CN113090749A

CN113090749A - Electronic gear shifter assembly

Info

Publication number: CN113090749A
Application number: CN202110466574.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 钱国耀; 周旦; 陈斌; 车向前
Original assignee: Ningbo Gaofa Automotive Control System Co ltd
Current assignee: Ningbo Gaofa Automotive Control System Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-04-28
Filing date: 2021-04-28
Publication date: 2021-07-09

Abstract

The invention provides an electronic gear shifter assembly, which belongs to the technical field of electronic gear shifters and comprises the following components: the mounting seat comprises an accommodating cavity, a working cavity, a first mounting position and a second mounting position, wherein the first mounting position is adjacent to the second mounting position, and a transition position is formed between the first mounting position and the second mounting position; the first hinge seat is arranged at a first mounting position; the control rod assembly is movably connected with the first hinge seat and extends into the accommodating cavity; a circuit board; the circuit board is horizontally arranged at a second mounting position, and the circuit board is provided with an induction part extending to the transition position; and the connecting rod assembly is arranged in the working cavity, is in linkage connection with the operating rod assembly and is close to the sensing part. The invention has the beneficial effects that: the gear shifter is compact and ingenious in layout, and can achieve the Hall sensing control effect on the basis of flat placement of the circuit board.

Description

Electronic gear shifter assembly

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of electronic gear shifters, and relates to an electronic gear shifter assembly.

Background

The automobile gear shifter is a necessary component of a modern automobile, and the gear shifter is matched with a gearbox to finish the matching of the rotating speed of an automobile engine and the rotating speed of wheels through the action of hands, so that the automobile can give consideration to both large torque in low-speed running and high speed in high-speed running.

The gear shifter can be mainly divided into two categories of a manual gear shifter and an automatic gear shifter, and the automatic gear shifter is also provided with a manual-automatic integrated gear shifting structure, so that the gear shifter can be manually shifted according to needs during running, and the requirement of pursuing a certain driving feeling among a part of people in a smooth state can be met.

For example, a chinese patent with application number CN201811554552.1 discloses an electronic shifter, which includes a link member, a reversing seat, a magnet disposed on the magnet seat, the magnet seat being clamped to the reversing seat; the circuit board is clamped in the shell, and a Hall sensor is arranged on the circuit board and matched with the magnet; the worm of the driving motor is matched with the worm wheel, the cam is fixed on a worm wheel shaft, the sliding block is arranged on the shell in a sliding mode, one end of the sliding block movably abuts against the cam, and the other end of the sliding block movably abuts against the connecting rod part; an electromagnet.

The electronic shifter drives the electromagnet to move through the connecting rod structure, the circuit board side is in a vertical state, and therefore although output of gear signals can be achieved through the Hall sensing structure, the overall structure layout of the electronic shifter has certain defects and can only adapt to circuit board structures arranged vertically, so that the electronic shifter is not compact enough, and certain improvement space is provided.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to solve the problems in the prior art and provides an electronic gear shifter assembly.

The purpose of the invention can be realized by the following technical scheme: an electronic shifter assembly comprising:

the mounting seat comprises an accommodating cavity, a working cavity, a first mounting position and a second mounting position, wherein the first mounting position is adjacent to the second mounting position, a transition position is formed between the first mounting position and the second mounting position, the first mounting position and the accommodating cavity are arranged in an up-and-down corresponding manner, and the transition position and the working cavity are arranged in an up-and-down corresponding manner;

a first hinge base disposed at the first mounting location;

the operating rod assembly is movably connected with the first hinge seat, and the operating rod assembly extends into the accommodating cavity;

a circuit board; the circuit board is horizontally arranged at the second mounting position, and the circuit board is provided with an induction part extending to the transition position;

the connecting rod assembly is arranged in the working cavity, the sensing part and the connecting rod assembly are arranged in an up-down corresponding mode, and the connecting rod assembly is in linkage connection with the operating rod assembly and is close to the sensing part.

