The present application relates to the field of vehicle maintenance technology, and in particular to a vehicle maintenance method using a mobile vehicle maintenance station.
With the progress of society and the rapid development of the economy, vehicles have become the main means of transportation for people. As a consumable, the performance of the vehicle will decrease as time goes by, and it will look older as well. Therefore, people pay great attention to the maintenance of the vehicles while using the vehicle a lot.
Traditionally, the vehicle maintenance is carried out by the owner himself or the owner actively contacts the maintenance personnel to drive the vehicle to a special maintenance site for maintenance and repair. This traditional vehicle maintenance mode is not convenient, especially for the owner, it is a great waste of time.
In order to solve the above technical problem, the technical solution of the present application is to provide a vehicle maintenance method using a mobile vehicle maintenance station, including the following steps of:
determining the location of a vehicle to be maintained;
carrying the mobile vehicle maintenance station to the location of the vehicle to be maintained and using the mobile vehicle maintenance station to perform corresponding maintenance operations on the vehicle to be maintained;
wherein during the maintenance operations the vehicle to be maintained is raised by using a lifting mechanism of the mobile vehicle maintenance station and the corresponding maintenance operations are performed, and the maintenance operations include the following steps of:
taking the lifting mechanism out of a compartment of the mobile vehicle maintenance station and supporting the lifting mechanism on the ground;
moving the vehicle to be maintained on the lifting mechanism and fixing the same thereto; and
raising the vehicle to be maintained to a predetermined height by using the lifting mechanism so that an overhead space for the maintenance operations is formed between a chassis of the vehicle to be maintained and the ground, which allows the entering of a working technician for operation.
Optionally, the mobile vehicle maintenance station comprises a mobile unfolding device fixedly installed in the compartment, a driving end of the mobile unfolding device is connected with the lifting mechanism, during the maintenance operations taking the lifting mechanism out of the compartment of the mobile vehicle maintenance station is by using the mobile unfolding device taking the lifting mechanism out of the compartment and lowering the lifting mechanism from the height of the floor of the compartment to the ground.
Optionally, the mobile vehicle maintenance station further comprises a tire maintenance equipment installed in the compartment, and the maintenance operations further comprise the step of: by using the tire maintenance equipment performing maintenance operations on a tire of the vehicle to be maintained.
Optionally, the tire maintenance equipment comprises a tire demounting device and a tire dynamic balance detecting device respectively installed in the compartment, the maintenance operations further include the step of: by using the tire demounting device performing a tire demounting operation of a wheel removed from the vehicle to be maintained so as to perform tire repair or tire replacement, and by using the tire dynamic balance detecting device performing dynamic balance detection and maintenance of the wheel after completion of the tire repair or the tire replacement.
Optionally, the lifting mechanism comprises a base, a lifting drive device and a lifting plate, the base is connected with the driving end of the mobile unfolding device, one end of the lifting drive device is connected to the base, the other end of the lifting drive device is connected with the lifting plate, the base is placed on the ground for providing support, and the vehicle to be maintained is moved on the lifting plate and fixed, and during the process of raising the vehicle to be maintained to the predetermined height by using the lifting mechanism, the lifting plate is driven by the lifting drive device to be raised so as to form an overhead space for the maintenance operations between the chassis of the vehicle to be maintained and the ground.
Optionally, the mobile vehicle maintenance station further comprises a control device disposed in the compartment, the mobile unfolding device and the lifting drive device are both electrically connected with the control device, both the mobile unfolding device and the lifting drive device are hydraulic drive machines, the mobile vehicle maintenance station further comprises a hydraulic oil cylinder, and the control device controls the mobile unfolding device and the lifting drive device to uniformly supply the hydraulic oil from the hydraulic oil cylinder to generate hydraulic power.
Optionally, the mobile vehicle maintenance station further comprises a protection device disposed between the base and the lifting drive device, the protection device is electrically connected with the control device; during the process of raising the vehicle to be maintained to the predetermined height by using the lifting mechanism so as to form an overhead space for the maintenance operations between the chassis of the vehicle to be maintained and the ground, after the lifting drive device raises the lifting plate the protection device automatically implements protection function to prevent the lifting drive device from falling due to pressure relief, and during the process of controlling the lifting drive device to release pressure to lower the lifting plate the control device controls the protection function of the protection device to be disabled.
