CN216268955U

CN216268955U - Light-adjusting connecting assembly

Info

Publication number: CN216268955U
Application number: CN202123200547.0U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 叶盾; 高翔
Original assignee: Changzhou Xingyu Automotive Lighting Systems Co Ltd
Current assignee: Changzhou Xingyu Automotive Lighting Systems Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-12-20
Filing date: 2021-12-20
Publication date: 2022-04-12
Anticipated expiration: 2031-12-20

Abstract

The utility model discloses a light-adjusting connecting component, which comprises: the end part of the light adjusting device is formed into a ball head; the articulated piece comprises a base, an articulated part positioned on one side of the base and a rotary part positioned on the other side of the base, and the articulated part is rotationally connected with the ball head; the light adjusting unit is provided with a mounting hole penetrating along the thickness direction, and the rotary connecting part penetrates through the mounting hole and then is rotationally clamped with the light adjusting unit. The light dimming device is simple in structure, the hinged part on one side of the hinged part is connected with the ball head on the light dimming device through the structure of the hinged part, the rotary connecting part on the other side of the hinged part penetrates through the mounting hole and then is rotationally clamped with the light dimming unit, connecting pieces such as snap springs are not needed to be arranged, the vibration failure is avoided, and the service life is prolonged.

Description

Light-adjusting connecting assembly

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of connecting pieces, and particularly relates to a dimming connecting assembly.

Background

The dimming unit and the dimming device in the automobile headlamp are fixedly connected through a hinge piece, and dimming is realized through the matching rotation of the spherical surface and the ball head.

At present, snap springs are mostly arranged on hinged pieces in automobile headlamps, then the hinged pieces are clamped with a dimming unit through the snap springs, the mounting mode mainly adopts axial pressing, the mounting force is large, the mounting is inconvenient, the problems of poor mounting and the like are easy to occur; in addition, the mode of clamping the clamp springs is adopted, so that the impact performance is poor, vibration failure is easy to generate, the articulated elements fall off, and dimming failure is caused.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The present invention is directed to solving at least one of the problems of the prior art.

Therefore, the utility model provides a dimming connection assembly which has the advantages that a dimming unit and a dimming device are connected by using a hinge, and a clamp spring is not required to be arranged.

According to the embodiment of the utility model, the dimming connection component comprises: a light adjusting device, an end of which is formed as a ball head; the articulated piece comprises a base, an articulated part positioned on one side of the base and a rotary connection part positioned on the other side of the base, and the articulated part is rotationally connected with the ball head; the light modulation unit is provided with a mounting hole penetrating along the thickness direction, and the rotary connection part penetrates through the mounting hole and then is connected with the light modulation unit in a clamping mode through rotation.

The light dimming device has the advantages that the structure is simple, the hinged part on one side of the hinged part is connected with the ball head on the light dimming device through the structure of the hinged part, the rotary connection part on the other side of the hinged part penetrates through the mounting hole and then is rotationally clamped with the light dimming unit, connecting pieces such as a clamp spring and the like are not required to be arranged, the vibration failure is avoided, and the service life is prolonged.

According to one embodiment of the utility model, a notch is formed at one end of the hinge portion facing the ball head, the inside of the notch is recessed inwards to form an inner spherical surface, and the surface of the ball head is attached to the surface of the inner spherical surface.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the inner spherical surface has a side opening on each of front and rear sides thereof, so that the ball head can enter the inner spherical surface from the side opening.

According to one embodiment of the utility model, the left side and the right side of the notch extend outwards to form two extending sections, the left side and the right side of the notch extend inwards to form two limiting parts, and the distance between the two limiting parts is smaller than the diameter of the ball head so as to limit the ball head.

According to one embodiment of the utility model, the left side surface and the right side surface of the hinge part are respectively provided with a reinforcing structure, each reinforcing structure comprises a transverse reinforcing rib and a vertical reinforcing rib, the transverse reinforcing ribs are parallel to the base, the side surfaces of the vertical reinforcing ribs are connected with the hinge part, the upper ends of the vertical reinforcing ribs are connected with the transverse reinforcing ribs, and the lower ends of the vertical reinforcing ribs are connected with the base.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the dimming unit has a circular sinking platform, one side of the circular sinking platform is attached to the base, the mounting hole is formed in the middle of the circular sinking platform, two sides of the rotating part are respectively provided with a rotating arm, and the rotating arm is located on the other side of the circular sinking platform.

