Pallet carrier

• US 10,640,348 B2
• Filed: 01/07/2018
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ningbo RUYI Joint Stock Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ningbo RUYI Joint Stock Company Limited
• Inventors: Pan, Zhenyu, Tian, Feng, Feng, Zhenli, Yang, Zefeng, Wu, Liangzhu, Zhang, Yaoyao, Chen, Ji, Fang, Haoxiang
• Primary Examiner(s): Hall, Jr., Tyrone V
• Application Number:
  US15/863,939
• Publication Number:
  US 20180334368A1
• Time in Patent Office: 849 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 13/04 by spring or weight fluid released B60T13/10
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 13/748 acting on electro-magnetic brakes combined with fluid-pressure brake systems B60T13/667
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 2005/0471 Disk brakes
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 3/0612 power operated
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 5/004 in wheels
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 5/0053 Arrangements of batteries
• CPC Class Codes: B66F 17/003 for fork-lift trucks
• CPC Class Codes: B66F 9/07509 Braking
• CPC Class Codes: B66F 9/07531 Battery compartments
• CPC Class Codes: B66F 9/07568 Steering arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: B66F 9/07572 Propulsion arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: B66F 9/22 Hydraulic devices or systems
• CPC Class Codes: B66F 9/24 Electrical devices or systems
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 2121/14 Mechanical
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 2121/20 using electromagnets
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 2121/22 for releasing a normally applied brake
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 55/22 by clamping an axially-located rotating disc between movable braking members, e.g. movable brake discs or brake pads
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 55/226 in which the common actuating member is moved axially , e.g. floating caliper disc brakes
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 65/095 Pivots or supporting members therefor
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 65/183 with force-transmitting members arranged side by side acting on a spot type force-applying member

Abstract

The present invention provides a pallet carrier, comprising a carrier frame structure; a fork structure disposed on the carrier frame structure; a driving wheel structure comprising driving wheels that are articulated to the carrier frame structure, wherein each one of the driving wheels is set as a one-piece wheel structure integrated with a driving motor and a hub. The pallet carrier has the advantages of simple structure and work reliability.

Claims

1. A pallet carrier, comprising:

a carrier frame structure;

a fork structure, disposed on the carrier frame structure;

a driving wheel mechanism, characterized by comprising driving wheels which are articulated to the carrier frame structure, wherein the driving wheels are configured as a one-piece structure which is integrated with a driving motor and wheel hubs;

the carrier frame structure is formed with a power supply mounting hole;

the pallet carrier also comprises a power supply unit which is set as a battery pack structure, wherein the power supply unit can be inserted into the power supply mounting hole and is limited therein;

an electrical assembly of the pallet carrier is installed at a bottom of the power supply mounting hole, and a limiting hole is dug at the bottom of the power supply unit.

2. The pallet carrier according to claim 1, characterized in that each one of the driving wheels comprises a hub motor main body and a connecting shaft which is articulated with the hub motor main body, and each one of the connecting shafts extends out of each corresponding hub motor main body and is connected to the carrier frame structure.

3. The pallet carrier according to claim 2, characterized in that the driving wheel mechanism also comprises a brake structure, and the brake structure comprises a brake disc which is disposed on one side of the hub motor main body and a disc brake structure which plays the role of actuating the brake disc.

4. The pallet carrier according to claim 3, characterized in that the disc brake structure comprises a brake which is installed on the carrier frame structure through a bracket.

5. The pallet carrier according to claim 4, characterized in that the brake and the bracket are installed with a floating structure, and the brake and the bracket form a preset floating interval there-between.

6. The pallet carrier according to claim 2, characterized in that the connecting shafts separately stand on two sides of each of the hub motor main bodies;

a driving base is rotationally installed behind the fork structure;

a lower part of the driving base is set as a seat structure of which the two ends respectively correspond to the connecting shaft structures on two sides, and the connecting shaft structure on each side is in a rigid connection with each corresponding one of the seat structure.