Optionally, the protection device comprises a fixed protection portion, a snap-fit protection portion and a jack-up portion, the fixed protection portion is fixedly disposed on the base, the snap-fit protection portion is movably connected to the lifting drive device, and the jack-up portion is disposed on the snap-fit protection portion; during the process of raising the vehicle to be maintained to the predetermined height by using the lifting mechanism so as to form an overhead space for the maintenance operations between the chassis of the vehicle to be maintained and the ground, after the lifting drive device raises the lifting plate, the snap-fit protection portion and the fixed protection portion automatically cooperate to implement the protection function to prevent the lifting drive device from falling due to pressure relief, and during the process in which the control device controls the lifting drive device to release pressure to lower the lifting plate, a driving end of the jack-up portion pushes up the snap-fit protection portion to disable the protection function formed between the snap-fit protection portion and the fixed protection portion.
Optionally, the jack-up portion is a pneumatic machine, the mobile maintenance station further comprises an air pump, the air pump and the pneumatic machine are connected through an air pipeline to pump the air, air pressure is supplied to the pneumatic machine so that a driving end of the pneumatic machine pushes up the snap-fit protection portion, the air pump is electrically connected with the control device, and the control device controls the operation of the air pump to supply air pressure to the pneumatic machine.
Optionally, the mobile vehicle protection station further comprises a separate power source disposed in the compartment to provide required power during the maintenance operations.
In the present application, by adopting a mobile vehicle maintenance station, maintenance operations of a portable mobile solution is performed on a vehicle to be maintained, thereby changing a mode in which the maintenance of the vehicle must be performed at a designated maintenance store in the prior art. When the vehicle needs to be maintained, the vehicle maintenance station follows the location of the vehicle to carry out the follow-up convenient maintenance service of a portable vehicle maintenance mode, which provides sufficient convenience for the vehicle owner and reduces the valuable time of the vehicle owner to be wasted.
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In order to make the object, technical solutions and advantages of the present application more clear, the present application will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the application and are not intended to limit the present application.
It should be noted that when an element is referred to as being “fixed” or “set” to another element, it may be directly on said another element or indirectly on said another element. When an element is referred to as being “connected” to another element, it may be directly connected to said another element or indirectly connected to said another element.
It should also be noted that the orientation terms such as left, right, upper and lower in the embodiments are merely relative concepts or reference to the normal use state of the product, and should not be considered as limiting.
In the technical solution provided by the present application, a vehicle maintenance method using a mobile vehicle maintenance station is provided, which includes the following steps:
determining the location of a vehicle to be maintained;
carrying the mobile vehicle maintenance station to the location of the vehicle to be maintained and using the mobile vehicle maintenance station to perform corresponding maintenance operations on the vehicle to be maintained;
wherein during the maintenance operations the vehicle to be maintained is raised by using a lifting mechanism 20 of the mobile vehicle maintenance station and the corresponding maintenance operations are performed, and the maintenance operations include the following steps of:
taking the lifting mechanism 20 out of a compartment 10 of the mobile vehicle maintenance station and supporting the lifting mechanism 20 on the ground;
moving the vehicle to be maintained on the lifting mechanism 20 and fixing the same thereto; and
raising the vehicle to be maintained to a predetermined height by using the lifting mechanism 20 so that an overhead space for the maintenance operations is formed between a chassis of the vehicle to be maintained and the ground, which allows the entering of a working technician for operation.
By adopting a mobile vehicle maintenance station provided by the present application, maintenance operations of a portable mobile solution is performed on a vehicle to be maintained, thereby changing a mode in which the maintenance of the vehicle must be performed at a designated maintenance store in the prior art. When the vehicle needs to be maintained, the vehicle maintenance station follows the location of the vehicle to carry out the follow-up convenient maintenance service of a portable vehicle maintenance mode, which provides sufficient convenience for the vehicle owner and reduces the valuable time of the vehicle owner to be wasted.
The mobile vehicle protection station includes a separate power source that is disposed within the cabin 10 to provide all of the required electrical energy during the maintenance operations.
