CN210047446U

CN210047446U - Door glass cleaning device, door assembly and vehicle

Info

Publication number: CN210047446U
Application number: CN201920274578.4U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 康凯
Original assignee: BAIC Motor Co Ltd
Current assignee: BAIC Motor Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-03-04
Filing date: 2019-03-04
Publication date: 2020-02-11
Anticipated expiration: 2029-03-04

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a door glass cleaning device, a door assembly and a vehicle. The vehicle door glass cleaning device comprises a scraping and brushing piece, a cleaning piece and a cleaning mechanism, wherein the scraping and brushing piece is provided with a scraping and brushing part which is contacted with the outer surface of the vehicle door glass; the driving mechanism drives the scraping and brushing part to reciprocate between a first position and a second position; in the first position, the wiper member serves as at least a portion of an outer wiper of the door glass, and an area swept by the wiper portion when the wiper member is moved between the first position and the second position covers at least a field of view of the door glass. Through above-mentioned technical scheme, this open door glass cleaning device that provides can influence the problem that the driver observed outside rear-view mirror sight when there is the aqueous vapor in door glass's field of vision district under the condition that does not influence the outward appearance and arouse the wind noise problem.

Description

Door glass cleaning device, door assembly and vehicle

Technical Field

The disclosure relates to the technical field of vehicle body structures, in particular to a vehicle door glass cleaning device, a vehicle door assembly and a vehicle.

Background

With the rapid development of social economy, automobiles become common daily necessities of the public, and the requirements of people on the comfort and the safety of the automobiles are more and more strict. How to get a good outside rear view in bad weather conditions has been a problem for drivers.

When a driver observes the outside rear view of the vehicle, the driver mainly observes the road condition behind the vehicle from the outside rear-view mirror through the door glass. When the automobile is in rainy days, rainwater is reserved on the outer side of the automobile door glass, or when cold wind is started in an automobile in the weather with high humidity, fog is condensed on the outer side of the automobile door glass, the sight of a driver can be shielded, and danger is easy to occur. If the additional windscreen wiper is arranged on the door glass, the appearance is influenced, and wind noise phenomenon is generated during high-speed driving.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

A first object of the present disclosure is to provide a door glass cleaning device to solve the problem of influencing the driver's view of an exterior mirror when moisture is present in the field of view of a door glass without affecting the appearance and causing wind noise.

A second object of the present disclosure is to provide a vehicle door assembly including the vehicle door glass cleaning device provided by the present disclosure.

It is a third object of the present disclosure to provide a vehicle including a door assembly provided by the present disclosure.

In order to achieve the above object, the present disclosure provides a door glass cleaning device including: a wiper member having a wiper portion contacting an outer surface of the door glass; and a driving mechanism for driving the scraping brush piece to reciprocate between a first position and a second position, wherein in the first position, the scraping brush piece is used as at least one part of the external water cut of the vehicle door glass; wherein the wiper portion sweeps an area that covers at least a field of view of the door glass when the wiper member moves between the first position and the second position.

Optionally, the vehicle door glass cleaning device further comprises a scraping and brushing arm, and the scraping and brushing piece is connected with the driving mechanism through the scraping and brushing arm.

Optionally, the wiper arm includes a curved section that is curved toward the door glass so that the wiper member can abut on the door glass.

Optionally, at least the curved section of the wiper arm is resilient to provide an abutment force for the wiper member towards the door glass.

Optionally, the wiper arm is connected to the drive mechanism by a transmission structure such that the wiper member moves in a translational manner between the first and second positions.

Optionally, the actuating mechanism structure is the motor, drive structure includes the driving wheel group, the driving wheel group includes the action wheel and follows the driving wheel, the action wheel with the output fixed connection of motor, the action wheel with follow the centre gripping and be in scrape the both sides of brushing the arm, and respectively with scrape brush arm frictional contact, with through the static frictional force drive scrape the motion of brushing the arm.

Optionally, the door glass cleaning device includes a guide structure to guide movement of the wiper arm between the first position and the second position.

Optionally, the guide structure is configured with a guide channel rail in which the wiper element is slidably arranged.

