Electric automobile fills electric pile
Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of new energy automobile charging piles, in particular to an electric automobile charging pile.
Background
Its function of new energy automobile fills electric pile is similar to the tanker aircraft inside the filling station, can fix on ground or wall, install in public building and residential quarter parking area or charging station, can charge for the electric automobile of various models according to the voltage class of difference, fill electric pile's input and alternating current network lug connection, the output all is equipped with the rifle that charges and is used for charging for new energy automobile, the rifle that charges is for the convenience of charging generally set up to the handheld end of cylinder type and is used for the plug end of being connected with the car. Fill electric pile and generally provide two kinds of charging methods of conventional charging and quick charge, people can use specific charging card to swipe the card and use on the human-computer interaction operation interface that fills electric pile and provide, carry out operations such as corresponding charging method, charging time, expense data printing, fill electric pile display screen and can show data such as the charge volume, expense, charging time. But at present in order to take the convenience, the rifle that charges commonly used all is as for outside filling electric pile, will cause like this to charge the protection degree of rifle low, stolen possibility increases, and long-term naked hourglass is outside, can be very easily invaded by the wind and rain, causes the pollution serious, and the clearance protection of being not convenient for will cause the vexation of not being convenient for to take when putting in the box of filling electric pile.
Based on the technical scheme, the invention designs the electric automobile charging pile to solve the problems.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide an electric vehicle charging pile, which aims to solve the problem that a charging gun is not exposed outside the charging pile for a long time while being convenient to take.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides the following technical scheme: an electric vehicle charging pile comprises a charging pile body and a charging gun, wherein a first linear motor is arranged in the charging pile body, a connecting block is arranged on the sliding block of the first linear motor, a fixed block is arranged on the connecting block, a through hole is arranged in the fixed block, the through hole penetrates through the upper surface and the lower surface of the fixed block, a handle of a charging gun is inserted into the through hole, the charging gun wire is connected with a winder, the right side of the fixed block is provided with an electric door for the charging gun to pass through, the electric door is arranged on the side wall of the charging pile body, the right side wall of the through hole is provided with a trapezoidal groove, the right side wall in dovetail groove has seted up logical groove, lead to the right side wall that the groove extends to the fixed block, it is provided with the guider that is used for the electric wire direction to lead to the inslot, just the width in dovetail groove is less than the handle diameter of rifle that charges. When the first linear motor drives the sliding block to slide on the linear guide rail of the first linear motor, the fixing block can drive the charging gun inserted into the through hole to move outwards from the charging pile body, when charging is needed, the charging gun can pass through the electric door and extend out of the electric door for customers to use, when the charging gun is not needed, the charging gun returns back into the charging pile body to avoid the naked leakage of the charging gun, when the charging gun extends out and returns, the charging gun can drive the electric wire connected to the charging gun to move and possibly be wound to block and stop the movement of the charging gun, the effect can not be achieved, at the moment, the wire can be wound and unwound well through the winder, the electric wire can not be wound, when the user takes out the charging gun for charging, the charging gun needs to be pulled downwards, at the moment, due to the through groove, the through groove is communicated with the right side wall of the fixing block, avoided the electric wire to pass whole through-hole, also avoided the electric wire great with the angle of buckling that the through-hole upper end produced when wearing out the through-hole to avoided the line to pull out the not smooth condition, the setting up of dovetail groove has avoided the electric wire card in the through-hole and the junction that leads to the groove simultaneously, has ensured that the electric wire can fall into logical inslot, and guider makes the hindrance effect of fixed block when passing through diminish.
As a further scheme of the invention, the through hole of the fixing block is inclined rightwards, so that a user can conveniently take the charging gun from the through hole, and the electric wire can be prevented from being vertically upwards and downwards in the through hole, and the effect of smoothing the electric wire is achieved.
