CN117621774A

CN117621774A - Air outlet airflow control mechanism and vehicle

Info

Publication number: CN117621774A
Application number: CN202211028211.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李光忠
Original assignee: Huiyu Automobile System Taicang Co ltd
Current assignee: Huiyu Automobile System Taicang Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-08-18
Filing date: 2022-08-25
Publication date: 2024-03-01

Abstract

The invention discloses an air outlet air flow control mechanism and a vehicle, comprising: the first channel, the second channel and the third channel are respectively connected with the first channel; a rotatable guide plate is arranged in the first channel; a second air door and a third air door which can be opened or closed in a rotatable way are respectively arranged in the second channel and the third channel; a drive disk is configured to control the deflector, the second damper and the third damper to rotate; the drive disk is configured such that the second damper and the third damper are stationary when the baffle rotates; the drive disk is configured such that the baffle is stationary when the second damper and/or the third damper are rotated. The invention can realize multiple functions of air flow cutting, up-down blowing angle adjustment and up-down blowing by using at least one actuator, reduces the number of the actuators, reduces the cost and saves the occupied space.

Description

Air outlet airflow control mechanism and vehicle

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of vehicles, in particular to an air outlet air flow control mechanism and a vehicle with the same.

Background

Along with the development trend of intelligent and electric control of automobiles, the blowing direction of an air outlet of the automobiles is changed from the past to the present electric control and voice control depending on manual operation. This is all that is required to drive the motor, one motor is required for each operation action in the current mainstream market. The air flow cuts off one motor, so that a vehicle is driven by at least 12 motors, which leads to an increase in cost. And more space is required, so that a plurality of difficulties are brought to structural design, and in many cases, the scheme of the electric air outlet has to be abandoned due to space.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, the present invention is directed to an air outlet air flow control mechanism and a vehicle with the same, so as to achieve the functions of controlling the cutting off of the air flow, adjusting the vertical blowing angle, and sweeping the air up and down by only one actuator as few as possible.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the technical scheme adopted by the invention is as follows:

an air outlet airflow control mechanism, comprising: a first channel, a second channel and a third channel, wherein the second channel and the third channel are respectively connected with the first channel;

a rotatable guide plate is arranged in the first channel;

a second air door and a third air door which can be opened or closed in a rotatable way are respectively arranged in the second channel and the third channel;

a drive disk configured to control rotation of the baffle, the second damper, and the third damper;

the drive disk is configured such that the second damper and the third damper are stationary when the baffle rotates;

the drive disk is configured such that the baffle is stationary when the second damper and/or the third damper are rotated.

The air outlet air flow control mechanism, wherein: the baffle is rotatably connected to a middle portion of the first passage, and the baffle is configured to rotatably shield an upper portion or a lower portion of the first passage.

The air outlet air flow control mechanism, wherein the air outlet air flow control mechanism is operable in a first position, a second position and a third position;

when in the first position, the deflector shields one of an upper portion or a lower portion of the first passage, the second damper closes the second passage, and the third damper closes the third passage;

when in the second position, the deflector shields one of an upper portion or a lower portion of the first passage, the second damper opens the second passage, and the third damper opens the third passage;

when in the third position, the deflector shields the other of the upper or lower portion of the first passage, the second damper opens the second passage, and the third damper opens the third passage.

The air outlet air flow control mechanism, wherein the guide plate is static, and the second air door and the third air door continuously rotate during the period that the air outlet air flow control mechanism moves from the first position to the second position;

the baffle continuously rotates during operation of the outlet airflow control mechanism from the second position to the third position, the second damper and the third damper being stationary.

The air outlet airflow control mechanism, wherein the driving disc is configured to:

when the driving disc rotates towards a first direction, the air outlet airflow control mechanism sequentially moves from the first position to the second position to the third position;

when the driving disc rotates towards a second direction opposite to the first direction, the air outlet airflow control mechanism sequentially moves from the third position to the second position to the first position.

