CN111766915A - Modular air conditioner controller knob - Google Patents

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CN111766915A
CN111766915A CN201910491933.8A CN201910491933A CN111766915A CN 111766915 A CN111766915 A CN 111766915A CN 201910491933 A CN201910491933 A CN 201910491933A CN 111766915 A CN111766915 A CN 111766915A
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Abstract

The invention relates to a modularized air conditioner controller knob, which comprises an outer shell and a knob module, wherein the knob module is installed in the outer shell and comprises a knob assembly, a PCB (printed circuit board) assembly, a driving ring wheel and a bottom cover, the knob assembly comprises a cylindrical knob shell, an inner gear ring is arranged on the inner side of the knob shell, a button head is sealed at the upper end opening of the knob shell, the lower end opening of the knob shell is fixedly connected with a knob support, the PCB assembly comprises a PCB and a PCB tray, the upper end of the PCB tray is connected with the lower end of the knob support, the PCB is arranged between the knob support and the PCB tray, a transmission gear through hole is formed in the PCB tray, a transmission gear column is arranged in the transmission gear through hole, the bottom cover is sealed at the lower end of the PCB tray, and. The air conditioner controller knob is in a modular design integrating multiple functions, and has the characteristics of better knob part interchange compatibility and reduced manufacturing cost.

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Modular air conditioner controller knob
Technical Field
The invention relates to a knob of an automobile air conditioner controller, in particular to a modularized knob of an air conditioner controller, and belongs to the field of automobile air conditioner controllers.
Background
The traditional manual air conditioner controller consists of a panel, a bottom plate, a circuit board, a connecting rod, a transition shaft and a knob. The knob passes through the buckle crimping on the panel to can move on the circumferencial direction, the transition axle is fixed on the bottom plate, and not spacing on the circumferencial direction, panel and bottom plate assembly back, the knob passes through splined connection with the transition axle, makes the transition axle can move with the knob, and the transition axle drives the connecting rod work again, thereby the motion of drive acting as go-between realizes air damper's purpose. The adjustment of the air volume needs to weld a potentiometer (the potentiometer can convert the rotating position of a knob into an electric signal) on a circuit board, and the knob is connected with the potentiometer through a spline so as to achieve the purpose of air volume adjustment. However, the integration level of the components of the existing products is low, and the development of each product needs to design completely new components which cannot be borrowed or used, and similar components at different positions cannot be exchanged basically due to function limitation.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention discloses a novel scheme for a modularized air conditioner controller knob, and solves the problems that the existing scheme can not meet the compatibility of knob part interchange, the part universality is poor and the manufacturing cost is high by adopting the modularized air conditioner controller knob which integrates multiple functions into a whole.
The invention relates to a modularized air conditioner controller knob, which comprises an outer shell and a knob module, wherein the knob module is arranged in the outer shell and comprises a knob assembly, a PCB (printed circuit board) assembly, a driving ring wheel and a bottom cover, the knob assembly comprises a cylindrical knob shell, an inner gear ring arranged along the circumferential direction is arranged on the inner side of the knob shell, a button head is sealed at the upper end opening of the knob shell, the lower end opening of the knob shell is fixedly connected with a knob support, the PCB assembly comprises a PCB and a PCB tray, the upper end of the PCB tray is axially positioned and connected with the lower end of the knob support, the PCB is arranged between the knob support and the PCB tray, a transmission gear through hole is arranged in the PCB tray, a transmission gear column is arranged in the transmission gear through hole, the lower end of the PCB tray is sealed and covered with the bottom cover, the driving ring wheel is arranged between the bottom, the outer teeth at the lower end of the transmission gear column are in gear transmission connection with the inner teeth of the driving ring wheel, and the knob shell is in gear transmission connection with the driving ring wheel through the transmission gear column.
Furthermore, the button head of this scheme stretches into the one end of knob casing and is connected with the one end of spring, the other end of spring with the shell body is connected.
Furthermore, the button head of this scheme stretches into and is equipped with the straight slide along the axial on the side of the one end of knob casing, and the inboard of the support round guide tube of axial part is equipped with the straight spout along the axial on the knob support, the straight slide with the cooperation of straight spout forms the spacing connection that slides.
Furthermore, the outer end face of the button head is provided with a button mark and a button indication optical fiber.
Further, the last port border of the knob casing of this scheme is equipped with the knob rosette, is equipped with knob indicating optical fiber on the knob rosette.
Further, be equipped with a plurality of draw-in grooves along circumference on the outside of the lower port of the knob casing of this scheme, be equipped with a plurality of bayonet lock strips along circumference on the border of knob support, bayonet lock strip and draw-in groove joint, knob casing pass through above-mentioned joint and knob support fixed connection.
Furthermore, the lower extreme border of the knob support of this scheme is equipped with the circumference rotation spacer pin, is equipped with the circumference rotation spacing groove on the upper end border of PCB tray, and the cooperation of circumference rotation spacer pin and circumference rotation spacing groove forms the spacing pin joint of circumference rotation, and the knob subassembly is through the spacing pin joint of above-mentioned circumference rotation realization circumference rotation spacing.
