EP-4741236-A1 - BATTERY SWAPPING DEVICE AND BATTERY SWAPPING STATION

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Abstract

A battery swapping device (5), the battery swapping device comprising a bearing platform (51), a driving mechanism (52), a battery swapping platform (53), and an adjusting mechanism (54). The driving mechanism is at least used for driving the bearing platform to ascend and descend. The battery swapping platform is used for mounting and dismounting a battery (11) of an electrical device (6). The adjusting mechanism is connected to the bearing platform and the battery swapping platform and is used for adjusting the spatial posture of the battery swapping platform with respect to the bearing platform. The apparatus reduces difficulty in aligning battery swapping platforms with batteries, improves battery mounting and dismounting efficiency, and reduces the risk of damage to the batteries. In addition, also disclosed is a battery swapping station (2).

Inventors

WU, KAI
CHAN, Libing

Assignees

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited

Dates

Publication Date: 20260513
Application Date: 20240222

Claims (18)

A battery swapping device, comprising: a supporting platform; a driving mechanism, at least configured to drive the supporting platform to move up and down; a battery swapping platform, configured to disassemble and assemble a battery of an electric device; and an adjustment mechanism, connected to the supporting platform and the battery swapping platform and configured to adjust a spatial posture of the battery swapping platform relative to the supporting platform.
The battery swapping device according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of the adjustment mechanisms are provided.
The battery swapping device according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of adjustment mechanisms are distributed in an array.
The battery swapping device according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the battery swapping platform and the supporting platform are arranged opposite to each other in a first direction, the first direction being parallel to an up-and-down direction of the supporting platform; and the adjustment mechanism is at least configured to change a spacing between the battery swapping platform and the supporting platform in the first direction.
The battery swapping device according to claim 4, wherein the adjustment mechanism comprises a first adjusting member, a second adjusting member, and a first driving member, the second adjusting member being in contact with the first adjusting member; and the first adjusting member is disposed on the battery swapping platform, and the second adjusting member is disposed on the supporting platform; the first driving member is configured to drive the first adjusting member and the second adjusting member to move relative to each other, so as to change the spacing between the battery swapping platform and the supporting platform in the first direction by means of the first adjusting member and the second adjusting member.
The battery swapping device according to claim 5, wherein the second adjusting member supports the battery swapping platform by means of the first adjusting member.
The battery swapping device according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the first driving member is connected to the first adjusting member, and is configured to drive the first adjusting member to move relative to the battery swapping platform, a direction of the relative movement between the first adjusting member and the battery swapping platform intersecting with the first direction; the second adjusting member is fixed to the supporting platform; and the second adjusting member is configured to guide the first adjusting member to move in the first direction when the first adjusting member moves relative to the battery swapping platform.
The battery swapping device according to claim 7, wherein the first driving member is disposed on a side of the battery swapping platform facing away from the supporting platform; the battery swapping platform is provided with a channel, and the first adjusting member passes through the channel and comes into contact with the second adjusting member.
The battery swapping device according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the first adjusting member is threadedly connected to the second adjusting member; the first driving member is configured to drive the first adjusting member to rotate relative to the battery swapping platform.
The battery swapping device according to any one of claims 5 to 8, wherein an end of the first adjusting member facing the supporting platform is provided with a first surface, and an end of the second adjusting member facing the battery swapping platform is provided with a second surface, the first surface being configured to be in contact with the second surface; and at least one of the first surface and the second surface is an inclined surface, and the inclined surface intersects with a plane perpendicular to the first direction.
The battery swapping device according to claim 10, wherein the first surface and the second surface are both inclined surfaces, and the first surface and the second surface are in surface-to-surface contact; or one of the first surface and the second surface is an inclined surface, the other is a circular arc surface, and the first surface and the second surface are in point-to-surface contact.
The battery swapping device according to claim 4, wherein the adjustment mechanism comprises a second driving member and a link, the second driving member is disposed on the supporting platform, and the link is hinged to the battery swapping platform; and the second driving member is configured to drive the link to move in the first direction.
The battery swapping device according to any one of claims 4 to 12, further comprising an elastic member, wherein the elastic member is disposed between the supporting platform and the battery swapping platform and is connected to the supporting platform and the battery swapping platform; and the elastic member is configured to apply tension to the supporting platform and the battery swapping platform.
The battery swapping device according to any one of claims 1 to 13, further comprising a support component, wherein the support component is fixed to the supporting platform and is hinged to the battery swapping platform.