The air outlet air flow control mechanism, wherein:

the baffle includes: the device comprises a guide plate shaft, a guide plate panel arranged on the guide plate shaft, a guide plate sliding block, and a guide plate swing arm, wherein one end of the guide plate swing arm is connected with the guide plate sliding block, and the other end of the guide plate swing arm is connected with the guide plate shaft;

the second damper includes: the second shaft, a second air door panel, a second sliding block and a second swing arm, wherein the second air door panel, the second sliding block and the second swing arm are arranged on the second shaft, one end of the second swing arm is connected with the second sliding block, and the other end of the second swing arm is connected with the second shaft;

the third damper includes: the three-dimensional air door comprises a third shaft, a third air door panel arranged on the third shaft, a third sliding block and a third swing arm, wherein one end of the third swing arm is connected with the third sliding block, and the other end of the third swing arm is connected with the third shaft.

The air outlet airflow control mechanism further comprises: the first channel, the second channel and the third channel are all positioned in the shell;

the first channel is positioned on one side of the shell, the second channel and the third channel are positioned on the other side of the shell, and the second channel is positioned above the third channel;

the deflector shaft, the second shaft and the third shaft are rotatably fixed relative to the housing.

The air outlet airflow control mechanism comprises a guide plate shaft, a second shaft and a third shaft, wherein the two ends of the guide plate shaft, the two ends of the second shaft and the two ends of the third shaft are respectively arranged in three pairs of shaft holes on the shell.

The air outlet airflow control mechanism comprises a driving disc, wherein the driving disc rotates around the rotation center of the driving disc, a first track groove, a second track groove and a third track groove which are mutually independent are formed in the driving disc, a guide plate shaft is matched with the first track groove, a second shaft is matched with the second track groove, and the third shaft is matched with the third track groove.

The air outlet airflow control mechanism comprises a first track groove, wherein the first track groove is provided with a section A and a section B along a first direction, the distances from the section A to the rotation center are equal, and the distances from the section B to the rotation center are gradually reduced;

the second track groove is provided with a section D and a section E along a first direction, the distance from the section D to the rotation center is gradually reduced, and the distance from the section E to the rotation center is equal;

the third track groove is provided with an F section and a G section along the first direction, the distance from the F section to the rotation center is gradually reduced, and the distance from the G section to the rotation center is equal.

Specifically, the section A of the first track groove is a stationary section, and the section B of the first track groove is an actuating section.

Specifically, the section D of the second track groove is an actuating section, and the section E of the first track groove is a stationary section.

Specifically, the F segment of the third track groove is an actuating segment, and the G segment of the first track groove is a stationary segment.

It should be noted that in some preferred embodiments, sections a and B are arranged in series, sections D and E are arranged in series, and sections F and G are arranged in series.

It should be noted that in some possible embodiments, the first track groove does not have only sections a and B, and similarly, the second track groove does not have only sections D and E, and the third track groove does not have only sections F and G.

Please see the following three examples:

the air outlet airflow control mechanism comprises a first track groove, wherein the first track groove is further provided with an X0 section along a first direction, the X0 section, the A section and the B section are sequentially arranged, and the distances from the X0 section to the rotating center are equal.

The air outlet airflow control mechanism comprises a second track groove, wherein the second track groove is further provided with an X1 section along the first direction, the X1 section, the D section and the E section are sequentially arranged, and the distances from the X1 section to the rotation center are equal.

The air outlet airflow control mechanism comprises a third track groove, wherein the third track groove is further provided with an X2 section along the first direction, the X2 section, the F section and the G section are sequentially arranged, and the distances from the X2 section to the rotation center are equal.

In other embodiments, the A section, the B section and the X0 section can be set at one time; the section D, the section E and the section X1 are sequentially arranged; and the section F, the section G and the section X2 are sequentially arranged.

A vehicle comprising the air outlet airflow control mechanism of any one of the above.

The invention adopts the technology, so that compared with the prior art, the invention has the positive effects that:

(1) The invention can realize multiple functions of air flow cutting, up-down blowing angle adjustment and up-down wind sweeping by using as few actuators as possible, reduces the number of the actuators, reduces the cost and saves the occupied space.