On the basis of the technical scheme, the present disclosure further provides a vehicle door assembly, which includes an outer wiper and the vehicle door glass cleaning device, wherein the outer wiper includes the wiping part and a fixed wiper, and when the wiping part is located at the first position, the wiping part is in sealing engagement with the adjacent fixed wiper.

In addition, this disclosure still provides a vehicle, includes above-mentioned door assembly.

Through above-mentioned technical scheme, this open door glass cleaning device who provides scrapes brush spare reciprocating motion between primary importance and second place through the actuating mechanism drive, can make a round trip to scrape the surface in door glass's field of vision district to influence the material that the driver observed outside rear-view mirror sight such as aqueous vapor and the dust in the clearance door glass outside, make the driver can observe the condition at vehicle rear clearly, be of value to and improve driving safety. And when the wiper is held in the first position, it acts as at least a part of the outer water cut of the door glass, in which case there are no additional parts on the outside of the door glass, i.e. there is no aesthetic impact, nor wind noise. The door assembly and the vehicle provided by the present disclosure include the door glass cleaning device, and therefore, have the same characteristics, and are not repeated here to avoid redundancy.

Additional features and advantages of the disclosure will be set forth in the detailed description which follows.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the disclosure and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the disclosure and together with the description serve to explain the disclosure without limiting the disclosure. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a vehicle door glass cleaning device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of a door assembly according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, showing a squeegee member in a second position in a glass cleaning apparatus.

Fig. 3 is a schematic sectional view taken along line a-a in fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a schematic view of a visual field when a driver views an exterior mirror.

Description of the reference numerals

11 scraping part of scraping component 111

12 fixed water is cut 2 and is scraped brush arm

21 bending section and 22 transmission section

3 driving mechanism 4 transmission structure

41 primary wheel and 42 secondary wheel

5 guide structure 6 door glass

7 outer rearview mirror

Detailed Description

The following detailed description of specific embodiments of the present disclosure is provided in connection with the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating the present disclosure, are given by way of illustration and explanation only, not limitation.

In the present disclosure, unless otherwise stated, terms of orientation such as "up, down, front, and rear" are used to define the direction of the vehicle body, specifically, the direction of the vehicle head is front, the direction of the vehicle tail is rear, the direction of the vehicle roof is up, and the direction of the vehicle bottom is down. "inner" and "outer" refer to the inner and outer contours of the respective component itself. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated.

The present disclosure provides a door glass cleaning device, one of which is shown in fig. 1, such a door glass cleaning device is shown in a use state in fig. 2, and a schematic cross-sectional view of such a door glass cleaning device is shown in fig. 3. Referring to fig. 1, the door glass cleaning apparatus includes: a wiper 11 having a wiper portion 111 that contacts the outer surface of the door glass 6; and a drive mechanism 3 for driving the wiping member 11 to reciprocate between a first position and a second position; wherein in the first position the wiping part 11 serves as at least a part of the outer trim of the door glass 6, wherein the area swept by the wiping part 111 when the wiping part 11 is moved between the first position and the second position covers at least the field of view S of the door glass 6. Here, the field of view S of the door glass 6 referred to in the present disclosure refers to a region where a driver can see the door glass 6 of the exterior mirror 7 while sitting in the cab, as shown in fig. 4.

Through above-mentioned technical scheme, this open door glass cleaning device who provides scrapes brush 11 reciprocating motion between primary importance and second place through the drive of actuating mechanism 3 drive, can make a round trip to scrape the surface of the field of vision district S of door glass 6 to influence the material that the driver observed 7 sightlines of outside rear-view mirror is influenced such as aqueous vapor and dust in clearance door glass 6 outside, makes the driver can clearly observe the condition at vehicle rear, is of value to improving driving safety. While the wiping member 11, when it is held in the first position, serves as at least part of the outer water cut of the door glass 6, in which case there are no additional parts on the outside of the door glass 6, i.e. it does not affect the aesthetic appearance nor cause wind noise.

In the embodiments provided in the present disclosure, the movement pattern of the scraping element 11 may be set according to the requirement, for example, it may be a vertical translation, a vertical swing around a certain point, or a combination of a horizontal translation and a swing, etc.

