Battery Replacement Apparatus
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsSoshiro MURATA, Hiroshi UMENO, Takahiro NOMURA, Yuya ONOZUKA
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Abstract
A battery replacement apparatus includes: a battery replacement station which has a first stop area and a second stop area and in which removal of a first battery from a vehicle body and attachment of a second battery to the vehicle body are to be performed; a removal device that is provided below the first stop area and removes the first battery from the vehicle body stopped in the first stop area; and an attachment device that is provided below the second stop area and attaches the second battery to the vehicle body stopped in the second stop area.
Claims3
A battery replacement apparatus for replacing a used first battery attached to a vehicle body of an electrically powered vehicle with a charged second battery, the battery replacement apparatus comprising:
- a battery replacement station which includes a first stop area where the electrically powered vehicle is to be stopped and a second stop area located at a position separated from the first stop area and in which removal of the first battery from the vehicle body and attachment of the second battery to the vehicle body are to be performed;
- a removal device that is provided below the first stop area and removes the first battery from the vehicle body stopped in the first stop area;
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- an attachment device that is provided below the second stop area and attaches the second battery to the vehicle body stopped in the second stop area.
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