CN222464185U

CN222464185U - Charging pile and robot system

Info

Publication number: CN222464185U
Application number: CN202420304866.0U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 胡化超; 王泽�; 毕备; 刘冬
Original assignee: Midea Group Co Ltd; Midea Group Shanghai Co Ltd
Current assignee: Midea Group Co Ltd; Midea Group Shanghai Co Ltd
Priority date: 2024-02-19
Filing date: 2024-02-19
Publication date: 2025-02-11
Anticipated expiration: 2034-02-19

Abstract

The utility model relates to the field of robots, and in particular to a charging pile and a robot system. The charging pile includes a shell and a charging contact. The shell is provided with a charging slot. The charging contact is connected to the charging slot by sliding along a set direction. One of the charging contact and the charging slot is provided with a first limiting portion, and the other is provided with a second limiting portion. The second limiting portion has a first limiting surface and a second limiting surface that are relatively set. When the first limiting portion cooperates with the first limiting surface, the charging contact is in a first limit position. When the first limiting portion cooperates with the second limiting surface, the charging contact is in a second limit position. The first limiting portion and the second limiting portion are provided to cooperate to achieve physical limiting between the charging contact and the charging slot, so as to avoid the charging contact from sliding along a set direction, exceeding the charging slot and colliding with other components in the charging pile, and escaping from the notch of the charging slot, thereby effectively improving the use experience of the charging pile.

Description

Charging pile and robot system

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of robots, in particular to a charging pile and a robot system.

Background

Charging contacts of charging piles used by robots in the prior art usually realize stroke control through reset pieces, and after long-time use, the reset pieces are easy to fail, so that the problem of inaccurate stroke control exists.

Disclosure of utility model

The present utility model is directed to solving at least one of the technical problems existing in the related art. Therefore, the utility model provides the charging pile, and the physical limit between the charging contact and the charging slot is realized by arranging the first limit part and the second limit part to be matched, so that the accuracy of stroke control of the charging contact is effectively improved, and the charging contact is prevented from exceeding the stroke and colliding with other parts of the charging pile.

The utility model further provides a robot system.

According to an embodiment of the first aspect of the present utility model, a charging pile comprises:

A shell provided with a charging groove;

the charging contact is connected to the charging groove in a sliding manner along a set direction, one of the charging contact and the charging groove is provided with a first limiting part, the other one of the charging contact and the charging groove is provided with a second limiting part, and the second limiting part is provided with a first limiting surface and a second limiting surface which are oppositely arranged;

Under the condition that the first limiting part is matched with the first limiting surface, the charging contact is in a first limiting position, and under the condition that the first limiting part is matched with the second limiting surface, the charging contact is in a second limiting position.

According to the charging pile, the charging pile is connected in the charging groove, the first limiting part is abutted with the first limiting surface, the charging contact is farthest from the bottom surface of the charging groove along the set direction and is positioned at the first limiting position and cannot be continuously far away from the charging groove, the charging contact moves towards the bottom surface of the charging groove along the set direction until the first limiting part is abutted with the second limiting surface, the charging contact is closest to the bottom surface of the charging groove along the set direction and is positioned at the second limiting position and cannot be continuously moved along the set direction.

According to the charging pile, the first limiting part and the second limiting part are arranged to be matched, physical limiting between the charging contact and the charging groove is achieved, accuracy of stroke control of the charging contact is effectively improved, the first limiting surface is used for preventing the charging contact from colliding with other parts in the charging pile beyond the charging groove when the charging contact slides along a set direction, the second limiting surface is used for preventing the charging contact from falling out of a notch of the charging groove, use experience of the charging pile is effectively improved, and when an elastic reset piece is arranged between the charging contact and the charging groove, deformation of the reset piece can be controlled within a certain range, excessive deformation is avoided, and service life of the reset piece is effectively prolonged.

According to one embodiment of the utility model, the second limiting part comprises a base, a connecting side wall and a stop, the base and the stop are oppositely arranged, the base forms the first limiting surface, the stop forms the second limiting surface, an installation space is formed among the base, the connecting side wall and the stop, and the first limiting part is located in the installation space.

According to one embodiment of the utility model, the charging pile comprises at least two second limiting parts, the second limiting parts are arranged along the length direction of the charging contact, and the first limiting parts and the second limiting parts are in one-to-one correspondence.

According to one embodiment of the present utility model, the second limiting portions are disposed in a staggered manner and located at two sides of the charging contact or the charging slot in the length direction.

