CN214377503U

CN214377503U - Gear display

Info

Publication number: CN214377503U
Application number: CN202120613741.2U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 柏婷; 李彪; 姜宁进
Original assignee: Shanghai Kostal Huayang Automotive Electric Co Ltd; Kostal Shanghai Mechatronic Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shanghai Kostal Huayang Automotive Electric Co Ltd; Kostal Shanghai Mechatronic Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-03-25
Filing date: 2021-03-25
Publication date: 2021-10-08
Anticipated expiration: 2031-03-25

Abstract

The utility model discloses a gear display, including the shell with install in the display board of shell, the display board has a plurality of character pieces that are used for instructing gear information, be equipped with in the shell and be used for lighting the light source module of character piece. Above-mentioned gear display can direct display gear information, observes directly perceived, and convenient to use has reduced because of the inconvenient potential safety hazard that leads to of driver acquisition gear information.

Description

Gear display

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of auto-parts, in particular to gear display.

Background

The gear display on the automobile is mostly integrated on an instrument desk, and the instrument desk integrates a lot of information, such as the speed, the engine speed, the oil quantity, the state of a lamp and the like, so that the problem of complexity is brought while the information is comprehensive.

The current gear display is integrated on an instrument desk, a driver needs to know the specific position of the driver in advance and develop a daily habit when trying to acquire gear information from a plurality of information, and the gear display is not direct in sense and not convenient in observation; meanwhile, under some specific conditions, if gear information cannot be acquired in time, serious potential safety hazards can be brought, other positions of the automobile are not reminded, and the automobile has use risks for driving.

Therefore, how to provide a gear display that is convenient for gear display to allow a driver to directly obtain gear information, is intuitive to observe, is convenient to use, and reduces potential safety hazards is a technical problem that needs to be solved urgently by those skilled in the art.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims at providing a gear display can direct display gear information, observes directly perceived, and convenient to use has reduced because of the inconvenient potential safety hazard that leads to of driver acquisition gear information.

In order to achieve the above object, the utility model provides a gear display, including the shell with install in the display board of shell, the display board has a plurality of character pieces that are used for instructing gear information, be equipped with in the shell and be used for lighting the light source module of character piece.

Preferably, the display board is transparent, and the character blocks are four letter blocks of 'P', 'R', 'N' and 'D' arranged on the display board.

Preferably, the character block is arranged on the surface of the display board.

Preferably, the character block is provided inside the display board.

Preferably, the light source module includes a circuit board having a character light source, and the circuit board is used to connect the ECU through a wire harness to realize the one-by-one lighting control of the character light source on the character blocks.

Preferably, the circuit board further has a background light source for lighting the display board.

Preferably, the light source module includes a light guide bar disposed between the character light source and the character block.

Preferably, a light source switch connected with the character light source and the background light source is included, and the color, the brightness and the flicker frequency of the character light source and the background light source can be adjusted.

Preferably, a fixing plate for fixing the circuit board and the light guide strip is arranged in the shell.

Preferably, the fixing plate is provided with a first row of holes for light of the background light source to directly pass through and a second row of holes for light of the character light source to pass through after passing through the light guide strip, the light of the background light source enters from the back of the display board to light the display board, and the light of the character light source enters from the bottom side of the display board to light the character blocks.

Compared with the prior art, the gear display provided by the utility model comprises a shell and a display board, wherein the display board is arranged on the shell, the display board is provided with a plurality of character blocks, the character blocks indicate gear information, a light source module is arranged in the shell, and the character blocks are lightened by the light source module; when the gear display is used, the light source module lights different character blocks of the display board according to the gear information to be provided, so that a driver can visually acquire the gear information according to the difference of the lighted character blocks, the observation is visual, the use is convenient, and the potential safety hazard caused by the inconvenience of the driver in acquiring the gear information is reduced.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings required to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the provided drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a gear display provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a disassembled schematic view of a gear display provided in the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a front view of a gear indicator provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a side view of a gear indicator according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a top view of a gear indicator according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is an internal schematic view of a gear indicator according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic light path diagram of the gear display provided by the embodiment of the present invention.

Wherein:

1-shell, 2-display board, 3-light guide bar, 4-fixing plate, 5-circuit board, 11-shell, 12-bottom cover, 201-character block, 501-character light source and 502-background light source.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. 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 order to make the technical field of the present invention better understand, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and the detailed description.

