CN112061033A

CN112061033A - Automobile-used storing mechanism that disinfects

Info

Publication number: CN112061033A
Application number: CN202010995858.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 夏群
Original assignee: Shanghai Yanfeng Jinqiao Automotive Trim Systems Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shanghai Yanfeng Jinqiao Automotive Trim Systems Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-09-21
Filing date: 2020-09-21
Publication date: 2020-12-11

Abstract

The invention relates to a sterilizing storage mechanism for a vehicle, which comprises a base; a bucket configured to move between an open position and a closed position relative to the base; a UV lamp disposed on the base or the bucket to sterilize items within the bucket when the bucket is in the closed position; a controller for controlling opening and closing of the bucket; when the UV lamp is turned on, the bucket is restricted from moving from the closed position to the open position. According to the vehicle sterilization storage mechanism, the UV lamp for sterilization and disinfection is additionally arranged on the storage box of the vehicle, so that a user can put personal articles to be sterilized and disinfected into the storage box for disinfection while driving the vehicle, and when the UV lamp is turned on, the box bucket is limited to move from the closed position to the open position so as to prevent the UV lamp from directly irradiating human bodies.

Description

Automobile-used storing mechanism that disinfects

Technical Field

The invention relates to automotive interior trim, in particular to a vehicle sterilization storage mechanism.

Background

With the outbreak of new crown epidemic situations, public health becomes an urgent need, and particularly, the need for sterilizing and disinfecting frequently-touched personal articles, such as mobile phones, gloves, hats and the like, is prominent. It is also desirable to add functional components for sterilization and disinfection to storage cases in automobiles. The customer can put the personal articles needing sterilization into the storage box for sterilization while driving.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention provides a vehicle sterilization storage mechanism, aiming at solving the problem that the requirements for sterilization and disinfection in the prior art are outstanding.

The vehicle sterilization storage mechanism comprises a base; a bucket providing a storage compartment and configured to move between an open position and a closed position relative to the base; a UV lamp disposed on the base or the bucket to sterilize items within the bucket when the bucket is in the closed position; a controller for controlling opening and closing of the bucket; when the UV lamp is turned on, the bucket is restricted from moving from the closed position to the open position.

Preferably, the vehicle sterilization storage mechanism comprises a bucket control switch connected with the controller to drive the controller to open the bucket.

Preferably, the vehicle sterilization storage mechanism further comprises an electric lock connected with the controller and used for limiting the box bucket to move from the closed position to the open position.

Preferably, the vehicle sterilization storage mechanism further comprises a motor connected with the controller and used for driving the box bucket to move from the closed position to the open position or from the open position to the closed position.

Preferably, the UV lamp is automatically turned on when the bucket moves from the open position to the closed position.

Preferably, the vehicle sterilization and storage mechanism comprises a lamp control switch so as to manually turn on the UV lamp.

Preferably, the lamp control switch is directly connected with the UV lamp or is connected with the controller firstly and then connected with the UV lamp.

Preferably, when the UV lamp is turned on, the controller is limited from driving the bucket to the open position by receiving a signal that the UV lamp is turned on.

Preferably, the motor is connected with a spline rotating shaft of the box bucket through at least one gear to drive the box bucket to open and close.

Preferably, the vehicle sterilization storage mechanism further comprises a sensor arranged on the base, and when the sensor senses that the box bucket reaches the opening position or the closing position, the sensor sends a motor stalling instruction to the controller so as to limit the movement of the box bucket.

Preferably, the controller sets the sterilization period according to the number of times the switch is pressed or the pressing period.

Preferably, the controller is further connected to at least one of the light source and the horn so as to give a prompt by at least one of lighting the light source and sounding the horn at the end of sterilization.

According to the vehicle sterilization storage mechanism, the UV lamp for sterilization and disinfection is additionally arranged on the storage box of the vehicle, so that a user can put personal articles to be sterilized and disinfected into the storage box for disinfection while driving the vehicle, and when the UV lamp is turned on, the box bucket is limited to move from the closed position to the open position so as to prevent the UV lamp from directly irradiating human bodies.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a vehicle interior structure incorporating the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an assembly view of a vehicle sterilization storage mechanism according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the vehicle sterilization storage mechanism of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the side housing and the bucket of the vehicle sterilization storage mechanism of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a side view of the vehicle sterilization storage mechanism of FIG. 2 with the gear cover omitted for clarity;

fig. 6 is a front view of the vehicle sterilization storage mechanism of fig. 2 in a bucket open position.

