CN218383282U

CN218383282U - AGV and radar protection mechanism for AGV

Info

Publication number: CN218383282U
Application number: CN202222505026.4U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王左坤; 赫荣亮
Original assignee: Sany Robot Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Sany Robot Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-09-21
Filing date: 2022-09-21
Publication date: 2023-01-24
Anticipated expiration: 2032-09-21

Abstract

The utility model provides a radar protection machanism and AGV for AGV, wherein, radar protection machanism includes for the AGV: the protective shell is internally provided with an accommodating cavity, and the circumferential side wall of the protective shell is provided with an avoidance port opposite to the accommodating cavity; the subassembly of blowing is installed on the protecting crust and is located and holds the chamber outside, and the subassembly of blowing is including blowing piece and air guide, and the piece of blowing is blown to the circumference outward flange that holds the chamber through the air guide to form and shelter from the air curtain of dodging the mouth at least. Arrange the used radar of AGV in and hold the intracavity, open the subassembly of blowing, make the piece of blowing to the circumference outward flange that holds the chamber through air guide, can form and shelter from the air curtain of dodging the mouth at least to keep apart radar and external world through the air curtain, avoid external pollutant invasion and attack radar, guarantee the normal operating of radar.

Description

AGV is with radar protection machanism and AGV

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a AGV protection technical field, concretely relates to radar protection mechanism and AGV for AGV.

Background

An AGV (Automated Guided Vehicle) is an Automated Guided Vehicle equipped with an electromagnetic or optical automatic navigation device, capable of traveling along a predetermined navigation path, having safety protection and various transfer functions, and has been widely used in Automated production.

For an AGV, the radar is a key component for its automatic operation, and therefore needs to be protected. At present, often be equipped with the protecting crust in AGV, during the protecting crust was arranged in to the radar, can prevent through the protecting crust that the radar from directly receiving mechanical external force, avoid the radar impaired. Because the used radar of AGV is a precision optical part, need use in transparent environment, so current protective housing is the non-closed to guarantee radar signal's normal transmission and receipt. However, in certain harsher production environments, a significant amount of dust, and even paint cloud points, may be present. In this case, the protective shell cannot protect the radar from being attacked by pollutants such as dust or paint mist spots, and the radar is easily damaged.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

Therefore, the to-be-solved technical problem of the utility model lies in overcoming among the prior art that the used radar of AGV easily receives pollutants such as dust invasion and attack and impaired defect to a radar protection machanism and AGV for AGV are provided.

In order to solve the problem, the utility model provides a radar protection mechanism for AGV, it includes: the protective shell is internally provided with an accommodating cavity, and the circumferential side wall of the protective shell is provided with an avoidance port opposite to the accommodating cavity; the subassembly of blowing is installed on the protecting crust and is located and holds the chamber outside, and the subassembly of blowing is including blowing piece and air guide, and the piece of blowing is through air guide to the circumference outward flange that holds the chamber and is blown to form and shelter from the air curtain of dodging the mouth at least.

Optionally, the protective housing comprises a bottom enclosure, the bottom enclosure being arranged around a lower portion of the accommodating cavity.

Optionally, the blowing assembly further comprises a filter piece, and the filter piece cover is arranged at the air inlet end of the blowing piece.

Optionally, filter and set up to the filter, seted up a plurality of filtration pores on the filter.

Optionally, the air guide cover is arranged at the top of the accommodating cavity, an air guide gap communicated with the air guide cover from top to bottom is formed between the air guide cover and the protective shell, and the blowing piece is arranged above the air guide cover and blows downwards.

Optionally, the air guide includes: the baffle is covered at the top of the accommodating cavity, and an air guide gap is formed between the baffle and the protective shell; and the lip edges are connected with the circumferential outer edges, close to the air guide gaps, of the baffle plates and are obliquely arranged from inside to outside.

Alternatively, the blowing member is provided as an axial flow fan, and an axial direction of the axial flow fan is provided in an up-down direction.

