CN220549016U - T-Box subassembly and vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a T-Box assembly and a vehicle, the T-Box assembly comprising: the T-Box comprises a T-Box body and connecting lugs arranged at two sides of the T-Box body, and at least one of the connecting lugs at two sides is provided with a guide hole; and the first part of the fastening assembly is installed in the guide hole, and the second part of the fastening assembly can pass through the installation hole on the to-be-installed piece to install the T-Box on the to-be-installed piece, wherein the position of the fastening assembly in the guide hole is adjustable. The guide holes are arranged on the connecting lugs at one side, so that the structures of the fastening components at two sides can be kept the same, error proofing is not needed to be considered during installation, the assembly efficiency is improved, the sharing of parts is realized, and the types of the parts and the die are reduced; the flange surface of retaining member and the area of contact of supporting sleeve can be guaranteed, the stress is reduced, guarantee joint strength, prevent loading structure destruction. The position of the fastening assembly can be adjusted to absorb dimensional deviations between the T-BOX and the mounting hole.

Description

T-Box subassembly and vehicle

Technical Field

The disclosure relates to the technical field of automobile body interior trim, in particular to a T-Box assembly and an automobile.

Background

And the vehicle-mounted T-Box (remote information processor) is used for communicating with a background system or a mobile phone APP to realize the display and control of vehicle information on the mobile phone APP, so that the vehicle is functionally expanded and dynamically monitored through a network. In the related art, an in-vehicle T-Box is mounted to a predetermined position of a vehicle by a fastener, for example, by a bracket on an instrument cross member inside an instrument panel. However, the mounting hole sites of the vehicle-mounted T-Box and the bracket are easy to deviate, and the assembly efficiency is affected.

Disclosure of Invention

The purpose of this disclosure is to provide a T-Box subassembly and vehicle to there is the size deviation when solving the installation, influences assembly efficiency scheduling problem.

To achieve the above object, the present disclosure provides a T-Box assembly comprising:

the T-Box comprises a T-Box and connecting lugs arranged on two sides of the T-Box, and at least one of the connecting lugs on two sides is provided with a guide hole;

a fastening assembly, a first portion of which is installed in the guide hole, a second portion of which is capable of passing through a mounting hole on a member to be mounted to mount the T-Box on the member to be mounted,

wherein the position of the fastening assembly in the guide hole is adjustable.

Optionally, the two connecting lugs are respectively arranged on opposite side walls of the T-Box body, and the guide hole extends along the length direction or the width direction of the T-Box body.

Optionally, the guide hole is configured as an elongated hole or an elongated groove open at an end remote from the T-Box body.

Optionally, the fastening assembly includes:

a vibration damping sleeve, at least part of which is positioned in the guide hole;

the locking piece is arranged in the vibration reduction sleeve, and one part of the locking piece is used for being connected with the piece to be installed;

the vibration damping sleeve is arranged in the direction of extension of the guide hole, the guide hole is provided with two limit positions and a plurality of intermediate positions positioned between the two limit positions, and the vibration damping sleeve can be mounted in one of the two limit positions and the plurality of intermediate positions.

Optionally, the damping sleeve has middle part and is located the butt portion at middle part both ends, the middle part has the through-hole that supplies the retaining member passes, two opposite surfaces of butt portion respectively with the top surface and the bottom surface of engaging lug contact.

Optionally, the damping sleeve has an open slot, and the open slot is at least provided on the abutment portion remote from the locking member.

Optionally, the fastening assembly further includes a support sleeve, where the support sleeve has a connection portion inserted into the middle portion and a contact portion located at one end of the connection portion, the through hole through which the locking member passes is disposed on the connection portion, and the contact portion abuts against an abutting portion of the vibration damping sleeve, which is close to the locking member.

According to a second aspect of the present disclosure, there is also provided a vehicle including the T-Box assembly described above.

Optionally, the vehicle further comprises an instrument beam and a bracket mounted on the instrument beam, the mounting hole is formed in the bracket, and the T-Box is connected with the bracket through the fastening assembly.

