Abstract: The invention relates to a system for replacing a battery of a ground transportation vehicle, particularly of an unmanned heavy-duty transportation vehicle for ISO containers. The system includes storage spaces for batteries, at least one ground transportation vehicle having a receiving space for a replaceable battery, and at least one loading and unloading device for transporting batteries between the storage spaces and the receiving space of the transport vehicle in a replacement area. The storage space and the receiving space may include respective centering elements such that the battery is aligned relative to the storage space or the receiving space in response to the loading motion of the loading and unloading device.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 8, 2010
Date of Patent:
November 4, 2014
Assignee:
Terex MHPS GmbH
Inventors:
Hermann Franzen, Armin Wieschemann, Mike Hegewald, Jannis Moutsokapas