Battery Swapping Station With Vertical Pack Overturning
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing battery swapping station for electric vehicles requires a large area and complex structure due to the need to rotate elongated battery packs, leading to high costs and manufacturing difficulties, limiting mass production and market acceptance.
Innovation Solution
A battery swapping station with an overturning mechanism that vertically overturns battery packs, reducing the space and structure requirements, allowing for the use of single large battery packs and facilitating cost reduction and popularization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the battery pack is rotated 180° in a plane through the battery swapping device, then the battery can be transferred from the vehicle to the charging bin, but the battery swapping device requires a very large space and has a complex structure
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of rotating the battery pack horizontally by 180° as in conventional designs, this invention inverts the battery pack vertically by 90°. The battery swapping device flips the battery from a horizontal orientation (when removed from the vehicle) to a vertical orientation (when placed in the charging bin), thereby reducing the space required and simplifying the device structure while achieving the same battery transfer function
2Ease of operation
If the battery pack is rotated 180° on the battery swapping device, then the battery can be charged in the charging bin, but the battery swapping station covers a large area
Solution Approach 1:
The invention changes the rotation direction from horizontal (180°) to vertical (90° inversion). By flipping the battery pack vertically rather than rotating it horizontally, the charging bin can be positioned directly beneath the battery swapping device, significantly reducing the horizontal footprint of the battery swapping station while maintaining full charging functionality
3Area of stationary object
If multiple small battery packs are used instead of a single large battery pack, then the battery swapping station area can be reduced, but the cost of battery packs increases
Solution Approach 1:
The vertical inversion mechanism enables the battery swapping station to accommodate a single large battery pack by changing its orientation from horizontal to vertical. This allows the use of one large battery pack instead of multiple smaller ones, reducing the total quantity of battery packs needed and lowering the overall cost, while the compact vertical design keeps the station footprint small
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AI summary
Disclosed is a battery swapping station, comprising a vehicle carrying platform, for parking an electric vehicle so as to swap battery packs; a charging device, which is provided with a plurality of charging bins for having battery packs placed therein, wherein electric connectors are arranged in the charging bins for being electrically connected to the battery packs located in the charging bins, so as to carry out charging; and a battery swapping device, for taking, placing and transferring batteries between the electric vehicle and the charging bin, the battery swapping device being provided with a overturning mechanism for vertically overturning a battery pack taken out from the charging bin or the electric vehicle. By means of the present invention, taking and placing of a large battery pack in a charging station within a small space and structure can be completed.