Charging docking device and cleaning robot

By designing the rotary and guide components of the charging docking device, the problem of inaccurate docking of charging equipment was solved, achieving flush docking of the charging female connector and the charging gun head, thus extending the service life of the equipment.

CN223693434UActive Publication Date: 2025-12-19SHANGTEJIE POWER TECH CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202423133556.6
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-12-18
Publication Date
2025-12-19
Estimated Expiration
2034-12-18

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Technical Problem

Existing charging docking equipment cannot achieve perfect alignment, resulting in hard contact between the charging female connector and the charging gun head, causing wear and damage, and affecting the service life of the equipment.

Method used

A charging docking device was designed, including a rotating component and a guiding component. The position of the charging female head is adjusted by the guiding component so that it remains parallel to the charging gun head before contact. The spring rebound force is used to achieve automatic reset and avoid misalignment and squeezing.

Benefits of technology

It achieves flush connection between the charging female connector and the charging gun head, avoiding equipment wear and extending service life.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a charging docking device and cleaning robot, including support, revolution subassembly, guide subassembly and charging female head, wherein revolution subassembly is installed on the support, guide subassembly and charging female head both are installed on revolution subassembly, when the guide subassembly is pushed by external force, revolution subassembly drives charging female head and guide subassembly to rotate synchronously, and the charging female head and the guide subassembly rotate synchronously. Therefore, the charging female head is relatively parallel to an external charging gun head during butt joint. According to the charging butt joint device and the cleaning robot, when the robot runs to the charging position, the charging female head cannot be completely aligned with the charging gun head at the charging equipment, angle deviation exists, at the moment, due to the fact that the rotary table plate can rotate, the position of the rotary table plate is adjusted through the guide assembly, and the contact faces of the charging female head and the charging gun head are kept flush before contact; dislocation extrusion damage is avoided, charging is convenient, and the service life of equipment is prolonged.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present patent application relates to the technical field of cleaning robot charging, in particular to a charging docking device and a cleaning robot. BACKGROUND

[0002] With the rapid development of the photovoltaic industry and the accumulation of photovoltaic panel use time, dust such as wind sand and dust is easily accumulated on the surface of solar photovoltaic panels, which will affect the power generation efficiency. The traditional power station adopts a manual or third-party team cleaning mode, which has low cleaning efficiency, high price, high water consumption, and greatly increases the operation and maintenance cost of the photovoltaic power station, so the demand for unmanned and automated cleaning robots is increasing.

[0003] The existing large-scale vehicle-mounted cleaning robot generally uses pure electric drive operation, and if unmanned operation is to be realized, unmanned charging cannot be avoided.

[0004] The existing charging docking equipment cannot achieve complete alignment accuracy when it is about to contact, which will cause hard contact between the charging female head and the charging gun head, and will cause wear and damage to the docking equipment during long-term use. Therefore, we propose a charging docking device and a cleaning robot. CONTENT OF THE INVENTION

[0005] In view of the above-mentioned shortcomings of the prior art, the purpose of the present patent application is to provide a charging docking device and a cleaning robot to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art.

[0006] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the present utility model provides the following technical scheme:

[0007] A charging docking device, comprising:

[0008] a support;

[0009] a rotating assembly installed on the support;

[0010] a guide assembly installed on the rotating assembly;

[0011] a charging female head installed on the rotating assembly;

[0012] When the guide assembly is pushed by an external force, the rotating assembly drives the charging female head and the guide assembly to rotate synchronously, so that the charging female head is relatively parallel when it is docked with the external charging gun head.

[0013] Preferably, the rotating assembly comprises a rotating support disc fixedly installed on the front end surface of the support and a rotating table plate rotatably connected to the rotating support disc, and the charging female head and the guide assembly are fixedly installed on the rotating table plate.

[0014] Preferably, the rotating assembly further comprises a spring, one end of the spring is connected to the support, and the other end of the spring is connected to the turntable plate, and the turntable plate is automatically reset under the springback force of the spring after the external force disappears.

[0015] Preferably, the guide assembly comprises a support connected to the turntable plate, and an upper end of the support is connected with a guide frame, and the guide frame is a horn-shaped structure with an opening outward.

[0016] Preferably, a guide groove for guiding and positioning is formed in the middle of the guide frame.

[0017] Preferably, the charging female head is fixed to the turntable plate through a mounting seat, the charging female head is sleeved with a protective cover fixed to the turntable plate, an outer end of the protective cover is provided with a protective door, and the protective door is installed on the protective cover through a self-reset hinge.

[0018] Preferably, a plurality of proximity switches are installed at the front end of the turntable plate.

[0019] Preferably, a plurality of cam followers protruding outward at the ends are installed at the front end of the turntable plate.

[0020] A cleaning robot comprises the charging docking device.

[0021] Compared with the prior art, the charging docking device and the cleaning robot have the beneficial effects that when the robot travels to a charging position, the charging female head cannot be completely aligned with the charging gun head at the charging equipment, and there is an angle deviation, at this time, because the turntable plate can rotate, the position of the turntable plate is adjusted through the guide assembly to keep the contact surface of the charging female head and the charging gun head flush before contact, so that misalignment and extrusion damage are avoided, charging is convenient, and the service life of the equipment is prolonged. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0022] Figure 1 FIG. 1 is a structural schematic view of a cleaning robot of the utility model;

[0023] Figure 2 FIG. 2 is a structural schematic view of a charging docking device of the utility model.

