CN212921149U - Intelligent charging station for electric vehicle - Google Patents
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Abstract
The utility model discloses an intelligent charging station for an electric vehicle, which comprises a box body, a box cover and an antenna device arranged on the box cover, wherein the antenna device comprises an installation sheath and an antenna body penetrating through the installation sheath, the inner bottom surface of the box cover is provided with an installation clamping groove, the installation sheath is provided with an end part suitable for being inserted into the installation clamping groove, a buckle structure for fixing the installation clamping groove and the end part in a matched manner is arranged between the installation clamping groove and the end part, so that the antenna device and the box cover are kept fixedly connected, by adopting the technical scheme, the antenna device is arranged in parallel to the bottom surface of the box body after being fixed on the inner bottom surface of the box cover, thus not only occupying the internal installation space of the box body, not influencing the installation layout of electrical components in the box body, but also effectively preventing the antenna device from generating installation position deviation and, the installation efficiency is improved, and the use performance of the product is improved.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to a low-voltage apparatus technical field, concretely relates to intelligent charging station for electric motor car.
Background
In recent years, in urban and rural areas of China, electric vehicles (electric bicycles and electric motorcycles), which are transportation tools having the advantages of convenience, rapidness, environmental protection, energy conservation, fashion, beauty, simple operation, low price and the like, are accepted and liked by more and more consumers. Among the users of the existing electric vehicles, a considerable part of people are too troublesome to charge the electric vehicles due to suspicion, the electric vehicles need to ride home forcibly to charge the electric vehicles passively when no electricity is available, particularly, the charging is very inconvenient for the users living in high floors, the situation that the electric vehicles are charged by pulling wires in a private and disordered way exists in many communities at present, potential safety hazards such as fire disasters and electric shocks easily occur when the electric vehicles are charged by pulling the wires in a private and disordered way, in order to guarantee the safety, charging boxes are installed in areas where the electric vehicles are parked and managed in a centralized mode in many community properties, and people can charge the electric vehicles conveniently.
The prior charging station mainly comprises a box body and an intelligent charging circuit arranged in the box body, wherein the front surface of the box body is provided with a charging coin device and a charging card swiping device which are connected with the intelligent charging circuit, the box body is provided with a charging state display device and a plurality of charging interfaces, the intelligent charging circuit comprises at least one control circuit board, the control circuit board takes the control circuit board as a core and controls other devices through circuits and programs, the control circuit board is provided with a communication module and an antenna device, the communication module can realize remote wireless control, remote alarm, remote maintenance and the like, the antenna device is used for transmitting or receiving electromagnetic waves and can improve the capability of the communication module for transmitting and receiving signals, but the prior antenna device is directly connected on the control circuit board and is lifted in a semi-suspension state in the box body, so that the shaking and the collision are easy, the installation stability is poor, influences antenna device performance.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
Therefore, the to-be-solved technical problem of the utility model lies in overcoming the antenna device lug connection of the charging station among the prior art on the control scheme board to the perk is half unsettled state in the box, and installation stability is poor, influences the problem of antenna device performance.
In order to solve the technical problem, the utility model provides an intelligent charging station for electric motor car, including box, case lid with install in control scheme board in the box, and install in on the case lid with the antenna device that control scheme board links to each other, antenna device is including being the installation sheath that leaks hopper-shaped, the interior bottom surface of case lid is provided with installation slot, installation sheath has and is fit for inserting end portion among the installation slot, installation slot with be provided with between the end portion and make the fixed buckle structure of the two cooperation joint, the installation sheath is fixed to make behind the installation slot antenna device be on a parallel with the box bottom surface.
As an optimal scheme, the end head portion is circular structure, buckle structure is including setting up the spacing buckle of installation slot one side and the annular chimb that corresponds the setting on the peripheral lateral wall of end head portion, spacing buckle cooperation joint is in on the annular chimb.
As a preferable scheme, a slotted opening opposite to the limiting buckle is formed in the other side of the mounting clamping groove, and the mounting sheath comprises a tail end portion which horizontally extends from the end head portion and penetrates out of the slotted opening.
As a preferred scheme, the mounting slot includes two opposite concave limiting plates provided at two ends thereof, the limiting buckle and the notch are respectively provided between the two concave limiting plates, and the concave limiting plates are in fit abutment with end surfaces at two ends of the end head portion.
