CN219368011U - Wireless controller and water heater - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of water heater control, and discloses a wireless controller which comprises a screen assembly seat, a controller main board, a touch display device and a knob, wherein the controller main board, the touch display device and the knob are arranged on the screen assembly seat. The wireless controller provided by the utility model can ensure good operation hand feeling and is convenient for realizing the miniaturization of products. In addition, the utility model integrates the vibrator on the main board of the controller. In the working process, the traditional mechanical pressing operation is replaced by touch and vibration, different adjusting functions are realized by combining different time durations with different vibration time, vibration intensity or vibration frequency, the operation quality sense of the product is improved, and a user can be assisted to judge whether the corresponding function is indeed started by touch.

Description

Wireless controller and water heater

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of water heater control, in particular to a wireless controller and a water heater with the wireless controller.

Background

In order to facilitate the control of the water heater, a part of gas water heaters in the market are provided with wireless controllers in a standard or optional mode, and users can remotely adjust the temperature or the functions of the water heater through the wireless controllers. At present, most of common wireless controllers are operated by touching, pressing keys and the like, and the operation mode is single.

For this reason, the applicant has designed a wireless controller for rotation operation earlier, see chinese patent application publication No. CN 112197441A, publication No. 2021.01.08, which includes a base, an encoder, a touch film, a display, a control board, a first wireless module and a battery, all of which are electrically connected to the control board; the encoder comprises a rotor and a stator, wherein the stator, the touch control film, the display, the control panel, the first wireless module and the battery are all connected with the base, the rotor and the stator are annular, the stator is sleeved on the outer side of the display, and the rotor is sleeved on the outer side of the stator; the base is arranged at the lower side of the rotor, and the display and the touch control film are arranged at the upper side of the rotor. When the bathroom is used, the base can be firstly arranged on the wall of the bathroom, and through the arrangement of the encoder and the touch control film, a user can click the touch control film or rotate the rotor to input instructions, so that the operation modes are enriched, and the user experience is optimized.

The applicant has further optimized this on the basis of the above structural design, which still suffers from the following drawbacks. The defects of the original utility model are mainly expressed as follows: 1) The rotary hand feeling is hard due to the internal structure; 2) The base and the main body are rocked, so that the quality and quality of the product are reduced; 3) The thickness of the encoder assembly is limited, and the overall thickness of the controller is thicker.

It should be noted that the content described in the background art is made by the inventor according to the technical level, the knowledge level and the searching capability of the inventor, and is only used for reference. Moreover, the content described in the background art is not necessarily the prior art, nor does it mean that the content in the background art is accurate and objective; this does not affect one skilled in the art to practice the utility model in light of the detailed description that follows.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model aims to provide a wireless controller with thinner product, smoother operation and convenience, which at least provides a beneficial selection or creation condition for solving one or more technical problems in the prior art.

The utility model also provides a water heater with the wireless controller.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme.

The utility model provides a wireless controller, includes screen assembly seat, installs controller mainboard, touch display device and the knob on the screen assembly seat, wherein the integrated encoder that has the offset setting on the controller mainboard install radial fixed gear on the encoder, make the encoder rotate together in the drive of gear be equipped with in the knob with the internal tooth of gear engagement can drive when rotating the knob the gear rotates together.

More preferably, the touch display device comprises a protection screen, a touch film and a display screen which are sequentially overlapped from inside to outside, wherein the touch film is transparent and is fixed on the display screen, and the display screen and the touch film are connected to the controller main board through a flat cable.

More preferably, a bottom shell is arranged at the bottom of the screen assembly seat, and a base is arranged corresponding to the bottom shell; the bottom shell is assembled with the screen assembly seat into a whole in a screw or bonding mode, and the base and the bottom shell are in magnetic attraction connection; when the detachable base is applied, the base is fixed on the carrier, and the bottom shell is attracted on the base to form a detachable mounting structure.

More preferably, the magnetic connection structure is as follows: the bottom shell is provided with a first magnetic attraction piece, the base is provided with a second magnetic attraction piece, and the bottom shell and the base are attracted together through the first magnetic attraction piece and the second magnetic attraction piece which are mutually magnetically attracted.

More preferably, the first magnetic attraction piece and the second magnetic attraction piece are both magnets; or one of the first magnetic attraction piece and the second magnetic attraction piece is a magnet, and the other is a ferromagnetic piece.

More preferably, the periphery of the encoder is provided with a plurality of buckling grooves/buckling positions along the axial direction, the gear is a hollow gear, and the inner wall of the cavity of the gear is provided with buckling positions/buckling grooves matched with the buckling grooves/buckling positions.

During assembly, the gear and the encoder are clamped through mutually matched buckling grooves and buckling positions, so that a radial fixed and axial limiting mounting structure is formed.

