CN112664057B - Novel intelligent door lock - Google Patents

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CN112664057B
CN112664057B CN202110093423.2A CN202110093423A CN112664057B CN 112664057 B CN112664057 B CN 112664057B CN 202110093423 A CN202110093423 A CN 202110093423A CN 112664057 B CN112664057 B CN 112664057B
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樊志阳
吴姗姗
刘欢
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The invention discloses a novel intelligent door lock, which comprises an intelligent lock shell, wherein the intelligent lock shell comprises a front shell and a rear shell, and the front shell and the rear shell are matched to form a containing cavity; the clutch mechanism comprises a rotating shaft and a clutch gear, wherein the clutch gear is arranged on the rotating shaft, one end part of the rotating shaft is connected with a square shaft of the lock body, the other end part of the rotating shaft is connected with a knob, the knob can rotate the rotating shaft, the electric transmission device comprises a motor, a gear assembly and a battery for driving the motor to rotate, and the motor drives the clutch gear to rotate through the gear assembly, so that the clutch gear drives the rotating shaft to rotate.

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Novel intelligent door lock
Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of door locks, in particular to a novel intelligent door lock.
Background
Along with the development of science and technology and the more importance of people to safety, intelligent door lock gradually gets into everywhere, occupies important position in intelligent house, and intelligent door lock is a product that is different from traditional mechanical lock, can realize multiple electronic mode unlocking means such as password + fingerprint + key + bluetooth + chip. However, the existing intelligent lock often has no mechanical unlocking function, and if the intelligent lock is powered off, the electrical element is easily damaged, so that the unlocking cannot be performed.
Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the defects existing in the prior art, the invention aims to provide a novel intelligent door lock.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the present invention provides the following technical solutions:
the novel intelligent door lock comprises an intelligent lock shell, wherein the intelligent lock shell comprises a front shell and a rear shell, the front shell and the rear shell are matched to form a containing cavity, a transmission mechanism is arranged in the containing cavity, and the transmission mechanism comprises a knob, an electric transmission device and a clutch mechanism;
the clutch mechanism comprises a rotating shaft and a clutch gear, and the clutch gear is arranged on the rotating shaft;
One end of the rotating shaft is connected with the square shaft of the lock body, the other end of the rotating shaft is connected with a knob, and the knob can rotate;
The electric transmission device comprises a motor, a gear assembly and a battery for driving the motor to operate, and the motor drives the clutch gear to rotate through the gear assembly, so that the clutch gear drives the rotary shaft to rotate.
The clutch gear is provided with a clutch sleeve matched with the rotating shaft, and the inner side wall of the clutch sleeve is provided with a first clutch salient point;
The rotating shaft is provided with an annular flange, one side of the annular flange, which is close to the knob, is provided with a second clutch convex point matched with the first clutch convex point, and the other side of the annular flange is provided with a clutch spring which drives the annular flange to abut against the first clutch convex point;
When the clutch gear rotates, the first clutch convex point is propped against the second clutch convex point to drive the rotating shaft to rotate at a required position, and at the moment, the rotating shaft is not rotated along with the clutch gear any more, and the compression clutch spring is pressed inwards by stress extrusion, so that the first clutch convex point passes over the second clutch convex point and is arranged on the other side of the second clutch convex point.
The invention further provides that both side surfaces of the first clutch convex point are inclined surfaces, and the inclined surfaces can convert the extrusion force part of the first clutch convex point to the second clutch convex point into an pushing force for driving the rotating shaft to move inwards.
The invention further provides that the second clutch convex point is a cylinder.
The invention further provides that the number of the first clutch convex points and the second clutch convex points is two, and the first clutch convex points and the second clutch convex points are in one-to-one correspondence and are arranged in a staggered manner.
The clutch spring is arranged in the clutch sleeve and sleeved on the rotating shaft to abut against the annular flange.
