CN217977024U

CN217977024U - Universal ball assembly and plate system

Info

Publication number: CN217977024U
Application number: CN202221189482.6U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 黄志强; 王皓
Original assignee: Pem China Co ltd
Current assignee: Pem China Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-05-18
Filing date: 2022-05-18
Publication date: 2022-12-06
Anticipated expiration: 2032-05-18
Also published as: WO2023222099A1

Abstract

The utility model discloses a universal ball assembly and a plate system, which comprises a supporting seat and balls, wherein one end of the supporting seat is provided with a connecting part used for being connected with a plate, the other end of the supporting seat is provided with a limiting part capable of forming a limiting groove, and the limiting part is used for partially limiting the balls in the limiting groove; the ball has the first lateral part that stretches out the spacing groove and the second lateral part relative with first lateral part, and universal ball subassembly still includes an annular ring, and the annular ring sets up between the second lateral part and the supporting seat of second spacing groove. The annular ring is made of stainless steel material. The annular ring is made of a traceless O-ring. The application has the following advantages: the structure is simple; the assembly mode is simple and convenient, and the assembly difficulty and the working hour are reduced. In application, the back of the thin plate can be ensured to be flat, and the risk of interference with other surrounding parts is avoided. The product volume is small, and the requirement on space is low; meanwhile, the balls and the O-shaped rings form uniform mutual support, so that the balls move smoothly, the abrasion resistance is good, and no stagnation is caused.

Description

Universal ball assembly and plate system

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a fastener field especially relates to an universal ball subassembly and panel system.

Background

Currently, the internal structure of a ball-type sheet metal fastener in the prior art is shown in fig. 1, and the design can be applied to a sheet-mounted ball fastener. The structure includes a main body, a large ball and a plurality of small balls. Correspondingly, the number of the inner parts of the structure is large, a plurality of small balls are difficult to assemble, and the required working hours are long; limited by the influence of the manufacturing precision of the ball, and the risk of product failure caused by the fracture of individual small balls is inevitable when the bearing capacity is larger.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims to solve the technical problem that the not enough of prior art provides a universal ball subassembly and panel system, and it can solve at least one in the above-mentioned problem.

The embodiment of the application discloses a universal ball assembly, which comprises a supporting seat and balls, wherein one end of the supporting seat is provided with a connecting part used for being connected with a plate, the other end of the supporting seat is provided with a limiting part capable of forming a limiting groove, and the limiting part is used for partially limiting the balls in the limiting groove; the ball is provided with a first side part extending out of the limiting groove and a second side part opposite to the first side part, and the universal ball assembly further comprises an annular ring arranged between the second side part of the second limiting groove and the supporting seat.

Preferably, the annular ring is made of stainless steel material.

Preferably, the annular ring is made of a traceless O-ring.

Preferably, the annular ring is formed by welding and then performing laser shock treatment.

Preferably, the connecting portion is stepped after being connected with the panel.

Preferably, the connecting part is in a slope shape after being connected with the plate.

The embodiment of the application discloses panel system with slip function, including panel and above-mentioned universal ball subassembly, universal ball subassembly's connecting portion with panel fixed connection.

Preferably, a side end face of the support seat, which faces away from the ball, is flush with a side end face of the plate, which faces away from the ball.

Preferably, the ball transfer assembly is mounted to the plate material by press or flip riveting.

The utility model has the advantages of it is following:

1. the structure is simple, and an excessively complex internal mechanism does not exist; the assembly mode is simple and convenient, special tools are not needed for assistance, and the assembly difficulty and the working hour are reduced.

2. In application, the back of the thin plate can be ensured to be flat, and the risk of interference with other surrounding parts is avoided. The product volume is small, and the requirement on space is low; meanwhile, the balls and the O-shaped rings form uniform mutual support, so that the balls move smoothly, the abrasion resistance is good, and no stagnation is caused.

For a better understanding of the features and technical content of the present invention, reference should be made to the following detailed description and accompanying drawings, which are provided for reference and illustration purposes only and are not intended to limit the present invention.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present specification or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the description below are only some embodiments described in the present specification, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 shows an exploded view of a ball transfer assembly in an embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a ball transfer unit mounted to a plate material according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 shows a front view of a ball transfer unit in an embodiment of the present application mounted to a plate.

FIG. 4 shows a schematic structural diagram of the plate system in the embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 5 shows another structural schematic diagram of the plate system in the embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 6 shows a schematic view of another structure of the plate system in the embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of another embodiment of the plate system in the embodiment of the present application.

The figures of the above drawings are numbered: 1. a supporting base; 2. a ball bearing; 3. an annular ring; 4. a plate material; 5. a connecting portion; 6. a limiting part.

Detailed Description

In order to make those skilled in the art better understand the technical solutions in the present specification, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present specification will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present specification, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present specification, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments in the present specification without making any creative effort shall fall within the protection scope of the present specification.