As a further scheme of the present invention, the fixing block includes a first fixing block and a second fixing block, the first fixing block includes a first inclined surface, a T-shaped boss is disposed at a lower end of the first inclined surface, the second fixing block includes a second inclined surface, a T-shaped groove is disposed at a lower end of the second inclined surface, the T-shaped boss is slidably connected to the T-shaped groove, inclination angles of the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface are equal and opposite to an inclination direction of the through hole, an upper portion of the through hole is located in the second fixing block, a lower portion of the through hole is located in the first fixing block, an upper portion of the through groove is located in the second fixing block, a lower portion of the through groove is located in the first fixing block, and the guide device is located at a lower portion. Through only setting up guider in the lower part that leads to the groove for the electric wire does not pass the second fixed block, and through the cooperation in T type boss and T type groove, makes along first inclined plane promotion second fixed block, just can thoroughly take up the second fixed block from first fixed block. Thereby make first fixed block and second fixed block for integral fixed block, convenient to detach, this kind of detachable mode guiding device's of being convenient for processing and setting, simultaneously because the inclination on first inclined plane and second inclined plane equals and opposite with the incline direction of through-hole, can prevent that the second fixed block from being taken up the rifle that charges and being taken up by the rifle that charges, causes the second fixed block damage that drops.
As a further scheme of the invention, the guide device is a boss, and the contact surface of the boss and the electric wire is an arc surface which can play a role of smoothing the electric wire.
As a further scheme of the invention, the guide device is a roller, the roller is more convenient for guiding the electric wire, and the friction force between the roller and the electric wire is small.
As a further scheme of the invention, a sliding groove is arranged at the lower part of the through groove, the width of one end of the sliding groove is smaller than the diameter of the rotating shaft of the roller and is communicated with a clamping groove, the other end of the sliding groove is larger than the diameter of the rotating shaft of the roller and extends to the first inclined plane, and one end of the sliding groove, which is connected with the first inclined plane, is higher than the other end of the sliding groove. The pivot of gyro wheel is followed first inclined plane end and is directly impressed the draw-in groove along the spout during installation in, it is very convenient to install, because the width of the one end of spout is less than the pivot diameter of gyro wheel, avoided the pivot of gyro wheel to deviate from in the draw-in groove, simultaneously because the end of sliding in of spout is higher than the roll-off end, should deal with it and exert the power along the spout direction during the axle roll-off of gyro wheel, the pivot of gyro wheel receives the electric wire and applys its decurrent power, the component force that its decurrent power was applyed to this electric wire is just in the opposite with the power along the spout direction, consequently can be so that at the electric wire pulling in-process, the gyro wheel operates.
As a further scheme of the invention, the upper end surface and the lower end surface of the through hole, the trapezoidal groove and the through groove are provided with fillets. The rounded corners may act as a smoothing feature, making the wire smoother during pulling.
As a further scheme of the invention, the electric door comprises a door body and a second linear motor, the door body is arranged on the inner side wall of the charging pile body, the second linear motor is arranged in the charging pile body, and the second linear motor is used for driving the door body to move up and down. Can be so that more direct closure of electrically operated gate, simultaneously because the door body sets up at this internally at electric pile that fills with second linear electric motor, so can provide the protection for it, prevent that it is stolen.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:
1. when the first linear motor drives the sliding block to slide on the linear guide rail of the first linear motor, the fixing block can drive the charging gun inserted into the through hole to move outwards from the charging pile body, when charging is needed, the charging gun can pass through the electric door and extend out of the electric door for customers to use, when the charging gun is not needed, the charging gun returns back into the charging pile body to avoid the naked leakage of the charging gun, when the charging gun extends out and returns, the charging gun can drive the electric wire connected to the charging gun to move and possibly be wound to block and stop the movement of the charging gun, the effect can not be achieved, at the moment, the wire can be wound and unwound well through the winder, the electric wire can not be wound, when the user takes out the charging gun for charging, the charging gun needs to be pulled downwards, at the moment, due to the through groove, the through groove is communicated with the right side wall of the fixing block, avoided the electric wire to pass whole through-hole, also avoided the electric wire great with the angle of buckling that the through-hole upper end produced when wearing out the through-hole to avoided the line to pull out the not smooth condition, the setting up of dovetail groove has avoided the electric wire card in the through-hole and the junction that leads to the groove simultaneously, has ensured that the electric wire can fall into logical inslot, and guider makes the hindrance effect of fixed block when passing through diminish.