Preferably, the accommodating cavity is communicated with the working cavity, the operating rod assembly comprises a cross rod and a vertical rod, the vertical rod is connected with the first hinged seat, one end of the cross rod is connected with the vertical rod, and the other end of the cross rod is connected with the connecting rod assembly in a linkage mode.

Preferably, the connecting rod assembly comprises a second hinged seat and a linkage rod, the second hinged seat is fixedly connected with the sensing part, the linkage rod is hinged to the second hinged seat, and the cross rod is connected with the linkage rod in a linkage mode.

Preferably, the linkage rod is provided with a linkage groove, the end part of the cross rod is provided with a linkage head, and the linkage head is arranged in the linkage groove so that the cross rod drives the linkage rod to move.

Preferably, the linkage rod is provided with a ball head, the second hinge seat is provided with a ball head groove, and the ball head is movably arranged in the ball head groove.

Preferably, the linkage rod is further provided with a limiting rod, the limiting rod is connected with the ball head, the second hinge seat is further provided with a limiting groove, the limiting groove is communicated with the ball head groove, and the limiting rod is arranged in the limiting groove.

Preferably, the ball head is provided with magnetic steel, the induction part is provided with a hall element, and the magnetic steel is close to the hall element.

Preferably, the accommodating cavity is internally provided with a limiting seat, the limiting seat is provided with a plurality of baffle grooves, the tail end of the vertical rod is provided with a limiting head, and the limiting head extends into the limiting seat and is connected with the baffle grooves.

Preferably, the electronic device further comprises a key assembly disposed at the second mounting position and electrically connected to the circuit board.

Preferably, the panel is connected with the mounting seat and covers the first mounting position and the second mounting position.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:

1. the gear shifter is compact and ingenious in layout, and can achieve the Hall sensing control effect on the basis of flat placement of the circuit board.

2. The tip of gangbar can use the articulated seat of second to rotate as the fulcrum, and the tip of response portion and gangbar is corresponding setting from top to bottom moreover, and the control rod assembly can drive the tip of gangbar and rotate on the articulated seat of second when rocking or rocking about in the front and back to export according to its pivoted angle or position and keep off a position the signal.

3. The linkage head can be slidably embedded into the linkage groove, so that the linkage head can pull the linkage rod to move, and particularly when the linkage head moves, the linkage head can drive the linkage rod to swing back and forth or left and right.

4. When the linkage rod swings back and forth or left and right, the ball head can be driven to rotate back and forth or left and right.

5. The Hall element and the magnetic steel can be in an up-and-down corresponding structure, so that the overall structure is more compact on the basis of Hall induction.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of an electronic shifter assembly of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is an exploded view of the electronic shifter assembly of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of a joystick assembly and linkage assembly of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an exploded view of the lever assembly and connecting rod assembly of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the connection between the joystick assembly and the linkage assembly according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the position of the panel and the mounting seat according to the present invention.

In the figure, 100, a mounting seat; 110. an accommodating chamber; 120. a working chamber; 130. a first mounting location; 140. a second mounting location; 150. a transition location; 160. a limiting seat; 200. A first hinge mount; 310. a cross bar; 311. a linkage head; 320. a vertical rod; 400. a circuit board; 410. a sensing part; 420. a Hall element; 510. a second hinge mount; 511. a ball head groove; 512. a limiting groove; 520. a linkage rod; 521. a linkage groove; 522. a ball head; 523. A limiting rod; 524. magnetic steel; 600. a key assembly; 700. a panel.

Detailed Description

The following are specific embodiments of the present invention and are further described with reference to the drawings, but the present invention is not limited to these embodiments.

As shown in fig. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, an electronic shifter assembly includes: the mounting base 100, the first hinge base 200, the operating lever assembly, the circuit board 400 and the connecting rod assembly can realize the switching of each gear through the operating lever assembly, the overall layout is ingenious, the action of the connecting rod assembly can be sensed on the basis that the circuit board 400 is horizontally arranged, the space of the mounting base 100 can be greatly saved, and the structure of the electronic gear shifter is more compact.

The mounting seat 100 comprises a containing cavity 110, a working cavity 120, a first mounting position 130 and a second mounting position 140, wherein the first mounting position 130 is adjacent to the second mounting position 140, a transition position 150 is formed between the first mounting position 130 and the second mounting position 140, the first mounting position 130 corresponds to the containing cavity 110 up and down, and the transition position 150 corresponds to the working cavity 120 up and down.

Preferably, the mounting base 100 has a plane-like mounting surface, and the mounting surface can be divided into a first mounting position 130 and a second mounting position 140, the first mounting position 130 is used for mounting the lever assembly, the second mounting position 140 is used for horizontally placing the circuit board 400, the accommodating cavity 110 is located below the first mounting position 130, and the working cavity 120 is located below the transition position 150, so that the circuit board 400 is a one-piece horizontally-placed plate structure in the whole structure, which can greatly save the space of the shifter, thereby enabling the internal structure of the shifter to be more compact.

It should be noted that in the actual structure, the circuit board 400 is usually required to be disposed obliquely or vertically to sense the motion of the joystick assembly, and in the present embodiment, the sensing function is skillfully realized on a flat circuit board 400.

A first hinge base 200 disposed at the first mounting location 130; preferably, the first hinge base 200 is an existing structure, which is located above the receiving cavity 110.

A joystick assembly movably connected to the first hinge base 200 and extending into the accommodating cavity 110; it is worth mentioning here that the joystick assembly can rock back and forth (swing) or rock left and right (swing) on the first hinge base 200.

A circuit board 400; which is placed flat at the second mounting position 140, the circuit board 400 is provided with a sensing portion 410 extending to the transition position 150; it should be emphasized that the circuit board 400 is disposed horizontally or horizontally, and the circuit board 400 is adjacent to the first hinge base 200, that is, the circuit board 400 and the first hinge base 200 are disposed in parallel in a front-back direction or in a left-right direction, and the sensing part 410 approaches the joystick assembly through the transition position 150.

The sensing portion 410 and the connecting rod assembly are arranged in the working chamber 120 in an up-and-down corresponding manner, and the connecting rod assembly is in linkage connection with the operating lever assembly and is close to the sensing portion 410.

Preferably, the control lever assembly can drive the connecting rod assembly to move when swinging back and forth or left and right, and the connecting rod assembly and the sensing part 410 are arranged in an up-and-down corresponding manner, so that the transition position 150 is ingeniously applied to realize the effect of sensing matching, and the layout can optimize the position relation between the connecting rod assembly and the circuit board 400, so that the shifter assembly is more compact.

As shown in fig. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, on the basis of the above embodiment, the accommodating chamber 110 is communicated with the working chamber 120, and the joystick assembly includes a cross rod 310 and a vertical rod 320, the vertical rod 320 is connected to the first hinge base 200, one end of the cross rod 310 is connected to the vertical rod 320, and the other end is connected to the connecting rod assembly in a linkage manner.

Preferably, the vertical rod 320 can rock back and forth or left and right, the cross rod 310 is integrally connected with the vertical rod 320, when the vertical rod 320 rocks, the cross rod 310 can be driven to move back and forth or move left and right, and at the moment, the connecting rod assembly can also correspondingly move back and forth or move left and right.

As shown in fig. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, based on the above embodiment, the link assembly includes a second hinge seat 510 and a linkage rod 520, the second hinge seat 510 is fixedly connected to the sensing portion 410, the linkage rod 520 is hinged to the second hinge seat 510, and the cross bar 310 is connected to the linkage rod 520 in a linkage manner.

Preferably, both ends of the linkage rod 520 are actually hinged to the cross bar 310 and the second hinge seat 510, respectively, so that the linkage rod 520 can move flexibly, and the second hinge seat 510 is fixed to the sensing part 410 of the circuit board 400 (i.e., fixed to the bottom surface of the sensing part 410).

