CN211493875U - Mounting bracket suitable for vehicle control device - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a be suitable for automobile-used controlling means's installing support, it includes bottom and back wall portion. Wherein the bottom supports the vehicle control device and extends horizontally in the lateral direction of the vehicle body. The rear wall portion is detachably secured to the support structure and extends upwardly perpendicular to the base portion. The rear wall portion includes a main body portion extending laterally to both sides of the vehicle body, a left side connecting portion located on a left side of the main body portion, and a right side connecting portion located on a right side of the main body portion. The upper part of the rear wall part is bent towards the rear side of the main body part to form a bent part, and a first reinforcing area which is concave towards the rear of the rear wall part is formed on a transition part between the bent part and the rear wall part. According to the utility model discloses a installing support simple structure, intensity are higher, can fix automobile-used controlling means firmly.

Description

Mounting bracket suitable for vehicle control device

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a mounting bracket for a vehicle, which is particularly suitable for mounting a control device for a vehicle such as an ESC (electronic stability Controller, i.e., a vehicle body electronic stability Controller).

Background

With the development of automobile technology, the three-electric module occupies higher and higher proportion of the whole automobile cost, and the used electric control modules are more and more. A reasonable electric control module mounting structure is designed, and is particularly important for the safety performance of the whole vehicle.

ESC is an active safety technique that assists the driver in controlling the vehicle, and automatically corrects for body instability to help prevent accidents.

The ESC uses advanced sensing techniques to determine the driver's intent to drive, and when the vehicle begins to deviate from the road, the system initiates an intervention to effect a braking force reducing engine valve intervention on one or more wheels to direct the vehicle back to the correct route.

In addition, ESC is an electronic vehicle stability control system and a driving safety supplementary system. In a fast turn or lane change, where the vehicle is extremely unstable, ESC can compensate for the vehicle's stability by controlling the wheel brakes or controlling the engine torque.

The basis of the ESC electronic stability control system is ABS braking anti-lock function, and the system continuously brakes hundreds of times in one second when a tire is about to be locked under the condition of automobile braking, and is somewhat similar to a mechanical 'snub brake'. Therefore, when the vehicle is braked under full force, the tire can still ensure rolling, the rolling friction effect is better than the locked sliding friction effect, and the driving direction of the vehicle can be controlled.

Whether a traditional fuel vehicle or a new energy vehicle is adopted, the arrangement of the front cabin needs a lot of devices, and the arrangement of the ESC electronic stability controller becomes a difficult problem. For a plurality of electronic control modules, engineers need to find a proper installation space, a proper fixing mode and an installation support meeting design requirements on the whole vehicle according to the external characteristics of the electronic control modules.

The electronic stability controller of the ESC is used as an electronic control unit, and excessive vibration inevitably causes the stability of the system to be poor, and the risk of damage to internal electronic components is greatly increased. The mounting structure of the ESC electronic stability controller is difficult to design and difficult to guarantee reliability of the working performance.

Accordingly, there is a need for a mounting bracket for a vehicle control device that has a simple structure and high strength.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

To the above-mentioned current situation that exists according to the fixed field of current automobile-used controlling means, one of the objects of the utility model is to provide a stabilize the installing support who supports automobile-used controlling means.

This object is achieved by a mounting bracket for a vehicle control device according to the invention in the following form. The mounting bracket is removably securable to a support structure of an automobile and includes a bottom portion and a rear wall portion. Wherein the underbody supports the vehicular control apparatus and extends horizontally in the lateral direction of the vehicle body. A rear wall portion is removably secured to the support structure and extends upwardly perpendicular to the base portion. The rear wall portion includes a main body portion extending laterally to both sides of the vehicle body, a left side connecting portion located on a left side of the main body portion, and a right side connecting portion located on a right side of the main body portion.

The upper part of the rear wall part is bent towards the rear side of the main body part to form a bent part, and a first reinforcing area which is recessed towards the rear of the rear wall part is formed on a transition part between the bent part and the rear wall part.

The main body portion of the mounting bracket and the bent portion of the upper portion of the rear wall portion firmly fix the mounting bracket to the vehicle body in the lateral direction and the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, respectively, so that the vehicle control device on the mounting frame can be firmly fixed.

The transition region, which is subjected to frequent alternating stress, is provided with a first reinforcement region recessed towards the rear wall portion. The first reinforcing region enables the resistance of the bent portion to be bent upward or downward to be significantly improved, and the structural strength of the mounting bracket is thereby ensured.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the portion of the bottom portion near the rear wall portion is formed with a second reinforcing region that is recessed upward and extends in the front-rear direction of the bottom portion.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the left side connecting portion of the rear wall portion and the main body portion are not on the same plane, and the two are connected together by a connecting plate.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the connecting plate is provided with at least one third reinforcing region which is recessed toward the main body portion.

