Modularized driving assembly for four-way shuttle vehicle
By using modular design and combination of servo motors, reducers and quick disassembly technology for universal joints, the problem of cumbersome replacement of universal joints in four-way shuttle cars is solved, improving maintenance efficiency and equipment operation stability, and reducing maintenance costs.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202520157345.1
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-01-23
- Publication Date
- 2025-12-23
- Estimated Expiration
- 2035-01-23
AI Technical Summary
The replacement process for the universal joints of existing four-way shuttles is cumbersome, resulting in low maintenance efficiency and excessive equipment downtime, which affects the continuity and efficiency of logistics and warehousing operations.
It adopts a modular design, including a base plate, power supply module, control module, main track walking module, sub-track drive module, lifting component module and disassembly component. Through the combination of servo motor, reducer and universal joint, the universal joint can be quickly disassembled and installed. The universal joint replacement process is simplified by the cooperation of spring and connecting rod.
It enables quick replacement of universal joints, improves maintenance efficiency, reduces equipment downtime, ensures the stability of power transmission and the safety of equipment operation, and reduces maintenance costs.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of warehousing carrier, especially to a modularized drive assembly for four-way shuttle vehicle. BACKGROUND
[0002] In the field of modern logistics and warehousing, as the key equipment for realizing efficient and automated storage and handling, the modularized drive assembly of four-way shuttle vehicle is crucial for improving the overall performance of the warehousing system. The four-way shuttle vehicle needs to run flexibly in a complex rail system to realize the rapid storage and retrieval of goods between the stereoscopic shelves, which puts forward very high requirements for the stability, reliability and maintainability of the drive assembly.
[0003] In the prior art, the drive assembly of the four-way shuttle vehicle usually adopts a relatively complex integrated design. In terms of power transmission, it relies on a whole transmission structure. The specific transmission components are directly driven by the motor to drive the wheels to move on the main rail and the sub-rail. At the same time, some integrated control modules are used to realize the direction change and the loading and unloading operation of goods.
[0004] However, this design has a significant problem. The replacement process of the universal shaft, as the key component of power transmission, is extremely cumbersome. Once the universal shaft fails, the maintenance personnel often need to disassemble the entire drive assembly on a large scale, which involves the disassembly and reassembly of numerous parts. This not only consumes a lot of time and effort, resulting in low maintenance efficiency, but also makes the equipment downtime too long, affecting the continuity and efficiency of the logistics and warehousing work. Therefore, how to realize the quick replacement of the universal shaft has become a problem to be solved for improving the running efficiency of the four-way shuttle vehicle. SUMMARY
[0005] In order to make up for the above shortcomings, the utility model provides a modularized drive assembly for four-way shuttle vehicle, which aims to improve the problem that it is difficult to quickly replace the universal shaft, the low maintenance efficiency leads to too long equipment downtime and affects the work efficiency.
[0006] To achieve the above purpose, the utility model provides the following technical scheme: a modularized drive assembly for four-way shuttle vehicle, comprising a bottom plate, a power module is fixedly connected to the upper surface of the bottom plate, a control module is arranged on the upper surface of the bottom plate, a main rail walking module is arranged on the outer wall of the bottom plate, a sub-rail driving module is fixedly connected to the outer wall of the bottom plate, a jacking assembly module is arranged on the upper surface of the bottom plate, a jacking plate assembly module is slidably connected to the upper surface of the bottom plate, a moving assembly is arranged on the upper surface of the bottom plate, and a disassembly assembly is arranged on the upper surface of the sub-rail driving module.
[0007] The moving assembly comprises a servo motor, the lower surface of the servo motor is fixedly connected to the upper surface of the sub-track driving module, the output end of the servo motor is fixedly connected with a speed reducer, the output end of the speed reducer is fixedly connected with a universal shaft two, the lower surface of the universal shaft two is slidably connected with a fixed block three, the outer wall of the fixed block three is fixedly connected with a universal shaft one, the outer inner wall of the fixed block three is slidably connected with a sliding shaft, the outer wall of the sliding shaft is sleeved with a spring, and one end of the sliding shaft is fixedly connected with a connecting rod.
[0008] Further, the dismounting assembly comprises a fixed block two, the outer wall of the fixed block two is arranged above the sub-track driving module, the outer wall of the fixed block two is fixedly connected with a connecting shaft two, the outer wall of the connecting shaft two is fixedly connected with a fixed rod two, the outer wall of the connecting shaft two is rotatably connected with a support plate, the inner wall of the fixed block two is rotatably connected with a fixed rod one, the outer wall of the fixed rod one is fixedly connected with a connecting shaft one, and the outer wall of the connecting shaft one is fixedly connected with a rotating shaft.