More preferably, a vibrator is integrated on the controller main board, and after the touch display device receives a touch signal and feeds the touch signal back to the controller main board, the controller main board gives an electric signal to the vibrator so that the vibrator vibrates; control signals are sent out and fed back through touch and vibration.

More preferably, the touch display device has a central area and an outer edge area, and the touch central area and/or the outer edge area are different in time length, correspondingly output different vibration signals, and realize different control functions.

More preferably, the knob is rotated in any direction in a shutdown state, so that the wireless controller is started; in a starting state, clicking or touching the central area, vibrating the vibrator for a first frequency and/or a first time length, and sending out a zero cold water starting function instruction; in the starting-up state, the two fingers touch the central area and the outer edge area simultaneously, and the vibrator vibrates for a second frequency and/or a second duration to send out a starting pressurizing instruction; and in the starting state, the central area is pressed or touched for a preset time, the vibrator vibrates for a second frequency and/or a second time, the long press or touch is continuously kept, and the wireless controller is turned off when the screen is closed.

In another aspect, the present utility model also provides a water heater, including a water heater main body and a wireless controller as set forth in any one of the above, the water heater main body having a main controller and a wireless module, the main controller communicating with the wireless controller through the wireless module.

The technical scheme provided by the utility model has at least the following technical effects or advantages.

1. The encoder is arranged on the controller main board in a biasing way, and the knob and the encoder are meshed by adopting the cylindrical gears to continuously transfer force and speed, so that good operation handfeel is ensured; and the encoder can be selected from the existing known encoder assembly, so that the development cost of new parts is reduced, and the development period is shortened. In addition, the bias arrangement of the encoder can also effectively compress the whole thickness of the wireless controller, so that the miniaturization of products is realized.

2. By integrating the vibrator on the controller motherboard. In the working process, after the touch display device receives a touch signal and feeds the touch signal back to the controller main board, the controller main board gives an electric signal to the vibrator, and the vibrator can vibrate. The touch + vibration replaces the traditional mechanical pressing operation, different adjusting functions are realized by combining different time lengths of touch with different vibration time, vibration intensity or vibration frequency, the operation quality of the product is improved, and a user can be assisted to judge whether the corresponding function is indeed started by touch.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a wireless controller according to the present utility model.

Fig. 2 shows a top view of fig. 1.

Figure 3 shows a cross-sectional view A-A of figure 2.

Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view of B-B in fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is an exploded view of the wireless controller according to the present utility model.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a controller motherboard.

Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram showing the installation of the encoder.

Fig. 8 is a schematic view showing the structure of the touch film.

Reference numerals illustrate. .

1: screen assembly seat, 2: controller motherboard, 3: touch display device, 4: knob, 5: encoder, 6: gear, 7: bottom case, 8: and (5) a base.

3-1: protection screen, 3-2: touch film, 3-3: and displaying the screen.

3-2-1: central region, 3-2-2: and an outer edge region.

4-1: internal teeth.

5-1: a buckling groove.

6-1: and (5) buckling positions.

7-1: first magnetism piece, 8-1: and the second magnetic attraction piece.

Detailed Description

The following description of the specific embodiments of the present utility model is further provided with reference to the accompanying drawings, so that the technical scheme and the beneficial effects of the present utility model are more clear and definite. The embodiments described below are exemplary by referring to the drawings for the purpose of illustrating the utility model and are not to be construed as limiting the utility model.

Additional aspects and advantages of the utility model will be set forth in part in the description which follows, or may be learned by practice of the utility model.

Referring to fig. 1-5, the wireless controller provided in the embodiments of the present application includes a screen assembly seat 1, a controller main board 2 installed on the screen assembly seat 1, a touch display device 3 and a knob 4, wherein an encoder 5 is integrated on the controller main board 2, a gear 6 fixed in a radial direction is installed on the encoder 5, so that the encoder 5 can rotate together under the driving of the gear 6, and an internal tooth 4-1 meshed with the gear 6 is provided in the knob 4, so that the gear 6 can be driven to rotate together when the knob 4 is rotated.

In this embodiment, the encoder 5 is preferably offset on the main plate 2 so as to engage with the internal teeth 4-1 of the knob 4. Compared with the original scheme, in the wireless controller structure provided by the embodiment, the encoder 5 is arranged on the controller main board 2 in a biased way, and the rotary knob 4 and the encoder 5 adopt the cylindrical gear 6 to be meshed for continuously transmitting force and speed, so that good operation handfeel is ensured; and the encoder can be selected from the existing known encoder assembly, so that the development cost of new parts is reduced, and the development period is shortened. In addition, the bias arrangement of the encoder 5 can also effectively compress the overall thickness of the wireless controller, so that the miniaturization of products is facilitated.

