VEHICLE BATTERY CLAMPING DEVICE

• US 20170106736A1
• Filed: 04/01/2014
• Published: 04/20/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Guangdong Hua'Chan Research Institute of Intelligent Transportation System Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Shenzhen Zhilun Driving Technology For Electric Vehicle Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: GONG, Shugang, ZENG, Lei, YANG, Huilong, LIN, Shaorong, PENG, Liguang
• Granted Patent: US 9,783,038 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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: H01M 2220/20 Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/249 specially adapted for aircraft or vehicles, e.g. cars or trains constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles B60L50/64
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries
• 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

A vehicle battery clamping device, which is mounted on a frame of a vehicle and used for clamping two identical batteries in the vehicle, having: a fixed beam provided on the frame; a handle rotary shaft provided on the fixed beam, a winding wheel train being provided on the handle rotary shaft; a steel wire rope wound around the winding wheel train; a front rotary shaft, with the upper end being rotationally connected to the fixed beam, and the lower end being provided with a front clamping plate; a rear rotary shaft, with the upper end being rotationally connected to the frame, and the lower end being provided with a rear clamping plate; a synchronous belt, with both ends being respectively wound around the front rotary shaft and the rear rotary shaft; and a guide wheel assembly provided on the fixed beam, wherein the steel wire rope passes through the guide wheel assembly and has its two ends respectively connected to the synchronous belt; and the two batteries are respectively clamped on each side of the vehicle battery clamping device. The vehicle battery clamping device uses a steel wire rope to achieve the loading and unloading operations of the batteries, has a simple structure, light weight, low costs, small carbon footprint, and easy operation.

Claims

1. A vehicle battery clamping device mounted on a frame of a vehicle for clamping two identical batteries in the vehicle, wherein the device comprises:

a fixed beam fixedly arranged on the frame;

a handle rotary provided on the fixed beam, with a winding wheel train fixedly arranged on the handle rotary shaft;

a steel wire rope wound around the winding wheel train;

a front rotary shaft, with an upper end thereof rotationally connected to the fixed beam, and a lower end thereof provided with a front clamping plate, the front clamping plate being perpendicular to the front rotary shaft;

a rear rotary shaft, with an upper end thereof rotationally connected to the frame, and a lower end thereof provided with a rear clamping plate, the rear clamping plate being perpendicular to the rear rotary shaft;

a synchronous belt, with both ends thereof respectively wound around the front rotary shaft and the rear rotary shaft, configured to synchronously drive the front rotary shaft and the rear rotary shaft to rotate;

a guide wheel assembly configured for changing the driving direction of the steel wire rope and arranged on the fixed beam, wherein the steel wire rope passes through the guide wheel assembly and has its two ends respectively connected to the synchronous belt;

wherein, the fixed beam, the front rotary shaft and the front clamping plate form an I-shaped clamping structure;

the rear clamping plate and the rear rotary shaft form an inverted T-shaped clamping structure, the front and rear ends of the two batteries are respectively clamped on each side of the I-shaped clamping structure and each side of the inverted T-shaped clamping structure.

2. The vehicle battery clamping device according to claim 1, wherein each end of the handle rotary shaft is provided with a foldable handle, which is perpendicular to the handle rotary shaft.

3. The vehicle battery clamping device according to claim 2, wherein the fixed beam is provided with a bracket for supporting the handle rotary shaft, which rotates on the bracket.

4. The vehicle battery clamping device according to claim 1, wherein the guide wheel assembly comprises a framework and several guide wheels for changing the driving direction of the steel wire rope;

the framework is provided on the fixed beam, the guide wheels are provided in the framework, and the steel wire rope passing the guide wheel assembly are wound around the guide wheels.

5. The vehicle battery clamping device according to claim 1, wherein the front rotary shaft is provided with a front gear, the rear rotary shaft is provided with a rear gear, and the synchronous belt is a flexible rack wound around the front gear and the rear gear in the form of a closed loop.

6. The vehicle battery clamping device according to claim 5, wherein the synchronous belt is clamped by two synchronous belt locks respectively on both sides of the synchronous belt and both ends of the steel wire rope are connected respectively to the synchronous belt locks.

7. The vehicle battery clamping device according to claim 1, wherein each end of the fixed beam is provided with an elastic front clamping piece, which clamps the outside of the batteries;

the frame is provided with two elastic rear clamping pieces, which clamp the outside of the batteries.

8. The vehicle battery clamping device according to claim 7, wherein the ends of the two front clamping pieces are provided with front clamping recesses to accommodate the front clamping plate and the frame is provided with a front clamping recess lock to fasten the front clamping plate in the front clamping recesses;

the ends of two rear clamping pieces are provided with rear clamping recesses to accommodate the rear clamping plate and the frame is provided with a rear clamping recess lock to fasten the rear clamping plate in the rear clamping recesses.

9. The vehicle battery clamping device according to claim 8, wherein the front clamping recess lock comprises a front lock sleeve, a front pressing piece and a front locking piece that can retract into the front lock sleeve after the front pressing piece is jacked;

the front pressing piece and the front locking piece are provided in the front lock sleeve;

the rear clamping recess lock comprises a rear lock sleeve, a rear pressing piece and a rear locking piece that can retract into the rear lock sleeve after the rear pressing piece is jacked;

the rear pressing piece and the rear locking piece are provided in the rear lock sleeve.

10. The vehicle battery clamping device according to claim 9, wherein each end of the front clamping plate is provided with a front U-shaped opening to accommodate the front clamping recess and each end of the rear clamping plate is provided with a rear U-shaped opening to accommodate the rear clamping recess.