CN211181993U - Vehicle switch and vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a switch for a vehicle and a vehicle, wherein the switch for a vehicle includes a housing, an operation button, and an electrical connector, the housing having a length in an x-direction and including a cover and a base detachably connected together, the cover and the base defining an inner space for enclosing a PCB board together; the operating button penetrates through the cover shell on the front face of the shell and can move along the z direction; the base is in the side of shell constructs the interface that opening direction and z are perpendicular to, electrical connector sets up in the interface inserts and locates the PCB board. Through above-mentioned technical scheme, this automobile-used switch that openly provides can practice thrift z to the size in order to improve space utilization.

Description

Vehicle switch and vehicle

Technical Field

The disclosure relates to the technical field of automobile parts, in particular to an automobile switch and an automobile.

Background

A switch is an electronic component that can open a circuit, interrupt current, or cause current to flow to other circuits. Connectors, also called terminals and sockets, generally refer to electrical connectors for connecting two active devices to transmit current or signals.

The connector and the switch are elements which complete electrical connection and disconnection through certain mechanical actions and are generally connected in series in a circuit to realize transmission of signals and electric energy. The connector is generally molded on the switch body, and the current or signal is transmitted to another device through the wiring harness, that is, the switch is electrically connected and signal-interacted with the external equipment through the connector.

Generally, connectors are molded at the bottom of a switch, so that enough space needs to be reserved in the z direction of the bottom of the switch to arrange wiring harnesses and match male ends of the connectors, the traditional switch design is generally arranged in a mode that the connectors are straight (the z direction size needs at least 80mm) or the connectors are led out at right angles (the z direction size needs at least 30mm), but the switch cannot be used in a space with a smaller z direction size, and therefore a switch used in a smaller space is needed urgently.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the present disclosure is to provide a switch for a vehicle capable of saving a z-direction dimension to improve space utilization.

In order to achieve the above objects, the present disclosure provides a switch for a vehicle, wherein the switch for a vehicle includes a housing, an operation button, and an electrical connector, the housing having a length in an x-direction and including a cover and a base detachably connected together, the cover and the base defining an inner space for enclosing a PCB board; the operating button penetrates through the cover shell on the front face of the shell and can move along the z direction; the base is in the side of shell constructs the interface that opening direction and z are perpendicular to, electrical connector sets up in the interface inserts and locates the PCB board.

Optionally, the electrical connector comprises a base body, a connecting terminal and a wire transmission terminal, the connecting terminal extends from the base body along the z direction to be plugged with the PCB, and the wire transmission terminal extends from the base body along the direction perpendicular to the z direction towards the outer side of the plugging port to be connected with an external male end.

Optionally, the opening direction of the socket is y-direction.

Optionally, the housing is configured with a rib surrounding a portion of the interface, the rib extending co-directionally with the interface and being flush with at least an end face of the interface.

Optionally, a positioning structure is configured between the socket and the rib, and the positioning structure includes a positioning groove and a positioning protrusion that can be matched with each other, the positioning groove is disposed on one of the rib and the socket, and the positioning protrusion is disposed on the other of the rib and the socket.

Optionally, the positioning protrusion and the positioning groove both extend along the opening direction of the socket.

Optionally, the ribs are configured with diverter tabs projecting outwardly in the z-direction, and/or,

the socket is provided with a water draining groove at the opposite side of the splitter plate.

Optionally, a guide structure for guiding the outer male end is formed in the socket, which guide structure extends in the direction of the opening of the socket.

Optionally, the guide structure is configured as a strip-shaped groove.

On the basis of the technical scheme, the vehicle is further provided with a socket and the vehicle switch, and the vehicle switch can be inserted into the socket through the plug interface.

Through above-mentioned technical scheme, this switch for vehicle that openly provides is provided with the interface that matches with outside public end along the side of shell on the base, and the opening direction of this interface is perpendicular with the z to, and the electrical connector who will peg graft with the PCB board arranges in this interface. The electric connecting piece is arranged in a manner of laterally arranging the electric connecting piece in a direction vertical to the z direction, the electric connecting piece is divided into two parts along the z direction, the z-direction upper part of the electric connecting piece is positioned in the housing, the z-direction lower part of the electric connecting piece and the base extend to the outside of the housing together, the z-direction size of the vehicle switch provided by the disclosure can be saved through the laterally arranging manner of the electric connecting piece, the problem that the space of the vehicle switch in the z direction is insufficient is effectively solved, and the operation convenience is improved. The vehicle provided by the present disclosure includes the above-described vehicle switch, and therefore has the above-described advantages as well.

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 switch according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of a portion of a vehicle switch provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure, illustrating a housing provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of a portion of the vehicle switch provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure, with the cover and the PCB removed, showing the positional relationship of the electrical connector and the base;

FIG. 4 is a top view of FIG. 3;

fig. 5 is a schematic perspective view illustrating a base of a vehicle switch according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 is a bottom view of FIG. 5;

fig. 7 is another schematic perspective view of a base of a vehicle switch according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, in which an installation structure of an electrical connector in the base according to the embodiment of the present disclosure is shown.

Description of the reference numerals

11-a housing; 111-a rib; 1111-splitter plates; 12-a base; 121-a receiving cavity; 1211-mounting ledge; 1212-mounting posts; 2-an electrical connector; 21-a substrate; 22-a connection terminal; 23-wire transfer terminals; 3-a socket; 31-a guide structure; 32-a draining tank; 41-positioning grooves; 42-positioning protrusions; 5-operating a button; 6-an installation part; 71-a clip; 72-a clamping groove; 81-positioning ribs; 82-positioning rib groove.

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, the terms of orientation used, such as "up, down, left, right, front, and back" are defined on the basis of the switch, and define the xyz coordinate system of the switch, where x is the lateral direction of the switch corresponding to the left and right positions, y is the longitudinal direction of the switch corresponding to the front and back positions, and z is the height direction of the switch corresponding to the up and down positions; "inner and outer" are inner and outer relative to the profile of the corresponding component itself. Furthermore, in the following description, when referring to the figures, the same reference numbers in different figures denote the same or similar elements, unless otherwise explained. It is to be understood by persons skilled in the art that the foregoing definitions are only used to explain and illustrate the present disclosure and are not to be used as limitations.

According to the specific embodiment provided by the present disclosure, a vehicle switch is provided, wherein the vehicle switch comprises a housing, an operation button 5 and an electrical connector 2, the housing has a length along x direction and comprises a cover 11 and a base 12 which are detachably connected together, the cover 11 and the base 12 together define an inner space for packaging a PCB board; the operating button 5 passes through the cover 11 on the front surface of the housing and can move along the z direction; the base 12 is provided with a socket 3 with an opening direction perpendicular to the z direction on the side of the housing, and the electrical connector 2 is arranged in the socket 3 and inserted into the PCB.

Through the technical scheme, the automobile switch provided by the disclosure is provided with the inserting port 3 matched with the external male end on the base 12 along the side of the shell, the opening direction of the inserting port 3 is vertical to the z direction, and the electric connecting piece 2 inserted into the PCB is arranged in the inserting port 3. The electric connecting piece 2 is arranged in a side-out mode in the direction perpendicular to the z direction, the electric connecting piece 2 is divided into two parts along the z direction, the z-direction upper part of the electric connecting piece 2 is located in the housing 11, the z-direction lower part of the electric connecting piece 2 extends to the outside of the housing 11 together with the base 12, the z-direction size of the vehicle switch provided by the disclosure can be saved through the side-out arrangement mode of the electric connecting piece 2, the problem that the space of the vehicle switch in the z direction is insufficient is effectively solved, and the operation convenience is improved.

In the vehicle switch provided by the present disclosure, the cover 11 and the base 12 may be arranged and configured in any suitable manner, and accordingly, the socket 3 may have a variety of different embodiments, and hereinafter, the present disclosure will be explained and explained in detail by taking as an example only the embodiment shown in fig. 1 to 7, but it will be understood by those skilled in the art that other modifications of the rear seat mounting bracket provided by the present disclosure may be made without departing from the scope of the idea of the present disclosure.

Fig. 1 to 7 show an embodiment of a vehicle switch provided by the present disclosure.

The cover 11 of the vehicle switch provided by the present disclosure is provided with a mounting portion 6 to fix the vehicle switch in a vehicle by a fastener. Wherein, housing 11 with be constructed with the joint structure between the base 12, can realize through this joint structure housing 11 with base 12 can dismantle the connection, the joint structure includes joint 71 and joint groove 72, joint 71 set up with housing 11 with one among the base 12, joint groove 72 set up with housing 11 with another among the base 12.

In addition, for the convenience of assembly and the improvement of assembly precision, an installation positioning structure is further configured between the cover 11 and the base 12, and the installation positioning structure comprises a positioning rib 81 and a positioning rib groove 82, the positioning rib 81 is arranged on one of the cover 11 and the base 12, and the positioning rib groove 82 is arranged on the other of the cover 11 and the base 12. During assembly, an operator can firstly install and position the housing 11 and the base 12 through the positioning ribs 81 and the positioning rib grooves 82, then the clamping piece 71 and the clamping groove 72 are clamped to assemble the housing 11 and the base 12 conveniently, working hours are saved, and working efficiency is improved.

In the embodiments provided in the present disclosure, the electrical connector 2 is a well-known technology, and the specific structure and operation principle thereof are not described in detail herein, which is not a protection point of the present disclosure. In order to facilitate the arrangement and satisfy the side-out arrangement manner of the vehicle switch provided by the present disclosure, referring to fig. 1, 3 to 4, the electrical connector 2 includes a base body 21, a connection terminal 22 and a wire transmission terminal 23, the connection terminal 22 extends from the base body 21 along a z direction to be plugged with the PCB, and the wire transmission terminal 23 extends from the base body 21 along a direction perpendicular to the z direction toward the outside of the plug port 3 to be connected with an external male terminal.

Referring to fig. 5 and 7, the base 12 is configured with a receiving cavity 121 of the electrical connector 2, and the receiving cavity 121 is communicated with the socket 3. The accommodating cavity 121 includes mounting convex edges 211 arranged along the x direction and mounting posts 212 arranged opposite to each other and along the z direction, and when assembling, the bottom of the base body 21 is clamped on the mounting convex edges 1211 and the mounting posts 1212 at both sides thereof, thereby realizing the arrangement of the electrical connector 2.

In the specific embodiment provided by the present disclosure, the socket 3 may have various configurations, and referring to fig. 1, 3, 5 and 7, in order to facilitate the connection with the external male terminal, the opening direction of the socket 3 is y-direction. Of course, according to the requirement of the use space, it is easy for those skilled in the art to think that the opening direction of the socket 3 may also be arranged in the x direction, that is, in order to satisfy the side-out arrangement mode of the electrical connector in the vehicle switch provided by the present disclosure to save the z-direction dimension, the socket 3 is arranged on the base 12 along the side of the housing, so that the socket 3 has the opening direction perpendicular to the z direction.

In order to protect the plug-in port 3 from dust and water and to ensure a good fit with the external male end, the housing 11 is configured with a rib 111 surrounding a portion of the plug-in port 3, the rib 111 extending in the same direction as the plug-in port 3 and being flush with at least an end surface of the plug-in port 3, as shown in fig. 1 and 2.

In the specific embodiment provided by the present disclosure, the socket 3 and the rib 111 may be matched in any suitable manner, and as shown in fig. 2 to 5, a positioning structure is configured between the socket 3 and the rib 111, the positioning structure includes a positioning groove 41 and a positioning protrusion 42 that can be matched with each other, the positioning groove 41 is disposed on one of the rib 111 and the socket 3, and the positioning protrusion 42 is disposed on the other of the rib 111 and the socket 3. That is, when the positioning groove 41 is disposed on the outer wall of the socket 3, the positioning protrusion 42 engaged therewith is disposed at a corresponding position on the inner wall of the rib 111, and when the positioning groove 41 is disposed on the inner wall of the rib 111, the positioning protrusion 42 engaged therewith is disposed on the outer wall of the socket 3.

The positioning protrusion 42 and the positioning groove 41 may be disposed in any suitable manner, and as shown in fig. 2 and 3, for reliable positioning and convenient connection and replacement of the cover 11 and the base 12, the positioning protrusion 42 and the positioning groove 41 both extend along the opening direction of the socket 3.

