Electric switching device and system for electric ship

By designing an electric ship battery swapping device that includes a battery swapping vehicle bracket, battery fork assembly, and lifting assembly, and combining it with a battery swapping robot, the problems of inflexibility, complex structure, and high cost of existing electric ship battery swapping equipment have been solved, achieving flexible, fast, and low-cost battery swapping operations.

CN223605596UActive Publication Date: 2025-11-28SANDIANSHUI NEW ENERGY TECH (ANHUI) CO LTD
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202520109392.9
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-01-16
Publication Date
2025-11-28
Estimated Expiration
2035-01-16

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Technical Problem

Existing electric ship battery swapping equipment is inflexible, complex in structure, and expensive. It cannot adapt to different ship types or achieve automated battery swapping, and it occupies cabin space.

Method used

An electric ship battery swapping device was designed, which includes a battery swapping vehicle bracket, a battery fork assembly, and a lifting assembly. The lifting assembly drives the battery fork assembly to transfer and replace batteries, and the battery swapping robot is combined to achieve automated operation.

Benefits of technology

It enables flexible and quick battery swapping for electric ships, reduces equipment costs, adapts to the battery swapping needs of different ship models, and reduces the space occupied by the equipment.

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Abstract

The utility model provides a power conversion device and system for an electric ship, relates to the technical field of electric ships, and aims to solve the technical problems of inflexibility, complex structure and high cost of power conversion equipment in the prior art. The battery replacing device comprises a battery replacing vehicle support, a battery fork assembly and a lifting assembly, the battery replacing vehicle support is arranged on one side of the battery replacing vehicle support and slidably connected with the battery replacing vehicle support, the lifting assembly is arranged on the battery replacing vehicle support, one end of the lifting assembly is connected with the battery fork assembly, and the other end of the lifting assembly is connected with the battery replacing vehicle support. The battery replacement device can realize flexible battery replacement of the electric ship.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to electric ship technical field especially is related to a kind of electric ship battery swapping device and system. BACKGROUND

[0002] Traditional ship uses fossil fuel as main energy, emits a lot of pollutants, causes environmental deterioration.Electric ship utilizes electric energy to drive, can effectively reduce carbon emission, reduce the influence to environment.However, the present stage electric ship's cruising range is limited, needs to be supplemented.

[0003] At present, the equipment for electric ship battery swapping has the following defects: first, the battery swapping equipment on electric ship is mostly fixed, and is installed at specific position on ship body, which limits the flexibility of battery swapping equipment, cannot adapt to different ship types and battery swapping needs, and cannot realize automatic battery swapping operation;Second, the existing battery swapping equipment is complex in structure, usually needs large mechanical device to connect and separate, so that the equipment is bulky, occupies cabin space, aggravates ship body crowding, and high-precision mechanical structure and control system also lead to high cost of battery swapping equipment, increase overall operating cost. UTILITY MODEL CONTENTS

[0004] The utility model aims at providing a kind of electric ship battery swapping device and system to alleviate the technical problems of inflexible battery swapping equipment, complex structure and high cost in prior art.

[0005] Firstly, the utility model provides a kind of electric ship battery swapping device, comprising:

[0006] Battery swapping trolley support;

[0007] Battery fork assembly is located at one side of battery swapping trolley support, and is slidably connected with battery swapping trolley support;

[0008] Lifting assembly is located at battery swapping trolley support, and one end of lifting assembly is connected with battery fork assembly, and the other end is connected with battery swapping trolley support.

[0009] Optionally, battery fork assembly includes frame and fork frame, one end of fork frame is connected with one side of frame, and the other end of frame is slidably connected with battery swapping trolley support.

[0010] Optionally, battery fork assembly further includes guide, two guides are respectively located at both sides of frame, and guide is located between frame and battery swapping trolley support.

[0011] Optionally, guide slot is provided on battery swapping trolley support, guide is located in guide slot, and is slidably connected with guide slot.

[0012] Optionally, connecting piece is provided on frame, one end of connecting piece is fixedly connected with bottom surface of frame, and the other end is connected with lifting assembly.

[0013] Optionally, the battery replacing device further comprises a moving assembly and a power supply assembly, the moving assembly is located at the bottom surface of the battery replacing vehicle support, and the power supply assembly is arranged on the battery replacing vehicle support, and the output end of the power supply assembly is connected with the moving assembly.