According to one embodiment of the utility model, the charging contact further comprises a guiding post extending along the set direction;

And the bottom surface of the charging groove is provided with a limiting hole, and the guide post is in sliding connection with the limiting hole.

According to one embodiment of the utility model, the charging contact is provided with a mounting ring groove, the mounting ring groove is arranged around one end of the guide post, which is far away from the limiting hole, and the notch of the mounting ring groove faces the charging groove;

The charging pile further comprises a resetting piece, the resetting piece is sleeved on the guide post, one end of the resetting piece is abutted to the bottom surface of the charging groove, and the other end of the resetting piece is limited in the mounting groove.

According to one embodiment of the utility model, the charging contact comprises a charging blade and a charging blade holder, the charging blade being detachably connected to the charging blade holder and being located on a side of the charging blade holder facing away from the charging slot.

According to one embodiment of the present utility model, the charging pile further includes a detecting member, and the detecting member is disposed at a termination end of the set direction and adapted to detect positional information of the charging contact.

According to one embodiment of the utility model, the detection member is a photoelectric sensor circuit board provided with a detection hole;

the charging contact is provided with a shielding part corresponding to the detection hole, and the shielding part is suitable for being inserted into the detection hole.

According to an embodiment of the second aspect of the present utility model, a robot system includes:

A robot body;

The charging pile is electrically connected with the robot body, and the charging pile is used for charging the robot body.

The beneficial effects of the robot system according to the embodiment of the present utility model are similar to those of the charging pile according to the embodiment of the first aspect of the present utility model, and will not be described here again.

Additional aspects and advantages of the utility model will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the utility model.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present utility model or the technical solutions in the related art, the drawings that are required to be used in the embodiments or the related technical descriptions will be briefly described, and it is apparent that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present utility model, and other drawings may be obtained according to the drawings without inventive effort for those skilled in the art.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating installation of a charging contact and a charging slot of a charging pile according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of section A of FIG. 1;

fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of section B in fig. 1.

Reference numerals:

100. The charging device comprises a shell, 110, a charging slot, 111, a second limiting part, 112, a first limiting surface, 113, a second limiting surface, 114, a base, 115, a connecting side wall, 116, a stop, 117, an installation space, 118 and a limiting hole;

200. Charging contact 210, a first limiting part 220, a guide post 230, a mounting ring groove 240, a charging piece 250, a charging piece bracket 260, a shielding part 270 and a power supply line mounting position;

300. Reset part 400, detection part 411, photoelectric sensor circuit board 412, detection hole 420, magnetic induction switch.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present utility model are described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples. The following examples are illustrative of the utility model but are not intended to limit the scope of the utility model.

In the description of the embodiments of the present utility model, it should be noted that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience in describing the embodiments of the present utility model and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the apparatus or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the embodiments of the present utility model. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

In describing embodiments of the present utility model, it should be noted that, unless explicitly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "connected," "connected," and "coupled" should be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, integrally connected, mechanically connected, electrically connected, directly connected, or indirectly connected via an intermediate medium. The specific meaning of the above terms in embodiments of the present utility model will be understood in detail by those of ordinary skill in the art.

In embodiments of the utility model, unless expressly specified and limited otherwise, a first feature "up" or "down" on a second feature may be that the first and second features are in direct contact, or that the first and second features are in indirect contact via an intervening medium. Moreover, a first feature being "above," "over" and "on" a second feature may be a first feature being directly above or obliquely above the second feature, or simply indicating that the first feature is level higher than the second feature. The first feature being "under", "below" and "beneath" the second feature may be the first feature being directly under or obliquely below the second feature, or simply indicating that the first feature is less level than the second feature.

In the description of the present specification, a description referring to terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "examples," "specific examples," or "some examples," etc., means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the embodiments of the present utility model. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms are not necessarily directed to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples. Furthermore, the different embodiments or examples described in this specification and the features of the different embodiments or examples may be combined and combined by those skilled in the art without contradiction.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, a charging pile according to a first aspect of the present utility model includes a housing 100 and a charging contact 200, wherein the housing 100 is provided with a charging slot 110, the charging contact 200 is slidably connected to the charging slot 110 along a set direction, one of the charging contact 200 and the charging slot 110 is provided with a first limiting portion 210, the other is provided with a second limiting portion 111, the second limiting portion 111 has a first limiting surface 112 and a second limiting surface 113 which are oppositely arranged, the charging contact 200 is in a first limiting position when the first limiting portion 210 is matched with the first limiting surface 112, and the charging contact 200 is in a second limiting position when the first limiting portion 210 is matched with the second limiting surface 113.

