CN217822531U - Ignition switch plug-in components with waterproof function - Google Patents
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The utility model relates to an ignition switch plug-in with waterproof function, which comprises a movable contact component and a plug-in component; the movable contact component comprises a rotor; the plug-in component comprises a main body and an inlay; the rotor is rotatably arranged at one end of the inlay, a movable contact is arranged at one end of the rotor facing the inlay, and a static contact is arranged on the end face of the inlay facing the rotor; the movable contact is detachably connected with the static contact in a butting way; the one end of rotor is equipped with the ring baffle, sets up waterproof space with the rotor between towards the terminal surface of grafting subassembly, and the inlay forms the step towards the terminal surface of rotor after extending one section distance towards being close to the rotor direction with between the main part, and movable contact and step set up in waterproof space. The utility model has the advantages that: the utility model provides an ignition switch plug-in components with waterproof function adds waterproof construction, can prevent that rainwater etc. from getting into between movable contact and the stationary contact, avoids taking place the short circuit.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to a motor vehicle accessory technical field, concretely relates to ignition switch plug-in components with waterproof function.
Background
The existing electric vehicle and motorcycle are required to be provided with an ignition switch, the ignition switch drives a lock cylinder to rotate after a key is inserted into the ignition switch, a rotor is arranged on the lock cylinder, a movable contact rotating along with the rotor is arranged on the rotor, the movable contact is intermittently abutted with a fixed contact and is generally connected with a conductor wire, one end of the conductor wire is connected with a plug connector, the plug connector is used for being connected with a controller of the vehicle, and therefore starting of the vehicle can be achieved. In order to avoid the problems of aging, breakage and the like of the conducting wire and further cause the condition that the ignition switch can not work due to abnormal setting in work, a wireless ignition switch without the conducting wire is also provided in the prior art, and the ignition switch usually adopts the matching of a movable contact and a fixed contact to realize the connection and disconnection of a circuit. For example, patent document No. CN215578328U discloses a contact type arc discharge ignition switch, which includes a rotor, a moving contact, and a lock base, wherein two sets of contacts are provided on the lock base, the moving contact is rotatably provided along with the rotor, and when the moving contact rotates to a proper position, the contact of the moving contact contacts the contact of the contact on the lock base to turn on the circuit.
However, the ignition switch in the technical scheme is lack of a waterproof structure, rainwater can easily enter the ignition switch in rainy days, short circuit occurs between the movable contact and the fixed contact, and the ignition switch cannot work.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an ignition switch plug-in unit with waterproof function, which is added with a waterproof structure to prevent rainwater from entering between the movable contact and the stationary contact, thereby avoiding short circuit; the elastic piece is arranged, so that the movable contact and the fixed contact are well contacted; the section of the guide post is in a central symmetry shape, so that misassembly of the movable contact piece can be avoided.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model provides a following technical scheme: an ignition switch plug-in with waterproof function, including the moving contact assembly, plug-in components; the movable contact component comprises a rotor; the plug-in assembly comprises a main body and an inlay arranged in the main body; the rotor is rotatably arranged at one end of the inlay, a moving contact rotating along with the rotor is arranged at one end of the rotor facing the inlay, and a static contact is arranged on the end surface of the inlay facing the rotor; the movable contact is connected with the stationary contact in a detachable and abutting mode, and is characterized in that: and a waterproof structure is arranged between the rotor and the main body. Specifically, it may be further configured to: the waterproof structure comprises an annular baffle arranged at one end of the rotor, a waterproof space is arranged between the annular baffle and the end surface of the rotor facing the main body, the end face of the inlay facing the rotor extends for a distance towards the direction close to the rotor and then forms a step with the main body, and the movable contact and the step are arranged in the waterproof space.
