CN112721575B - Air outlet assembly of air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides an air outlet assembly of an air conditioner, which comprises a decorative plate with an air outlet, an air outlet shell connected with the decorative plate and provided with an air channel, an air door component arranged in the air outlet shell and provided with an air door opening and closing unit, an upper air door adjusting unit, a lower air door adjusting unit, a left air door adjusting unit, a right air door adjusting unit and a rocker switch arranged on the decorative plate and capable of receiving external operation and outputting external driving force. The air outlet assembly of the air conditioner can overcome the defects of fixed structural form and low appearance quality of the existing air outlet by adopting the decorative plate and the rocker switch, and can improve the overall quality of the air outlet of the air conditioner.

Description

Air outlet assembly of air conditioner

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of air conditioner air outlet structures, in particular to an air conditioner air outlet assembly.

Background

The air-conditioning outlet is used as the terminal part of the air-conditioning system and is a channel for fresh air or circulating air to enter the use space after the air-conditioning cooling/heating treatment. Taking an automobile air conditioner as an example, with the continuous development of the automobile industry, the air outlet structure of the air conditioner in an automobile is gradually changed, and the air outlet of the automobile air conditioner is generally installed at an instrument panel in an automobile cab and can adjust the wind direction blowing from the automobile air conditioner to the cab in design.

Most of the prior automobile air-conditioning air outlets are square, spherical and the like, have the same principle, and basically consist of a dial wheel or a dial button, blades, a shell and a set of adjusting mechanism, wherein most of the automobile air-conditioning air outlets are used for controlling the blades to rotate and adjust the wind direction by dialing and twisting, and the air doors are controlled to be closed by rotating the dial wheel so as to control the opening and closing of the air outlets and adjust the volume of the outlet air. However, the air outlet structure of the currently used automobile air conditioner generally has the following disadvantages:

(1) The position of the air outlet of the automobile air conditioner is located in a human body visible area and a human-computer interaction frequent area, but the existing square or round air outlet of the air conditioner is fixed in structural form, so that the overall appearance quality of an automobile interior can be reduced, and the automobile using experience of customers can be improved.

(2) The existing automobile air outlet structure form and principle are fixed, and the structure is mostly an operating mechanism such as a toggle button and a thumb wheel, the structure is single, and the science and technology sense and the operation interest are low.

Disclosure of Invention

Accordingly, the present invention is directed to an air outlet assembly for an air conditioner, which overcomes at least one of the disadvantages of the prior art and improves the overall quality of the air outlet structure.

In order to achieve the purpose, the technical scheme of the invention is realized as follows:

an air conditioning outlet assembly comprising:

a decorative plate, wherein an air outlet is formed on the decorative plate;

the air outlet shell is connected with the decorative plate, an air duct is formed in the air outlet shell, and one end of the air duct is communicated with the air outlet;

the air door assembly is arranged in the air outlet shell and is provided with an opening and closing air door unit and at least one of an upper and lower air door adjusting unit and a left and right air door adjusting unit, the air door assembly is driven by external driving force and can open and close the air duct, and the upper and lower air door adjusting units and the left and right air door adjusting unit can form left and right and up and down adjustment on the air outlet direction of the air duct;

the rocker switch is arranged on the decorative plate and can bear external operation to output the external driving force, the rocker switch comprises a switch shell, a rocker assembly and a transmission assembly, the rocker assembly is provided with a rocker and a spherical rocker shell, the rocker shell is in spherical hinge with the switch shell, the rocker is in spherical hinge connection with the rocker shell, the transmission assembly is in transmission connection with the rocker and the rocker shell, and the transmission assembly can be driven to output the external driving force due to rotation or swing of the rocker relative to the switch shell.

Furthermore, the transmission assembly is provided with a first transmission piece in transmission connection with the rocker and two second transmission pieces in transmission connection with the rocker shell, the first transmission piece is in transmission connection with the opening and closing air door unit, and the two second transmission pieces are in transmission connection with the upper and lower air door units and the left and right air door units respectively; and the rocker rotates relative to the switch shell to form rotation driving of the first transmission piece, and the rocker swings relative to the switch shell to drive the second transmission piece to rotate relative to the switch shell.

Furthermore, the switch shell comprises a switch shell body and a switch inner shell body which is fixed in the switch shell body and provided with a first spherical hinge cavity, the rocker shell body is hinged in the first spherical hinge cavity, a plurality of through holes which are used for connecting the first transmission piece and the second transmission piece with the rocker or the rocker shell body are constructed on the switch inner shell body, a second spherical hinge cavity is arranged in the rocker shell body, and the rocker is connected with the rocker shell body through a round shell structure which is connected with one end of the rocker and is hinged in the second spherical hinge cavity.