Optionally, the protective housing includes that the top encloses the fender, and the top encloses the fender and encircles the subassembly setting of blowing, and the top encloses and forms wind-guiding clearance between fender and the air guide.

The utility model also provides an AGV, which comprises the radar protection mechanism for the AGV; the AGV also includes a radar, which is mounted within the receiving cavity.

Optionally, the radar includes radar base and radar body, and the radar body is installed on radar base, and the mouth of dodging among the radar protection machanism for AGV is relative with the radar body.

The utility model has the advantages of it is following:

1. place the used radar of AGV in holding the intracavity, can utilize the protecting crust to prevent that the radar from directly receiving mechanical external force, avoid the radar impaired. Meanwhile, the optical element on the radar is opposite to the avoiding port, and normal emission and receiving of radar signals can be guaranteed. On this basis, open the subassembly of blowing, the messenger is blown the piece and is blown to the circumference outward flange that holds the chamber through the air guide, can form and shelter from the air curtain of dodging the mouth at least to keep apart radar and external world through the air curtain, avoid external pollutant invasion and attack radar, guarantee the normal operating of radar.

2. Through set up in the subassembly of blowing and filter, can utilize to filter and filter the air to the air admission after making the filtration piece of blowing, and then guarantees the cleanliness of air curtain, prevents that air curtain itself from causing the pollution to the radar.

Drawings

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

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an overall structure of a radar protection mechanism for an AGV according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic side view, cross-sectional structural diagram, illustrating the cooperation of a radar protection mechanism for an AGV and a radar provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 shows the utility model discloses radar protection mechanism and radar complex decomposition structure schematic diagram for AGV that the embodiment of the utility model provides.

Description of reference numerals:

10. a protective shell; 11. an accommodating chamber; 12. avoiding the mouth; 13. a bottom enclosure; 14. a rear cover; 15. a top enclosure; 16. a top cover; 20. a blowing assembly; 21. a blowing member; 22. an air guide; 221. a baffle plate; 222. a lip; 23. a filter member; 30. a radar; 31. a radar base; 32. a radar body.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions of the present invention will be described more clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it should be understood 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.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplification of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; 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 meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations by those skilled in the art.

Furthermore, the technical features mentioned in the different embodiments of the invention described below can be combined with each other as long as they do not conflict with each other.

The present embodiment provides a radar protection mechanism for an AGV, which includes a shield case 10 and a blowing assembly 20, as shown in fig. 1 to 3. Wherein, be provided with in protecting crust 10 and hold chamber 11, be provided with on the circumference lateral wall of protecting crust 10 and hold chamber 11 relative dodge mouthful 12. The blowing component 20 is installed on the protective shell 10 and is located outside the accommodating cavity 11, the blowing component 20 comprises a blowing piece 21 and an air guide piece 22, and the blowing piece 21 blows towards the circumferential outer edge of the accommodating cavity 11 through the air guide piece 22 so as to form an air curtain at least blocking the avoiding opening 12.

According to above setting, place the used radar 30 of AGV in holding chamber 11, can utilize protective housing 10 to prevent that radar 30 from directly receiving mechanical external force, avoid radar 30 impaired. Meanwhile, optical elements such as a reflector of the radar 30 are opposite to the avoidance port 12, so that normal transmission and reception of signals of the radar 30 can be ensured. On this basis, open the subassembly 20 of blowing, make the piece 21 of blowing to the circumference outward flange that holds the chamber 11 through air guide 22 and blow, can form and shelter from the air curtain of keeping away mouth 12 at least to keep apart radar 30 with the external world through the air curtain, avoid pollutants such as dust or paint cloud point to invade radar 30, guarantee radar 30's normal operating. In this process, since the air curtain is transparent, the presence of the air curtain does not affect the transmission and reception of the radar 30 signal.

The arrangement of the shielding case 10 and the blowing assembly 20 will be further described below.

As shown in fig. 1 and 3, the shield case 10 includes a bottom cover, a bottom enclosure 13, a rear cover 14, a top enclosure 15, and a top cover 16.

