CN216545963U

CN216545963U - Locking device and vehicle

Info

Publication number: CN216545963U
Application number: CN202122526601.4U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 霍晓轩; 韩晓茹
Original assignee: Changzhou Xingyu Automotive Lighting Systems Co Ltd
Current assignee: Changzhou Xingyu Automotive Lighting Systems Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-10-20
Filing date: 2021-10-20
Publication date: 2022-05-17
Anticipated expiration: 2031-10-20

Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of machinery, in particular to a locking device and a vehicle, wherein the locking device is used for fixedly connecting a lamp and a sheet metal part, the locking device comprises an adapter part and a locking part, the adapter part is fixedly connected with one side of the lamp, an adapter part on the adapter part can protrude out of an avoiding part on the sheet metal part, the locking part is in sliding fit with the sheet metal part, the locking part slides relative to the sheet metal part to enable the locking part and the adapter part to form limiting locking fit, and a resisting part on the locking part can be propped against the sheet metal part, so that the technical problems that in the prior art, the lamp and the sheet metal part are inconvenient to fix together by using screws in the installation process and the applicability is poor after installation are solved.

Description

Locking device and vehicle

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of machinery, in particular to a locking device and a vehicle.

Background

In the present public life of automobile, the outward appearance of automobile is also changing all the time, therefore the important exterior trim lamps and lanterns of automobile are also changing all the time, nowadays, the deep consumer of through type tail lamp likes, in the assembly of vapour lamps and lanterns, in order to guarantee the fixed strength, lamps and lanterns pass through the screw lock to pay on panel beating or bumper among the prior art, and in order to guarantee that the fixed knot after the lamps and lanterns assembly constructs invisiblely, lamps and lanterns are packed into from the outside of panel beating or bumper, the mounting screw then is in the inboard of activity panel beating spare, the following problem exists in above-mentioned mode:

1. the assembly of lamps and lanterns just needs the workman to press the panel beating with lamps and lanterns from the outside of panel beating on, then opens the panel beating, and the screw is paid to the lock behind the panel beating, and this kind of assembly operation is very inconvenient, inefficiency.

2. The nut locking process has the advantages that the contact area of the nut and the metal plate is small, the problem that the metal plate is locally pressed to deform is caused to occur frequently, sealing and matching of the lamp and the metal plate are not facilitated, the nut and the metal plate rub at the rear section of the locking process, the metal plate surface coating is easy to damage, oxidation corrosion of the metal plate is caused, and the service life of a vehicle is shortened.

3. As is known, to the product that adopts macromolecular material, the size is bigger, and ambient temperature is bigger to its influence of size, so run through split type tail lamp about the lamp is more general, under ambient temperature's influence, size change is bigger, and relative displacement between the panel beating is bigger, and the fix with screw is adopted at the lamps and lanterns both ends, and lamps and lanterns itself receives the size change trend that the temperature influence produced will be inhibited, causes lamps and lanterns stress bigger partially, when receiving the influence of external force or reagent, easy fracture.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In order to solve the technical problems that in the prior art, the lamp and the metal plate are fixed together by using screws, the mounting process is inconvenient, and the applicability is poor after mounting, the utility model provides a locking device and a vehicle, and the technical problems are solved. The technical scheme of the utility model is as follows:

a locking device is used for fixedly connecting a lamp and a sheet metal part, and comprises: the adapter is fixedly connected with one side of the lamp, and an adapter part on the adapter can protrude out of an avoiding part on the sheet metal part; the locking piece, the locking piece with sheet metal component sliding fit, the locking piece is relative the sheet metal component slides, so that the locking piece with switching portion forms spacing locking cooperation, the portion of stopping on the locking piece can support and lean on the sheet metal component.

According to one embodiment of the utility model, the adapter part is provided with a T-shaped boss, the locking piece is provided with a bearing groove matched with the T-shaped boss, and the T-shaped boss extends into the bearing groove.

According to one embodiment of the utility model, the length L1 of the locking member is greater than the length L2 of the bypass portion, and the width b1 of the locking member is greater than the width b2 of the bypass portion.

According to one embodiment of the utility model, the stop portion protrudes from a ledge of the carrying groove on a side close to the sheet metal part.

