A system for quickly exchanging batteries, and their payment, in electric vehicles as they are battery powered vehicles (BPV). Includes requirement for all BPV to be constructed similarly for battery undercarriage horizontal slide insertion and removal, with electric and water socket plug-in connections in the undercarriage. Includes requirement that batteries are slab designed to be compatible in dimensions and weight for ease of exchanging batteries in BPV, with larger batteries for SUV's, trucks, busses. Includes, battery exchange multi lane building facilities for BPV to drive in, service personnel or robots to exchange batteries from plug-in charging racks with specially designed battery movement equipment, pay for their use, and BPV to drive away. Requires batteries, facilities, racks, equipment, and all data processing and its computers to be owned by investors, with initial battery, daily, and as-you-go, payments by BPV owners.

A locking mechanism for a battery pack. The locking mechanism comprises a fixing piece, the fixing piece being provided with a locking space. When the battery pack is placed relative to the bracket, the locking mechanism is used to lock a connecting rod on the battery pack. The locking mechanism is provided facing the battery pack on a side of the locking space and is close to an opening of the battery pack in the vertical direction so that the connecting rod enters the opening along the vertical direction facing the bottom wall of the bracket and moves into the locking space. Thus, the complexity process of installing and fixing a battery pack are effectively reduced, and the reliability of fixation is also ensured. Also provided are a bracket assembly, an electric vehicle and a locking method for a battery pack.

A device that supports a motor vehicle component includes a plate that is equipped with a securing device for securing a protective casing of the component and an attachment device for attaching to a structural element of the chassis of the motor vehicle. The attachment device is designed to break in the event of a collision involving the motor vehicle. The support device also includes a deflector that forms a ramp tilted upwards, one end of which extends at the height of the plate and an opposing end of which is tilted relative to the plate. This support device helps protect the occupant in case of a frontal impact collision by preventing rigid members from stacking up in a critical manner in the engine compartment.

An electric work vehicle includes: a battery accommodating portion that is provided in the vehicle body and accommodates a battery; a first connector provided on the battery accommodating portion; a second connector provided on the battery; and an operating tool for moving the battery and the second connector, and switching from a pre-attachment orientation in which the second connector opposes the first connector to an attachment orientation in which the second connector is joined to the first connector.

The present invention provides a traveling device including: a framework member of a vehicle body; at least one rail member being supported by the framework member and extending substantially horizontally; a battery supporting member that is mounted to be insertable into the vehicle body and extractable from the vehicle body by the rail member for supporting a battery; and at least one damper member being disposed between the rail member and the battery supporting member, wherein the damper member is attached above or below the rail member.

The vehicle receives batteries comprising cells arranged into at least one pack configured to be held in a vehicle structure, the pack being alternatively chosen from among at least one pack(P) and at least one pack(E) which are mechanically interchangeable and electrically substitutable. The pack(P) cells exhibit a maximum power density substantially higher than the pack(E) cells exhibit, and comprise cells exhibiting an energy density per unit mass substantially less than the pack(E) cells exhibit. The maximum electrical power of the pack(P) corresponds to the maximum electrical power needed to accomplish a first vehicle mission and the energy storage capacity of the pack(P) is at least sufficient to accomplish the first mission. The electrical energy storage capacity of the pack(E) corresponds to the electrical energy storage capacity needed to accomplish a second vehicle mission and the maximum electrical power is at least sufficient to accomplish the second mission.

To achieve effective use of space in a vehicle compartment by optimizing arrangement of a high-voltage control equipment unit including batteries. The high-voltage control equipment unit (20) includes two batteries (50-1, 50-2) juxtaposed in the width direction of the vehicle (1), a high-voltage electrical component (56) for controlling power delivery from the batteries (50-1, 50-2), and a case (30) integrally housing the batteries (50-1, 50-2) and the high-voltage electrical component (56). The two batteries (50-1, 50-2) are mounted under front seats (5-1, 5-2). The high-voltage electrical component (56) is mounted between the two front seats (5-1, 5-2) in the vehicle width direction. On a bottom surface (33) of the case (30), a recessed portion (32) in which a propeller shaft (4) extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle (1) is formed.

An electric vehicle 700 battery swapping system 500, comprising a platform 100 with slots 610 on batteries 600 and arms 50 equipped with pins 58 along the platform's length l; a plurality of wheels 30 disposed on an outer surface of the platform 100; a lifting mechanism 40 attached to the fixed end 52 to toggle the at least one arm 50 between an upper configuration 42 and a downward configuration 44; an alignment system 300 having a plurality of camera 315 disposed onto the platform 100 and a plurality of alignment marker 310 disposed onto a chassis 760 of the vehicle 700; a positioning system 400 provided in the platform 100 connected to a central server 450 located remotely. A battery swap method 2000 includes removing a depleted battery 600 and inserting a recharged battery 600 using the system 500.

A vertical motion battery latching mechanism for a power equipment having a removable battery can include a central lever, a latch button and a vertically pushed button. The central lever can be configured to rotate about an axis. The latch button can be vertically movable by rotation of the central lever and configured to selectively secure and release the battery with respect to the power equipment. The latch button can be biased toward securing the battery onto the power equipment. The vertically pushed button can rotate about a second axis different from the first axis and be configured to contact the central lever to rotate the central lever about the first axis and release the battery from the power equipment by moving the latch button vertically.

A materials handling vehicle including a battery receiving space, and a removable battery assembly, wherein: the removable battery assembly includes a battery body and a battery locking mechanism; the battery locking mechanism includes a spring-loaded battery handle and a spring-loaded locking pin; the battery receiving space includes a battery latch positioned to receive the spring-loaded locking pin; the spring-loaded battery handle includes a planar handle cam surface and the spring-loaded locking pin includes a planar pin cam surface such that the handle cam surface engages the pin cam surface with movement of the battery handle relative to the battery body; the spring-loaded battery handle is spring-biased in a locked position; and the spring-loaded locking pin is spring-biased in an extended position and is movable to a retracted position in response to movement of the battery handle from the locked position to an unlocked position.