CN215154418U - Sensor support and sensor assembly - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to an unmanned driving technology field particularly, relates to a sensor support and sensor subassembly, the sensor support is used for installing on the outer wall of mobile device, the sensor support includes the body, this internal pencil that is formed with holds the chamber be formed with first installation department and second installation department on the body, first installation department is used for installing first sensor, the second installation department is used for installing the second sensor, first sensor with the second sensor all has the pencil and connects, so that the pencil connects and is located the pencil holds the intracavity, and then will the pencil connect with the pencil holds the space isolation outside the chamber. The application aims to solve the problem that the bare wires of the existing wire harnesses are usually exposed in the natural environment after being connected with the joints of the sensor and are easily damaged due to corrosion of the natural environment, and the sensor support and the sensor assembly are provided.

Description

Sensor support and sensor assembly

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of unmanned driving, in particular to a sensor support and a sensor assembly.

Background

The unmanned vehicle is a land wheeled robot, which has great similarity with a common robot and great difference, and is required to complete actions of road driving, accurate parking, obstacle avoidance and the like without human intervention, so that the vehicle is required to have good perception foundation and function. The sensor mounting of unmanned vehicles plays a critical role in vehicle travel. In the prior art, a sensor installed on an outer wall of a vehicle generally needs to be connected with a bare wire of a wire harness through a joint, and the bare wire and the joint of the sensor are usually exposed in a natural environment after being connected, and are easily damaged due to corrosion of the natural environment.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The application aims to solve the problem that the bare wires of the existing wire harnesses are usually exposed in the natural environment after being connected with the joints of the sensor and are easily damaged due to corrosion of the natural environment, and the sensor support and the sensor assembly are provided.

In order to achieve the purpose, the following technical scheme is adopted in the application:

one aspect of the application provides a sensor support, sensor support is used for installing on the outer wall of mobile device, sensor support includes the body, this internal pencil that is formed with holds the chamber be formed with first installation department and second installation department on the body, first installation department is used for installing first sensor, the second installation department is used for installing the second sensor, first sensor with the second sensor all has the pencil joint, so that the pencil joint is located the pencil holds the intracavity, and then will the pencil joint with the pencil holds the space isolation outside the chamber.

Optionally, the body is a slot body, the slot body has a notch communicated with the wire harness accommodating cavity, and the notch is used for facing the outer wall of the movable device, so that the outer wall at least covers a part of the notch.

The technical scheme has the beneficial effects that: after the sensor support is connected with the outer wall of the movable equipment, the outer wall of the movable equipment at least covers one part of the notch, so that the notch can be at least partially plugged through the outer wall of the movable equipment, a cover plate does not need to be additionally arranged at the notch for plugging, or a smaller cover plate is only used for plugging, the weight of the sensor support is reduced, and the production cost is reduced.

Optionally, the mobile device further comprises a cover plate for covering at least a part of the notch, the cover plate is connected with the body, so that the body is connected with the outer wall of the mobile device through the cover plate.

The technical scheme has the beneficial effects that: the arrangement of the cover plate can further isolate the wire harness accommodating cavity from the natural environment, so that the wire harness joint can be more effectively protected; and after the sensors are installed, the wire harnesses connected with the sensors are arranged in the wire harness accommodating cavity, and then the cover plate is installed, so that the cover plate can properly limit the wire harnesses in the wire harness accommodating cavity.

Optionally, one end of the cover plate is pivoted with the edge of the notch, and the other end of the cover plate is clamped with the edge of the notch.

The technical scheme has the beneficial effects that: in this way, the cover plate and the body can be pivoted relatively to separate the cover plate and the body, the cover plate is connected with the outer wall of the movable device through a connecting piece or welded, and then the body is pivoted again to enable the body and the cover plate to approach until the cover plate and the body are clamped.

