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AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAtsushi MIKUNI, Shintaro KITAKATA, Reiji IWAIHARA, Takumi KAWATA, Norihisa NOMURA
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A battery replacement station includes a drive device (battery replacement process unit) that performs a process of replacing a battery (first battery) with another battery (second battery), and a control device (controller) that controls the drive device. The drive device includes a raising/lowering unit (lift-up mechanism) that lifts up a vehicle body of an electrically powered vehicle, and a battery mounting table onto which a battery removed from a bottom portion of the electrically powered vehicle is to be withdrawn. The drive device also includes an operating table (angle adjustment mechanism) that adjusts a relative angle between the vehicle body in a state of being lifted up, and the battery mounting table, in a plan view as seen from above the electrically powered vehicle.
A battery replacement station provided with a battery that is replaceable with a battery provided in a bottom portion of an electrically powered vehicle, the battery provided in the bottom portion of the electrically powered vehicle being a first battery, the battery provided in the battery replacement station being a second battery, the battery replacement station comprising:
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