Vertical Circulating Garage Charging Layout to Prevent Cable Wear
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vertical circulating parking systems face challenges in safely and efficiently supplying power to charging assemblies due to issues with cable wear and energy consumption from sliding contact wires and friction-based charging cable solutions.
Innovation Solution
A vertical circulating parking system with a central cable outlet unit that allows charging cables to freely hang down in a full-empty area, eliminating the need for cable grooves and reducing interference, thereby preventing cable wear and energy loss.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If sliding contact wires are used for power transmission, then power can be supplied to charging assemblies, but safety protection requirements for open-air electricity consumption cannot be met
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the charging cable from the traditional sliding contact wire system and creates an isolated charging environment. The cable isolation chamber encloses the charging cable, separating it from the external environment and eliminating safety hazards from exposed live components while maintaining power supply functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The cable isolation chamber acts as an intermediary structure between the power supply system and the external environment. It provides a controlled intermediate space that contains the charging cable, preventing direct exposure to the external environment while allowing power transmission to occur safely.
2Reliability
If charging cables are wound and released using cable winders, then power supply safety is improved, but friction occurs resulting in high operating energy consumption and severe cable wear
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the cable winder mechanism from the system entirely. Instead of using a mechanical winding system that creates friction and energy loss, the charging cable is allowed to hang freely in isolation, eliminating the source of friction and associated energy consumption while maintaining safety through environmental control.
Solution Approach 2:
The charging cable serves itself by hanging freely without requiring external winding mechanisms. The cable manages its own positioning and tension through its natural suspension, eliminating the need for energy-consuming cable winding operations while maintaining safety through the isolating environment.
3Reliability
If charging cables are wound and released using cable winders, then power supply safety is improved, but severe cable wear occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the cable winder mechanism that causes mechanical friction and wear. By allowing the cable to hang freely in an isolated environment, the system eliminates the repeated winding and unwinding actions that cause cable wear, thereby extending cable life while maintaining safety through environmental isolation.
4Ease of operation
If cable grooves are used to guide charging cables, then cable positioning is improved, but cable wear and energy consumption increase due to friction
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the cable groove structure that creates friction against the charging cable. Instead of guiding the cable through contact with grooves, the system allows the cable to hang freely in isolation, eliminating friction-based positioning while maintaining cable organization through the confined isolated space.
5Ease of operation
If cable grooves are used to guide charging cables, then cable positioning is improved, but severe cable wear occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the cable groove structure that causes mechanical wear through friction. By allowing the charging cable to hang freely within the isolated chamber without contact guidance, the system eliminates wear-inducing friction while maintaining adequate cable positioning through the confined space constraints.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure relates to the field of parking equipment. Disclosed is a vertical circulating stereo garage, comprising: a machine frame, the machine frame comprising a front main frame and a rear main frame respectively provided with traction chains; a plurality of automobile hanging baskets, each of the automobile hanging baskets being able to be kept at a horizontal state in different parking positions of an annular running area along with the operation of the traction chains; a charging system, the charging system comprising a central cable outlet unit, charging assemblies respectively arranged on the automobile hanging baskets and a plurality of charging cables correspondingly diverging from the central cable outlet unit to various charging assemblies, wherein the space surrounded by the annular running area where the automobile hanging baskets are located is provided with a full-empty area allowing each charging cable to freely hang down, and cable outlet ends of the central cable outlet unit are provided in the full-empty area. In the operation process of the vertical circulating stereo garage, there is no need to change cable outlet positions, or enable the charging cables to enter cable grooves or be pulled out of the cable grooves, so that the problems of energy consumption and wear caused by winding and releasing the charging cables can be avoided.