Detailed Description

The preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in fig. 1, a sterilizing storage mechanism 100 for vehicles according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention may be disposed at a rear end of a center console so that rear passengers can store and sterilize items when necessary. It is contemplated that the vehicle sterilization storage mechanism 100 may also be disposed on the occupant side of the instrument panel. As shown in fig. 2-3, the vehicle sterilization storage mechanism 100 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a base and a bucket 2, the bucket 2 providing a storage compartment S for placing articles (shown in fig. 3 and 6) and being configured to move between an open position and a closed position with respect to the base. Specifically, the base includes an exterior trim panel 1, a side case 3, and a rear case 4 which are fastened together, for example, by screws, wherein the exterior trim panel 1 is overlaid on a front end surface of the side case 3 remote from the rear case 4 for a decorative effect, and a box bucket 2 is accommodated in a cavity defined by the side case 3 and the rear case 4 to move between an open position and a closed position by being turned upside down. As shown in fig. 4, the box 2 has a bushing structure 21 on both sides, the side housing 3 has a hole structure 31, and the bushing structure 21 is disposed through the hole structure 31 from inside to outside to realize stable turnover of the box 2 relative to the base.

As shown in fig. 3, the sterilizing storage mechanism 100 for a vehicle according to the present embodiment further includes a UV lamp 11 disposed on the rear housing 4 to sterilize items in the storage compartment S of the bucket 2 when the bucket 2 is in the closed position. It is contemplated that the UV lamp may also be disposed on the bucket. When the UV lamp 11 is turned on, the bucket 2 is restricted from moving from the closed position to the open position to prevent the UV lamp from directly irradiating the human body. In this embodiment, the UV lamp 11 is mounted on the top of the rear housing 4 through the UV lamp cover 12 to form an integral piece with the rear housing 4, and a cooling fan 13 is further mounted above the UV lamp 11 to cool the UV lamp 11 when necessary.

As shown in fig. 2, the sterilizing storage mechanism 100 for a vehicle according to the present embodiment further includes a controller 14 for controlling the opening and closing of the bucket 2. In this embodiment, the controller 14 is connected to the bucket 2 through a drive structure. As shown in fig. 3 and 5, the driving structure includes a driving gear 5, a driven gear 6, a spline rotating shaft 7 and a motor 8, wherein the motor 8 is connected with the driving gear 5 to drive the driving gear 5 under the action of the controller 14, the driven gear 6 is engaged with the driving gear 5 to drive the rotation of the driven gear 6 through the driving gear 5, the driven gear 6 is connected with the spline rotating shaft 7 to drive the rotation of the spline rotating shaft 7 through the driven gear 6, and the spline rotating shaft 7 is inserted into shaft sleeve structures 21 (see fig. 4) at two sides of the bucket 2 to be matched to drive the opening and closing of the bucket 2 through the rotation of the spline rotating shaft 7. As shown in fig. 3, the driving structure further includes a gear cover 9 fixedly coupled to the side case 3 to sandwich the driven gear 6 between the side case 3 and the gear cover 9. Specifically, the driving gear 5 and the motor 8 are screwed to each other and mounted on the side housing 3, the spline shaft 7 transversely penetrates through the shaft sleeve structures 21 on both sides of the box 2, the driven gear 6 is sleeved on the spline shaft 7 from the outside and closely attached to the outer wall of the side housing 3, and the gear cover 9 is mounted on the side housing 3 from the outside so that the driven gear 6 can only rotate along the hole structure 31 (see fig. 4) of the side housing 3. When the motor 8 receives an instruction from the controller 14 to start driving the driving gear 5 to rotate, the driven gear 6 rotates correspondingly, and the spline rotating shaft 7 penetrates through the box bucket 2 and the driven gear 6 simultaneously, so that the spline structure enables the box bucket 2 and the driven gear 6 to rotate synchronously, and when the driven gear 6 rotates, the box bucket 2 also rotates accordingly. Thus, the opening and closing of the bucket 2 can be controlled by controlling the forward and reverse rotation of the motor 8. The drive mechanism may also include a sensor that sends a motor 8 stall command to the controller 14 to limit the movement of the bucket 2 when it is sensed that the bucket has reached either the open or closed position. In the present embodiment, the sensors are two position switches 10, and the driven gear 6 will hit the position switches 10 to trigger the motor 8 to stop rotating when rotating in the forward direction and the reverse direction respectively. When the closing position switch 10 on the left side is triggered, the motor 8 stops rotating, and the box bucket 2 is in a closing position; when the right on-position switch 10 is triggered, the motor 8 stops rotating, and the box bucket 2 is in the on position.