According to one embodiment of the utility model, the mounting holes comprise two similar rectangular holes arranged in front and back and two arc-shaped holes arranged in left and right, the profile of the similar rectangular holes is larger than the projection profile of the screwing arm on the circular sinking platform so as to allow the screwing arm to pass through, and the inner wall of each arc-shaped hole is attached to the outer peripheral surface of the screwing part.

According to one embodiment of the utility model, two symmetrically arranged bosses are arranged on the other side of the circular sinking platform, the bosses are positioned at the edges of the rectangular holes, two symmetrically arranged grooves are arranged between the two bosses, one groove is positioned at the edge of one circular hole, the other groove is positioned at the edge of the other circular hole, and the grooves are used for accommodating the screwing arms.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a cross section of the inner spherical surface is a major arc, a central angle corresponding to the major arc is 270 °, and a central angle corresponding to the notch is 90 °.

According to one embodiment of the utility model, the mounting holes are symmetrical in both the front-back direction and the left-right direction, and the rectangular-like holes and the circular arc-shaped holes are smoothly connected.

Additional features and advantages of the utility model will be set forth in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the utility model. The objectives and other advantages of the utility model will be realized and attained by the structure particularly pointed out in the written description and claims hereof as well as the appended drawings.

In order to make the aforementioned and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, preferred embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages 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 front view of a hinged member of a dimming connection assembly according to the present invention;

fig. 2 is a side view schematic of a hinge in a dimming connection assembly according to the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic bottom view of a hinge in a dimming connection assembly according to the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic perspective view of a hinge in the dimming connecting assembly according to the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic top view of a dimming unit in the dimming connecting assembly according to the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic bottom view of a dimming unit in the dimming connecting assembly according to the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic bottom view of the dimming connection assembly according to the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the structure of section A-A in FIG. 7;

fig. 9 is a structural view of a section B-B in fig. 7.

100-a dimming device; 110-ball head; 200-a hinge; 210-a hinge; 211-inner sphere; 212-open on the side; 213-notch; 214-an extension; 215-a limiting part; 216-vertical reinforcing ribs; 217-transverse reinforcing ribs; 220-a base; 230-a swivel; 231-a swivel arm; 232-hexagon socket; 300-a dimming unit; 310-a circular sinking platform; 312-mounting holes; 313-type rectangular holes; 314-arc shaped holes; 315-boss; 316-groove.

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 accompanying drawings are illustrative only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "central," "longitudinal," "lateral," "length," "width," "thickness," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "clockwise," "counterclockwise," "axial," "radial," "circumferential," and the like are used in the orientations and positional relationships indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the utility model and to simplify the description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the referenced device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and are not to be considered limiting of the utility model. Furthermore, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.

In the description of the present invention, it should 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 meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

The dimming connecting assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention is described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in fig. 1 to 9, a dimming connecting assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: the light adjusting device 100, the hinge 200 and the light adjusting unit 300, an end of the light adjusting device 100 is formed as a ball 110; the articulated member 200 comprises a base 220, a hinge portion 210 located at one side of the base 220, and a rotary connection portion 230 located at the other side of the base 220, wherein the hinge portion 210 is rotatably connected with the ball 110; the light adjusting unit 300 has a mounting hole 312 penetrating in a thickness direction, and the rotary connection part 230 is rotatably engaged with the light adjusting unit 300 after passing through the mounting hole 312. That is to say, the light adjusting device 100 and the light adjusting unit 300 are directly connected through the hinge 200 without providing a connecting member such as a snap spring, thereby avoiding the vibration failure caused by the conventional fixed connection.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the end of the hinge 210 facing the ball head 110 has a notch 213, the inner portion of the notch 213 is recessed inward to form an inner spherical surface 211, and the surface of the ball head 110 is attached to the surface of the inner spherical surface 211. Further, the inner spherical surface 211 is provided with a side opening 212 on each of the front and rear sides, so that the ball 110 can enter the inner spherical surface 211 from the side opening 212. Furthermore, the left and right sides of the notch 213 extend outward to form two extending sections 214, the left and right sides of the notch 213 extend inward to form two limiting parts 215, and the distance between the two limiting parts 215 is smaller than the diameter of the ball head 110 to limit the ball head 110.