Optionally, the body has a wall for enclosing the wire harness accommodating cavity, the first sensor is a camera, the camera is arranged in the wire harness accommodating cavity, and a signal collecting hole is formed in the wall, so that the camera can collect a signal outside the sensor support through the signal collecting hole.

The technical scheme has the beneficial effects that: make the camera be located the pencil and hold the intracavity, then can form certain protection to the camera through the sensor support, the probability that the camera damaged when reducing sensor assembly and external collision.

Optionally, the wiring harness accommodating device further comprises a camera installation part located in the wiring harness accommodating cavity, a camera accommodating groove is formed in the camera installation part, and the position of the camera accommodating groove corresponds to the position of the signal collecting hole.

The technical scheme has the beneficial effects that: the special mounting seat is provided for the camera, so that the installation of the camera cannot be limited to the thickness of the wall, and the wall thickness can be flexibly and reasonably selected according to the factors such as cost, strength and the like.

Optionally, include two the second installation department, first installation department and two the second installation department is triangle-shaped and arranges, the signal acquisition pore is formed first installation department deviates from two one side of second installation department.

The technical scheme has the beneficial effects that: the first installation part is equivalent to the outward protrusion of the direction perpendicular to the connecting line of the two second installation parts, and when the camera collects signals through the signal collection hole, the blocking of the two second installation parts can not be caused, so that the camera can obtain a larger effective signal collection range.

Optionally, the sensor further comprises a third installation part for installing a third sensor, wherein the third installation part protrudes out of the body, so that the third installation part, the body and the outer wall can be sequentially arranged in the same direction.

The technical scheme has the beneficial effects that: therefore, the third mounting part protrudes out of the body and is relatively far away from the movable device, so that the range of the periphery of the third sensor which is blocked after the third sensor is mounted on the third mounting part is relatively small, and the third sensor can obtain a large acquisition range.

Optionally, an arc-shaped slideway is formed on the third mounting part, and the arc-shaped slideway is used for being in sliding fit with the third sensor.

The technical scheme has the beneficial effects that: this makes the third sensor can be followed the arc track and do the arc removal in certain extent on the third installation department, has further increased the scope that the third sensor gathered the signal.

Another aspect of the present application provides a sensor assembly, including a wire harness, and the sensor support, the first sensor and the second sensor provided in the embodiments of the present application, the wire harness being connected to both the first sensor and the second sensor, and a portion of the wire harness located outside the movable device being located in a wire harness accommodating chamber.

The technical scheme provided by the application can achieve the following beneficial effects:

according to the sensor support and the sensor assembly, when the first sensor and the second sensor are installed, the wire harness joint can be located in the wire harness accommodating cavity, and then the wire harness joint is isolated from the space outside the wire harness accommodating cavity, so that the purpose of isolating the wire harness joint and bare wires connected to the wire harness joint from the natural environment is achieved, and the wire harness joint and the bare wires connected to the wire harness joint are not easy to corrode in the natural environment; make the sensor support can install first sensor and second sensor, make first sensor and second sensor can connect as a whole through the sensor support, and then obtain great intensity, not fragile in the collision to, for the part that sets up protection pencil joint alone for every sensor, only adopt a sensor support then can reduce part quantity, and then be convenient for installation and transport to a certain extent.

Additional features of the present application and advantages thereof will be set forth in the description which follows, or may be learned by practice of the present application.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly described below. It should be apparent that the drawings in the following description are embodiments of the present application and that other drawings may be derived from those drawings by a person of ordinary skill in the art without inventive step.