According to an embodiment of the utility model, the locking device further comprises a limiting piece, the limiting piece is connected with the locking piece, a plurality of limiting parts are formed on the limiting piece, a stopping clamping groove corresponding to the limiting parts is formed on the switching part, and the limiting parts extend into the stopping clamping groove, so that the limiting piece and the switching piece form clamping fit.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the position-limiting part is provided as an elastic buckle, and the elastic buckle is located in a mounting groove formed on the position-limiting part.

According to one embodiment of the utility model, the limiting piece is arranged between the ledge of the side, away from the sheet metal part, of the bearing groove and the inner wall of the locking piece, and an elastic bulge is formed on the limiting piece and abuts against the inner wall of the locking piece.

According to one embodiment of the utility model, the locking member is formed with an inclined guide portion.

According to one embodiment of the utility model, a seal is arranged between the adapter piece and the inner wall of the sheet metal part.

A vehicle adopts the locking device.

Based on the structure, the utility model can realize the technical effects that:

1. the utility model provides an one side fixed connection of adaptor and lamps and lanterns, the portion of dodging on the switching portion can the outstanding sheet metal component on the adaptor, the relative sheet metal component of locking part slides, so that locking part and switching portion form spacing locking cooperation, the portion of stopping on the locking part can support and lean on the sheet metal component, thereby be in the same place lamps and lanterns and sheet metal component fixed connection, press down the sheet metal for in the prior art with lamps and lanterns from the outside of sheet metal, then open the sheet metal, at sheet metal rear locking screw, the dress process that leads to is inconvenient and the installation back suitability is poor, this application passes the portion of dodging through the switching portion with lamps and lanterns fixed connection's adaptor, then with the spacing locking cooperation of locking part, whole in-process need not to screw up the action and repeatedly opens the action of sheet metal component, thereby the fixed connection process of lamps and lanterns and sheet metal component has been simplified.

2. The utility model provides a length L1 of lock piece is greater than the length L2 of dodging the portion, and width b1 of lock piece is greater than the width b2 of dodging the portion, and like this, lock piece and sheet metal component area of contact are enough big, and the local support that receives of sheet metal component is too big, and in addition, do not lock completely between lock piece and the sheet metal component, can release the deformation stress that lamps and lanterns produced because of ambient temperature changes, reduce lamps and lanterns fracture risk.

3. The limiting part and the locking part of this application are connected, are formed with a plurality of spacing portions on the limiting part, switching portion is formed with the card slot that only moves corresponding with spacing portion, and spacing portion stretches into only moves in the card slot to make limiting part and switching piece form the joint cooperation, thereby the locking part, limiting part and the switching piece that make form a whole, have prevented the separation of locking piece and switching piece, and then have avoided the separation of lamps and lanterns and sheet metal component.

4. The utility model provides a spacing portion sets up to elastic buckle, and elastic buckle is located the mounting groove that forms on the locating part for elastic buckle is only one side by fixed connection, for elastic buckle's circumference is all by fixed connection, the deformation of the mode multiplicable elastic buckle of this application, thereby better adaptation lamps and lanterns have the deformation stress that produces because of ambient temperature changes, reduce lamps and lanterns fracture risk, and still can reduce assembly force and dismantlement power.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of a locking device;

FIG. 2 is a partial enlarged view of A of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an exploded view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic illustration of the mating of the adaptor and the housing;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the latch member;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a position limiting member;

FIG. 7 is a partial cross-sectional view of the mating of the adaptor member, the stop member and the locking member;

FIG. 8 is a partial cross-sectional view of FIG. 1;

in the figure: 1-an adapter; 11-a transfer part; 12-a movement stopping slot; 13-a reinforcement; 2-a lock; 21-a stopper portion; 22-a carrying groove; 23-a guide; 3-a limiting part; 31-a limiting part; 32-mounting grooves; 33-elastic protrusions; 34-a positioning portion; 4-a lamp; 5-sheet metal parts; 51-an escape portion; 6-a seal; 7-shell.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. The following description of at least one exemplary embodiment is merely illustrative in nature and is in no way intended to limit the utility model, its application, or uses. All other embodiments, which can be obtained by a person skilled in the art without inventive step based on the embodiments of the present invention, are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

It is noted that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of example embodiments according to the present application. As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, and it should be understood that when the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising" are used in this specification, they specify the presence of stated features, steps, operations, devices, components, and/or combinations thereof, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