By adopting the technical scheme, the waterproof structure is arranged between the rotor and the main body, so that rainwater can be prevented from entering between the movable contact and the fixed contact. The waterproof structure comprises an annular baffle and a step, wherein a waterproof space is arranged between the annular baffle on the rotor and the end face of the rotor (the annular baffle can extend for a distance towards the direction close to the inlay, and at the moment, the annular baffle and the end face of the rotor can naturally enclose the waterproof space), the step is formed by extending for a distance towards the end face far away from the main body from the end face of the inlay facing the rotor, a static contact is arranged on the end face of the inlay facing the rotor, at the moment, the height difference exists between the inlay and the main body, and the step extends into the waterproof space, namely, the annular baffle surrounds the periphery of the step, so that the static contact is also positioned in the waterproof space; the movable contact is originally arranged in the waterproof space, so far, the movable contact and the fixed contact are both positioned in the waterproof space at the moment, the movable contact and the fixed contact are protected by the annular baffle and the rotor, rainwater is blocked by the annular baffle and the rotor and cannot directly enter between the movable contact and the fixed contact, the rainwater naturally flows away when falling to the main body and cannot enter the waterproof space through the step, and therefore the set waterproof structure is good in waterproof effect, and the phenomenon of short circuit between the movable contact and the fixed contact can be effectively avoided.
To the connection between the sound contact, wherein, because the rotor is the rotatable one end that sets up in the inlay, the movable contact sets up in the one end of rotor towards the inlay, the stationary contact sets up on the terminal surface of inlay towards the rotor, and the movable contact is to dismantle the conflict with the stationary contact and be connected, means when the rotor rotates to the exact position, the movable contact can switch on the circuit with the stationary contact butt, and when the rotor rotated the exact position, the conflict between movable contact and the stationary contact is connected and is dismantled, does not switch on the circuit promptly, the control of being convenient for. For the sake of illustration, a simpler embodiment is achieved by the movable contact being in abutting connection with the end face of the inlay facing the rotor.
The above-mentioned ignition switch plug-in components with waterproof function can further set up as: the movable contact component also comprises a movable contact piece and a guide post arranged on the rotor, the movable contact is arranged on the movable contact piece, the movable contact piece is sleeved on the periphery of the guide post and can rotate along with the guide post, and the guide post extends towards the main body; an elastic piece is arranged between the rotor and the movable contact piece.
By adopting the technical scheme, the rotor can be tightly arranged on the plug-in component during installation, and poor contact between the movable contact and the fixed contact is prevented. When the rotor and the plug-in assembly are installed, the rotor can be tightly pressed and arranged on the plug-in assembly, the elastic piece is in a compression state, the elastic piece pushes and presses the movable contact piece until the movable contact is in abutting connection with the end face, facing the rotor, of the inlay (namely the end face, provided with the fixed contact, of the inlay), the movable contact is in closer contact with the end face, facing the rotor, of the inlay, and the movable contact is in contact with the fixed contact more closely, so that the phenomenon of poor contact between the movable contact and the fixed contact is avoided.
The above-mentioned ignition switch plug-in components with waterproof function can further set up as: the guide post is including setting up in the center post at rotor center, setting up in the spacing post in the center post outside, and the periphery that the rotor was kept away from to spacing post one end is equipped with the stopper, and the rotor was kept away from to spacing post one end is equipped with the recess with the center post junction.
By adopting the technical scheme, the movable contact piece can be prevented from being easily separated from the guide post, and the movable contact piece can be conveniently replaced by a user when necessary. Because the plane of the central column is provided with the limiting column, the outer side of one end of the limiting column is provided with the limiting block, the joint of one end of the limiting column and the central column is provided with the groove, and the arranged groove can ensure that the limiting block can slightly bend and deform towards the direction close to the central column under the action of external force, so that the movable contact piece is conveniently sleeved on the guide column, the installation is convenient, and similarly, when the limiting block slightly bends and deforms towards the direction close to the central column under the action of external force, the movable contact piece can be taken down for replacement; under the action of no external force, the limit block can limit the movable contact piece, and the movable contact piece is prevented from being separated from the guide column.
Considering that the movable contact is usually provided only on one end surface of the movable contact piece, if the movable contact and the fixed contact are easy to be in poor contact condition in reverse installation, the ignition switch plug-in unit with the waterproof function can be further provided with: two opposite sides of the central column are planes which are parallel to each other, two groups of limiting columns are arranged on the planes on the two sides of the central column respectively, two side surfaces of one group of limiting columns are arranged at different included angles with the plane of the central column respectively, and the two groups of limiting columns are arranged in central symmetry; the movable contact spring is provided with a connecting hole matched with the section shape of the guide post.
