CN109288452B

CN109288452B - Anti-collision sensing assembly mounting structure in sweeping robot and sweeping robot

Info

Publication number: CN109288452B
Application number: CN201710605446.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王水龙
Original assignee: BYD Co Ltd
Current assignee: BYD Co Ltd
Priority date: 2017-07-24
Filing date: 2017-07-24
Publication date: 2021-05-14
Anticipated expiration: 2037-07-24
Also published as: CN109288452A

Abstract

The invention provides an installation structure of an anti-collision sensing assembly in a sweeping robot, wherein the sensing assembly comprises a plurality of light source units, and each light source unit comprises a light-emitting element; the light-emitting element is fixedly arranged on a middle shell provided with a main board in the sweeping robot through the mounting structure; the mounting structure comprises a planar wiring component which can be arranged on the middle shell; the light emitting element is mounted on the planar fitting member and electrically connected to the main board via the planar wiring member. According to the mounting structure of the anti-collision sensing assembly in the sweeping robot, the structure can be greatly simplified by adopting the planar wiring component, the whole mounting space is greatly reduced, the difficulty of assembly operation is reduced, the damage caused by assembly and maintenance is reduced, the mounting efficiency can be greatly improved, and the use reliability and stability of the sweeping robot are also improved.

Description

Anti-collision sensing assembly mounting structure in sweeping robot and sweeping robot

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of sweeping robots, in particular to an anti-collision sensing assembly mounting structure in a sweeping robot and the sweeping robot.

Background

Anti-collision sensing assemblies are often arranged in the sweeping robot to ensure the use safety and reliability. At present, the anticollision response subassembly of extensive adoption is the response banks, and this response banks comprises the response lamp that a plurality of intervals set up, and current signal lamp, infrared induction lamp etc. are often adopted to this response lamp. In practical application, the simple installation mode is that the induction lamps are clamped on an induction bracket, the induction bracket can be fixedly connected with the middle shell, and each induction lamp is electrically connected with the main board through a cable.

However, the above-mentioned mounting structure for mounting a plurality of induction lamps on an induction bracket has at least the following disadvantages: 1) on the premise of ensuring that the induction lamps can be easily clamped on the induction bracket and are not easy to damage due to the installation acting force, in order to ensure the structural stability and reliability of each induction lamp used in the floor sweeping robot for a long time, the requirement on the dimensional accuracy of the installation groove for clamping the induction lamps on the induction bracket is high, and the induction lamps are inconvenient to process and manufacture; 2) generally, 6 groups of 12 induction lamps are needed by the anti-collision induction lamp assembly to detect obstacles around the sweeping robot, and each induction lamp is provided with two pins, so that the 12 induction lamps are totally provided with 24 pins, namely 24 cables are needed to be connected to a main circuit board, the wiring is very inconvenient, the space occupied by the wiring is large, and the subsequent assembly difficulty and the damage of the cables can be caused.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to overcome the defects of the prior art, the invention provides an installation structure of an anti-collision sensing assembly in a sweeping robot, and aims to solve the technical problems that the installation structure of the anti-collision sensing assembly in the sweeping robot is complex and is inconvenient to process, manufacture and assemble.

In order to solve the technical problems, the mounting structure of the anti-collision sensing assembly in the sweeping robot adopts the following technical scheme:

the mounting structure of the anti-collision sensing assembly in the sweeping robot comprises a plurality of light source units, wherein each light source unit comprises a light emitting element;

the light-emitting element is fixedly arranged on a middle shell provided with a main board in the sweeping robot through the mounting structure;

the mounting structure comprises a planar wiring component which can be arranged on the middle shell;

the light emitting element is mounted on the planar fitting member and electrically connected to the main board via the planar wiring member.

Further, the planar wiring member includes a main body, a first extending body extending inward along the main body, and a plurality of second extending bodies extending outward along the main body, wherein the first extending body is used to connect the main board, and the light emitting element is mounted on the second extending bodies.

Further, the mounting structure further comprises a bracket, wherein the bracket comprises a bracket body, and a first supporting part and a connecting part which are defined by the outer wall of the bracket body; the first supporting part is used for carrying the planar wiring component, the support is fixedly arranged on the middle shell through the connecting part, and a second supporting part for carrying the main board is defined on the outer wall of the middle shell or the support body.

Further, the first support portion includes an upper support surface on which at least the main body can be placed, and a plurality of sets of peripheral side support surfaces on which at least a part of the second extending body on which the light emitting element is mounted can be placed.