The invention further provides that an installation groove is formed in one end portion of the rotating shaft, the knob is provided with an installation block matched with the installation groove, and the connecting piece penetrates through a through hole of the installation groove to be connected with the installation block.
The invention further provides that the gear assembly comprises a set of worm gears and a transmission gear, the worm gears are arranged on an output shaft of the motor, a first pinion meshed with the transmission gear is arranged on one end face of each worm gear, and a second pinion meshed with the clutch gear is arranged on one end face of each transmission gear.
The invention further provides that the output shaft of the motor is provided with a supporting wheel, and the inner side wall of the front shell is provided with a supporting rotary groove matched with the supporting wheel.
The invention further provides that the rear shell is provided with a fixing plate, and the gear assembly and the rotating shaft are arranged in the accommodating cavity through the fixing plate.
The intelligent door lock has the advantages that the knob is arranged on the intelligent lock shell, the knob can rotate the rotating shaft, so that a user can drive the rotating shaft to rotate through the knob, the square shaft of the lock body is rotated, the manual mechanical switch lock of the intelligent door lock is realized, meanwhile, the electric transmission device is also arranged in the accommodating cavity of the intelligent lock shell, the electric transmission device comprises a motor, a gear assembly and a battery for driving the motor to operate, the motor drives the clutch gear to rotate through the gear assembly, the clutch gear drives the rotating shaft to rotate, the square shaft of the lock body is rotated, the electronic switch lock of the intelligent door lock is realized, the intelligent door lock combines electronic unlocking and mechanical unlocking together, the structure is simple and reasonable, the problem that unlocking cannot be realized when an electronic unlocking mode is damaged is effectively avoided, and the service performance of the door lock is effectively improved.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a novel intelligent door lock according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a second embodiment of a novel intelligent door lock according to the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a novel intelligent door lock with a front shell removed;
FIG. 4 is an exploded view of the novel intelligent door lock of the present invention with the intelligent lock housing removed;
FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of a gear assembly;
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a clutch mechanism
FIG. 7 is an exploded view of the clutch mechanism;
FIG. 8 is a schematic structural view of a rotating shaft;
FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a clutch gear configuration;
Fig. 10 is a schematic structural view of the front case.
The reference numerals indicate 1, an intelligent lock housing, 11, a front housing, 111, a supporting rotary groove, 12, a rear housing, 13, a fixed plate, 2, a transmission mechanism, 21, a knob, 211, a mounting block, 22, an electric transmission device, 221, a motor, 2211, a supporting wheel, 222, a gear assembly, 2221, a turbine, 2222, a worm, 2223, a transmission gear, 2224, a first pinion, 2225, a second pinion, 223, a battery, 23, a clutch mechanism, 231, a rotary shaft, 2311, an annular flange, 2312, a second clutch bump, 2313, a mounting groove, 232, a clutch gear, 2321, a clutch sleeve, 2322, a first clutch bump, 233 and a clutch spring.
Detailed Description
The novel intelligent door lock of the invention is further described in detail with reference to fig. 1 to 9.
As can be seen from fig. 1 and 2, the novel intelligent door lock comprises an intelligent lock shell 1, wherein the intelligent lock shell 1 comprises a front shell 11 and a rear shell 12, the front shell 11 and the rear shell 12 are matched to form a containing cavity, a transmission mechanism 2 is arranged in the containing cavity as can be seen from fig. 3, and the transmission mechanism 2 comprises a knob 21, an electric transmission device 22 and a clutch mechanism 23.