[0014] Optionally, the battery replacing device further comprises a handle, and the handle is arranged at one end of the battery replacing vehicle support away from the battery fork assembly.

[0015] Optionally, the fork support comprises two oppositely arranged fork pieces, and the distance between the two fork pieces is less than the width of the battery.

[0016] In the second aspect, the utility model provides a kind of electric ship battery replacing system, comprising: battery replacing robot, battery replacing vehicle and electric ship battery replacing device, and the battery replacing device is described above electric ship battery replacing device;Battery replacing robot is transported to the battery replacing vehicle by electric ship battery replacing device with low battery.

[0017] Optionally, the battery replacing system further comprises a battery base, one end of the battery base is connected with the ship body, and the other end is connected with the battery.

[0018] The utility model provides a kind of electric ship battery replacing device and system, the battery replacing device includes: battery replacing vehicle support, battery fork assembly and lifting assembly, wherein, battery replacing vehicle support is arranged at one side of battery replacing vehicle support, and with battery replacing vehicle support sliding connection, lifting assembly is arranged on battery replacing vehicle support, and one end of lifting assembly is connected with battery fork assembly, and the other end is connected with battery replacing vehicle support, and the battery replacing device structure is simple and low in cost, the battery replacing device can realize flexible battery replacing of electric ship. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0019] In order to more clearly illustrate the specific embodiment of the utility model or the technical scheme in the prior art, the following will briefly introduce the drawings needed to be used in the specific embodiment or the prior art description, and obviously, the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the utility model, and those skilled in the art can also obtain other drawings according to these drawings without creating creative labor.

[0020] Figure 1 It is a structural schematic view of the battery replacing device of the utility model embodiment;

[0021] Figure 2 It is a structural schematic view of the battery fork assembly of the utility model embodiment;

[0022] Figure 3 It is a structural schematic view of the battery replacing vehicle support of the utility model embodiment;

[0023] Figure 4A structure schematic view of an electric ship battery replacing system is provided for the embodiment of the utility model.

[0024] Icon: 100 - battery replacing vehicle support, 110 - guide groove, 200 - battery fork assembly, 210 - frame, 220 - fork frame, 230 - guide piece, 240 - connecting piece, 300 - lifting assembly, 310 - moving assembly, 320 - power supply assembly, 330 - handle, 400 - battery replacing robot, 500 - battery replacing vehicle, 600 - battery base, 700 - battery replacing device, 800 - battery. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0025] In order that the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the utility model are more apparent, the following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the utility model, and the technical solutions in the embodiments of the utility model will be clearly and completely described, obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the utility model, rather than all the embodiments. The components of the embodiments of the utility model described and shown in the drawings can be arranged and designed in various different configurations.

[0026] Therefore, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the utility model provided in the drawings is not intended to limit the scope of the claimed utility model, but only represents selected embodiments of the utility model. Based on the embodiments in the utility model, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor are within the scope of protection of the utility model.

[0027] Figure 1 A structure schematic view of an electric ship battery replacing device is provided for the embodiment of the utility model, as shown in the figure, the battery replacing device comprises: a battery replacing vehicle support 100, a battery fork assembly 200 and a lifting assembly 300, the battery fork assembly 200 is used for forking a battery, the lifting assembly 300 is used for driving the battery fork assembly 200 to move along the vertical direction, wherein the battery fork assembly 200 is arranged on one side of the battery replacing vehicle support 100 and is in sliding connection with the battery replacing vehicle support 100; the lifting assembly 300 is arranged on the battery replacing vehicle support 100, and one end of the lifting assembly 300 is connected with the battery fork assembly 200, and the other end is connected with the battery replacing vehicle support 100. Figure 1 In the application, the battery fork assembly 200 is driven to move up and down by the lifting assembly 300 on the battery replacing vehicle support 100, so that the low-power battery on the electric ship battery base is transferred to the battery replacing vehicle 500, and then the full-power battery on the battery replacing vehicle 500 is transferred to the electric ship battery base, so that the battery replacing operation of the electric ship is carried out, and the structure is simple, the cost is low and the operation is flexible.

[0028]

[0029] ​In an alternative embodiment, the battery fork assembly 200 comprises a frame 210 and a fork frame 220, one end of the fork frame 220 is connected to one side of the frame 210, and the other end of the frame 210 is slidingly connected to the battery swap vehicle support 100.