Further, relative to one end connected with the rocker, the other end of the rocker shell is provided with a hollow part, and the first transmission piece is connected with the round shell structure through the hollow part and a universal joint; corresponding to the confession the second driving medium with the via hole that the rocker casing links to each other, in be formed with the fluting on the periphery wall of rocker casing, the fluting by the fretwork position to with the one end that the rocker links to each other extends arranges, and two the second driving medium all has the corresponding of wearing the transmission post of via hole, penetrating of transmission post one end in the casing is equipped with protruding muscle in the switch, protruding muscle slides to inlay and locates in the fluting.

Furthermore, the first transmission piece is a transmission rod with one end connected with the universal joint, and the other end of the transmission rod penetrates through one through hole on the switch inner shell and the switch outer shell; the second transmission piece in transmission connection with the left and right air door adjusting units is also provided with a gear disc which is fixedly connected to the other end of the transmission column relative to the protruding ribs; the second transmission part is in transmission connection with the upper and lower air damper units and is also provided with a first transmission gear which is fixedly connected with the other end of the transmission column relative to the protruding rib, a second transmission gear which is rotatably arranged on the switch outer shell and is meshed with the first transmission gear, and a connecting rod of which one end is fixedly connected with the rotation center of the second transmission gear.

Furthermore, the opening and closing air door unit comprises an opening and closing air door which is arranged in the air duct in a pivoting mode, and one end of a pivoting shaft body for opening and closing the air door penetrates through the air outlet shell to form transmission connection with the transmission rod.

Furthermore, the upper and lower air door units are arranged in the air duct in a pivoting manner, one end of a pivoting shaft body of the upper and lower air doors penetrates through the air outlet shell to form transmission connection with the connecting rod, the upper and lower air doors are provided with upper and lower adjusting blades in the shape of semicircular grooves, an air outlet hole is formed in one side, close to the upper and lower adjusting blades, of the upper and lower adjusting blades, and the air outlet hole is arranged in the axial direction of the pivoting shaft of the upper and lower air doors.

Further, control the air damper unit and locate including the pivot air damper about in the wind channel, just control the air damper and have about the air damper pivot, and follow control the axial interval of air damper pivot arrange in control the epaxial a plurality of air damper blades of controlling of air damper pivot, control the one end of air damper pivot and wear through the air outlet casing constitute with the transmission of toothed disc is connected, control the air damper blade and arrange for the transmission slope of air damper pivot about corresponding.

Furthermore, control the air door for two sets of arranging side by side, two control the air door pivot and be in through same setting drive gear on the air outlet casing with the toothed disc transmission links to each other, and two control the air door and pivot control the opposite direction of slope of air door blade.

Further, the decorative board is the C shape, and in the one end that is close to this decorative board on the decorative board is formed with the recess, the air outlet is located the bottom of recess, rocker switch adjacent to the air outlet is located in the recess.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following advantages:

according to the air outlet assembly of the air conditioner, the decorative plate is arranged, the air outlet is located on the decorative plate, the overall appearance of the air outlet structure of the air conditioner is novel in shape by means of the shape of the decorative plate, and meanwhile, due to the adoption of the rocker switch, compared with the existing structures such as the dial wheel and the dial button, the air outlet control structural form can be enriched, the air outlet control technological sense and interestingness are improved, the defects that the existing air outlet structural form is fixed and the appearance quality is low can be overcome, and the overall quality of the air outlet of the air conditioner can be improved.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the invention and do not constitute a limitation of the invention. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of an air outlet structure of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the unassembled trim panel 1 and rocker switch of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an exploded view of FIG. 2;

fig. 4 is a top view of an air outlet structure of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 isbase:Sub>A sectional view A-A of FIG. 4;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of the unassembled decorative plate 1 and the left outlet housing 201 in fig. 1;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the structure of FIG. 6 from another perspective;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a further view of FIG. 6;

FIG. 9 is a schematic structural view of a decorative board 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention

Fig. 10 is a schematic structural view of a left air outlet casing 201 according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural view of a right outlet housing 202 according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a schematic view of the structure of FIG. 11 from another perspective;

fig. 13 is a schematic structural view of the upper and lower dampers 4 according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 14 is a schematic structural diagram of an opening/closing damper 3 according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 15 is a schematic structural diagram of a rocker switch structure according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 16 is an exploded view of FIG. 15;

fig. 17 is a schematic structural diagram of a switch outer housing 701 according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 18 is a schematic view of the structure of FIG. 17 from another perspective;

fig. 19 is a schematic structural diagram of a front switch inner housing 702 according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 20 is a schematic view of the structure of FIG. 19 from another perspective;

fig. 21 is a schematic structural diagram of a rear switch inner housing 702 according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 22 is a schematic view of the structure of FIG. 21 from another perspective;

fig. 23 is a schematic structural view of a rocker housing 9 according to an embodiment of the present invention;

description of the reference numerals:

1-a decorative plate, 2-an air outlet shell, 3-an opening and closing air door, 4-an upper and lower adjusting air door, 5-a left and right adjusting air door, 6-a sealing sponge, 7-a switch shell, 8-a rocker, 9-a rocker shell, 10-a first transmission piece, 11-a second transmission piece, 12-a transmission gear and 13-a knob;

101-air outlet, 102-driving source mounting hole, 103-sheath mounting hole;

201-left air outlet shell, 202-right air outlet shell, 203-air channel, 204-up and down air guide piece, 2041-left guide piece and 2042-right guide piece;

301-opening and closing the air door connecting rod, 302-opening and closing the air door swing arm.

401-upper and lower adjusting blades, 402-air outlet holes, 403-partition plates, 404-external convex parts, 405-adjusting connecting rods and 406-upper and lower air door swing arms;

501-left and right damper rotating shafts, 502-left and right damper blades, 503-driven wheels;

701-switch outer shell, 7011-convex column, 7012-inner shell mounting hole, 7013-outer shell clamping hole and 7014-first through hole;

702-a switch inner shell, 7021-a first shell, 7022-a second shell, 7023-a first spherical hinge cavity, 7024-a transmission rod through hole, 7025-a second through hole, 7026-a rocker through hole, 7027-a clamping part;

801-round shell structure, 802-rod body;

901-a second spherical hinge cavity, 902-a rocker connecting hole and 903-a slot;

1001-transmission rod body, 1002-connector;

1101-a transmission column, 1102-a convex rib, 1103-a gear disc, 1104-a transmission gear, 1105-a first transmission gear, 1106-a second transmission gear, 1107-a connecting rod;

1401-a mounting member, 1402-a first rotating member, 1403-a second rotating member.

Detailed Description

It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments of the present invention may be combined with each other without conflict.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "upper", "lower", "inner", "back", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, which are only for convenience of description and simplification of the description, but do not indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and operate, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

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

The embodiment relates to an air-conditioning outlet assembly, which is used as an end part of an air-conditioning system and is used for enabling fresh air or circulating air subjected to air-conditioning cooling/heat treatment to enter a use space so as to meet the requirements of air-conditioning users. On whole constitution, the air outlet assembly of this embodiment is including the decorative board, the air outlet casing that the structure has the wind channel, locate the air door subassembly in the air outlet casing to and be used for controlling above-mentioned air door subassembly's rocker switch. In addition, for the convenience of description of the air outlet assembly structure, as a preferred embodiment, the air outlet assembly is also used as a part of a vehicle air conditioner in the following to realize the description of the air outlet assembly structure of the embodiment.

Of course, the air outlet assembly structure of the present embodiment may be applied to other air conditioning applications besides being used in a vehicle air conditioner, and the application may be similar to the vehicle air conditioner, for example, a train, an airplane, a ship, or other similar transportation means using an air conditioner, or the application may be not similar to the vehicle air conditioner, for example, a home, a shop, a hotel, or other similar application using an air conditioner.

The air outlet assembly structure of the air conditioner of the present embodiment will be described in detail.

The structure of the decorative plate 1 can be seen from fig. 1, 4 and 9, and the decorative plate 1 has a specific C-shape, an air outlet 101 is formed at one end of the decorative plate 1 close to the decorative plate 1, and the decorative plate 1 with the shape is unique compared with the existing structural shape, so that the personalized requirement of the automotive interior can be improved.

Specifically, a concave portion is formed on the decorative plate 1 at an end close to the decorative plate 1, the air outlet 101 is located at a bottom of the concave portion, a plurality of air outlets 101 are formed at the bottom of the concave portion, the plurality of air outlets 101 are divided into two rows, the air outlets 101 in each row are sequentially arranged along a length direction of the groove, and thus a partition is formed between adjacent air outlets 101, which can effectively block external foreign matters from entering the air outlet housing 2 described below.

For convenience of operation, a driving source mounting hole 102 is provided at the bottom of the recess adjacent to the outlet 101, and a rocker switch described below is mounted at the driving source mounting hole 102 adjacent to the outlet 101 so as to output an external driving force to the damper assembly.

In the specific structure, a plurality of clips, not shown in the drawings, are configured on one side of the decorative plate 1 facing the air outlet housing 2, and the clips are arranged on the periphery of the driving source mounting hole 102 so as to facilitate the clamping connection of the switch housing 7 described below. On the side of the decorative plate 1 facing away from the air outlet housing 2, a groove is formed around the driving source mounting hole 102, a plurality of sheath mounting holes 103 are formed at the bottom of the groove, and the plurality of sheath mounting holes 103 are circumferentially arranged around the driving source mounting hole 102 so as to facilitate mounting of a sheath as described below.