In the present application, the mobile vehicle maintenance station employed includes a mobile unfolding device that is fixedly mounted in the compartment 10, and a driving end of the mobile unfolding device is connected with the lifting mechanism 20, the lifting mechanism is taken out of the compartment 10 by using mobile unfolding device the and lowered from the height of the floor of the compartment 10 to the ground.
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In the first embodiment, each lifting portion of the lifting mechanism 20 includes a base 21, a lifting drive device, and a lifting plate 24. The base 21 is connected with the driving end of the second hydraulic oil cylinder 42 of the mobile unfolding device, and the third hydraulic oil cylinder 44 is connected between the two bases 21. The lifting drive device comprises a first lift arm 22, a second lift arm 23 and a hydraulic drive member 25, the first lift arm 22 and the second lift arm 23 are hingedly connected to each other to form an X-shaped cross structure. One ends of the first lift arm 22 and the second lift arm 23 are connected to the base 21, the other ends of the first lift arm 22 and the second lift arm 23 are connected to the lifting plate 24, one end of the hydraulic drive member 25 is fixed on the base, and the other end of the hydraulic drive member 25 is drivingly connected to the first lift arm 22 (or the other end of the hydraulic drive member 25 is drivingly connected to the second lift arm 23, in this embodiment the other end of the hydraulic drive member 25 is drivingly connected to the first lift arm 22 as an example). The base 21 is lowered onto the ground for providing support, the vehicle to be maintained is moved on the lifting plate 24 and fixed, and the lifting plate 24 is driven by the lifting drive device to be raised to form an overhead space for maintenance operations between the chassis of the vehicle to be maintained and the ground. After the lifting mechanism 20 is unfolded on the ground by using the first hydraulic oil cylinder 41, the second hydraulic oil cylinder 42, and the third hydraulic oil cylinder 44, the base 21 is stably placed on the ground and the vehicle to be moved is moved on the lifting plate 24, and then the hydraulic drive member 25 is activated to drive the first lift arm 22 to move, thereby causing relative movement between the first lift arm 22 and the second lift arm 23, which raises the lifting plate 24, thereby raising the vehicle to be maintained from the ground to form the overhead space.
In the process of taking the lifting mechanism 20 out of the compartment 10 by using the first hydraulic oil cylinder 41 and the second hydraulic oil cylinder 42, in order to ensure the working strength of the first hydraulic oil cylinder 41 and the second hydraulic oil cylinder 42, a first guide sleeve 411 and a first guide shaft 412 that cooperate with each other are provided on the first hydraulic oil cylinder 41, the first guide sleeve 411 is fixedly connected with the cylinder of the first hydraulic oil cylinder 41, the first guide shaft 412 is connected with the drive shaft of the first hydraulic cylinder 41, and the first guide shaft 412 is synchronously moved with the drive shaft of the first hydraulic oil cylinder 41. In addition, a second guide sleeve 421 and a second guide shaft 422 that cooperate with each other are provided on the second hydraulic oil cylinder 42, the second guide sleeve 421 is fixedly connected with the cylinder of the second hydraulic oil cylinder 42, the second guide shaft 422 is connected with the drive shaft of the second hydraulic cylinder 42, and the second guide shaft 422 is synchronously moved with the drive shaft of the second hydraulic oil cylinder 42.
The mobile vehicle maintenance station further includes a control device (not shown in figures). The control device is disposed in the compartment 10, and the mobile unfolding device and the lifting drive device are both electrically connected with the control device. The mobile vehicle maintenance station further includes a hydraulic oil cylinder, and the control device controls the mobile unfolding device and the lifting drive device to uniformly supply the hydraulic oil from the hydraulic oil cylinder to generate hydraulic power, that is, when the control device controls the first hydraulic oil cylinder 41, the second hydraulic oil cylinder 42, and the third hydraulic oil cylinder 44 to start working, the first hydraulic oil cylinder 41, the second hydraulic oil cylinder 42, and the third hydraulic oil cylinder 44 are uniformly supplied with oil from the hydraulic cylinder to provide hydraulic power, and the hydraulic driving member 25 for driving the first lift arm 22 and the second lift arm 23 is also supplied with oil by the hydraulic oil cylinder to provide hydraulic power.