Please refer to fig. 1 to fig. 7, wherein, fig. 1 is the structural schematic diagram of the gear display provided by the embodiment of the present invention, fig. 2 is the disassembly schematic diagram of the gear display provided by the embodiment of the present invention, fig. 3 is the front view of the gear display provided by the embodiment of the present invention, fig. 4 is the side view of the gear display provided by the embodiment of the present invention, fig. 5 is the top view of the gear display provided by the embodiment of the present invention, fig. 6 is the internal schematic diagram of the gear display provided by the embodiment of the present invention, fig. 7 is the light path schematic diagram of the gear display provided by the embodiment of the present invention.

In a first specific embodiment, the gear indicator provided by the present invention comprises a housing 1 and two parts disposed inside and outside the housing 1; wherein, the displayable part installed outside the housing 1 is a display board 2, the display board 2 has a plurality of character blocks 201, different character blocks 201 indicate different gear information, such as the first, second and third character blocks 201 respectively corresponding to "A", "B" and "C", etc., or the first, second and third character blocks 201 respectively corresponding to "1", "2" and "3", etc.; the non-display part arranged in the shell 1 is a light source module, the light source module is provided with a control unit and a light-emitting unit, the control unit can be a controller and the like, the light-emitting unit can be a plurality of LED lamps and the like which are in one-to-one correspondence with different character blocks 201, the control unit is connected with the light-emitting unit, and the light-emitting unit is arranged close to the corresponding character block 201; when the gear shift indicator is used, the control unit controls the light-emitting unit of the corresponding character block 201 to be lightened according to the gear shift information to be indicated, so that the character block 201 of the gear shift information is lightened, a driver can visually acquire the gear shift information according to the difference of the lightened character block 201, the gear shift indicator is visual in observation and convenient to use, and potential safety hazards caused by inconvenience in acquiring the gear shift information by the driver are reduced.

It should be noted that, there are various ways of setting the display board 2 and the character block 201: firstly, the assembly can be split type assembly, and the assembly can also be integrally formed; secondly, the display board 2 may be used as a background board, the character block 201 is a light-conductive structure and fixed on the background board, or the display board 2 may be a light-conductive structure, and the character block 201 is directly set on the light-conductive structure; the above description shall fall within the scope of the present embodiment.

Illustratively, the display board 2 is a transparent object made of transparent material, the material of the transparent object is suitable for laser engraving, the character blocks 201 are character blocks, four character blocks "P", "R", "N" and "D", which are arranged on the display board 2 and correspond to four gears, when the display board is not lighted, the display board 2 is in a non-luminous "P R N D" appearance, and after the display board is lighted, the character blocks corresponding to the gears are lighted, for example, "P" or "R" or "N" or "D" in "P R N D" is lighted.

It should be noted that there are various process methods for setting the character block 201, including but not limited to laser etching, painting, silk printing, injection molding, etc., and different process methods, such as painting on the surface and injection molding inside, may be adopted according to the setting position, and whatever process method is adopted, shall also belong to the scope of the description of the present embodiment.

For example, when laser engraving is used, the character block 201 may be arranged in various ways according to different engraving positions and different engraving structures.

For example, the character block 201 is disposed on the surface of the display board 2, and may be a planar structure, exhibiting a planar display effect; for example, the character block 201 is disposed inside the display board 2, and may be a three-dimensional structure, exhibiting a 3D display effect.

In addition, in the embodiment that the character block 201 is arranged on the surface of the display board 2, laser etching, paint spraying, silk printing and the like can be adopted; in the embodiment where the character block 201 is disposed inside the display board 2, the character block may be disposed inside the display board in a closed manner or in a penetrating manner.

In this embodiment, the light source module includes a circuit board 5, the circuit board 5 has a circuit and character light sources 501, the number of the character light sources 501 is multiple, and the character light sources 501 correspond to different gears one by one, the circuit board 5 is connected to an ECU of the vehicle through a wire harness, the ECU provides information input, and the circuit board 5 controls the different character light sources 501 to realize the one-by-one lighting control of the character blocks 201.

In a specific embodiment, the character block 201 of the display board 2 has a lighting function, and the display board 2 also has a lighting function, in this case, it is equivalent to that the display board 2 itself provides a certain backlight, and the specific character block 201 is lighted in the backlight.

In this embodiment, to realize the backlight illumination of the display board 2, the circuit board 5 further has a background light source 502, and the background light source 502 is also controlled by the circuit board 5 of the light source module to illuminate the display board 2.

In this embodiment, a switch for controlling the light source is further included, and the light source switch is connected to the character light source 501 and the background light source 502, and the control and adjustment of the light source are realized by using the light source switch.