Referring to fig. 1 again, the touch display device 3 includes a protective screen 3-1, a touch film 3-2 and a display screen 3-3, which are sequentially overlapped from inside to outside, the protective screen 3-1 is preferably an acrylic screen, the touch film 3-2 is transparent and is adhered to the display screen 3-3, the display screen 3-3 and the touch film 3-2 are connected to the controller motherboard 2 through a flat cable, and the touch film 3-2 can operate with an acrylic screen interposed therebetween.

In the present embodiment, the touch display device 3 and the controller motherboard 2 are mounted in the screen assembly seat 1 by means of screw fixation; the screen assembly seat 1 and the knob 4 are sleeved with a sleeve structure with limited axial line and radial rotation, and the limited axial line is fixed by a screw. In some embodiments, the touch display device 3 and the controller main board 2 are installed in the screen assembly seat 1 in an adhesive fixing manner, and the axis limiting manner of the screen assembly seat 1 and the knob 4 is also adhesive fixing; the present embodiment is not limited.

In this embodiment, a bottom shell 7 is further installed at the bottom of the screen assembly seat 1, and a base 8 is provided corresponding to the bottom shell 7; the bottom shell 7 is assembled with the screen assembly seat 1 into a whole through a screw or bonding mode, and the base 8 and the bottom shell 7 are in magnetic attraction connection. When the wireless controller is applied, the base 8 can be fixed on carriers such as walls, and the bottom shell 7 is sucked on the base 8, so that the wireless controller can be conveniently used in a moving mode and hung on the walls.

The magnetic connection structure is as follows: the bottom shell 7 is provided with a first magnetic attraction piece 7-1, the base 8 is provided with a second magnetic attraction piece 8-1, and the bottom shell 7 and the base 8 are attracted together through the first magnetic attraction piece 7-1 and the second magnetic attraction piece 8-1 which are mutually attracted. In this embodiment, the first magnetic attraction member 7-1 and the second magnetic attraction member 8-1 are both magnets. In some embodiments, one of the first magnetic attraction member 7-1 and the second magnetic attraction member 8-1 is a magnet, and the other is a ferromagnetic member, so long as the attraction connection between the two members can be achieved, and the present embodiment is not limited.

Referring to fig. 6 and 7, the controller main board 2 is a PCB board, the encoder 5 is welded and fixed on the controller main board (PCB board) 2, a plurality of axially oriented fastening grooves 5-1 are provided on the outer periphery of the encoder 5, the gear 6 is a hollow gear, and fastening positions 6-1 matched with the fastening grooves 5-1 are provided on the inner wall of the cavity of the gear 6. During assembly, the gear 6 and the encoder 5 are clamped through the mutually matched buckling groove 5-1 and the buckling position 6-1, so that a radial fixed and axially movable mounting structure is formed; after the bottom shell 7 is installed on the screen assembly seat 1, the axial limit of the gear 6 can be realized through the bottom shell 7; the assembly is simple and convenient, and the later maintenance is utilized.

Obviously, the radial fixing and axial limiting mounting modes of the gear 6 and the encoder 5 are not limited to the buckling groove and the buckling position clamping mode, and the inner cavity of the gear 6 and the outer shape of the encoder 5 can be arranged to be a polygonal structure, an elliptic structure or the like which are matched with each other. In addition, the setting mode of the buckling groove and the buckling position is not limited to the above example, the buckling groove is arranged on the encoder, and the buckling position is arranged on the gear; the positions of the buckling grooves and the buckling positions can be interchanged, the buckling positions are arranged on the encoder, and the buckling grooves matched with the buckling positions are arranged on the inner wall of the cavity of the gear.

In addition, in the wireless controller provided in the embodiment of the present application, a vibrator (not shown) is integrated on the controller motherboard 2, in addition to conventional parts such as a charging interface, a lithium battery, a wireless communication module, and the like. In the working process, after the touch display device 3 receives the touch signal and feeds the touch signal back to the controller main board 2, the controller main board 2 gives an electric signal to the vibrator, and the vibrator can vibrate. The traditional mechanical pressing operation is replaced by touch and vibration, different adjusting functions are realized by combining different time durations of touch with different vibration time, vibration intensity or vibration frequency, and the operation quality sense of the product is improved.

The specific vibration controller principle is as follows: the touch film 3-2 is divided into a central area 3-2-1 and an outer edge area 3-2-2, and as shown in fig. 8, the touch central area 3-2-1 and the outer edge area 3-2-2 correspondingly realize different functions.

In this embodiment, the wireless controller rotates the knob 4 in any direction in the off state, and the wireless controller is turned on.

In the starting state, the central area 3-2-1 is clicked or touched, the vibrator vibrates for 0.5s, and the controller starts the zero cold water function (sends a signal for starting the zero cold water function to the water heater, and the water heater starts the zero cold water function).

