Title:
BATTERY EXCHANGE DEVICE, BATTERY EXCHANGE SYSTEM, AND BATTERY EXCHANGE METHOD
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2024/062911
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
This battery exchange device is for a transport vehicle equipped with a battery accommodation part, the device comprising: a loading table that is disposed so as to face the battery accommodation part in the forward-backward direction of the transport vehicle and that has a first region and a second region where a pair of batteries can be arranged side by side in the width direction of the transport vehicle intersecting the forward-backward direction; a first transfer mechanism which selectively causes the first and second regions to face the battery accommodation part of the transport vehicle by moving the loading table in the width direction; a second transfer mechanism which brings the loading table closer toward or away from the transport vehicle in the forward-backward direction thereof; and an actuator which is capable of drawing a battery from the battery accommodation part of the transport vehicle into the first region and which is also capable of inserting a battery arranged on the second region into the battery accommodation part.
Inventors:
TSURUTA MEGUMU (JP)
SATO TATSUYA (JP)
KAWAUCHI NAOTO (JP)
ONOGAWA EI (JP)
KANAI YASUHIRO (JP)
MATSUMOTO RYO (JP)
FUTAHASHI KENSUKE (JP)
SATO TATSUYA (JP)
KAWAUCHI NAOTO (JP)
ONOGAWA EI (JP)
KANAI YASUHIRO (JP)
MATSUMOTO RYO (JP)
FUTAHASHI KENSUKE (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2023/032288
Publication Date:
March 28, 2024
Filing Date:
September 04, 2023
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MITSUBISHI HEAVY IND LTD (JP)
International Classes:
B60K1/04; B60S5/06; B65G1/00
Foreign References:
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JP2002128492A | 2002-05-09 | |||
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
MATSUNUMA Yasushi et al. (JP)
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