Battery Swap Lift Synchronization With Chain Transmission

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing battery swapping stations face challenges in ensuring synchronous movement of multiple lifting assemblies, which affects the stability and reliability of the lifting process for vehicles during battery replacement.

Innovation Solution

A lifting device with a driving mechanism, lifting mechanism, and transmission mechanism, featuring first and second lifting assemblies and transmission assemblies connected through chains and shafts, ensures synchronous movement and stability by adjusting the lifting speed and supporting capacity, and includes a tensioning assembly for maintaining chain tension.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If multiple lifting assemblies are used to lift the vehicle, then the support capacity and reliability are improved, but the difficulty in ensuring synchronous movement increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelifting reliabilityVSAvoidsynchronous movement control
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The lifting mechanism is divided into multiple independent lifting assemblies (first lifting assembly and second lifting assembly), each capable of independently supporting the vehicle. This segmentation improves reliability by distributing the load and providing redundant support, while each assembly can be controlled separately to achieve synchronous movement.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

A transmission mechanism serves as an intermediary between the driving mechanism and the multiple lifting assemblies. This transmission mechanism coordinates the motion of different lifting assemblies, ensuring they move synchronously by transferring and synchronizing the驱动力 from the single driving mechanism to multiple lifting points.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Productivity

If the lifting speed is increased to improve efficiency, then the productivity is improved, but the stability of the lifting process may deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebattery swapping efficiencyVSAvoidlifting process stability
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The lifting device employs a dynamic control system that can adjust the lifting speed based on operational requirements. The driving mechanism and transmission mechanism are designed to provide controllable variable speed operation, allowing the system to achieve high lifting speeds for improved productivity while maintaining stability through active control and synchronization of multiple lifting assemblies.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The lifting device enhances the stability and reliability of the battery swapping process by ensuring smooth and synchronized lifting of vehicles, improving the support capacity and reducing the risk of interference and failure, while allowing for adjustable lifting speed and easy maintenance.

Implementation Method 1

a first chain sleeved on the first driving wheel and the first driven wheel

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectChain transmission: Chain

Data Source

PatentUS20250023181A1Lifting device for battery swapping station and battery swapping station
Publication Date: 2025.01.16 CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX ENERGY SERVICE TECH LTD
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AI summary

A lifting device for a battery swapping station and a battery swapping station comprises a driving mechanism, a lifting mechanism and a transmission mechanism. The lifting mechanism comprises a first and a second lifting assemblies, wherein the first and second lifting assemblies are arranged on two sides of the driving mechanism in a first direction and are used for lifting an electric device, the first direction being perpendicular to a direction in which the electric device is lifted. The transmission mechanism comprises a first transmission assembly and a second transmission assembly, wherein the first transmission assembly is connected to the driving mechanism and the first lifting assembly; the second transmission assembly is connected to the driving mechanism and the second lifting assembly; and by means of the first and second transmission assemblies, the driving mechanism drives the first and second lifting assemblies to move synchronously.