Further, each light source unit comprises two light emitting elements which are matched with each other, each group of the peripheral side supporting surfaces comprises a first supporting surface and a second supporting surface which are distributed according to a preset angle, and two second extending bodies which carry the two light emitting elements which are matched with each other are correspondingly arranged on the first supporting surface and the second supporting surface.

Furthermore, the bracket body is further provided with a blocking wall between the first supporting surface and the second supporting surface for preventing the two corresponding light-emitting elements from interfering with each other.

Furthermore, the upper supporting surface is provided with a first positioning structure for positioning the main body, the peripheral supporting surfaces are provided with a second positioning structure for positioning the light-emitting element, the second supporting portion is provided with a third positioning structure for positioning the main board, and the middle shell is provided with a fourth positioning structure for positioning the support.

Further, the planar wiring member and the first support portion are fixed by adhesion.

The invention also provides a sweeping robot comprising the mounting structure.

Based on the technical scheme, the mounting structure of the anti-collision sensing assembly in the sweeping robot and the sweeping robot have the following beneficial effects compared with the prior art: the structure can be greatly simplified by adopting the planar wiring component, the whole installation space is greatly reduced, the difficulty of assembly operation is reduced, the damage caused by assembly and maintenance is reduced, and the installation efficiency and the use reliability and stability of the floor sweeping robot can be greatly improved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of an installation structure of an anti-collision sensing assembly in a sweeping robot according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the mounting structure shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a top schematic view of the mounting structure shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic sectional view A-A of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of an assembly structure of the planar wiring member and the bracket of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of the point A in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural view of a stent;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of the point B in FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is an exploded view of the planar wiring member of FIG. 1;

FIG. 10 is a schematic plan view of the planar wiring member of FIG. 1;

FIG. 11 is a schematic cross-sectional view B-B of FIG. 10;

FIG. 12 is an enlarged view of FIG. 11 at C;

fig. 13 is an enlarged view of fig. 11 at D.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical problems, technical solutions and advantageous effects to be solved by the present invention more clearly understood, the present invention is 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 invention and are not intended to limit the invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "first", "second" and the like are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implying any number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically defined otherwise.

It will be understood that the terms "length," "width," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like, as used herein, refer to an orientation or positional relationship indicated in the drawings that is solely for the purpose of facilitating the description and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and is therefore not to be construed as limiting the invention.

In addition, when an element is referred to as being "secured to" or "disposed on" another element, it can be directly on the other element or be indirectly on the other element. When an element is referred to as being "connected to" another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or be indirectly connected to the other element.

Referring to fig. 1 to 4, in the installation structure of the anti-collision sensing assembly in the sweeping robot provided in the embodiment of the present invention, the sensing assembly includes a plurality of light source units, and each light source unit includes a light emitting element 400;

the light-emitting element 400 is fixedly arranged on the middle shell 100 provided with the main board 500 in the sweeping robot through the mounting structure;

the mounting structure includes a planar wiring member 300 that can be provided on the middle case 100;

the light emitting element 400 is mounted on the planar accessory 300 and electrically connected to the main board 500 via the planar wiring member 300.

This anti-collision sensing assembly's mounting structure among robot of sweeping floor can greatly simplify the structure through adopting face form distribution part 300, and whole installation space reduces by a wide margin, has reduced the degree of difficulty of assembly operation and has brought the damage because of assembly and maintenance, improvement installation effectiveness that can be very big and robot of sweeping floor's use reliability and stability.

Further, as shown in fig. 9 to 13, in the present embodiment, the planar wiring member 300 includes a main body 310, a first extension 320 extending inward along the main body 310, and a plurality of second extensions 330 extending outward along the main body 310, the first extension 320 is used to connect the main board 500, and the light emitting element 400 is mounted on the second extensions 330. The first extension 320 is provided with a connection pin 340 capable of plugging with a connector 510 on the motherboard 500. The structure is beneficial to further improving the integral installation layout so as to improve the structure compactness and facilitate the processing, manufacturing and assembling operation.

In the case where the main body 310 is shaped like a ring or an arc, the inner side refers to a side away from the outer diameter edge and close to the inner diameter edge, and the outer side refers to a side away from the inner diameter edge and close to the outer diameter edge.

Of course, the shape of the main body 310 is preferably similar to the outer circumference of the middle case 100, so as to facilitate the arrangement of the light emitting device 400 and avoid the planar wiring member 300 from being damaged easily due to the structural interference with the main board 500 above the middle case 100.