From the theory of operation, the end of the linkage rod 520 can rotate with the second hinge base 510 as the fulcrum, and the sensing portion 410 and the end of the linkage rod 520 are disposed up and down correspondingly, and the control lever assembly can drive the end of the linkage rod 520 to rotate on the second hinge base 510 when swinging back and forth or swinging left and right, so as to output the gear signal according to the rotating angle or position.

As shown in fig. 3, 4 and 5, on the basis of the above embodiment, the linkage rod 520 is provided with a linkage groove 521, the end of the cross bar 310 is provided with a linkage head 311, and the linkage head 311 is arranged in the linkage groove 521, so that the cross bar 310 drives the linkage rod 520 to move.

Preferably, the cross bar 310 can pull the linkage rod 520 to move left and right or back and forth when moving, in order to make the cross bar 310 drive the connecting rod to move better, especially the end of the cross bar 310 is provided with the linkage head 311, and the linkage head 311 is slidably embedded into the linkage groove 521, so the linkage head 311 can pull the linkage rod 520 to move, and particularly, when moving, the linkage head 311 can drive the linkage rod 520 to swing back and forth or left and right.

As shown in fig. 3, 4 and 5, on the basis of the above embodiment, the linkage rod 520 is provided with a ball head 522, the second hinge seat 510 is provided with a ball head groove 511, and the ball head 522 is movably arranged in the ball head groove 511.

Preferably, a ball head 522 is arranged at the top end of the linkage rod 520, and the ball head 522 is positioned in the ball head groove 511 and can rotate, so that when the linkage rod 520 swings back and forth or left and right, the ball head can be driven to rotate back and forth or left and right.

As shown in fig. 3, 4, and 5, on the basis of the above embodiments, the linkage rod 520 further includes a limiting rod 523, the limiting rod 523 is connected to the ball 522, the second hinge seat 510 further includes a limiting groove 512, the limiting groove 512 is communicated with the ball groove 511, and the limiting rod 523 is disposed in the limiting groove 512.

Preferably, in order to limit the rotational degree of freedom of the ball head 522, so that the ball head 522 can only rotate back and forth or left and right, a limiting rod 523 is disposed on the ball head 522, and the limiting rod 523 is located in the limiting groove 512, so that the ball head 522 can rotate around the limiting rod 523, and the ball head 522 can rotate around an axis perpendicular to the limiting rod 523.

More specifically, since the position-limiting rod 523 is located in the position-limiting groove 512, the position-limiting rod 523 can rotate around the axis perpendicular to itself in addition to rotating around its axis, and in the actual structure, two ends of the position-limiting rod 523 extend out from two sides of the ball head 522, and two ends of the position-limiting rod 523 are located on two sides of the position-limiting groove 512, when the position-limiting rod 523 rotates around the axis perpendicular to itself, the position-limiting rod 523 actually swings towards one end of itself, that is, the position-limiting rod 523 tilts towards one side or tilts towards the other side similarly to the position-limiting rod 523.

As shown in fig. 3, 4, and 5, in addition to the above embodiment, the ball 522 is provided with a magnetic steel 524, the sensing part 410 is provided with a hall element 420, and the magnetic steel 524 is close to the hall element 420.

Preferably, hall element 420 can respond to the action of magnet steel 524, and when bulb 522 rotated around or rotated left and right, the position angle of magnet steel 524 changed to let hall element 420 produce corresponding signal, and it should be noted that, because ingenious overall arrangement in this embodiment, can make hall element 420 and magnet steel 524 be the structure that corresponds from top to bottom, thereby make overall structure compacter on the basis of realizing hall response.

As shown in fig. 1, fig. 2, fig. 3, and fig. 4, on the basis of the above embodiment, a limiting seat 160 is disposed in the accommodating cavity 110, the limiting seat 160 is provided with a plurality of stop grooves (not shown), a limiting head (not shown) is disposed at the end of the vertical rod 320, and the limiting head extends into the limiting seat 160 and is connected to the stop grooves.

Preferably, the stopper slides on the stopper groove when the vertical rod 320 is swung, the stopper groove can lock the vertical rod 320, so that the vertical rod 320 is located at a specific stopper, and the stopper can be configured as a bullet structure, so that the vertical rod 320 can be accurately stopped and the vertical rod 320 can be kept at the stopper.

As shown in fig. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6, in addition to the above embodiments, the present invention further includes a key assembly 600 disposed at the second mounting position 140 and electrically connected to the circuit board 400.

Preferably, the shifter has a key assembly 600 in addition to the lever assembly, so that signals can be input to the circuit board 400 through the keys, and this structure can simplify the structure of the handball, so that the circuit board 400 does not need to be installed in the handball, but the gear shifting function and the button function are controlled by the circuit board 400 of the second installation position 140 in a unified manner.

In actual structure, this electronic gear shifter can adopt ordinary handball, need not to set up button and circuit board 400 in the handball, reduction cost that like this can be very big and reduce the volume of handball to whole electronic gear shifter only needs a circuit board 400 just can realize control function.

As shown in fig. 1 and 6, in addition to the above embodiments, the present invention further includes a panel 700, where the panel 700 is connected to the mounting base 100 and covers the first mounting position 130 and the second mounting position 140. Preferably, panel 700 covers mount 100, and key assembly 600 protrudes from panel 700.

It should be noted that all the directional indicators (such as up, down, left, right, front, and rear … …) in the embodiment of the present invention are only used to explain the relative position relationship between the components, the movement situation, etc. in a specific posture (as shown in the drawing), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indicator is changed accordingly.

Moreover, descriptions of the present invention as relating to "first," "second," "a," etc. are for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicit ly indicating a number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the terms "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly, and for example, "secured" may be a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral part; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or they may be connected internally or in any other suitable relationship, unless expressly stated otherwise. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

In addition, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention may be combined with each other, but it must be based on the realization of those skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, such a combination of technical solutions should not be considered to exist, and is not within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An electronic shifter assembly, comprising:

a first hinge base disposed at the first mounting location;

2. An electronic shifter assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein: the holding cavity is communicated with the working cavity, the operating rod assembly comprises a cross rod and a vertical rod, the vertical rod is connected with the first hinged seat, one end of the cross rod is connected with the vertical rod, and the other end of the cross rod is connected with the connecting rod assembly in a linkage mode.

3. An electronic shifter assembly as set forth in claim 2 wherein: the linkage assembly comprises a second hinged seat and a linkage rod, the second hinged seat is fixedly connected with the sensing part, the linkage rod is hinged to the second hinged seat, and the cross rod is connected with the linkage rod in a linkage mode.

4. An electronic shifter assembly as set forth in claim 3 wherein: the linkage rod is provided with a linkage groove, the end part of the cross rod is provided with a linkage head, and the linkage head is arranged in the linkage groove so that the cross rod drives the linkage rod to move.

5. An electronic shifter assembly as set forth in claim 4 wherein: the linkage rod is provided with the bulb, the articulated seat of second is provided with the bulb groove, what the bulb was mobilizable sets up the bulb inslot.

6. An electronic shifter assembly as set forth in claim 5 wherein: the linkage rod is further provided with a limiting rod, the limiting rod is connected with the ball head, the second hinging seat is further provided with a limiting groove, the limiting groove is communicated with the ball head groove, and the limiting rod is arranged in the limiting groove.

7. An electronic shifter assembly as set forth in claim 5 or 6 wherein: the bulb is provided with a magnetic steel, the induction part is provided with a Hall element, and the magnetic steel is close to the Hall element.

8. An electronic shifter assembly as set forth in claim 2 wherein: the containing cavity is internally provided with a limiting seat, the limiting seat is provided with a plurality of baffle grooves, the tail end of the vertical rod is provided with a limiting head, and the limiting head stretches into the limiting seat and is connected with the baffle grooves.

9. An electronic shifter assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein: the button assembly is arranged at the second mounting position and is electrically connected with the circuit board.

10. An electronic shifter assembly as set forth in claim 9 wherein: the panel is connected with the mounting seat and covers the first mounting position and the second mounting position.