CN215927060U

CN215927060U - Automobile intelligent key

Info

Publication number: CN215927060U
Application number: CN202122383463.9U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李安培; 杨志明
Original assignee: Steelmate Co Ltd
Current assignee: Steelmate Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-09-29
Filing date: 2021-09-29
Publication date: 2022-03-01
Anticipated expiration: 2031-09-29

Abstract

The utility model provides an automobile intelligent key which comprises a shell and a circuit component, wherein the shell comprises an upper shell component and a lower shell component which are assembled with each other, the circuit component is arranged in an accommodating space formed by the lower shell component, the top surface of the circuit component is provided with a plurality of micro-touch switches used for triggering different control signals, and the micro-touch switches are arranged around the middle part of the shell and covered with a silica gel cushion layer; the upper shell component comprises an upper shell assembled with the lower shell component and a control keyboard buckled with the upper shell, a supporting column and a plurality of key columns are arranged on the same surface of the control keyboard, the supporting column is located in the middle of the shell to construct a tilting fulcrum of the control keyboard, and the key columns are aligned to the micro-contact switches one by one. The automobile intelligent key provided by the utility model has the advantages of simple structure, waterproof realization, convenience in battery replacement, flexibility in key pressing, no key clamping and the like.

Description

Automobile intelligent key

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the field of automobile accessories, and particularly relates to an automobile intelligent key.

Background

With the development of scientific technology, wireless transmission technology is mature nowadays, by utilizing the technology, many control operations of people can be completed by remote control, and in the current automobile design, an automobile remote control key is arranged for facilitating door opening and closing actions of users. The automobile remote control key is at least provided with two keys of unlocking and locking, which are respectively used for user operation to send corresponding signals of unlocking, locking and the like to the automobile so as to realize related actions of remotely opening and closing doors and the like. With the automobile remote control key, manual operations such as key insertion and the like are omitted, and great convenience is provided for users. However, due to the reason that the structural design of the current automobile intelligent key is unreasonable, the situation of key locking occurs when the key is pressed frequently, and signal transmission errors are caused. In addition, when the battery of the automobile intelligent key is used up, the automobile intelligent key is complex to disassemble, so that the battery installed in the intelligent key is difficult to disassemble, the operation of replacing the battery by a user is difficult, and the use and maintenance experience of the intelligent key is poor.

The utility model has the following contents:

the present invention is directed to solving at least one of the problems of the prior art and to providing a smart key for a vehicle.

The utility model provides an automobile intelligent key which comprises a shell and a circuit component, wherein the shell comprises an upper shell component and a lower shell component which are assembled with each other, the circuit component is arranged in an accommodating space formed by the lower shell component, the top surface of the circuit component is provided with a plurality of micro-touch switches used for triggering different control signals, and the micro-touch switches are arranged around the middle part of the shell and covered with a silica gel cushion layer; the upper shell component comprises an upper shell assembled with the lower shell component and a control keyboard buckled with the upper shell, a supporting column and a plurality of key columns are arranged on the same surface of the control keyboard, the supporting column is located in the middle of the shell to construct a tilting fulcrum of the control keyboard, and the key columns are aligned to the micro-contact switches one by one.

Furthermore, the upper casing assembly further comprises a rotating shaft fitting arranged in the middle of the casing for the support column to pass through, and the rotating shaft fitting is respectively pivoted with the upper casing and the control keyboard on the vertical axis.

Furthermore, an assembly loosening allowance for the control key to tilt a certain angle around the tilting fulcrum is reserved between the control keyboard and the upper shell.

Further, the plurality of micro-touch switches are arranged in four directions around the middle of the housing on the top surface.

Furthermore, the upper shell is provided with a mounting hole for limiting the moving range of the rotating shaft accessory, and the rotating shaft accessory is provided with two rotating shaft column points along the same transverse axis and respectively pivoted with two keyboard fixing holes which are formed on the control keyboard and correspond to the positions of the two keyboard fixing holes; the rotating shaft fitting is provided with two rotating shaft holes on the other transverse axis perpendicular to the transverse axis, and the two rotating shaft holes are respectively pivoted with two mounting columns formed on two side wall surfaces of the mounting hole.

