Multi-purpose battery replacing station battery shelf

Abstract

The invention belongs to the technical field of battery shelves, and particularly relates to a multipurpose battery replacing station battery shelf, a shuttling type shelf comprises two transverse shelves and a vertical shelf, a battery lifting device is installed on the sides, away from the vertical shelf, of the two transverse shelves, and a charging device is installed at the front end of the vertical shelf; the vertical storage rack is provided with a front-back movement mechanism matched with the transverse shuttle vehicle, the upper end of the transverse storage rack is fixedly provided with a plurality of placing blocks in a front-back symmetry mode, and the plurality of placing blocks are matched with the transverse shuttle vehicle. And the uncharged batteries and the charged batteries are separately stored, so that centralized management of the batteries in different states is facilitated, and meanwhile, the batteries are collected and taken from different directions, so that the whole operation is quicker and more orderly.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention belongs to the technical field of battery racks, and particularly relates to a multi-functional battery rack for a battery swapping station. Background Art

[0002] A battery swapping station is an energy station that provides charging for the power batteries of electric vehicles and rapid replacement of power batteries. When the power battery is charged, the battery is not loaded on the vehicle, but is charged on the charging rack. The rapid replacement method of the power battery means that after the vehicle enters the charging station, the power battery of the vehicle is removed through a rapid replacement device and immediately replaced with another set of power batteries. Simply put, it is the separation of the vehicle and the battery. The charging of the power battery is completed on the battery rack.

[0003] In the existing battery racks, the batteries being charged and the fully charged batteries are placed in the same position, that is, the fully charged batteries are directly placed in the charging position. As a result, when retrieving the batteries later, it is necessary to search around for the fully charged batteries, which is not convenient for querying and also not convenient for retrieval. This will cause chaos in transporting the batteries and affect the overall management. Therefore, it needs to be improved. Summary of the Invention

[0004] The purpose of the present invention is to provide a multi-functional battery rack for a battery swapping station to solve the problems existing in the background art.

[0005] To achieve the above technical purpose, the technical solution adopted by the present invention is as follows: A multi-functional battery rack for a battery swapping station includes a shuttle rack and a horizontal shuttle vehicle that moves horizontally on the shuttle rack. A battery lifting device is installed at one end of the shuttle rack. The shuttle rack includes two horizontal racks and a vertical rack. The battery lifting device is installed on the side of the two horizontal racks away from the vertical rack. The two horizontal racks and the vertical rack are jointly provided with a battery swapping mechanism. The battery swapping mechanism includes a horizontal shuttle vehicle. The horizontal shuttle vehicle is slidably installed on the upper part of the horizontal rack. The battery lifting device is connected to the horizontal shuttle vehicle; A charging device is installed at the front end of the vertical rack. The vertical rack is installed with a front-back movement mechanism that matches the horizontal shuttle vehicle. A number of placement blocks are symmetrically fixed to the front and back of the upper end of the horizontal rack. The number of placement blocks matches the horizontal shuttle vehicle.

[0006] The front-back movement mechanism includes a mounting table slidably installed on the vertical rack. The mounting table is fixedly installed with two placement plates. The two placement plates are slidably connected to the other side of the vertical rack. A driving component is installed between the inside of the mounting table and the vertical rack. A battery limiting component is installed at the upper end of the mounting table.

[0007] The battery limiting assembly includes a vertical plate, which is installed on a placement plate away from the charging device. Two limiting rods are slidably connected inside the vertical plate. The two limiting rods are fixedly connected to a pushing member matching the charging device. The pushing member includes a horizontal plate and two symmetrically arranged inclined plates. A telescopic cylinder connected to the horizontal plate is fixedly installed on the side of the vertical plate away from the horizontal plate.

[0008] The driving assembly includes a driving motor installed inside the mounting platform, the output end of the driving motor is drivingly connected to a driving gear rotatably installed with the mounting platform, and a gear groove matching the driving gear is opened inside the vertical shelf.

[0009] The transverse plate and the two inclined plates are provided with interconnected ventilation grooves, the transverse plate and the two inclined plates are provided with heat dissipation holes connected to the ventilation grooves on the side facing the charging device, and a blowing assembly connected to the ventilation grooves is installed on the rear side of the transverse plate.

[0010] The transverse shelves and the vertical shelves are evenly provided with a plurality of battery-changing mechanisms in the longitudinal direction, and the battery lifting device is matched with the plurality of battery-changing mechanisms.

[0011] The charging device includes a charging box, a protection box is fixedly installed at the front end of the vertical shelf, a sliding plate is slidably installed inside the protection box, the charging box is installed at one end of the sliding plate, and an electric telescopic rod transmission-connected to the sliding plate is installed at the other end of the protection box.

