CN111121848B

CN111121848B - Sensor assembly

Info

Publication number: CN111121848B
Application number: CN202010026976.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王鹏飞; 宋德超; 唐杰; 陈道远; 刘祥浴; 李风娇
Original assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai; Zhuhai Lianyun Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai; Zhuhai Lianyun Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-01-10
Filing date: 2020-01-10
Publication date: 2021-06-11
Anticipated expiration: 2040-01-10
Also published as: CN111121848A

Abstract

A sensor assembly includes a sensor having a display screen, and a support assembly supporting the sensor. Wherein, the supporting component includes and rotates the bearing structure who is connected in order to adjust the display screen gesture with the sensor, and bearing structure can rotate in order to set for the display screen locking in gesture relatively the sensor damping. The supporting structure and the sensor are rotatably connected in a setting mode, so that the posture of the display screen can be adjusted conveniently. And the display screen is locked at the set posture in a mode that the supporting structure can rotate relative to the sensor in a damping mode. When using, the user of different heights can rotate bearing structure to adjust the display screen of sensor to the gesture of the reading of being convenient for, and because adopt the damping pivoted mode between sensor and the bearing structure, adjust the display screen to set for the gesture after, under the circumstances of not exerting external force, can keep relatively stable between display screen and the bearing structure, thereby lock the display screen in setting for the gesture.

Description

Sensor assembly

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of household equipment, in particular to a sensor assembly.

Background

Along with the development of the internet, smart homes also start to develop in a well-spraying manner, more and more smart products are used in household equipment, such as lighting systems, curtain control, air conditioner control, security systems, network household appliances and the like, and the internet connects various household equipment together to provide multiple functions and means such as household appliance control, lighting control, telephone remote control, anti-theft alarm, environment monitoring and the like.

More and more intelligent products are used in the family of users, how to facilitate the use of the users, facilitate the installation and keep the whole family of the users tidy and harmonious is not considered by the users, and the introduction is mainly carried out from the aspect of convenient use. The intelligent single-product sensor suite is an indispensable intermediate link for users to perform safety anti-theft, environment monitoring and connection of various devices. At present, sensor kits on the market are either adhered to a wall or placed on a table top, and the sensor kits placed on the table top generally can only face one angle. When a user is usually over against the display screen of the sensor or is approximately over against the display screen, information displayed on the display screen can be clearly read; when the deviation angle between the sight line of the user and the surface of the display screen is too large, the information on the display screen cannot be clearly read when the user reads the reading on the display screen due to the interference of refraction or reflection of light. Therefore, for people with large height difference, it is possible that the reading of a user with a certain height is convenient, but for users with other heights, the reading is disturbed due to the interference of refraction or reflection of light.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention provides a sensor assembly which is used for conveniently locking a sensor at different set postures so as to facilitate users with different heights to read information displayed on a display screen.

A sensor assembly includes a sensor having a display screen, and a support assembly supporting the sensor. Wherein, the supporting component includes and rotates the bearing structure who is connected in order to adjust the display screen gesture with the sensor, and bearing structure can rotate in order to set for the display screen locking in gesture relatively the sensor damping.

In the scheme, the supporting structure and the sensor are rotatably connected in a setting mode so as to adjust the posture of the display screen conveniently. And the display screen is locked at the set posture in a mode that the supporting structure can rotate relative to the sensor in a damping mode. When using, the user of different heights can rotate bearing structure to adjust the display screen of sensor to the gesture of the reading of being convenient for, and because adopt the damping pivoted mode between sensor and the bearing structure, adjust the display screen to set for the gesture after, under the circumstances of not exerting external force, can keep relatively stable between display screen and the bearing structure, thereby lock the display screen in setting for the gesture.

In a particular embodiment, the sensor further comprises a housing assembly to which the display screen is secured, the support structure being pivotally connected to the housing assembly. And the support structure can rotate relative to the shell assembly in a damping mode so as to lock the display screen at the set posture, and therefore the support assembly can be assembled conveniently.

In a specific embodiment, the housing assembly has a groove structure with a major arc-shaped cross section, and a plurality of first prism structures parallel to the extending direction of the groove structure are arranged on the groove wall of the groove structure. The supporting structure is provided with a rotating shaft which is assembled in the groove body structure in an interference fit mode, and the surface of the rotating shaft is provided with a plurality of second prismatic body structures which are parallel to the axial direction of the rotating shaft. And the first prism structure and the second prism structure are in abutting press fit to lock the display screen at the set posture.