Further, the control keyboard is provided with keyboard fixing pieces at two opposite surfaces surrounding the pillar, respectively, and the keyboard fixing holes are formed in the keyboard fixing pieces.

Furthermore, the control keyboard is provided with a pair of clamping and hooking sheets on the other two opposite surfaces surrounding the support, and when the rotating shaft accessory is respectively pivoted with the control keyboard and the upper shell, the pair of clamping and hooking sheets respectively penetrate through the two key holes in the upper shell and are clamped with the key holes.

Furthermore, the lower shell assembly comprises a lower shell and a middle shell, the lower shell and the middle shell are locked and limited to the accommodating space of the circuit assembly, the middle shell is provided with a buckle, the upper shell is provided with a clamping groove, and the buckle and the clamping groove are clamped.

Furthermore, the circuit assembly comprises a circuit board, a control circuit and a battery element for supplying power to the control circuit, the circuit board is fixed with the middle shell and provides the top surface for arranging the micro-touch switch, and the battery element is arranged in an inner space defined by the circuit board and the middle shell.

Furthermore, the top of the battery element is in conductive connection with the circuit board through a pressure spring, so that the circuit board is pressed in an inner space defined by the circuit board and the middle shell after being locked in the middle shell.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model has at least the following advantages:

firstly, a pillar and a plurality of key columns are arranged on the same surface of a control keyboard of the automobile intelligent key, the pillar is positioned in the middle of a shell to construct a tilting fulcrum of the control keyboard, the plurality of key columns surround the pillar, the pillar is used as the fulcrum, and when the control keyboard tilts for a certain angle, the four key columns and the pillar form a seesaw type support connected key. When one key of the intelligent key of the automobile is pressed, the rest key columns are lifted, so that the problem that other key columns are clamped and touch other micro-touch switches of the circuit board is avoided.

In addition, the circuit assembly surface covering of car intelligent key has the silica gel layer, can prevent that steam from getting into the circuit assembly plays waterproof effect.

Other additional advantages of the automobile intelligent key provided by the utility model will be given in the specific embodiments, and are not described herein.

Drawings

The foregoing and/or additional aspects of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a vehicle key of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the vehicle fob of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the vehicle key fob of the present invention from an angle opposite that of FIG. 2;

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

FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing a part of the internal structure of the smart key for a vehicle according to the present invention;

fig. 6 is another sectional view of the internal structure of the smart key section of the automobile according to the present invention.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are illustrative only and should not be construed as limiting the utility model.

As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an", "the" and "the" may include the plural forms as well, unless expressly stated otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising," when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that, unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. It will be further understood that terms, such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the prior art and will not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense unless expressly so defined herein.

Various manifestations of the utility model will be examined below from different perspectives.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, the automobile smart key provided by the utility model comprises a housing 10 and a circuit assembly 20, wherein the housing 10 comprises an upper shell assembly 11 and a lower shell assembly 12 which are assembled with each other.

The circuit component 20 is installed in the accommodating space formed by the lower shell component 12, the top surface 201 of the circuit component 20 is provided with a plurality of micro-touch switches 21 used for triggering different control signals, the plurality of micro-touch switches 21 are arranged around the middle of the shell 10, the number of the micro-touch switches 21 is set according to the function of the automobile intelligent key remote control automobile, and in the embodiment, the number of the micro-touch switches 21 is four.

As shown in fig. 4, the upper casing assembly 11 includes an upper casing 110 and a control keyboard 111 fastened to the upper casing 110, and the control keyboard 111 has a pillar 1110 and four key posts 1112 on the same surface. The supporting column 1110 is disposed in the middle of the control keyboard 111, and accordingly, after the upper shell 110 and the control keyboard 111 are mounted, the supporting column 1110 is disposed in the middle of the housing 10 to form a tilting fulcrum of the control keyboard 111. The four key posts 1112 are disposed at positions respectively aligned with the four micro-touch switches 21 to trigger control signals. The four micro-touch switches 21 are arranged in four directions around the middle of the housing 10 on the top surface 201.