[0030] In an alternative embodiment, the battery fork assembly 200 further comprises guide members 230, two guide members 230 are respectively arranged on both sides of the frame 210, and the guide members 230 are located between the frame 210 and the battery swap vehicle support 100.

[0031] As shown in Figure 2 The battery fork assembly 200 comprises a frame 210 and a fork frame 220, wherein the frame 210 comprises four pipe elements connected end to end, the four pipe elements form a rectangular structure, the fork frame 220 comprises two oppositely arranged fork elements, the distance between the two fork elements is less than the width of the battery, that is, one end of one of the fork elements is connected to one vertical pipe element of the frame 210, and one end of the other fork element is connected to another vertical pipe element of the frame 210, and the two fork elements are in a horizontal state.

[0032] In order to ensure that the battery fork assembly 200 moves linearly along the vertical direction of the battery swap vehicle 500 support, guide members 230 are arranged on both sides of the frame 210 of the battery fork assembly 200, and the guide members 230 are connected to the frame 210.

[0033] Specifically, at least one guide member 230 is arranged on each side of the frame 210 perpendicular to the side where the fork frame 220 is arranged, in this application, the guide member 230 can be a guide wheel or a guide block, if it is a guide wheel, the guide wheel is rotatably connected to the frame 210, if it is a guide block, the guide block is fixedly connected to the frame 210.

[0034] In an alternative embodiment, a connecting member 240 is arranged on the frame 210, one end of the connecting member 240 is fixedly connected to the bottom surface of the frame 210, and the other end is connected to the lifting assembly 300.

[0035] In order to facilitate the quick connection of the battery fork assembly 200 and the lifting assembly 300, a connecting member 240 for connecting the lifting assembly 300 is arranged on the frame 210 of the battery fork assembly 200, and the connecting member 240 is located on the end of the frame 210 away from the fork frame 220.

[0036] Further, the connecting member 240 is provided with a mounting hole or a mounting groove, and the connecting member 240 is detachably connected to the lifting assembly 300 through the mounting hole or the mounting groove.

[0037] Further, the lifting assembly 300 can be a hydraulic cylinder, or a gas cylinder, or other components that can drive the battery fork assembly 200 to move linearly along the vertical direction of the battery swap vehicle support 100.

[0038] In an alternative embodiment, the battery replacement vehicle support 100 is provided with a guide groove 110, and the guide member 230 is located in the guide groove 110 and is in sliding connection with the guide groove 110.

[0039] As shown in the drawings, the battery replacement vehicle support 100 comprises a base and a support frame, one end of the support frame is fixedly connected with the base, the base is rectangular, the support frame is located at the center of gravity of the base, and the support frame is a door-shaped support frame. Figure 3

[0040] The battery fork assembly 200 is located on one side of the support frame and is in sliding connection with the support frame, the guide groove 110 is provided on the opposite end faces of the door-shaped support frame, the guide member 230 of the battery fork assembly 200 is located in the guide groove 110 and is in sliding connection with the guide groove 110, the lifting assembly 300 is located in the door-shaped support frame, one end of the lifting assembly 300 is connected with the base of the battery replacement vehicle support 100, and the other end is connected with the battery fork assembly 200 through the connecting member 240.

[0041] In an alternative embodiment, the battery replacement device further comprises a moving assembly 310 and a power supply assembly 320, the moving assembly 310 is located on the bottom surface of the battery replacement vehicle support 100, and the power supply assembly 320 is provided on the battery replacement vehicle support 100, and the output end of the power supply assembly 320 is connected with the moving assembly 310.

[0042] Further, the moving assembly 310 is a universal wheel, in this application, the universal wheel is a universal wheel with a brake, when the battery replacement device is not used, the battery replacement device is in a non-movable state through the universal wheel with a brake.

[0043] In an alternative embodiment, the battery replacement device further comprises a handle 330, the handle 330 is provided on one end of the battery replacement vehicle support 100 away from the battery fork assembly 200.

[0044] Specifically, the power supply assembly 320, the drive rudder, the controller, the handle 330 and the distribution box are provided on the side of the battery replacement vehicle support 100 away from the battery fork assembly 200, wherein the power supply assembly 320 can provide power for the battery replacement device, the controller is connected with the universal wheel through the drive rudder, so that the battery replacement device moves, and the distribution box is used for distributing power to each component.