It should be noted that the color, brightness and flashing frequency of the character light source 501 and the background light source 502 can be adjusted, that is, on the basis of different appearances of the letter blocks, the information of each gear is further distinguished by different colors, brightness and flashing frequency, for example, "P" corresponds to the parking gear, red, neutral, green, and so on.

In this embodiment, the housing 1 is composed of a casing 11 and a bottom cover 12, the casing 11 and the bottom cover 12 may be made of opaque black opaque material, the main structure of the gear indicator is fixed to the bottom cover 12, the casing 11 covers the main structure and then is fastened, and the three are fixed by screws.

Illustratively, a fixing plate 4 is arranged in the housing 1, the circuit board 5 and the light guide strip 3 are fixed by the fixing plate 4, and the fixing plate 4, the bottom cover 12 and the housing 11 are locked and fixed by screws.

In this embodiment, in order to avoid the fixing plate 4 blocking light, the fixing plate 4 is provided with two rows of holes for light to pass through, wherein the first row of holes for light of the background light source 502 to directly pass through and the second row of holes for light of the character light source 501 to pass through after passing through the light guide bar 3, and the light guide bar 3 is fixed in the second row of holes.

More specifically, the light source module still includes light guide strip 3, light guide strip 3 locates between character light source 501 and character block 201, the one end of light guide strip 3 is located light source module's character light source 501 department, the other end is located character block 201 department, that is to say, character light source 501 switches on to the light route of character block 201 by light guide strip 3, this moment, according to the difference that light guide strip 3 set up the direction, change the direction of light path, make light source module and character block 201 set up the position various.

Illustratively, the light guide strip 3 is at a 90 ° corner.

In this embodiment, the light from the background light source 502 is emitted horizontally, and enters from the back of the display board 2 to light up the display board 2, and adds the background light; the light of the character light source 501 is horizontally emitted and then turns at an angle of 90 degrees in the light guide strip 3, enters from the bottom side of the display board 2 to light the character block 201, and is reflected in the transparent material to light.

Illustratively, the number of the character light sources 501 is four, and the character light sources correspond to four light guide bars 3 one by one, and correspond to four letter blocks of "P", "R", "N", and "D" one by one; the number of the background light sources 502 is plural, for example, five, and the display board 2 is lighted in a row to provide background light.

It is noted that, in this specification, relational terms such as first and second, and the like are used solely to distinguish one entity from another entity without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities.

It is right above the utility model provides a gear display introduces in detail. The principles and embodiments of the present invention have been explained herein using specific examples, and the above descriptions of the embodiments are only used to help understand the method and its core ideas of the present invention. It should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, without departing from the principle of the present invention, the present invention can be further modified and modified, and such modifications and modifications also fall within the protection scope of the appended claims.

Claims

1. The gear display is characterized by comprising a shell (1) and a display board (2) arranged on the shell (1), wherein the display board (2) is provided with a plurality of character blocks (201) used for indicating gear information, and a light source module used for lightening the character blocks (201) is arranged in the shell (1).

2. The gear indicator according to claim 1, wherein the display board (2) is made of transparent material, and the character blocks (201) are four letter blocks of "P", "R", "N" and "D" provided on the display board (2).

3. Gear indicator according to claim 2, characterised in that the character block (201) is provided on the surface of the display plate (2).

4. Gear indicator according to claim 2, characterised in that the character block (201) is provided inside the display plate (2).

5. The gear position display according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the light source module comprises a circuit board (5) with a character light source (501), and the circuit board (5) is used for connecting an ECU (electronic control Unit) through a wire harness to realize the one-by-one lighting control of the character light source (501) on the character blocks (201).

6. Gear position display according to claim 5 characterized in that said circuit board (5) further has a background light source (502), said background light source (502) being used to light up said display board (2).

7. Gear position display according to claim 6, characterized in that said light source module comprises a light guiding bar (3) arranged between said character light source (501) and said character block (201).

8. The gear indicator according to claim 6, characterized by comprising a light source switch for connecting the character light source (501) and the background light source (502), wherein the character light source (501) and the background light source (502) can be adjusted in color, brightness and flashing frequency.

9. Gear display according to claim 7, characterised in that a fixing plate (4) is provided in the housing (1) for fixing the circuit board (5) and the light guide bar (3).

10. Gear indicator according to claim 9, wherein the fixing plate (4) is provided with a first row of holes for the light of the background light source (502) to pass through directly and a second row of holes for the light of the character light source (501) to pass through after passing through the light guiding bar (3), the light of the background light source (502) enters from the back of the display board (2) to illuminate the display board (2), and the light of the character light source (501) enters from the bottom side of the display board (2) to illuminate the character block (201).