(2) The invention can realize multiple functions of air flow cutting, up-down blowing angle adjustment and up-down blowing by using at least one actuator, reduces the number of the actuators, reduces the cost and saves the occupied space.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is an exploded view of an air outlet flow control mechanism of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a drive plate of the air outlet flow control mechanism of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the air outlet flow control mechanism of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an air outlet flow control mechanism of the present invention

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a first state of the air outlet flow control mechanism of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a first perspective view of the outlet airflow control mechanism of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a first sectional view of the outlet air flow control mechanism of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a second perspective view of the outlet airflow control mechanism of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a second perspective view of the outlet airflow control mechanism of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a second sectional view of the outlet air flow control mechanism of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a third perspective view of the outlet airflow control mechanism of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of a third state of the outlet airflow control mechanism of the present invention;

FIG. 13 is a third state cross-sectional view of the air outlet flow control mechanism of the present invention;

FIG. 14 is a schematic view of a first track slot of the air outlet flow control mechanism of the present invention;

FIG. 15 is a schematic view of a second track groove of the air outlet flow control mechanism of the present invention;

FIG. 16 is a schematic view of a third trajectory slot of the air outlet airflow control mechanism of the present invention.

In the accompanying drawings: 1. a first channel; 11. a deflector; 12. a deflector shaft; 13. a deflector panel; 14. a deflector slide block; 15. swing arm of deflector; 2. a second channel; 21. a second damper; 22. a second shaft; 23. a second damper panel; 24. a second slider; 25. a second swing arm; 3. a third channel; 31. a third damper; 32. a third shaft; 33. a third damper panel; 34. a third slider; 35. a third swing arm; 4. a drive plate; 41. a first track groove; 42. a second track groove; 43. a third track groove; 5. a housing; 51. a first housing member; 52. a second housing member; 521. an upper inclined plate; 522. and a lower inclined plate.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present invention will be made apparent and fully in view of the accompanying drawings, in which some, but not all embodiments of the invention are shown. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the invention without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "upper," "lower," "left," "right," "inner," "outer," "front," "rear," "transverse," "vertical," and the like are used for convenience in describing the present invention based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and do not denote or imply that the device or element to be referred to must have a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1 to 16, an air outlet airflow control mechanism of a preferred embodiment is shown, which includes: a first channel 1, a second channel 2 and a third channel 3, wherein the second channel 2 and the third channel 3 are respectively connected with the first channel 1; a rotatable deflector 11 is arranged in the first channel 1;

the second passage 2 and the third passage 3 are respectively provided with a second damper 21 and a third damper 31 which are rotatably opened or closed; the driving disk 4 is configured to control the deflector 11, the second damper 21, and the third damper 31 to rotate; the drive disk 4 is configured such that when the baffle 11 rotates, the second damper 21 and the third damper 31 are stationary; the drive disk 4 is configured such that the baffle 11 is stationary when the second damper 21 and/or the third damper 31 are rotated.

In this embodiment, the above-described "the baffle 11 rotates" and "the second damper 21 and/or the third damper 31 rotates" may be continuous rotation, intermittent rotation, or incomplete continuous rotation, as long as it can achieve rotation.

More specifically, the drive disk 4 is configured such that the second damper 21 and the third damper 31 maintain the current state when the baffle 11 is actuated; the baffle 11 maintains the current state when the second damper 21 and/or the third damper 31 are actuated.

In a preferred embodiment, the second damper 21 and the third damper 31 may or may not be operated synchronously.

In other words, it is also understood that the baffle 11 is stationary when the second damper 21 is actuated; when the third damper 31 is actuated; the baffle 11 is stationary and when the second damper 21 and the third damper 31 are simultaneously operated, the baffle 11 is also stationary.

It is foreseen that while the invention is preferably applicable to the air outlet of a vehicle, preferably to a gas, it is obviously applicable to fluids other than gas.

Further, as a preferred embodiment, the baffle 11 is rotatably connected to the middle portion of the first passage 1, and the baffle 11 is configured to rotatably shield the upper portion or the lower portion of the first passage 11. It should be noted that the above-described shielding is not equivalent to sealing, and in a preferred embodiment the baffle 11 is operable to seal an upper or lower portion of the first channel 11, while in another preferred embodiment the baffle 11 does not function as a seal, but as a flow guide for the fluid.

Further, as a preferred embodiment, the outlet airflow control mechanism is operable in a first position, a second position and a third position;

when in the first position, the baffle 11 shields one of the upper or lower portions of the first passage 1, the second damper 21 closes the second passage 2, and the third damper 31 closes the third passage 3;

when in the second position, the baffle 11 shields one of the upper or lower portions of the first passage 1, the second damper 21 opens the second passage 2, and the third damper 31 opens the third passage 3;

when in the third position, the baffle 11 shields the other of the upper or lower portion of the first passage 1, the second damper 21 opens the second passage 2, and the third damper 31 opens the third passage 3.