In the embodiment provided by the present disclosure, in order to avoid damage to the electrical connector by water and influence the service life of the electrical connector, the blocking edge 111 is configured with a splitter 1111 protruding outward in the z direction as shown in fig. 1 and 2, and/or the socket 3 is configured with a draining groove 32 at the opposite side of the splitter 1111 as shown in fig. 6, in a manner of splitting flow to avoid the aggregation of water drops. During the use, the automobile-used switch that this disclosure provided is located inside the automobile body, can not expose with the automobile body outside, though can not have a large amount of rainwater to soak this disclosure, nevertheless can not avoid this disclosed usage space to have a small amount of moisture, and at this moment, this splitter 1111 can make the drop of water along the extending direction of flange 111 disperses and opens so that it shunts, if there is the drop of water in interface 3 simultaneously, can get rid of through waterlogging caused by excessive rainfall groove 32, thereby in order to protect interface 3 with the matching space of outside public end is good.

In the embodiment provided by the present disclosure, in order to facilitate the insertion and extraction with the external male end, referring to fig. 1, 3, 5 and 7, a guide structure 31 for guiding the external male end is configured in the socket 3, and the guide structure 31 extends along the opening direction of the socket 3. The automobile-used switch service environment space that this disclosure provided is narrow and small, during the assembly, can unavoidably exist with outside public end blind plug with in interface 3, this guide structure 31 helps the operative employee will outside public end is in with faster convenient gesture matching in interface 3, improve work efficiency.

The guide structure 31 may be arranged and configured in any suitable manner, and as shown in fig. 3 and 5, the guide structure 31 is configured as a strip-shaped groove that extends in the same direction as the socket 3. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the guiding structure 31 may be arranged on the top wall of the socket 3 and extend in the opening direction thereof, and the guiding structure 31 may also be arranged on the bottom wall of the socket 3 and extend in the opening direction thereof. Meanwhile, the guide structure 31 may be disposed at an opening of the socket 3 along the z-direction, and the external male end is flanged and connected with the socket 3.

On the basis of the technical scheme, the vehicle is further provided with a socket and the vehicle switch, and the vehicle switch can be inserted into the socket through the plug interface 3.

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, in the foregoing embodiments, various features described in the above embodiments may be combined in any suitable manner, and in order to avoid unnecessary repetition, various combinations that are possible in the present disclosure are not described again.

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 (10)

1. A vehicle switch, characterized in that it comprises a casing, an operating button (5) and an electrical connector (2), said casing having a length along the x-direction and comprising a cover (11) and a base (12) removably connected together, said cover (11) and said base (12) defining together an inner space for housing a PCB board; the operating button (5) penetrates through the cover shell (11) on the front surface of the shell and can move along the z direction; the base (12) is provided with a socket (3) with an opening direction vertical to the z direction on the side of the shell, and the electric connecting piece (2) is arranged in the socket (3) and inserted in the PCB.

2. The vehicle switch according to claim 1, wherein the electrical connector (2) comprises a base body (21), a connection terminal (22) and a wire transmission terminal (23), the connection terminal (22) extends from the base body (21) along a z direction to be plugged with the PCB, and the wire transmission terminal (23) extends from the base body (21) along a direction perpendicular to the z direction toward the outside of the plug socket (3) to be connected with an external male terminal.

3. The switch of claim 1, wherein the opening direction of the socket (3) is y-direction.

4. Switch for a vehicle according to claim 1, characterized in that the housing (11) is configured with a rib (111) surrounding a part of the socket (3), which rib (111) extends co-directionally with the socket (3) and is at least flush with an end face of the socket (3).

5. The vehicle switch according to claim 4, wherein a positioning structure is configured between the socket (3) and the rib (111), the positioning structure comprises a positioning groove (41) and a positioning protrusion (42) which can be matched with each other, the positioning groove (41) is disposed on one of the rib (111) and the socket (3), and the positioning protrusion (42) is disposed on the other of the rib (111) and the socket (3).

6. The vehicle switch according to claim 5, wherein the positioning projection (42) and the positioning groove (41) each extend in an opening direction of the socket (3).

7. The vehicle switch according to claim 4, characterized in that the rib (111) is configured with a splitter (1111) protruding outwards in the z-direction, and/or,

the socket (3) is configured with a draining tank (32) on the opposite side of the splitter plate (1111).

8. Switch for a vehicle according to any of claims 1-7, characterized in that a guide structure (31) for guiding the outer male end is formed in the socket (3), which guide structure (31) extends in the opening direction of the socket (3).

9. The vehicle switch according to claim 8, wherein the guide structure (31) is configured as a strip-shaped groove.

10. A vehicle, characterized in that the vehicle is provided with a socket and a vehicle switch according to any one of claims 1-9, which can be plugged into the socket through the plug-in interface (3).

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