According to the charging pile of the embodiment of the utility model, a charging contact 200 is connected in a charging groove 110, a first limiting part 210 is abutted against a first limiting surface 112, the charging contact 200 is farthest from the bottom surface of the charging groove 110 along a set direction and is positioned at a first limiting position and cannot continuously move away from the charging groove 110, and the charging contact 200 moves along the set direction until the first limiting part 210 is abutted against a second limiting surface 113, and the charging contact 200 is closest to the bottom surface of the charging groove 110 along the set direction and is positioned at a second limiting position and cannot continuously move along the set direction.

It should be noted that, when the charging post is used for charging an object to be charged (such as a robot), the object to be charged is usually required to abut against the charging contact 200, and push the charging contact 200 to a set position along a set direction, and the charging post controls the charging contact 200 to be electrified to realize charging of the object to be charged.

According to the charging pile provided by the embodiment of the utility model, the first limiting part 210 is arranged to be matched with the second limiting part 111, so that the physical limitation between the charging contact 200 and the charging slot 110 is realized, the accuracy of stroke control of the charging contact 200 is effectively improved, the first limiting surface 112 is used for preventing the charging contact 200 from colliding with other parts in the charging pile beyond the charging slot 110 when sliding along the set direction, the second limiting surface 113 is used for preventing the charging contact 200 from falling out of the notch of the charging slot 110, the use experience of the charging pile is effectively improved, and when the elastic resetting piece 300 is arranged between the charging contact 200 and the charging slot 110, the deformation of the resetting piece 300 can be controlled within a certain range without excessive deformation, and the service life of the resetting piece 300 is effectively prolonged.

In this embodiment, the number of charging contacts 200 corresponding to the charging slots 110 is two, namely, a positive contact and a negative contact, so that when the positive contact and the negative contact are simultaneously contacted with the corresponding charging contacts on the object to be charged and the charging contacts 200 of the charging pile are electrified, the object to be charged is charged. Of course, for the case of multiphase charging (such as three-phase charging), the number of charging slots 110 and charging contacts 200 may be adaptively adjusted to meet the charging requirement.

In this embodiment, the first limiting portion 210 is mounted on the charging slot 110, and is a mounting block extending from the bottom of the charging slot 110 in a direction away from the setting direction, and the mounting block extends radially in the setting direction to form a protrusion, and the second limiting portion 111 is disposed on the charging contact 200, and the protrusion slides in the setting direction and abuts against the first limiting portion 210 or the second limiting portion 111 of the second limiting portion 111. Of course, the first stopper 210 may be attached to the charging contact 200, and the second stopper 111 may be provided in the charging slot 110.

According to an embodiment of the present utility model, as shown in fig. 3, the second limiting portion 111 includes a base 114, a connecting sidewall 115 and a stop 116, where the base 114 and the stop 116 are disposed opposite to each other, the base 114 forms a first limiting surface 112, the stop 116 forms a second limiting surface 113, an installation space 117 is formed between the base 114, the connecting sidewall 115 and the stop 116, and the first limiting portion 210 is located in the installation space 117.

In this embodiment, taking the example that the second limiting portion 111 is disposed on the charging contact 200, when the charging contact 200 is mounted to the charging slot 110 from the outside, the stop 116 is first contacted with the first limiting portion 210, the first limiting portion 210 pushes against the stop 116 in a direction away from the opening of the mounting space 117, the stop 116 drives the connecting sidewall 115 to deviate toward the side away from the opening of the mounting space 117, after the stop 116 passes through the first limiting portion 210, the connecting sidewall 115 is not pushed against, and is reset in the direction of the opening of the mounting space 117, so as to realize the limiting connection between the first limiting portion 210 and the mounting space 117, and the first limiting portion 210 is limited between the base 114 and the stop 116.

Through setting up connection lateral wall 115 and backstop 116, the staff can effectually be with charging contact 200 from the external world installation to charging groove 110 by the deformation of connection lateral wall 115, is different from the mode that needs to install charging contact 200 in the prior art from the inside charging pile outside to the charging pile, installs more high-efficient convenient.

Of course, the arrangement mode shown in fig. 3 is that the second limiting portion 111 is disposed on the charging contact 200, and the connecting sidewall 115 of the second limiting portion 111 is used for deforming to mount the charging contact 200 and the charging slot 110. In other embodiments, the second limiting portion 111 may be disposed in the mounting groove, and the connecting sidewall 115 of the second limiting portion 111 is used for deforming to connect the charging contact 200 with the charging groove 110.