Furthermore, a plurality of clamping groove holes are formed in the outer side of the lower port of the PCB tray in the scheme along the circumferential direction, a plurality of clamping pin heads are arranged on the edge of the bottom cover along the circumferential direction, the clamping pin heads are clamped with the clamping groove holes, and the PCB tray is fixedly connected with the bottom cover through the clamping pin heads and the clamping groove holes.
The modularized air conditioner controller knob adopts the modularized air conditioner controller knob which integrates multiple functions, and has the characteristics of better knob part interchange compatibility and reduced manufacturing cost.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a knob module.
Fig. 2 is a schematic top view of one embodiment of the knob module (air volume).
Fig. 3 is a schematic top view of a second embodiment of a knob module (mode).
Fig. 4 is a top view of a third embodiment of the knob module (temperature).
Fig. 5 is a disassembled schematic view of the knob module.
The button indicating optical fiber is 1, the button head is 2, the straight slideway is 3, the spring is 4, the knob indicating optical fiber is 5, the knob decorating ring is 6, the knob shell is 7, the bracket round guide cylinder is 8, the PCB is 9, the PCB tray is 10, the driving ring wheel is 11, the bottom cover is 12, the transmission gear column is 13, the straight sliding groove is 14, the clamping groove is 15, the clamping pin strip is 16, the circumferential rotation limiting pin is 17, the circumferential rotation limiting groove is 18, the clamping groove hole is 19, and the clamping pin head is 20.
Detailed Description
As shown in figures 1-5, the modularized air conditioner controller knob of the invention comprises an outer shell and a knob module, wherein the knob module is arranged in the outer shell, the knob module comprises a knob component, a PCB board component, a driving ring wheel and a bottom cover, the knob component comprises a cylindrical knob shell, an inner gear ring arranged along the circumferential direction is arranged on the inner side of the knob shell, a button head is sealed at the upper end opening of the knob shell, the lower end opening of the knob shell is fixedly connected with a knob support, the PCB board component comprises a PCB board and a PCB tray, the upper end of the PCB tray is axially positioned and connected with the lower end of the knob support, the PCB board is arranged between the knob support and the PCB tray, a transmission gear through hole is arranged in the PCB tray, a transmission gear column is arranged in the transmission gear through hole, the bottom cover is sealed at the lower end of the PCB tray, the driving ring wheel is arranged between the bottom cover and, the outer teeth at the lower end of the transmission gear column are in gear transmission connection with the inner teeth of the driving ring wheel, and the knob shell is in gear transmission connection with the driving ring wheel through the transmission gear column. According to the scheme, the air conditioner controller knob which integrates multiple functions and is in modular design is adopted, so that similar button parts used in different positions have interchangeability, redesign is not needed, and the manufacturing cost is greatly reduced.
In order to meet the requirement of the button on elastic collapse, one end of the button head extending into the knob shell is connected with one end of the spring, and the other end of the spring is connected with the outer shell. In order to ensure the stability of the reciprocating motion of the button, the button head of the scheme is provided with a straight slideway along the axial direction on the side surface of one end extending into the knob shell, a straight chute is arranged along the axial direction on the inner side of the support round guide cylinder of the middle shaft part of the knob support, and the straight slideway is matched with the straight chute to form sliding limit connection.
In order to meet the identifiability of the knob and the decorative aesthetic property, the outer end head face of the button head is provided with a button mark and a button indicating optical fiber. The upper port edge of the knob shell is provided with a knob decoration ring, and the knob decoration ring is provided with a knob indication optical fiber.
In order to guarantee the stability of combining between spare part, be equipped with a plurality of draw-in grooves along circumference on the outside of the lower port of the knob casing of this scheme, be equipped with a plurality of bayonet lock strips along circumference on the border of knob support, bayonet lock strip and draw-in groove joint, the knob casing is through above-mentioned joint and knob support fixed connection. In a similar way, a plurality of clamping groove holes are formed in the outer side of the lower port of the PCB tray in the scheme along the circumferential direction, a plurality of clamping pin heads are arranged on the edge of the bottom cover along the circumferential direction, the clamping pin heads are clamped with the clamping groove holes, and the PCB tray is fixedly connected with the bottom cover through the clamping pin heads and the clamping groove holes.
In order to limit the torsional amplitude, a circumferential rotation limiting pin is arranged on the lower end edge of the knob support, a circumferential rotation limiting groove is formed in the upper end edge of the PCB tray, the circumferential rotation limiting pin is matched with the circumferential rotation limiting groove to form a circumferential rotation limiting pin joint, and the knob assembly is connected with the circumferential rotation limiting pin joint to achieve circumferential rotation limiting.
The scheme discloses an air conditioner controller knob for an automobile, three knobs of air volume, mode and temperature are designed into module assemblies, the states of parts with the same function on each assembly are basically the same, the die sharing of main parts is achieved, and the development cost can be effectively controlled. Various functions are integrated in the module assembly, such as: buttons, backlight, knobs, stops, etc.
