicle is still connected to the
  • the charging cable is attached to the wallbox before driving off. Usually prevent
  • Forgetting to charge the vehicle may mean that the
  • Traction battery may not be sufficiently charged. Accordingly, there are efforts to automate the contact for charging the motor vehicle starting from a charging device. There are different concepts for this, with wall-mounted automatic contacting devices having been proposed, for example, which have a charging cable that was previously manually inserted into the socket on the by a user
  • Motor vehicle was introduced, can now be inserted automatically / mechanically. This can be achieved, for example, using a scissor arm.
  • contacting devices which are arranged on the floor of a parking space. With these contacting devices, a motor vehicle drives over the respective charging device and then the motor vehicle is automatically contacted from below via a corresponding lifting device.
  • different lifting devices are known, by means of which a plug from below into a socket in the underbody of the
  • Motor vehicle is arranged, can be introduced.
  • a charging device in which a contacting element is passed from below into a complementary contacting part in the underbody of a motor vehicle and thus automatically contacting for charging the
  • Motor vehicle can be produced.
  • spindle drives are used in the cited prior art, which are provided for lifting an arm. This means that setting the respective positions takes a correspondingly long time and, at the same time, the structural dimensions of the proposed charging device are not particularly compact.
  • a charging device for charging a battery of a motor vehicle comprising a floor unit for arrangement on the floor of a Motor vehicle parking space, wherein the floor unit has a contacting arm, at the free end of which a contacting device for contacting one to the
  • Contacting device complementary contacting unit is arranged in the motor vehicle.
  • the contacting arm has a pivot axis about a vertical axis
  • the contacting of the contacting device with the contacting unit of the motor vehicle can be achieved with a movement parallel to the floor of the parking space and not, as known from the prior art, by a vertical introduction of a contacting device.
  • the contact arm is less susceptible to contamination, wear and tear and corrosion than, for example, a spindle drive or another linear drive.
  • the main link is preferably connected to the floor unit such that it can pivot about the vertical pivot axis.
  • a particularly compact structure can thus be achieved because the
  • the pivoting movement of the contacting arm is already carried out starting from the base unit about the vertical pivot axis and thus the base unit can be made particularly compact.
  • the contacting arm preferably has a lifting link that can be pivoted about a horizontal axis, the lifting link preferably being attached to the at its free end
  • the lifting link configured in this way, in particular with the connection to the contacting device, it can be achieved that the contacting device is raised to a predetermined lifting height, which is a Contacting height corresponds to which the contacting device can come into contact with a contacting element of the motor vehicle.
  • the lifting arm represents, as it were, the last link that carries out precise positioning of the contacting device.
  • the main link it is advantageous in the design of the main link as the last link that the main link, which is about the vertical pivot axis
  • the contacting arm preferably has a secondary link pivotable about a vertical pivot axis, the secondary link preferably being connected to a free end of the main link via the vertical pivot axis and / or the secondary link preferably being connected to a lifting link via a horizontal pivot axis.
  • precise positioning of the contacting device can be carried out by means of the secondary link, since, in addition to the pivoting movement of the main link, fine positioning within the X-Y plane can now be carried out by means of the secondary link.
  • the secondary link is connected to the main link as well as to the lifting link, i.e. if it is integrated exactly between the main link and the lifting link, more precise positioning can be carried out in this way and, in particular, precise positioning of the lifting link in the XY plane , the lifting arm then performing the Z-positioning.
  • a drive is preferably provided which is set up to pivot the main link about its vertical pivot axis and / or a drive is preferably provided which is set up to pivot the secondary link about its vertical pivot axis and / or a drive is preferably provided which is used to pivot the Lifting arm is set up about its horizontal pivot axis.
  • the contacting arm is preferably completely accommodated in a housing in a rest position, with the components of the contacting arm, preferably a main link, a secondary link and a lifting link, in the rest position in one to the bottom of the Motor vehicle parking space are arranged parallel plane.
  • the main link In the rest position, the main link is preferably received in the housing parallel to the lifting link.
  • a particularly compact arrangement of the contacting arm in the rest position can thereby be achieved, which also results in a particularly compact structural dimension of the housing.