According to the utility model discloses a preferred embodiment, keeping away from of bottom the one end of back wall portion still is equipped with the limiting plate that extends up, the limiting plate is constructed and to be able to restrict and fix vehicle control device.

According to the utility model discloses a preferred embodiment, the limiting plate is equipped with at least one through-hole, automobile-used controlling means borrows by the through-hole is fixed in the bottom.

According to the utility model discloses a preferred embodiment, the upper end of limiting plate be equipped with the guide way of through-hole intercommunication, the guide way is configured to make the fastener can follow vertical direction and fall extremely the through-hole.

According to the utility model discloses a preferred embodiment, the longitudinal separation of guide way reduces from top to bottom in proper order.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the minimum clearance of the guide groove is not greater than the diameter of the through hole.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the mounting bracket further comprises a first fastening bracket including a first portion capable of engaging the forward facing surface of the main body portion of the rear wall portion and being fixed to the rear wall portion, a second portion capable of being fixed to the bottom portion, and a first riser connecting the first portion and the second portion.

According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, a gap is formed vertically between the first part and the second part, the gap being configured such that the second part can engage in the bottom surface of the bottom.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the mounting bracket further includes a second fastening bracket including a first portion engageable with a frontward-facing surface of the right side connecting portion of the rear wall portion and fixed thereto by a bolt, a second portion engageable with a bottom surface of the bottom portion and fixed thereto, and a riser connecting the first portion and the second portion.

According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the rear wall portion is provided with at least 2 first through holes in longitudinal direction, which are isolated from each other.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the first fastening frame is configured to be weldable to the rear wall portion and the bottom portion.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the second portion of the second fastening frame is configured to be weldable to the bottom portion.

According to the utility model discloses a be suitable for automobile-used controlling means's installing support, it includes bottom and back wall portion. Wherein the bottom supports the vehicle control device and extends horizontally in the lateral direction of the vehicle body. The rear wall portion is detachably secured to the support structure and extends upwardly perpendicular to the base portion. The rear wall portion includes a main body portion extending laterally to both sides of the vehicle body, a left side connecting portion located on a left side of the main body portion, and a right side connecting portion located on a right side of the main body portion. The upper part of the rear wall part is bent towards the rear side of the main body part to form a bent part, and a first reinforcing area which is concave towards the rear of the rear wall part is formed on a transition part between the bent part and the rear wall part. According to the utility model discloses a installing support simple structure, intensity are higher, can fix automobile-used controlling means firmly.

Drawings

For a better understanding of the above and other objects, features, advantages and functions of the present invention, reference should be made to the preferred embodiments illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Like reference numerals in the drawings refer to like parts. It will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that the drawings are intended to illustrate preferred embodiments of the invention without any limiting effect on the scope of the invention, and that the various components in the drawings are not to scale.

Fig. 1 and 2 are mounting brackets for a vehicle control device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of a first fastening bracket of a mounting bracket according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a second fastening bracket of the mounting bracket according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a mounting bracket having a first fastening bracket and a second fastening bracket;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the mounting bracket being secured to the cross member;

fig. 7 is an enlarged view of a portion D of fig. 6.

Detailed Description

The inventive concept will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. What has been described herein is merely a preferred embodiment in accordance with the present invention, and those skilled in the art will appreciate that other ways of implementing the present invention on the basis of the preferred embodiment will also fall within the scope of the present invention. In the following detailed description, directional terms, such as "upper", "lower", "inner", "outer", and the like, are used with reference to the orientation depicted in the accompanying drawings. The components of embodiments of the present invention can be positioned in a number of different orientations and the directional terminology is used for purposes of illustration and is in no way limiting.

Fig. 1-2 show the general structure of a mounting bracket according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention from different angles, respectively. As shown in fig. 1-2, the mounting bracket 100 of the present invention includes a bottom portion 120 and a rear wall portion 110. Wherein the bottom part 120 horizontally extends along the transverse direction of the vehicle body. The rear wall portion 110 extends upward perpendicularly to the bottom portion 120, and includes a main body portion 111 extending to both sides in the vehicle body lateral direction, a left side connecting portion 113 located on the left side of the main body portion 111, and a right side connecting portion 114 located on the right side of the main body portion 111.

The upper portion of the rear wall portion 110 is bent toward the rear side of the body portion 111 to form a bent portion 112. A first reinforcing region a recessed toward the rear of the rear wall portion 110 is formed on a transition portion between the bent portion 112 and the rear wall portion 110.

The utility model discloses in, towards the sunken enhancement district of certain direction, it can form through modes such as panel beating, punching press or integrated into one piece. For a component or region having a reinforcing region, the reinforcing region is in the form of an inward depression in one surface (first surface) of the component or region, and in the other surface (second surface) facing away from this surface, the location corresponding to the reinforcing region appears to be convex away from the first surface. For components having regions formed by depressions, the depressed regions resist further relative bending of the two portions in a bent relationship, which may result in an increased resistance of the component to deformation.

The action mechanism of the first reinforcing region a shown in fig. 1 and 2 is further described below as an example. The first reinforcing region a is recessed toward a direction away from the main body portion 111, and the first reinforcing region a is on the back surface (not shown in fig. 1 and 2) of the rear wall portion 110, which appears to be convex toward the rear side of the rear wall portion 110. On the transition region, the section that transitions from the first reinforcement region a to other positions can be regarded as a thick-walled section of the transition region, which will cause the bending portion 112 to bend upward or downward. In this manner, the structural strength of the mounting bracket 100 is significantly enhanced without increasing the overall wall thickness of the transition region.

The fixing manner of the mounting bracket 100 according to the present invention is described below with reference to fig. 1 and 2 and fig. 6 and 7, wherein fig. 6 shows the mounting bracket 100 when being fixed to the cross car beam 200, and fig. 7 is a partial enlarged view of fig. 6. In a preferred embodiment, the left side connecting portion 113 and the right side connecting portion 114 of the rear wall portion 110 are respectively provided with a first through hole 116; the bending portion 112 is provided with a second through hole 117. Fasteners such as bolts pass through the first and second through holes 116, 117 to secure the mounting bracket 100 to the cross member 200.

A vehicle control device 300, such as an ESC, may be secured to the bottom 120 of the mounting bracket 100 by any known securing means.

It is understood that the mounting bracket 100 of the present invention may be adapted for use with other support structures having surface configurations that are in a bending relationship with each other, such as a cross car beam 200.

Similarly, the bottom portion 120 may be provided with a second reinforcing region B protruding upward and extending in the front-rear direction of the bottom portion 120 at a portion close to the rear wall portion 110, thereby ensuring the structural strength of the bottom portion 120 and the connecting region of the bottom portion 120 and the thick-walled portion.

Alternatively, the left connecting portion 113 of the rear wall portion 110 is not on the same plane as the main body portion 111. Specifically, as shown in fig. 2, the left side connecting portion 113 and the main body portion 111 are connected together by a connecting plate 115. The connecting plate 115, the main body 111 and the left connecting portion 113 may be formed to be bent in a smooth transition or an oblique transition. Preferably, the link plate 115 is provided with at least one third reinforcing region C recessed toward the body portion 111, thereby preventing the left link plate 115 from being bent with respect to the body portion 111.

The structures of the second enhancement region B and the third enhancement region C and the mechanism of the first enhancement region a are the same as those of the first enhancement region a, and are not described herein again.

Referring further to fig. 1-2 in conjunction with fig. 6 and 7, according to a preferred embodiment, an end of the bottom portion 120 away from the rear wall portion 110 is further provided with a limiting plate 121 extending upward, and the limiting plate 121 is configured to limit and fix the vehicle control device. Specifically, the limiting plate 121 is provided with at least one third through hole 122, and the vehicle control device is fixed on the bottom 120 through the third through hole 122.

Preferably, the upper end of the stopper plate 121 is provided with a guide groove 123 communicating with the third through-hole 122, the guide groove 123 being configured such that the fastener can be dropped to the third through-hole 122 in a vertical direction. According to a preferred embodiment, the longitudinal intervals of the guide grooves 123 decrease from top to bottom. The minimum gap of the guide groove 123, that is, the gap between the opposite surfaces of the position where the guide groove 123 is connected to the third through hole 122, is not greater than the diameter of the third through hole 122.

When the screw bolt is used, an operator can fix the screw bolt on the ESC, then hold the ESC, enable the screw bolt on the ESC to be placed in the third through hole 122 along the guide groove 123, and finally fasten the nut. When the ESC breaks down or needs to be overhauled, the ESC can be detached by tightening or loosening the nut by an operator.

In order to further improve the structural strength of the mounting bracket 100 of fig. 1 and 2, according to a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, the mounting bracket 100 further includes a first fastening frame 130 as shown in fig. 3. Wherein the first fastening bracket 130 is fixed to a left side region of the mounting bracket 100, and includes a first portion 131 capable of engaging a forward facing surface of the main body portion 111 of the rear wall portion 110 and fixed to the rear wall portion 110; a second portion 132 securable to the base 120, and a first riser 133 connecting the first portion 131 and the second portion 132.

Preferably, a gap G is formed between the first and second portions 131 and 132 of the first fastening bracket 130 in a vertical direction. The gap G is configured such that the second portion 132 can engage the bottom surface of the bottom 120, i.e., the gap should be no less than the thickness of the corresponding location of the bottom 120 of the mounting bracket 100 described above.