As a preferable scheme, the antenna device comprises an antenna body penetrating through the installation sheath, and one end of the antenna body, which extends out of the installation sheath, is connected with the control circuit board through a wire.
As a preferred scheme, the antenna body is fixedly connected to the inner bottom surface of the box cover through a glue pasting structure.
Preferably, the box cover comprises a main cover plate and a sub-cover plate detachably connected with the main cover plate.
As a preferred scheme, the main apron with divide and be provided with location structure between the apron, location structure including set up in a plurality of locating holes and the positioning baffle of main apron one end, and set up divide the installation chimb of apron one end, and set up on the installation chimb and correspond and insert a plurality of reference columns in the locating hole, the installation chimb is in main apron with divide the apron cooperation continuous time butt in on the positioning baffle.
As a preferred scheme, a display screen and a plurality of indicator lamp holes are arranged on the main cover plate, and the display screen is connected with the control circuit board.
The utility model discloses technical scheme has following advantage:
1. the utility model provides an intelligent charging station for electric vehicle, when installing the antenna device, as long as insert the end of its installation sheath into the installation draw-in groove of case lid, the end is fixed through the cooperation joint of buckle structure between installation draw-in groove, thereby play spacing installation effect to the antenna device in the mounting groove, make the antenna device fastening installation at the interior bottom surface of case lid, adopt this technical scheme, the antenna device is parallel to the bottom surface setting of box after fixing to the interior bottom surface of case lid, namely the antenna device is arranged between box and case lid in the level form, so not only occupy the interior installation space of box, also can effectively prevent the antenna device from taking place the installation position skew and rocking, the installation stability is good, guarantees the safe use of antenna device, the whole installation process is simple and convenient, the antenna device and the box cover can be quickly assembled, the installation efficiency is improved, and the use performance of the product is improved.
2. The utility model provides a pair of intelligent charging station for electric motor car through set up spacing buckle in erection clamp groove one side, inserts erection clamp groove's in-process with end portion, spacing buckle can be detained and support on the annular chimb of end portion, prevents that the end portion from deviating from erection clamp groove, and at this moment end portion receives the joint effect of spacing buckle and annular chimb and is in by the card solid among the erection clamp groove, realize that the installation sheath targets in place to install in spacing draw-in groove one step to make antenna assembly and case lid keep fixed connection.
3. The utility model provides a pair of intelligent charging station for electric motor car corresponds the locating hole that inserts main apron through the reference column on the installation chimb, plays the effect of location installation to main apron and branch apron, avoids main apron and branch apron to take place the mounted position skew when the installation, and the installation stability is good, and the cooperation is connected accurate reliable, and simple to operate is swift, improves the installation effectiveness.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the embodiments or the technical solutions in the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without creative efforts.
Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an intelligent charging station for an electric vehicle according to the present invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic view of an installation structure of the antenna device of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a partially enlarged schematic view of the antenna device shown in fig. 2;
FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of the sub-cover plate of the present invention;
description of reference numerals: 1-box body, 2-box cover, 21-main cover plate, 22-branch cover plate, 23-indicator lamp hole, 3-installation sheath, 31-end part, 32-tail end part, 4-antenna body, 5-installation clamping groove, 51-notch, 52-concave limiting plate, 6-limiting buckle, 7-annular convex edge, 81-positioning hole, 82-positioning baffle, 83-installation convex edge and 84-positioning column.
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The technical solution of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, and obviously, the described embodiments are some, but not all embodiments of the present invention. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative work belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "first", "second" and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.
In the description of the present invention, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.
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The present embodiment is described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings:
the embodiment provides an intelligent charging station for an electric vehicle as shown in fig. 1-4, which is characterized in that: including box 1, case lid 2 with install in control scheme board in the box 1, and install in on the case lid 2 with the antenna device that control scheme board links to each other, antenna device is including being hourglass hopper-shaped installation sheath 3, the interior bottom surface of case lid 2 is provided with mounting groove 5, mounting sheath 3 has and is fit for inserting end 31 among the mounting groove, mounting groove 5 with be provided with between the end 31 and make the fixed buckle structure of the two cooperation joint, mounting sheath 3 is fixed extremely behind mounting groove 5 so that antenna device is on a parallel with 1 bottom surface of box.
