A charging system for performing battery charging, battery exchange or battery replacement of a container handling vehicle operating in an automated storage and retrieval system includes a charging station including a vertical charging station column, a charging connector arranged at or near an upper end of the vertical charging station column, and guiding pins for activating a battery release mechanism of the container handling vehicle when the container handling vehicle is aligned with and in contact with the charging station.
AUTOMATED STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM
2025-04-03
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | G05B Steuer- oder Regelsysteme allgemein , CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL / B65G TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS , Transport- oder Lagervorrichtungen, z.B. Förderer zum Laden oder Abladen / B66F HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING, OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD , Hub-, Verhol- oder Schubvorrichtungen, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen, z.B. Vorrichtungen mit unmittelbarer Krafteinwirkung auf die Last |