  • An opening is preferably provided in the housing through which the
  • the pivot axis of the main link can be pivoted, the opening being able to be closed in the rest position by a closure element, the closure element preferably being firmly guided on the secondary link.
  • a completely closed housing can be provided in the rest position, which accordingly reduces the risk of contamination and damage to the charging device and the risk of injury to people. Due to the fixed connection of the locking element to the secondary link, the normal
  • Pivoting movement of the secondary link opening and closing the opening of the housing can be achieved without additional actuators being necessary.
  • Electronics are preferably provided which are set up to provide a charging current to the contacting device, preferably via a power cable that is laid in the contacting arm. This allows the necessary to charge the traction battery
  • Charging current can be processed, monitored and provided directly in the charging device. This also results in a particularly compact design of the charging device.
  • Electronics are preferably provided which are set up to establish communication with a motor vehicle to be charged and / or which are set up to automatically control the contacting arm. This electronics can largely automate the charging process.
  • the motor vehicle may communicate with the device via the charging device after it has been parked, then to determine the need to charge the traction battery automatically instructs the charging device to carry out the contacting via the contacting arm, then carrying out the charging process and, after completion of the charging process, releasing the contacting arm from the motor vehicle again.
  • the contacting arm can also be released from the motor vehicle in situations in which a user enters the motor vehicle in order to start driving.
  • the user no longer needs to interact with the charging device, but can only park the motor vehicle above the charging device and then do not have to worry about anything else.
  • a support element is preferably arranged on the contacting arm and / or on the base unit, in particular on the closure part.
  • the contact arm can be supported on the ground in a controlled and movable manner, so that uncontrolled grinding of the
  • the support element preferably has at least one roller. This enables one
  • the roller is preferably a pivotable or rotatable roller that can follow the trajectory of the contacting arm that it travels relative to the ground.
  • the support element is preferably arranged on the main link and / or on the secondary link and / or on the lifting link. For example, several support elements along the
  • Main link and / or the secondary link and / or the lifting link can be arranged in order to ensure optimal support of the contacting arm.
  • the support element is particularly preferably arranged on the free end of the main link and / or on the free end of the contacting arm.
  • the contacting arm is supported in a simple manner during operation with as few support elements as possible.
  • Figure 1 schematically shows a plan view of a loading device with a base unit, in which a cover has been removed for better representation, the loading device is in a rest position
  • FIG. 2 shows the charging device from FIG. 1 in a top view, with an arm, at the free end of which a contacting device is provided for contacting a contacting element in an underbody of a motor vehicle, is pivoted into an active position,
  • FIG. 3 shows the loading device from FIGS. 1 and 2 in a schematic perspective
  • FIG. 4 shows a schematic perspective illustration of the charging device from FIG. 3, the arm carrying the contacting element being pivoted into an active position
  • FIG. 5 shows a plan view of the loading device of the previous figures with the arm extended in an active position, the base unit now being shown provided with a cover,
  • Figure 6 is a schematic perspective illustration of the loading device of the previous figures from a different perspective
  • FIG. 7 shows a schematic side view of the charging device from FIGS. 5 and 6, in which the arm is pivoted and raised for contacting a contacting unit complementary thereto in a motor vehicle, not shown here,
  • FIG. 8 shows a schematic perspective illustration of the loading device in a completely closed rest position
  • FIG. 9 is a schematic perspective illustration of the charging device, the arm being pivoted from the rest position into an active contacting position,
  • Figure 10 is a schematic perspective view of the loading device of the previous one
  • Figures with arms swiveled into an active position Figure 1 1 is a schematic perspective view of the loading device with a support element according to a further embodiment
  • FIG. 12 shows a schematic perspective view of the loading device with a support element from FIG. 11 with the arm extended in an active position
  • FIG. 13 shows a schematic side view of the loading device with a support element from FIGS. 1 1 and 12, in which the arm is pivoted and raised for contacting a complementary contacting unit in a motor vehicle, not shown here.
