专利摘要:
The invention relates to a system for storing and recharging electric scooters (1), characterized in that it comprises at least one rack (2), each rack (2) being powered by By an electric power supply and comprising scooter locking means in a storage position and an electric locker connector (5) connected to the electric power supply, said scooter locking means being configured to lock in storage position an electric scooter including an electrical connector complementary to the electrical locker connector (5) to maintain electrical contact between the electrical locker connector (5) and the electrical connector of the electric scooter in the storage position.
公开号:FR3072358A1
申请号:FR1759785
申请日:2017-10-18
公开日:2019-04-19
发明作者:Bertrand Faivre;Cristian Sandu;Pierre Duguet
申请人:Sophie;
IPC主号:
专利说明:

SCOOTER STORAGE AND RECHARGE SYSTEM
ELECTRICAL AND STATION INCLUDING SAME
The present invention relates to the field of electric scooters, and relates in particular to a system for storing and recharging electric scooters and to a station comprising said system.
An electric scooter generally comprises an electric connector placed on its handlebars or on its elongated platform on which the feet of the user rest, the user having to connect an electric cord to this electric connector to recharge the battery of the electric scooter. In addition, an electric scooter is generally foldable to reduce its size when not in use.
Such an electric scooter is, for example, disclosed in the Chinese utility models CN204383695U and CN205469487U, in which an electric charging connector is disposed on the handlebars of the electric scooter. However, the electric cord used to recharge such a scooter does not allow automatic recharging of the scooter when the latter is stored in a specific storage location. Indeed, the user must perform the tedious operation of connecting the cord to the scooter and then to an electrical outlet to recharge the battery of the electric scooter.
French patent application FR2997679A1 discloses a device for locking and recharging an electric bicycle. However, this device is not suitable for an electric scooter and does not make it possible to secure the electric scooter when it is recharged, in order to protect it against theft, vandalism and bad weather.
The present invention aims to solve the drawbacks of the prior art, by proposing a recharging scooter when it system which allows both the storage of electric scooters, in which electric is automatically stored
The present and a recharged electrical system, storage in said system.
invention therefore relates to one and characterized minus a locker, each power supply and scooter in an electrical connector, configured scooter charging scooter by the fact that it comprises the locker being comprising electric position of said means for blocking locker connected locking device in position powered by a locking means storage and one to the scooter power supply being an electrical storage comprising a connector complementary to the electrical connector so as to maintain an electrical contact electrical connector locker and the connector electric locker between the electric electric scooter in the storage position.
Thus, the scooter blocking means of less electric scooter locker ensure, is stowed in the scooter electric locker connector, automatic battery when the locker, that the is plated to ensure connector against the electric scooter recharge.
The electrical locker connector is arranged in at least one locker so that it is in contact with that of the electric scooter when the latter is blocked by the locking means of
At least one locker.
The electric scooter is preferably foldable in order to reduce the size of the at least one locker, the electric scooter being folded back on itself in the storage position.
According to a particular characteristic of the invention, the scooter blocking means comprise an upper blocking means and a lower blocking means.
Thus, the upper and lower locking means make it possible to guarantee optimal locking of the electric scooter in the at least one locker.
According to a particular characteristic of the invention, one of the upper locking means and of the lower locking means is a scooter wheel locking means, the other of the upper locking means and of the lower locking means being a means handlebar lock or scooter platform.
Thus, one of the front wheel and the rear wheel of the scooter and one of the handlebars and of the platform of the scooter are blocked by the upper and lower locking means in order to guarantee optimal blocking of the scooter.
In the event that the scooter is not foldable, the following combinations are possible:
- way blocking inferior of wheel before and way of blocking superior of handlebars; - way blocking inferior of wheel before and way of blocking superior of platform;- way blocking inferior of wheel back and way of blocking superior of platform;- way blocking superior of wheel before and way of blocking lower than handlebars;
- way blocking front wheel upper and way of blocking lower than platform; and - way blocking rear wheel upper and way of blocking lower than platform. In case the scooter is foldable the
The following associations are possible:
- way blocking lower wheel before and way of blocking superior of handlebars; - way blocking lower wheel before and way of blocking superior of platform; - way blocking lower wheel back and way of blocking superior of handlebars; - way blocking lower wheel back and way of blocking superior of platform; - way blocking wheel top before and way of blocking lower than handlebars; - way blocking wheel top before and way of blocking lower than platform; - way blocking wheel top back and way of blocking lower than handlebars; and - way blocking wheel top back and way of blocking lower than platform.According to a characteristic particul st of
Invention, the scooter wheel locking means is a housing configured to lock in position a wheel of the electric scooter.