In a specific embodiment, the housing assembly includes a housing fixedly connected to the display screen, and a cover plate disposed on the housing, wherein the housing is provided with a through hole for passing the rotation shaft therethrough, and the cover plate is disposed between the display screen and the cover plate. And the groove body structure is arranged on the cover plate at a position opposite to the through hole, so that the support structure is rotationally connected with the shell assembly in a damping manner, and the support structure and the shell assembly are conveniently detached and installed.

In a specific implementation mode, the cover plate is of an arc-shaped body structure, and the groove body structures are arranged at two opposite ends of the arc-shaped body structure, so that the space occupied by the cover plate is reduced, and the sensor assembly is convenient to miniaturize.

In a specific embodiment, the supporting structure further comprises an arc-shaped bracket, and the rotating shafts are arranged at two opposite ends of the bracket, so that the bracket and the sensor can be conveniently supported, and the bracket and the sensor can be conveniently folded together when the bracket is not used.

In a specific embodiment, the first prism structure and the second prism structure are made of plastic, so that the first prism structure and the second prism structure are pressed against each other to deform.

In a specific embodiment, when the display screen is in the set posture, the included angle between the display screen and the supporting structure is 30-75 degrees, so that the reading requirements of users with different heights can be met.

In a specific embodiment, when the display screen is in the set posture, the included angle between the display screen and the supporting structure is 40-60 degrees, so that the supporting difficulty of the supporting structure for the sensor is reduced.

In a specific embodiment, the support assembly further comprises a base for fixing the sensor to the wall structure, and the base is detachably and fixedly connected with the sensor, so that the sensor can be hung on the wall structure, and when the sensor does not need to be hung on the wall structure, the base can be detached, so as to reduce the occupied space of the sensor.

In one embodiment, the sensor is a temperature sensor or a humidity sensor, so that users of different heights can read the readings from the temperature sensor or the humidity sensor.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is an exploded view of a sensor assembly provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a sensor assembly provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a portion of the sensor assembly of FIG. 2;

fig. 4 is a partially enlarged view of a rotating shaft according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numerals:

10-sensor 11-housing 12-cover

13-groove structure 14-first prism structure

15-display screen 16-panel 17-circuit board assembly

21-support structure 22-rotating shaft 23-second prism structure

24-support 25-base 26-magnet

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

To facilitate understanding of the sensor assembly provided by the embodiment of the present invention, an application scenario thereof will be described first. The sensor assembly is used for detecting the temperature, the humidity and the like of the surrounding environment and displaying the temperature, the humidity and the like through the display assembly. The sensor assembly provided by the embodiment of the invention is described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to fig. 1, the sensor assembly provided by the present invention mainly includes two parts, which are a sensor 10 having a display screen 15 and a support assembly supporting the sensor 10, respectively. Wherein the support assembly includes a support structure 21 rotatably coupled to the sensor 10 for adjusting the attitude of the display screen 15, and the support structure 21 is rotatably damped relative to the sensor 10 for locking the display screen 15 in the set attitude.

In the above solution, the support structure 21 is rotatably connected to the sensor 10 to adjust the posture of the display screen 15. And the support structure 21 is adapted to be secured in a damped rotational movement relative to the sensor 10 to lock the display screen 15 in the set position. In use, users of different heights can rotate the support structure 21 to adjust the display screen 15 of the sensor 10 to a position convenient for reading, and in particular, the position of the display screen 15 of the sensor 10 can be set in a position in which the user's line of sight is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the display surface of the display screen 15 when standing, so as to reduce the interference effect on the line of sight caused by refraction or reflection of light on the display surface of the display screen 15. And because the sensor 10 and the supporting structure 21 adopt a damping rotation mode, after the display screen 15 is adjusted to the set posture, the display screen 15 and the supporting structure 21 can be kept relatively stable under the condition of not applying external force, so that the display screen 15 is locked at the set posture.