The above embodiment is the core technical solution of this embodiment, when the antenna device is installed, only the end head 31 of the installation sheath 3 is inserted into the installation slot 5 of the case cover 2, and the end head 31 and the installation slot 5 are matched and clamped and fixed by the buckle structure, so as to play a role of limiting installation of the installation sheath in the installation slot, and the antenna device is tightly installed on the inner bottom surface of the case cover, by adopting the technical solution, the antenna device is fixed on the inner bottom surface of the case cover 2 and then arranged parallel to the bottom surface of the case body 1, that is, the antenna device is horizontally arranged on the inner bottom surface of the case cover, thus not only occupying the installation space inside the case body, but also not affecting the installation layout of electrical components inside the case body, effectively preventing the antenna device from installation position deviation and shaking, having good installation stability, and ensuring safe use of the antenna device, whole installation is simple and convenient, realizes the fast assembly of antenna device and case lid, improves the installation effectiveness, promotes the performance of product.
The specific arrangement of the mounting slot and the mounting sheath will be described in detail below with reference to fig. 2-3:
the end portion 31 is of a circular structure, the buckle structure comprises a limiting buckle 6 arranged on one side of the mounting slot 5 and an annular convex edge 7 correspondingly arranged on the circumferential side wall of the end portion 31, the limiting buckle 6 is in matched and clamped connection with the annular convex edge 7, the end portion 31 is inserted into the mounting slot 5, the limiting buckle 6 can be buckled and abutted on the annular convex edge 7 of the end portion to prevent the end portion 31 from being separated from the mounting slot 5, and the end portion is clamped and fixed in the mounting slot 5 under the clamping effect of the limiting buckle and the annular convex edge, so that the antenna device and the box cover are fixedly connected.
As a specific structural arrangement, the antenna device includes an antenna body 4 penetrating through the installation sheath 3, one end of the antenna body 4 extending out of the installation sheath 3 is connected to the control circuit board through a wire, the other side of the installation slot 5 is provided with a slot 51 opposite to the limit buckle 6, the installation sheath 3 includes a tail end 32 horizontally extending from the end 31 and penetrating out of the slot, according to the structure, the antenna body 4 extends through the end and the tail end 32, and the installation sheath 3 is installed on the inner bottom surface of the case cover in a horizontal state, the inner bottom surface of the case cover 2 provides a spacious installation area for the antenna device, does not occupy the internal installation space of the case body, and can be made longer and larger by reasonably optimizing the space layout, this further improves the ability of the antenna device to transmit and receive signals.
Preferably, when the antenna body 4 extends to a longer length from the mounting sheath, the antenna body 4 is fixedly connected to the inner bottom surface of the case cover through the adhesive structure, so that the antenna body 4 is tightly attached to the inner bottom surface of the case cover 2, the mounting stability is good, and the antenna device is neat and beautiful when being mounted on the inner bottom surface of the case cover 2.
As shown in fig. 3, the mounting slot 5 includes two opposite concave limiting plates 52 disposed at two ends thereof, the limiting buckle 6 and the notch 51 are respectively disposed between the two concave limiting plates 52, the concave limiting plates 52 are in fit abutment with end faces at two ends of the end head 31, the two concave limiting plates 52 are used for limiting the movement of the end head 31 along the horizontal direction to be disengaged from the mounting slot 5, and the limiting buckle 6 is matched with the annular flange 7 for limiting the movement of the end head 31 along the vertical direction to be disengaged from the mounting slot 5, so that the end head 31 is limited and fastened in the mounting slot 5, and the mounting stability of the whole antenna device is ensured.