In the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 5 to 13, the baffle 1 shields the lower portion of the first passage 1 when in the first position and the second position, and shields the upper portion of the first passage 1 when in the third position.

Further, as a preferred embodiment, the baffle 11 is stationary, and the second damper 21 and the third damper 31 are continuously rotated during operation of the outlet airflow control mechanism from the first position to the second position.

Further, as a preferred embodiment, the baffle 11 rotates continuously during operation of the outlet airflow control mechanism from the second position to the third position, with the second 21 and third 31 dampers stationary.

Obviously, the first position, the second position and the third position described above may also be arranged in the reverse order.

Further, as a preferred embodiment, the drive disk 4 is configured to:

when the driving disc 4 rotates towards the first direction, the air outlet airflow control mechanism sequentially moves from the first position to the second position to the third position;

when the driving disk 4 rotates in a second direction opposite to the first direction, the air outlet airflow control mechanism sequentially moves from the third position to the second position to the first position.

In this embodiment, referring to fig. 5 to 13, when the driving disc 4 rotates counterclockwise, the air flow control mechanism of the air outlet sequentially moves from the first position, the second position to the third position; when the driving disk 4 rotates clockwise, the air outlet air flow control mechanism sequentially moves from the third position to the second position to the first position.

The foregoing description is only of the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not intended to limit the embodiments and the protection scope of the present invention.

The present invention has the following embodiments based on the above description:

in a further embodiment of the present invention, the baffle 11 includes: the baffle shaft 12, a baffle panel 13 arranged on the baffle shaft 12, a baffle slide block 14, and a baffle swing arm 15 with one end connected with the baffle slide block 14 and the other end connected with the baffle shaft 12.

In a further embodiment of the present invention, the second damper 21 includes: the second shaft 22, a second air door panel 23 arranged on the second shaft 22, a second sliding block 24, and a second swing arm 25 with one end connected with the second sliding block 24 and the other end connected with the second shaft 22.

In a further embodiment of the present invention, the third damper 31 includes: the third shaft 32, a third damper panel 33 provided on the third shaft 32, a third slider 34, and a third swing arm 35 having one end connected to the third slider 34 and the other end connected to the third shaft 32.

In a further embodiment of the present invention, further comprising: the shell 5, the first channel 1, the second channel 2 and the third channel 3 are all positioned in the shell 5.

In a further embodiment of the invention, the first channel 1 is located on one side of the housing 5, the second channel 2 and the third channel 3 are located on the other side of the housing 5, and the second channel is located above the third channel.

In a further embodiment of the invention, the deflector shaft 12, the second shaft 22 and the third shaft 32 are rotatably fixedly arranged relative to the housing 5. That is, the deflector shaft 12, the second shaft 22, and the third shaft 32 are rotatable relative to the housing 5 without changing their positions relative to the housing 5.

In a further embodiment of the invention, the housing 5 comprises at least a first housing part 51 and a second housing part 52.

In a further embodiment of the invention, the first housing part 51 is provided with open ends, having a first end with a larger diameter in the up-down direction and a second end with a smaller diameter in the up-down direction.

In a further embodiment of the invention, at least a portion of the second housing part 52 is provided inside the first housing part 51. Specifically, at least a portion of the second housing member 52 is disposed within the first end of the first housing member, thereby separating the first end of the first housing member into a first space, i.e., the second channel 2, and a second space, i.e., the third channel 3, in communication with the second end of the first housing member.

In a further embodiment of the invention, the second housing part 52 has an upper inclined plate 521 and a lower inclined plate 522 connected to each other, the second damper 21 is operatively engaged with the upper inclined plate 521 to open the second passage 2, and the third damper 31 is operatively engaged with the lower inclined plate 522 to open the third passage 3.

In a further embodiment of the invention, the second damper 21 is operatively engaged with the inner wall of the first housing member 51 to close the second passageway 2, and the third damper 31 is operatively engaged with the inner wall of the first housing member 51 to close the third passageway 3.

In a further embodiment of the invention, the second housing part 52 divides the first housing part 51 to form a transverse "Y" shaped duct comprising the first, second and third channels 1, 2, 3 described above.

