CN116834700A - Automatic charging and power changing equipment and method for light truck - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to an automatic charging and swapping equipment and a battery swapping method for a light truck, and relates to the field of automation equipment. It includes a battery swapping area, battery storage and charging warehouses respectively located on both sides of the battery swapping area, and a battery storage and charging library located in the battery swapping area. RGV for transporting batteries. The invention provides a device for centralized charging of automobile light truck batteries and for battery replacement of light trucks.

Description

Automatic charging and swapping equipment for light trucks and battery swapping method

Technical field

The present invention relates to an automatic charging and replacing equipment for a light truck, and in particular, to an automated equipment and a power replacing method applied to the automatic charging and replacing of a light truck battery.

Background technique

With the continuous improvement of environmental awareness and the continuous development of new energy technologies, electric vehicles are becoming more and more popular. Among them, the electrification of light trucks is one of the important areas. However, the process of battery charging and battery replacement still relies on manual operations, which has problems such as low efficiency, cumbersome operations, and potential safety hazards. Therefore, the development and application of automation equipment has become an important way to solve these problems.

Contents of the invention

The object of the present invention is to provide a device for centralized charging of automobile light truck batteries and for replacing the batteries of light trucks.

In order to achieve the above object, the technical solution of the present invention provides an automatic charging and swapping equipment for a light truck, which includes a battery swapping area, battery storage and charging warehouses respectively located on both sides of the battery swapping area, and a battery storage and charging library located on both sides of the battery swapping area. RGV within the area and used to transport batteries.

Preferably, the battery storage and charging warehouse is provided with a liftable vehicle, a lifting assembly for driving the lifting vehicle, and a fork that is provided on the lifting vehicle and can be extended or retracted.

Preferably, the lifting assembly includes a lifting motor located at the middle position of the top of the battery storage and charging warehouse, upper sprocket boxes located on both sides of the top of the battery storage and charging warehouse, and a transmission motor located at the top of the battery storage and charging warehouse. The drive shaft connecting the lifting motor and the upper sprocket box, the lower sprocket boxes located on both sides of the bottom of the battery storage and charging library, and the lower sprocket boxes located on both sides of the battery storage and charging library and connected to the upper chain The lifting chain of the wheel box and the lower sprocket box, and the two ends of the lifting vehicle are respectively connected to the lifting chains on both sides of the battery storage and charging warehouse.

Preferably, the battery storage and charging warehouse is provided with a visual system for identifying the battery status.

Preferably, the RGV is provided with a lifting mechanism and a rotating mechanism.

Preferably, two lifting chains are provided on both sides of the battery storage and charging warehouse.

Preferably, the battery storage and charging warehouse is provided with a warehouse transfer position and a storage position.

Preferably, the battery replacement process includes:

The RGVs located on the left and right sides respectively move under the battery of the vehicle and remove the battery; the RGV maintains the initial state of removing the battery, and the RGV moves under the visual system, so The vision system records the initial state of the battery when it is removed from the car; the RGV adjusts the battery state so that the pin holes on the battery adapt to the hole positions on the battery storage and charging library; the RGV moves to Above the indexing position in the warehouse, the RGV lowers the battery and sends the battery into the battery storage and charging warehouse for indexing; the RGV exits the battery storage and charging warehouse, and the battery The lifting motor of the storage charging warehouse moves, the lifting vehicle descends, and reaches the warehouse for transposition. The cargo fork extends forward, and the lifting motor moves to drive the lifting vehicle, the cargo fork, and the battery. Rising; after the battery is separated from the indexing pin in the warehouse, the fork retracts to the lift truck, and the lifting motor moves; the lift truck moves to the designated charging position, and the fork extends forward to Above the designated position, the lift vehicle descends, and the battery is automatically charged after being placed in the designated charging position;

The cargo fork retracts, the lift truck moves to the storage position where the battery has been filled, the cargo fork reaches forward and reaches the position, the lift truck rises, and the battery leaves the storage position; the cargo fork retracts Back, the lift truck descends to the warehouse for indexing, and the cargo fork reaches forward above the warehouse for indexing. The lift truck descends, replaces the battery, and transfers to the warehouse. The cargo fork Retract, the lifting vehicle resets and rises; the RGV moves to the lower position of the warehouse, and the RGV jacking mechanism acts to lift the battery out of the warehouse; the RGV moves to the visual position Below the system, the battery status is calibrated, and the RGV rotating mechanism moves. After adjusting the battery status to be consistent with the car's separation status, it runs to the bottom of the car, and the jacking mechanism descends. After the battery and the pin hole of the car are positioned well, the lock Tighten the battery.

To sum up, the present invention includes the following beneficial technical effects:

The invention is conducive to centralized charging of multiple automobile light truck batteries and the ability to turn over the light truck to replace the batteries.