The upper shell assembly 11 further includes a rotating shaft fitting 112 disposed in the middle of the housing 10 for the support column 1110 to pass through, and the rotating shaft fitting 112 is respectively pivoted to the upper shell 110 and the control keyboard 111 on an axis perpendicular thereto.

The upper case 110 is provided with a mounting hole 1100 for defining a movable range of the hinge assembly 112. The rotation shaft fitting 112 is provided with two rotation shaft posts 1121 along the same transverse axis, and the two rotation shaft posts are respectively pivoted with two corresponding keyboard fixing holes 1114 formed on the control keyboard 111; the pivot fitting 112 has two pivot holes 1120 on the other lateral axis perpendicular to the lateral axis, and the two pivot holes are respectively pivoted to two mounting posts 1101 formed on two side wall surfaces of the mounting hole 1100.

Specifically, referring to fig. 4 to 6, the pivot fitting 112 has a through hole for the pillar 1110 to pass through and four faces, wherein two opposite faces are respectively provided with pivot post points 1121, the two opposite faces of the control keyboard 111 surrounding the pillar 1110 are respectively provided with keyboard fixing plates 1113 corresponding to the two pivot post points 1121, the two keyboard fixing plates 1113 are respectively provided with keyboard fixing holes 1114 corresponding to the pivot post points 1121, and when the pivot fitting 112 is fixed to the control keyboard 111, the pivot post points 1121 are inserted into the keyboard fixing holes 1114.

Mounting posts 1101 are respectively arranged on two opposite side walls of the inner wall of the mounting hole 1100; the other two opposite surfaces of the rotating shaft fitting 112 are respectively provided with a rotating shaft hole 1120 corresponding to the mounting column 1101, and when the rotating shaft fitting 112 is assembled with the upper shell 110, the mounting column 1101 is clamped into the rotating shaft hole 1120.

Therefore, the pivot shaft points 1121 on the pivot shaft fitting 112 are assembled with the keyboard fixing holes 1114, and the pivot shaft holes 1120 on the pivot shaft fitting 112 are assembled with the mounting posts 1101 of the upper housing 110, so that the pivot of the pivot shaft fitting 112 on the vertical axis with the control keyboard 111 and the upper housing 110 is achieved.

The upper case 110 is provided with key holes 1102 corresponding to the key posts 1112, and the key posts 1112 are aligned with the four micro-touch switches 21 through the key holes 1102, respectively.

In addition, referring to fig. 4 and 6, the control keyboard 111 further has a pair of hook pieces 1115 disposed on the other two opposite surfaces surrounding the support 1110, when the pivot fitting 112 is respectively pivoted to the control keyboard 111 and the upper housing 110 on the perpendicular axis, the pair of hook pieces 1115 respectively pass through two key holes 1102 in the upper housing 110, and hook portions of the hook pieces 1115 hook edges of the key holes 1102, so as to better fix the control keyboard 111 and the upper housing 110 relatively. In this embodiment, the hook portion of the hook piece 1115 is not completely attached to the inner surface of the upper casing 110, and a certain space is reserved between the two, which is used as an assembly loosening margin, so that when an external force is applied to the key post 1112 of the control keyboard 111, a certain loosening and tilting space is provided between the control keyboard 111 and the upper casing 110.

Referring to fig. 5 and fig. 6, the control keyboard 111 uses the pillar 1110 as a tilting fulcrum, and the control keyboard 111 can move forward, backward, leftward and rightward at the tilting fulcrum to realize a flexible key function; for example, when any key post 1112 is acted by an external force, since a margin space is reserved between the key pad 111 and the upper case 110, the control pad 111 may tilt by a certain angle around the pillar 1110 as a fulcrum, four key posts 1112 and the pillar 1110 form a seesaw-type supported integrated key, and the rest key posts 1112 are lifted. Therefore, the arrangement of the tilting fulcrum can control the up-and-down movement of the key post 1112 to trigger the corresponding micro-touch switch 21, and the problem that the other key posts 1112 are blocked to cause the micro-touch switch 21 to be mistakenly triggered to send a wrong signal to the automobile is avoided.