  • FIG. 1 a schematic plan view of a loading device 1 is shown, which has a floor unit 10, which on the floor of a parking space for a to be loaded
  • Motor vehicle is provided, can be arranged.
  • the charging device 1 is used to establish automatic contact with a motor vehicle and then to start a charging process to a traction battery in the
  • the aim of the charging device 1 is to ensure that the entire contacting process and the charging process run essentially automatically, so that the driver or user of the motor vehicle does not have to intervene.
  • the driver only has to position or park his vehicle above the floor unit 10 and the remaining steps of the contacting process and charging process then take place without further interaction with the driver or user.
  • automatic communication can take place between the motor vehicle to be charged and the charging device 1 and, for example, if the charge state of the motor vehicle falls below a specified level, a charging process can be started automatically.
  • the driver actively initiates the charging process, but then at least no further manual interaction between the driver and the charging device 1 is necessary.
  • the charging device 1 is then described below via a
  • Contacting mechanism establish physical contact with the motor vehicle in order to provide a charging current for charging the traction battery of the motor vehicle.
  • a particularly convenient operation of a motor vehicle provided with an electric motor and an associated traction battery can be made possible by means of the charging device 1, in which the driver does not have to take any further steps after parking the motor vehicle over the floor unit 10 and possibly initiating the charging process, since the loading device 1 does this automatically and independently.
  • the proposed charging device 1 can prevent a user from wanting to drive off while the motor vehicle is still in contact and then having to get out again to release the connection.
  • charging device 1 can also be automatically disconnected, which is carried out, for example, when the actual charging process has ended, i.e. the traction battery is completely filled again, or triggered, for example, by opening the motor vehicle or entering the interior of the motor vehicle or switching on the motor vehicle.
  • a user does not have to take any active steps to disconnect the existing contacting of the charging device 1.
  • the user specifies active disconnection by means of a corresponding disconnection command.
  • the base unit 10 of the loading device 1 has a housing 12, which is shown, for example, in FIGS. 1, 3 and 8 in a completely closed position. In the completely closed position, all components of the charging device 1 located inside the housing 12 are protected from the environment.
  • the floor unit 10 mounted on the floor of the respective parking space must be protected from dirt and moisture. Dirt and moisture could penetrate parts of the charging device 1 from the motor vehicle parked above. For example, dirt can fall from the vehicle parked above and in particular its underbody, or dirty water or melt water can drip down from the underbody of the motor vehicle parked above the loading device 1 and in particular the floor unit 10.
  • the housing 12 can reduce the risk of people walking past or climbing over the components of the charging device 1 being injured or accidentally damage the charging device 1. Accordingly, the housing 12 is preferably designed so stable that a full-grown person can stand on the cover without damage being caused here. Particularly preferably, the housing 12 is designed to be so stable that even a direct drive over it with a motor vehicle does not give rise to fear of damage to the floor unit 10.
  • housing 12 In the housing 12 is an inside the housing 12 at one end at a vertical
  • Pivot axis 30 connected contacting arm 2 is provided, at the free end 20 of which a contacting device 6 is provided, which ultimately serves to form a contact with a complementary contacting device in the motor vehicle, not shown here.
  • the contacting device 6 can be designed in any suitable form, for example as a plug, which is correspondingly complementary to the
  • Contacting device can be introduced in the underbody of the motor vehicle. The contacting of the contacting device 6 with the contacting device of the
  • Motor vehicle takes place preferably along a horizontal plane, so after
  • Standard coordinate system in the X-Y plane in the installation position of the charging device 1 and the contacting device is preferably not made by a vertical movement (in the Z direction), but rather by a movement in a plane parallel to the floor (X-Y plane).
  • the floor unit 10 of the loading device 1 is, as already mentioned, preferably arranged on the floor of a parking space or a garage.
  • the Base unit 10 already in an orientation which corresponds to a horizontal plane, that is to say an XY plane.
  • the contacting arm 2 can be pivoted in the XY plane about a pivot axis 30 arranged in the interior of the housing 12 and arranged perpendicularly to the horizontal plane.
  • a main link 3 is pivotably arranged on the vertically aligned pivot axis 30, whereby the connection to the vertical pivot axis 30 means that the main link 3 can accordingly only pivot about the pivot axis 30.
