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US 12,090,885 · App. 17/712,088 · Granted Sep 17, 2024

Battery swapping method, apparatus, system, device and medium

Inventors: Zhanliang Li (Ningde, CN); Zhimin Dan (Ningde, CN); Miaomiao Zhang (Ningde, CN); Yu Yan (Ningde, CN)

Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited

B60L53/80 B60L53/305 B60L53/60 B60L58/16 H02J7/0013 B60L2260/58

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Patent No.: US 12,090,885
App. No.: 17/712,088
Granted: Sep 17, 2024
Kind: B2

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Abstract

Battery swapping methods, apparatus, systems, devices and media are provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure. The method includes: receiving a battery swapping request of a vehicle; determining a second battery swapping time and a second swapping electricity amount based on a first battery swapping time and a first swapping electricity amount, in a case where a first charging parameter is adjusted to a second charging parameter to charge an available battery of a battery swapping station; and sending a battery swapping response to a terminal device of the vehicle, wherein the battery swapping response includes the second battery swapping time and the second swapping electricity amount, the second battery swapping time is a recommended battery swapping time provided by the battery swapping station, and the second swapping electricity amount is a recommended swapping electricity amount provided by the battery swapping station.

Claims (68)

1. A battery swapping method, comprising:

receiving a battery swapping request of a vehicle that is installed with at least one battery, the battery swapping request including a first battery swapping time and a first swapping electricity amount, wherein the first battery swapping time is a scheduled battery swapping time, and the first swapping electricity amount is a scheduled swapping electricity amount;

determining a second battery swapping time and a second swapping electricity amount based on the first battery swapping time and the first swapping electricity amount, in a case where a first charging parameter is adjusted to a second charging parameter to charge an available battery of a battery swapping station;

sending a battery swapping response to a terminal device of the vehicle, wherein the battery swapping response includes the second battery swapping time and the second swapping electricity amount, the second battery swapping time is a recommended battery swapping time provided by the battery swapping station, and the second swapping electricity amount is a recommended swapping electricity amount provided by the battery swapping station; and

under a condition that the battery swapping request includes a plurality of batteries, determining if a plurality of available batteries of the battery swapping station meets at least one of following conditions at the second battery swapping time:

a difference among voltages of the plurality of available batteries is less than a preset voltage difference threshold;

a difference among electricity parameters of the plurality of available batteries is less than a preset electricity difference threshold;

a difference among states of health (SOH) of the plurality of available batteries is less than a preset SOH difference threshold;

a difference among temperatures of the plurality of available batteries is less than a preset temperature difference threshold.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining a second battery swapping time and a second swapping electricity amount based on the first battery swapping time and the first swapping electricity amount comprises:

determining the second battery swapping time and the second swapping electricity amount, under a condition that the battery swapping station charges the available battery of the battery swapping station to the first swapping electricity amount according to the first battery swapping time by adjusting the first charging parameter to the second charging parameter,

wherein the second battery swapping time is identical to the first battery swapping time, and the second swapping electricity amount is equal to the first swapping electricity amount.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining a second battery swapping time and a second swapping electricity amount based on the first battery swapping time and the first swapping electricity amount comprises:

determining the second battery swapping time and the second swapping electricity amount, under a condition that the battery swapping station charges the available battery of the battery swapping station to the second swapping electricity amount according to the first battery swapping time by adjusting the first charging parameter to the second charging parameter,

wherein the second battery swapping time is identical to the first battery swapping time, and the second swapping electricity amount is less than the first swapping electricity amount.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining a second battery swapping time and a second swapping electricity amount based on the first battery swapping time and the first swapping electricity amount comprises:

determining the second battery swapping time and the second swapping electricity amount, under a condition that the battery swapping station charges the available battery of the battery swapping station to the first swapping electricity amount according to the second battery swapping time by adjusting the first charging parameter to the second charging parameter,

wherein the second battery swapping time is longer than the first battery swapping time, and the second swapping electricity amount is equal to the first swapping electricity amount.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first charging parameter is less than the second charging parameter,

the first charging parameter includes a first charging rate, and the second charging parameter includes a second charging rate, or

the first charging parameter includes a first current value, and the second charging rate includes a second current value, or

the first charging parameter includes a first voltage value, and the second charging rate includes a second voltage value.

6. The method according to claim 2 , wherein

the second battery swapping time includes a standing time of the available battery and a charging time for charging the available battery of the battery swapping station based on the second charging parameter.

7. A battery swapping apparatus, comprising:

a receiving module, configured to receive a battery swapping request of a vehicle that is installed with at least one battery, the battery swapping request including a first battery swapping time and a first swapping electricity amount, wherein the first battery swapping time is a scheduled battery swapping time, and the first swapping electricity amount is a scheduled swapping electricity amount;

a processing module, configured to determine a second battery swapping time and a second swapping electricity amount based on the first battery swapping time and the first swapping electricity amount, in a case where a first charging parameter is adjusted to a second charging parameter to charge an available battery of a battery swapping station; and

a sending module, configured to send a battery swapping response to a terminal device of the vehicle, wherein the battery swapping response includes the second battery swapping time and the second swapping electricity amount, the second battery swapping time is a recommended battery swapping time provided by the battery swapping station, and the second swapping electricity amount is a recommended swapping electricity amount provided by the battery swapping station,

wherein the processing module is further configured to: under a condition that the battery swapping request includes a plurality of batteries, determine if a plurality of available batteries of the battery swapping station meets at least one of following conditions at the second battery swapping time:

a difference among voltages of the plurality of available batteries is less than a preset voltage difference threshold;

a difference among states of health (SOH) of the plurality of available batteries is less than a preset SOH difference threshold;

a difference among temperatures of the plurality of available batteries is less than a preset temperature difference threshold.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein to determine a second battery swapping time and a second swapping electricity amount based on the first battery swapping time and the first swapping electricity amount comprises:

wherein the second battery swapping time is identical to the first battery swapping time, and the second swapping electricity amount is equal to the first swapping electricity amount.

9. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein to determine a second battery swapping time and a second swapping electricity amount based on the first battery swapping time and the first swapping electricity amount comprises:

determining the second battery swapping time and the second swapping electricity amount, under a condition that the battery swapping station charges the available battery of the battery swapping station to the second swapping electricity amount according to the first battery swapping time by adjusting the first charging parameter to the second charging parameter,

wherein the second battery swapping time is identical to the first battery swapping time, and the second swapping electricity amount is less than the first swapping electricity amount.

10. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein to determine a second battery swapping time and a second swapping electricity amount based on the first battery swapping time and the first swapping electricity amount comprises:

determining the second battery swapping time and the second swapping electricity amount, under a condition that the battery swapping station charges the available battery of the battery swapping station to the first swapping electricity amount according to the second battery swapping time by adjusting the first charging parameter to the second charging parameter,

wherein the second battery swapping time is longer than the first battery swapping time, and the second swapping electricity amount is equal to the first swapping electricity amount.

11. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the first charging parameter is less than the second charging parameter,

the first charging parameter includes a first charging rate, and the second charging parameter includes a second charging rate, or

the first charging parameter includes a first current value, and the second charging rate includes a second current value, or

the first charging parameter includes a first voltage value, and the second charging rate includes a second voltage value.

12. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein

13. A battery swapping system, comprising: