CN220545271U - Intelligent key convenient for storing and taking mechanical key - Google Patents

Abstract

An intelligent key for facilitating access to a mechanical key, comprising: the device comprises a bottom shell, a top shell, a side shell, a mechanical key and a release mechanism, wherein the top shell is buckled with the bottom shell up and down, the side shell is buckled with the bottom shell and the top shell together from the side surface, the mechanical key is arranged in a space defined by the bottom shell, the top shell and the side shell together, and the release mechanism is used for releasing the mechanical key from the space; the mechanical key comprises a handle and a locking plate connected with the handle, wherein a first clamping groove close to the handle and a second clamping groove far away from the handle are arranged on the locking plate; the release mechanism comprises a first pressure spring, a release button and a clamping block, wherein the first pressure spring is elastically propped against the inner wall of the bottom shell and the tail end of the locking plate, and the clamping block can be selectively and elastically clamped into the first clamping groove or the second clamping groove when the release button is pressed. The structure can safely and stably pop up the mechanical key, and the whole structure is simple.

Description

Intelligent key convenient for storing and taking mechanical key

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of automobile accessories, in particular to an intelligent key, and more particularly relates to an intelligent key convenient for storing and taking mechanical keys.

Background

Automobile smart keys are a common keyless entry system, also known as a smart key system. A great deal of application is realized on middle-high-end automobiles at present. With the development of technology, automobile intelligent keys have more and more functions, and various controls can be carried out on vehicles by means of the intelligent keys.

The intelligent key is internally provided with a circuit board and a wireless signal receiving and transmitting chip, so that batteries are necessary to supply power to the circuit board, the wireless signal receiving and transmitting chip and other electronic chips, and the common battery for the intelligent key is a button battery.

In addition, the mechanical key is usually placed inside the smart key for standby, for example, when the smart key is damaged and the car cannot be controlled remotely in a wireless manner, the mechanical key placed inside the smart key can be taken out to open the car.

In the prior art, the mechanical key is ejected for a user to take by arranging a complex key ejecting mechanism inside the smart key. The mechanical key is ejected out by the pressure spring and the corresponding release button by the user pressing the release button.

However, the structure of the ejecting mechanism has a plurality of defects, such as when a user presses the release button, the mechanical key is pushed out of the smart key housing under the action of the pressure spring. If the acting force of the pressure spring is small, the mechanical key cannot be ejected, and a user cannot take out the key; if the acting force of the pressure spring is too large, the mechanical key is quickly ejected, and the quickly ejected mechanical key is easy to collide with a human body to cause injury, or collide with a car body to cause scratch of baking finish of the car body, or is ejected to the ground to pollute the key and the like.

Therefore, it is desirable to provide an improved smart key that overcomes the shortcomings of the prior art.

Disclosure of Invention

The present utility model has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present utility model is to provide a smart key that facilitates access to a mechanical key.

In order to meet the aim of the utility model, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme:

an intelligent key for facilitating access to a mechanical key, comprising: the device comprises a bottom shell, a top shell, a side shell, a mechanical key and a release mechanism, wherein the top shell is buckled with the bottom shell up and down, the side shell is buckled with the bottom shell and the top shell together from the side surface, the mechanical key is arranged in a space defined by the bottom shell, the top shell and the side shell together, and the release mechanism is used for releasing the mechanical key from the space; the mechanical key comprises a handle and a locking plate connected with the handle, wherein a first clamping groove close to the handle and a second clamping groove far away from the handle are arranged on the locking plate; the release mechanism comprises a first pressure spring, a release button and a clamping block, wherein the first pressure spring is elastically propped against between the inner wall of the bottom shell and the tail end of the locking plate, and the clamping block can be selectively and elastically clamped into the first clamping groove or the second clamping groove when the release button is pressed.

Preferably, the release mechanism further comprises a push plate, the release button is provided with a containing groove, one end of the push plate is tightly inserted into the containing groove, and the other end of the push plate is elastically propped against the inner wall of the bottom shell.

Further preferably, the middle position of the push plate forms the clamping block, so that when a user presses the release button, the clamping block on the push plate is pushed together with the push plate fixed by the release button, correspondingly, the clamping block on the push plate is synchronously moved, and can be separated from the first clamping groove or the second clamping groove, so that the mechanical key can be ejected.

Further preferably, a positioning column is arranged at one end of the push plate far away from the release button, a second pressure spring is sleeved on the positioning column, and two ends of the second pressure spring are respectively propped against the inner walls of the positioning column and the bottom shell. Therefore, when the clamping block is close to the first clamping groove or the second clamping groove, the clamping block can be automatically elastically clamped into the first clamping groove or the second clamping groove under the pushing action of the second pressure spring.