7. The pallet carrier according to claim 1, characterized in that the opening of the power supply mounting hole is positioned at a middle-upper position;

the electrical assembly of the pallet carrier is installed at the bottom of the power supply mounting hole;

the limiting hole which is matched with the electrical assembly is dug at the bottom of the power supply unit; and

after the power supply unit is inserted into the power supply mounting hole, the electrical assembly is embedded in the limiting hole and limits the power supply unit.

8. The pallet carrier according to claim 1, characterized in that the power supply unit is set as a hand-held battery pack structure.

9. The pallet carrier according to claim 1, characterized in that the pallet carrier comprises electric connectors;

a plug-in interface is disposed on one side of the power supply unit close to the driving wheels; and

the electric connectors are but-joined with the plug-in interface in a detachable plug-in way.

10. The pallet carrier according to claim 1, characterized in that the power supply unit is set as a single accumulator structure, and the accumulator voltage of the power supply unit is greater than 24V.

11. The pallet carrier according to claim 10, characterized in that the accumulator of the power supply unit is set as a lithium cell accumulator.

12. The pallet carrier according to claim 1, characterized in that the pallet carrier also comprises an operating handle and a lifting mechanism for controlling the lifting or descending of the fork structure, and the lifting mechanism is set as an electric pump structure or a manual pump structure.

13. The pallet carrier according to claim 12, characterized in that the electric pump structure comprises a lifting motor, a gear pump in connection with the lifting motor, an oil cylinder with a high-pressure cavity inside, an oil tank disposed on the periphery of the oil cylinder, and a contact disposed at a lateral portion of the lifting motor, wherein a lower part of the oil cylinder is connected to the carrier frame structure, a plunger piston is movably installed from the upper part to the middle part of the oil cylinder;

the gear pump has an oil suction opening and an oil discharge opening, and the oil suction opening of the gear pump communicates with the oil tank via an oil suction pipe, while the oil discharge opening of the gear pump communicates with the high-pressure cavity of the oil cylinder;

a one-way valve is disposed in an oil discharge pipe;

the outlet of the oil discharge pipe is connected to the high-pressure cavity through a high-pressure oil discharge channel;

the oil tank also communicates with a lowering return oil channel;

the oil cylinder is provided with a lowering valve;

the lowering valve is capable of communicating with a high-pressure oil discharge channel and the lowering return oil channel, and in such circumstance, the high-pressure cavity communicates with the oil tank.

14. The pallet carrier according to claim 13, characterized in that the lowering valve is a plug-in type electromagnetic valve.

15. The pallet carrier according to claim 13, characterized in that the lowering valve is manual electromagnetic valve.

16. The pallet carrier according to claim 13, characterized in that the outlet of the oil discharge channel also communicates with an overload protection channel;

the overload protection channel communicates with the lowering return oil channel through an overload return oil channel, and a safety valve is disposed between the overload protection channel and the overload return oil channel.

17. The pallet carrier according to claim 12, characterized in that the manual pump structure comprises a manual pump set in connection with the operating handle, an oil cylinder with a high-pressure cylinder inside, and an oil tank disposed on the periphery of the oil cylinder, wherein the manual pump set comprises a pump cylinder and a pump core which is movably installed in the pump cylinder and is capable of moving linearly in a repeated way;

the lower part of the oil cylinder is connected to the carrier frame structure, a plunger piston is movably installed from the upper part to the middle part of the oil cylinder;

the high-pressure cavity communicates with a high-pressure oil discharge channel;

the oil tank communicates with a lowering return oil channel, and the lowering return oil channel communicates with the high-pressure oil discharge channel through a manual lowering valve set;

a one-way valve is disposed at the middle part of the manual lowering valve set, and an outlet of the pump cylinder is connected to the one-way valve through a connecting channel.

18. The pallet carrier according to claim 17, characterized in that the connecting channel is also provided with a safety valve, and an outlet of the safety valve communicates with the lowering return oil channel through an overload return oil channel.