MOTOR VEHICLE WITH ACTUATED BATTERY EXCHANGE AND A ROLLER BEARING U-PROFILE TEFLON COATED GUIDE

• US 20140003895A1
• Filed: 03/15/2012
• Published: 01/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pendelmatic International V/Jan Moller, Co.
• Original Assignee: Pendelmatic International V/Jan Moller, Co.
• Inventors: Mller, Jan Max Clausen
• Granted Patent: US 9,162,654 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 414/462
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 1/04 of the electric storage means for propulsion exchanging batteries for electric propulsion of vehicles B60L53/80; for auxiliary purposes only B60R16/04; supplying batteries to, or removing batteries from, vehicles B60S5/06
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2001/0416 Arrangement in the rear part of the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2001/0438 Arrangement under the floor
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2001/0477 from the back
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2001/0494 with arrangements for sliding
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/80 Exchanging energy storage elements, e.g. removable batteries
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 1/6427 the load-transporting element being shifted horizontally in a fore and aft direction, combined or not with a vertical displacement
• CPC Class Codes: B60Y 2200/14 Trucks; Load vehicles, Busses
• CPC Class Codes: B60Y 2200/141 Light trucks
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/12 Electric charging stations

Abstract

The invention concerns a motor vehicle (1), preferably a truck or a lorry, comprising a battery exchange station (2), the battery exchange station (2) comprising at least one battery (3), an actuator element (4) and a connecting element (5) arranged between the battery (3) and the actuator element (4), the actuator element (4) being movable from a first to a second position, such that in the first position the at least one battery (3) is arranged completely under the motor vehicle (1), while in the second position the at least one battery (3) is arranged completely outside, preferably behind, the motor vehicle (1).

Claims

1. A motor vehicle, preferably a truck or a lorry, comprising a battery exchange station, the battery exchange station comprising a at least one battery, an actuator element and a connecting element arranged between the battery and the actuator element, the actuator element being movable from a first to a second position, such that in the first position the battery is arranged completely under the motor vehicle, while in the second position battery is arranged completely outside, preferably behind, the motor vehicle, the connecting element in the first position being arranged completely under the motor vehicle and in the second position being arranged with a coupling between the connecting element and the battery outside, preferably behind, the motor vehicle, the coupling between the connecting element and the battery being releasable, and further comprising a guide adapted for guiding the movement of the actuator element from the first to the second position, characterized in, that the guide is constructed as a roller bearing riding in a U-profile and/or being coated with a friction reducing coating, preferably Teflon.

2. A motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein it further comprises a battery storage element for storing the battery away from the motor vehicle.

3. A motor vehicle according to claim 2, wherein the battery storage element comprises a guide adapted for guiding the movement of the battery into the battery storage element.

4. A motor vehicle according to claim 3, wherein the guide is constructed as a roller bearing riding in a U-profile and/or being coated with a friction reducing coating, preferably Teflon.

5. A motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the actuator element is a hydraulic element, preferably a hydraulic rod, and the connecting element is a piston rod, or wherein the actuator element is a pneumatic element.

6. A motor vehicle according to claim 1 any one of, wherein it comprises one, two or three batteries.

7. A motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the battery exchange station further comprises a supporting element adapted for supporting the battery.

8. A motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein it further comprises an end board, and wherein the battery storage element of the battery exchange station is adapted for being fixated in relation to the end board.

9. A motor vehicle according to claim 8, wherein the fixation is carried out by means of a sliding bolt.

10. A motor vehicle according to claim 8, wherein the end board is provided with a stop adapted for ensuring that the battery and/or the battery holding element of the battery exchange station is placed in a suitable height in relation to the bottom of the motor vehicle.

11. A motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the battery or the batteries of the battery exchange station in the first position is/are arranged in the space between the bottom of the motor vehicle and the side of the motor vehicle and the chassis frame of the motor vehicle, respectively.