In the starting-up state, the two fingers touch the central area 3-2-1 and the outer edge area 3-2-2 simultaneously, the vibrator continuously vibrates twice for 0.3s each time, and the controller starts a pressurizing mode (sends a signal for starting the pressurizing mode to the water heater).

In the starting state, the central area is pressed (touched) for 3-2-1 s, the controller starts vibrating for 3 times continuously, each time is vibrated for 0.5s, the touch is continuously kept, and the controller stops turning off the screen.

It should be noted that, the touch and vibration control program is previously set in the controller motherboard 2 by programming, and the functions realized by the touch and vibration combined control mode are not limited to the above three states, and a new touch and vibration combined control function can be added by a person skilled in the art according to different actual needs. Obviously, the combination modes of touch time and vibration frequency are various, and the wireless controller provided by the embodiment of the application introduces a control mode of combining touch and vibration, so that different adjusting functions can be realized, and a user can be assisted to judge whether the corresponding function is actually started through touch.

Examples

A water heater comprising a water heater body and a wireless controller as in example 1, the water heater body having a main controller and a wireless module, the main controller in communication with the wireless controller through the wireless module.

The water heater provided in this embodiment has all the advantages of embodiment 1, and is not described in detail herein. The water heater provided by the embodiment is preferably a gas water heater; in some embodiments, the water heater may also be an electric water heater, a solar water heater, an air energy water heater, or the like.

It should be further noted that, in the description of the present utility model, terms such as "center", "lateral", "longitudinal", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", etc. refer to the orientation and positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are merely for convenience of describing the present utility model and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the apparatus or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and should not be construed as limiting the specific protection scope of the present utility model.

Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features. Thus, the definition of "a first", "a second" feature may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of such features, and in the description of the utility model, "at least" means one or more, unless clearly specifically defined otherwise.

In the present utility model, unless explicitly stated and limited otherwise, the terms "assembled," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as being either fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; or may be a mechanical connection; can be directly connected or connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communicated with the inside of the two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present utility model can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.

In the present utility model, unless specified and limited otherwise, a first feature "above" or "below" a second feature may include both the first and second features being in direct contact, as well as the first and second features not being in direct contact but being in contact with each other through additional features therebetween. Moreover, a first feature being "above," "below," and "above" a second feature includes the first feature being directly above and obliquely above the second feature, or simply representing the first feature as having a higher level than the second feature. The first feature being "above," "below," and "beneath" the second feature includes the first feature being directly below or obliquely below the second feature, or simply indicating that the first feature is level below the second feature.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art from the foregoing description of the structure and principles that the present utility model is not limited to the specific embodiments described above, but is intended to cover modifications and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the utility model as defined by the appended claims and their equivalents. The portions of the detailed description that are not presented are all prior art or common general knowledge.

Claims (9)

1. The utility model provides a wireless controller, includes screen assembly seat, installs controller mainboard, touch display device and the knob on the screen assembly seat, its characterized in that the integrated encoder that has the offset setting on the controller mainboard install radial fixed gear on the encoder be equipped with in the knob with the internal tooth of gear engagement.

2. The wireless controller according to claim 1, wherein the touch display device comprises a protective screen, a touch film and a display screen which are sequentially overlapped from inside to outside, the touch film is transparent and fixed on the display screen, and the display screen and the touch film are connected to the controller main board through a flat cable.

3. The wireless controller according to claim 1, wherein a bottom shell is mounted at the bottom of the screen assembly seat, and a base is provided corresponding to the bottom shell; the bottom shell is assembled with the screen assembly seat into a whole in a screw or bonding mode, and the base and the bottom shell are in magnetic attraction connection.

4. A wireless controller according to claim 3, wherein the magnetic connection structure is: the bottom shell is provided with a first magnetic attraction piece, the base is provided with a second magnetic attraction piece, and the bottom shell and the base are attracted together through the first magnetic attraction piece and the second magnetic attraction piece which are mutually magnetically attracted.

5. The wireless controller of claim 4, wherein the first magnetic attraction element and the second magnetic attraction element are magnets; or one of the first magnetic attraction piece and the second magnetic attraction piece is a magnet, and the other is a ferromagnetic piece.

6. The wireless controller according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of axially-oriented buckling grooves/buckling positions are formed in the periphery of the encoder, the gear is a hollow gear, and buckling positions/buckling grooves matched with the buckling grooves/buckling positions are formed in the inner wall of a cavity of the gear;

the gear and the encoder are clamped by the mutually matched buckling grooves and buckling positions, so that a radial fixed mounting structure is formed.

7. A wireless controller according to claim 1, wherein a vibrator is integrated on the controller motherboard, the vibrator feeding back control signals.

8. The wireless controller of claim 7, wherein the touch display device has two touch control areas, a central area and an outer area.

9. A water heater comprising a water heater body and a wireless controller as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8, the water heater body having a main controller and a wireless module, the main controller communicating with the wireless controller via the wireless module.