CN211308822U - Vehicle interlocking device, bicycle basket and vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

A vehicle interlock, a basket and a vehicle, wherein the vehicle interlock comprises: the lock body mechanism is arranged at a first position of the vehicle and comprises a first information acquisition module and/or a first information output module; the matching mechanism is matched with the lock body mechanism and is arranged at a second position of the vehicle, and the matching mechanism comprises a second information output module and/or a second information acquisition module; the vehicle interlock device is configured to: when the locking operation is executed, the first information acquisition module is in communication connection with the second information output module of the adjacent vehicle and/or the first information output module is in communication connection with the second information acquisition module of the adjacent vehicle, and the lock body mechanism is matched with a matching mechanism of the adjacent vehicle; when an unlocking operation is performed, the lock body mechanism is disengaged from the engagement mechanism of the adjacent vehicle.

Description

Vehicle interlocking device, bicycle basket and vehicle

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a sharing vehicle technical field especially relates to a vehicle interlock, bicycle basket and vehicle.

Background

With the development of the internet, shared vehicles are gradually popular and are seen everywhere throughout the country. The core accessory of the existing shared vehicle is a horseshoe lock, and the horseshoe lock is a key device for realizing independent leasing of users and intelligent management of operation enterprises.

The horseshoe lock is a wheel lock, and after long-time use, the horseshoe lock is easy to break down, and particularly, a lock ring is easy to rust, damage, deform or even fall off, so that inconvenience is brought to a user when the user rides the horseshoe lock, and certain potential safety hazards exist. Meanwhile, when the locking operation is executed, the locking operation needs to be manually performed by a user, which is troublesome. In addition, the different shared vehicles use the horseshoe locks which are independent from each other, so that the shared vehicles are not in physical contact, and lack of software interaction, and the effect of the standardized parking management on the shared vehicles is little.

Therefore, those skilled in the art are dedicated to develop a vehicle interlock device and a vehicle basket using the same, which can automatically open and close a lock of a vehicle, eliminate potential safety hazards, and simultaneously make different shared vehicles physically contact with each other and interact with each other in software, so as to achieve standardized parking management of the vehicle.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of the above-mentioned defect of prior art, the utility model aims to solve the technical problem how to make the vehicle interlocking and carry out the software interaction, and realize the automatic lock of opening, close of vehicle, eliminate the potential safety hazard.

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a vehicle interlock device, including:

the lock body mechanism is arranged at a first position of the vehicle and comprises a first information acquisition module and/or a first information output module; and

the matching mechanism is matched with the lock body mechanism and is arranged at a second position of the vehicle, and the matching mechanism comprises a second information acquisition module and/or a second information output module;

the vehicle interlock device is configured to: when the locking operation is executed, the first information acquisition module is in communication connection with a second information output module of an adjacent vehicle and/or the first information output module is in communication connection with the second information acquisition module of the adjacent vehicle, and the lock body mechanism is matched with a matching mechanism of the adjacent vehicle; when an unlocking operation is performed, the lock body mechanism is disengaged from the engagement mechanism of the adjacent vehicle.

Further, the matching mechanism comprises a first body and a lock hole arranged in the first body.

Furthermore, the lock body mechanism comprises a second body and a lock tongue which is arranged on the second body and is matched with the lock hole, and when the lock body mechanism is in a locking state, the lock tongue is matched with the lock hole; when the lock is in an unlocking state, the lock tongue is disengaged from the lock hole.

Further, the second body is also provided with an accommodating area for limiting the movement of the first body in the locking state, and the bolt is positioned in the accommodating area in the locking state.

Furthermore, the first information acquisition module and/or the second information acquisition module are induction identification devices, and the first information output module and/or the second information output module are electronic tags.

Further, the first position is disposed on a first side of the vehicle and the second position is disposed on a second side of the vehicle opposite the first side.

A second object of the present invention is to provide a bicycle basket, having a first side wall and a second side wall which are relatively arranged, comprising the vehicle interlock device as described above, wherein the lock body mechanism is arranged on the first side wall, the first side wall forms a part of the second body of the lock body mechanism, and the matching mechanism is arranged on the second side wall.

Furthermore, the second body further comprises an extension part which is formed by extending outwards and transversely from the edge of the first side wall and then extending longitudinally, the extension part and the first side wall form an accommodating area so as to limit the movement of a lock tongue of the lock body mechanism in a locked state, and the lock tongue is positioned in the accommodating area in the locked state.

Further, the receiving area is in an inverted 'U' shape.

Further, the lock body mechanism also comprises a circuit board in a 7 shape.

A third object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle, comprising the basket as described above, wherein the vehicle can be a bicycle, an electric vehicle or a power-assisted vehicle.

The utility model provides a vehicle interlock has following technological effect:

1. the shared vehicles and the adjacent vehicles are interlocked through the vehicle interlocking device, and the adjacent vehicles are physically matched through the interlocking device, so that the safe locking of the vehicles is realized, and the ordered arrangement of the vehicles is realized;

2. after the vehicles are interlocked, information communication is carried out to form an information cluster of the vehicles, so that the probability of disconnection and communication loss of the vehicles is reduced, and the standardized management of an operation enterprise is facilitated;

3. the locking and unlocking of the vehicle are automatically completed by the interlocking device of the vehicle, the manual operation of a user is not needed, and the use convenience of the vehicle is improved.

The conception, the specific structure and the technical effects of the present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings, so as to fully understand the objects, the features and the effects of the present invention.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the interlocking device of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the interlock device of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a front view of the basket of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the basket structure of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the basket interlock of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the basket interlock shown in FIG. 5 from another perspective.

The solar photovoltaic device comprises a 10-matching mechanism, 101-a first body, 102-a lock hole, 103-an information output module, 104-a lock plug, 20-a lock body mechanism, 201-a second body, 202-a lock tongue, 203-an accommodating area, 204-an information acquisition module, 205-a circuit board, 206-a storage battery, 30-a bicycle basket, 301-a first side wall, 302-a second side wall, 303-an extending part, 304-a user interaction module and 305-a solar photovoltaic device.

Detailed Description

The conception, the specific structure and the technical effects of the present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings, so as to fully understand the objects, the features and the effects of the present invention.

Unless otherwise defined, technical or scientific terms used in the claims and the specification of this patent shall have the ordinary meaning as understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which this patent belongs. As used in this specification and the appended claims, the terms "first," "second," and the like do not denote any order, quantity, or importance, but rather are used to distinguish one element from another. The word "comprising" or "having", and the like, means that the element or item appearing before "comprises" or "having" covers the element or item listed after "comprising" or "having" and its equivalent, but does not exclude other elements or items.

In the description of this patent, it is noted that, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The meaning of the above terms in this patent may be specifically understood by those of ordinary skill in the art.

It should be understood that the vehicles of the present application include, but are not limited to, bicycles, electric vehicles, and power-assisted vehicles.

As shown in fig. 1, the present invention provides a vehicle interlock device including a lock body mechanism 20 and a mating mechanism 10. The latch body mechanism 20 is disposed in a first position of the vehicle and the mating mechanism 10 is disposed in a second position of the vehicle. The lock body mechanism 20 includes an information acquisition module 204 and the mating mechanism 10 includes an information output module 103. When the locking operation is executed, the lock body mechanism 20 of the target vehicle is matched with the matching mechanism 10 of the adjacent vehicle, or the matching mechanism 10 of the target vehicle is matched with the lock body mechanism 20 of the adjacent vehicle, the locking of the vehicles is completed, the information acquisition module 204 and the information output module 103 are in communication connection, and information interaction is carried out between the vehicles. When the unlocking operation is performed, the lock body mechanism 20 of the target vehicle is in disengaged fit with the engagement mechanism 10 of the adjacent vehicle, and the unlocking of the vehicle is completed. The information output module 103 may also be disposed on the lock body mechanism 20, and the information acquisition module 204 may be disposed on the mating mechanism 10; or an information output module and an information acquisition module are arranged on the lock body mechanism 20 and the matching mechanism 10 at the same time; a communication connection may be established between the target vehicle and the neighboring vehicle.

In the prior art, a lock body mechanism and a matching mechanism of a vehicle are both arranged at the same position of the vehicle, and the lock body mechanism and the matching mechanism of the same vehicle are matched or separated from being matched by operating, so that the locking and unlocking of the vehicle are realized. In this arrangement, the vehicle is a self-contained body and there is neither physical cooperation nor information interaction with adjacent vehicles. And used the utility model discloses a vehicle interlock, the user need put the target vehicle in the fixed relative position department with adjacent vehicle when using the vehicle and returning the vehicle, can accomplish the lock of closing of vehicle. By parity of reasoning, the placing position of each vehicle is fixed with the adjacent vehicles, so that the vehicles are placed in order. Meanwhile, information interaction exists between each vehicle and the adjacent vehicle, so that an information cluster of the vehicles is formed, the probability of vehicle communication loss is reduced, and effective management of operation enterprises on the vehicles is facilitated.