The housing of the wheel locking means is preferably arranged in the lower part of the at least one rack.
According to a particular characteristic of
1'invention, the handlebar or scooter blocking means comprises a horizontal plate in which is formed a slot configured to receive the handlebars or the platform of the electric scooter, and a rotary locking arm mounted on a spring recall and configured to close the slot once the handlebar is inserted or the platform inserted in it in order to lock the handlebar or the platform in position in the slot of the horizontal plate.
The horizontal plate and the rotary locking arm of the handlebar or platform locking means are preferably arranged in the upper part of the at least one rack.
According to a particular characteristic of the invention, the electrical locker connector comprises a fixed part fixed to the at least one locker and a mobile part mounted on a spring on the fixed part and projecting towards the inside of the at least one locker, electrical contacts being arranged on the movable part.
Thus, when the scooter is blocked by the locking means of the at least one locker, the electric connector of the scooter presses against the mobile part of the electric locker connector, the mobile part of the electric locker connector then moves towards the fixed part of the electrical locker connector, which guarantees the electrical contact between the two connectors, and thus guarantees automatic recharging of the electric scooter when the latter is stored in the at least one locker.
According to a particular characteristic of
the invention, the fixed part of connector electric of locker is fixed on the wall background 1 'at least a locker.according to a way of favorite achievement of the invention the connector electric the scooter electric is available 1 ' before handlebars the
electric scooter, configured to lock electric scooter, the lower locking means is in position the front wheel of the and the upper locking means is configured to lock in position the handlebars of the electric scooter. Thus, when the electric scooter is in the storage position, the electric connector of the handlebar of the electric scooter is in contact with the electric locker connector fixed to the bottom wall of the locker.
According to a particular characteristic of the invention, at least one locker comprises a door capable of being locked.
Thus, the locker door makes it possible to secure the electric scooter in the locker when it is recharged, in order to protect it against theft, vandalism and bad weather.
The present invention also relates to a station comprising a system as described above, characterized in that it further comprises calculation means, remote communication means and a user interface for interacting with the station.
Thus, the station allows self-service distribution of electric scooters, electric scooters being automatically recharged when they are not used by a user and stored in a locker at the station.
The station can also include an additional locker in which batteries and / or power management electronics are placed connected to the station's power supply.
The calculation means, the remote communications means and the user interface allow a user to borrow or rent an electric scooter via a terminal, the station being able to manage the recharging of electric scooters and to lock / unlock the doors of the station lockers.
To better illustrate the object of the present invention, a preferred embodiment will be described below, by way of illustration and without limitation, with reference to the accompanying drawings.
In these drawings:
- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a storage and charging system for electric scooters according to the present invention;
- Figure 2 is a bottom view of the upper locking means of the system of Figure 1;
- Figure 3 is a sectional view of the electrical locker connector of the system of Figure 1;
- Figure 4 is a perspective view of an electric scooter;
- Figure 5 is a perspective view of the system of Figure 1 when the electric scooter of Figure 4 is stowed therein; and the
Figure 6 is a perspective view of a station according to the present invention.
If the Figure refers
1, it can be seen that there is shown a system for storing and recharging electric scooters according to the present invention.
The storage and charging system for electric scooters includes several lockers
2, each locker 2 being able to receive an electric scooter in a storage position, a single locker 2 having been shown in FIG. 1.
The rack 2 has a parallelepiped shape and includes a bottom wall 2a, two side walls 2b, an upper wall 2c and a lower wall 2d.
The locker 2 further comprises inside of it scooter blocking means in a storage position, namely an upper blocking means 3 and a lower blocking means 4.
The lower locking means 4 is a scooter wheel locking means which is constituted by a housing 4a configured to lock in position the front wheel of an electric scooter, said housing 4a being a hole formed in the lower wall 2d of the locker 2.
It should be noted that the wheel locking means could also be configured to lock the rear wheel of the electric scooter, without departing from the scope of the present invention.
The lower locking means 4 further comprises two guide ribs 4b arranged on the lower wall 2d of the rack 2 on either side of the housing 4a and configured to guide the front wheel of the electric scooter towards the housing 4a during storage. of the electric scooter in locker 2.