The structure of the air outlet casing 2 is shown by fig. 1 to 5 in combination with fig. 10 to 12, and is connected to the decorative plate 1, a connecting lug with a decorative plate connecting hole is fixedly provided on the outer wall of the air outlet casing 2, and corresponding to each decorative plate connecting hole, a casing connecting hole is constructed on one side of the decorative plate 1 facing the air outlet casing 2, and the air outlet casing 2 and the decorative plate 1 can be fixedly connected together via a connecting piece such as a bolt which is arranged in the corresponding decorative plate connecting hole and the casing connecting hole.

The air outlet casing 2 specifically includes a left air outlet casing 201 and a right air outlet casing 202 which are fastened together and detachably connected, and an air duct 203 is constructed in the air outlet casing 2 because the left air outlet casing 201 and the right air outlet casing 202 are detachably connected, and one end of the air duct 203 is communicated with the air outlet 101. For the one end that links to each other with air outlet 101, be equipped with sealed sponge 6 on the air outlet casing 2 of wind channel 203 other end to cooperate with external component when this air outlet casing 2 uses, improve sealed effect, reduce the loss of amount of wind.

Specifically, the structure of the left outlet housing 201 can be seen from fig. 10, a plurality of fastening holes are formed on the mating surface of the left outlet housing 201 and the right outlet housing 202, and corresponding to the fastening holes, the structure of the right outlet housing 202 can be seen from fig. 12, a plurality of fastening heads are formed on the mating surface of the right outlet housing 202 and the left outlet housing 201, and the fastening heads on the right outlet housing 202 correspond to the fastening holes on the left outlet housing 201 one-to-one, so that the left outlet housing 201 is connected to the right outlet housing 202 in a fastening manner. In addition, the left air outlet casing 201 and the right air outlet casing 202 can be connected in other detachable connection modes, for example, the left air outlet casing 201 and the right air outlet 101 are fixedly connected together through bolts penetrating through the left air outlet casing and the right air outlet casing.

It should be further noted that, as shown in fig. 4 and fig. 5, an up-down air guiding element 204 is further disposed in the air duct 203, and in particular, in structure, the up-down air guiding element 204 includes a left air guiding element 2041 formed in the left air outlet housing 201 and a right air guiding element 2042 formed in the right air outlet housing 202, since the left air outlet housing 201 and the right air outlet housing 202 are connected by clamping, and the left air guiding element 2041 and the right air guiding element 2042 are connected, the air duct 203 near the air outlet 101, that is, the air duct 203 located at the downstream of the up-down adjusting blade 401, can be divided into an up-down air duct and an up-down air duct, so as to adjust the air direction up and down.

The structure of the air door component can refer to fig. 1, fig. 3 and fig. 6 to fig. 8, and it is arranged in the air outlet casing 2, in this embodiment, the air door component includes an opening and closing air door unit, which is mainly used for opening and closing the air duct 203, and further includes a left and right adjusting air door unit for adjusting the air outlet direction of the air duct 203, and an up and down adjusting air door unit for adjusting the air outlet direction of the air duct 203 up and down, so that the opening and closing of the air duct 203 and the up and down and left and right adjusting of the wind direction can be realized through the air conditioner air outlet structure. In addition, only the upper and lower damper units or the left and right damper units may be provided as necessary.

In the structure, the air door opening and closing unit, the upper and lower air door adjusting unit and the left and right air door adjusting unit can be driven by a rocker switch, so that the functions of opening and closing the air duct 203 or adjusting the wind direction can be realized respectively. For convenience of operation, only one rocker switch is provided in the present embodiment, that is, the following rocker switch structure, and the specific rocker switch structure will be described in detail below. In addition, other driving structures can be provided as required.

In the concrete structure, one end of the pivot shaft body for opening and closing the air door 3 penetrates through the air outlet shell 2 to form transmission connection with the rocker switch. In detail, the opening and closing air door unit includes an opening and closing air door 3 pivotally disposed in the air duct 203, and the structure of the opening and closing air door unit can be shown in fig. 14, the opening and closing air door 3 is substantially plate-shaped, opening and closing air door rotating shafts are disposed at two ends of the opening and closing air door 3, and the opening and closing air door 3 is pivotally disposed on an inner wall of the air duct 203 through the opening and closing air door rotating shafts located at the two ends of the opening and closing air door 3. A strip-shaped clamping hole is formed at the end part of the rotating shaft of the opening and closing air door connected with the rocker switch so as to be connected with the rocker switch in a clamping way, and the opening and closing air door 3 is driven to rotate in the air duct 203 so as to open and close the air duct 203.

The structure of the up-down damper unit can be seen from fig. 13, and includes an up-down damper 4 pivotally disposed in the air duct 203, and the up-down damper 4 has an up-down adjusting blade 401 in a semicircular groove shape, an air outlet 402 is formed on one side of the up-down adjusting blade 401 close to the up-down adjusting blade 401, the air outlet 402 is specifically arranged along the axial direction of the pivot of the up-down damper 4, and due to the rotation of the up-down damper 4 and the air duct 203, the air outlet 402 can be communicated with the above-mentioned upper air duct or the lower air duct, so as to form up-down adjustment of the air outlet direction.

In this embodiment, one end of the pivot shaft of the upper and lower damper 4 passes through the air outlet housing 2 to form a transmission connection with the rocker switch. Specifically, the vertical adjustment shafts are provided at both ends of the vertical adjustment damper 4, the vertical adjustment damper 4 is pivotally provided on the inner wall of the air duct 203 via the two vertical adjustment shafts, and a bar-shaped protrusion 404 is formed at an end of one of the vertical adjustment shafts so as to be connected to a rocker switch described below, so that the vertical adjustment damper 4 can rotate in the air duct 203, thereby vertically adjusting the wind direction.

It should be further noted that a partition 403 is disposed in the up-down adjusting blade 401, and the partition 403 is located in the middle of the pivot axis of the up-down adjusting damper 4, that is, at the joint of the left air guiding member 2041 and the right air guiding member 2042, where the partition 403 is mainly used for enhancing the structural strength of the up-down adjusting blade 401.

The left and right damper units are still shown in fig. 1 to 8, and include left and right dampers 5 pivotally disposed in the air duct 203, in this embodiment, the left and right dampers 5 are two sets arranged side by side, and the two sets of left and right dampers 5 are respectively disposed in the upper air duct and the lower air duct, so as to respectively adjust the wind directions flowing through the upper air duct and the lower air duct.

In the concrete structure, each of the left and right dampers 5 has a left and right damper rotating shaft 501, and a plurality of left and right damper blades 502 arranged on the left and right damper rotating shaft 501, and the left and right dampers 5 are rotatably provided on the inner wall of the air duct 203 via both ends of the left and right damper rotating shafts 501. A plurality of left and right damper blades 502 are arranged on each left and right damper rotating shaft 501, each left and right damper 5 blades are arranged on the left and right damper rotating shaft 501 at intervals along the axial direction of the left and right damper rotating shaft 501, and each left and right damper blade 502 is arranged obliquely relative to the corresponding left and right damper rotating shaft 501, so that the left and right damper blades 5 rotate to form left and right adjustment of the wind direction. It should be noted that the left and right damper blades 502 on the left and right damper shafts 501 are inclined in opposite directions to improve the air outlet effect.

In addition, one end of the two left and right damper rotating shafts 501 passes through the air outlet casing 2 to form a transmission connection with the rocker switch, so as to adjust the wind direction left and right. Specifically, driven wheels 503 are fixedly arranged at one ends of two left and right damper rotating shafts 501, a transmission gear 12 is rotatably arranged on the outer wall of the air outlet casing 2, the transmission gear 12 is meshed with the two driven wheels 503 to form a structure that the two left and right damper rotating shafts 501 are in transmission connection with a rocker switch through the same transmission gear 12 arranged on the air outlet casing 2, so that the number of the rocker switches can be reduced, and the air outlet direction can be adjusted conveniently.

It should be further described that, in order to facilitate the overall arrangement and improve the air outlet effect, the opening and closing damper unit, the up-down damper unit, and the left-right damper unit in the above structure are sequentially arranged along the direction to the air outlet 101.

The rocker switch structure can be seen from fig. 15 to 16, which mainly comprises a switch housing 7, a rocker assembly having a rocker 8 and a spherical rocker housing 9, and a transmission assembly. The rocker 8 is connected with the rocker shell 9 through a spherical hinge, the transmission assembly is connected with the rocker 8 and the rocker shell 9 in a transmission mode, and the transmission assembly can be driven to output external driving force due to rotation or swing of the rocker 8 relative to the switch shell 7.

The switch case 7 is a mounting base for the remaining components, and the structure of the switch case 7 will be described first. The switch case 7 mainly includes a switch outer case 701, and a switch inner case 702 fixed in the switch outer case 701. Referring to fig. 17 and 18, the switch outer housing 701 is a thin-walled component, an accommodating cavity is formed in the switch outer housing 701, two protruding columns 7011 are respectively disposed on two opposite inner walls of the accommodating cavity, and inner housing mounting holes 7012 are respectively formed on the protruding columns 7011, so as to facilitate the mounting of the switch inner housing 702. In addition, a first through hole 7014 is formed at the bottom of the accommodating chamber, so that a first transmission member 10 described below outputs an external driving force for opening and closing the damper 3.

The two outer walls of the switch outer shell 701, which are oppositely arranged, are respectively provided with an outer convex body with an outer shell clamping hole 7013, each outer shell clamping hole 7013 is arranged corresponding to the clamping head on the decorative plate 1, and the rocker switch structure is connected with the outer shell clamping hole 7013 in a clamping manner through the clamping head on the decorative plate 1 and is fixedly arranged on the decorative plate 1.

Next, a description will be given of a structure of the switch inner housing 702, which is shown in fig. 16 in conjunction with fig. 19 to 22 and includes a first housing 7021 shown in fig. 19 and 20 and a second housing 7022 shown in fig. 21 and 22. The first housing 7021 and the second housing 7022 have substantially the same shape, except that the abutting surfaces of the first housing 7021 and the second housing 7022 are respectively provided with a locking hole and a locking head so that the first housing 7021 and the second housing 7022 can be connected in a locking manner. The entire switch inner housing 702 is formed by the connection of the first housing 7021 and the second housing 7022, and a first ball hinge chamber 7023 is formed in the switch inner housing 702 so as to be hingedly connected to a rocker housing 9 described below.

In addition, a rocker through hole 7026 and two second through holes 7025 are formed on the inner wall of the first spherical hinge cavity 7023, wherein the rocker through hole 7026 is for passing the rod body 802 of the rocker 8 conveniently, and the second through hole 7025 is for passing the driving post 1101 of the second driving member 11 to be described below conveniently, so as to output an external driving force.

It should be further noted that a clamping portion 7027 is configured on an outer wall of the switch inner housing 702, and a position of the clamping portion 7027 corresponds to a position of an inner housing mounting hole 7012 on the switch outer housing 701, so that the switch inner housing 702 and the switch outer housing 701 are clamped and connected to each other by the clamping portion 7027 being clamped and placed in the corresponding inner housing mounting hole 7012.

The structure of the rocker housing 9 can be seen with reference to fig. 23, which is hinged inside a first ball-hinge chamber 7023. In a specific structure, the rocker housing 9 is also a thin-walled member, which is approximately hemispherical, a second spherical hinge cavity 901 is formed in the rocker housing 9, a rocker connecting hole 902 is formed on an inner wall of the second spherical hinge cavity 901, and the rod body 802 of the rocker 8 passes through the rocker connecting hole 902 to be connected with the rocker housing 9, so that the rocker housing 9 can rotate around its own axis along with the swinging of the rocker 8.

The other end of the rocker housing 9 is hollowed out with respect to the end connected to the rocker 8, so that a first transmission member 10 described below is connected to the rocker 8 through the hollowed-out portion. Furthermore, a slot 903 is formed on the outer peripheral wall of the rocker housing 9, and the slot 903 extends from the hollow portion to the end connected to the rocker 8, so that the rocker housing 9 is connected to a second transmission member 11 described below.

The structure of the rocker 8 can still be seen from fig. 16, the rocker 8 is connected with the rocker housing 9 by means of a ball joint, specifically, a round shell structure 801 is fixed at one end of the rocker 8 itself, the rocker 8 is connected with the rocker housing 9 by means of the round shell structure 801 being hinged in a second ball joint chamber 901, and a first transmission member 10 described below is connected with the round shell structure 801 by means of a universal joint. In addition, for convenience of operation, a knob 13 is fixedly arranged at the other end of the rocker 8 opposite to the end provided with the round shell structure 801, and the rocker switch structure can output external driving force by swinging or rotating the knob 13.

This rocker switch structure installs in decorative board 1 back, and the body of rod 802 of rocker 8 wears to locate in driving source mounting hole 102 to the cover is equipped with the sheath on the body of rod 802 of rocker 8, is equipped with a plurality of joint structures of not shown in the figure on the sheath, a plurality of joint structures and aforementioned sheath mounting hole 103 one-to-one, and the sheath can be via the joint of joint structure and the sheath mounting hole 103 that corresponds and set firmly on decorative board 1.

The structure of the universal joint can still be seen with reference to fig. 16, which mainly includes a mounting member 1401 in a U shape, a first rotating member 1402 pivotally provided on the mounting member 1401, and a second rotating member 1403 pivotally connected to the first rotating member 1402, and the pivot axis of the first rotating member 1402 and the pivot axis of the second rotating member 1403 are orthogonally arranged. One end of the mounting member 1401 is fixedly connected with the first transmission member 10, and the other end of the mounting member 1401 is pivotally provided with a first rotation member 1402; the second rotating member 1403 is fixed in the circular shell structure 801.

In this embodiment, the transmission assembly includes a first transmission member 10 and a second transmission member 11 in transmission connection with the rocker 8, and the rotation of the rocker 8 relative to the switch housing 7 can form a rotation drive for the first transmission member 10; the second transmission piece 11 can be driven to rotate relative to the switch shell 7 due to the swinging of the rocker 8 relative to the switch shell 7.