In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 1-3, the case cover 2 includes a main cover plate 21 and a sub-cover plate 22 detachably connected to the main cover plate, in order to reliably implement the installation connection between the main cover plate and the sub-cover plate, a positioning structure is disposed between the main cover plate 21 and the sub-cover plate 22, the positioning structure includes a plurality of positioning holes 81 and positioning baffles 82 disposed at one end of the main cover plate 21, an installation flange 83 disposed at one end of the sub-cover plate 22, and a plurality of positioning posts 84 disposed on the installation flange 83 and correspondingly inserted into the positioning holes 81, the installation flange 83 is matched and abutted against the positioning baffles 82 when the main cover plate is matched and connected to the sub-cover plate, and this structure is configured to limit the distance that the installation flange 83 is inserted into the inner bottom surface of the case cover through the positioning baffles 82, and correspondingly insert the positioning posts 84 on the installation flange 83 into the positioning holes 81 of the main cover plate, the main cover plate 21 and the sub cover plate 22 are positioned and installed, so that the main cover plate 21 and the sub cover plate 22 are prevented from being deviated in installation position during installation, installation stability is good, matching connection is accurate and reliable, installation is convenient and rapid, and installation efficiency is improved.
As a preferred embodiment, the main cover plate 21 is provided with a display screen and a plurality of indicator lamp holes 23, the display screen is connected to the control circuit board (the control circuit board is not shown in the drawing), each indicator lamp hole is correspondingly provided with a signal indicator lamp for indicating different working states of the charging station, and the control circuit board has data information processing and charging functions, and uses the data information processing and charging functions as a core to centrally control other devices through a protocol or a circuit.
It should be understood that the above examples are only for clarity of illustration and are not intended to limit the embodiments. Other variations and modifications will be apparent to persons skilled in the art in light of the above description. And are neither required nor exhaustive of all embodiments. And obvious variations or modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention.
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1. The utility model provides an intelligent charging station for electric motor car which characterized in that: including box (1), case lid (2) and install in control scheme board in box (1), and install in on case lid (2) with the antenna device that control scheme board links to each other, antenna device is including being hourglass hopper-shaped installation sheath (3), the interior bottom surface of case lid (2) is provided with installation slot (5), installation sheath (3) have and be fit for inserting end portion (31) among the installation slot, installation slot (5) with be provided with between end portion (31) and make the fixed buckle structure of the two cooperation joint, installation sheath (3) are fixed extremely behind installation slot (5) so that antenna device is on a parallel with box (1) bottom surface.
2. The intelligent charging station for electric vehicles according to claim 1, wherein: end portion (31) are circular structure, buckle structure is including setting up spacing buckle (6) of installation slot (5) one side and corresponding annular chimb (7) of setting on the circumference lateral wall of end portion (31), spacing buckle (6) cooperation joint is in on annular chimb (7).
3. The intelligent charging station for electric vehicles according to claim 2, wherein: the other side of the mounting clamping groove (5) is provided with a groove opening (51) opposite to the limiting buckle (6), and the mounting sheath (3) comprises a tail end part (32) which horizontally extends out of the groove opening from the end head part (31).
4. The intelligent charging station for electric vehicles according to claim 3, wherein: the mounting clamping groove (5) comprises two opposite concave limiting plates (52) arranged at two ends of the mounting clamping groove, the limiting buckle (6) and the notch (51) are respectively arranged between the two concave limiting plates (52), and the concave limiting plates (52) are matched and abutted on end faces at two ends of the end head part (31).
5. The intelligent charging station for electric vehicles according to any one of claims 1-4, wherein: the antenna device comprises an antenna body (4) penetrating through the installation sheath (3), and one end, extending out of the installation sheath (3), of the antenna body (4) is connected with the control circuit board through a lead.
6. The intelligent charging station for electric vehicles according to claim 5, wherein: the antenna body (4) is fixedly connected to the inner bottom surface of the box cover through a glue pasting structure.
7. The intelligent charging station for electric vehicles according to claim 1, wherein: the box cover (2) comprises a main cover plate (21) and a sub-cover plate (22) detachably connected with the main cover plate.
8. The intelligent charging station for electric vehicles according to claim 7, wherein: main apron (21) with be provided with location structure between branch apron (22), location structure including set up in a plurality of locating holes (81) and positioning baffle (82) of main apron (21) one end, and set up branch installation chimb (83) of apron (22) one end, and set up on installation chimb (83) and correspond and insert a plurality of reference columns (84) in locating hole (81), installation chimb (83) are in when main apron links to each other with the cooperation of branch apron with positioning baffle (82) cooperation offsets.
9. The intelligent charging station for electric vehicles according to claim 8, wherein: the main cover plate (21) is provided with a display screen and a plurality of indicator lamp holes (23), and the display screen is connected with the control circuit board.
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