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of one embodiment of a sensor assembly provided in an example of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an exploded view of one embodiment of a sensor assembly provided in an example of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a left side view schematic diagram of one embodiment of a sensor assembly provided in an example of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view of an embodiment of a sensor support according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a schematic top view of an embodiment of a sensor mount provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a schematic bottom view of an embodiment of a sensor holder according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Reference numerals:

100-body;

110-a second mounting portion;

120-a first mounting portion;

121-signal acquisition hole;

130-notches;

140-a harness receiving cavity;

150-card slot;

200-a third sensor;

300-a first sensor;

400-a second sensor;

500-a third mount;

510-arc chute;

520-holes;

600-a camera mounting;

610-camera accommodating groove;

700-a rotating shaft;

800-cover plate;

810-shaft sleeve;

820-connection hole;

830-clasp.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions of the present application will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it should be understood that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

In the description of the present application, it should be noted that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present application. Furthermore, 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 application, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, 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; 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 application can be understood in a specific case by those of ordinary skill in the art.

As shown in fig. 4 to 6, an aspect of the present application provides a sensor holder for being mounted on an outer wall of a mobile device, the sensor holder including a body 100, a wire harness accommodating chamber 140 formed in the body 100, a first mounting portion 120 and a second mounting portion 110 formed on the body 100, the first mounting portion 120 being used for mounting a first sensor 300, the second mounting portion 110 being used for mounting a second sensor 400, the first sensor 300 and the second sensor 400 each having a wire harness joint, so that the wire harness joint is located in the wire harness accommodating chamber 140, thereby isolating the wire harness joint from a space outside the wire harness accommodating chamber 140.

In the embodiment of the present application, the first sensor 300 and the second sensor 400 may be the same type of sensor or different types of sensors; the movable equipment comprises unmanned equipment and manual equipment, and the movable equipment can be equipment such as vehicles or aircrafts.

When the first sensor 300 and the second sensor 400 are installed, the sensor support provided by the embodiment of the application can enable the wire harness joint to be positioned in the wire harness accommodating cavity 140, and further isolate the wire harness joint from the space outside the wire harness accommodating cavity 140, so that the purpose of isolating the wire harness joint and the bare wires connected to the wire harness joint from the natural environment is achieved, and the wire harness joint and the bare wires connected to the wire harness joint are not easy to corrode in the natural environment; make the sensor support can install first sensor 300 and second sensor 400, make first sensor 300 and second sensor 400 can connect as a whole through the sensor support, and then obtain great intensity, not fragile in the collision to, for setting up the part that the protection pencil connects alone for every sensor, only adopt a sensor support then can reduce part quantity, and then be convenient for installation and transport to a certain extent.

Optionally, the body 100 is a slot having a notch 130 communicating with the harness receiving chamber 140, the notch 130 being configured to face an outer wall of the movable device such that the outer wall covers at least a portion of the notch 130. When the sensor holder is mounted, the slot 130 faces the outer wall of the movable device to make the body 100 be reversely buckled on the movable device, and the slot 130 is preferably contacted with the outer wall of the movable device so that the wiring harness accommodating cavity 140 forms a closed chamber. After the sensor support is connected with the outer wall of the movable device, the outer wall of the movable device at least covers a part of the notch 130, so that the notch 130 can be at least partially plugged through the outer wall of the movable device, a cover plate 800 does not need to be additionally arranged at the notch 130 for plugging or a smaller cover plate 800 is only used for plugging, the weight of the sensor support is reduced, and the production cost is reduced.

Optionally, the sensor support provided in this embodiment of the present application further includes a cover 800 for covering at least a portion of the slot 130, and the cover 800 is connected to the body 100, so that the body 100 is connected to an outer wall of the movable device through the cover 800. The arrangement of the cover plate 800 can further isolate the wire harness accommodating cavity 140 from the natural environment, so that the wire harness joint can be more effectively protected; moreover, after the sensors are installed, the harnesses connected with the sensors are arranged in the harness accommodating cavity 140, and then the cover plate 800 is installed, so that the cover plate 800 can properly limit the harnesses in the harness accommodating cavity 140.