2. Through only setting up guider in the lower part that leads to the groove for the electric wire does not pass the second fixed block, and through the cooperation in T type boss and T type groove, makes along first inclined plane promotion second fixed block, just can thoroughly take up the second fixed block from first fixed block. Thereby make first fixed block and second fixed block for integral fixed block, convenient to detach, this kind of detachable mode guiding device's of being convenient for processing and setting, simultaneously because the inclination on first inclined plane and second inclined plane equals and opposite with the incline direction of through-hole, can prevent that the second fixed block from being taken up the rifle that charges and being taken up by the rifle that charges, causes the second fixed block damage that drops.
3. The pivot of gyro wheel is followed first inclined plane end and is directly impressed the draw-in groove along the spout during installation in, it is very convenient to install, because the width of the one end of spout is less than the pivot diameter of gyro wheel, avoided the pivot of gyro wheel to deviate from in the draw-in groove, simultaneously because the end of sliding in of spout is higher than the roll-off end, should deal with it and exert the power along the spout direction during the axle roll-off of gyro wheel, the pivot of gyro wheel receives the electric wire and applys its decurrent power, the component force that its decurrent power was applyed to this electric wire is just in the opposite with the power along the spout direction, consequently can be so that at the electric wire pulling in-process, the gyro wheel operates.
Drawings
In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art that other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.
FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing the extended state of a charging gun according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the retracted state of the charging gun according to the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of a fixing block according to the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a sectional structure diagram of the fixing block of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing a state in which a first fixing block and a second fixing block are mounted together in the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the first fixing block and the second fixing block in a state of being mounted and dismounted when the boss is mounted in the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a sectional view illustrating a state in which a first fixing block and a second fixing block are mounted together when the boss is mounted in the present invention;
FIG. 8 is a schematic view showing a state in which a first fixing block and a second fixing block are mounted together when the roller is mounted in the present invention;
FIG. 9 is a sectional view of the first fixing block and the second fixing block in a state of being mounted and dismounted when the roller is mounted in the present invention;
fig. 10 is an enlarged view of the invention at a in fig. 9.
In the drawings, the components represented by the respective reference numerals are listed below:
1-charging pile body, 2-charging gun, 3-electric wire, 4-first linear motor, sliding block 41, 5-connecting block, 6-fixing block, 61-through hole, 62-trapezoidal groove, 63-through groove, 64-guiding device, 641-lug boss, 6411-arc surface, 642-roller, 643-sliding groove, 644-clamping groove, 65-second fixing block, 651-second inclined surface, 652-T groove, 66-first fixing block, 661-first inclined surface, T-shaped lug boss 662, 7-winder, 8-electric door, 81-door body and 82-second linear motor.
Detailed Description
The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1-4, a first specific application of the present embodiment is:
the utility model provides an electric automobile fills electric pile, including filling electric pile body 1 and rifle 2 that charges, it is provided with first linear electric motor 4 in the electric pile body 1 to fill, install connecting block 5 on first linear electric motor 4's the slider 41, install fixed block 6 on the connecting block 5, be provided with through-hole 61 in the fixed block 6, through-hole 61 runs through the upper surface and the lower surface of fixed block 6, it has rifle 2's handle to fill to insert in the through-hole 61, rifle 2 electric wire connection that charges has winder 7, the right side of fixed block 6 is equipped with the electrically operated gate 8 that is used for rifle 2 to pass that charges, electrically operated gate 8 is installed on filling electric pile body 1's lateral wall, trapezoidal groove 62 has been seted up to the right side wall of through-hole 61, logical groove 63 has been seted up to the right side wall of trapezoidal groove 62, logical groove 63 extends to the right side wall of fixed block 6, it. Wherein the through-hole 61 of the fixing block 6 is inclined rightward. The upper and lower end faces of the through hole 61, the trapezoidal groove 62 and the through groove 63 are all provided with fillets. The electric door 8 comprises a door body 81 and a second linear motor 82, the door body 81 is arranged on the inner side wall of the charging pile body 1, the second linear motor 82 is arranged in the charging pile body 1, and the second linear motor 82 is used for driving the door body 81 to move up and down.