[0009] Further, one end of the rotating shaft is rotatably connected to the outer wall of the main track walking module, and the main track walking module is used to drive the connecting shaft one to rotate.
[0010] Further, the outer wall of the fixed rod two is rotatably connected to the inner wall of the fixed block one, and the fixed rod one is used to fix the fixed block one.
[0011] Further, the lower surface of the support plate is fixedly connected to the upper surface of the bottom plate.
[0012] Further, the outer wall of the sliding shaft is slidably connected to the inner wall of the universal shaft two, and the sliding shaft is used to connect the universal shaft two.
[0013] Further, the connecting rod is threadedly connected to the inner wall of the fixed block three, and the connecting rod is used to fix the fixed block three.
[0014] Further, one end of the spring is fixedly connected to the lower surface of the connecting rod, and the spring is used to push the sliding shaft to move.
[0015] The power module is used to ensure that stable voltage can be obtained under different working conditions of motor starting, acceleration, uniform speed running and deceleration, so as to avoid unstable motor speed and abnormal torque output caused by voltage fluctuation, and affect the driving precision and efficiency of the shuttle vehicle.
[0016] The sub-track driving module is used for the four-way shuttle vehicle to accurately stop at the specified shelf position in the complex warehouse environment for the storage and retrieval operation of goods.
[0017] The jacking plate assembly module is used for the four-way shuttle vehicle to drive to the specified shelf position, and the jacking plate can be lifted by the built-in jacking mechanism to lift the goods from the shelf.
[0018] The speed reducer is used for reducing the high rotating speed of the motor to a rotating speed suitable for driving the wheels.
[0019] The utility model has the advantages of the following:
[0020] 1、the utility model discloses, through the universal shaft two alignment fixed block three, pass through the rotation connecting rod and drive spring rotation again, at this moment, spring drives sliding axle to enter the inside of fixed block three, at this moment, extrude spring and make sliding axle with universal shaft two connection realize fixed, solved difficultly quick replacement universal shaft one, and the maintenance efficiency is low and leads to equipment downtime too long, influence work efficiency, reached detachable universal shaft one, improve maintenance efficiency, reduce equipment downtime, ensure power transmission stability, improve equipment operation safety.
[0021] 2、the utility model discloses, pass through the rotation connecting axle one and drive fixed block one rotation, and fixed block one drives fixed link one and is connected with fixed block two, at this moment, fixed link two and fixed block one are connected and realize installation main track walking module, reached the operation of quick completion dismounting and installation, improve the convenience of equipment maintenance, reduce maintenance cost. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0022] Figure 1 A three-dimensional structure schematic diagram of a modular drive assembly for a four-way shuttle vehicle is provided for the utility model;
[0023] Figure 2 A speed reducer part structure schematic diagram of a modular drive assembly for a four-way shuttle vehicle is provided for the utility model;
[0024] Figure 3 A servo motor part structure schematic diagram of a modular drive assembly for a four-way shuttle vehicle is provided for the utility model;
[0025] Figure 4 A spring part structure schematic diagram of a modular drive assembly for a four-way shuttle vehicle is provided for the utility model;
[0026] Figure 5 A fixed block one part structure schematic diagram of a modular drive assembly for a four-way shuttle vehicle is provided for the utility model.
[0027] LEGEND:
[0028] 1, sub track drive module; 2, jacking plate assembly module; 3, jacking assembly module; 4, main track walking module; 5, power module; 6, control module; 7, bottom plate; 8, speed reducer; 9, servo motor; 10, connecting shaft two; 11, support plate; 12, universal shaft one; 13, universal shaft two; 14, fixed block three; 15, connecting rod; 16, spring; 17, sliding shaft; 18, rotating shaft; 19, connecting shaft one; 20, fixed block one; 21, fixed rod one; 22, fixed block two; 23, fixed rod two. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0029] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the utility model. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the utility model, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the utility model, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor fall within the protection scope of the utility model.
[0030] Referring to Figure 1 , Figure 2 , Figure 3 and Figure 4 , the utility model provides an embodiment: a kind of for four-way shuttle vehicle modularization drive assembly, including bottom plate 7, power module 5 is fixedly connected on the upper surface of bottom plate 7, control module 6 is provided on the upper surface of bottom plate 7, main track walking module 4 is provided on the outer wall of bottom plate 7, sub track drive module 1 is fixedly connected on the outer wall of bottom plate 7, jacking assembly module 3 is provided on the upper surface of bottom plate 7, jacking plate assembly module 2 is slidably connected on the upper surface of bottom plate 7, moving assembly is provided on the upper surface of bottom plate 7, dismounting assembly is provided above sub track drive module 1;
[0031] Moving assembly includes servo motor 9, servo motor 9 lower surface is fixedly connected on the upper surface of sub track drive module 1, servo motor 9 output is fixedly connected with speed reducer 8, speed reducer 8 output is fixedly connected with universal shaft two 13, universal shaft two 13 lower surface is slidably connected with fixed block three 14, fixed block three 14 outer wall is fixedly connected with universal shaft one 12, fixed block three 14 outer inner wall is slidably connected with sliding shaft 17, sliding shaft 17 outer wall is sleeved with spring 16, sliding shaft 17 one end is fixedly connected with connecting rod 15.
