Warehouse truck

• US 9,278,841 B2
• Filed: 06/05/2014
• Issued: 03/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BT Products AB
• Original Assignee: BT Products AB
• Inventors: Prcenth, Gert
• Primary Examiner(s): Wilson, Lee D
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hall, Jr., Tyrone V
• Application Number:
  US14/296,487
• Publication Number:
  US 20140361232A1
• Time in Patent Office: 642 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/18 Cables specially adapted for charging electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B66F 9/065 non-masted mobile jacks of the garage type mounted on wheels or rollers B66F5/00
• CPC Class Codes: B66F 9/07504 Accessories, e.g. for towing, charging, locking
• CPC Class Codes: B66F 9/07572 Propulsion arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: B66F 9/205 Arrangements for transmitting pneumatic, hydraulic or electric power to movable parts or devices for cranes B66C13/12
• CPC Class Codes: B66F 9/24 Electrical devices or systems
• 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 90/14 Plug-in electric vehicles

Abstract

A warehouse truck includes an electric truck contact in direct connection to or on a battery. The electric truck contact is arranged to take part in the switching between three battery modes. The truck contact includes a first group of guides that cooperate with a second group of guides on a truck charging contact and a third group of guides on a truck operation clamp.

Claims

1. A warehouse truck comprising;

a lifting device;

an electricity consuming drive motor;

an electricity consuming hydraulic pump motor;

a battery arranged to supply electricity to at least one of the electricity consuming motors;

an electric truck contact in direct connection to or on the battery, wherein the electric truck contact is arranged to take part in the switching between a completely disconnected battery mode, a battery connected for charging mode, and an operating mode for the truck, the truck contact including a first group of guides;

a truck charging contact including a second group of guides cooperating with the first group of guides; and

a truck operation clamp including a third group of guides, wherein the first and the second and the third group of guides provide for that the truck contact and the truck charging contact (10), and the truck operation clamp, only can be connected in a predetermined position, further the truck contact includes three contact elements and the truck contact includes a notch, wherein said notch intersects a spiral shaped groove with a predetermined pitch, wherein said notch receives one of a protrusion on the truck charging contact and a protrusion on the truck operation clamp, which results in that the respective contact element engaging with at least one connection pin, on one of the truck charging contact and the operation clamp (2) to a fully connected position when the one of the protrusion on the truck charging contact and the protrusion on the truck operation clamp completes movement in said spiral shaped groove which drives the at least one connection pin for connection of one of the truck charging contact and the operation clamp, wherein the spiral shaped groove has an extension and a pitch arranged such that connection and disconnection of the at least one connection pin to and from the fully connected position, is delayed compared with a linear connection and disconnection respectively with a lack of guiding by the protrusions in the groove.

2. The warehouse truck according to claim 1, wherein the spiral shaped groove has a pitch and extension that are arranged such that the connection and disconnection time for the truck charging contact or the operation clamp to the truck contact reaches at least 40 milliseconds.

3. The warehouse truck according to claim 1, wherein the spiral shaped groove runs to a stop that is positioned in the range 75-100 degrees of extension viewed axially for the truck contact.

4. The warehouse truck according to claim 1, wherein the spiral shaped groove has a pitch that lead to that a charging contact or an operation clamp moves a distance in the range of 5 mm to 30 mm from disconnected to fully connected position and the opposite, at the truck contact.

5. The warehouse truck according to claim 1, wherein the truck contact is arranged to be able to handle electric currents intensities up to 500 Amperes.

6. The warehouse truck according to claim 1, wherein the groove is provided with a stop for indicating fully connected position.

7. An electric truck charging contact charging the warehouse truck according to claim 1, wherein the charging contact comprises:

a grip device connected to an axle which in turn is connected to a first protrusion including at least a smaller protrusion adapted to be able to pass in the notch and the spiral shaped groove, and that the first protrusion when swivelling the grip device, the smaller protrusion can follow the spiral shaped groove of the truck contact of the warehouse truck, for thereby achieving a connection and disconnection time that is delayed compared to a linear connection, with a lack of guiding of the smaller protrusion in the groove.

8. The electric truck charging contact according to claim 7, wherein the grip device is arranged with wings that are arranged symmetrically.

9. An electric truck operation clamp used with the warehouse truck according to claim 1, wherein the truck operation clamp includes a grip device connected with an axle which in turn is connected with a first protrusion including at least a smaller protrusion adapted to be able to pass in the notch and the spiral shaped groove on the truck contact of the warehouse truck, and that the first protrusion when swivelling the grip device after passage of the smaller protrusion can this follow the spiral shaped groove of the truck contact of the warehouse truck, in order to thereby achieve a connection and disconnection time that is delayed compared to a linear connection, with lack of guiding by the smaller protrusion in the groove.

10. The electric truck operation clamp according to claim 9, wherein the grip device is arranged with wings that are arranged symmetrically.