In providing the sensor 10, and with reference to FIG. 1, the sensor 10 further includes a housing assembly to which the display screen 15 is secured, and a support structure 21 is pivotally connected to the housing assembly. And the support structure 21 is rotationally damped relative to the housing assembly to lock the display screen 15 in a set position to facilitate assembly of the support assembly. Specifically, as shown in fig. 1, the housing assembly is a circular housing 11 having a concave cavity, and the display screen 15 is fixedly connected to the edge of the housing 11 by bonding, fastening with screws, or the like. It should be understood that the housing 11 is not limited to the circular shape shown in fig. 1, and may be other shapes of the housing 11, i.e., the housing 11 capable of fixing the display screen 15 is within the protection scope of the embodiment of the present invention. Referring to fig. 1, a circuit board assembly 17 is also provided between the display screen 15 and the housing 11 to control the information displayed by the display screen 15. Referring to fig. 1, a transparent panel 16 is further disposed outside the display screen 15 to protect the display screen 15, and the material of the panel 16 may be a transparent material such as glass and plastic.

The sensor 10 may be embodied as a temperature sensor or a humidity sensor, so that users of different heights can read the readings from the temperature sensor or the humidity sensor.

When the rotation connection between the housing assembly and the supporting structure 21 is realized, referring to fig. 2 and 3, the housing assembly has a groove structure 13 with a major arc-shaped cross section, and a plurality of first prism structures 14 parallel to the extending direction of the groove structure 13 are arranged on the groove wall of the groove structure 13. Referring to fig. 4, the support structure 21 has a rotating shaft 22 interference-fitted in the slot structure 13, and a surface of the rotating shaft 22 is provided with a plurality of second prism structures 23 parallel to an axial direction of the rotating shaft 22. And the first prism structure 14 and the second prism structure 23 are pressed and matched to lock the display screen 15 in the set posture.

In the specific setting, when the display screen 15 is in the set posture, referring to fig. 2, the included angle θ between the display screen 15 and the support structure 21 may be set to 30 ° to 75 °, specifically, the included angle θ between the display screen 15 and the support structure 21 may be set to any angle between 30 ° to 75 °, such as 30 °, 35 °, 40 °, 45 °, 50 °, 55 °, 60 °, 65 °, 70 °. The included angle theta between the supporting structure 21 and the display screen 15 can be adjusted at any angle between 30 degrees and 75 degrees, and when the display screen is placed on a supporting surface such as a desktop, the included angle between the display screen 15 and the supporting surface can be adjusted at any angle, so that the reading requirements of users with different heights can be met. When the included angle between the display screen 15 and the support structure 21 is specifically determined, and when the display screen 15 is located at the set posture, the included angle θ between the display screen 15 and the support structure 21 may be 40 ° to 60 °, specifically, the included angle θ between the display screen 15 and the support structure 21 may be any angle between 40 ° to 60 °, such as 40 °, 42 °, 45 °, 48 °, 50 °, 53 °, 55 °, 57 °, 60 °, so as to reduce the difficulty of supporting the sensor 10 by the support structure 21.

Referring to fig. 1, a cover plate 12 is disposed on a housing 11, the cover plate 12 is disposed between a display screen 15 and the cover plate 12, a through hole for passing a rotating shaft 22 on a supporting structure 21 is further disposed on the housing 11, and a groove structure 13 is disposed on the cover plate 12 at a position opposite to the through hole. In assembly, referring to fig. 1, 2 and 3, the rotating shaft 22 of the supporting structure 21 is inserted into the through hole of the housing 11 and then is interference-assembled in the groove structure 13 of the cover 12. When the user of different heights uses, it can be according to own height, rotate bearing structure 21, owing to exert external force on bearing structure 21, thereby make and take place deformation between first prism structure 14 and the second prism structure 23, make pivot 22 can rotate in cell body structure 13, thereby change the contained angle between display screen 15 of sensor 10 and the bearing structure 21, thereby change the angle of display screen 15 relative supporting surface, so that the user adjusts sensor 10 to the gesture of settlement, the user of facilitating the use reads the information on the display screen 15 of sensor 10. Because the groove structure 13 is provided with the first prismatic structure 14 parallel to the extending direction of the groove structure 13, the rotating shaft 22 is provided with the second prismatic structure 23 parallel to the axial direction of the rotating shaft 22, when the rotating shaft 22 is assembled in the groove structure 13, the first prismatic structure 14 and the second prismatic structure 23 are mutually abutted together, so that the force for preventing the supporting structure 21 from rotating relative to the shell 11 is exerted to a certain extent, and because the mass of the sensor 10 is usually light, when the sensor 10 is placed on a supporting surface such as a table top, the force exerted by the sensor 10 on the supporting structure 21 is small, the force generated by the mutual abutting between the first prismatic structure 14 and the second prismatic structure 23 can prevent the angle between the sensor 10 and the supporting structure 21 from changing, so that the sensor 10 can be stably supported on the supporting surface such as the table top. Also in the manner described above, a damped rotational connection between the support structure 21 and the housing assembly is facilitated. When the support structure 21 is not used, the support structure 21 can be pulled out from the groove body structure 13 by external force, so that the support structure 21 and the shell assembly can be conveniently detached and installed.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3, when the through hole through which the rotating shaft 22 passes is specifically provided on the housing 11, a contraction hole with a gradually reduced cross section may be provided along the direction from the inside to the outside of the housing 11, so that the through hole and the slot structure 13 on the cover plate 12 together form an arc-shaped slot structure 13, and when the rotating shaft 22 on the supporting structure 21 is interference-assembled in the slot structure 13, the supporting structure 21 is prevented from being removed from the rotating shaft 22 under the condition of no external force or small external force. It should be understood that the shape of the through hole is not limited to the above-mentioned manner, and besides, a through hole with a uniform cross section can be adopted, and the cross section of the slot body structure 13 on the cover plate 12 has a shape of a major arc to prevent the rotating shaft 22 on the supporting structure 21 from easily falling out of the slot body structure 13.

