Patents Assigned to KOOKMIN UNIV. Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation
  • Patent number: 8825202
    Abstract: A system for automatically exchanging a battery of an electric vehicle, the system including a horizontal frame of a predetermined area formed at a location higher than the electric vehicle; a plurality of battery stands formed on a bottom surface of the horizontal frame at a predetermined interval; a pair of fixed guide rails arranged and installed on front and rear sides or left and right sides of the horizontal frame, respectively; a variable guide rail adapted to move horizontally along X-axis or Y-axis along the fixed guide rails; a movable rail adapted to move horizontally along Y-axis or X-axis along the variable guide rail and ascend/descend vertically; and a grasping means installed on a lower end of the movable rail and adapted to pick up a battery of the electric vehicle or a battery seated on the battery stand and exchange each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignees: Motex Products Co., Ltd., Kookmin Univ. Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation, Industry-University Cooperation Foundation of Korea Aerospace University
    Inventor: Chi-Man Yu
  • Patent number: 8694155
    Abstract: A system for automatically exchanging a battery of an electric vehicle, including a horizontal frame of a predetermined area formed at a location higher than the electric vehicle; a plurality of battery stands formed on a bottom surface of the horizontal frame at a predetermined interval; a pair of fixed guide rails arranged and installed on front and rear sides or left and right sides of the horizontal frame, respectively; a variable guide rail adapted to move horizontally along X-axis or Y-axis along the fixed guide rails; a movable rail adapted to move horizontally along Y-axis or X-axis along the variable guide rail and ascend/descend vertically; and a grasping part installed on a lower end of the movable rail and adapted to pick up a battery of the electric vehicle or a battery seated on the battery stand and exchange each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignees: Motex Products Co., Ltd., Kookmin Univ. Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation, Industry-Univ. Cooperation Foundation of Korea Aerospace Univ.
    Inventor: Chi-Man Yu
  • Patent number: 8689918
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electric vehicle battery attaching/detaching device including a battery mounting unit formed on an electric vehicle to detachably mount a battery and provided with a connector pin module adapted to be lifted/lowered by a lifting/lowering means; a loader having a plurality of battery stands, each battery stand being adapted to detachably mount a fully-charged battery to be exchanged with the battery mounted on the battery mounting unit; and a battery attaching/detaching unit adapted to move along X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis between the battery mounting unit and the battery stand by means of a movement device, detach a battery mounted on the battery mounting unit or the battery stand, and exchange/mount the battery on the battery stand or the battery mounting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignees: Motex Products Co., Ltd., KOOKMIN UNIV. Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation, Industry-Univ. Cooperation Foundation of Korea Aerospace Univ.
    Inventors: Chi-Man Yu, Joo-Sub Sim, Yong-Geu Park, Woong-Sung Jang, Yun-ha Kim, Jun-Seok Park, Woong-Chul Choi, Jay-Il Jeong