Road vehicle with a battery change system

• US 9,162,654 B2
• Filed: 03/15/2012
• Issued: 10/20/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Pendelmatic International V/Jan Moller, Co.
• Original Assignee: Pendelmatic International V/Jan Moller, Co.
• Inventors: Mller, Jan Max Clausen
• Primary Examiner(s): MYERS, GLENN F
• Application Number:
  US14/005,258
• Publication Number:
  US 20140003895A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,314 Days
• Field of Search: 414/510, 414/511, 414/513, 414/517, 414/525.1, 414/679, 414/352, 414/353, 414/462, 414/522, 414/563, 414/428, 414/430, 414/466, 414/465, 414/464, 414/468, 414/477, 414/483, 414/484, 414/485, 414/498, 104/34, 269/26.09, 224/281, 224/496, 224/548, 224/564
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 road vehicle comprising:

a cargo area;

a bed under the cargo area, the bed defining a longitudinal axis;

a plurality of wheels supporting the bed;

a battery;

an actuator element; and

a coupling element between the battery and the actuator element,

the actuator element being movable, in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the bed, from a first position to a second position, such that in the first position the battery is completely under the cargo area, and in the second position the battery is completely horizontally displaced from the bed, the coupling element in the first position being completely under the cargo area and in the second position being releasable coupled to the battery,

wherein, when the actuator element is in the first position, the actuator element is completely horizontally displaced from the battery, and most of the actuator element is in vertical alignment with the battery.

2. A system comprising the road vehicle according to claim 1;

and a battery storage element for storing the battery away from the road vehicle.

3. A system 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 system according to claim 3, wherein the guide is constructed as a roller bearing riding in a U-profile or being coated with a friction reducing coating.

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

6. A road vehicle according to claim 1 further including

a second battery;

a second actuator element; and

a second coupling element, the second coupling element being between the second battery and the second actuator element,

the second actuator element being movable from a first to a second position, such that in the first position the second battery is completely under the cargo area, and in the second position the second battery is completely horizontally displaced from the cargo area, the second coupling element in the first position being completely under the cargo area and in the second position being releasable coupled to the second battery,

wherein the second actuator element can be in the first position of the second actuator element at a time when the first actuator element is not in the first position of the first actuator element.

7. A road vehicle according to claim 1 further including, a supporting element adapted for supporting the battery.

8. A road vehicle according to claim 1 further including

an end board;

and

a battery storage element adapted for being fixated in relation to the end board.

9. A road vehicle according to claim 1 further including a guide adapted for guiding the movement of the battery, the guide including a U-profile, and a roller bearing riding in the U-profile.

10. A road vehicle according to claim 1 further including a guide adapted for guiding the movement of the battery, wherein the guide is coated with a friction reducing coating.

11. A road vehicle according to claim 1 wherein in the second position the battery is behind the cargo area.

12. A road vehicle according to claim 1 wherein the actuator element is a hydraulic rod.

13. A road vehicle according to claim 1 the actuator element is a pneumatic element.