Preferably, the intelligent key further comprises a buffer block which is arranged in the space and abuts against the side part of the locking plate of the mechanical key, and the buffer block can eliminate the side part gap between the locking plate and the space, so that noise generated by collision of the mechanical key in the intelligent key shell can not occur. In addition, the damping in the mechanical key ejecting process can be increased by the design, the ejecting speed is reduced, and the mechanical key is prevented from being ejected directly and rapidly.

Preferably, the intelligent automobile door lock further comprises a circuit board arranged in the bottom shell, microswitches are arranged on the circuit board, and various intelligent remote controls such as door opening, door locking and alarming function control of the automobile are realized by operating the microswitches.

Further preferably, the circuit board further comprises a protection board arranged on the circuit board, and a protection cap for shielding the corresponding micro switch is arranged on the protection board and used for playing roles of dust prevention, water prevention and the like for the micro switch.

Preferably, the top shell is provided with a key hole, and the micro switch and the corresponding protective cap protrude from the corresponding key hole.

Preferably, the portable electronic device further comprises a key board buckled on the top shell, wherein keys corresponding to the micro-switches are arranged on the key board, and a user presses the keys to further cause the micro-switches to be triggered to generate control functions.

Preferably, a battery compartment is provided on the bottom shell, and a battery is provided therein, and the battery supplies power to the circuit board so as to enable the whole circuit board to normally operate.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following beneficial technical effects:

in the utility model, the mechanical key is stored in the space when not in use, the whole mechanical key comprises the handle and the locking plate which are integrally hidden in the space, and the clamping block is clamped in the first clamping groove. When the user needs to use the mechanical key, press the release button at first, then release button drive the fixture block breaks away from first draw-in groove, because the fixture block no longer has spacing effect to first draw-in groove, consequently under the effect of first pressure spring, the mechanical key is slided towards the outside direction of the side shell of intelligent key, in the slip process, the second draw-in groove is close to the fixture block gradually, later under the damping effect of buffer block, make the accurate fixture block card of fixture block go into the second draw-in groove, thereby form restriction and restriction effect to the mechanical key, and then prevent that the mechanical key from catapulting away at a high speed under the effort of first pressure spring, and appear a great deal of drawback problem that describes in above-mentioned prior art. When the release button is continuously pressed, the clamping block is separated from the second clamping groove again, and then the side shell slowly pops up again under the elastic force action of the first pressure spring. According to the mechanical property of the spring, along with the increase of the stroke, the elastic action of the spring is gradually reduced, so that when the clamping block is separated from the second clamping groove again, the acting force of the first pressure spring is greatly reduced, the ejection action of the spring is very weak, and the mechanical key is only ejected slowly, so that the mechanical key which is ejected quickly can not collide with a human body to cause injury, or collide with an automobile body to cause baking varnish scratch of the automobile body, or be ejected underground to pollute the key, and the mechanical key can be taken out safely.

After the user finishes using the mechanical key, the side shell of the mechanical key is inserted into the space, in the inserting process, the clamping block is firstly clamped into the second clamping groove, the user continues to forcefully push the mechanical key, the clamping block is separated from the second clamping groove, then the clamping block is gradually inserted into the space along with the mechanical key, the clamping block is clamped into the first clamping groove, at the moment, the whole mechanical key enters the space, and the mechanical key is stably fixed in the space through the cooperation between the clamping block and the first clamping groove.

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

Drawings

The foregoing and/or additional aspects and advantages of the utility model will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

fig. 1 is a perspective view of a key fob of the present utility model for facilitating access to a mechanical key.

Fig. 2a is an exploded perspective view of the key fob of fig. 1 with easy access to a mechanical key.

Fig. 2b is a perspective view of the release mechanism shown in fig. 2 a.

Fig. 2c is a perspective view of the buffer mechanism shown in fig. 2 a.

FIG. 3 is a partial perspective view of another angle of the key fob of the present utility model for facilitating access to a mechanical key, showing the mechanical key in a not yet ejected state.

FIG. 4 is a partial perspective view of another angle of the key fob of the present utility model for facilitating access to a mechanical key, showing the mechanical key in a partially ejected state.

Fig. 5a is a side view of the key fob of the present utility model for facilitating access to a mechanical key.

Fig. 5B is a cross-sectional view of the structure of fig. 5a along the direction B-B, showing the entire internal structure of the key fob.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present utility model are described in detail below, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to like or similar elements or elements having like or similar functions throughout. The embodiments described below by referring to the drawings are exemplary only for explaining the present utility model and are not to be construed as limiting the present utility model.