[0012] The present invention transports, charges and stores batteries in a battery swap station through U-shaped dead batteries, vertical charging batteries and powered batteries, and stores dead batteries and charged batteries separately, which is conducive to centralized management of batteries in different states. At the same time, the batteries can be collected and taken from different positions, making the entire operation faster and more orderly. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0013] The present invention is further illustrated by means of the non-limiting examples given in the accompanying drawings.

[0014] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of a multi-purpose battery rack for a battery swap station according to the present invention; Figure 2 This is a schematic cross-sectional structure diagram of a multi-purpose battery rack for a battery swap station according to the present invention; Figure 3 for Figure 2 A schematic diagram of the enlarged structure at A in the middle; Figure 4 This is a schematic structural diagram of a forward and backward motion mechanism in a multi-purpose battery rack of a battery swap station according to the present invention.

[0015] The main component symbols are described as follows: Shuttle rack 1, horizontal shuttle vehicle 11, battery lifting device 12, horizontal rack 13, vertical rack 14, placing block 15, installation platform 20, placing plate 21, vertical plate 22, limiting rod 23, horizontal plate 24, inclined plate 25, telescopic cylinder 26, driving motor 27, driving gear 28, gear groove 29, ventilation groove 30, heat dissipation hole 31, blowing component 32, charging box 33, protection box 34, sliding plate 35, electric telescopic rod 36. Specific implementation manner

[0016] In order to enable those skilled in the art to better understand the present invention, the technical solution of the present invention will be further described below in conjunction with the drawings and embodiments.

[0017] Example 1: As Figures 1-4 shown, a multi-purpose battery rack for a battery swapping station of the present invention includes a shuttle rack 1 and a horizontal shuttle vehicle 11 that moves horizontally on the shuttle rack 1. A battery lifting device 12 is installed at one end of the shuttle rack 1. The shuttle rack 1 includes two horizontal racks 13 and a vertical rack 14. The battery lifting device is installed on the side of the two horizontal racks 13 away from the vertical rack 14. A battery swapping mechanism is jointly provided by the two horizontal racks 13 and the vertical rack 14. The battery swapping mechanism includes a horizontal shuttle vehicle 11. The horizontal shuttle vehicle 11 is slidably installed on the upper part of the horizontal rack 13. The battery lifting device is connected to the horizontal shuttle vehicle 11; A charging device is installed at the front end of the vertical rack 14. The vertical rack 14 is installed with a front-back movement mechanism that matches the horizontal shuttle vehicle 11. A number of placing blocks 15 are symmetrically fixed and installed at the front and back of the upper end of the horizontal rack 13. The number of placing blocks 15 matches the horizontal shuttle vehicle 11.

[0018] All electrical components inside the shuttle rack 1 can be synchronously controlled by a controller, and at the same time, it can detect the charging status of the battery by the charging device. Sensors are installed at the upper ends of the placing block 15 and the placing plate 21, which can monitor the empty space for placing the battery in the shuttle rack 1. Furthermore, it can control the battery lifting device 12 to transfer the battery to the empty inside of the rack for temporary storage or charging; the two horizontal racks 13 can be divided into a power-off rack and a powered-on rack. The rack that is horizontally connected to the charging device is the power-off rack; The battery lifting device 12 is a lifting device for a shelf tray in the prior art, which can place the tray on the upper end of the output end. Then, the output end extends into the position where it needs to be placed. By driving the lifting device to move downward, the output end is disengaged from the abutment with the tray, and then the tray is placed at the destination. Finally, the output end is retracted to the initial state.

[0019] The horizontal shuttle 11 is a prior art. The horizontal shuttle 11 can move horizontally inside the shelf. At the same time, a lifting member that can move up and down is installed on its upper end, so that the pallet is placed on the upper end of the lifting member. Then, the lifting member drives the pallet to move upward and then detach from the placement point of the shelf and move horizontally until it reaches the designated placement point. After that, the lifting member is placed on the placement point and detaches from the pallet. In this way, the pallet can be transported by shuttling horizontally inside the shelf.

