Mobile Battery Replacement Unit
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Abstract
This present invention provides a method for portable electric vehicle battery replacement comprised of providing a platform adapted for holding an electric vehicle upon it, storing a plurality of electric vehicle batteries, and loading charged batteries into the electric vehicles.
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48 Claims
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29. A portable battery replacement device adapted for exchanging depleted batteries with charged batteries in an electric vehicle, comprising:
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a. a platform (1000) adapted to hold said electric vehicle upon it; b. a vehicle lift (1002) adapted to raise said electric vehicle off said platform to allow access to said battery of said electric vehicle; c. a battery lift (1008) adapted to lower and raise electric batteries into and out of said electric vehicle; d. a battery receiving unit (1004), adapted to receive the depleted battery (1001) from said electric vehicle; e. a battery replacement unit (1006) adapted to place a charged battery (1009) into said electric vehicle; f. a battery magazine (1007) adapted to hold electric vehicle batteries; g. rails (1005) upon said platform adapted to allow travel of said depleted-battery receiving unit (1004) and said battery replacement unit (1006) between said magazine and said electric vehicle; h. sense and control means adapted to control the sequence of battery replacement operations;
wherein said device allows battery exchange by use of an automated portable device. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A method for exchanging the battery of an electric vehicle comprising steps of:
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a. providing a platform adapted to hold said electric vehicle upon it; b. providing a vehicle lift adapted to lift said electric vehicle to allow access to the battery of said electric vehicle; c. providing a ramp and transport means adapted to allow said electric vehicle to be transported from the ground onto said platform; d. providing a depleted-battery receiving unit, adapted to remove the depleted battery from said electric vehicle; e. providing a charged-battery replacement unit, adapted to place a charged battery in said electric vehicle; f. disposing said platform in the vicinity of said electric vehicle; g. transporting said electric vehicle up said ramp onto said platform by use of said transport means; h. raising said electric vehicle off the surface of said platform by means of said vehicle lift; i. removing said electric vehicle battery by means of said depleted-battery unit; j. replacing said electric vehicle battery by means of said charged-battery replacement unit; k. lowering said electric vehicle onto the surface of said platform; l. transporting said electric vehicle down said ramp and off of said platform by use of said transport means; m. wherein batteries of electric vehicles are replaced by use of an automated portable device that may be transported and deployed in the field. - View Dependent Claims (30, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A method of hand-operated electric vehicle battery replacement consisting of:
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a. providing a mobile device adapted for exchanging electric vehicle batteries of minimal size, provided with a platform adapted for holding said batteries, and lifting means adapted for lifting said batteries; b. removing depleted batteries from said electric vehicles by means of said mobile device; c. inserting charged batteries into said electric vehicles by means of said mobile device.
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