Wherein the bottom enclosure 13 is arranged above the bottom cover. In this embodiment, the bottom enclosure 13 is disposed around the bottom of the accommodating chamber 11. Accordingly, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the radar 30 is placed in the accommodating cavity 11, and the radar base 31 can be shielded through the bottom enclosure 13, so as to play a protection role; the radar body 32 is located at the upper part of the accommodating cavity 11 and opposite to the avoidance port 12 for signal transmission and reception. Further, an opening is provided at the front side of the bottom fence 13 to facilitate wiring of the radar base 31.

The top enclosure 15 is disposed under the top cover 16 and surrounds the blower assembly 20 to protect the blower assembly 20. In this embodiment, an opening is provided in the top cover 16 to allow air to flow into the blowing assembly 20. As for the rear cover 14, it is connected between the bottom surround 13 and the top surround 15 as an intermediate connecting structure. In this embodiment, no opening is provided in the rear cover 14.

As for the blowing assembly 20, as shown in fig. 2, the air guide 22 is covered on the top of the accommodating chamber 11, an air guide gap communicating up and down is formed between the air guide 22 and the protective casing 10, and the blowing member 21 is disposed above the air guide 22 and blows air downward. At this time, when the blower blows air downwards, the air guide component 22 guides the air flow generated by the blower to flow downwards through the air guide gap, and thus an air curtain is formed.

In this embodiment, the blowing member 21 is an axial flow fan, and the axial direction of the axial flow fan is arranged along the up-down direction to generate an airflow flowing from the top to the bottom. In addition, as shown in fig. 3, the blowing part 21 is a plate-shaped structure as a whole, and the blowing assembly 20 is compact in structure and small in volume.

In other embodiments, the blowing member 21 may be provided as a vortex fan or other device capable of generating an air current according to actual needs.

In the present embodiment, the air guide gap is formed between the top wall 15 and the air guide 22. In terms of shape, in consideration of the fact that the rear cover 14 is provided in the protective case 10, and the rear side of the radar 30 can be shielded by the rear cover 14, in this embodiment, both the air guide gap and the escape opening 12 are formed in a C-shaped structure, and the air guide gap and the escape opening 12 are vertically opposite to each other. At this moment, after the air current that the hair-dryer produced passes through the wind-guiding clearance, it can shelter from completely and dodge mouth 12, shelters from radar 30's front side, left side and right side, avoids pollutants such as dust or paint cloud to invade radar 30, plays the effect of protection radar 30, does not influence the normal transmission and the receipt of radar 30 signal again.

In other embodiments, the air guiding gap may be a structure having other shapes such as a quadrangle or a ring, as long as it can completely shield the avoidance port 12 and prevent the pollutants from invading the radar 30.

As shown in fig. 2, the air guide 22 includes a baffle 221 and a lip 222, wherein the baffle 221 covers the top of the accommodating cavity 11 to prevent air flow from directly blowing into the accommodating cavity 11, and an air guide gap is formed between the baffle 221 and the top surrounding barrier 15. The lip 222 is connected to the circumferential outer edge of the baffle 221 near the air guide gap and is disposed obliquely from inside to outside. At this time, the air flow can be guided downward and outward by the lip 222, and an air curtain with a larger protection range is obtained, so that the radar 30 is better protected.

In this embodiment, the baffle 221 is a rectangular baffle 221, one side of which is fixedly connected to the rear cover 14, and the other three sides of which are respectively spaced from the top enclosure 15 to form a C-shaped air guiding gap. Accordingly, lips 222 are provided at all three sides of the baffle plate 221 that are not connected to the rear cover 14, and the lips 222 are sheet-like structures.

In this embodiment, in addition to the blowing member 21 and the air guide member 22, a filter member 23 is further provided in the blowing assembly 20, and the filter member 23 is covered on the air inlet end of the blowing member 21. Can filter the air through filtering piece 23 to make the air after filtering get into and blow a 21, and then guarantee the cleanliness of air curtain, prevent that the air curtain itself from causing the pollution to radar 30.