[0024] Reference signs: support 1, rotating assembly 2, rotating support disc 21, turntable plate 22, spring 23, guide assembly 3, support 31, guide frame 32, guide groove 321, charging female head 4, protective cover 5, proximity switch 6, cam follower 7. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0025] Following, the implementation of the patent application is illustrated by specific examples, and other advantages and effects of the patent application can be easily understood by those skilled in the art from the disclosure of the specification. The patent application can also be implemented or applied by other different specific implementations, and various modifications or changes can be made to the details in the specification based on different views and applications without departing from the spirit of the patent application. It should be noted that the embodiments in the present application and the features in the embodiments can be combined with each other without conflict.

[0026] Please refer to Figures 1-2 The utility model provides a technical scheme:

[0027] A cleaning robot side charging docking device, please refer to Figure 1 And Figure 2 , including support 1, swivel assembly 2, guide assembly 3 and charging female head 4, swivel assembly 2 is installed on support 1, guide assembly 3 and charging female head 4 are all installed on swivel assembly 2, when guide assembly 3 is pushed by external force, swivel assembly 2 drives charging female head 4 and guide assembly 3 to rotate synchronously, so that charging female head 4 is relatively parallel when docking with external charging gun head.

[0028] It should be noted that, as Figure 2 Indicated, support 1 is L-shaped plate structure, the vertical section of support 1 is fixedly installed on the side end face of the chassis of the cleaning robot through bolts, and swivel assembly 2 is installed on the horizontal section of support 1 and away from the vertical section.

[0029] In some examples, as Figure 2 Indicated, swivel assembly 2 includes swivel support disc 21, turntable plate 22 and spring 23, swivel support disc 21 is fixed on the horizontal end face of support 1 and away from the vertical section of support 1, turntable plate 22 is rotatably connected to swivel support disc 21, one end of spring 23 is connected to support 1, and the other end of spring 23 is connected to turntable plate 22, when the external force disappears, under the resilience of spring 23, turntable plate 22 is automatically reset to the initial state, and charging female head 4 and guide assembly 3 are fixedly installed on turntable plate 22.

[0030] In some examples, as Figure 2As shown, the guide assembly 3 comprises a support 31 connected to the turntable plate 22 and a guide frame 32 connected to the upper end of the support 31, wherein the guide frame 32 is a horn-shaped structure with an opening facing outward, and a guide groove 321 is formed in the middle of the guide frame 32 for positioning. Specifically, during use, when the cleaning robot needs to charge and moves to the charging gun head, the external guide rod is placed on the guide frame 32, and the guide rod is slowly moved on the guide frame 32 until the guide rod is inserted into the guide groove 321, so that the charging female head 4 is flush with the charging gun head. The charging gun head moves forward and contacts the charging female head 4 for charging, which completes the charging well.

[0031] In some examples, the charging female head 4 is fixed to the turntable plate 22 by a mounting seat, and the charging female head 4 is sleeved with a protective cover 5 fixed to the turntable plate 22, and the outer end of the protective cover 5 is provided with a protective door. Figure 2 As shown, the protective door is a double-door structure, and the protective door is installed on the protective cover 5 by a self-reset hinge. When charging, the charging gun head can open the double doors, and when the charging is completed, the charging gun head retreats, and the double doors are automatically reset and closed under the action of the self-reset hinge, protecting the charging female head 4.

[0032] It should be noted that the self-reset hinge is a common mechanical structure for those skilled in the art and belongs to common knowledge, and its detailed structure will not be described here.

[0033] In some examples, as shown in Figure 2 The front end of the turntable plate 22 is provided with a plurality of proximity switches 6 for monitoring the position of the charging female head 4 and the charging gun head. Specifically, the number of proximity switches 6 is two, which are arranged on the two sides of the turntable plate 22, and the turntable plate 22 is provided with a groove at the position of the proximity switches 6 to prevent the protrusion from causing collision and damaging the proximity switches 6.

[0034] In some examples, as shown in Figure 2 The front end of the turntable plate 22 is provided with a plurality of cam followers 7 protruding outward, and in this embodiment, the number of cam followers 7 is four, which are arranged equidistantly on the front side of the turntable plate 22 to change the sliding friction in the adjustment process into rolling friction and reduce wear.

[0035] The above embodiments are only illustrative of the principles and effects of the present patent application, and are not used to limit the present patent application. Any person skilled in the art can modify or change the above embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the present patent application. Therefore, all equivalent modifications or changes made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and technical thought disclosed by the present patent application shall be covered by the claims of the present patent application.

Claims

1. A charging docking device, characterized in that, The utility model relates to a charging docking device, comprising: a support (1); a rotating assembly (2) mounted on the support (1); a guide assembly (3) mounted on the rotating assembly (2); a charging female head (4) mounted on the rotating assembly (2). When the guide assembly (3) is pushed by an external force, the rotating assembly (2) drives the charging female head (4) and the guide assembly (3) to rotate synchronously, so that the charging female head (4) is relatively parallel to the external charging male head when the two are docked.