By adopting the technical scheme, the movable contact piece can be prevented from being installed by mistake, and the movable contact piece can rotate along with the rotor. Two side surfaces of one group of limiting posts and the plane of the central post form different included angles, and the two groups of limiting posts are arranged and are respectively arranged on the planes of the two sides of the central post in a central symmetry manner, so that the section of the guide post is in a central symmetry pattern, and the connecting holes in the movable contact piece are matched with the section appearance of the guide post; according to the characteristic of the centrosymmetric graph, after the movable contact piece can rotate 180 degrees on the horizontal plane, the connecting hole in the movable contact piece is still matched with the section shape of the guide post and can still be installed, but when the movable contact piece is installed in a reversed mode in an overturning mode, the connecting hole in the movable contact piece and the section shape of the guide post can be unmatched and cannot be installed, so that the movable contact piece is prevented from being installed by mistake, meanwhile, when the rotor rotates, the guide post and the connecting hole are limited, and therefore the movable contact piece can move along with the rotor without being fixedly connected with the movable contact piece and the rotor.
The above-mentioned ignition switch plug-in components with waterproof function can further set up as: the rotor is provided with an elastic piece mounting hole at a position corresponding to the movable contact on the movable contact piece, one surface of the movable contact piece opposite to the movable contact is provided with a limiting groove, one end of the elastic piece is arranged in the elastic piece mounting hole, and the other end of the elastic piece is connected with the limiting groove in a butting mode.
By adopting the technical scheme, the elastic piece mounting hole and the groove can avoid the elastic piece from being separated in the telescopic process.
The above-mentioned ignition switch plug-in components with waterproof function can further set up as: the movable contact is an arc-shaped salient point arranged on the movable contact piece.
By adopting the technical scheme, the movable contact is the arc-shaped convex point, so that a sharp part on the movable contact can be avoided, and the phenomenon of point discharge in the moment of contacting the movable contact with the fixed contact can be further avoided.
The utility model has the advantages that: the ignition switch plug-in with the waterproof function is provided, the waterproof structure is additionally arranged, rainwater and the like can be prevented from entering between the movable contact and the fixed contact, and short circuit is avoided; the elastic piece is arranged, so that good contact between the movable contact and the static contact is ensured; the section of the guide post is in a central symmetry shape, so that misassembly of the movable contact piece can be avoided.
The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the explosion structure of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a schematic view of the rotor structure of the present invention;
fig. 4 is a top view of the rotor of the present invention with the guide posts facing upward;
fig. 5 is a side view of the rotor and guide post of the present invention;
fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of the movable contact spring of the present invention;
fig. 7 is a top view of the movable contact piece of the present invention;
fig. 8 is a downward plan view of the movable contact piece of the present invention.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative work belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
An ignition switch plug-in unit with waterproof function as shown in fig. 1 to 8 comprises a movable contact component 1 and a plug-in component 2; movable contact subassembly 1 is rotatable setting in grafting subassembly 2 one end, and movable contact subassembly 1 is including rotor 11, set up guide post 12 on rotor 11, the movable contact spring 13 of guide post 12 periphery is located to the cover, and guide post 12 extends the setting towards grafting subassembly 2 direction, and movable contact spring 13 can follow guide post 12 and rotor 11 and rotate, sets up movable contact 131 on the movable contact spring 13, and movable contact 131 is the arc bump that sets up on movable contact spring 13. The plug-in component 2 includes a main body 21, an inlay 22 and a static contact 23, the inlay 22 and the static contact 23 are disposed in the main body 21, in this embodiment, the plug-in component 2 is an ignition switch plug-in unit with no conductive wire, for the prior art, only a brief description is made here, no additional drawings are made, the plug-in component 2 usually further includes a static contact, one end of the static contact is a plug-in board, the other end is bent to be used as the static contact 23, one end of the main body 21 is a connection end (for being connected with a housing of the ignition switch), the other end is a plug-in end (for being connected with a socket), and the plug-in board passes through the main body 21 and the inlay 22 to be disposed in the plug-in end.
The movable contact 131 is connected with the end surface of the inlay 22 facing the rotor 11 in an abutting mode, the fixed contact 23 is arranged on the end surface of the inlay 22 facing the rotor 11, the movable contact 131 is rotatably arranged along the guide column 12 and the rotor 11 through the movable contact piece 13, and when the rotor 11 rotates to enable the movable contact 131 to rotate to a proper position, the movable contact 131 is in contact with the fixed contact 23 on the plug-in assembly 2, so that a circuit is conducted; when the movable contact 131 is rotated to other positions, the interference connection between the movable contact 131 and the stationary contact 23 is removed, and the circuit is broken.