In a further embodiment of the invention, the driving disc 4 rotates around the rotation center, a first track groove 41, a second track groove 42 and a third track groove 43 which are mutually independent are formed on the driving disc 4, the deflector shaft 12 is matched with the first track groove 41, the second shaft 22 is matched with the second track groove 42, and the third shaft 32 is matched with the third track groove 43.

In the present embodiment, the driving disk 4 can drive the rotation of the three blades (i.e., the baffle 11, the second damper 21, and the third damper 31) by the cooperation of the track grooves and the sliders.

In a preferred embodiment, only one drive disc 4 is included, which drive disc 4 is actuated by a single drive, e.g. a motor, by means of which drive disc 4 the rotation of the three blades can be controlled.

In another preferred embodiment, two symmetrically arranged drive discs 4 may be provided, each drive disc 4 being actuated by one drive, the rotation of three blades being controlled by two drives and two drive discs 4, in order to have synchronized driving forces at both ends of the blades. Although two drives are used in this solution, it is still better to provide one drive per blade.

In another possible embodiment, in order to have synchronous driving forces at both ends of the blade, two symmetrically arranged driving discs 4 may be provided, both driving discs 4 being actuated by the same driver, e.g. one driving disc 4 is directly actuated by the one driver and the other driving disc 4 is indirectly actuated by the one driver via a transmission assembly.

In a further embodiment of the present invention, the first track groove 41 is provided with a section a and a section B along the first direction, wherein the distance from the section a to the rotation center is equal, and the distance from the section B to the rotation center is gradually reduced.

In a further embodiment of the present invention, the second track groove 42 is provided with a D segment and an E segment along the first direction, the distance from the D segment to the rotation center is gradually reduced, and the distance from the E segment to the rotation center is equal.

In a further embodiment of the present invention, the third track groove 43 is provided with a segment F and a segment G in the first direction, the distance from the segment F to the rotation center gradually decreases, and the distance from the segment G to the rotation center is equal.

It should be noted that the drawings of the track grooves are only schematic, and the track grooves are not exactly arranged in the drawings.

In a further embodiment of the invention, a portion of the second track groove 42 is located outside the first track groove 41.

In a further embodiment of the invention, a portion of the third track groove 43 is located outside the second track groove 42.

In a further embodiment of the present invention, none of the first track groove 41, the second track groove 42 and the third track groove 43 communicate with each other.

In a further embodiment of the present invention, a vehicle is provided, which includes one or more of the above-described air outlet airflow control mechanisms.

The foregoing is merely illustrative of the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not intended to limit the embodiments and scope of the present invention, and it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that equivalent substitutions and obvious variations may be made using the description and illustrations of the present invention, and are intended to be included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An air outlet airflow control mechanism, comprising: a first channel, a second channel and a third channel, wherein the second channel and the third channel are respectively connected with the first channel;

a rotatable guide plate is arranged in the first channel;

2. The outlet airflow control mechanism of claim 1, wherein: the baffle is rotatably connected to a middle portion of the first passage, and the baffle is configured to rotatably shield an upper portion or a lower portion of the first passage.

3. The outlet air flow control mechanism of claim 2, wherein the outlet air flow control mechanism is operable in a first position, a second position, and a third position;

4. The outlet air flow control mechanism of claim 3, wherein the baffle is stationary during operation of the outlet air flow control mechanism from the first position to the second position, the second damper and the third damper continuously rotating;

5. The outlet airflow control mechanism of claim 3 or 4, wherein the drive plate is configured to:

6. The outlet airflow control mechanism of claim 1, wherein:

7. The outlet airflow control mechanism of claim 6 further comprising: the first channel, the second channel and the third channel are all positioned in the shell;

8. The air outlet flow control mechanism according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the driving disc rotates around a rotation center thereof, a first track groove, a second track groove and a third track groove which are mutually independent are formed on the driving disc, the deflector shaft is matched with the first track groove, the second shaft is matched with the second track groove, and the third shaft is matched with the third track groove.

9. The outlet airflow control mechanism according to claim 8, wherein the first track groove is provided with a section a and a section B along a first direction, the distance from the section a to the rotation center is equal, and the distance from the section B to the rotation center is gradually reduced;

10. A vehicle comprising the air outlet flow control mechanism according to any one of claims 1 to 10.