It can be understood that the connecting side wall 115 and the stop 116 may be further disposed on the first limiting portion 210, and an installation groove extending along the set direction is disposed corresponding to the stop 116 of the first limiting portion 210 to form the second limiting portion 111, so as to realize connection between the charging slot 110 and the charging contact 200.

According to an embodiment of the present utility model, as shown in fig. 1, the charging pile includes at least two second limiting portions 111, the second limiting portions 111 are disposed along the length direction of the charging contact 200, and the first limiting portions 210 and the second limiting portions 111 are in one-to-one correspondence. The problem that clamping stagnation is caused by too small unilateral supporting force along the length direction is avoided, and the moving stability of the charging contact 200 is effectively improved.

In this embodiment, the length direction of the charging contact 200 extends along the left-right direction, and of course, when the charging contact 200 is arranged in the up-down direction, the length direction is the up-down direction, which can be adaptively adjusted according to the actual arrangement situation of the charging contact 200.

In this embodiment, two second limiting portions 111 are disposed above and below the charging contact 200, respectively, and of course, the specific number and positions of the second connecting portions may be specifically adjusted according to the actual length of the charging contact 200 in the length direction and the arrangement position of the interface (such as the power supply line mounting position 270) on the charging contact 200.

In this embodiment, the power supply line mounting position 270 is disposed at an end of the charging contact 200 along the length direction, so that the power supply line is routed from the outside of the charging contact 200, and no interference is generated to the movement of the charging contact 200 along the set direction.

According to an embodiment of the present utility model, as shown in fig. 1, adjacent second limiting portions 111 are disposed at a staggered position, and are located at both sides of the charging contact 200 or the charging slot 110 in the length direction.

In this embodiment, when one second limit portion is disposed above the charging contact 200, the adjacent second limit portion is disposed below the charging contact 200 and asymmetrically disposed at two sides of the charging contact 200 in the length direction, so that there is enough space in the length direction perpendicular to the first limit portion and the second limit portion, which is more advantageous for the miniaturized arrangement of the charging pile than the charging contact 200 having second limit portions symmetrically disposed at two sides of the charging contact 200 in the length direction (in the up-down direction in this embodiment).

According to an embodiment of the present utility model, as shown in fig. 2, the charging contact 200 further includes a guide post 220 extending along the set direction, the bottom surface of the charging slot 110 is provided with a limiting hole 118, and the guide post 220 is slidably connected with the limiting hole 118. The limiting hole 118 ensures that the charging contact 200 generates displacement in a constraint angle when moving, and ensures that the charging contact 200 cannot collide with other components in the charging pile.

According to one embodiment of the utility model, as shown in fig. 2, the charging contact 200 is provided with a mounting ring groove 230, the mounting ring groove 230 is arranged around one end of the guide post 220 away from the limiting hole 118, the notch of the mounting ring groove 230 faces the charging groove 110, the charging pile further comprises a resetting piece 300, the resetting piece 300 is sleeved on the guide post 220, one end of the resetting piece 300 abuts against the bottom surface of the charging groove 110, and the other end of the resetting piece is limited in the mounting ring groove 230.

In this embodiment, one end of the reset piece 300 is limited and fixed by the installation ring groove 230, a worker only needs to sleeve the reset piece 300 on the guide post 220, and install the charging contact 200 to the charging slot 110, and the reset piece 300 is always installed between the installation ring groove 230 and the charging slot 110 without falling out due to the limiting effect of the first limiting part 210 and the second limiting part 111 between the charging slot 110 and the charging contact 200, so that the installation difficulty of the reset piece 300 is reduced, and the production efficiency is effectively improved.

In this embodiment, the charging contact 200 is pressed by the object to be charged, slides in the charging slot 110 along the set direction, and the reset member 300 deforms to resist the sliding of the charging contact 200 along the set direction, so as to achieve the close fitting between the object to be charged and the charging contact 200, and ensure the charging effect of the charging pile.

In this embodiment, the reset element 300 adopts a spring, and of course, the reset element 300 may also adopt a member with elastic deformation capability such as silica gel, a spring plate, etc.

According to one embodiment of the present utility model, as shown in connection with fig. 2, the charging contact 200 includes a charging blade 240 and a charging blade holder 250, the charging blade 240 being detachably connected to the charging blade holder 250 and being located on a side of the charging blade holder 250 facing away from the charging slot 110.

In this embodiment, the charging blade holder 250 is slidably connected to the charging slot 110. By the separation arrangement of the charging piece 240 and the charging piece bracket 250, the replacement cost of parts of the charging pile is reduced.