Because the control keyboard 111 and the upper shell 110 are fixed through the pivot fitting 112, the control keyboard 111 and the upper shell 110 synchronously rotate in two directions.

In order to better understand the inventive point of the car smart key provided by the present invention, the working principle of the car smart key is explained below by an operation example.

Referring to fig. 1, 5, and 6, when one of the keys 1116 of the key pad 111 of the smart key of the vehicle is pressed, a force is applied to the corresponding key post 1112 through the key 1116. The pressed key 1116 descends, and the key posts 1112 corresponding to the remaining three non-pressed keys ascend with the support 1110 as a tilting fulcrum. The hook part of the hook piece 1115 of the control keyboard 111 does not completely cling to the inner surface of the upper shell 110, and a certain space is reserved between the hook part and the upper shell to allow the button pillar 1112 which is not pressed to lift upwards. When the pressed key 1116 is released, the control keypad 111 returns to its normal equilibrium state, and the corresponding four key posts 1112 return to their normal, non-stuck, state. When the automobile intelligent key is required to send other signals to the automobile and press other keys, the other corresponding keys are pressed, the key post 1112 and the support 1110 form a seesaw type support connected key to move up and down, and the corresponding micro-touch switch 21 is touched without being clamped.

The surface of the circuit component 20 is covered with a silica gel cushion layer 30, the size and the shape of the silica gel cushion layer 30 are matched with the size of the circuit component 20 and the setting of the micro-touch switch 21 and other components of the top surface 201 thereof. The part of the silica gel layer 30 covering the micro-touch switch 21 and the micro-touch switch 21 jointly penetrate through the key hole 1102 in the upper shell 110, when external force acts on the keys of the key pad 111, the key posts 1112 corresponding to the keys have pressure on the silica gel layer 30 and the micro-touch switch 21, and when the external force stops acting, the silica gel layer 30 provides releasing force for the key pad 111, so that the key pad 111 is restored to a normal state. In addition, the silica gel cushion layer 30 covers the circuit assembly 20, so that water vapor can be prevented from entering the circuit assembly, and a waterproof effect is achieved.

Referring to fig. 2, the lower housing 12 includes a lower housing 121 and a middle housing 122, the lower housing 121 and the middle housing 122 are locked together and define an accommodating space of the circuit assembly 20, the middle housing 122 is provided with a buckle 1221, the upper housing 110 is provided with a clamping groove 1103, and the buckle 1221 is clamped with the clamping groove 1103.

The upper shell 110 and the lower shell 121 are assembled through the rotation clamping structure 13, and the locking or the dismounting of the upper shell and the lower shell is realized through rotating the two. The upper shell 110 is further provided with an elastic clamping structure 14, reverse rotation force is generated on the lower shell 121, when the lower shell 121 is disassembled, certain torsion force needs to be applied on the lower shell 121, the lower shell 121 can rotate, and the situation that the lower shell 121 is accidentally separated in the normal use process can be avoided.

Referring to fig. 3, the circuit assembly 20 includes a circuit board 22, a control circuit (not shown), and a battery element 23 for supplying power to the control circuit, the circuit board 22 is fixed to the middle case and provides the top surface 201 for disposing the micro-touch switch 21, and the top of the battery element 23 is electrically connected to the circuit board 22 through a compression spring 24 so as to press the circuit board 22 into the inner space defined by the circuit board 22 and the middle case 122 after the circuit board 22 is locked to the middle case 122.

