Battery swapping station

Abstract

A battery swapping station that identifies in advance the type of battery pack supplied to a battery slot, takes out a charging connector suitable for the type of battery pack, and connects it to the battery pack. The battery swapping station includes a battery slot configured to accommodate one of n different types of battery packs (n is a natural number of 2 or more), n different charging connectors corresponding to each of the n different types pf battery packs, a sensing unit that configured to identify a type of battery pack of the n different types of battery packs being accommodated in the battery slot, and a connector coupling portion configured to select a charging connector of the n different charging connectors suitable for the identified battery pack and connect the selected charging connector to the identified battery pack accommodated in the battery slot.

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