In a specific structure, the first transmission member 10 is a transmission rod having one end connected to the gimbal specifically and the mounting member 1401, and the transmission rod specifically includes a transmission rod main body 1001 and a connection head 1002, wherein one end of the transmission rod main body 1001 is fixedly connected to the mounting member 1401 of the gimbal, the other end of the transmission rod main body 1001 passes through a transmission rod through hole 7024 on the switch inner housing 702 and a first through hole 7014 on the switch outer housing 701 and is exposed, the connection head 1002 is located at the exposed end of the transmission rod main body 1001, and the connection head 1002 and the transmission rod main body 1001 are connected in an inserting manner. The structure is arranged so that the connecting head 1002 can rotate along with the rotation of the rocker 8.

The connector 1002 is pivotally connected to one end of the open/close air door connecting rod 301, the other end of the open/close air door connecting rod 301 is pivotally connected to one end of the open/close air door swing arm 302, and the other end of the open/close air door swing arm 302 is connected to a pivot shaft body of the open/close air door 3 in a clamping manner, so that the open/close air door 3 can rotate in the air duct 203 by rotating the rocker 8, and the purpose of opening/closing the air duct 203 can be achieved.

In this embodiment, the second transmission member 11 has a transmission column 1101 passing through the second through hole 7025, one end of the transmission column 1101 penetrating into the switch inner housing 702 is provided with a protruding rib 1102, and the protruding rib 1102 is slidably embedded in the slot 903, so that when the rocker swings, the second transmission member 11 can be driven to rotate.

Specifically, the second transmission members 11 are two, respectively, provided corresponding to two adjacent/opposite side end surfaces of the switch inner case 702, and the two second transmission members 11 have two different structures.

One of the second transmission members 11 has a gear plate 1103 fixed to the other end of the transmission post 1101 opposite to the protruding rib 1102, a plurality of transmission teeth 1104 arranged at intervals around the circumferential edge of the gear plate 1103 are disposed on the gear plate 1103, and the transmission teeth 1104 are protruded outwards relative to the gear plate 1103 and specifically formed on a side end surface of the gear plate 1103 opposite to the transmission post 1101. In this embodiment, the transmission gear 1104 is engaged with the transmission gear 12 to drive the left and right damper 5 to rotate by the left and right swing of the rocker, thereby realizing the left and right adjustment of the wind direction.

The other second transmission piece 11 is provided with a first transmission gear 1105 which is opposite to the convex rib 1102 and fixedly connected with the other end of the transmission column 1101, a second transmission gear 1106 which is rotatably arranged on the switch outer shell 701 and is meshed and connected with the first transmission gear 1105, and a connecting rod 1107 of which one end is fixedly connected with the rotating center part of the second transmission gear 1106, wherein the other end of the connecting rod 1107 is hinged and connected with one end of the adjusting connecting rod 405, the other end of the adjusting connecting rod 405 is hinged and connected with one end of the upper and lower air door swing arms 406, and the other end of the upper and lower air door swing arms 406 is connected with the pivoting shaft body of the upper and lower adjusting air doors 4 in a clamping manner so as to be connected with the up and down swinging of the rocker to drive the up and down adjusting air doors 4 to rotate, thereby realizing the up and down adjustment of the wind direction.

The above description is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not to be construed as limiting the invention, and any modifications, equivalents, improvements and the like that fall within the spirit and principle of the present invention are intended to be included therein.

Claims (10)

1. An air conditioner air outlet assembly, its characterized in that includes:

the air conditioner comprises a decorative plate (1), wherein an air outlet (101) is formed in the decorative plate (1);

the air outlet shell (2) is connected with the decorative plate (1), an air duct (203) is formed in the air outlet shell (2), and one end of the air duct (203) is communicated with the air outlet (101);

the air door assembly is arranged in the air outlet shell (2), the air door assembly is provided with an opening and closing air door unit and at least one of an upper and lower air door adjusting unit and a left and right air door adjusting unit, the air door assembly is driven by external driving force, the air channel (203) can be opened and closed by the opening and closing air door unit, and the upper and lower air door adjusting unit and the left and right air door adjusting unit can form left and right and up and down adjustment on the air outlet direction of the air channel (203);

the rocker switch is arranged on the decorative plate (1) and can be operated externally to output the external driving force, the rocker switch comprises a switch shell (7), a rocker component and a transmission component, the rocker component is provided with a rocker (8) and a spherical rocker shell (9), the rocker shell (9) is hinged in the switch shell (7) in a spherical mode, the rocker (8) is connected with the rocker shell (9) in a spherical mode, the transmission component is connected with the rocker (8) and the rocker shell (9) in a transmission mode, and the transmission component can be driven to output the external driving force due to the rotation or swing of the rocker (8) relative to the switch shell (7);

the transmission assembly is provided with a first transmission piece (10) in transmission connection with the rocker (8) and a second transmission piece (11) in transmission connection with the rocker shell (9), the first transmission piece (10) is in transmission connection with the opening and closing air door unit, the second transmission piece (11) is in transmission connection with at least one of the upper and lower air door adjusting units and the left and right air door adjusting units, rotation of the first transmission piece (10) can be driven due to rotation of the rocker (8) relative to the switch shell (7), and rotation of the second transmission piece (11) relative to the switch shell (7) can be driven due to swing of the rocker (8) relative to the switch shell (7).