In order to reduce the space occupation after the vehicles are interlocked, the first position provided with the lock body mechanism 20 and the second position provided with the matching mechanism 10 are oppositely arranged on the vehicles, and are preferably respectively located at the two sides of the bilateral symmetry of the vehicles, such as the two sides of a basket, or respectively arranged on pedals at the two sides of the vehicles, or arranged at the two sides of a front fork of the vehicles, or arranged on handles at the two sides of the vehicles, or arranged at the two sides of a frame of the vehicles, etc., and a person skilled in the art can select a suitable position arrangement according to actual conditions, including but not limited to the positions of the above-mentioned handlebars, forks, pedals, baskets, frames, etc.

When the vehicle is in a locked state, the lock body mechanism 20 of the target vehicle and the matching mechanism 10 of the adjacent vehicle are matched with each other to complete locking, or the matching mechanism 10 of the target vehicle and the lock body mechanism 20 of the adjacent vehicle are matched with each other to complete locking. The principles of the present invention will be further described below by way of example with the lock body mechanism 20 of a target vehicle being mated with the mating mechanism 10 of an adjacent vehicle.

When the lock body mechanism 20 of the target vehicle is matched with the matching mechanism 10 of the adjacent vehicle to lock the vehicle, at least two degrees of freedom of movement of the target vehicle need to be limited: lateral movement away from adjacent vehicles and up and down movement relative to adjacent vehicles. The locking action of the target vehicle is achieved when the engagement between the lock body mechanism 20 and the engagement mechanism 10 restricts the movement of the target vehicle in these two degrees of freedom. This is now described in detail in connection with fig. 1. Fig. 1 shows a schematic diagram of the interlocking device when a vehicle is in a locked state, and an engagement mechanism 10 is located on an adjacent vehicle and comprises a first body 101, a lock hole 102 and an information output module 103; the lock body mechanism 20 is located on the target vehicle and includes a second body 201, a latch bolt 202, a receiving area 203 and an information acquisition module 204. Direction X represents the direction of movement of the latch 202 and direction Y represents the direction perpendicular to X. When the vehicle is in the locked state, the first body 101 is located in the accommodation area 203, the latch tongue 202 extends in the X direction and is inserted into the lock hole 102, and the latch tongue 202 is also located in the accommodation area 203. The locking tongue 202 is matched with the locking hole 102, so that the target vehicle cannot move along the Y direction, namely cannot move along the up-down direction relative to the adjacent vehicle; the latch tongue 202 is located in the accommodating space 203, and the target vehicle cannot move in a direction away from the adjacent vehicle, i.e., the X direction or a direction opposite to the X direction, due to the blocking of the side wall of the accommodating space 203. The locking tongue 202 may be in the shape of a column, a square box, etc.

It is understood that the lock body mechanism 20 and the mating mechanism 10 are not limited to the embodiment described in figure 1. In some embodiments, the engagement of the locking bolt 202 with the locking hole 102 may be provided as a threaded engagement, with the threaded engagement limiting movement in the X direction or in a direction opposite to the X direction. In some embodiments, a hole or a groove may be provided on the latch tongue 202, and a protrusion engaged with the hole or the groove may be provided on an inner wall of the latch hole 102, and the movement in the X direction or the direction opposite to the X direction may be limited by the engagement of the protrusion and the hole or the groove. The lock body mechanism 20 and the matching mechanism 10 have other structures, and can limit two degrees of freedom in the X direction and the Y direction simultaneously after matching, and the purpose of the utility model can be realized.

In order to enable the lock mechanism 20 and the mating mechanism 10 to be automatically mated or unmated, the lock mechanism 20 further includes a control device disposed in the second body 201 for controlling the movement of the latch 202, communication with a server, system anomaly detection, user interaction, and other functions. Specifically, as shown in fig. 2, the control device includes a lock execution module, a logic control module, a communication module, a GPS module, an LED module, a voice broadcast module, an abnormality detection module, and a power supply module.

The communication module is connected with the logic control module and is used for short-distance communication and long-distance communication. The short-distance communication can be any one or more of Bluetooth, WIFI, NFC (near field communication) and the like, and the long-distance communication can be any one or more of mobile wireless communication, wireless wide area network, radio, satellite communication and the like such as 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G and the like. The communication module 206 is in communication connection with the background server through long-distance communication.