Because the lower shell 121 and the middle shell 122 define the inner space of the battery element 23, the battery element 23 is connected with the circuit board 22 by the compression spring 24, and one end of the compression spring 24 is fixed on the middle shell 122, when the lower shell 121 is opened by rotation, the lower shell 121 is bounced relative to the circuit board 22, so that the battery element 23 can be replaced, and the daily maintenance operation of the automobile intelligent key is simple.

The automobile intelligent key provided by the utility model has the advantages of simple structure, waterproof realization, convenience in battery replacement, flexibility in key pressing, no key clamping and the like.

While the foregoing is directed to embodiments of the present invention, other and further embodiments of the utility model may be devised without departing from the basic scope thereof, and the scope thereof is determined by the claims that follow.

Claims

1. The utility model provides an automobile intelligent key, includes casing and circuit assembly, the casing includes the epitheca subassembly and the inferior valve subassembly of mutually assembling, its characterized in that: the circuit component is arranged in the accommodating space formed by the lower shell component, the top surface of the circuit component is provided with a plurality of micro-touch switches used for triggering different control signals, and the plurality of micro-touch switches are arranged around the middle part of the shell and covered with a silica gel cushion layer; the upper shell component comprises an upper shell assembled with the lower shell component and a control keyboard buckled with the upper shell, a supporting column and a plurality of key columns are arranged on the same surface of the control keyboard, the supporting column is located in the middle of the shell to construct a tilting fulcrum of the control keyboard, and the key columns are aligned to the micro-contact switches one by one.

2. The automobile smart key according to claim 1, characterized in that: the upper shell assembly further comprises a rotating shaft accessory which is arranged in the middle of the shell and used for the support column to penetrate through, and the rotating shaft accessory is respectively pivoted with the upper shell and the control keyboard on the vertical axis.

3. The automobile smart key according to claim 1, characterized in that: and an assembly loosening allowance for the control key to tilt a certain angle around the tilting fulcrum is reserved between the control keyboard and the upper shell.

4. The automobile smart key according to claim 1, characterized in that: the plurality of micro-touch switches are arranged in four directions around the middle of the housing on the top surface.

5. The automobile smart key according to claim 2, characterized in that:

the upper shell is provided with a mounting hole for limiting the moving range of a rotating shaft accessory, and the rotating shaft accessory is provided with two rotating shaft column points along the same transverse axis and respectively pivoted with two keyboard fixing holes which are formed on the control keyboard and correspond to the positions of the two keyboard fixing holes; the rotating shaft fitting is provided with two rotating shaft holes on the other transverse axis perpendicular to the transverse axis, and the two rotating shaft holes are respectively pivoted with two mounting columns formed on two side wall surfaces of the mounting hole.

6. The automobile smart key according to claim 5, wherein: the control keyboard is provided with keyboard fixing plates on two opposite surfaces surrounding the support column respectively, and the keyboard fixing holes are formed in the keyboard fixing plates.

7. The automobile smart key according to claim 6, wherein:

the control keyboard is around the other two opposite surfaces of the pillar and is also provided with a pair of clamping and hooking sheets, and when the rotating shaft accessory is respectively pivoted with the control keyboard and the upper shell, the pair of clamping and hooking sheets respectively penetrate through two key holes in the upper shell and are clamped with the key holes.

8. The automobile smart key according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that: the lower shell assembly comprises a lower shell and a middle shell, the lower shell and the middle shell are locked and limited to form an accommodating space of the circuit assembly, the middle shell is provided with a buckle, the upper shell is provided with a clamping groove, and the buckle and the clamping groove are clamped.

9. The automobile smart key of claim 8, wherein: the circuit assembly comprises a circuit board, a control circuit and a battery element for supplying power to the control circuit, the circuit board is fixed with the middle shell and provides the top surface for arranging the micro-touch switch, and the battery element is arranged in an inner space defined by the circuit board and the middle shell.

10. The automobile smart key of claim 9, wherein: the top of the battery element is in conductive connection with the circuit board through the pressure spring, so that the circuit board is pressed in an inner space defined by the circuit board and the middle shell after being locked in the middle shell.