2. The air outlet assembly of claim 1, wherein: the number of the second transmission parts (11) is two, and the second transmission parts (11) are respectively in transmission connection with the upper and lower air door units and the left and right air door units.

3. The air outlet assembly of claim 2, wherein: the switch shell (7) comprises a switch outer shell (701) and a switch inner shell (702) which is fixed in the switch outer shell (701) and provided with a first spherical hinge cavity (7023), the rocker shell (9) is hinged in the first spherical hinge cavity (7023), a plurality of through holes for connecting the first transmission piece (10) and the second transmission piece (11) with the rocker (8) or the rocker shell (9) are constructed on the switch inner shell (702), a second spherical hinge cavity (901) is formed in the rocker shell (9), and the rocker (8) is connected with the rocker shell (9) through a round shell structure (801) which is connected with one end of the rocker (8) and hinged in the second spherical hinge cavity (901).

4. The air outlet assembly of claim 3, wherein: the other end of the rocker shell (9) is provided with a hollowed-out part opposite to the end connected with the rocker (8), and the first transmission piece (10) is connected with the round shell structure (801) through the hollowed-out part through a universal joint; corresponding to the confession second driving medium (11) with the via hole that rocker casing (9) link to each other, in be formed with fluting (903) on the periphery wall of rocker casing (9), fluting (903) by the fretwork position to with the one end that rocker (8) link to each other extends to be arranged, and two second driving medium (11) all have the corresponding of wearing the transmission post (1101) of via hole, the penetration of transmission post (1101) one end in casing (7) is equipped with protruding muscle (1102) in the switch, protruding muscle (1102) slip inlay locate in fluting (903).

5. The air outlet assembly of claim 4, wherein: the first transmission piece (10) is a transmission rod with one end connected with the universal joint, and the other end of the transmission rod penetrates through one through hole on the switch inner shell (702) and the switch outer shell (701) to be arranged; the second transmission piece (11) in transmission connection with the left and right air damper units is also provided with a gear plate (1103) which is fixedly connected to the other end of the transmission column (1101) and corresponds to the protruding rib (1102); and the second transmission piece (11) is in transmission connection with the upper and lower air damper units, and is also provided with a first transmission gear (1105) which is fixedly connected with the other end of the transmission column (1101) and is opposite to the protruding rib (1102), a second transmission gear (1106) which is rotatably arranged on the switch outer shell (701) and is meshed and connected with the first transmission gear (1105), and a connecting rod (1107) with one end fixedly connected with the rotating center of the second transmission gear (1106).

6. The air outlet assembly of claim 5, wherein: the opening and closing air door unit comprises an opening and closing air door (3) which is arranged in the air duct (203) in a pivoting manner, and one end of a pivoting shaft body for opening and closing the air door (3) penetrates through the air outlet shell (2) to form transmission connection with the transmission rod.

7. The air outlet assembly of claim 5, wherein: the upper and lower air damper unit is located including the pivot upper and lower air damper (4) in wind channel (203), the one end of the pivot shaft body of upper and lower air damper (4) is worn through air outlet casing (2) and constitute with the transmission of connecting rod (1107) is connected, just upper and lower air damper (4) have and are semicircular groove-shaped upper and lower adjusting blade (401), in one side that is close to this upper and lower adjusting blade (401) on upper and lower adjusting blade (401) is formed with exhaust vent (402), exhaust vent (402) are followed the pivot axial arrangement of upper and lower air damper (4).

8. The air outlet assembly of claim 5, wherein: control the damper unit and locate including the pivot damper (5) about in wind channel (203), just control damper (5) have about damper pivot (501), and follow control the axial interval of damper pivot (501) arrange in control a plurality of damper blades (502) about in damper pivot (501), control the one end warp of damper pivot (501) air outlet casing (2) constitute with the transmission of toothed disc (1103) is connected, control damper blade (502) and arrange for the transmission of damper pivot (501) about corresponding.

9. The air outlet assembly of claim 8, wherein: control damper (5) for two sets of arranging side by side, two control damper pivot (501) are in through same setting drive gear (12) on air outlet casing (2) with toothed disc (1103) transmission links to each other, and two control damper pivot (501) on control the incline direction of controlling damper blade (502) opposite.

10. The air outlet assembly of any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein: decorative board (1) is the C shape, and in decorative board (1) is gone up the one end that is close to this decorative board (1) and is formed with the recess, air outlet (101) are located the bottom of recess, rocker switch adjacent to air outlet (101) are located in the recess.

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