[0020] When the dead battery is placed on the upper end of the pallet, it is transported from the front side to the upper end of the battery lifting device 12 by an external transport tool, so that the pallet and the dead battery are located inside the battery lifting device 12, so that the battery can be moved upward by the battery lifting device 12, and the controller identifies the idle charging device in the dead battery shelf at this time, and then the dead battery is lifted to the height of the charging device through the battery lifting device 12, so that the horizontal shuttle 11 in the dead battery shelf moves to the connection with the battery lifting device 12, and the pallet and the dead battery are placed by the fork of the battery lifting device 12. The pallet is placed on the upper end of the transverse shuttle 11, and at this time, the pallet is higher than the placement block 15 when the transverse shuttle 11 is in the working state, so that the transverse shuttle 11 will not be affected by the placement block 15 when it moves horizontally, and the front-rear movement mechanism is driven to be located on one side of the charging device before the transverse shuttle 11 moves to the vertical shelf 14, so that when the transverse shuttle 11 moves, it can match the front-rear movement mechanism, thereby shrinking the output end of the transverse shuttle 11, placing the pallet and the dead battery on the front-rear movement mechanism, and then matching the charging device with the dead battery to charge it; If all the charging devices are in working state, the pallet and the dead battery can be placed on the upper end of the placement block 15 for temporary storage by the transverse shuttle 11 in the dead shelf. After the battery at the charging position is fully charged, it is moved to the rear transverse shelf 13, that is, to the charged shelf, by the front-back movement mechanism. The pallet and the charged battery are taken off from the front-back movement mechanism by the transverse shuttle 11 of the charged shelf and moved to the side close to the battery lifting device 12, and then placed on the upper end of the nearest placement block 15. In this way, the fully charged battery is placed in the charged shelf for temporary storage, which is convenient for the battery lifting device 12 of the charged shelf to take it. Finally, the external transport tool forks the pallet and the charged battery from the upper end of the battery lifting device 12 of the charged shelf and moves backward to the next position. After the battery at the upper end of the closest placement block 15 is extracted by the battery lifting device 12 of the charged shelf, the subsequent fully charged batteries are moved forward one by one. The present invention transports, charges and stores batteries in a battery swap station through U-shaped dead batteries, vertical charging batteries and powered batteries, and stores dead batteries and charged batteries separately, which is conducive to centralized management of batteries in different states. At the same time, the batteries can be collected and taken from different positions, making the entire operation faster and more orderly.

[0021] The front-to-back movement mechanism includes a mounting platform 20 slidably mounted with the vertical shelf 14. Two placement plates 21 are fixedly mounted on the mounting platform 20. The two placement plates 21 are slidably connected to the other side of the vertical shelf 14. A driving assembly is installed between the inside of the mounting platform 20 and the vertical shelf 14. A battery limit assembly is installed on the upper end of the mounting platform 20.

[0022] When waiting for the dead batteries, the mounting table 20 is located on one side of the dead battery shelf, so that the two placement plates 21 are located on both sides of the horizontal shuttle 11, and the tray and the dead battery are inserted into the two placement plates 21 by the horizontal shuttle 11; after the tray is placed inside the two placement plates 21, it is placed on the upper ends of the two placement plates 21, and then the battery limiting component is driven to limit the battery to match the charging device and the charging device is started to charge it. After charging, the mounting table 20 and the placement plate 21 are driven by the driving component to move toward the charged shelf, and after the tray and the charged battery are removed, the driving component is used to move them to a position matching the charging device.

[0023] Embodiment 2: Further improvement is made on the basis of Embodiment 1, the battery limiting assembly includes a vertical plate 22, the vertical plate 22 is installed on a placement plate 21 away from the charging device, two limiting rods 23 are slidably connected inside the vertical plate 22, the two limiting rods 23 are commonly fixedly connected with a pushing member matching the charging device, the pushing member includes a horizontal plate 24 and two symmetrically arranged inclined plates 25, and a telescopic cylinder 26 transmission-connected to the horizontal plate 24 is fixedly installed on the side of the vertical plate 22 away from the horizontal plate 24.

[0024] In the initial state, the horizontal plate 24 and the inclined plate 25 are located inside the vertical plate 22, which facilitates the placement of the pallet. When the pallet and the uncharged battery are placed on the upper end of the placement plate 21, the telescopic cylinder 26 is started to work, so that its output end drives the horizontal plate 24 and the inclined plate 25 to move toward the battery, and then the battery is pushed by the inclined plate 25 and the horizontal plate 24 to approach and abut the charging device, so that the charging device can contact the battery for charging, and the battery is fixed and limited by the inclined plate 25 to avoid poor contact of the charging device caused by shaking of the shelf.

[0025] When release is needed, the telescopic cylinder 26 is driven to move backward.

[0026] The driving component includes a driving motor 27 installed inside the mounting table 20. The output end of the driving motor 27 is drivingly connected to a driving gear 28 rotatably installed on the mounting table 20. A gear groove 29 matching the driving gear 28 is formed inside the vertical shelf 14.

[0027] When the driving motor 27 works, it drives the driving gear 28 to rotate, and then makes it move forward and backward through the engagement of the gear groove 29. When the driving motor 27 stops working, the driving gear 28 is locked, thereby locking the front-back movement mechanism.

[0028] Ventilation grooves 30 communicating with each other are formed inside the transverse plate 24 and the two inclined plates 25. Heat dissipation holes 31 communicating with the ventilation grooves 30 are formed on the side of the transverse plate 24 and the two inclined plates 25 facing the charging device. A blowing component 32 communicating with the ventilation grooves 30 is installed at the rear side of the transverse plate 24.