The GPS module is used for periodically acquiring vehicle position information and reporting the vehicle position information to the background server through the communication module. The voice broadcast module is connected with the logic control module and used for voice broadcast prompting, prompting and early warning. The LED module is connected with the logic control module and used for carrying out light prompting such as unlocking, locking, reserving, searching and abnormal alarming. The abnormity detection module can detect abnormal conditions such as vehicle communication abnormity, GPS positioning abnormity, identification abnormity, lock opening and closing abnormity, low power, LED lamp display abnormity and the like, and reports the detection result to the background server in time. The power supply module can supply power in a storage battery mode, a solar photovoltaic power generation mode or a micro wind driven generator mode and the like.

The information output module 103 and the information acquisition module 204 are used for establishing a communication connection between two interlocked vehicles to perform information interaction. The information acquisition module 204 may be an induction recognition device, and the information output module 103 may be an electronic tag, which establish a communication connection through RFID or NFC technology to realize information interaction. The information acquisition module 204 may also be configured as an optical information recognition device, and the information output module 103 may be a two-dimensional code.

The utility model also provides a bicycle basket 30 has integrateed as above lock body mechanism 20 and cooperation mechanism 10.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, the basket 30 includes a first side wall 301 and a second side wall 302. The lock body mechanism is arranged on the first side wall 301, and a part of the second body of the lock body mechanism 20 forms the first side wall 301; the first body of the mating mechanism 10 is disposed on the second sidewall 302.

The edge of the first side wall 301 extends laterally outward and then extends longitudinally to form an extension 303, and an accommodation area 203 is formed between the extension 303 and the first side wall 301, so that the latch tongue 202 is located in the accommodation area 203 in the locked state. The receiving area 203 is in the shape of an inverted "U" and may be in the shape of an inverted "V" or other semi-closed shape with an open bottom. The receiving area 203 serves to prevent lateral movement of the vehicle in the locked state.

The second side wall 302 is provided with a locking plug 104 which can be inserted into the receiving area 203. The lock pin 104 is provided with a lock hole 102, and when the lock pin 104 is inserted into the receiving area 203, the latch tongue 202 is driven to be inserted into the lock hole 102, thereby completing the locking operation.

In some embodiments, the receiving area 203 may be replaced by other structures that can prevent lateral movement of the vehicle, such as a protrusion on a sidewall of the lock aperture 102 that mates with an aperture or slot on the latch tongue 202; or the bolt 202 and the lock hole 102 are in threaded fit.

An information acquisition module 204, preferably an induction recognition device, is arranged on the first side wall 301 in the area below the latch bolt 202; a corresponding information output module 103, preferably an electronic tag, is provided on the second side wall 302 in the area below the locking hole 102. When the locking operation is performed, the information acquisition module 204 establishes a communication connection with the information output module 103. The information acquisition module 204 and the information output module 103 may also adopt an optical sensing mode.

In order to make the basket 30 compact, the control circuit board 205 of the lock body mechanism 20 may be configured to be identical to a "7" shaped circuit board, one end of which is disposed on the extension portion 303 and the other end of which is disposed on the first side wall 301. The circuit board 205 integrates functions such as a lock execution module, a logic control module, a communication module, a GPS module, an LED module, a voice broadcast module, and an abnormality detection module shown in fig. 2, and realizes functions such as unlocking and locking control, communication with a background server, abnormality detection, and user interaction.

The basket 30 also includes a user interaction module 304, which may be a client code scanning module or a near field communication module. The client code scanning module may be a two-dimensional code or a dynamic two-dimensional code display screen attached to a set position of the vehicle basket 30.

The basket 30 further comprises a power supply module, in particular, a battery 206 arranged on the circuit board 205 and a solar photovoltaic device 305 arranged at the bottom of the basket 30. A miniature wind generator may also be used in place of the solar photovoltaic device 305 or in combination.

In order to ensure the safety and reliability of the vehicle, each component of the vehicle basket 30 has an IPX7 and higher waterproof grade, and meanwhile, the vehicle basket 30 is made of plastic, aluminum, iron or other suitable materials, so that the vehicle basket 30 has excellent mechanical properties such as high strength, high hardness and toughness, and has the advantages of collision resistance, damage resistance, disassembly resistance and the like.