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After raising the vehicle to be maintained by using the lifting mechanism 20 of the mobile vehicle maintenance station, the working technician performs various maintenance operations on the vehicle to be maintained, wherein the mobile vehicle maintenance station further includes a tire maintenance equipment. The tire maintenance equipment is installed in the compartment, and the tires of the vehicle to be maintained are maintained by using the tire maintenance equipment. Specifically, the tire maintenance equipment includes a tire demounting device and a tire dynamic balance detecting device which are respectively installed in the compartment, and the tire demounting device is used to perform a tire demounting operation of a wheel removed from the vehicle to be maintained so as to perform tire repair or tire replacement, and the tire dynamic balance detecting device is used to perform dynamic balance detection and maintenance of the wheel after completion of the tire repair or the tire replacement
Further, since the vehicle widths of different vehicles are different, in order to fit different vehicle widths of various vehicles, after the working technician stably places the two bases 21 on the ground, as shown in
When the working technician completes the maintenance of the vehicle, the lifting plate 24 of the vehicle lifting mechanism 20 needs to be lowered to be able to drive the vehicle down to the ground, since the jack-up portion 33 is activated or closed synchronously with the hydraulic driving member 25, when starting the hydraulic drive member 25 to release pressure to lower the vehicle, the telescopic driving end of the jack-up portion 33 is extended to disengage the snap-fit lever 322 of the snap-fit protection portion 32 from the snap-fit opening of the fixed protection portion 31, and then the hydraulic drive member 25 is controlled by the control device to perform pressure relief and the lowering. When the working technician controls the hydraulic drive member 25 through the control device, the controller also controls the jack-up portion 33 to be activated to lift the snap-fit protection portion 32 away from the snap-fit opening of the fixed protection portion 31, thereby enabling the vehicle to be lowered to the ground.
After the vehicle is driven down the lift plate 24 to complete the maintenance work, the working technician needs to re-accommodate the vehicle lifting mechanism 20 back into the compartment and depart again to the next service location. In this embodiment, as shown in
In the present embodiment, the control device in the compartment 10, various sensors, the tire demounting machine 51, the tire dynamic balancing machine 52, the air pump 53, the lighting device in the compartment 10, and the like all utilize the power supplied by the power generating device 54. Moreover, the power generating device 54 can generate power by utilizing the residual heat of the exhaust gas during the running of the vehicle, then store the power, and provide the power when used, thereby achieving energy saving and environmental protection requirements.
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In the maintenance method for the maintenance operations of the vehicle to be maintained provided by the present application, the working technician perform mobile and follow-up maintenance operations on dispersed vehicles in various locations by carrying the mobile vehicle maintenance station provided above, thereby eliminating the delay of the vehicle owner caused by calling the trailer after the vehicle failure, and it is convenient to contact the working technician to perform the necessary vehicle maintenance, which greatly saves the owner's time and greatly satisfies the boundary requirement of the vehicle owner for the vehicle maintenance operations.
The above are only the preferred embodiments of the present application, and are not intended to limit the present application. Any modifications, equivalents, and improvements made within the spirit and scope of the present application should be included in the scope of the present application.
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According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, the lifting mechanism includes two lifting portions that are foldable with respect to each other, a hydraulic drive member is connected between the two lifting portions, and an explosion-proof valve 441 (shown in
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Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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201610089413.0 | Feb 2016 | CN | national |
201620415608.5 | May 2016 | CN | national |
201610318945.7 | May 2016 | CN | national |
201620437565.0 | May 2016 | CN | national |
201610370861.8 | May 2016 | CN | national |
This application is a continuation-in-part of International Application No. PCT/CN2017/071438 filed Jan. 17, 2017 which designated the U.S., and claims priority to Chinese Application Nos. CN201610089413.0, filed Feb. 17, 2016, CN201620415608.5, filed May 10, 2016, CN201610318945.7, filed May 13, 2016, CN201620437565.0, filed May 13, 2016 and CN201610370861.8, filed May 30, 2016, the entire contents of each of which are incorporated by reference.
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Parent | PCT/CN2017/071438 | Jan 2017 | US |
Child | 16162809 | US |