When the first linear motor 4 drives the sliding block 41 to slide on the linear guide rail of the first linear motor 4, the fixing block 6 can drive the charging gun 2 inserted into the through hole 61 to move outwards from the charging pile body 1, when charging is needed, the charging gun 2 can pass through the electric door 8 and extend out of the electric door 8 for customers to use, when the charging gun 2 is not needed, the charging gun 2 returns back into the charging pile body 1 to avoid the naked leakage of the charging gun, when the charging gun 2 extends out and returns back, the wire 3 connected to the charging gun 2 can be driven to move, the wire can be wound to block and stop the movement of the charging gun 2, the effect can not be achieved, at the moment, the winding and unwinding function of the wire 3 can be well played through the winder 7, the wire 3 can not be accumulated and wound, when a user takes out the charging gun 2 to charge, the charging gun 2 needs to be pulled downwards, at this moment, because be provided with logical groove 63, logical groove 63 UNICOM fixed block 6 right side wall, avoided electric wire 3 to pass through whole through-hole 61, also avoided electric wire 3 when wearing out through-hole 61 great with the angle of buckling that the through-hole 61 upper end produced, thereby avoided the line to pull out the not smooth condition, the setting of dovetail groove 62 has avoided electric wire 3 card in the junction of through-hole 61 with logical groove 63 simultaneously, ensured that electric wire 3 can fall into logical groove 63 in, guider 64 makes the hindrance effect of fixed block 6 diminish when passing through. Can the user of so taking charging gun 2 from through-hole 61, can also avoid electric wire 3 to straighten up directly down in through-hole 61, play the effect of smooth electric wire 3. The rounded corners may act as a smoothing, making the wire 3 smoother during pulling. Can make electrically operated gate 8 more direct closure like this, simultaneously because door body 81 and second linear electric motor 82 set up in filling electric pile body 1, so can provide the protection for it, prevent that it is stolen.
Referring to fig. 1-7, a second specific application of the present embodiment is:
including filling electric pile body 1 and rifle 2 that charges, be provided with first linear electric motor 4 in filling electric pile body 1, install connecting block 5 on first linear electric motor 4's the slider 41, install fixed block 6 on connecting block 5, be provided with through-hole 61 in the fixed block 6, through-hole 61 runs through the upper surface and the lower surface of fixed block 6, the handle that has rifle 2 that charges is inserted in the through-hole 61, rifle 2 wire connection of charging has winder 7, the right side of fixed block 6 is equipped with the electrically operated gate 8 that is used for charging rifle 2 to pass, electrically operated gate 8 is installed on filling electric pile body 1's lateral wall, trapezoidal groove 62 has been seted up to the right side wall of through-hole 61, logical groove 63 has been seted up to the right side wall of trapezoidal groove 62, logical groove 63 extends to the right side wall of fixed block 6, be provided with the guider 64 that is used for electric wire 3. Wherein the through-hole 61 of the fixing block 6 is inclined rightward. The fixing block 6 includes a first fixing block 66 and a second fixing block 65, the first fixing block 66 includes a first inclined surface 661, a T-shaped boss 662 is provided at a lower end of the first inclined surface 661, the second fixing block 65 includes a second inclined surface 651, a T-shaped groove 652 is provided at a lower end of the second inclined surface 651, the T-shaped boss 662 is slidably connected with the T-shaped groove 652, inclination angles of the first inclined surface 661 and the second inclined surface 651 are equal and opposite to an inclination direction of the through hole 61, an upper portion of the through hole 61 is located in the second fixing block 65, a lower portion of the through hole 61 is located in the first fixing block 66, an upper portion of the through groove 63 is located in the second fixing block 65, a lower portion of the through groove 63 is located in the first fixing block 66, and. The guiding device 64 is a boss 641, and the contact surface of the boss 641 and the wire 3 is an arc surface 6411.