As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an", "the" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless expressly stated otherwise, as understood by those skilled in the art. It will be further understood that the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising," when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof. It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "coupled" to another element, it can be directly connected or coupled to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. Further, "connected" or "coupled" as used herein may include wirelessly connected or wirelessly coupled. The term "and/or" as used herein includes all or any element and all combination of one or more of the associated listed items.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this utility model belongs unless defined otherwise. It will be further understood that terms, such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the prior art and will not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense unless expressly so defined herein.

In one embodiment of the present utility model, referring to FIGS. 1-5b, a key fob 100 for facilitating access to a mechanical key, comprising: the key case comprises a bottom case 10, a top case 20 which is vertically buckled with the bottom case 10, a side case 30 which is buckled with the bottom case 10 and the top case 20 together from the side, a mechanical key 40 which is arranged in a space defined by the bottom case 10, the top case 20 and the side case 30 together, and a release mechanism 50 for releasing the mechanical key 40 from the space; the mechanical key 40 includes a handle 42 and a locking piece 44 connected to the handle 42, wherein a first locking groove 442 close to the handle 42 and a second locking groove 444 far away from the handle 42 are provided on the locking piece 44; the release mechanism 50 includes a first compression spring 59 elastically abutting against the inner wall of the bottom case 10 and the end of the locking piece 44, a release button 52, and a locking block 542 selectively elastically locked in the first locking groove 442 or the second locking groove 444 when the release button 52 is pressed.

In the above embodiment, the mechanical key 40 is stored in the space when not in use, and the entire mechanical key 40 including the handle 42 and the locking piece 44 are entirely hidden in the space, and the locking block 542 is locked in the first locking groove 442. When the user needs to use the mechanical key 40, the release button 52 is pressed first, and then the release button 52 drives the clamping block 542 to separate from the first clamping groove 442, because the clamping block 542 no longer has a limiting effect on the first clamping groove 442, the mechanical key 40 is slid toward the outside of the side shell of the smart key under the action of the first pressure spring 59, during the sliding process, the second clamping groove 444 gradually approaches the clamping block 542, and then the clamping block 542 is clamped into the second clamping groove 444, thereby forming a limiting and restricting effect on the mechanical key, and further preventing the mechanical key 40 from being ejected out at high speed under the action of the first pressure spring 59, so that many of the problems described in the prior art occur. When the release button 52 is continuously pressed, the clamping block 542 is separated from the second clamping groove 444 again, and then the side shell is slowly ejected again under the elastic force of the first pressure spring 59. According to the mechanical property of the spring, the elastic action of the spring is gradually reduced along with the increase of the stroke, so that when the clamping block 542 is separated from the second clamping groove 444 again, the acting force of the first pressure spring is greatly reduced, the ejection action of the first pressure spring is very weak, and the mechanical key is only ejected slowly, so that the mechanical key which is ejected quickly can not collide with a human body to cause injury, collide with an automobile body to cause baking varnish scratch, or be ejected underground to pollute the key, and the mechanical key can be taken out safely.

After the user finishes using the mechanical key, the side shell of the mechanical key is inserted into the space, in the inserting process, the clamping block is firstly clamped into the second clamping groove, the user continues to forcefully push the mechanical key, the clamping block is separated from the second clamping groove, then the clamping block is gradually inserted into the space along with the mechanical key, the clamping block is clamped into the first clamping groove, at the moment, the whole mechanical key enters the space, and the mechanical key is stably fixed in the space through the cooperation between the clamping block and the first clamping groove.

Preferably, the release mechanism 50 further includes a push plate 54, the release button 52 is provided with a receiving groove 522, one end of the push plate 54 is tightly inserted into the receiving groove 522, and the other end is elastically abutted against the inner wall of the bottom shell 10.

It is further preferred that the middle position of the push plate 54 forms the latch 542 such that when the user presses the release button, the push plate together with the release button is pushed, and accordingly, the latch on the push plate is also moved synchronously, so that the latch can be disengaged from the first latch groove or the second latch groove, thereby realizing the ejection of the mechanical key.

Further preferably, a positioning column 544 is disposed at an end of the push plate 54 away from the release button 52, a second compression spring 56 is sleeved on the positioning column 544, and two ends of the second compression spring 56 respectively abut against the positioning column 544 and the inner wall of the bottom shell 10. Thus, when the clamping block 542 approaches to the first clamping groove or the second clamping groove, the clamping block is automatically elastically clamped into the first clamping groove or the second clamping groove under the pushing action of the second pressure spring.

Preferably, the key further comprises a buffer block 60, which is disposed in the space and abuts against the side of the lock plate 44 of the mechanical key 40, and the buffer block 60 can eliminate the side gap between the lock plate 44 and the space, so that noise generated by collision of the mechanical key in the smart key housing does not occur.