As can be seen from fig. 4, the clutch mechanism 23 includes a rotation shaft 231 and a clutch gear 232, the clutch gear 232 is disposed on the rotation shaft 231, one end of the rotation shaft 231 is connected with the square shaft of the lock body, the other end is connected with the knob 21, wherein the one end of the rotation shaft 231 is provided with a mounting groove 2313, the knob 21 is provided with a mounting block 211 adapted to the mounting groove 2313, wherein a connecting piece passes through a through hole of the mounting groove 2313 to be connected with the mounting block 211, so that the knob 21 is connected with the rotation shaft 231, and therefore, the knob 21 can directly drive the rotation shaft 231 to rotate, so that a user can drive the rotation shaft 231 to rotate through the knob 21, thereby realizing the square shaft rotation of the lock body and realizing the manual mechanical switch lock of the intelligent door lock.
As can be seen from fig. 4, the electric transmission device 22 includes a motor 221, a gear assembly 222, and a battery 223 for driving the motor 221 to operate, as can be seen from fig. 5, the gear assembly 222 includes a set of worm 2221 and a gear 2223, the worm 2222 is disposed on an output shaft of the motor 221, the output shaft of the motor 221 is provided with a supporting wheel 2211, an inner side wall of the front housing 11 is provided with a supporting rotation groove 111 adapted to the supporting wheel 2211, so as to support the output shaft of the motor 221, so that the output shaft of the motor 221 rotates more stably and reliably, one end surface of the worm 2221 is provided with a first pinion 2224 meshed with the gear 2223, and one end surface of the gear 2223 is provided with a second pinion 2225 meshed with the clutch gear 232, so that the motor 221 drives the clutch gear 232 to rotate through the gear assembly 222, thereby realizing square shaft rotation of the lock body, and realizing electronic unlocking of the intelligent door lock.
As can be seen from fig. 6 to 9, the clutch gear 232 is provided with a clutch sleeve 2321 matched with the rotation shaft 231, a first clutch bump 2322 is provided on the inner side wall of the clutch sleeve 2321, the rotation shaft 231 is provided with an annular flange 2311, a second clutch bump 2312 matched with the first clutch bump 2322 is provided on one side of the annular flange 2311 close to the knob 21, and a clutch spring 233 is provided on the other side of the annular flange 2311, in order to prevent the jamming phenomenon between the clutch spring 233 and the knob 21, the clutch spring 233 is disposed in the clutch sleeve 2321 and sleeved on the rotation shaft 231 to abut against the annular flange 2311, the clutch spring 233 drives the annular flange 2311 to abut against the first clutch bump 2322, the number of the first clutch bump 2322 and the second clutch bump 2312 is two, and the first clutch bump 2322 and the second clutch bump 2312 are in one-to-one correspondence and are staggered, so that the clutch gear 232 and the rotation shaft 231 relatively rotate 90 ° to enable the first clutch bump 2322 and the second clutch bump 2312 to abut against each other, therefore the rotation shaft 231 is driven by the knob 21 to rotate manually, and the clutch gear 232 is driven to rotate forward and backward, and forward and backward, and the clutch gear 232 is driven to rotate manually, and the clutch device is not to rotate, and the clutch device 90.
In the process that the electric transmission device 22 drives the clutch gear 232 to rotate, the first clutch convex point 2322 abuts against the second clutch convex point 2312 to drive the rotating shaft 231 to rotate, so that the square shaft of the lock body rotates, the electronic switch lock of the intelligent door lock is realized, the clutch gear 232 continues to rotate at the moment, the rotating shaft 231 does not rotate along with the continued rotation of the clutch gear 232, the rotating shaft 231 can be forced to press and inwards move to compress the clutch spring 233, the first clutch convex point 2322 passes over the second clutch convex point 2312 and is arranged on the other side of the second clutch convex point 2312, and under the action of the clutch spring 233, the rotating shaft 231 resets to prepare for the next manual mechanical switch lock or automatic electronic switch lock.