When setting up, can set up the material that first prism structure 14 and second prism structure 23 and can be plastics to it takes place the deformation to support to press between first prism structure 14 and the second prism structure 23, thereby convenient to use person rotates bearing structure 21, and is convenient for lock display screen 15 in the gesture of setting for. Specifically, the first prism structure 14 and the groove structure 13 may be integrated, and the second prism structure 23 and the rotation shaft 22 may be integrated, so as to provide the first prism structure 14 and the second prism structure 23. It should be understood that the material between the first prism structure 14 and the second prism structure 23 is not limited to plastic, but may be other materials that can deform under a large force.

Referring to fig. 1, when the cover plate 12 is disposed, the cover plate 12 may be an arc-shaped body structure, and the slot structures 13 are disposed at two opposite ends of the arc-shaped body structure, so as to reduce the space occupied by the cover plate 12 and facilitate miniaturization of the sensor assembly. It should be understood that the shape of the cover plate 12 is not limited to the arc-shaped body structure shown in fig. 1, and other shapes may be adopted, for example, a straight plate-shaped cover plate 12 may be adopted, slot structures 13 are provided at both ends of the cover plate 12, and the cover plate 12 divides the housing 11 into upper and lower parts.

Referring to fig. 1, the support structure 21 further includes an arc-shaped bracket 24, and the rotation shafts 22 are disposed at opposite ends of the bracket 24 to facilitate the support of the bracket 24 with the sensor 10 and to facilitate the folding of the bracket 24 with the sensor 10 when the bracket 24 is not in use. It should be understood that the shape of the bracket 24 is not limited to the arc shape shown in fig. 1, and other shapes may be adopted, for example, a T-shaped structure may be adopted, the rotating shafts 22 are arranged at the left and right ends of the horizontal part of the T-shaped structure, and the vertical part is used for abutting against a supporting surface such as a table top to support the sensor 10.

It should be noted that the manner in which the rotational connection between the support structure 21 and the housing assembly is achieved and the support structure 21 can damp rotation relative to the housing assembly is not limited to that shown above, but other manners can be used. For example, one groove structure 13 may be provided on each of the left and right sides of the housing 11, and the groove walls of the groove structure 13 have the same shape as that shown above. And the shape of the supporting structure 21 is the same as that shown in fig. 1, but it is different in that the rotation shafts 22 are not provided at the side surfaces of the supporting structure 21 but provided at both ends of the supporting structure 21, and the two rotation shafts 22 are respectively inserted into the two groove structures 13. The specific assembly manner is that the distance between the two rotating shafts 22 of the supporting structure 21 is increased by external force, even if the opening of the supporting structure 21 is increased, the two rotating shafts 22 are aligned with the two slot structures 13 on the left and right sides of the housing 11, and then the external force is stopped from being applied, so that the supporting structure 21 is restored to the original shape, and thus the two rotating shafts 22 are respectively assembled in the two slot structures 13. The angle of the sensor 10 is then adjusted in the same way and, thanks to the same principle, a damped rotation between the support structure 21 and the housing 11 is achieved in order to lock the display screen 15 in the set attitude.