[0029] During use, the blowing component 32 is driven to blow air into the ventilation grooves 30, so that the heat dissipation air is discharged from the heat dissipation holes 31 and acts on the periphery of the charging battery for cooling treatment, avoiding accidents caused by high temperature during charging.

[0030] A number of battery swapping mechanisms are longitudinally and uniformly arranged on the transverse shelf 13 and the vertical shelf 14. The battery lifting device is matched with the number of battery swapping mechanisms.

[0031] The charging device includes a charging box 33. A protection box 34 is fixedly installed at the front end of the vertical shelf 14. A sliding plate 35 is slidably installed inside the protection box 34 in the front-back direction. The charging box 33 is installed at one end of the sliding plate 35. An electric telescopic rod 36 drivingly connected to the sliding plate 35 is installed at the other end of the protection box 34.

[0032] During charging, after the battery limiting component drives the battery to abut against the protection box 34, the sliding plate 35 and the charging box 33 are pushed out by the electric telescopic rod 36 to abut against the battery. Thus, when not charging, the charging box 33 is located inside the protection box 34 to play a protective role.

[0033] The above embodiments are only used to exemplarily illustrate the principles and effects of the present invention, rather than to limit the present invention. Any person familiar with this technology can modify or change the above embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, all equivalent modifications or changes made by those with ordinary knowledge in the technical field without departing from the spirit and technical idea disclosed by the present invention should still be covered by the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. A multi-purpose battery storage rack for a battery swapping station, comprising a shuttle rack and a horizontal shuttle vehicle that moves horizontally on the shuttle rack, wherein a battery lifting device is installed at one end of the shuttle rack, and it is characterized in that: The shuttle rack includes two transverse racks and one vertical rack, the battery lifting device is installed on the side of the two transverse racks away from the vertical rack, the two transverse racks and the vertical rack are jointly provided with a battery replacement mechanism, the battery replacement mechanism includes a transverse shuttle vehicle, the transverse shuttle vehicle is slidably installed on the upper part of the transverse rack, and the battery lifting device is connected to the transverse shuttle vehicle; A charging device is installed at the front end of the vertical shelf, and a front-rear motion mechanism matching the horizontal shuttle is installed on the vertical shelf. A plurality of placement blocks are symmetrically fixedly installed on the upper end of the horizontal shelf, and the plurality of placement blocks match the horizontal shuttle.

2. The multi-purpose battery rack of an exchange station according to claim 1, characterized in that: The forward and backward movement mechanism includes a mounting platform slidably mounted with the vertical shelf, the mounting platform is fixedly mounted with two placement plates, the two placement plates are slidably connected with the other side of the vertical shelf, a driving assembly is installed between the inside of the mounting platform and the vertical shelf, and a battery limit assembly is installed at the upper end of the mounting platform.

3. The multi-purpose battery rack of an exchange substation according to claim 2, characterized in that: The battery limiting assembly includes a vertical plate, which is installed on a placement plate away from the charging device. Two limiting rods are slidably connected inside the vertical plate. The two limiting rods are fixedly connected to a pushing member matching the charging device. The pushing member includes a horizontal plate and two symmetrically arranged inclined plates. A telescopic cylinder connected to the horizontal plate is fixedly installed on the side of the vertical plate away from the horizontal plate.

4. The multi-purpose battery storage rack for battery swapping stations according to claim 2, wherein: The driving assembly includes a driving motor installed inside the mounting platform, the output end of the driving motor is drivingly connected to a driving gear rotatably installed with the mounting platform, and a gear groove matching the driving gear is opened inside the vertical shelf.

5. The multi-purpose battery storage rack for a battery swapping station according to claim 3, wherein: The transverse plate and the two inclined plates are provided with interconnected ventilation grooves, the transverse plate and the two inclined plates are provided with heat dissipation holes connected to the ventilation grooves on the side facing the charging device, and a blowing assembly connected to the ventilation grooves is installed on the rear side of the transverse plate.

6. The multi-purpose battery rack of a battery swapping station according to claim 1, characterized in that: The transverse shelves and the vertical shelves are evenly provided with a plurality of battery-changing mechanisms in the longitudinal direction, and the battery lifting device is matched with the plurality of battery-changing mechanisms.

7. A multi-purpose battery storage rack for a battery swapping station according to claim 3, characterized in that: The charging device includes a charging box, a protection box is fixedly installed at the front end of the vertical shelf, a sliding plate is slidably installed inside the protection box, the charging box is installed at one end of the sliding plate, and an electric telescopic rod transmission-connected to the sliding plate is installed at the other end of the protection box.

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