ES1240684U - AUTOMATIC ELECTRICAL CHARGE EQUIPMENT FOR VEHICLES IN ROBOTIZED PARKING (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Automatic electric charging equipment for vehicles in robotic car parks, car parks in which a vehicle reception area is established, as well as a series of robotic means for storing said vehicles in different spaces (8), characterized in that it is constituted from three interrelated elements: - A terminal (2), available in the vehicle reception area, equipped with means for attaching it to the vehicle's hood, with a retractable cable (6) associated with a specific charging connector for the vehicle in question, terminal (2) which includes a universal connector on its front face. - A three-axis positioning mechanism (4) using sensors for a universal connector (3) that can be plugged into the terminal connector (2), implantable in the automated reception space (8) of the vehicle. - A charging module (7), associated with the universal connector (3) of the three-axis positioning mechanism (4). (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

DESCRIPTION

Automatic electric charging equipment for vehicles in robotic car parks.

SECTOR OF THE TECHNIQUE

The present invention relates to an automatic electric charging equipment for vehicles in robotic car parks, with its own program of space management.

The object of the invention is to provide equipment that can be easily implanted in any robotic car park, in order to optimize the operation of the car park, regardless of the type or model of electric vehicle in question, and the specific point in which it is located. its charging connector.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

In the practical scope of the invention, robotic car parks are known, in which a storage silo of single or multi-level vehicles is defined in which three distinct zones are established, a vehicle transfer zones, a zone of maneuvering of vehicles with one or several industrial elevators and a robot distributor of vehicles to the different places.

Although these types of installations have hardly any limitations when it comes to vehicles with an internal combustion engine, when it comes to electric vehicles, the lack of standardization of connectors and their position on the body of the vehicle makes it impossible to recharge Electric vehicle batteries can be carried out automatically within the places provided for in the installation.

EXPLANATION OF THE INVENTION

The automatic electric charging equipment for vehicles in robotic car parks that is recommended solves in a fully satisfactory way the problem described above, based on a simple but extremely effective solution.

For this, and more specifically, the equipment of the invention is constituted from three elements that are related to each other:

• A terminal that adapts to the user's electric vehicle.

• A mechanism that is integrated into the squares destined to receive electric vehicles.

• A conventional load module associated with the previous mechanism.

From these elements, at the entrance or transfer area of the parking lot, the vehicle in question will be detected, previously registered in the parking database and, consequently, the vehicle model and type of connector that you need will be identified, facilitating the specific terminal, materialized in a housing with magnets, for the user to position it on the hood of his vehicle, housing in which an extensible cable is integrated with the appropriate connector to the vehicle in question, which the user must connect in said vehicle reception area, a cable that will be connected to a standard connector established on the front face of said terminal housing.

From here, the process of collection and loading of the vehicle will be fully automated, so that through the robotic means of movement and distribution of the vehicles provided for in the installation, the vehicle will be transported in a fully automated way to the square that It has been assigned, a place in which the second element that participates in the invention is established, a mechanism materialized in a three-axis Cartesian positioning system for a standard connector, complementary to the connector provided on the front face of the terminal implanted on the bonnet of the vehicle, and associated with a conventional charging station.

In a first stage the two main axes will act, perpendicular to the plane of the car to detect through the corresponding sensors the load terminal, by means of successive sweeps to detect the terminal. Subsequently, the third axis will act to connect the vehicle terminal to the general charger. When the plug-in arm detects the connection, the system starts charging.

To optimize the installation, and since it is fully automated, it is planned that once the vehicle load is completed, the seat management system will position it in a conventional space that is free, thus allowing to receive a new vehicle pending load .