In the manual mode in which the controller 14 controls only the box 2, the vehicle sterilization and storage mechanism 100 according to the present embodiment further includes an electric lock connected to the controller 14 for restricting the box 2 from moving from the closed position to the open position. Specifically, the vehicle sterilization and storage mechanism 100 according to the present embodiment includes a lamp control switch for manually turning on the UV lamp 11 and a bucket control switch for driving the controller 14 to turn on the bucket 2, wherein the lamp control switch is directly connected to the UV lamp 11 or is connected to the UV lamp 11 after being connected to the controller 14, and the bucket control switch is connected to the bucket 2. After the box 2 is locked in the closed position by the electric lock, the lamp control switch is manually pressed to turn on the UV lamp 11, the controller 14 receives a signal that the UV lamp 11 is turned on to restrict the box 2 from moving to the open position, and even if the lamp control switch is manually pressed at the moment, the box 2 cannot be turned on. The UV lamp 11 is turned off, the user is prompted to finish sterilization through the lighting of the control bucket switch or the sound, the control bucket switch is pressed manually, the controller 14 drives the electric lock to unlock, and the box bucket 2 is driven to be opened.

In the automatic mode in which the controller 14 controls the cabinet 2 and the UV lamp 11, the sterilizing storage mechanism 100 for a vehicle according to the present embodiment directly restricts the movement of the cabinet 2 from the closed position to the open position by the motor 8. Specifically, the sterilization and storage mechanism 100 for the vehicle according to the present embodiment includes a bucket control switch connected to the box 2. The bucket 2 is manually pushed to close the bucket 2, the bucket 2 is locked at a closing position by the motor 8, the UV lamp 11 is automatically turned on, the controller 14 receives a signal that the UV lamp 11 is turned on, and the bucket 2 cannot be turned on even if the pressure control bucket switch is pressed at the moment. The UV lamp 11 is turned off, the user is prompted to finish sterilization through the lighting of the control bucket switch or the sound, the control bucket switch is pressed manually, and the controller 14 drives the motor 8 to drive the box bucket 2 to be opened.

The vehicle sterilization and storage mechanism 100 according to the present embodiment further includes a switch for switching between the manual mode and the electric mode. In addition, the sterilization period of the UV lamp 11 may be set by the controller 14 like a microwave oven, for example, the number of pressing the lamp switches directly corresponds to the sterilization period, or the period of pressing the lamp switches directly corresponds to the sterilization period. Moreover, the controller 14 is also connected to at least one of the light source and the horn to provide an indication at the end of sterilization by at least one of illuminating the light source and sounding the horn.

The above embodiments are merely preferred embodiments of the present invention, which are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and various changes may be made in the above embodiments of the present invention. All simple and equivalent changes and modifications made according to the claims and the content of the specification of the present application fall within the scope of the claims of the present patent application. The invention has not been described in detail in order to avoid obscuring the invention.

Claims

1. The utility model provides an automobile-used storing mechanism that disinfects which characterized in that, this automobile-used storing mechanism that disinfects includes:

a base;

a bucket providing a storage compartment and configured to move between an open position and a closed position relative to the base;

a UV lamp disposed on the base or the bucket to sterilize items within the bucket when the bucket is in the closed position;

a controller for controlling opening and closing of the bucket;

when the UV lamp is turned on, the bucket is restricted from moving from the closed position to the open position.

2. The vehicle sterilization storage mechanism according to claim 1, comprising a bucket control switch connected to the controller to drive the controller to open the bucket.

3. The vehicle sterilization storage mechanism as recited in claim 1, further comprising an electric lock coupled to the controller for limiting the movement of the bucket from the closed position to the open position.

4. The vehicle sterilization storage mechanism as recited in claim 1, further comprising a motor coupled to the controller for driving the bucket from the closed position to the open position or from the open position to the closed position.

5. The vehicle sterilization storage mechanism of claim 1 wherein said UV light is automatically turned on when the bucket moves from the open position to the closed position.

6. The vehicle sterilization storage mechanism according to claim 1, wherein said vehicle sterilization storage mechanism comprises a light control switch to facilitate manual turning on of said UV light.

7. The vehicle sterilization storage mechanism as recited in claim 6, wherein said light control switch is directly connected to said UV light or connected to said controller before being connected to said UV light.

8. The vehicle sterilization storage mechanism as recited in claim 1, wherein when the UV light is turned on, the controller is configured to receive a signal from the UV light to be turned on and to limit the bucket from being driven to the open position.

9. The vehicle sterilization storage mechanism according to claim 4, wherein the motor is connected with the spline shaft of the box through at least one gear to drive the box to open and close.

10. The vehicle sterilization storage mechanism as recited in claim 7, further comprising a sensor disposed on said base, said sensor sending a motor deactivation command to said controller to limit movement of said bucket when said bucket is sensed to reach an open position or a closed position.

11. The vehicle sterilization storage mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the controller sets a sterilization period according to a number of times the switch is pressed or a pressing period.

12. The vehicle sterilization storage mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the controller is further connected to at least one of the light source and the speaker so as to give an indication by at least one of lighting the light source and sounding the speaker when the sterilization is completed.