After the first clutch bump 2322 passes over the second clutch bump 2312, the clutch gear 232 and the rotating shaft 231 can rotate relatively again, so that overload of the clutch gear 232 is effectively avoided, the motor 221 for driving the clutch gear 232 to rotate is avoided, the motor 221 is protected, the motor 221 is prevented from being damaged, meanwhile, the clutch gear 232 can rotate relatively to the rotating shaft 231 for a certain angle, the rotating shaft 231 is driven by the knob 21 manually and cannot interfere with the clutch gear 232, the clutch mechanism 23 reasonably combines two rotation modes of pushing the knob 21 and the clutch gear 232 to push the rotating shaft 231 together, mutual interference of the two modes is avoided, and combination and separation of the intelligent door lock manual mechanical switch lock and the automatic electronic switch lock are realized.
The two sides of the first clutch bump 2322 are inclined surfaces, the inclined surfaces can partially convert the extrusion force of the first clutch bump 2322 on the second clutch bump 2312 into an pushing force for driving the rotating shaft 231 to move inwards, so that the rotating shaft 231 can be forced to extrude the compression clutch spring 233 inwards, the first clutch bump 2322 is convenient to pass over the second clutch bump 2312, the first clutch bump 2322 and the second clutch bump 2312 are prevented from being blocked in the extrusion process, the second clutch bump 2312 is cylindrical, and the first clutch bump 2322 is convenient to pass over the second clutch bump 2312.
The rear housing 12 is provided with a fixing plate 13, and the gear assembly 222 and the rotation shaft 231 are both disposed in the accommodating cavity through the fixing plate 13, so that the gear assembly 222 and the rotation shaft 231 can be conveniently mounted.
In order to further explain the combination and separation of the manual mechanical switch lock and the automatic electronic switch lock of the door lock, the starting position of the door lock is the closed state, and the switch locks of different modes are carried out.
① Manual unlocking-electric closing lock
The knob 21 is rotated by 90 degrees to rotate the rotating shaft 231 to realize unlocking, and at the moment, if the electronic lock is automatically closed, the electric transmission device 22 drives the clutch gear 232 to idle for a certain angle along the opposite direction, then the first clutch convex point 2322 of the clutch gear abuts against the second clutch convex point 2312, and further the rotating shaft 231 is driven to rotate by 90 degrees to realize closing, when the door is closed, the clutch gear 232 can continue to rotate, and the rotating shaft 231 is stressed to press and move the compression clutch spring 233 inwards, so that the first clutch convex point 2322 passes over the second clutch convex point 2312 to prepare for opening the door next time.
② Electric unlocking, manual locking and electric unlocking
Firstly, the electric transmission device 22 drives the clutch gear 232 to rotate, the first clutch convex point 2322 abuts against the second clutch convex point 2312, so that the rotating shaft 231 is driven to rotate by 90 degrees to realize door opening, when the door is opened, the clutch gear 232 can continue to rotate, the rotating shaft 231 can be forced to press and move inwards to compress the clutch spring 233, the first clutch convex point 2322 passes over the second clutch convex point 2312 to prepare for the next locking, then the manual mechanical locking is carried out, the knob 21 is only required to rotate by 90 degrees in the opposite direction to realize locking, finally, the clutch gear 232 is automatically and electronically unlocked again to idle by a certain angle in the opposite direction, when the first clutch convex point 2322 and the second clutch convex point 2312 meet, the rotating shaft 231 is driven to rotate by 90 degrees to realize unlocking, and the first clutch convex point 2322 passes over the second clutch convex point 2312 to prepare for the next locking.
③ Electric unlocking-electric locking
Firstly, the electric transmission device 22 drives the clutch gear 232 to rotate, the first clutch convex point 2322 abuts against the second clutch convex point 2312, so that the rotating shaft 231 is driven to rotate for 90 degrees to realize door opening, when the door is opened, the clutch gear 232 can continue to rotate, the rotating shaft 231 can be forced to press and move inwards to compress the clutch spring 233, so that the first clutch convex point 2322 passes over the second clutch convex point 2312 to prepare for the next locking, when the electronic lock is automatically closed, the electric transmission device 22 drives the clutch gear 232 to idle for a certain angle along the opposite direction, then the first clutch convex point 2322 abuts against the second clutch convex point 2312, and the rotating shaft 231 is driven to rotate for 90 degrees to realize door closing, when the door is closed, the clutch gear 232 can continue to rotate, the rotating shaft 231 can be forced to press and move inwards to compress the clutch spring 233, so that the first clutch convex point 2322 passes over the second clutch convex point 2312 to prepare for the next unlocking.