When the first linear motor 4 drives the sliding block 41 to slide on the linear guide rail of the first linear motor 4, the fixing block 6 can drive the charging gun 2 inserted into the through hole 61 to move outwards from the charging pile body 1, when charging is needed, the charging gun 2 can pass through the electric door 8 and extend out of the electric door 8 for customers to use, when the charging gun 2 is not needed, the charging gun 2 returns back into the charging pile body 1 to avoid the naked leakage of the charging gun, when the charging gun 2 extends out and returns back, the wire 3 connected to the charging gun 2 can be driven to move, the wire can be wound to block and stop the movement of the charging gun 2, the effect can not be achieved, at the moment, the winding and unwinding function of the wire 3 can be well played through the winder 7, the wire 3 can not be accumulated and wound, when a user takes out the charging gun 2 to charge, the charging gun 2 needs to be pulled downwards, at this moment, because be provided with logical groove 63, logical groove 63 UNICOM fixed block 6 right side wall, avoided electric wire 3 to pass through whole through-hole 61, also avoided electric wire 3 when wearing out through-hole 61 great with the angle of buckling that the through-hole 61 upper end produced, thereby avoided the line to pull out the not smooth condition, the setting of dovetail groove 62 has avoided electric wire 3 card in the junction of through-hole 61 with logical groove 63 simultaneously, ensured that electric wire 3 can fall into logical groove 63 in, guider 64 makes the hindrance effect of fixed block 6 diminish when passing through. The through-hole 61 of fixed block 6 inclines to the right, can so that the user of facilitating the use take charging gun 2 from through-hole 61, can also avoid electric wire 3 to directly go up and down in through-hole 61, plays the effect of smooth electric wire 3. By disposing the guide 64 only at the lower portion of the through groove 63 so that the electric wire 3 does not pass through the second fixing block 65, and by engaging the T-shaped projection 662 with the T-shaped groove 652, the second fixing block 65 is pushed along the first inclined surface 661, and the second fixing block 65 can be completely lifted from the first fixing block 66. Therefore, the first fixing block 66 and the second fixing block 65 are convenient to disassemble relative to the integrated fixing block, the detachable mode is convenient for processing and setting the guide device 64, and meanwhile, the second fixing block 65 can be prevented from being brought up by the charging gun 2 when the charging gun is taken up due to the fact that the inclination angles of the first inclined surface 661 and the second inclined surface 651 are equal and opposite to the inclination direction of the through hole 61, and the second fixing block 65 is prevented from falling and being damaged. The guiding device 64 is a boss 641, and the contact surface of the boss 641 and the wire 3 is an arc surface 6411, and the arc surface 6411 can play a role of smoothing the wire 3.
Referring to fig. 1-5 and fig. 8-10, a third specific application of the present embodiment is:
an electric automobile charging pile comprises a charging pile body 1 and a charging gun 2, wherein a first linear motor 4 is arranged in the charging pile body 1, a connecting block 5 is arranged on a sliding block 41 of the first linear motor 4, a fixing block 6 is arranged on the connecting block 5, a through hole 61 is arranged in the fixing block 6, the through hole 61 penetrates through the upper surface and the lower surface of the fixing block 6, a handle of the charging gun 2 is inserted into the through hole 61, the charging gun 2 is in electric connection with a coil winder 7, an electric door 8 for the charging gun 2 to penetrate through is arranged on the right side of the fixing block 6, the electric door 8 is arranged on the side wall of the charging pile body 1, a trapezoidal groove 62 is formed in the right side wall of the through hole 61, a through groove 63 is formed in the right side wall of the trapezoidal groove 62, the through groove 63 extends to the right side wall of the fixing block 6, a guide device 64 for, wherein the through-hole 61 of fixed block 6 inclines to the right, fixed block 6 includes first fixed block 66 and second fixed block 65, first fixed block 66 includes first inclined plane 661, the lower extreme of first inclined plane 661 is provided with T type boss 662, second fixed block 65 includes second inclined plane 651, the lower extreme of second inclined plane 651 is provided with T type groove 652, T type boss 662 and T type groove 652 sliding connection, the inclination of first inclined plane 661 and second inclined plane 651 equals and is opposite with the incline direction of through-hole 61, the upper portion of through-hole 61 is located second fixed block 65, the lower part of through-hole 61 is located first fixed block 66, the upper portion that leads to groove 63 is located second fixed block 65, the lower part that leads to groove 63 is located first fixed block 66, guider 64 is located the lower part that leads to groove 63. The guide 64 is a roller 642. A sliding groove 643 is arranged at the lower part of the through groove 63, one end of the sliding groove 643 is smaller than the diameter of the rotating shaft of the roller 642 and is communicated with a clamping groove 644, the other end of the sliding groove 643 is larger than the diameter of the rotating shaft of the roller 642 and extends to the first inclined surface 661, and one end of the sliding groove 643, which is connected with the first inclined surface 661, is higher than the other end of the clamping groove 644.