The battery swapping device according to any one of claims 1 to 14, wherein the battery swapping platform and the supporting platform are arranged in a first direction, the first direction being parallel to an up-and-down direction of the supporting platform; and the driving mechanism comprises a lifting assembly and a first moving platform, and the first moving platform is configured to be movable in a second direction, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction; the lifting assembly is disposed on the first moving platform, and the lifting assembly is connected to the supporting platform and is configured to drive the supporting platform to move in the first direction.
The battery swapping device according to claim 15, wherein the driving mechanism further comprises a second moving platform, the second moving platform is movably connected to the first moving platform in a third direction, the lifting assembly is disposed on the second moving platform, and every two of the first direction, the second direction, and the third direction are perpendicular to each other.
The battery swapping device according to claim 16, wherein the driving mechanism further comprises a rotating platform, the rotating platform is disposed on the second moving platform, and a rotating shaft of the rotating platform is parallel to the first direction; and the lifting assembly is disposed on the rotating platform.
A battery swapping station, comprising: a support platform, configured to support an electric device; a battery compartment, configured to store a battery and charge the battery; and the battery swapping device according to any one of claims 1 to 17, wherein the battery swapping device is configured to be movable between the support platform and the battery compartment.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION The present application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202310830233.3, filed on July 7, 2023 and entitled "BATTERY SWAPPING DEVICE AND BATTERY SWAPPING STATION", the content of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. TECHNICAL FIELD The present application relates to the field of battery swapping, and in particular, to a battery swapping device and a battery swapping station. BACKGROUND With the development of new energy technologies, batteries are widely used in electric devices, such as mobile phones, laptop computers, electric bicycles, electric vehicles, electric airplanes, electric ships, electric toy cars, electric toy ships, electric toy airplanes, and electric tools. Limited by battery capacity, electric devices require frequent charging, which takes time and affects the user experience. SUMMARY The present application provides a battery swapping device and a battery swapping station, which can quickly swap a battery of an electric device. In a first aspect, the present application provides a battery swapping device. The battery swapping device includes a supporting platform, a driving mechanism, a battery swapping platform, and an adjustment mechanism. The driving mechanism is at least configured to drive the supporting platform to move up and down. The battery swapping platform is configured to disassemble and assemble a battery of an electric device. The adjustment mechanism is connected to the supporting platform and the battery swapping platform, and is configured to adjust a spatial posture of the battery swapping platform relative to the supporting platform. During detachment of the battery, the adjustment mechanism may adjust the spatial posture of the battery swapping platform based on the spatial posture of the battery, such that the spatial posture of the battery swapping platform is adapted to the spatial posture of the battery to a certain extent, thereby improving the alignment precision of the battery swapping platform and the battery, and reducing the difficulty of detaching the battery. During mounting of the battery, the adjustment mechanism may adjust the spatial posture of the battery swapping platform based on the spatial posture of the battery mounting position of the electric device, such that the spatial posture of the battery on the battery swapping platform is adapted to the spatial posture of the battery mounting position to a certain extent, thereby enabling the battery swapping platform to mount the battery to the electric device more quickly and accurately. In the embodiments of the present application, by providing the adjustment mechanism, the difficulty of the disassembly and assembly of the battery can be reduced, improving the disassembly and assembly efficiency of the battery, and reducing the risk of the battery being crushed. In some embodiments, a plurality of adjustment mechanisms are provided. The plurality of adjustment mechanisms can increase the adjustment range of the spatial posture of the battery swapping platform and improve the stability of the battery swapping platform during the adjustment process. In some embodiments, the plurality of adjustment mechanisms are distributed in an array. In the embodiments of the present application, the battery swapping platform may be adjusted at a plurality of sites that are evenly arranged, thereby improving the stability of the battery swapping platform during the adjustment process and improving the adjustment precision. In some embodiments, the battery swapping platform and the supporting platform are arranged opposite to each other in a first direction, and the first direction is parallel to an up-and-down direction of the supporting platform. The adjustment mechanism is at least configured to change a spacing between the battery swapping platform and the supporting platform in the first direction. The plurality of adjustment mechanisms can change the spacing between the plurality of sites of the battery swapping platform and the supporting platform, thereby adjusting an inclination angle of the battery swapping platform relative to the supporting platform, such that the spatial posture of the battery swapping platform is adapted to the spatial posture of the battery to a certain extent. In some embodiments, the adjustment mechanism includes a first adjusting member, a second adjusting member, and a first driving member, and the second adjusting member is in contact with the first adjusting member. The first adjusting member is disposed on the battery swapping platform, and the second adjusting member is disposed on the supporting platform. The first driving member is configured to drive the first adjusting member and the second adjusting member to move relative to each other, so as to change the spacing between the battery swapping platform and the supporting platform in the first direction by means of the first adjusting member and