  • the main link 3 therefore always moves in the X-Y plane when pivoted, that is, parallel to the ground.
  • a secondary link 5 is also connected pivotably via a vertical pivot axis 50. This means that the secondary link 5 can only pivot about a vertically aligned pivot axis 50, so that the secondary link 5 also pivots exclusively in the X-Y plane, i.e. parallel to the ground.
  • both the main link 3 and the secondary link 5 can each only have one
  • the horizontal plane corresponds to a plane which is parallel to the bottom of the
  • a lifting link 4 is connected to the secondary link 5.
  • the main link 4 can be pivoted about at least one horizontally extending pivot axis 52. Since the pivot axis 52 is arranged horizontally and is correspondingly perpendicular to the two vertical pivot axes 30, 50, the lifting link 4 can be raised and lowered pivoting about the pivot axis 52 at its free end 40.
  • Contacting device 6 can be achieved in order to finally raise this starting from the height at which the lifting link 4 was stowed together with the main link 3 and the secondary link 4 in the housing 12 in the rest position, to a height above the ground corresponds to a contacting height for connecting the contacting device 6 to a contacting element in the underbody of the motor vehicle.
  • the drive 34 for pivoting the main link 3, wherein the drive 34 can be, for example, an electric motor, a servo motor or a linear motor, by means of which a reliable, quick, reproducible and at the same time energy-saving pivoting of the main link 3 about the vertically arranged pivot axis 30 around can be achieved.
  • the drive 34 can be, for example, an electric motor, a servo motor or a linear motor, by means of which a reliable, quick, reproducible and at the same time energy-saving pivoting of the main link 3 about the vertically arranged pivot axis 30 around can be achieved.
  • a further drive 54 is arranged at the free end 32 of the main link 3, by means of which a pivoting of the secondary link 5 about the vertically arranged pivot axis 50 can be achieved.
  • a further drive 44 is provided, by means of which a pivoting of the free end 40 of the lifting link 4 about the horizontally arranged
  • Pivot axis 52 can take place.
  • the charging device 1 also includes electronics 62, via which, on the one hand, the contacting arm 2 is controlled and which can communicate with a communication module of the motor vehicle that is to be charged.
  • the communication of the electronics 62 with the motor vehicle can, for example, involve an exchange of information about the state of charge of the traction battery of the motor vehicle, a
  • the electronics 62 can furthermore include modules for conditioning, monitoring and refreshing the charging current for charging the motor vehicle, the charging current being conducted from the electronics 62 to the contacting device 6 via a corresponding power cable 60.
  • the housing has an opening 14 through which the contacting arm 2 can be guided out of the housing 12 with its free end 20.
  • the opening 14 is closed by a closure element 16 in the idle state.
  • the closure element 16 can accordingly be designed as part of the side wall of the housing 12, which fits exactly into the opening 14. In other words, the closure element 16 closes the housing 12 and in particular the opening 14 of the housing 12 such that the housing 12 has a uniformly closed appearance in the closed state.
  • the closure element 16 is held on the secondary link 5, so that when the contacting arm 2 moves out of the housing 12, the
  • Closure element 16 takes place and the opening 14 in the housing 12 is opened accordingly. The same naturally also applies when closing, with the closing element 16 being automatically taken along by the secondary link 5 in such a way that the opening 14 is closed in the rest position.
  • the opening 14 in the housing 12 in the exemplary embodiments shown extends in such a way that the possible freedom of movement of the contacting arm 2 is not restricted.
  • the opening 14 extends around a corner of the housing almost up to the articulation of the main link 3 predetermined via the pivot axis 30.
  • the proposed charging device 1 has a particularly compact design because it can be arranged in a particularly compact housing 12.
  • the lifting link 4 is lifted out of the horizontal plane spanned by the main link 3 and the secondary link 5 and can be raised accordingly in the Z direction.
  • the overall height of the contacting arm 2 is thus predetermined by the height of the highest profile of the main link 3, the secondary link 5 or the lifting link 4, at least in the rest position.