Further, referring to fig. 5 to 7, in the present embodiment, the mounting structure further includes a bracket 200, and the bracket 200 includes a bracket body, and a first supporting portion and a connecting portion defined by an outer wall of the bracket body; the first supporting portion is used for placing the planar wiring component 300, the bracket 200 is fixed on the middle shell 100 through the connecting portion, and the outer wall of the middle shell 100 or the bracket body defines a second supporting portion for placing the motherboard 500. The planar wiring member 300 is mounted on the bracket 200 fixed to the middle case 100, so that the structure of the middle case 100 can be greatly simplified, the assembly and disassembly are facilitated, and the reliability of the overall structure is improved. In the present embodiment in particular, the second support portion is provided by the upper surface of the middle shell 100; the bracket 200 is provided on the middle case 100 on the outer peripheral side of the main plate 500.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 7 and 8, the first support section includes an upper support surface 210 on which at least the main body 310 can be placed, and a plurality of sets of peripheral side support surfaces on which at least a part of the second extension 330 on which the light emitting element 400 is mounted can be placed. The second extension 330 may be bent with respect to the main body 310 to be placed on the peripheral side bearing surface. With this configuration, when there are many light source units, the material consumption of the planar wiring member 300 can be reduced to the maximum extent, the cost can be reduced, and the convenience in mounting can be ensured. In addition, it is convenient to preset a heat dissipation structure on the peripheral supporting surface, so that the bracket 200 can dissipate heat of each light-emitting element 400 well, thereby improving the reliability and the service life. The heat dissipation structure can be an existing heat dissipation plate or a heat dissipation coating.

Further, referring to fig. 8, in the present embodiment, each light source unit includes two light emitting elements 400 that are fitted to each other, each set of the circumferential side supporting surfaces includes a first supporting surface 221 and a second supporting surface 222 that are distributed at a predetermined angle α, and two second extending bodies 330 that mount the two light emitting elements 400 that are fitted to each other are correspondingly mounted on the first supporting surface 221 and the second supporting surface 222. According to the structure, the first supporting surface 221 and the second supporting surface 222 can be processed and manufactured according to the preset angle alpha corresponding to the induction included angle according to the induction included angle designed by the two light-emitting elements 400, the two light-emitting elements 400 can keep the required induction included angle after being installed, the requirement of repeated adjustment and measurement in the assembling process is avoided, the assembling operation is further simplified, meanwhile, the accuracy of the induction included angle is better ensured by means of the first supporting surface 221 and the second supporting surface 222, the anti-collision induction accuracy is favorably improved, and the use reliability of the sweeping robot is improved.

Specifically, in actual application, two light emitting elements 400 that are matched with each other are defined as a first light emitting element and a second light emitting element, respectively, so that in actual application, light emitted by the first light emitting element can be reflected to the second light emitting element through an obstacle, and a control element (not shown) in the main board 500 can determine the distance between the sweeping robot and the obstacle according to a light signal received by the second light emitting element, so as to control a walking unit of the sweeping robot to execute a corresponding walking instruction according to a determination result; for example, when the sweeping robot is judged to be too close to the obstacle, the control element can control the walking unit to stop or execute a steering command so as to prevent the sweeping robot from colliding with the obstacle and being damaged. It should be noted that the control element is common in the art and therefore will not be described in detail here.

Further, referring to fig. 5 to 8, in the present embodiment, the bracket body is further provided with a blocking wall 230 between the first supporting surface 221 and the second supporting surface 222 for preventing the two corresponding light emitting elements 400 from interfering with each other. The structure of the blocking wall 230 is convenient to process and manufacture, and the sensitivity and accuracy of the anti-collision sensing of each light source unit can be further improved.

Of course, according to the difference of the middle housing 100 of the sweeping robot and the design of the whole structure, the first supporting surface 221 can be adjusted accordingly, specifically in this embodiment, the upper supporting surface 210 is preferably a circular plane, and the main body 310 of the planar wiring component 300 is a plane similar to an arc, which is more beneficial to ensure the installation flatness of the planar wiring component 300 and avoid the damage of the circuit or the whole damage due to long-term wrinkles.

