US 12,252,030 B2
Battery swapping method, server and battery installing-and-removing device
Zhenhui Huang, Ningde (CN); Hang Ma, Ningde (CN); and Yongchao Li, Ningde (CN)
Assigned to Contemporary Amperex Technology (Hong Kong) Limited, Hong Kong (CN)
Filed by CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED, Hong Kong (CN)
Filed on Mar. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/705,429.
Application 17/705,429 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2021/115758, filed on Aug. 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0069338 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B60L 53/80 (2019.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B60L 53/36 (2019.01); B60S 5/06 (2019.01)
CPC B60L 53/80 (2019.02) [B60L 50/60 (2019.02); B60L 53/36 (2019.02); B60S 5/06 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery swapping method applied to a server in a battery swapping station, the method comprising:
receiving battery swapping status information of an electric vehicle, wherein the battery swapping status information indicates whether the electric vehicle is in a state to be power exchanged;
sending a battery removing instruction to a battery installing-and-removing device upon the battery swapping status information indicating the electric vehicle is in a state to be power exchanged, the battery removing instruction being configured for instructing the battery installing-and-removing device to remove a first battery from the electric vehicle and transport the first battery to a first position;
sending a battery installation instruction to the battery installing-and-removing device when detecting that the first battery is transported to the first position;
receiving the battery installation instruction sent by the battery installing-and-removing device, the battery installation instruction being configured for indicating that a second battery is to be installed by the battery installing-and-removing device to the electric vehicle;
sending a battery swapping completion instruction to the electric vehicle based on the battery installation instruction;
wherein power of the second battery is higher than power of the first battery,
the method further comprising:
receiving a battery-in-place instruction sent by a transporting device, the battery-in-place instruction being an instruction sent when the first battery is transported to a charging position corresponding to battery identity information sent by the transporting device;
wherein the sending the battery installation instruction to the battery installing-and-removing device comprises:
sending the battery installation instruction to the battery installing-and-removing device based on the battery-in-place instruction.