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Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 05, 2014
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Paul Deahl, Glen Lyn, VA (US);

Derek Brumfield, Glen Lyn, VA (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/18 (2006.01); E21F 13/02 (2006.01); B60K 1/04 (2006.01); B60S 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/1822 (2013.01); B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B60L 11/1879 (2013.01); E21F 13/025 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0416 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0477 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0494 (2013.01); B60L 11/1877 (2013.01); B60L 2200/40 (2013.01); B60S 5/06 (2013.01); Y02P 90/60 (2015.11); Y02T 10/7005 (2013.01); Y02T 10/705 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7072 (2013.01); Y02T 90/124 (2013.01); Y02T 90/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A battery changing system includes a grasping assembly and an actuation assembly. The grasping assembly is configured to be disposed onboard a vehicle and to engage a battery box having one or more batteries disposed therein. The actuation assembly is configured to move the grasping assembly away from the vehicle toward the battery box. The actuation assembly also is configured to move the grasping assembly into engagement with a securing assembly of the battery box. The actuation assembly is configured to move the grasping assembly back toward the vehicle while the grasping assembly engages the securing assembly of the battery box to lift the battery box onto the vehicle.


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