The basket 30 is mounted on a shared vehicle, and the use method is as follows:

when a user needs to lock and park the shared vehicle, the lock plug 104 of the target vehicle needs to be inserted into the accommodating area 203 of the adjacent vehicle, or the accommodating area 203 of the target vehicle is inserted into the lock plug 104 of the adjacent vehicle, and then after the identity authentication is passed, the lock tongue 202 is automatically inserted into the lock hole 102 to complete locking, and the result is reported to a background server;

when a user needs to use a shared vehicle for unlocking operation, a user client scans the user interaction module 304, and the circuit board 205 sends an unlocking request to the background server through a network; the background server sends the unlocking instruction to the target vehicle or the adjacent vehicle of the target vehicle; or the background server sends the unlocking instruction to the user client, and then the user client sends the unlocking instruction to the circuit board 205 in a Bluetooth or near field communication mode; and then reporting the unlocking result to a background server and/or a user client, and completing unlocking when the target vehicle is separated from the adjacent vehicle.

When a plurality of vehicles are in a locked state, as shown in fig. 5 and 6, the baskets 30 are interlocked, which is beneficial to the orderly arrangement of the vehicles.

Through the application of the vehicle basket 30 in the shared vehicle, the intelligent control part of the shared vehicle is highly integrated at the vehicle basket 30, the use of the existing single lockset is reduced, and the appearance of the shared vehicle is improved; the wiring in the circuit board can be reduced, the design is simplified, and the performance such as GPS positioning accuracy is favorably improved; the baskets 30 are connected with each other, which is beneficial to realizing the orderly arrangement of the shared vehicles. Because the wheels do not need to be locked, the interlocking device can be simpler and smaller, the abrasion is reduced, and the service life and the safety are improved. Use the utility model discloses an interlock, the equal automatic realization of switch lock need not the user and carries out manually operation, promotes the convenience of using.

The foregoing has described in detail preferred embodiments of the present invention. It should be understood that numerous modifications and variations could be devised by those skilled in the art in light of the teachings of this invention without undue experimentation. Therefore, the technical solutions that can be obtained by a person skilled in the art through logic analysis, reasoning or limited experiments based on the prior art according to the concepts of the present invention should be within the scope of protection defined by the claims.

Claims (11)

1. A vehicle interlock device, comprising:

the lock body mechanism is arranged at a first position of the vehicle and comprises a first information acquisition module and/or a first information output module; and

the matching mechanism is matched with the lock body mechanism and is arranged at a second position of the vehicle, and the matching mechanism comprises a second information output module and/or a second information acquisition module;

the vehicle interlock device is configured to: when the locking operation is executed, the first information acquisition module is in communication connection with the second information output module of the adjacent vehicle and/or the first information output module is in communication connection with the second information acquisition module of the adjacent vehicle, and the lock body mechanism is matched with a matching mechanism of the adjacent vehicle; when an unlocking operation is performed, the lock body mechanism is disengaged from the engagement mechanism of the adjacent vehicle.

2. The vehicle interlock apparatus of claim 1 wherein the engagement mechanism comprises a first body and a lock aperture disposed in the first body.

3. The vehicle interlock apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the lock body mechanism includes a second body and a latch tongue provided to the second body and engaged with the lock hole, the latch tongue engaged with the lock hole in the locked state; when the lock is in an unlocking state, the lock tongue is disengaged from the lock hole.

4. The vehicle interlock of claim 3 wherein said second body further defines a receiving area to limit movement of said first body in the locked condition, said latch bolt being positioned in said receiving area in the locked condition.

5. The vehicle interlock device according to claim 1, wherein the first information acquisition module and/or the second information acquisition module is an inductive identification device, and the first information output module and/or the second information output module is an electronic tag.

6. The vehicle interlock of claim 1 wherein said first position is disposed on a first side of said vehicle and said second position is disposed on a second side of said vehicle opposite said first side.

7. A vehicle basket having first and second oppositely disposed side walls, wherein a vehicle interlock device as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 6 is provided, wherein said lock body mechanism is provided on said first side wall, said first side wall forms part of a second body of said lock body mechanism, and said engagement mechanism is provided on said second side wall.

8. The vehicle basket according to claim 7, wherein the second body further comprises an extension extending laterally outward from an edge of the first sidewall and then extending longitudinally, the extension and the first sidewall forming a receiving area to limit movement of a locking tongue of the lock mechanism in the locked state, the locking tongue being located in the receiving area in the locked state.

9. The basket according to claim 8, wherein said receiving area is in the shape of an inverted "U".

10. The basket according to claim 8, wherein the lock mechanism further comprises a circuit board in the shape of a "7".

11. A vehicle, characterized in that it comprises a basket according to any one of claims 7 to 10.

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