The respective portions 131, 132 of the first fastening bracket 130 are fixed at respective corresponding positions of the mounting bracket 100 by welding. Fig. 3 schematically shows several welding spots E.

Similarly, the mounting bracket 100 may be provided with a second fastening bracket 140 as shown in fig. 4. The second fastening bracket 140 is fixed to a right side region of the mounting bracket 100, and includes a first portion 141 capable of engaging a forward facing surface of the right connecting portion 114 of the rear wall portion 110 and being fixed thereto by bolts, a second portion 142 capable of engaging a bottom surface of the bottom portion 120 and being fixed thereto, and a riser 143 connecting the first portion 141 and the second portion 142.

The second portion 142 of the second fastening bracket 140 is preferably secured to the bottom 120 of the mounting bracket 100 by welding. Fig. 4 schematically shows one spot E.

Referring to fig. 5, the first and second fastening brackets 130 and 140 are mounted on the mounting bracket 100.

It is to be understood that one or more of the first reinforcing region a, the second reinforcing region B, and the third reinforcing region C may be arbitrarily arranged depending on the lengths of the extending regions of the bent portion 112, the bottom portion 120, and the connecting plate 115.

The scope of protection of the present invention is limited only by the claims. Persons of ordinary skill in the art, having benefit of the teachings of the present invention, will readily appreciate that alternative structures to those disclosed as possible may be substituted for the alternative embodiments disclosed, and that the disclosed embodiments may be combined to create new embodiments, which likewise fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Claims (15)

1. A mounting bracket for a vehicle control device, the mounting bracket being removably securable to a support structure of a vehicle, the mounting bracket comprising:

a bottom portion that supports a vehicular control device and horizontally extends in a lateral direction of a vehicle body;

a rear wall portion detachably fixed to the support structure and extending upward perpendicularly to the bottom portion, the rear wall portion including a main body portion extending to both sides in a lateral direction of the vehicle body, a left side connecting portion located on a left side of the main body portion, and a right side connecting portion located on a right side of the main body portion,

the upper part of the rear wall part is bent towards the rear side of the main body part to form a bent part, and a first reinforcing area which is recessed towards the rear of the rear wall part is formed on a transition part between the bent part and the rear wall part.

2. The mounting bracket of claim 1,

and a second reinforcing area which is sunken upwards and extends along the front-back direction of the bottom is formed at the part of the bottom, which is close to the rear wall part.

3. The mounting bracket of claim 1 or 2, wherein the left side connecting portion of the rear wall portion is not in the same plane as the main body portion, and the left side connecting portion and the main body portion are connected together by a connecting plate.

4. A mounting bracket according to claim 3, characterised in that the web is provided with at least one third reinforcing region recessed towards the main body portion.

5. The mounting bracket of claim 4, wherein the bottom portion is further provided with an upwardly extending restraining plate at an end thereof remote from the rear wall portion, the restraining plate being configured to restrain and secure the vehicle control device.

6. The mounting bracket of claim 5, wherein the limiting plate is provided with at least one through hole, and the vehicle control device is fixed on the bottom through the through hole.

7. The mounting bracket of claim 6, wherein the upper end of the limit plate is provided with a guide groove communicating with the through hole, the guide groove being configured such that a fastener can be dropped to the through hole in a vertical direction.

8. The mounting bracket of claim 7, wherein the longitudinal spacing of the guide slots decreases from top to bottom.

9. The mounting bracket of claim 8, wherein the guide slot has a minimum clearance no greater than a diameter of the through hole.

10. The mounting bracket of claim 1 further comprising a first fastening bracket including a first portion adapted to engage the forward facing surface of the main body portion of the rear wall portion and be secured to the rear wall portion, a second portion adapted to be secured to the base, and a first riser connecting the first portion and the second portion.

11. The mounting bracket of claim 10, wherein a gap is formed vertically between the first portion and the second portion, the gap configured to enable the second portion to engage a bottom surface of the base.

12. The mounting bracket of claim 1 further comprising a second fastening bracket including a first portion adapted to engage a forward facing surface of the right side connection portion of the rear wall portion and be secured thereto by bolts, a second portion adapted to engage a bottom surface of the bottom portion and be secured thereto, and a riser connecting the first and second portions.

13. The mounting bracket of claim 1, wherein the rear wall portion is provided with at least 2 first through holes spaced apart from each other in a longitudinal direction.

14. The mounting bracket of claim 10 or 11, wherein the first fastening bracket is configured to be weldable to the rear wall portion and the bottom portion.

15. The mounting bracket of claim 12, wherein the second portion of the second fastening bracket is configured to be weldable to the base.

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