Optionally, one end of the cover plate 800 is pivotally connected to the edge of the slot 130, and the other end of the cover plate 800 is clamped to the edge of the slot 130. In this way, the cover plate 800 and the body 100 may be first pivoted relatively to separate the cover plate 800 and the body 100, and the cover plate 800 and the outer wall of the movable device are connected by a connection member or welded, and then the body 100 is pivoted again to bring the body 100 and the cover plate 800 close until the snap fit between the cover plate 800 and the body 100. In the embodiment of the present application, the cover plate 800 and the body 100 can be pivotally connected through the matching of the rotating shaft 700 and the shaft sleeve 810, and the cover plate 800 and the body 100 can be clamped through the buckle 830 formed on the cover plate 800 and the clamping groove 150 formed on the body 100.

Optionally, the body 100 has a wall for enclosing the harness accommodating cavity 140, the first sensor 300 is a camera for being disposed in the harness accommodating cavity 140, and a signal collecting hole 121 is formed in the wall, so that the camera can collect a signal outside the sensor support through the signal collecting hole 121. Make the camera be located the pencil and hold chamber 140 in, then can form certain protection to the camera through the sensor support, reduce the probability that the camera damaged when sensor assembly collides with the external world.

Optionally, the sensor support that this application embodiment provided still includes and is located camera installation department 600 in the chamber 140 is held to the pencil be formed with camera holding tank 610 on camera installation department 600, the position of camera holding tank 610 with the position of signal acquisition hole 121 corresponds. The special mounting seat is provided for the camera, so that the installation of the camera cannot be limited to the thickness of the wall, and the wall thickness can be flexibly and reasonably selected according to the factors such as cost, strength and the like. Preferably, the camera accommodating groove 610 is a through groove so that a bare wire of the wire harness can be connected with a wire harness joint of the camera through the through groove.

Optionally, the sensor support that this application embodiment provided includes two second installation department 110, first installation department 120 and two second installation department 110 is triangle-shaped and arranges, signal acquisition hole 121 forms first installation department 120 deviates from two one side of second installation department 110. Like this be equivalent to first installation department 120 outwards protrusion in the direction of the line of being perpendicular to two second installation departments 110, when the camera passes through signal acquisition hole 121 and gathers the signal, can not receive the hindrance of two second installation departments 110, and then make the camera obtain a great effective signal acquisition scope. At this time, the cover plate 800 preferably covers at least a portion of the notch 130 corresponding to the first mounting portion 120, and a connection hole 820 for connecting with the movable device is provided on the cover plate 800, and the location of the connection hole 820 is preferably located near a line connecting the two second mounting portions 110.

Optionally, the sensor support provided in the embodiment of the present application further includes a third mounting portion 500 for mounting a third sensor 200, where the third mounting portion 500 protrudes from the body 100, so that the third mounting portion 500, the body 100, and the outer wall can be sequentially arranged in the same direction. In this way, the third mounting part 500 protrudes from the body 100 and is relatively far away from the movable device, so that the range of the periphery of the third sensor 200 blocked after being mounted on the third mounting part 500 is relatively small, and the third sensor 200 can obtain a large acquisition range. In the embodiment of the present application, the first sensor 300, the second sensor 400, and the third sensor 200 may be the same type of sensor, may also be three different types of sensors, and may also be two of the sensors that are the same type of sensor; the third sensor 200 is preferably a laser radar, and of course, the third sensor 200 may also refer to a laser radar module, so that the laser radar can move within a certain range only through the laser radar module; the axial direction of the lidar may be parallel to the arrangement direction of the third mounting portion 500, the body 100, and the outer wall, may be perpendicular to the arrangement direction, or may be inclined with respect to the arrangement direction.

Optionally, an arc-shaped slide way 510 is formed on the third mounting portion 500, and the arc-shaped slide way 510 is used for sliding fit with the third sensor 200. This enables the third sensor 200 to move arcuately within a certain range along the arcuate track on the third mount part 500, further increasing the range in which the third sensor 200 collects signals. In the embodiment of the application, two arc-shaped tracks are preferably selected, and the two arc-shaped tracks are two arcs on the same circle; the arc-shaped track can be of a groove structure or a strip structure; a hole 520 through which a wire harness passes to be connected to the third sensor 200 is preferably formed on the third mounting part 500. The plane of the arcuate chute 510 is preferably perpendicular to the alignment direction.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, another aspect of the present application provides a sensor assembly including a wire harness, a sensor holder provided in an embodiment of the present application, a first sensor 300, and a second sensor 400, the wire harness being connected to both the first sensor 300 and the second sensor 400, and a portion of the wire harness outside the movable device being located in a wire harness receiving chamber 140.