In this way, parking resources are optimized, without having to customize spaces for different vehicle models and position of its recharge connector, in addition to carrying out the entire process in a fully automated way once the vehicle leaves the reception area of the same.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

To complement the description that will then be made and in order to help a better understanding of the features of the invention, according to a preferred example of practical implementation thereof, a set of drawings is attached as an integral part of said description. where, for illustrative and non-limiting purposes, the following has been represented:

Figure 1.- Shows a perspective view of a vehicle on whose hood the terminal that participates in an automatic electric charging equipment for vehicles in robotic car parks implemented in accordance with the object of the present invention is implemented, terminal that would be applied in the reception area of the robotic parking vehicles.

Figure 2.- Shows a side perspective view in which the vehicle has been transported in a fully automated way to a loading position, being able to observe how in said loading area a three-axis positioning mechanism is established for a plug-in connector to the terminal shown in figure 1, and associated to the corresponding electric charge module.

Figure 3.- Shows a perspective view of the three-axis positioning mechanism for the universal connector provided in the receiving position of the vehicle to be loaded.

Figure 4.- Finally shows a perspective view of the assembly of figure 2.

PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

In view of the figures outlined, it can be seen how the equipment of the invention is provided for electric charging of vehicles (1) in a robotic car park, which is not the subject of the present invention, and in which an area is established of reception of vehicles, as well as a series of robotic means for storing said vehicles in different places (8).

Well, the team of the invention consists of three interrelated elements:

• A terminal (2), which will be supplied in the reception area of the vehicles.

• A three-axis positioning mechanism (4) for a universal connector (3) pluggable to the terminal (2), implantable in the automated reception area (8) of the vehicle.

• A conventional load module (7), associated with the positioning mechanism.

From this structuring, the user with an electric car will be registered in the parking space management program, so that when identified, he will be recognized to assign a place with electric charging means.

The electric charge can be canceled on the parking control panel once the car has been introduced. If it is not canceled, a light beam type laser light will appear in the car reception area that will facilitate the positioning of the terminal (2) in the car bonnet. The terminal will be made available to the user within the reception area of the car.

The terminal (2) will be anchored by the user, using one or more magnets to the hood of the car. This, in turn, is manually connected to the charging connector (5) of the vehicle (1), through a retractable cable (6).

In the event of charging, the parking management program will put the car on hold to enter the electric charging station (8). In this square, the three-axis Cartesian positioning mechanism (4), shown in detail in Figure 3, will be established anchored to the floor / wall.

This mechanism will have sensors to detect the terminal (2) by means of the displacements of a universal connector (3) destined to be connected in a totally automated way to the terminal (2), and in turn linked to a conventional charging module (7).

As previously mentioned, the two main axes perpendicular to the plane of the car (1) will act in a first stage to detect the load terminal, through successive sweeps.

Once the universal connector (3) is confronted with the complementary universal connector of the terminal (2), the third axis will act to connect both connectors and thus connect the vehicle to the charging module (7). When the plug-in arm detects the connection, the system starts charging.

It only remains to point out finally that to optimize and minimize the number of electric charging equipment in the car park, since it is automated, the parking management system may be relocating already charged vehicles to other conventional parking spaces, and receiving new vehicles to Charge, all fully automated.

Claims (2)

1. - Automatic electric charging equipment for vehicles in robotic car parks, car parks where a vehicle reception area is established, as well as a series of robotic means for storing said vehicles in different places (8), characterized in that It is constituted from three interrelated elements: • A terminal (2), available in the reception area of the vehicles, equipped with fixing means to the hood of the vehicle, with a retractable cable (6) associated with a specific charging connector of the vehicle in question, terminal ( 2) which includes a universal connector on its front face. • A three-axis positioning mechanism (4) by sensors for a universal connector (3) pluggable to the terminal connector (2), implantable in the automated reception area (8) of the vehicle. • A load module (7), associated to the universal connector (3) of the three-axis positioning mechanism (4). 2. -Automatic electric charging equipment for vehicles in robotic car parks, according to claim 1a, characterized in that the means for fixing the terminal (2) to the hood of the electric vehicle to be charged materialize in one or more magnets.