The relative arrangement of the components and steps, the numerical expressions and numerical values set forth in these embodiments do not limit the scope of the present invention unless specifically stated otherwise. Meanwhile, it should be understood that the sizes of the respective portions shown in the drawings are not drawn in an actual proportional relationship for the convenience of description. Techniques, methods, and apparatus known to those of ordinary skill in the relevant art may not be discussed in detail but are intended to be part of the specification where appropriate. In all examples shown and discussed herein, any particular value should be construed as exemplary only and not as limiting. Thus, other examples of the exemplary embodiments may have different values. It should be noted that: like reference numbers and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus, once an item is defined in one figure, further discussion thereof is not required in subsequent figures.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the orientation or positional relationship indicated by the orientation words such as "front, rear, upper, lower, left, right", "lateral, vertical, horizontal" and "top, bottom", etc. are usually based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and in the case of not making a reverse description, these orientation words do not indicate and imply that the device or element being referred to must have a specific orientation or be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore, should not be considered as limiting the scope of the present invention; the terms "inner and outer" refer to the inner and outer relative to the profile of the respective component itself.

Spatially relative terms, such as "above … …," "above … …," "above … … surface," "above," and the like, may be used herein for ease of description to describe one device or feature's spatial relationship to another device or feature as illustrated in the figures. It will be understood that the spatially relative terms are intended to encompass different orientations of the device in use or operation in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures. For example, if a device in the figures is turned over, devices described as "above" or "on" other devices or configurations would then be oriented "below" or "under" the other devices or configurations. Thus, the exemplary term "above … …" can include both an orientation of "above … …" and "below … …". The device may be otherwise variously oriented (rotated 90 degrees or at other orientations) and the spatially relative descriptors used herein interpreted accordingly.

It should be noted that the terms "first", "second", and the like are used to define the components, and are only used for convenience of distinguishing the corresponding components, and the terms have no special meanings unless otherwise stated, and therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited.

As shown in fig. 1-8, a locking device of this embodiment is used for fixedly connecting lamp 4 and sheet metal component 5, the locking device includes adaptor 1 and locking piece 2, one side fixed connection of adaptor 1 and lamp 4, the portion 51 of dodging on the sheet metal component 5 can be outstanding to the adaptor 11 on the adaptor 1, locking piece 2 and sheet metal component 5 sliding fit, locking piece 2 slides relative to sheet metal component 5, so that locking piece 2 and adaptor 11 form spacing locking cooperation, the portion 21 of keeping to on the locking piece 2 can support and lean on sheet metal component 5.

In the present embodiment, by passing the adapter part 11 of the adapter 1 fixedly connected with the lamp 4 through the avoiding part 51, then the switching part 11 is matched with the limiting lock of the locking part 2, the action of screwing and the action of repeatedly opening the sheet metal part 5 are not needed in the whole process, thereby simplifying the fixed connection process of the lamp 4 and the sheet metal part 5, in addition, in the prior art, the lamp 4 and the sheet metal part 5 are fixed together by adopting screws, the contact area between the screw cap and the sheet metal part 5 is small, the sheet metal part 5 is easy to deform under local compression, thereby being not beneficial to the sealing and matching of the lamp 4 and the sheet metal part 5, and the friction between the nut and the sheet metal during the screw locking process, the surface coating of the sheet metal part 5 is easy to be damaged to cause the oxidation corrosion of the sheet metal, the locking member 2 of the present embodiment can be movably connected to the sheet metal member 5, and the contact area between the two is large, so as to avoid the above-mentioned problems.

Lamps and lanterns 4 of this embodiment are with the help of adaptor 1, locking

part

2 and 5 fixed connection of sheet metal component, specifically, one side and lamps and lanterns 4 of adaptor 1 can be dismantled and be connected, switching portion 11 on adaptor 1's the opposite side sets up to T shape boss, dodge portion 51 in this embodiment and set up to dodging the mouth, switching portion 11 wears to establish on dodging the mouth, locking part 2 is provided with the bearing groove 22 with T shape boss looks adaptation, under the effect of external force, locking part 2 slides towards T shape boss, make T shape boss stretch into bearing groove 22, it supports on sheet metal component 5 to hinder portion 21 like this, the mutual spacing locking of simultaneously adaptor 1 and locking part 2, both be in the same place lamps and lanterns 4 and sheet metal component 5 fixed assembly, whole in-process, need not specialized tool, reduce the lamps and lanterns 4 assembly degree of difficulty, efficiency and product maintainability have been promoted.