For avoiding the rainwater to get into and arouse the short circuit, be equipped with waterproof construction between rotor 11 and the main part 21, specifically do: the waterproof structure comprises an annular baffle 111 arranged at one end yoke of the rotor 11, the annular baffle 111 extends for a certain distance towards the direction of the plug-in assembly 2, a waterproof space 15 is arranged between the annular baffle 111 and the end face of the rotor 11 facing the main body 21, the movable contact 131 is arranged in the waterproof space 15, namely the movable contact piece 13 is positioned in the waterproof space 15; the end surface of the inlay 22 facing the rotor 11 (the stationary contact 23 is disposed on the end surface) extends a distance toward the rotor to form a step, and the step is formed by the inlay 22 being higher than one end surface of the main body.
When the movable contact and the step are located in the waterproof space 15, the annular baffle 111 surrounds the periphery of the step, i.e., the end surface of the inlay 22 facing the rotor 11 is located in the waterproof space 15, i.e., the fixed contact 23 is located in the waterproof space 15, and the movable contact 131 is originally provided in the waterproof space 15 along with the movable contact 13, so that the movable contact 131 and the fixed contact 23 are both located in the waterproof space 15. The annular baffle 111 and the rotor 11 block rainwater, so that the movable contact 131 and the fixed contact 23 are protected, and rainwater is prevented from directly entering between the movable contact 131 and the fixed contact 23; and the step is that inlay 22 extends one section distance towards keeping away from main part 21 and forms, has the difference in height between inlay 22 and the main part 21, and the rainwater can't pile up also can't cross the step and get into waterproof space 15, and the waterproof construction water-proof effects who consequently sets up is good, can effectively avoid the phenomenon of taking place the short circuit between dynamic, the stationary contact.
In order to ensure good contact between the movable contact and the fixed contact, an elastic piece 14 is arranged between the rotor 11 and the movable contact piece 13, and the elastic piece 14 pushes and contacts the movable contact piece 13 until the movable contact 131 is in contact connection with the end face of the step; the rotor 11 is provided with an elastic member mounting hole 112 at a position corresponding to the movable contact 131 on the movable contact piece 13, a limit groove 132 is provided at a side of the movable contact piece 13 opposite to the movable contact 131, one end of the elastic member 14 is disposed in the elastic member mounting hole 112, and the other end is connected with the limit groove 132 in an abutting manner, so that the elastic member 14 is prevented from being separated in the expansion process, in this embodiment, the elastic member 14 is a spring. When the rotor 11 and the plug-in module 2 are installed, the rotor 11 can be arranged on the plug-in module 2 in a pressing mode, the elastic piece 14 is in a compression state, and the movable contact 131 is in contact with the plane where the fixed contact 23 is located, namely the end face of the step, more tightly, so that the phenomenon of poor contact between the movable contact 131 and the fixed contact 23 is avoided. At this time, when the rotor 11 and the plug-in module 2 are installed, the annular baffle 111 on the rotor 11 needs to overcome the resistance of the elastic member 14 and be arranged around the step, so that the step is located in the waterproof space 15 and does not affect the waterproof effect.