[0045] Further, the battery 800 of the electric ship can be replaced by the battery replacement robot 400 or manually operating the battery replacement device.

[0046] ​Specifically, when the electric ship is replaced, first, the battery replacement device is moved to the position of the low battery, and the fork frame 220 of the battery fork assembly 200 is located below the low battery; second, the battery fork assembly 200 is driven by the lifting assembly 300 to move in the vertical direction, so that the low battery is separated from the battery base 600; then, the low battery is transferred to the battery replacement vehicle 500 by the battery replacement device, and the low battery is placed in the designated position by the lifting assembly 300; then, the battery replacement device is moved to the position of the full battery, and the fork frame 220 of the battery fork assembly 200 is located below the full battery, and the battery fork assembly 200 is driven by the lifting assembly 300 to move in the vertical direction, so that the full battery is separated from the fixed battery device; finally, the full battery is transferred to the battery base 600 of the electric ship by the battery replacement device, and the full battery is driven by the lifting assembly 300 to move in the vertical direction, so that the full battery is connected with the battery base 600, thereby realizing the battery replacement operation.

[0047] The battery of the electric ship is replaced by the battery replacement device, so that the battery replacement is flexible and fast, and the battery replacement device has simple structure and low cost, and can replace the batteries of different models of electric ships.

[0048] Figure 4 The utility model provides a kind of electric ship battery replacement system, comprising: battery replacement robot, battery replacement vehicle 500 and electric ship battery replacement device, battery replacement device 700 is the above-mentioned electric ship battery replacement device;Battery replacement robot 400 is transferred to battery replacement vehicle 500 by electric ship battery replacement device with low battery 800.

[0049] In an alternative embodiment, the battery replacement system further comprises a battery base 600, one end of which is connected to the ship body and the other end is connected to the battery.

[0050] In an alternative embodiment, the low battery is transferred from the battery replacement device to the designated position of the battery replacement vehicle by hoisting, and the full battery is transferred to the designated position of the electric ship by hoisting.

[0051] In an alternative embodiment, the battery replacement device comprises:

[0052] A battery replacement vehicle support;

[0053] A battery fork assembly is arranged on one side of the battery replacement vehicle support and is in sliding connection with the battery replacement vehicle support;

[0054] A lifting assembly is arranged on the battery replacement vehicle support, and one end of the lifting assembly is connected with the battery fork assembly and the other end is connected with the battery replacement vehicle support.

[0055] In an alternative embodiment, the battery fork assembly comprises a frame and a fork frame, one end of the fork frame is connected with one side of the frame, and the other end of the frame is in sliding connection with the battery replacement vehicle support.

[0056] In an alternative embodiment, the battery fork assembly further comprises a guide, two guides are respectively arranged on both sides of the frame, and the guide is located between the frame and the battery changing vehicle support.

[0057] In an alternative embodiment, the battery changing vehicle support is provided with a guide groove, the guide is located in the guide groove, and the guide is in sliding connection with the guide groove.

[0058] In an alternative embodiment, the frame is provided with a connecting piece, one end of the connecting piece is fixedly connected with the bottom surface of the frame, and the other end is connected with the lifting assembly.

[0059] In an alternative embodiment, the battery changing device further comprises a moving assembly and a power supply assembly, the moving assembly is located at the bottom surface of the battery changing vehicle support, and the power supply assembly is arranged on the battery changing vehicle support, and the output end of the power supply assembly is connected with the moving assembly.

[0060] In an alternative embodiment, the battery changing device further comprises a handle, the handle is arranged at one end of the battery changing vehicle support away from the battery fork assembly.

[0061] In an alternative embodiment, the fork frame comprises two oppositely arranged fork pieces, and the distance between the two fork pieces is less than the width of the battery.

[0062] Specifically, the battery changing process is as follows:

[0063] 1. The full battery in the battery changing vehicle is transferred to the designated position of the electric ship by hoisting;

[0064] 2. The robot controls the battery changing device to move to the position below the full battery through the controller, so that the fork frame of the battery fork assembly is located below the full battery, and after the full battery is lifted by the lifting assembly, the battery changing device is controlled to move to the position above the battery base of the electric ship, and then the full battery is lowered by the lifting assembly, so that the full battery falls into the battery base and is connected with the battery base;

[0065] 3. The robot controls the battery changing device to move to the position below the low battery of the electric ship through the controller, so that the fork frame of the battery fork assembly is located below the low battery, and after the low battery is lifted by the lifting assembly, the battery changing device is controlled to move to the designated position of the electric ship, and then the low battery on the electric ship is transferred to the designated position of the battery changing vehicle by hoisting, completing a battery changing process;

[0066] 4. Repeat the above process until all the batteries on the electric ship are replaced.

