IT House News on February 21, the State Intellectual Property Office information shows that the patent for "positioning device and positioning method" applied by NIO Holdings Co., Ltd. was authorized today.
The patent abstract shows that the embodiment of the invention solves the technical problem of how to accurately locate the battery and the battery installation slot during the power exchange process, and realizes the technical effect of avoiding damage to the battery replacement battery joint.
Among them, the positioning device is used to change the electric vehicle, the electric vehicle is used to change the power of the electric vehicle, and the bottom of the body of the electric vehicle includes a positioning structure and a battery installation slot; The positioning device includes a controller, a platform and a lifting mechanism. Specifically, the controller is used to control the platform and the lifting mechanism. The platform includes a positioning mechanism, and is used to carry the battery replacement, and moves or stops moving in the horizontal plane under the control of the controller to match the positioning mechanism with the positioning structure. The lifting mechanism is used for the lifting platform, and when the positioning mechanism matches the positioning structure, the battery is lifted to the battery mounting slot.
IT House once reported that NIO founder, chairman and CEO Li Bin posted earlier today that he decided to add 1,000 new substations in 2023 and build more than 2,300 substations by the end of 2023.
Data shows that NIO delivered 8,506 new vehicles in January 2023. NIO previously said that from January 13, 2023 to January 31, 2023, the peak travel period of the Chinese New Year holiday, NIO provided users with more than 1 million power exchange services, of which more than 300,000 power exchanges were completed in NIO power exchange stations along the highway.