In addition, through foretell mode, the mouth of dodging of sheet metal component 5 of this embodiment need not perpendicular to 4 installation routes of lamps and lanterns, and both adaptor 1 need not to keep parallel with 4 installation routes of lamps and lanterns, and the portion 51 of dodging of sheet metal component 5 and the contained angle between the body of sheet metal component 5 need not to set to 90 degrees like this to reduce the panel beating punching press degree of difficulty, promote panel beating intensity.

Preferably, the adaptor 1 of this embodiment is provided in two, two adaptors 1 are arranged in parallel, and are connected with the lamp 4 through the housing 7, and in addition, the adaptor 1 further includes a reinforcing part 13, and in this embodiment, the reinforcing part 13 is provided as a reinforcing rib plate, and the reinforcing rib plate is provided around the adaptor 11, so as to prevent the adaptor 11 from breaking due to too much stress.

Further, a sealing element 6 is arranged between the adaptor part 1 and the inner wall of the sheet metal part 5, the sealing element 6 is set to be a sealing ring, the adaptor part 11 penetrates through the sealing ring and then extends into the avoiding part 51, and the sealing ring is arranged between the sheet metal part 5 and the shell 7, so that the sealing performance of the avoiding part 51 is ensured.

When the locking member 2 of this embodiment cooperates with the adaptor 1, the part 21 that supports leans on sheet metal component 5, specifically, the length L1 that the part 21 that supports of locking member 2 is greater than the length L2 of dodging the part 51, the width b1 that supports the part 21 that stops is greater than the width b2 of dodging the part 51, it is big to make the area of contact of the part 21 that supports with sheet metal component 5 like this, locking member 2 and sheet metal component 5 swing joint simultaneously, when the deformation that produces when lamps and lanterns 4 release because of ambient temperature change, pressure between locking member 2 accessible adjustment and sheet metal component 5 and the sealing member 6, thereby adapt to this kind of deformation, thereby prevent the because of the deformation unadjustable fracture of lamps and lanterns 4.

Preferably, the abutting portion 21 of the present embodiment protrudes from the ledge of the carrying groove 22 on the side close to the sheet metal part 5, so that a certain gap exists between the ledge of the carrying groove 22 and the sheet metal part 5, and in addition, the abutting portion 21 is formed with an inclined guide portion 23, so that the abutting portion 21 does not collide with the sheet metal part 5, thereby protecting the surface coating of the sheet metal part 5.

The lock part 2 of this embodiment is spacing through locating part 3, thereby unable relative adaptor 1 slides wantonly, specifically, locating part 3 and lock part 2 fixed connection, be formed with a plurality of spacing portions 31 on the locating part 3, spacing portion 31 sets up along the both sides array of 3 length direction of locating part in this embodiment, and the spacing portion 31 parallel arrangement of locating part 3 both sides, adaptor portion 11 is formed with the card slot 12 that only moves corresponding with spacing portion 31, spacing portion 31 stretches into only moves in the card slot 12, so that locating part 3 and adaptor 1 form the joint cooperation, because of adaptor 1 is dodged portion 51 spacing, make lock part 2 and locating part 3 follow by spacingly, thereby prevented the relative sheet metal component 5 of lamps and lanterns 4 from moving wantonly.

Preferably, the limiting portion 31 of the present embodiment is configured as an elastic buckle, and the elastic buckle and the movement stopping clamping groove 12 are in interference fit to adapt to the dimensional tolerance of the adaptor 1 and the lock 2, so as to prevent abnormal sound and looseness.

Further, a mounting groove 32 is formed in the limiting part 3, the elastic buckle is located in the mounting groove 32, two ends of the elastic buckle are fixedly connected with the mounting groove 32, two sides of the elastic buckle are disconnected from the mounting groove 32, and therefore the deformation amount of the elastic buckle is increased, so that the lamp can adapt to deformation of the lamp 4, and meanwhile, the assembling force and the disassembling force between the adapter 1 and the limiting part 3 are reduced.