Preferably, the intelligent automobile door further comprises a circuit board 70 arranged in the bottom shell 10, micro switches 72 are arranged on the circuit board 70, and various intelligent remote controls such as door opening, door locking and alarming of the automobile are realized by operating the micro switches 72.

Further preferably, the circuit board 70 further comprises a protection board 80 disposed on the circuit board 70, and a protection cap 82 for shielding the corresponding micro switch 72 is disposed on the protection board 80, so as to play a role in dust prevention, water prevention and the like on the micro switch 72.

Preferably, the top case 20 is provided with a key hole 22, and the micro switch 72 and the corresponding protective cap 82 protrude from the corresponding key hole 22.

Preferably, the portable electronic device further comprises a key board 90 fastened on the top case 20, on which a key 92 corresponding to the micro switch 72 is arranged, and the user presses the key 92, thereby triggering the micro switch 72 to generate a corresponding control function.

Preferably, a battery compartment 12 is provided on the bottom case 10, and a battery 96 is provided therein, and the battery 96 supplies power to the circuit board 70 so as to allow the entire circuit board 70 to operate normally.

Those of skill in the art will appreciate that the various operations, methods, steps in the flow, actions, schemes, and alternatives discussed in the present application may be alternated, altered, combined, or eliminated. Further, other steps, means, or steps in a process having various operations, methods, or procedures discussed in this application may be alternated, altered, rearranged, split, combined, or eliminated. Further, steps, measures, schemes in the prior art with various operations, methods, flows disclosed in the present application may also be alternated, altered, rearranged, decomposed, combined, or deleted.

The foregoing is only a partial embodiment of the present application, and it should be noted that, for a person skilled in the art, several improvements and modifications can be made without departing from the principle of the present application, and these improvements and modifications should also be considered as the protection scope of the present application.

Claims (10)

1. An intelligent key for facilitating access to a mechanical key, comprising: the device comprises a bottom shell, a top shell, a side shell, a mechanical key and a release mechanism, wherein the top shell is buckled with the bottom shell up and down, the side shell is buckled with the bottom shell and the top shell together from the side surface, the mechanical key is arranged in a space defined by the bottom shell, the top shell and the side shell together, and the release mechanism is used for releasing the mechanical key from the space; the method is characterized in that: the mechanical key comprises a handle and a locking plate connected with the handle, wherein a first clamping groove close to the handle and a second clamping groove far away from the handle are arranged on the locking plate; the release mechanism comprises a first pressure spring, a release button and a clamping block, wherein the first pressure spring is elastically propped against between the inner wall of the bottom shell and the tail end of the locking plate, and the clamping block can be selectively and elastically clamped into the first clamping groove or the second clamping groove when the release button is pressed.

2. The smart key for facilitating access to a mechanical key of claim 1, wherein: the release mechanism further comprises a push plate, the release button is provided with a containing groove, one end of the push plate is tightly inserted into the containing groove, and the other end of the push plate is elastically propped against the inner wall of the bottom shell.

3. The smart key for facilitating access to a mechanical key of claim 2, wherein: the clamping block is formed at the middle position of the push plate.

4. A key fob according to claim 3, wherein the key fob is adapted to facilitate access to a mechanical key, wherein: the push plate is far away from one end of the release button is provided with a positioning column, a second pressure spring is sleeved on the positioning column, and two ends of the second pressure spring are respectively propped against the inner walls of the positioning column and the bottom shell.

5. A key fob according to claim 3, wherein the key fob is adapted to facilitate access to a mechanical key, wherein: further comprising a buffer block which is arranged in the space and is propped against the side part of the locking plate.

6. The smart key for facilitating access to a mechanical key of claim 5, wherein: the circuit board is arranged in the bottom shell, and the micro switch is arranged on the circuit board.

7. The smart key for facilitating access to a mechanical key of claim 6, wherein: the circuit board is characterized by further comprising a protection plate arranged on the circuit board, and a protection cap for shielding the corresponding micro switch is arranged on the protection plate.

8. The smart key for facilitating access to a mechanical key of claim 7, wherein: the top shell is provided with a key hole, and the micro switch and the corresponding protective cap protrude out of the corresponding key hole.

9. The smart key for facilitating access to a mechanical key of claim 8, wherein: the micro switch further comprises a key board buckled on the top shell, and keys corresponding to the micro switch are arranged on the key board.

10. The smart key for facilitating access to a mechanical key of claim 9, wherein: the battery bin is arranged on the bottom shell, and a battery is arranged in the battery bin.