Description of the drawings

Figure 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an automatic charging and swapping device for a light truck according to the present invention;

Figure 2 is a schematic front structural view of a battery storage and charging library in a light truck automatic charging and swapping device according to the present invention;

Figure 3 is a schematic side structural diagram of a battery storage and charging library in a light truck automatic charging and swapping device according to the present invention;

Figure 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a top view of a battery storage and charging library in a light truck automatic charging and swapping device according to the present invention;

Figure 5 is a schematic front structural view of a lift vehicle in a light truck automatic charging and swapping equipment according to the present invention;

Figure 6 is a schematic side structural view of a lift vehicle in a light truck automatic charging and swapping equipment according to the present invention;

Figure 7 is a schematic top view of the structure of a lift vehicle in a light truck automatic charging and swapping equipment according to the present invention.

Reference signs: 11. Left battery storage and charging warehouse; 12. Right battery storage and charging warehouse; 2. RGV; 21. Left RGV; 22. Right RGV; 31. Left vision; 32. Right vision; 4. Vehicle; 41. Left battery; 42. Right battery; 5. Warehouse; 51. Lifting motor; 52. Upper sprocket box; 53. Lower sprocket box; 54. Lifting chain; 55. Inventory position; 56. Battery; 57. Warehouse column; 58. Transfer in warehouse; 61. Lift truck; 62. Forks.

Detailed ways

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some of the embodiments of the present invention, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts fall within the scope of protection of the present invention.

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a light truck automatic charging and swapping equipment and a battery swapping method, which include a battery swapping area, battery storage and charging warehouses respectively located on both sides of the battery swapping area, and a battery storage and charging warehouse located in the battery swapping area and used to transport batteries 56 RGV2; the warehouse has transfer position 58 and inventory position 55. The battery storage and charging warehouse is also equipped with a visual system for identifying the status of the battery 56; RGV2 is equipped with a lifting mechanism and a rotating mechanism.

The battery storage and charging warehouse is equipped with a liftable car, a lifting assembly for driving the lift car, and a fork that is mounted on the lift car and can be extended or retracted. The lifting assembly includes a lifting motor 51 located in the middle of the top of the battery storage and charging warehouse, upper sprocket boxes 52 located on both sides of the top of the battery 56 storage warehouse, and a lifting motor 51 and the upper sprocket wheel that are located on the top of the battery storage and charging warehouse and are drivingly connected. The drive shaft of the box 52, the lower sprocket box 53 located on both sides of the bottom of the battery storage and charging library, and the lifting chain 54 located on both sides of the battery storage and charging library and connected to the upper sprocket box 52 and the lower sprocket box 53, lift. Both ends of the vehicle are respectively connected to the lifting chains 54 on both sides of the battery storage and charging warehouse. Two lifting chains 54 are provided on both sides of the battery storage and charging warehouse.

When the battery 56 of the light truck needs to be replaced, as shown in Figure 1:

Vehicle 4 drives into the battery swap area of the battery swap station. The driver manually releases the battery 56 locking device and clicks on the car battery swap on the station control system screen. The left RGV21 and right RGV22 respectively located on the left and right sides move to the bottom of the battery 56 of vehicle 4 and take out the battery 56. Remove the car battery 56, and RGV2 maintains the initial state of removing the battery 56. RGV2 moves to the bottom of the visual system. After the visual system records the initial state of the battery 56 when it is removed from the car, the RGV adjusts the state of the battery 56 so that the pins on the battery 56 The hole adapts to the hole position on the battery storage and charging warehouse, RGV2 moves to the top of the warehouse transfer position 58, RGV2 lowers the battery 56, and sends the battery 56 to the warehouse transfer position 58 in the battery storage and charging warehouse.

RGV2 exits the battery storage and charging warehouse, the lifting motor 51 of the battery storage and charging warehouse moves, the lift truck descends, and reaches the warehouse transfer position 58, the fork extends forward, the lifting motor 51 moves, driving the lift truck, cargo fork and battery 56 to rise, and the battery 56 After breaking away from the positioning pin 58 in the warehouse, the fork retracts to the lift truck, the lifting motor 51 moves, the lift truck moves to the designated charging position, the fork reaches the designated top, the lift truck descends, and the battery 56 is placed in the designated charging position Then charge automatically.

The fork retracts, the lift truck moves to the storage position 55 where the battery 56 is fully charged, the fork reaches forward, the lift truck rises, the battery 56 leaves the storage position, the fork retracts, the lift truck descends to the warehouse and transfers to position 58, the fork Extend forward to the top of the warehouse transfer position 58, the lift truck descends, put the replacement battery 56 into the warehouse transfer position 58, the cargo fork retracts, and the lift truck resets and rises.

RGV2 moves to the bottom of the warehouse transfer position 58, and the RGV2 jacking mechanism moves to lift the battery 56 out of the warehouse transfer position 58. RGV2 moves to the bottom of the vision system to check the battery 56 status, and the RGV2 rotating mechanism moves to adjust the battery 56 status and the car separation status. After matching, run to the bottom of the car, the jacking mechanism descends, and after the battery 56 and the pin hole of the car are positioned, the driver manually locks the battery 56, and the entire charging and swapping process is completed.