[0032] Specifically, the bottom plate 7 as a basic component, its upper surface fixed power module 5 for the entire system power supply, the control module 6 is set to run control, the main rail walking module 4 responsible for the movement of the outer wall of the bottom plate 7, the sub-track drive module 1 is used to drive the shuttle car in the sub-track operation, and the disassembly assembly is provided above the sub-track drive module 1, the jacking assembly module 3 on the upper surface of the bottom plate 7 can drive the jacking plate assembly module 2 to lift, realize the goods to take and put, the moving assembly provides power for the shuttle car operation, when the universal shaft one 12 and the universal shaft two 13 need to be replaced, the connecting rod 15 is rotated, since the connecting rod 15 is screwed with the fixed block three 14, the rotation will drive the spring 16 to move, the spring 16 pushes the sliding shaft 17 to move, so that the universal shaft two 13 is disconnected with the fixed block three 14, thereby realizing disassembly.
[0033] Referring to Figure 1 , Figure 2 and Figure 5 , the disassembly assembly comprises a fixed block two 22, the fixed block two 22 is provided above the sub-track drive module 1, the fixed block two 22 is fixedly connected with a connecting shaft two 10, the connecting shaft two 10 is fixedly connected with a fixed rod two 23, the connecting shaft two 10 is rotatably connected with a support plate 11, the fixed block two 22 is rotatably connected with a fixed rod one 21 in the inner wall, the fixed rod one 21 is fixedly connected with a connecting shaft one 19 in the outer wall, the connecting shaft one 19 is fixedly connected with a rotating shaft 18 in the outer wall, one end of the rotating shaft 18 is rotatably connected with the outer wall of the main rail walking module 4, the main rail walking module 4 is used to drive the connecting shaft one 19 to rotate, the fixed rod two 23 is rotatably connected with the inner wall of the fixed block one 20 in the outer wall, the fixed rod one 21 is used to fix the fixed block one 20, the support plate 11 is fixedly connected with the upper surface of the bottom plate 7 in the lower surface, the sliding shaft 17 is slidably connected with the inner wall of the universal shaft two 13 in the outer wall, the sliding shaft 17 is used to connect the universal shaft two 13, the connecting rod 15 is screwed in the inner wall of the fixed block three 14, the connecting rod 15 is used to fix the fixed block three 14, one end of the spring 16 is fixedly connected with the lower surface of the connecting rod 15, the spring 16 is used to push the sliding shaft 17 to move.
[0034] Specifically, in the disassembly assembly, the fixed block two 22 is located above the sub-track drive module 1, the connecting shaft two 10 of the outer wall of the fixed block two 22 is connected with the fixed rod two 23 and rotatably connected with the support plate 11, the fixed rod one 21 in the inner wall of the fixed block two 22 is connected with the connecting shaft one 19, one end of the rotating shaft 18 on the connecting shaft one 19 is rotatably connected with the outer wall of the main rail walking module 4, when the main rail walking module 4 needs to be disassembled, the rotating shaft 18 is rotated, the rotating shaft 18 drives the connecting shaft one 19 to rotate, the connecting shaft one 19 drives the fixed block one 20 to disconnect with the fixed rod two 23, at this time, the fixed rod one 21 is disconnected with the fixed block two 22, realizing the disassembly of the main rail walking module 4.
[0035] Working principle: when the four-way shuttle car module is needed, the bottom plate 7 is used as the carrier, the power module 5 is carried, the motor is driven, the PLC is controlled, the four-way shuttle car can walk in a straight line on the sub-track and the main track, the four-way shuttle car drives the lifting plate assembly module 2 to lift when reversing by the motor-driven lifting assembly module 3, the goods are taken and placed, so as to realize the storage and handling of the goods in the stereoscopic goods shelf, when the universal shaft one 12 and the universal shaft two 13 need to be replaced, the spring 16 is moved by rotating the connecting rod 15, the spring 16 drives the rebound to make the universal shaft two 13 and the fixed block three 14 disengage to realize the disassembly of the universal shaft one 12 and the universal shaft two 13, when the universal shaft one 12 and the universal shaft two 13 need to be installed, first, the universal shaft two 13 is aligned with the fixed block three 14, then the spring 16 is rotated by rotating the connecting rod 15, at this time, the sliding shaft 17 is driven into the fixed block three 14 by the spring 16, at this time, the sliding shaft 17 is connected with the universal shaft two 13 by extruding the spring 16 to realize the fixation, avoid the universal shaft one 12 and the universal shaft two 13 from disengaging, in addition, when the main track walking module 4 needs to be disassembled, the connecting shaft one 19 is rotated by rotating the rotating shaft 18, the connecting shaft one 19 drives the fixed block one 20 to disengage the fixed rod two 23, at this time, the fixed rod one 21 and the fixed block two 22 are disengaged to realize the disassembly of the main track walking module 4, when the main track walking module 4 needs to be installed, the fixed block one 20 is rotated by rotating the connecting shaft one 19, the fixed block one 20 drives the fixed rod one 21 to be connected with the fixed block two 22, at this time, the fixed rod two 23 is connected with the fixed block one 20 to realize the installation of the main track walking module 4.