The pair of guiding columns 12 includes a central column 121 disposed at the center of the rotor 11 and a limiting column 122 disposed at the outer side of the central column 121, a limiting block 123 is disposed on the periphery of one end of the limiting column 122 away from the rotor 11, and a groove 124 is disposed at the joint of the central column 121 and one end of the limiting column 122 away from the rotor 11. The groove 124 can enable the limiting block 123 to slightly bend and deform towards the direction close to the central column 121 under the action of external force, so that the movable contact piece 13 is conveniently sleeved on the guide column 12 and is convenient to mount, and similarly, when the limiting block 123 slightly bends and deforms towards the direction close to the central column 121 under the action of external force, the movable contact piece 13 can be taken down for replacement; under the action of no external force, the limiting block 123 can limit the movable contact piece 13, so as to prevent the movable contact piece 13 from being separated from the guide post 12. The two opposite sides of the central column 121 are parallel planes, two sets of limiting columns 122 are arranged on the planes of the two sides of the central column 121, and the two side surfaces of one set of limiting columns 122 are arranged at different included angles with the plane of the central column 121, so that it can be known that, when the limiting columns 122 exist, the included angles between the side surfaces of the limiting columns 122 and the plane of the central column 121 cannot be similar to included angles of 0 degree and 180 degrees. In a possible embodiment, one side surface of the position-limiting pillar 122 is perpendicular to the plane of the central pillar 121 (forming an included angle of 90 °), and the other side surface of the position-limiting pillar 122 is formed an included angle with the plane of the central pillar 121 (forming an included angle other than 90 °). The two sets of limiting columns 122 are arranged in a central symmetry manner; obviously, the center of symmetry of the two sets of restraining posts 122 is the center point of the central post 121, so that the cross section of the guide post 12 is a central symmetrical figure, as shown in fig. 4. The movable contact piece 13 is provided with a connecting hole 133 which is matched with the section shape of the guide post 12; according to the characteristic of the central symmetrical graph, after the movable contact piece 13 can rotate 180 degrees on the horizontal plane, the connecting hole 133 on the movable contact piece 13 is still matched with the section shape of the guide post 12 and can still be installed, but when the movable contact piece 13 is installed in an overturning and reverse direction, the connecting hole 133 on the movable contact piece 13 is unmatched with the section shape of the guide post 12 and cannot be installed, so that the movable contact piece 13 is prevented from being installed by mistake, and meanwhile, when the rotor 11 rotates, the guide post 12 is limited with the connecting hole 133, so that the movable contact piece 13 can further rotate along with the rotor 11 along with the guide post 12.
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1. An ignition switch plug-in unit with a waterproof function comprises a movable contact assembly and a plug-in assembly; the movable contact component comprises a rotor; the plug-in component comprises a main body and an inlay arranged in the main body; the rotor is rotatably arranged at one end of the inlay, a moving contact rotating along with the rotor is arranged at one end of the rotor facing the inlay, and a static contact is arranged on the end surface of the inlay facing the rotor; the movable contact is connected with the stationary contact in a detachable conflict manner, and is characterized in that: and a waterproof structure is arranged between the rotor and the main body.
2. The ignition switch insert with waterproof function according to claim 1, the method is characterized in that: the waterproof structure comprises an annular baffle arranged at one end of the rotor, a waterproof space is arranged between the annular baffle and the end face of the rotor facing the main body, the end face of the inlay facing the rotor extends for a distance towards the direction close to the rotor and then forms a step with the main body, and the movable contact and the step are arranged in the waterproof space.
3. An ignition switch insert with a waterproof function according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: the movable contact assembly further comprises a movable contact piece and a guide post arranged on the rotor, the movable contact is arranged on the movable contact piece, the movable contact piece is sleeved on the periphery of the guide post and can rotate along with the guide post, and the guide post extends towards the main body; and an elastic piece is arranged between the rotor and the movable contact piece.
4. An ignition switch insert with waterproof function according to claim 3, characterized in that: the guide post comprises a central post arranged at the center of the rotor and a limiting post arranged on the outer side of the central post, a limiting block is arranged on the periphery of one end, away from the rotor, of the limiting post, and a groove is formed in the joint of one end, away from the rotor, of the limiting post and the central post.
5. An ignition switch insert with waterproof function according to claim 4, characterized in that: the two opposite side surfaces of the central column are planes which are parallel to each other, two groups of limiting columns are arranged on the planes on the two sides of the central column respectively, the two side surfaces of one group of limiting columns are arranged at different included angles with the plane of the central column respectively, and the two groups of limiting columns are arranged in a central symmetry manner; and the movable contact spring is provided with a connecting hole matched with the section shape of the guide post.
6. An ignition switch insert with a waterproof function according to claim 3, characterized in that: the rotor is provided with an elastic piece mounting hole at a position corresponding to a movable contact on the movable contact piece, one surface of the movable contact piece opposite to the movable contact is provided with a limiting groove, one end of the elastic piece is arranged in the elastic piece mounting hole, and the other end of the elastic piece is connected with the limiting groove in a butting mode.
7. An ignition switch insert with waterproof function according to claim 3, characterized in that: the movable contact is an arc-shaped salient point arranged on the movable contact piece.
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