The sensor assembly provided by the embodiment of the application adopts the sensor support provided by the embodiment of the application, when the first sensor 300 and the second sensor 400 are installed, the wire harness joint can be positioned in the wire harness accommodating cavity 140, and then the wire harness joint is isolated from the space outside the wire harness accommodating cavity 140, so that the purpose of isolating the wire harness joint and the bare wires connected to the wire harness joint from the natural environment is achieved, and the wire harness joint and the bare wires connected to the wire harness joint are not easy to corrode by the natural environment; make the sensor support can install first sensor 300 and second sensor 400, make first sensor 300 and second sensor 400 can connect as a whole through the sensor support, and then obtain great intensity, not fragile in the collision to, for setting up the part that the protection pencil connects alone for every sensor, only adopt a sensor support then can reduce part quantity, and then be convenient for installation and transport to a certain extent. In the embodiment of the present application, the second sensor is preferably a GPS antenna.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used for illustrating the technical solutions of the present application, and not for limiting the same; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced; and the modifications or the substitutions do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions depart from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application.

Claims (10)

1. The sensor support is characterized in that the sensor support is used for being installed on the outer wall of the movable equipment and comprises a body, a wiring harness containing cavity is formed in the body, a first installation part and a second installation part are formed on the body, the first installation part is used for installing a first sensor, the second installation part is used for installing a second sensor, the first sensor and the second sensor are provided with wiring harness connectors, so that the wiring harness connectors are located in the wiring harness containing cavity, and the wiring harness connectors are isolated from spaces outside the wiring harness containing cavity.

2. The sensor holder according to claim 1, wherein the body is a groove having a notch communicating with the wire harness accommodating chamber, the notch being adapted to face an outer wall of the movable device so that the outer wall covers at least a part of the notch.

3. The sensor holder according to claim 2, further comprising a cover plate for covering at least a portion of said slot, said cover plate being connected to said body such that said body is connected to an outer wall of said movable device through said cover plate.

4. The sensor support according to claim 3, wherein one end of the cover plate is pivotally connected to the edge of the notch, and the other end of the cover plate is engaged with the edge of the notch.

5. The sensor holder according to claim 1, wherein the body has a wall for enclosing the harness receiving chamber, the first sensor is a camera for being disposed in the harness receiving chamber, and a signal collecting hole is formed in the wall so that the camera can collect a signal outside the sensor holder through the signal collecting hole.

6. The sensor support according to claim 5, further comprising a camera mounting portion located in the wire harness receiving cavity, wherein a camera receiving groove is formed in the camera mounting portion, and the position of the camera receiving groove corresponds to the position of the signal collecting hole.

7. The sensor support according to claim 5, comprising two of said second mounting portions, said first mounting portion and said two of said second mounting portions being arranged in a triangular configuration, said signal acquisition aperture forming a side of said first mounting portion facing away from said two of said second mounting portions.

8. The sensor holder according to any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising a third mounting portion for mounting a third sensor, the third mounting portion protruding from the body so that the third mounting portion, the body and the outer wall can be arranged in sequence in the same direction.

9. The sensor mount of claim 8, wherein an arcuate race is formed on the third mount portion for sliding engagement with the third sensor.

10. A sensor assembly comprising a harness, and the sensor mount, the first sensor and the second sensor of any one of claims 1-9, the harness being connected to both the first sensor and the second sensor, a portion of the harness external to the mobile device being located within a harness receiving cavity.

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