The upper locking means 3 is a scooter handlebar locking means arranged in the upper part of the locker 2 and which will be described in more detail in FIG. 2 below.
The upper locking means 3 could also be a scooter platform locking means, without departing from the scope of the present invention.
It should be noted that the upper locking means could also be a means of locking the front or rear scooter wheel and that the lower locking means could also be a means of locking the handlebars or scooter platform, without s 'deviate from the scope of the present invention.
The locker 2 also comprises an electrical connector for the locker 5 fixed to the bottom wall 2a of the locker 2 and connected to an electrical supply (not shown in FIG. 1). The electrical locker connector 5 will be described in more detail in Figure 3 below.
If we refer to Figure 2, we can see that there is shown the upper locking means 3 of the system 1.
The upper locking means 3, which is a scooter handlebar locking means, comprises a horizontal plate 6 fixed in the upper part of the locker 2 between its two side walls 2b.
A slot 7 is formed in the plate 6, said slot 7 being configured to receive the handlebars of an electric scooter in the storage position, said slot 7 being flared in order to facilitate and guide the insertion of the handlebars therein. .
The upper locking means 3 further comprises a locking arm 8 mounted to rotate under the plate 6 by means of a rotation axis 9 fixed under the plate 6.
The locking arm 8 is configured to close the slot 7 once the handlebar is inserted therein in order to lock the handlebar in position in the slot 7 of the plate 6, the locking arm 8 having a notch 10 formed therein. ci, said notch 10 being circular and complementary to the cross section of the handlebar steering column.
An actuating handle 11 is fixed on the locking arm 8 in order to allow a user to move the locking arm 8 so as to open the slot 7 in order to insert the handlebars of the scooter therein.
An elongated hole 12 is formed in the plate 6, the actuating handle 11 being inserted in said elongated hole
12, thus the stroke of the arm defined by the length of the elongated hole 12 in the plate
The locking arm is mounted on a return spring (not shown in the slot automatically when the actuating handle 11 is not actuated by the user.
Referring to FIG. 3, it can be seen that there is shown the electrical locker connector 5 of the system 1.
The electrical connector of the locker 5 comprises a fixed part 13 fixed to the bottom wall 2a of the locker 2.
The electrical connector of the locker 5 also comprises a movable part 14 mounted on springs 15 on the fixed part 13 and projecting towards the inside of the locker 2.
Three pairs of electrical contacts 16 are arranged on the movable part (only two pairs each pair of electrical contacts 16 comprising two electrical contacts mounted on a spring.
The three pairs of electrical contacts include a pair of ground contacts, a pair of communication and electronic power contacts, and a pair of battery charge contacts.
Two electronic cards 18 are arranged in the electrical locker connector 5, one being arranged in the fixed part 13 and the other being arranged in the mobile part 14, said two electronic cards 18 being configured to manage the signals and / or power from / to the three pairs of electrical contacts 16.
Two relays 19 are also arranged in the mobile part 14, said relays 19 being connected to the pairs of electrical contacts 16 and controlled by the electronic cards 18.
If we refer to Figure 4, we can see that there is shown an electric scooter 20 configured to be stored and recharged in the locker 2 of the system 1.
The electric scooter 20 comprises a platform 21 on which a rear wheel 22 and a front wheel 23 are fixed.
A handlebar 24 is connected to the platform 21 via an arm 25, said arm 25 being pivotally mounted on the platform 21 so that the electric scooter 20 is foldable. The electric scooter 20 can thus be folded back on itself in the storage position.
The electric scooter 20 further comprises, disposed at the front of the handlebar 24, an electric scooter connector 26 comprising three electrical contacts 27, the electric scooter connector 26 being complementary to the electric locker connector 5.
If we refer to Figure 5, we can see that there is shown the system 1 in the locker 2 which is stowed and recharged the electric scooter 20.
The electric scooter 20 is folded back on itself before being stored in the locker 2.
The front wheel 23 of the electric scooter 20 is inserted into the housing 4a of the lower locking means 4.
The user then actuates the actuating handle 11 of the upper locking means 3 to open the slot 7 of the upper locking means 3, inserts the steering column of the handlebar 24 of the electric scooter 20 into the slot 7, then releases the actuating handle 11 in order to lock the handlebar 24 in the upper locking means 3.