[0067] It should be noted that similar reference numerals and letters represent similar items in the following drawings, and therefore, once an item is defined in one drawing, it does not need to be further defined and explained in subsequent drawings.

[0068] In the description of the utility model, it needs to explain, the term "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "internal", "external" and so on indicate the orientation or position relation is based on the orientation or position relation shown in the drawing, or it is the orientation or position relation of the utility model product when using usually, only is for the convenience of describing the utility model and simplifying the description, and does not indicate or imply the device or element indicated must have a particular orientation, with a particular orientation structure and operation, therefore can not be understood as the limitation of the utility model. In addition, the term "first", "second", "third" and so on are only used to distinguish the description, and can not be understood as indicating or implying relative importance.

[0069] In addition, the terms "horizontal", "vertical", "overhang" and other terms do not mean that the component is absolutely horizontal or overhanging, but can be slightly inclined. As "horizontal" only means that its direction is more horizontal relative to "vertical", and does not mean that the structure must be completely horizontal, but can be slightly inclined.

[0070] In the description of the utility model, it also needs to explain that, unless otherwise expressly provided and limited, the terms "set", "install", "connect", "connect" should be understood broadly, for example, can be fixedly connected, can be detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically connected, or electrically connected; can be directly connected, or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, can be the communication inside two elements. For ordinary skilled in the art, the specific meaning of the above terms in the utility model can be understood according to the specific circumstances.

[0071] Finally, it should be pointed out that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical scheme of the utility model, and not limited to it; although the utility model has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that: it can still modify the technical scheme recorded in the foregoing embodiments, or make equivalent substitution for part or all of the technical features; and these modifications or substitutions do not make the essence of the corresponding technical scheme deviate from the scope of the technical scheme of the embodiments of the utility model.

Claims

1. An electric ship battery swapping device characterized by comprising: The application relates to an electric vehicle battery changing device, which comprises the following components. A battery changing vehicle support; A battery fork assembly arranged on one side of the battery changing vehicle support and in sliding connection with the battery changing vehicle support; A lifting assembly arranged on the battery changing vehicle support, one end of the lifting assembly being connected with the battery fork assembly and the other end being connected with the battery changing vehicle support.

2. The electric ship battery swapping device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The battery fork assembly comprises a frame and a fork support, one end of the fork support being connected with one side of the frame and the other end of the frame being in sliding connection with the battery changing vehicle support.

3. The electric ship battery swapping device according to claim 2, characterized in that, The battery fork assembly further comprises two guide members arranged on two sides of the frame and located between the frame and the battery changing vehicle support.

4. The electric ship battery swapping device according to claim 3, characterized in that, A guide groove is arranged on the battery changing vehicle support, the guide members being located in the guide groove and in sliding connection with the guide groove.

5. The electric ship battery swapping device according to claim 2, characterized in that, A connecting member is arranged on the frame, one end of the connecting member being fixedly connected with the bottom surface of the frame and the other end being connected with the lifting assembly.

6. The electric ship battery swapping device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The application further comprises the following components. A moving assembly arranged on the bottom surface of the battery changing vehicle support and a power supply assembly arranged on the battery changing vehicle support, the output end of the power supply assembly being connected with the moving assembly.

7. The electric ship swap device according to claim 1, characterized by The application further comprises the following components. A handle arranged on one end of the battery changing vehicle support away from the battery fork assembly.

8. The electric ship battery swapping device according to claim 2, characterized in that, The fork support comprises two oppositely arranged fork members, the distance between the two fork members being smaller than the width of a battery.

9. An electric ship battery swapping system, characterized by, The application relates to an electric vehicle battery changing device, which comprises the following components. The application relates to an electric vehicle battery changing device, which comprises the following components.

10. The electric ship battery swapping system according to claim 9, characterized in that, A battery base, one end of the battery base being connected with a ship body and the other end being connected with a battery.