Automatic coupling system for traction batteries
First Claim
1. An apparatus for connecting a battery with a battery charger, including a battery charger at a replacement station for electric road vehicles equipped with exchangeable batteries receivable upon a roller conveyor associated with the replacement station, comprising a first terminal strip attached to the battery and including a plurality of plugs and sockets for electrical and mechanical connection, and a second, correspondingly configured terminal strip associated with the battery charger and including a corresponding plurality of sockets and plugs for electrical and mechanical connection, wherein the first and second terminal strips include guide pins and corresponding guide openings for engagement with one another, and wherein the plugs and sockets of the first and second terminal strips and the guide pins and guide openings of the first and second terminal strips are brought into contact when the battery is advanced into contact with the battery charger.
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Abstract
A coupling for connecting a battery to a battery charger of a replacement station for electric road vehicles equipped with exchangeable batteries receivable upon a roller conveyor associated with the replacement station, or to a battery charger of the owner of the vehicle, includes corresponding terminal strips associated with the battery and with the battery charger having plugs and sockets for electrical connection, and optionally for connection with an air supply and a water refilling device. The plugs and sockets are suitably connected to the battery with cables and hoses. The correspondingly adjusted terminal strip arranged at the charging position in the replacement station is provided with corresponding sockets and plugs, and has additional guide pins for engaging corresponding guide openings in the battery terminal strip. These various structures are automatically connected when the battery is advanced along the roller conveyor.
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- 1. An apparatus for connecting a battery with a battery charger, including a battery charger at a replacement station for electric road vehicles equipped with exchangeable batteries receivable upon a roller conveyor associated with the replacement station, comprising a first terminal strip attached to the battery and including a plurality of plugs and sockets for electrical and mechanical connection, and a second, correspondingly configured terminal strip associated with the battery charger and including a corresponding plurality of sockets and plugs for electrical and mechanical connection, wherein the first and second terminal strips include guide pins and corresponding guide openings for engagement with one another, and wherein the plugs and sockets of the first and second terminal strips and the guide pins and guide openings of the first and second terminal strips are brought into contact when the battery is advanced into contact with the battery charger.
- 13. An apparatus for connecting a battery with a battery charger, including a battery charger at a replacement station for electric road vehicles equipped with exchangeable batteries receivable upon a roller conveyor associated with the replacement station, comprising a first terminal strip attached to the battery and including a plurality of plugs and sockets for electrical and mechanical connection, and a second, correspondingly configured terminal strip associated with the battery charger and including a corresponding plurality of sockets and plugs for electrical and mechanical connection, wherein the first and second terminal strips include guide pins and corresponding guide openings for engagement with one another, wherein the plugs and sockets of the first and second terminal strips combine for communicating with a compressed air supply, a water refilling device and a current supply, and wherein the plugs and sockets of the first and second terminal strips and the guide pins and guide openings of the first and second terminal strips are brought into contact when the battery is advanced into contact with the battery charger.
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