  • the individual components of the contacting arm 2 are not stacked on top of one another in the rest position, as is often the case in the prior art. Rather, all the components of the contacting arm 2 are located next to one another in the X-Y plane, so that a particularly flat design can be achieved.
  • the lifting link 4 is preferably designed in such a way that the contacting element 6, which can be designed, for example, in the form of a plug, maintains a predetermined orientation regardless of the lifting position.
  • the lifting link 4 can be designed, for example, in the form of a parallelogram guide.
  • two partial links of the lifting link 4, which are arranged in the manner of a parallelogram, are then arranged on the secondary link 5 around two pivot axes arranged horizontally parallel to one another.
  • the free end 40 of the lifting link 4 likewise has a parallelogram-like connection to the contacting device 6. In this way, when the free end 40 of the lifting link 4 is raised and lowered, the contacting device 6 is always in a predetermined orientation.
  • Parallelogram guidance of the contacting device 6 can be achieved.
  • the movable components of the contacting arm 2, namely the main link 3, the secondary link 5 and the lifting link 4, can only be pivoted about pivot bearings, so that the structure of the loading device 1 is relative is simple, the respective pivot bearings not only being cheaper to deliver, but also being more dirt-resistant and having a lower risk of jamming.
  • the electronics 62 can, for example, communicate with the motor vehicle in order to automatically contact the vehicle again, for example if the traction battery drops below a predetermined charge level.
  • the electronics 62 control the contact arm 2 so that it is initially through a Pivoting about the axis 30 and about the axis 50 in the horizontal plane is unfolded so far that the lifting arm 4 can be raised without colliding with the housing 12.
  • the electronics 62 then move the contacting device 6 by means of the contacting arm 2 to the contacting height and then into the contacting unit in the complementary thereto
  • the charging process can then be started via the electronics 62, so that the battery of the motor vehicle is charged.
  • Figure 11 shows a schematic perspective view of the base unit 10 of the
  • the support elements 7 are arranged on the contacting arm 2. This allows the contact arm to be movably supported on the floor.
  • the support element 7 is designed as a roller, in particular as a pivotable roller. This enables low-noise operation of the contacting arm 2, since the contacting arm 2 is supported in its pivoting movement in such a way that the
  • FIG. 12 shows a schematic perspective view of the charging device 1 with at least one support element 7 with the arm 2 extended in an active position.
  • the at least one support element 7 is on a free end of the contacting arm 2 or on a free end of the closure part 21 arranged.
  • FIG. 13 shows a schematic side view of the loading device 1 with two support elements 7.
  • the support elements 7 are arranged on the closure part 16 in such a way that a first support element 7 is level with the free end 32 of the main link 3 and a second support element 7 are arranged at the free end 21 of the closure part 16.
  • a movement of the contacting arm 2 can thereby be achieved in an improved manner. In particular, this prevents the contact arm 2 from grinding when it is retracted and extended.
  • the contacting arm 2 can be made less rigid, since it is due to the
  • Support element 7 is supported during the movement on the ground.

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Abstract

La présente invention concerne un dispositif de charge (1) pour charger une batterie d'un véhicule automobile, comprenant une unité de plancher (10) destinée à être disposée sur le plancher d'une place de stationnement d'un véhicule automobile, l'unité de plancher (10) présentant un bras de contact (2) à l'extrémité libre (20) duquel est disposé dans le véhicule automobile un dispositif de contact (6) pour contacter une unité de contact complémentaire au dispositif de contact (6), le bras de contact (2) présentant un élément d'articulation (3) pouvant pivoter autour d'un axe de pivotement vertical (30).
EP20731853.6A 2019-06-07 2020-06-08 Dispositif de charge pour charger une batterie d'un véhicule automobile Pending EP3980293A1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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DE102019115601.7A DE102019115601A1 (de) 2019-06-07 2019-06-07 Ladevorrichtung zum Laden einer Batterie eines Kraftfahrzeugs
PCT/EP2020/065859 WO2020245465A1 (fr) 2019-06-07 2020-06-08 Dispositif de charge pour charger une batterie d'un véhicule automobile

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