The following embodiments are provided as specific examples, and those skilled in the art can understand the advantages and effects of the present invention from the disclosure of the present specification. The present invention can be implemented or applied by other different embodiments, and various details in the present specification can be modified and changed based on different viewpoints and applications without departing from the concept of the present invention. The drawings of the present invention are merely schematic illustrations, and are not drawn to scale, but are described in advance. The following embodiments will further explain the related art of the present invention in detail, but the disclosure is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

It will be understood that, although the terms "first," "second," "third," etc. may be used herein to describe various components or signals, these components or signals should not be limited by these terms. These terms are used primarily to distinguish one element from another element or from one signal to another signal. In addition, the term "or" as used herein should be taken to include any one or combination of more of the associated listed items as the case may be.

Referring to fig. 1, the embodiment of the application discloses a universal ball assembly, which comprises a supporting seat 1 and a ball 2, wherein one end of the supporting seat 1 is provided with a connecting part 5 used for being connected with a plate 4, the other end of the supporting seat 1 is provided with a limiting part 6 capable of forming a limiting groove, and the limiting part 6 is used for partially limiting the ball 2 in the limiting groove; the ball 2 is provided with a first side part extending out of the limiting groove and a second side part opposite to the first side part, the universal ball assembly further comprises an annular ring 3, and the annular ring 3 is arranged between the second side part of the second limiting groove and the supporting seat 1.

By means of the structure, the annular ring 3 replaces the small ball 2 in the existing design, so that the universal ball assembly with the annular ring 3 can be quickly installed on the metal plate 4, and the back of the plate 4 is kept flat. For the scenario of a slide demand. Can provide larger push-out force (positive/side push-out force), for example, can be used for drawer type cabinet or replaceable power module

In this embodiment, the annular ring 3 may be made of stainless steel, which has certain strength and can prevent rusting. For example, in the case of aluminum, copper, zinc alloy, nylon plastic, etc., the hardness of these materials is not satisfactory, and in the case of iron, rust is easily generated. Therefore, the present applicant inventively selects a stainless steel material as the material of the annular ring 3.

In order to ensure smooth rolling, the surface of the annular ring 3 needs to be smooth and free from foreign matter and impurities. In the molding process of the annular ring 3, the annular ring 3 is generally welded, but in order to close the weld seam caused by welding, a traceless O-ring may be formed by a shock-light treatment.

As shown in fig. 2 and 3, during assembly, the annular ring 3 and the balls 2 may be sequentially placed in the limiting groove of the supporting seat 1, and then the opening of the supporting seat 1 is reduced by using a special pressing mold, and at this time, the annular ring 3, the balls 2 and the supporting seat 1 are stably combined into a whole assembly, thereby completing the assembly. The assembled ball transfer assembly, as shown in fig. 2, achieves quick installation on a sheet and provides a large push-out force and a stable, wear-resistant sliding function.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3, during processing, holes of appropriate size are opened and closed in the plate member 4. And putting the assembled universal ball assembly into the mounting hole and carrying out press riveting mounting by adopting a press fitting die. After installation, the supporting seat 1 is tightly combined on the plate 4, the ball 2 moves smoothly, and the back of the plate 4 keeps flat and does not have interference risk with other parts.

Fig. 4 to 7 show four different systems of sheets 4 in which four ball transfer assemblies are fixed to the sheets 4 by clinching or clinching. After the connection, the connection part 5 may be step-shaped or slope-shaped as required. Wherein the arrow direction is the loading direction of the plate 4.

Preferably, one side end face of the supporting seat 1, which faces away from the ball 2, is flush with one side end face of the plate 4, which faces away from the ball 2.

The above disclosure is only a preferred and practical embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the claims, so that all the modifications made by the equivalent techniques described in the specification and drawings are included in the scope of the claims.

The embodiments in the present specification are described in a progressive manner, and the same or similar parts in the embodiments are referred to each other, and each embodiment focuses on differences from other embodiments. While the present application has been described by way of examples, those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that there are numerous variations and permutations of the present application that do not depart from the spirit of the present application and that the appended embodiments are intended to include such variations and permutations without departing from the present application.

Claims

1. The universal ball assembly is characterized by comprising a supporting seat and balls, wherein one end of the supporting seat is provided with a connecting part used for being connected with a plate, the other end of the supporting seat is provided with a limiting part capable of forming a limiting groove, and the limiting part is used for partially limiting the balls in the limiting groove; the ball is provided with a first side part extending out of the limiting groove and a second side part opposite to the first side part, and the universal ball assembly further comprises an annular ring arranged between the second side part of the limiting groove and the supporting seat.

2. The ball transfer assembly of claim 1, wherein the annular ring is made of a stainless steel material.

3. The ball transfer assembly of claim 1, wherein the annular ring is made of a traceless O-ring.

4. The ball transfer assembly of claim 1, wherein the annular ring is formed by post-welding vibration treatment.

5. The ball transfer assembly of claim 1, wherein the connecting portion is stepped after being connected to the plate.

6. The ball transfer assembly of claim 1, wherein the connecting portion is tapered after being connected to the sheet material.

7. A plate system with a sliding function, comprising a plate and the ball-and-socket assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the connecting portion of the ball-and-socket assembly is fixedly connected to the plate.

8. A panel system according to claim 7, said support blocks having an end face facing away from said balls which is flush with an end face of said panel facing away from said balls.

9. The plank system of claim 7, wherein the ball transfer assembly is mounted to the plank by press or flip riveting.