This scheme designs every air conditioner controller's knob for modular structure, as shown in fig. 5, this module mainly by the button instruct optic fibre, button cap (button head), button slide (straight slide), button spring (spring), the optic fibre is instructed to the knob, knob dress circle (knob dress circle), knob ring gear (knob casing), subassembly support (support cylinder), PCB board, PCB tray, back ring gear (drive ring wheel), after-fixing board (bottom), transition gear (transmission gear post) are constituteed. The knob gear ring is rotated, the knob gear ring drives the transition gear to rotate, the transition gear drives the rear gear ring to rotate, and the rotary motion is transmitted to the rotary shaft of the soft zipper, so that the aim of adjusting the opening degree of the air door is fulfilled. And a circumferential limit (a circumferential rotation limit pin) is designed on the component bracket and the knob gear ring and is used as a limit for knob rotation. Based on the above contents, the scheme has the following characteristics: the module integrates the functions of button, backlight, knob, limit and the like into one module, and realizes the interchange of air volume, mode and temperature knob by replacing a few special parts. Meanwhile, the end face parts of the knob are replaced, and the sharing of internal structures with different shapes can be realized, so that the generalization rate of enterprise parts is improved, and the technical risk, equipment and tool investment are reduced. Therefore, compared with the existing similar products, the modularized air conditioner controller knob has outstanding substantive characteristics and remarkable progress.
The modularized air conditioner controller knob of the present invention is not limited to the disclosure of the specific embodiments, the technical solutions presented in the embodiments can be extended based on the understanding of those skilled in the art, and the simple alternatives made by those skilled in the art according to the present invention in combination with the common general knowledge also belong to the scope of the present invention.

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1. A modularized air conditioner controller knob is characterized by comprising an outer shell and a knob module, wherein the knob module is installed in the outer shell and comprises a knob assembly, a PCB (printed circuit board) assembly, a driving ring wheel and a bottom cover, the knob assembly comprises a cylindrical knob shell, an inner gear ring arranged along the circumferential direction is arranged on the inner side of the knob shell, a button head is covered on an upper end opening of the knob shell, a lower end opening of the knob shell is fixedly connected with a knob support, the PCB assembly comprises a PCB and a PCB tray, the upper end of the PCB tray is axially positioned and connected with the lower end of the knob support, the PCB is arranged between the knob support and the PCB tray, a transmission gear through hole is arranged in the PCB tray, a transmission gear column is arranged in the transmission gear through hole, the bottom cover is covered on the lower end of the PCB tray, and the driving ring wheel is arranged between the bottom cover and the PCB tray, the upper end external tooth of transmission gear post with the inboard of knob casing forms the transmission of the teeth of a cogwheel and is connected, the lower extreme external tooth of transmission gear post with the internal tooth of drive ring gear forms the transmission of the teeth of a cogwheel and connects, the knob casing passes through the transmission gear post with the drive ring gear forms gear drive and connects.
2. The modular climate controller knob of claim 1, wherein an end of the knob head extending into the knob housing is coupled to an end of a spring, and an opposite end of the spring is coupled to the outer housing.
3. The modular air conditioner controller knob of claim 1 wherein a straight slide is axially disposed on a side of one end of the knob head extending into the knob housing, a straight slide slot is axially disposed on an inner side of the bracket cylinder of the middle shaft portion of the knob bracket, and the straight slide slot cooperates with the straight slide slot to form the sliding limit connection.
4. The modular air conditioner controller knob of claim 1 wherein the button head has a key identification, key indicating fiber on its outer end face.
5. The modular air conditioner controller knob of claim 1 wherein a knob trim ring is disposed on the upper port edge of the knob housing, the knob trim ring having a knob indicating fiber.
6. The modular air conditioner controller knob of claim 1, wherein a plurality of clamping grooves are formed in the outer side of the lower port of the knob housing along the circumferential direction, a plurality of clamping bars are formed in the edge of the knob bracket along the circumferential direction, the clamping bars are clamped with the clamping grooves, and the knob housing is fixedly connected with the knob bracket through the clamping.
7. The modular air conditioner controller knob of claim 1, wherein a circumferential rotation limiting pin is disposed on a lower end edge of the knob bracket, a circumferential rotation limiting groove is disposed on an upper end edge of the PCB tray, the circumferential rotation limiting pin and the circumferential rotation limiting groove cooperate to form a circumferential rotation limiting pin joint, and the knob assembly realizes circumferential rotation limiting through the circumferential rotation limiting pin joint.
8. The modular air conditioner controller knob of claim 1, wherein the PCB tray has a plurality of slot holes along the circumferential direction on the outer side of the lower port, and a plurality of pin heads along the circumferential direction on the edge of the bottom cover, the pin heads being engaged with the slot holes, the PCB tray being fixedly connected to the bottom cover through the engagement.
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