Finally, it should be noted that the above are only preferred embodiments of the present invention and are not intended to limit the present invention. Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, for those skilled in the art, it is still The technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may be modified, or equivalent substitutions may be made to some of the technical features. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. within the spirit and principles of the present invention shall include within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (8)

1. An automatic charging and swapping equipment for a light truck, characterized in that it includes a battery swapping area, battery storage and charging warehouses respectively located on both sides of the battery swapping area, and a battery storage and charging warehouse located in the battery swapping area and used for transporting batteries ( RGV(2) of 56). 2. A light truck automatic charging and swapping equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that the battery storage and charging warehouse is provided with a lifting vehicle (61) for driving the lifting of the lifting vehicle (61). assembly, and a fork (62) provided on the lift vehicle (61) and capable of extending or retracting. 3. A light truck automatic charging and swapping equipment according to claim 2, characterized in that the lifting assembly includes a lifting motor (51) located at the middle position of the top of the battery storage and charging warehouse, (56) The upper sprocket boxes (52) on both sides of the top of the storage warehouse, the transmission shaft located on the top of the battery storage and charging warehouse and drivingly connecting the lifting motor (51) and the upper sprocket box (52), Lower sprocket boxes (53) are provided on both sides of the bottom of the battery storage and charging library, and are located on both sides of the battery storage and charging library and connect the upper sprocket box (52) and the lower sprocket box (52). 53), the two ends of the lifting vehicle (61) are respectively connected to the lifting chains (54) on both sides of the battery storage and charging warehouse. 4. An automatic charging and swapping device for a light truck according to claim 3, characterized in that the battery storage and charging warehouse is provided with a visual system for identifying the status of the battery (56). 5. A light truck automatic charging and swapping equipment according to claim 4, characterized in that the RGV (2) is provided with a lifting mechanism and a rotating mechanism. 6. The automatic charging and swapping equipment for a light truck according to claim 5, characterized in that two lifting chains (54) are provided on both sides of the battery storage and charging warehouse. 7. A light truck automatic charging and swapping equipment according to claim 6, characterized in that the battery storage and charging warehouse is provided with an indexing position (58) and a storage position (55) in the warehouse. 8. A battery swapping method for light truck automatic charging and swapping equipment according to claim 7, characterized in that the battery (56) battery swapping process includes: The RGV (2) located on the left and right sides respectively move to the bottom of the battery (56) of the vehicle (4) and remove the battery (56); the RGV (2) keeps the battery (56) removed. The RGV (2) moves to the bottom of the vision system, and the vision system records the initial state of the battery (56) when it is removed from the car; the RGV (2) adjusts the battery (56) state, so that the pin holes on the battery (56) adapt to the hole positions on the battery storage and charging warehouse; the RGV (2) moves to the top of the indexing position (58) in the warehouse, and the RGV (2) Lower the battery (56) and send the battery (56) into the warehouse in the battery storage and charging warehouse for positioning (58); the RGV (2) exits the battery storage and charging warehouse , the lifting motor (51) of the battery storage and charging warehouse moves, the lifting vehicle (61) descends, and reaches the indexing position (58) in the warehouse, the cargo fork (62) extends forward, and the lifting motor (51) moves to drive the lifting vehicle (61), the fork (62) and the battery (56) to rise; after the battery (56) is separated from the positioning pin of the indexing (58) in the warehouse, the The cargo fork (62) retracts to the lift truck (61), and the lifting motor (51) moves; the lift truck (61) moves to the designated charging position, and the cargo fork (62) extends forward to the designated charging position. Above the position, the lift vehicle (61) descends, and the battery (56) is automatically charged after being placed in the designated charging position; The cargo fork (62) retracts, the lifting vehicle (61) moves to the storage position (55) where the battery (56) has been filled, the cargo fork (62) extends forward into place, and the lifting vehicle (61) moves to the storage position (55) where the battery (56) has been filled. The truck (61) rises, and the battery (56) leaves the storage position; the cargo fork (62) retracts, and the lift truck (61) descends to the warehouse for transfer (58). The cargo fork (62) ) extends forward to above the warehouse transfer position (58), the lift truck (61) descends, replaces the battery (56) to the warehouse transfer position (58), and the fork (62) retracts , the lifting vehicle (61) resets and rises; the RGV (2) moves to below the indexing position (58) in the warehouse, and the lifting mechanism of the RGV (2) acts to lift the battery (56) away from the place. Index (58) in the warehouse; the RGV (2) moves to the bottom of the vision system to calibrate the battery (56) status, and the RGV (2) rotating mechanism moves to adjust the battery (56) status and After the car is in the same detachment state, it runs under the car, and the jacking mechanism descends. After the battery (56) is positioned with the pin hole of the car, the battery (56) is locked.