Generally, the drive mechanism 3 is provided in the vehicle door, for example, between the outer panel of the vehicle door and the inner panel of the vehicle door, and the wiping member 1 is located outside the vehicle door, and therefore, in order to achieve the connection between the drive mechanism 3 and the wiping member 11, the vehicle door glass cleaning apparatus may further include a wiping arm 2, and as shown in fig. 1 and 3, the wiping member 11 is connected to the drive mechanism 3 through the wiping arm 2 so that the drive mechanism 3 and the wiping member 11 can be disposed at a certain distance interval, and the drive of the wiping member 11 can be achieved by means of the wiping arm 2.

In order to enable the wiping part 11 to move against the outer surface of the door glass 6 in order to wipe off moisture and the like from the door glass 6, the wiping arm 2 may comprise a curved section 21, which curved section 21 is curved towards the door glass 6 in order to enable the wiping part 11 to abut against the door glass 6, as shown in fig. 1.

In order to increase the scraping strength of the scraping brush 11, so that the scraping brush 11 can move closely to the outer surface of the door glass 6, it is desirable that at least the curved section 21 of the scraping brush arm 2 has elasticity to provide the scraping brush 11 with a resisting force toward the door glass 6. The magnitude of the abutting force may be kept constant or may start to increase when the wiping member 11 leaves the first position, for example, as shown in fig. 3, when the wiping member 11 is driven by the driving mechanism 3 (not shown in fig. 3) to move upward, due to the elasticity of at least the bent section 21 of the wiping arm 2 toward the wiping arm 2 of the door glass 6, the wiping arm 2 is elastically deformed under the support of the door glass 6, the restoring force of the elastic deformation causes the wiping member 11 disposed at one end of the wiping arm 2 to abut against the door glass 6, and when the wiping member 11 slides relative to the door glass 6, a large frictional force exists between the two, so as to wipe off moisture and other substances on the door glass 6.

In the specific embodiment provided in the present disclosure, the driving mechanism 3 may be configured in any suitable manner, for example, as a motor, a cylinder, an oil cylinder, etc., and the wiper arm 2 may be connected to the driving mechanism 3 via the transmission mechanism 4 in order to drive the wiper member 11.

In one embodiment provided by the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 1 and 3, the driving mechanism 3 is configured as a motor, the transmission structure 4 includes a driving wheel set, the driving wheel set includes a driving wheel 41 and a driven wheel 42, the driving wheel 41 is fixedly connected with an output end of the motor, the driving wheel 41 and the driven wheel 42 are clamped at two sides of the wiping arm 2 and are respectively in frictional contact with the wiping arm 2 to drive the wiping arm 2 to move through static friction force.

When the motor rotates, the driving wheel 41 is driven to rotate, and the wiping arm 2 can be driven to move up and down along with the static friction force existing when the wiping arm 2 is clamped between the driving wheel 41 and the driven wheel 42, so that the wiping part 11 is driven to move back and forth between the first position and the second position.

Wherein, the wiping arm 2 can comprise a transmission section 22 for cooperating with the transmission structure 4, the transmission section 22 is connected with the bending section 21, the bending section 21 is connected with the wiping part 11, and the transmission section 22 is clamped between the driving wheel 41 and the driven wheel 42.

Further, in order to restrict the moving locus of the wiper 11, the door glass cleaning device may include a guide structure 5 to guide the movement of the wiper arm 2 between the first position and the second position. In the embodiments provided by the present disclosure, the guide structure 5 may be configured in any suitable manner to constrain the direction of movement of the wiper arm 2, thereby guiding the wiper arm 2 to move in a translational motion in a predetermined direction (e.g., up and down). Alternatively, as in the embodiment shown in fig. 1, the guide structure 5 may be configured with a guide track in which the wiping part 11 is slidably arranged.

In addition, in order to enable a smooth movement of the wiping member 11, a plurality of the above-mentioned wiping arms 2 may be provided, for example two wiping arms 2 and, correspondingly, two guide structures 5 may be provided as shown in fig. 1 and 2.

On the basis of the technical scheme, the vehicle door assembly comprises the outer water cutter and the vehicle door glass cleaning device, wherein the outer water cutter comprises a scraping brush piece 11 and a fixed water cutter 12, and when the scraping brush piece 11 is located at the first position (the position of a dotted line in fig. 2), the scraping brush piece 11 is in sealing engagement with the adjacent fixed water cutter 12, as shown in fig. 2.