In addition, the limiting member 3 of this embodiment is detachably connected to the lock member 2, specifically, the limiting member 3 is disposed between the ledge of the side of the bearing groove 22 away from the sheet metal part 5 and the inner wall of the lock member 2, at least one elastic protrusion 33 is formed on the limiting member 3, in this embodiment, the elastic protrusions 33 are disposed on two sides of the limiting member 3, one end of the elastic protrusion 33 is fixedly connected to the body of the limiting member 3, the other end of the elastic protrusion 33 is set as a free end, and the free end abuts against the inner wall of the lock member 2.

Further, one end of the limiting part 3 of this embodiment is further formed with a positioning part 34, when the locking part 2 and the limiting part 3 are assembled, the upside of the locking part 2 will abut against the positioning part 34 to prevent the limiting part 3 and the locking part 2 from being dislocated, and an operator applies an external force to the positioning part 34, so that the limiting part 3 overcomes the resistance of the inner wall of the locking part 2 to the elastic protrusion 33 and moves towards the non-open end of the locking part 2, so that the limiting part 3 and the locking part 2 are fixedly connected, and in addition, the positioning part 34 protrudes out of the body of the limiting part 3, and the external force application device can be prevented from colliding with the locking part 2.

The embodiment also provides a vehicle, the locking device is adopted, when the lamp 4 and the sheet metal part 5 of the vehicle are installed, a special tool is not needed to screw or unscrew the fastener, the assembly difficulty is reduced, the convenient maintainability is provided, in addition, the shape and the coating quality of the sheet metal fixing area cannot be damaged, the deformation stress of the lamp 4 can be adapted, and the cracking risk of the lamp 4 is reduced.

The embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various changes can be made within the knowledge of those skilled in the art without departing from the gist of the present invention.

Claims

1. A locking device for fixedly connecting a lamp (4) and a sheet metal part (5), characterized by comprising:

the lamp holder is characterized by comprising an adapter (1), wherein the adapter (1) is fixedly connected with one side of the lamp (4), and an adapter part (11) on the adapter (1) can protrude out of an avoiding part (51) on the sheet metal part (5);

locking piece (2), locking piece (2) with sheet metal component (5) sliding fit, locking piece (2) are relative sheet metal component (5) slide, so that locking piece (2) with switching portion (11) form spacing locking cooperation, the portion of stopping (21) on locking piece (2) can support and lean on sheet metal component (5).

2. Locking device according to claim 1, characterized in that the adapter part (11) is provided as a T-shaped projection, and the locking element (2) is provided with a bearing groove (22) adapted to the T-shaped projection, which T-shaped projection protrudes into the bearing groove (22).

3. Locking device according to claim 2, characterized in that the length L1 of the locking member (2) is greater than the length L2 of the escape portion (51), and the width b1 of the locking member (2) is greater than the width b2 of the escape portion (51).

4. Locking device according to claim 3, characterized in that the stop (21) protrudes from a ledge of the carrier groove (22) on the side close to the sheet metal part (5).

5. The locking device according to claim 4, further comprising a limiting member (3), wherein the limiting member (3) is connected with the locking member (2), a plurality of limiting portions (31) are formed on the limiting member (3), a stop slot (12) corresponding to the limiting portions (31) is formed on the adapter portion (11), and the limiting portions (31) extend into the stop slot (12) so that the limiting member (3) and the adapter member (1) form a snap fit.

6. Locking device according to claim 5, characterized in that the limiting part (31) is provided as a resilient catch which is located in a mounting groove (32) formed on the limiting member (3).

7. Locking device according to claim 5, characterized in that the retaining element (3) is arranged between a ledge of the side of the support groove (22) facing away from the sheet metal part (5) and the inner wall of the locking part (2), wherein at least one elastic projection (33) is formed on the retaining element (3), and wherein the elastic projection (33) abuts against the inner wall of the locking part (2).

8. Locking device according to claim 1, characterized in that the locking element (2) is formed with an inclined guide (23).

9. Locking device according to claim 1, characterized in that a seal (6) is arranged between the adapter piece (1) and the inner wall of the sheet metal part (5).

10. A vehicle, characterized in that it comprises a locking device according to any one of claims 1-9.