Optionally, the support includes the support body and is located the side support at support body both ends, both ends offer respectively on the side support the mounting hole to the support is integrated into one piece structure.

Through the technical scheme, in the T-Box assembly provided by the disclosure, the guide holes are designed on the connecting lugs, so that the structures of the fastening assemblies on two sides can be kept the same, error prevention is not required to be considered during installation, the assembly efficiency is improved, the sharing of parts is realized, the types of the parts and the dies are reduced, and the processing cost is reduced; and the damping sleeve and the supporting sleeve in the fastening assembly can keep a round hole structure, so that the contact area of the flange surface of the locking piece and the supporting sleeve can be ensured, the stress is reduced, the connection strength is ensured, and the damage of a loading structure is prevented. Meanwhile, the position of the fastening assembly in the guide hole is adjustable, and the dimension deviation between the T-BOX and the mounting hole can be absorbed.

Additional features and advantages of the present disclosure will be set forth in the detailed description which follows.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the disclosure, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate the disclosure and together with the description serve to explain, but do not limit the disclosure. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is an exploded view of a T-Box assembly and bracket assembly structure provided in accordance with a related embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 2 and 3 are partial enlarged views of a T-Box assembly provided in accordance with a related embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an assembly of a T-Box and a damping sleeve in a T-Box assembly provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 5 is an assembled schematic view of a T-Box assembly and a bracket provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 6 is an exploded view of a T-Box assembly provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 7 is an exploded view of a T-Box assembly and bracket assembly provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 8 and 9 are schematic views of a guide hole of a T-Box provided in various exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure.

Fig. 10 and 11 are schematic views of a damping sleeve in a T-Box assembly provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 12 to 14 are schematic views illustrating movement of a damping sleeve in a guide hole in a T-Box assembly according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

Description of the reference numerals

1-T-Box,10-T-Box body, 11-engaging lug, 110-guiding hole, 2-support, 20-support body, 21-side support, 200-mounting hole, 3-fastening component, 31-damping sleeve, 310-middle part, 311-abutting part, 312-open slot, 32-retaining member, 33-support sleeve, 321-flange face.

Detailed Description

Specific embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating and illustrating the disclosure, are not intended to limit the disclosure.

In the present disclosure, unless otherwise indicated, terms of orientation such as "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "top", "bottom" are generally defined with respect to the normal installation of the T-Box provided in the present disclosure, and specifically with reference to the orientation of the drawing sheet shown in fig. 6, "inner", "outer" refer to the inner and outer of the respective component profiles, and "radial", "circumferential" refer to the axial direction of the corresponding fastening assembly. The use of the terms first, second, etc. are used for the purpose of distinguishing between different elements and not necessarily for the sake of order or importance. Furthermore, in the following description, when referring to the drawings, the same reference numerals in different drawings denote the same or similar elements unless otherwise explained.

In the related embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 1, the T-Box1 includes a T-Box body 10 and coupling lugs 11 provided at both sides of the T-Box body 10, and the fastening assembly 3 is coupled to the bracket 2 through the coupling lugs 11 and the mounting holes of the bracket 2, and the T-Box1 is mounted to the instrument cross beam through the bracket 2. In order to solve the problem that the mounting hole has a size deviation and affects the assembly efficiency, in this embodiment, the mounting hole on one (left) side of the connecting lug 11 is kept unchanged, the mounting hole on the other (right) side of the connecting lug 11 is designed as a kidney-shaped hole, and accordingly, the vibration damping sleeve 31 and the supporting sleeve 33 in the fastening assembly 3 are improved according to the shape of the kidney-shaped hole, so that the locking member 32 can move in the kidney-shaped hole of the supporting sleeve 33 to perform position adjustment, and the size deviation between the T-Box1 and the bracket 2 is absorbed through the combination of the circular hole and the kidney-shaped hole. However, as shown in fig. 2, the contact area (hatched portion) between the flange surface 321 of the left lock 32 and the support sleeve 33 is A1, and as shown in fig. 3, the contact area between the flange surface 321 of the right lock 32 and the support sleeve 33 is A2, A2 is significantly smaller than A1, and a large stress occurs on the contact surface during loading with a large moment, which tends to cause damage to the loading structure. And the left and right vibration damping sleeves 31 and the supporting sleeves 33 are asymmetric in shape, so that the number of dies and parts is increased, and error proofing is needed to be considered during assembly, so that the assembly efficiency is affected. The right vibration damping sleeve 31 and the supporting sleeve 33 are large in size, and require more materials, high in processing cost and increased in cost.