Preferably, the filter member 23 is provided as a filter plate having a plurality of filter holes opened therein to filter air and ensure air circulation. In this embodiment, the filter plate is installed between the top cover 16 and the blowing member 21, and the whole structure is very compact.

The embodiment also provides an AGV which comprises the radar protection mechanism for the AGV. The AGV also includes a radar 30, the radar 30 being mounted within the cavity 11.

Further, referring to fig. 2 and 3, the radar 30 includes a radar base 31 and a radar body 32. Wherein, radar body 32 installs on radar base 31, and the mouth of dodging 12 in the radar protection machanism for AGV is relative with radar body 32. Therefore, the protective shell 10 can be prevented from shielding optical elements such as a reflector in the radar body 32, and normal emission and reception of signals of the radar 30 can be ensured.

In this embodiment, the bottom enclosure 13 surrounds the radar base 31 to protect the radar base 31, and the corresponding setting of avoidance opening 12 is above the bottom enclosure 13.

Wholly, can effectively protect radar 30 under comparatively abominable environment through the AGV radar protection mechanism for this embodiment that provides, avoid external pollutant invasion and attack radar 30, can effectively improve radar 30's life, and compact structure, occupation space is little.

It should be understood that the above examples are only for clarity of illustration and are not intended to limit the embodiments. Other variations and modifications will be apparent to persons skilled in the art in light of the above description. And are neither required nor exhaustive of all embodiments. And obvious variations or modifications derived therefrom are intended to be within the scope of the invention.

Claims

1. A radar protection mechanism for AGV, characterized in that includes:

the protective shell (10), wherein an accommodating cavity (11) is arranged in the protective shell (10), and an avoiding opening (12) opposite to the accommodating cavity (11) is arranged on the circumferential side wall of the protective shell (10);

blowing component (20) is installed on protecting crust (10) and be located outside holding chamber (11), blowing component (20) is including blowing piece (21) and air guide (22), blowing piece (21) pass through air guide (22) to the circumference outward flange that holds chamber (11) is bloied, in order to form and shelter from at least the air curtain of keeping away mouth (12).

2. Radar guard mechanism for an AGV according to claim 1, characterised in that the guard casing (10) comprises a bottom enclosure (13), the bottom enclosure (13) being arranged around the lower part of the receiving cavity (11).

3. The AGV radar protection mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the blowing assembly (20) further comprises a filter member (23), and the filter member (23) covers an air inlet end of the blowing member (21).

4. The AGV radar protection mechanism according to claim 3, wherein the filter member (23) is a filter plate having a plurality of filter holes.

5. The AGV radar protection mechanism according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the air guide member (22) is covered on the top of the accommodating chamber (11), an air guide gap communicating up and down is formed between the air guide member (22) and the protective case (10), and the blowing member (21) is disposed above the air guide member (22) and blows air downward.

6. The radar protection mechanism for AGV according to claim 5, wherein said air guide (22) includes:

the baffle (221) is covered on the top of the accommodating cavity (11), and the air guide gap is formed between the baffle (221) and the protective shell (10);

and the lip (222) is connected with the circumferential outer edge of the baffle (221) close to the air guide gap and is obliquely arranged from inside to outside.

7. The AGV radar guard mechanism according to claim 6, wherein said blowing member (21) is provided as an axial flow fan, and an axial direction of said axial flow fan is arranged in an up-down direction.

8. The radar protection mechanism for AGVs according to claim 5, characterized in that the protective casing (10) comprises a top enclosure (15), the top enclosure (15) being arranged around the blowing assembly (20), the air guiding gap being formed between the top enclosure (15) and the air guide (22).

9. An AGV, characterized by comprising a radar protection mechanism for AGVs according to any one of claims 1 to 8;

the AGV further comprises a radar (30), wherein the radar (30) is installed in the accommodating cavity (11).

10. AGV according to claim 9, characterized in that the radar (30) comprises a radar base (31) and a radar body (32), which radar body (32) is mounted on the radar base (31), and that the escape opening (12) in the radar protection gear for AGV is opposite to the radar body (32).