Since the field of view occupies only a small portion of the entire door glass, the wiping member 11 in the door glass cleaning device of the present disclosure does not need to be set as long as the outside water, but instead, the length of the wiping member 11 may be set according to the field of view S of the door glass 6, thereby enabling a minimum modification of the vehicle body itself.

When the wiping part 11 leaves the first position, a certain gap is formed between the door glass 6 and the door outer panel, and in order to prevent rainwater, dust and other substances from entering the door through the gap, a sealing structure may be provided at the gap, for example, a sealing rubber strip may be provided between the lower part of the door glass 6 and the door outer panel; it is of course also possible to design the wiping part 11 in such a way that the wiping part 11 in the first position forms an outer undercut of the corresponding part together with a seal which provides a seal between the door glass 6 and the outer door panel, whereby the aforementioned gap is no longer produced when the wiping part 11 leaves the first position.

In addition, the present disclosure also provides a vehicle including the door assembly. The vehicle has all the advantages of the vehicle door assembly, and the description is omitted.

The preferred embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, however, the present disclosure is not limited to the specific details of the above embodiments, and various simple modifications may be made to the technical solution of the present disclosure within the technical idea of the present disclosure, and these simple modifications all belong to the protection scope of the present disclosure.

It should be noted that the various features described in the above embodiments may be combined in any suitable manner without departing from the scope of the invention. In order to avoid unnecessary repetition, various possible combinations will not be separately described in this disclosure.

In addition, any combination of various embodiments of the present disclosure may be made, and the same should be considered as the disclosure of the present disclosure, as long as it does not depart from the spirit of the present disclosure.

Claims

1. A door glass cleaning device, comprising:

a wiper (11) having a wiper portion (111) that contacts the outer surface of the door glass (6); and

the driving mechanism (3) drives the scraping and brushing part (11) to reciprocate between a first position and a second position;

wherein in the first position the wiping part (11) serves as at least a part of an outer water cut of the door glass (6),

wherein the area swept by the wiping part (111) when the wiping member (11) moves between the first position and the second position covers at least a field of view (S) of the door glass (6).

2. The door glass cleaning device according to claim 1, further comprising a wiper arm (2), wherein the wiper member (11) is connected to the drive mechanism (3) through the wiper arm (2).

3. A door glass cleaning device according to claim 2, characterized in that the wiper arm (2) comprises a curved section (21), which curved section (21) is curved towards the door glass (6) to enable the wiper member (11) to abut on the door glass (6).

4. A door glass cleaning device according to claim 3, characterized in that at least the curved section (21) of the wiper arm (2) is resilient to provide the wiper member (11) with an urging force towards the door glass (6).

5. A door glass cleaning device according to claim 2, characterized in that the wiper arm (2) is connected to the drive mechanism (3) by a transmission (4) such that the wiper member (11) is moved in a translatory manner between the first position and the second position.

6. A vehicle door glass cleaning device according to claim 5, characterized in that the driving mechanism (3) is configured as an electric motor, the transmission structure (4) comprises a driving wheel set, the driving wheel set comprises a driving wheel (41) and a driven wheel (42), the driving wheel (41) is fixedly connected with the output end of the electric motor, the driving wheel (41) and the driven wheel (42) are clamped at two sides of the wiping arm (2) and are respectively in friction contact with the wiping arm (2) so as to drive the wiping arm (2) to move through static friction force.

7. A door glass cleaning device according to claim 2, characterized in that it comprises a guide structure (5) to guide the movement of the wiper arm (2) between the first and second positions.

8. A door glass cleaning device according to claim 7, characterized in that the guide structure (5) is configured with a guide groove rail in which the wiping part (11) is slidably arranged.

9. A door assembly, characterized in that it comprises an outer wiper and a door glass cleaning device according to any of claims 1 to 8, wherein the outer wiper comprises the wiping member (11) and a stationary wiper (12), the wiping member (11) being in sealing engagement with the adjacent stationary wiper (12) when the wiping member (11) is in the first position.

10. A vehicle comprising the door assembly of claim 9.