2. The charging dock of claim 1, wherein, The rotating assembly (2) comprises a rotating support disc (21) fixedly mounted on the front end surface of the support (1) and a rotating table plate (22) rotatably connected to the rotating support disc (21), and the charging female head (4) and the guide assembly (3) are fixedly mounted on the rotating table plate (22).

3. The charging dock of claim 2, wherein, The rotating assembly (2) further comprises a spring (23) having one end connected to the support (1) and the other end connected to the rotating table plate (22), and when the external force disappears, the rotating table plate (22) is automatically reset under the elastic force of the spring (23).

4. The charging dock of claim 2, wherein, The guide assembly (3) comprises a support (31) connected to the rotating table plate (22), and the upper end of the support (31) is connected with a guide frame (32) in a horn-shaped structure with an opening facing outward.

5. The charging dock of claim 4, wherein, A guide groove (321) for orientation and positioning is formed in the middle part of the guide frame (32).

6. The charging dock of claim 4, wherein, The charging female head (4) is fixed to the rotating table plate (22) through a mounting seat, and the charging female head (4) is sleeved with a protective cover (5) fixed to the rotating table plate (22), and the outer end of the protective cover (5) is provided with a protective door mounted on the protective cover (5) through a self-resetting hinge.

7. The charging dock of claim 4, wherein, A plurality of proximity switches (6) are mounted on the front end of the rotating table plate (22).

8. The charging dock of claim 4, wherein, A plurality of cam followers (7) protruding outward at the end are mounted on the front end of the rotating table plate (22).

9. A cleaning robot characterized by comprising: The utility model relates to a charging docking device, comprising: a support (1); a rotating assembly (2) mounted on the support (1); a guide assembly (3) mounted on the rotating assembly (2); a charging female head (4) mounted on the rotating assembly (2). When the guide assembly (3) is pushed by an external force, the rotating assembly (2) drives the charging female head (4) and the guide assembly (3) to rotate synchronously, so that the charging female head (4) is relatively parallel to the external charging male head when the two are docked. The rotating assembly (2) comprises a rotating support disc (21) fixedly mounted on the front end surface of the support (1) and a rotating table plate (22) rotatably connected to the rotating support disc (21), and the charging female head (4) and the guide assembly (3) are fixedly mounted on the rotating table plate (22). The rotating assembly (2) further comprises a spring (23) having one end connected to the support (1) and the other end connected to the rotating table plate (22), and when the external force disappears, the rotating table plate (22) is automatically reset under the elastic force of the spring (23). The guide assembly (3) comprises a support (31) connected to the rotating table plate (22), and the upper end of the support (31) is connected with a guide frame (32) in a horn-shaped structure with an opening facing outward. A guide groove (321) for orientation and positioning is formed in the middle part of the guide frame (32). The charging female head (4) is fixed to the rotating table plate (22) through a mounting seat, and the charging female head (4) is sleeved with a protective cover (5) fixed to the rotating table plate (22), and the outer end of the protective cover (5) is provided with a protective door mounted on the protective cover (5) through a self-resetting hinge. A plurality of proximity switches (6) are mounted on the front end of the rotating table plate (22). A plurality of cam followers (7) protruding outward at the end are mounted on the front end of the rotating table plate (22). The utility model relates to a charging docking device, comprising: a support (1); a rotating assembly (2) mounted on the support (1); a guide assembly (3) mounted on the rotating assembly (2); a charging female head (4) mounted on the rotating assembly (2). When the guide assembly (3) is pushed by an external force, the rotating assembly (2) drives the charging female head (4) and the guide assembly (3) to rotate synchronously, so that the charging female head (4) is relatively parallel to the external charging male head when the two are docked. The rotating assembly (2) comprises a rotating support disc (21) fixedly mounted on the front end surface of the support (1) and a rotating table plate (22) rotatably connected to the rotating support disc (21), and the charging female head (4) and the guide assembly (3) are fixedly mounted on the rotating table plate (22). The rotating assembly (2) further comprises a spring (23) having one end connected to the support (1) and the other end connected to the rotating table plate (22), and when the external force disappears, the rotating table plate (22) is automatically reset under the elastic force of the spring (23). The guide assembly (3) comprises a support (31) connected to the rotating table plate (22), and the upper end of the support (31) is connected with a guide frame (32) in a horn-shaped structure with an opening facing outward. A guide groove (321) for orientation and positioning is formed in the middle part of the guide frame (32). The charging female head (4) is fixed to the rotating table plate (22) through a mounting seat, and the charging female head (4) is sleeved with a protective cover (5) fixed to the rotating table plate (22), and the outer end of the protective cover (5) is provided with a protective door mounted on the protective cover (5) through a self-resetting hinge. A plurality of proximity switches (6) are mounted on the front end of the rotating table plate (22). A plurality of cam followers (7) protruding outward at the end are mounted on the front end of the rotating table plate (22). The utility model relates to a charging docking device, comprising: