Abstract:
Method for making payments from a vehicle (180) in connection to the delivery of goods and/or services to the vehicle (180) in question at a station (110). The method comprises to register a user (183) as well as the vehicle, including a registration number, and to associate the user with the vehicle in a central data base (151); when the user drives the vehicle up to the station, to identify the vehicle by a visual readout of a license plate on the vehicle; to receive a confirmation from the user, the confirmation being input via a mobile communication device of the user; and allowing the delivery of the said goods and/or services and charging the user using a payment channel (160) specified for the user.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for payment in association with the automatic refuelling of vehicles, primarily automobiles, where a robot (1) is used comprising a robot head (2), which can be moved relative to the robot such that it is possible to displace it from a resting location to a pre-determined position relative to the fuel pipe of the vehicle by means of a positioning system (3), where a computer belonging to the robot (1) is arranged to control the robot head (3) to carry out a docking procedure with the fuel pipe of the vehicle, after which fuel is supplied to the vehicle, and to return to the resting position once refuelling is complete. The invention is characterised in that the robot (1) is connected to a computer system (5) in which information is stored concerning a mobile telephone number assigned to each customer who has been registered in the system and a credit or debit card number of the card that is to be debited for the fuel that the customer in question has taken, in that each robot (1) has been assigned a unique telephone number, and in that when the customer calls using a mobile telephone (7) with the said number the number that has been assigned to the robot (1) in question the robot (1) is caused to start a refuelling sequence on receiving a signal from the said computer system (5) and to refuel the vehicle, and in that after the refuelling sequence of the robot (1) has been started but before the commencement of the refuelling flow, the computer system (5) is caused to send a command to a display (LO) in association with the robot (1), on which display at least information about the fuel that is to be provided is dis-played, whereby the refuelling sequence can be caused to be interrupted by means of an action from the customer.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an electric vehicle (1) comprising an electric motor (2), at least one built-in battery module (3) for powering the motor (2), a control circuit (4) for receiving driver inputs and direct power from the built-in battery module (3) to the motor (2). The vehicle further comprises at least one horizontally placed compartment (5), each compartment (5) configured to receive a single swappable battery module (8), said control circuit (4) configured to enable a swappable battery module (8), when such swappable battery module (8) is provided to the compartment (5), to charge the built-in battery module (3) and optionally in addition assist the built-in battery module (3) powering the motor (2).
Abstract:
Method for battery replacement in a vehicle (110), which vehicle is equipped with a storage space ( 150; 200; 300; 400 ) for a battery ( 120, 122; 220; 320; 420; 620 ), where an opening ( 151; 204; 304; 404 ) into the storage space exists under the vehicle, wherein the vehicle assumes a first and a second predetermined position in relation to first and second battery transport devices (130; 140) that bring a battery out from the vehicle and a battery into the vehicle. The invention is characterised in that the transport devices are installed at least partly above ground (100) and beside the said positions, and in that the batteries are brought along a respective path (121,123) running from the storage space, under a side beam (112) of the vehicle and up to a respective position above ground and beside the vehicle. The invention also relates to a device for automatic battery replacement as well as a storage device for use in a vehicle.
Abstract:
Nozzle for use in a device for automatic refuelling of vehicles, which nozzle in turn comprises a connecting means and a flexible filler pipe (100) with an open end (110), which filler pipe is arranged to, after the connecting means has been positioned in connection to an orifice of a tank pipe of the vehicle, be pressed, by an axial pressure applied to the filler pipe at a location spaced from the open end, with the open end first, into and down into the tank pipe and then to deliver the said fuel from a pump device, through the said open end and into the tank pipe. The invention is characterized in that the filler pipe comprises an inner fuel pipe (120) of flexible hard plastic material, through which fuel pipe fuel, which is delivered into the tank pipe, can flow on its way from the pump device, and an outer metal coil or a series of metal rings (130), in that the metal coil or metal rings is or are arranged to run in parallel to and outside of the fuel pipe, and in that the metal coil or metal rings is or are arranged to run in and along a recess (121) in the surface of the fuel tube.
Abstract:
Device (110) for battery replacement in a vehicle (100) with a storage space (103,106) for a battery (160), which device comprises a battery transporting device (130) which is installed at least partly above ground and which is associated with a width direction (B) and a horizontal depth direction (D) which is perpendicular to the width direction, wherein the device is arranged to sense a position of the storage space. The invention is characterised in that the transporting device comprises a first pushing device (140) and a second pushing device (150), which first pushing device displaces the second pushing device and which second pushing device supports the battery, in that the first pushing device is displaceable in the depth direction, in that the second pushing device, in relation to the first pushing device, is both displaceable in the width direction and pivotable in relation to the supporting plane of the first pushing device. The invention also relates to a method for battery replacement using such a device.
Abstract:
A method for exchanging batteries in battery-powered vehicles, comprising a robot (1) for the transport of a battery (2) to and from the vehicle (3). The invention is characterised in that the vehicle (3) is provided with a horizontally placed compartment (4) for one or several batteries (2) lying parallel to each other, in that the robot (1) is provided with a transport plane (6) that can be extended and withdrawn in one direction (9), in that the transport plane (6) can be displaced also along two mutually perpendicular directions (10, 11) relative to the said direction (9). The vehicle (3) is caused to take up a predetermined location relative to the robot (1) close to the cover, in that the robot is caused to determine by means of an optical means (15) the position of the battery in the compartment (4), in that the robot is caused to displace the said transport plane (6) to a predetermined position relative to the battery, in that a withdrawal means (17-20) is caused to be attached to the battery in the said compartment, in that the battery is withdrawn from the said compartment with the withdrawal means to the transport plane (6), in that the robot (1) is caused to transport the battery to a charging station (21), in that the robot (1) is caused to transport a charged battery from a store (21) of charged batteries to the said transport plane (6), in that a displacement means (17- 20) is caused to insert at a predetermined position the battery (2) into the said compartment (4), and in that the cover (5) is caused to be closed.