BATTERY CHARGING METHOD FOR UNMANNED VEHICLE MOUNTING MANIPULATOR

• Main Author: HOSOBUCHI EIJI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 04.02.1992
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTINGELECTRIC POWER; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT OR PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLEDVEHICLES; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES, IN GENERAL; GENERATION; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

PURPOSE:To maintain work accuracy of manipulator by prohibiting connection/ disconnection between a power supply means on charger side and a power receiving means on unmanned vehicle side when the manipulator is operating. CONSTITUTION:A coupler driver 34 functions, based on a command provided from a controller 35 in a charger 3, to move a power supply coupler 31 in the direction A thus connecting the power supply coupler 31 with a power receiving coupler 15. Upon completion of power supply to a battery 12, the controller 35 on the charger 3 side makes a judgment whether a work end signal has been provided from a controller 13 on an unmanned vehicle 1 side. When the answer is YES, the coupler driver 34 functions to move the power supply coupler 34 in the direction B thus disconnecting the power supply coupler 31 from the power supply coupler 15. When a manipulator 11 finishes a specified work, the controller 13 provides a work end signal to the controller 35 in the charger 3 through optical communication units 14, 21.