[0036] Finally, it should be pointed out that: the above only for the preferred embodiments of the utility model, and does not limit the utility model, although the utility model is described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, for the person skilled in the art, it still can modify the technical scheme recorded in the foregoing each embodiment, or equivalent replacement to part of technical features, any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement etc. made within the spirit and principles of the utility model, should be included in the protection scope of the utility model.
Claims
1. A modular drive assembly for a four-way shuttle vehicle comprising a base plate (7) characterised in that: The upper surface of the bottom plate (7) is fixedly connected with a power module (5), the upper surface of the bottom plate (7) is provided with a control module (6), the outer wall of the bottom plate (7) is provided with a main track walking module (4), the outer wall of the bottom plate (7) is fixedly connected with a sub-track driving module (1), the upper surface of the bottom plate (7) is provided with a jacking assembly module (3), the upper surface of the bottom plate (7) is slidably connected with a jacking plate assembly module (2), the upper surface of the bottom plate (7) is provided with a moving assembly, and the upper surface of the bottom plate (7) is provided with a moving assembly. The moving assembly comprises a servo motor (9), the lower surface of the servo motor (9) is fixedly connected to the upper surface of the sub-track driving module (1), the output end of the servo motor (9) is fixedly connected with a speed reducer (8), the output end of the speed reducer (8) is fixedly connected with a universal shaft two (13), the lower surface of the universal shaft two (13) is slidably connected with a fixed block three (14), the outer wall of the fixed block three (14) is fixedly connected with a universal shaft one (12), the outer inner wall of the fixed block three (14) is slidably connected with a sliding shaft (17), the outer wall of the sliding shaft (17) is sleeved with a spring (16), and one end of the sliding shaft (17) is fixedly connected with a connecting rod (15).
2. The modular drive assembly for a four-way shuttle vehicle of claim 1, wherein: The dismounting assembly comprises a fixed block two (22), the outer wall of the fixed block two (22) is arranged above the sub-track driving module (1), the outer wall of the fixed block two (22) is fixedly connected with a connecting shaft two (10), the outer wall of the connecting shaft two (10) is fixedly connected with a fixed rod two (23), the outer wall of the connecting shaft two (10) is rotatably connected with a support plate (11), the inner wall of the fixed block two (22) is rotatably connected with a fixed rod one (21), the outer wall of the fixed rod one (21) is fixedly connected with a connecting shaft one (19), and the outer wall of the connecting shaft one (19) is fixedly connected with a rotating shaft (18).
3. The modular drive assembly for a four-way shuttle vehicle of claim 2, wherein: One end of the rotating shaft (18) is rotatably connected to the outer wall of the main track walking module (4), and the main track walking module (4) is used to drive the connecting shaft one (19) to rotate.
4. The modular drive assembly for a four-way shuttle vehicle of claim 2, wherein: The outer wall of the fixed rod two (23) is rotatably connected to the inner wall of the fixed block one (20), and the fixed rod one (21) is used to fix the fixed block one (20).
5. The modular drive assembly for a four-way shuttle vehicle of claim 2, wherein: The lower surface of the support plate (11) is fixedly connected to the upper surface of the bottom plate (7).
6. The modular drive assembly for a four-way shuttle vehicle of claim 1, wherein: The outer wall of the sliding shaft (17) is slidably connected to the inner wall of the universal shaft two (13), and the sliding shaft (17) is used to connect the universal shaft two (13).
7. The modular drive assembly for a four-way shuttle vehicle of claim 1, wherein: The connecting rod (15) is threadedly connected to the inner wall of the fixed block three (14), and the connecting rod (15) is used to fix the fixed block three (14).
8. The modular drive assembly for a four-way shuttle vehicle of claim 1, wherein: One end of the spring (16) is fixedly connected to the lower surface of the connecting rod (15), and the spring (16) is used to push the sliding shaft (17) to move.