The electrical locker connector 5 is positioned on the bottom wall 2a of the locker 2 so that it is in contact with that of the electric scooter 20 when the latter is stored in the locker 2.
The upper 3 and lower 4 locking means thus lock the electric scooter 20 in the storage position so as to maintain electrical contact between the electrical locker connector 5 and the electrical connector 26 of the electric scooter 20 in the storage position.
When the electric scooter 20 is blocked by the upper 3 and lower 4 locking means of the locker 2, the electric connector 26 of the electric scooter 20 presses against the electric contacts 17 of the movable part 14 of the electric locker connector 5, the movable part 14 of the electric locker connector 5 then moving towards the fixed part 13 of the electric locker connector 5, which guarantees the
thus guaranteeing an automatic recharging of the electric scooter 20 when the latter is stored in locker 2.
Referring to FIG. 6, it can be seen that there is shown there a station 30 comprising the system for storing and recharging electric scooters 1.
The system 1 of the station 30 comprises four compartments 2, each compartment 2 comprising a door 31 fixed to the latter by means of hinges 32 and capable of being locked by the station 30.
In Figure 6, two of the lockers 2 are shown with the door 31 open, and the other two lockers being shown with the door 31 closed. An electric scooter 20 is shown in the storage position in one of the open lockers 2.
The station 30 further comprises a compartment on which a user interface 34a is arranged,
said compartment 34 being juxtaposed with lockers 2 of system 1, the whole being arranged on four feet of support 33. The interface ut ili sator 34a allows to a user to interact with station 30. The compartment 34 includes in addition, at
inside of it, calculation means, remote communication means, power management electronics connected to the power supply of the system 1 and / or one or more batteries connected to the power supply of the system 1.
Thus, the station allows the distribution of self-service electric scooters, the electric scooters being automatically
reloaded when born are used through a user and rows in 1 'a lockers 2 of the station 30. A user can so borrow or to rent a scooter electric 20 through 1'intermédiaire of
the user interface 34a, the station 30 being capable of managing the recharging of the electric scooters 20 arranged in the lockers 2 and of locking / unlocking the doors 31 of the lockers 2 of the station 30 so as to allow a user to take or take stow an electric scooter 20.
权利要求:
Claims (8)
[1]
1 - System for storing and recharging electric scooters (1), characterized in that it comprises at least one locker (
[2]
2), each locker (2) being supplied by a power supply and comprising scooter blocking means in a storage position and an electrical locker connector (5) connected to the power supply, said scooter blocking means being configured to lock in storage position an electric scooter (20) comprising an electrical connector (26) complementary to the electrical locker connector (5) so as to maintain electrical contact between the electrical locker connector (5) and the electrical connector ( 26) of the electric scooter (20) in the storage position.
2 System (1) according to the claim 1 characterized by the fact that moye blocking ns of scooter include a way to blo upper cage (3) and a way lower locking (4) 3 System (1) according to the claim 2 characterized by the fact that one of blocking means
superior (
[3]
3) and the lower locking means (4) is a scooter wheel locking means, the other of the upper locking means and the lower locking means being a handlebar or scooter platform locking means.
[4]
4 - System (1) according to claim 3, characterized in that the scooter wheel locking means is a housing (4a) configured to lock in position a wheel (23) of the electric scooter (20).
[5]
5 - System (1) according to claim 3 or claim 4, characterized in that the handlebar locking means or scooter platform comprises a horizontal plate (6) in which is formed a slot (7) configured to receive the handlebar (24) or the platform (21) of the electric scooter (20), and a rotary locking arm (8) mounted on return spring and configured to close the slot (7) once the handlebar (24) inserted or the platform (21) inserted therein in order to lock the handlebar (24) or the platform (21) in position in the slot (7) of the horizontal plate (6).
[6]
6 - System (1) according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized by the locker (5) comprises the fact that the electrical connector a fixed part (13) fixed to at least one locker a mobile part (14) mounted on a spring on the fixed part projecting towards
Inside
1 'at least one of the electrical contacts on the part of claim 6, characterized in that the is fixed on the bottom wall (2a) of the at least one locker
[7]
8 - System (1) according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the at least one locker (2) comprises a door (31) capable of being locked.
[8]
9 - Station (30) comprising a system (1) according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that it further comprises calculation means, remote communication means and a user interface for interacting with the station (30).
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