In other words, the ball head 110 is accommodated in the inner spherical surface 211, the notch 213 is used for accommodating a portion of the dimming device 100 connected to the ball head 110, the notch 213 is communicated with the side opening 212, so that the ball head 110 enters the inner spherical surface 211 from the side opening 212, the limiting portion 215 can limit the ball head 110, the ball head 110 is prevented from falling off from the notch 213, and the extension section 214 can enhance the strength of the notch 213, thereby improving the connection effect.

Preferably, the cross section of the inner spherical surface 211 is a major arc, the central angle corresponding to the major arc is 270 °, and the central angle corresponding to the notch 213 is 90 °. The design further improves the wrapping performance of the inner spherical surface 211 on the ball head 110.

More preferably, an inner hexagonal hole 232 is disposed at an end of the screwing portion 230 away from the base 220, so as to facilitate the use of an inner hexagonal wrench to drive the hinge member 200 to perform the rotating engagement.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the left and right sides of the hinge portion 210 are respectively provided with a reinforcing structure, the reinforcing structure comprises a transverse reinforcing rib 217 and a vertical reinforcing rib 216, the transverse reinforcing rib 217 is parallel to the base 220, the side of the vertical reinforcing rib 216 is connected to the hinge portion 210, the upper end of the vertical reinforcing rib 216 is connected to the transverse reinforcing rib 217, and the lower end of the vertical reinforcing rib 216 is connected to the base 220. The arrangement of the transverse reinforcing ribs 217 and the vertical reinforcing ribs 216 can effectively strengthen the external structure of the inner spherical surface 211, and deformation such as expansion of the notch 213 is avoided after long-time use, so that the service life is prolonged.

In some preferred embodiments of the present invention, the dimming unit 300 has a circular sinking platform 310, one side of the circular sinking platform 310 is attached to the base 220, the installation hole 312 is opened in the middle of the circular sinking platform 310, two sides of the screwing part 230 are respectively provided with a screwing arm 231, and the screwing arm 231 is located at the other side of the circular sinking platform 310. That is, the space between the base 220 and the swivel arm 231 is used to accommodate the circular sinking platform 310, the base 220 is preferably circular, the center of the swivel part 230 coincides with the center of the base 220, the base 220 is matched with the circular sinking platform 310, and the base 220 and the circular sinking platform 310 do not interfere with each other when the swivel joint is performed.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the installation hole 312 includes two similar rectangular holes 313 arranged in front and back and two circular arc holes 314 arranged in left and right, the contour of the similar rectangular hole 313 is larger than the projection contour of the swivel arm 231 on the circular sinking platform 310, so that the swivel arm 231 can pass through, and the inner wall of the circular arc hole 314 is attached to the outer circumferential surface of the swivel part 230.

Preferably, the mounting holes 312 are symmetrical in both front and rear directions and in right and left directions, and the rectangular-like holes 313 and the circular-arc-like holes 314 are smoothly connected. Thus, the rotary clamping process can be smoother.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, two symmetrically disposed bosses 315 are disposed on the other side of the circular sinking platform 310, the bosses 315 are disposed at the edges of the rectangular-like holes 313, two symmetrically disposed grooves 316 are disposed between the two bosses 315, one groove 316 is disposed at the edge of one circular hole 314, the other groove 316 is disposed at the edge of the other circular hole 314, and the grooves 316 are used for accommodating the screwing arm 231. The groove 316 is matched with the boss 315, so that the rotation of the rotary arm 231 after being vibrated can be effectively avoided, and the connection strength and the vibration resistance are improved.