When the first linear motor 4 drives the sliding block 41 to slide on the linear guide rail of the first linear motor 4, the fixing block 6 can drive the charging gun 2 inserted into the through hole 61 to move outwards from the charging pile body 1, when charging is needed, the charging gun 2 can pass through the electric door 8 and extend out of the electric door 8 for customers to use, when the charging gun 2 is not needed, the charging gun 2 returns back into the charging pile body 1 to avoid the naked leakage of the charging gun, when the charging gun 2 extends out and returns back, the wire 3 connected to the charging gun 2 can be driven to move, the wire can be wound to block and stop the movement of the charging gun 2, the effect can not be achieved, at the moment, the winding and unwinding function of the wire 3 can be well played through the winder 7, the wire 3 can not be accumulated and wound, when a user takes out the charging gun 2 to charge, the charging gun 2 needs to be pulled downwards, at this moment, because be provided with logical groove 63, logical groove 63 UNICOM fixed block 6 right side wall, avoided electric wire 3 to pass through whole through-hole 61, also avoided electric wire 3 when wearing out through-hole 61 great with the angle of buckling that the through-hole 61 upper end produced, thereby avoided the line to pull out the not smooth condition, the setting of dovetail groove 62 has avoided electric wire 3 card in the junction of through-hole 61 with logical groove 63 simultaneously, ensured that electric wire 3 can fall into logical groove 63 in, guider 64 makes the hindrance effect of fixed block 6 diminish when passing through. The through-hole 61 of fixed block 6 inclines to the right, can so that the user of facilitating the use take charging gun 2 from through-hole 61, can also avoid electric wire 3 to directly go up and down in through-hole 61, plays the effect of smooth electric wire 3. By disposing the guide 64 only at the lower portion of the through groove 63 so that the electric wire 3 does not pass through the second fixing block 65, and by engaging the T-shaped projection 662 with the T-shaped groove 652, the second fixing block 65 is pushed along the first inclined surface 661, and the second fixing block 65 can be completely lifted from the first fixing block 66. Therefore, the first fixing block 66 and the second fixing block 65 are convenient to disassemble relative to the integrated fixing block, the detachable mode is convenient for processing and setting the guide device 64, and meanwhile, because the inclination angles of the first inclined surface 661 and the second inclined surface 651 are equal and opposite to the inclination direction of the through hole 61, the second fixing block 65 can be prevented from being brought up by the charging gun 2 when the charging gun 2 is taken up, and the second fixing block 65 is prevented from falling and being damaged. The guide device 64 is a roller 642, and the roller 642 facilitates the guiding of the electric wire 3 and has a small friction with the electric wire 3. A sliding groove 643 is arranged at the lower part of the through groove 63, one end of the sliding groove 643 is smaller than the diameter of the rotating shaft of the roller 642 and is communicated with a clamping groove 644, the other end of the sliding groove 643 is larger than the diameter of the rotating shaft of the roller 642 and extends to the first inclined surface 661, and one end of the sliding groove 643, which is connected with the first inclined surface 661, is higher than the other end of the clamping groove 644. When the electric wire 3 is pulled, the roller 642 stably runs, and the guide wheel shaft is not convenient to be separated from the clamping groove 644.
In the description herein, references to the description of "one embodiment," "an example," "a specific example" or the like are intended to mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.
The preferred embodiments of the invention disclosed above are intended to be illustrative only. The preferred embodiments are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise embodiments disclosed. Obviously, many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the invention and the practical application, to thereby enable others skilled in the art to best utilize the invention. The invention is limited only by the claims and their full scope and equivalents.