US 12,403,792 B2
Battery replacement apparatus and battery replacement method
Mamoru Saito, Toyota (JP); Shin Inoue, Okazaki (JP); and Naoki Takahashi, Miyoshi (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Nov. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/512,931.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-194354 (JP), filed on Dec. 5, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0181923 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
Int. Cl. B60L 53/80 (2019.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B60L 53/66 (2019.01); B60L 53/62 (2019.01); B60L 58/13 (2019.01)
CPC B60L 53/80 (2019.02) [B60L 50/66 (2019.02); B60L 53/62 (2019.02); B60L 58/13 (2019.02)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery replacement apparatus for replacing a first battery attached to an electric vehicle with a second battery, the battery replacement apparatus comprising:
a detector that detects at least one of position and orientation of the first battery;
a battery mount where the second battery is placed, the battery mount being capable of being raised; and
an adjuster that adjusts at least one of position and orientation of the second battery that is placed on the battery mount, wherein:
the battery mount allows the second battery to be attached to a vehicle body of the electric vehicle from below the vehicle body, by being raised below the vehicle body in a state where the second battery is placed on the battery mount,
the adjuster adjusts at least one of the position and the orientation of the second battery placed on the battery mount, based on at least one of the position and the orientation of the first battery detected by the detector,
the adjuster includes a pre-fixer that pre-fixes a position, in a horizontal direction, of a corner portion of the second battery placed on the battery mount, and
the adjuster adjusts at least one of the position and the orientation of the second battery in a state where the position of the corner portion is pre-fixed by the pre-fixer.