The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the protection scope of the present invention is not limited to the above examples, and all technical solutions belonging to the concept of the present invention belong to the protection scope of the present invention. It should be noted that modifications and adaptations to the present invention may occur to one skilled in the art without departing from the principles of the present invention and are intended to be within the scope of the present invention.

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1. The novel intelligent door lock comprises an intelligent lock shell, wherein the intelligent lock shell comprises a front shell and a rear shell, and the front shell and the rear shell are matched to form a containing cavity;
the clutch mechanism comprises a rotating shaft and a clutch gear, and the clutch gear is arranged on the rotating shaft;
One end of the rotating shaft is connected with the square shaft of the lock body, the other end of the rotating shaft is connected with a knob, and the knob can rotate;
The electric transmission device comprises a motor, a gear assembly and a battery for driving the motor to operate, and the motor drives the clutch gear to rotate through the gear assembly, so that the clutch gear drives the rotary shaft to rotate;
The clutch gear is provided with a clutch sleeve matched with the rotating shaft, and the inner side wall of the clutch sleeve is provided with a first clutch salient point;
The rotating shaft is provided with an annular flange, one side of the annular flange, which is close to the knob, is provided with a second clutch convex point matched with the first clutch convex point, and the other side of the annular flange is provided with a clutch spring which drives the annular flange to abut against the first clutch convex point;
when the clutch gear rotates, the first clutch convex point is propped against the second clutch convex point to drive the rotating shaft to rotate at a required position, and then the rotating shaft is not rotated along with the clutch gear any more, and the compression clutch spring is pressed inwards by stress extrusion, so that the first clutch convex point passes over the second clutch convex point and is arranged on the other side of the second clutch convex point;
The gear assembly comprises a group of worm gears and a transmission gear, the worm gears are arranged on an output shaft of the motor, a first pinion meshed with the transmission gear is arranged on one end face of each worm gear, and a second pinion meshed with the clutch gear is arranged on one end face of each transmission gear.
2. The intelligent door lock according to claim 1, wherein both sides of the first clutch bump are inclined surfaces, and the inclined surfaces can convert the extrusion force of the first clutch bump to the extrusion force of the second clutch bump into an pushing force for driving the rotating shaft to move inwards.
3. The intelligent door lock according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the second clutch protruding point is a cylinder.
4. The intelligent door lock according to claim 1, wherein the number of the first clutch convex points and the second clutch convex points is two, and the first clutch convex points and the second clutch convex points are in one-to-one correspondence and are arranged in a staggered manner.
5. The intelligent door lock according to claim 1, wherein the clutch spring is disposed in the clutch sleeve and sleeved on the rotating shaft to abut against the annular flange.
6. The intelligent door lock according to claim 1, wherein the rotary shaft has a mounting groove at one end, the knob has a mounting block adapted to the mounting groove, and the connector is connected to the mounting block through a through hole of the mounting groove.
7. The intelligent door lock according to claim 1, wherein the output shaft of the motor is provided with a supporting wheel, and the inner side wall of the front shell is provided with a supporting rotary groove matched with the supporting wheel.
8. The intelligent door lock according to claim 1, wherein the rear housing is provided with a fixing plate, and the gear assembly and the rotating shaft are both arranged in the accommodating cavity through the fixing plate.
9. The intelligent door lock according to claim 1, wherein the rear housing is provided with a fixing plate, and the gear assembly and the rotating shaft are both arranged in the accommodating cavity through the fixing plate.
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