Further, referring to fig. 1, 2, 6 and 8, in the present embodiment, the upper supporting surface 210 is provided with a first positioning structure 710 for positioning the main body 310, the peripheral supporting surface is provided with a second positioning structure 720 for positioning the light emitting element 400, the second supporting surface is provided with a third positioning structure 730 for positioning the main board 500, and the middle shell 100 is provided with a fourth positioning structure (not shown) for positioning the support 200. The first positioning structure 710, the second positioning structure 720, the third positioning structure 730 and the fourth positioning structure can be positioning columns with different sizes, specifically in this embodiment, corresponding positioning holes are formed in the main body 310, U-shaped positioning grooves are formed in the second extension body 330, corresponding positioning holes are formed in the main board 500, and positioning clamping grooves matched with the positioning columns of the middle shell 100 are formed in the support 200. The middle shell 100 may further be provided with a limiting arm or a buckle for longitudinally positioning the bracket 200. The arrangement of each positioning structure further improves the convenience of assembly and the structural stability, and can better ensure the accuracy of the installation position of the light-emitting element 400 and the installation position between the planar wiring component 300 and the main board 500, thereby further improving the anti-collision sensing effect.

Further, in the present embodiment, the planar wiring member 300 is fixed to the first supporting portion by adhesion, which is simple in structure, low in cost, and stable and reliable in structure.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the light emitting element 400 is an LED induction lamp, which can be mounted on the planar wiring member 300 by soldering, and has a stable structure and excellent electrical conductivity. The induction lamp assembly provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises 6 light source units and 12 LED induction lamps which are arranged at intervals.

In the present embodiment, the planar wiring member 300 is a common flexible wiring board. In practical application, the double-sided tape 600 is covered on the opposite side of the flexible circuit board and the bracket 200, so that the flexible circuit board can be conveniently bonded and fixed with the first supporting part.

The invention also provides a sweeping robot comprising the mounting structure. Since the embodiment of the installation structure of the anti-collision sensing assembly in the sweeping robot is based on the same concept, the technical effect brought by the embodiment of the method is the same as that of the embodiment of the method, and specific contents can be referred to the description of the embodiment of the method of the invention, and are not described again here.

The present invention is not limited to the above preferred embodiments, and any modifications, equivalent substitutions and improvements made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. The mounting structure of the anti-collision sensing assembly in the sweeping robot comprises a plurality of light source units, wherein each light source unit comprises a light emitting element; the method is characterized in that:

the light-emitting element is fixedly arranged on a middle shell provided with a main board in the sweeping robot through the mounting structure; the mounting structure comprises a planar wiring component and a bracket which can be arranged on the middle shell; the light emitting element is electrically connected to the main board via the planar wiring member; each light source unit comprises two mutually matched light-emitting elements;

the planar wiring member includes a main body, a first extension extending inward along the main body, and a plurality of second extensions extending outward along the main body, the first extension being used to connect the main board, and the light emitting element being mounted on the second extensions; the support includes the support body and by the first supporting part that the outer wall of support body defined, first supporting part is used for carrying face-like distribution part, first supporting part includes the supporting surface of the week of multiunit, every group week side supporting surface all includes according to first supporting surface and the second supporting surface of predetermineeing angle distribution, carries on two mutually supporting light emitting element's two the second extension corresponds to carry and arranges in first supporting surface with on the second supporting surface.

2. The installation structure of an anti-collision sensing assembly in a sweeping robot as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: the bracket further comprises a connecting part; the support is fixedly arranged on the middle shell through the connecting part, and a second supporting part used for carrying the main board is defined on the outer wall of the middle shell or the support body.

3. The installation structure of an anti-collision sensing assembly in a sweeping robot as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that: the first support portion includes an upper support surface on which at least the main body can be placed.

4. The installation structure of an anti-collision sensing assembly in a sweeping robot as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: the bracket body is also provided with a blocking wall between the first supporting surface and the second supporting surface for preventing the two corresponding light-emitting elements from interfering with each other.

5. The installation structure of an anti-collision sensing assembly in a sweeping robot as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that: go up the holding surface and be equipped with right the main part carries out the first location structure of fixing a position, week side holding surface is equipped with right the second location structure that light-emitting component carried out the location, the second holding portion be equipped with right the mainboard carries out the third location structure of fixing a position, the mesochite is equipped with right the support carries out the fourth location structure of fixing a position.

6. The installation structure of an anti-collision sensing assembly in a sweeping robot as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that: the planar wiring member and the first support section are fixed by adhesion.

7. The robot of sweeping the floor, its characterized in that: comprising the mounting structure of any one of claims 1 to 6.