According to an embodiment of the present utility model, as shown in fig. 1 and 3, the charging pile further includes a detecting member 400, and the detecting member 400 is disposed at a terminating end of the set direction and adapted to detect the position information of the charging contact 200. When the position information of the electrical contact reaches the set position, the charging pile controls the charging contact 200 to be electrified, so that the object to be charged is charged.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the detecting member 400 is a photoelectric sensor circuit board 411, the photoelectric sensor circuit board 411 is provided with a detecting hole 412, the charging contact 200 is provided with a shielding portion 260 corresponding to the detecting hole 412, and the shielding portion 260 is adapted to be inserted into the detecting hole 412.

In this embodiment, after the shielding portion 260 is inserted into the detection hole 412, the light emitted by the emitter of the photoelectric sensor circuit board 411 located at one side of the detection hole 412 cannot be received by the receiver disposed at the opposite side, which indicates that the charging contact 200 reaches the set position, and the charging contact 200 can be energized.

In this embodiment, two shielding portions 260 are separately disposed on two charging contacts 200, two detection holes 412 are correspondingly disposed on the photoelectric sensor circuit board 411, and of course, the number of shielding portions 260 and detection holes 412 can be adjusted according to the number of charging contacts 200, for example, each charging contact 200 is correspondingly provided with one shielding portion 260 and one detection hole 412, and when a linkage piece is disposed between the charging contacts 200 to ensure the same-direction movement, only one of the charging contacts 200 may be provided with the shielding portion 260 and the detection hole 412.

In this embodiment, the shielding portion 260 is a shielding sheet, which is beneficial to avoid collision with the detection hole 412, and of course, the shielding portion 260 may be a shielding block, a shielding column, or the like, and may be inserted into the detection hole 412 to achieve a shielding effect.

Of course, the detecting member 400 may also be a detecting member adapted to detect the position of the object to be charged, such as an infrared sensor or a gravity sensor.

In this embodiment, fill electric pile still and be equipped with magnetic induction switch 420, correspond to set up magnet on waiting to charge the object, magnetic induction switch 420 detects that the object that waits to charge this moment is the object that waits to charge that this fills electric pile corresponds, effectively avoids filling electric pile and charges other objects, causes the damage.

In this embodiment, two magnetic induction switches 420 are sequentially disposed on the photoelectric sensor circuit board 411 along the vertical direction, and are disposed corresponding to the charging contacts 200, so as to avoid misdetection of one magnetic induction switch 420 and effectively ensure that the object to be charged is in good contact with the two charging contacts 200.

The robot body and fill electric pile as above embodiment fill electric pile and robot body electric connection, fill electric pile and be used for charging the robot body.

Finally, it should be noted that the above-mentioned embodiments are merely illustrative of the utility model, and not limiting. While the utility model has been described in detail with reference to the embodiments, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various combinations, modifications, or equivalent substitutions can be made to the technical solutions of the present utility model without departing from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the present utility model, and it is intended to be covered by the scope of the claims of the present utility model.

Claims

1. A charging pile, comprising:

A shell provided with a charging groove;

2. The charging stake of claim 1, wherein the second spacing portion includes a base, a connecting sidewall and a stop, the base and the stop being disposed opposite one another, the base defining the first spacing surface, the stop defining the second spacing surface, an installation space being defined between the base, the connecting sidewall and the stop, the first spacing portion being disposed within the installation space.

3. The charging pile according to claim 2, wherein the charging pile comprises at least two second limiting portions, the second limiting portions are arranged along the length direction of the charging contact, and the first limiting portions and the second limiting portions are in one-to-one correspondence.

4. A charging pile according to claim 3, wherein adjacent second limit portions are arranged in a staggered manner and located on both sides of the charging contact or the charging slot in the length direction.

5. The charging post according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the charging contact further comprises a guide post extending in the set direction;

6. The charging pile according to claim 5, wherein the charging contact is provided with a mounting ring groove, the mounting ring groove is arranged around one end of the guide post away from the limiting hole, and a notch of the mounting ring groove faces the charging groove;

7. A charging post according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the charging contact comprises a charging blade and a charging blade holder, the charging blade being detachably connected to the charging blade holder and being located on a side of the charging blade holder facing away from the charging slot.

8. A charging post according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a detection member provided at the terminating end of the set direction, adapted to detect positional information of the charging contact.

9. The charging stake of claim 8, wherein the sensing element is a photosensor circuit board having a sensing aperture;

10. A robotic system, comprising:

A robot body;

The charging pile according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the charging pile is electrically connected to the robot body, and the charging pile is used for charging the robot body.