The light dimming device has the advantages that the structure is simple, the hinge part 210 on one side of the hinge part 200 is connected with the ball head 110 on the light dimming device 100 through the structure of the hinge part 200, the rotary part 230 on the other side of the hinge part 200 penetrates through the mounting hole 312 and then is rotationally clamped with the light dimming unit 300, connecting pieces such as a clamp spring do not need to be arranged, the occurrence of vibration failure is avoided, and the service life is prolonged.

In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an illustrative embodiment," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples" or the like mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the utility model. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

While embodiments of the utility model have been shown and described, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the utility model, the scope of which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A dimming connection assembly, comprising:

a light-adjusting device (100), an end of the light-adjusting device (100) being formed as a ball head (110);

the articulated piece (200) comprises a base (220), an articulated part (210) positioned on one side of the base (220) and a rotary part (230) positioned on the other side of the base (220), wherein the articulated part (210) is rotatably connected with the ball head (110);

the dimming unit (300), have on the dimming unit (300) along the mounting hole (312) that the thickness direction runs through, connect soon (230) pass behind mounting hole (312) with the rotatory joint of dimming unit (300).

2. The dimming connection assembly according to claim 1, wherein an end of the hinge portion (210) facing the ball head (110) has a notch (213), an inner portion of the notch (213) is recessed to form an inner spherical surface (211), and a surface of the ball head (110) is attached to a surface of the inner spherical surface (211).

3. The dimming connection assembly according to claim 2, wherein the inner spherical surface (211) is provided with a side opening (212) at each of front and rear sides thereof, so that the ball head (110) can enter the inner spherical surface (211) from the side opening (212).

4. The dimming connecting assembly according to claim 3, wherein the left and right sides of the notch (213) extend outwards to form two extending sections (214), the left and right sides of the notch (213) extend inwards to form two limiting portions (215), and the distance between the two limiting portions (215) is smaller than the diameter of the ball head (110) to limit the ball head (110).

5. The dimming connection assembly according to claim 1, wherein the left and right sides of the hinge portion (210) are respectively provided with a reinforcing structure, the reinforcing structure comprises a transverse reinforcing rib (217) and a vertical reinforcing rib (216), the transverse reinforcing rib (217) is parallel to the base (220), the side of the vertical reinforcing rib (216) is connected with the hinge portion (210), the upper end of the vertical reinforcing rib (216) is connected with the transverse reinforcing rib (217), and the lower end of the vertical reinforcing rib (216) is connected with the base (220).

6. The dimming connecting assembly according to claim 1, wherein the dimming unit (300) has a circular sinking platform (310), one side of the circular sinking platform (310) is attached to the base (220), the mounting hole (312) is formed in the middle of the circular sinking platform (310), two sides of the screwing part (230) are respectively provided with a screwing arm (231), and the screwing arm (231) is located on the other side of the circular sinking platform (310).

7. The dimming connection assembly according to claim 6, wherein the mounting hole (312) comprises two rectangular holes (313) arranged in front and back and two circular arc holes (314) arranged in left and right, the contour of the rectangular hole (313) is larger than the projection contour of the swivel arm (231) on the circular sinking platform (310) so that the swivel arm (231) can pass through, and the inner wall of the circular arc hole (314) is attached to the outer peripheral surface of the swivel part (230).

8. The dimming connection assembly according to claim 7, wherein the other side of the circular sinking platform (310) is provided with two symmetrically arranged bosses (315), the bosses (315) are located at the edges of the rectangular-like holes (313), two symmetrically arranged grooves (316) are arranged between the two bosses (315), one groove (316) is located at the edge of one circular arc hole (314), the other groove (316) is located at the edge of the other circular arc hole (314), and the groove (316) is used for accommodating the screwing arm (231).

9. The assembly according to claim 2, wherein the cross section of the inner spherical surface (211) is a major arc, the major arc corresponds to a central angle of 270 °, and the notch (213) corresponds to a central angle of 90 °.

10. The dimming connecting assembly according to claim 7, wherein the mounting hole (312) is symmetrical in both front and rear directions and left and right directions, and the rectangular-like hole (313) and the circular arc-shaped hole (314) are smoothly connected.