In order to solve the above problems, as shown in fig. 4 to 6, the present disclosure provides a T-Box assembly including a T-Box1 and a fastening assembly 3, the T-Box1 including a T-Box body 10 and connection lugs 11 provided at both sides of the T-Box body 10, at least one of the connection lugs 11 provided at both sides being provided with a guide hole 110; a first portion of the fastening assembly 3 is installed in the guide hole 110, and a second portion of the fastening assembly 3 can pass through the installation hole 200 on the to-be-installed piece to install the T-Box1 on the to-be-installed piece, wherein the position of the fastening assembly 3 in the guide hole 110 is adjustable. Here, it should be noted that, the guide hole 110 may be only disposed on the connecting lug 11 on one side, the connecting lug 11 on the other side may be provided with a circular hole, both sides may be fixed by the fastening component 3, and the other side may be fixed by other manners such as clamping, riveting, etc., and of course, the disclosure also includes an embodiment in which the guide hole 110 is simultaneously disposed on the connecting lugs 11 on both sides. As shown in fig. 8 and 9, the guide hole 110 may be any one of a kidney-shaped hole, a bar-shaped hole, and a bar-shaped groove opened at one end far from the T-Box body 10, which is not limited in the present disclosure. The fastening assembly 3 may be a screw only or take the same form as in fig. 1. In addition, in the present disclosure, the mounting holes 200 may be any suitable location of mounting holes to secure the T-Box1 in place, and the mounting holes 200 are provided on the bracket 2 connected to the instrument cross beam by way of example only.

In the T-Box assembly provided by the disclosure, the guide holes 110 are designed on the connecting lugs 11, so that the structures of the fastening assemblies 3 on two sides can be kept the same, error prevention is not required to be considered during installation, the assembly efficiency is improved, the sharing of parts is realized, the types of the parts and the dies are reduced, and the processing cost is reduced; and the supporting sleeve 33 and the damping sleeve 31 in the fastening assembly 3 can keep a round hole structure, so that the contact area between the flange surface 321 of the locking piece 32 and the supporting sleeve 33 can be ensured, the stress is reduced, the connection strength is ensured, and the damage of a loading structure is prevented. While the position of the fastening member 3 in the guide hole 110 is adjustable, so that the dimensional deviation between the T-BOX1 and the mounting hole 200 can be absorbed.

As shown in fig. 7, two connection lugs 11 are provided on opposite sidewalls of the T-Box body 10, respectively, and the guide holes 110 may extend in a length direction or a width direction of the T-Box body 10. Taking the example that two connecting lugs 11 are arranged on two sides of the length direction of the T-Box body 10 as shown in the drawing, the guide holes 110 can extend along the length direction, the two connecting lugs 11 can be positioned on the same straight line or can be staggered in the width direction, the position of the T-Box1 can be adjusted left and right, and the installation of the T-Box1 can be completed even if the size deviation exists.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 6, the fastening assembly 3 includes a damping sleeve 31 and a locking member 32 disposed in the damping sleeve 31, a portion of the damping sleeve 31 and the locking member 32 located in the damping sleeve 31 may be understood as a first portion of the fastening assembly 3, a portion of the locking member 32 extending out of the damping sleeve 31 may be understood as a second portion of the fastening assembly 3, at least a portion of the damping sleeve 31 is located in the guide hole 110, a portion of the locking member 32 is used for connecting with a member to be mounted, as shown in fig. 12 to 14, the guide hole 110 has two limit positions and a plurality of intermediate positions located between the two limit positions along an extending direction of the guide hole 110, the damping sleeve 31 can be mounted in one of the two limit positions and the plurality of intermediate positions, the damping sleeve 31 can be adjusted between the plurality of positions as required, the dimensional deviation can be overcome, smooth connection between the T-BOX1 and the mounting hole 200 can be ensured, and the limit positions of both ends can play a limiting role in the fastening assembly 3, and connection failure can be avoided.