Referring to fig. 1, the support assembly further includes a base 25 for securing the sensor 10 to a wall structure, and the base 25 is removably and fixedly connected to the sensor 10 to facilitate hanging the sensor 10 from the wall structure, and the base 25 can be removed to reduce the footprint of the sensor 10 when the sensor 10 is not required to be hung from the wall structure. When the base 25 is fixed to a wall structure such as a wall, the base 25 may be fixed to the wall structure by means of screw fastening, adhesion, or the like. When the detachable fixed connection between the sensor 10 and the base 25 is specifically realized, referring to fig. 1, the sensor 10 may be fixed on the base 25 by adopting an attraction manner of the magnet 26, specifically, one magnet 26 is disposed on the base 25, another magnet 26 is disposed on the housing assembly inside the sensor 10, and the two magnets 26 are disposed in an attraction manner. When the sensor 10 needs to be placed on the base 25, the sensor 10 is only required to be close to the base 25, so that the two magnets 26 attract each other, and the sensor 10 is fixed on the base 25; when the sensor 10 needs to be detached from the base 25, the sensor 10 can be detached from the base 25 only by overcoming the attraction force of the two magnets 26 through external force.

The support structure 21 is rotatably connected with the sensor 10 to adjust the posture of the display screen 15. And the support structure 21 is adapted to be secured in a damped rotational movement relative to the sensor 10 to lock the display screen 15 in the set position. When the sensor is used, users with different heights can rotate the supporting structure 21 to adjust the display screen 15 of the sensor 10 to a posture convenient for reading, and due to the fact that the damping rotation mode is adopted between the sensor 10 and the supporting structure 21, after the display screen 15 is adjusted to a set posture, under the condition that external force is not applied, the display screen 15 and the supporting structure 21 can be kept stable, and therefore the display screen 15 is locked at the set posture.

The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present invention, and the changes or substitutions should be covered within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A sensor assembly for sensing temperature and humidity of an ambient environment, the sensor assembly comprising:

a sensor having a display screen;

a support assembly supporting the sensor, the support assembly including a support structure rotatably coupled to the sensor for adjusting the attitude of the display screen; the supporting structure can rotate relative to the sensor in a damping mode so as to lock the display screen at a set posture;

the supporting component also comprises a base used for fixing the sensor on a wall body structure, and the base is detachably and fixedly connected with the sensor;

a magnet is arranged on the base; one surface of the sensor, which is used for being rotationally connected with the supporting component, is provided with another magnet; the base is connected with the sensor in an adsorption manner through two magnets; and when the base is connected with the sensor, the support structure is located between the base and the sensor.

2. The sensor assembly of claim 1, wherein the sensor further comprises a housing assembly that secures the display screen;

the supporting structure is rotatably connected with the shell assembly, and the supporting structure can rotate relative to the shell assembly in a damping mode so as to lock the display screen at the set posture.

3. The sensor assembly of claim 2, wherein the housing assembly has a groove structure with a major arc-shaped cross section, and a plurality of first prism structures parallel to the extending direction of the groove structure are arranged on the groove wall of the groove structure;

the supporting structure is provided with a rotating shaft which is assembled in the groove body structure in an interference fit mode, and a plurality of second prismatic structures which are parallel to the axial direction of the rotating shaft are arranged on the surface of the rotating shaft; and the first prism structure and the second prism structure are mutually abutted and matched in a pressing way so as to lock the display screen at the set posture.

4. The sensor assembly of claim 3, wherein the housing assembly comprises:

the shell is fixedly connected with the display screen, and a through hole for the rotating shaft to pass through is formed in the shell;

a cover plate disposed on the housing, wherein the cover plate is located between the display screen and the housing; and the groove body structure is arranged on the cover plate at a position opposite to the through hole.

5. The sensor assembly of claim 4, wherein the cover plate is an arcuate body structure, and the slot structures are disposed at opposite ends of the arcuate body structure.

6. The sensor assembly of claim 5, wherein the support structure further comprises an arcuate bracket, the pivot axis being disposed at opposite ends of the bracket.

7. The sensor assembly of any one of claims 3-6, wherein the first and second prism structures are both plastic.

8. The sensor assembly of claim 7, wherein the display screen is positioned at an angle of 30 ° to 75 ° relative to the support structure when the display screen is in the set position.

9. The sensor assembly of claim 1, wherein the sensor is a temperature sensor or a humidity sensor.