As shown in fig. 10, the damper sleeve 31 has a middle portion 310 and abutment portions 311 at both ends of the middle portion 310, the middle portion 310 having a through hole through which the locking member 32 passes, opposite surfaces of the abutment portions 311 being respectively in contact with the top and bottom surfaces of the connection lugs 11. In the process of adjusting the position of the damping sleeve 31, the abutting portions 311 at the two ends are in contact with the connecting lugs 11, so that the damping sleeve 31 can be prevented from being separated from the guide holes 110, and meanwhile, the contact area between the damping sleeve 31 and the connecting lugs 11 after the locking piece 32 is fixed can be ensured. In the embodiment provided in the present disclosure, the structure of the vibration damping sleeve 31 and the support sleeve 33 described below does not need to be improved, and the processing cost can be reduced for standard parts purchased directly from the market.

As shown in fig. 6, 8 and 12, the fastening assembly 3 further includes a support sleeve 33, the support sleeve 33 has a connection portion inserted into the middle portion 310 and a contact portion located at one end of the connection portion, a through hole through which the locking member 32 passes is provided in the connection portion, the contact portion abuts against an abutment portion 311 of the vibration damping sleeve 31 near the locking member 32, and diameters of the contact portion and the abutment portion 311 may be equal and larger than a width D of the guide hole 110. The vibration damping sleeve 31 can be made of rubber, so as to avoid the deformation of the vibration damping sleeve 31 to influence the connection strength, the rigidity of the vibration damping sleeve 31 can be increased by additionally arranging the supporting sleeve 33 on the vibration damping sleeve 31, and meanwhile, the contact position with the connecting lug 11 can be ensured to be in soft contact, and abnormal sound is avoided.

The locking member 32 may be a screw, which sequentially passes through the support sleeve 33, the damping sleeve 31, the guide hole 110 and the mounting hole 200 from top to bottom and is fixed by a nut, and the abutment portion 311 under the damping sleeve 31 is located between the connection lug 11 and the member where the mounting hole 200 is opened, and in the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 10 and 11, the damping sleeve 31 has two open slots 312, which may be disposed opposite to each other in a radial direction, and each open slot 312 passes through the abutment portion 311 under and at least a part of the intermediate portion 310. When the screw is screwed down, the opening groove 312 can enable the lower end of the vibration damping sleeve 31 to be deformed more easily, the connecting lug 11 is attached to the part provided with the mounting hole 200 more, and the connection strength of the connecting lug and the part is improved. In the embodiment shown in the drawings, the open slot 312 extends through the entire middle portion 310, although it may extend through portions of the middle portion 310 and may be designed as desired.

According to a second aspect of the present disclosure, there is also provided a vehicle comprising the T-Box assembly described above. The vehicle has all the beneficial effects of the T-Box assembly, and the description is not repeated here.

As shown in fig. 7, the vehicle provided by the present disclosure further includes an instrument beam and a bracket 2 mounted to the instrument beam, and the mounting hole 200 may be formed in the bracket 2, and the T-Box1 is connected to the bracket 2 through a fastening assembly 3. The bracket 2 may be an existing component on the instrument beam, or may be a component newly added alone to realize the installation of the T-Box1, which is not particularly limited in the present disclosure.

The support 2 may be of any suitable construction. As shown in fig. 7, the bracket 2 may include a bracket body 20 and side brackets 21 located at two ends of the bracket body 20, and mounting holes 200 are respectively formed in the side brackets 21 at two ends, and the bracket 2 may be of an integral structure. The side brackets 21 at two ends comprise a first section connected with the bracket body 20 and a second section connected with the T-Box1, the second section is horizontally arranged and forms an included angle with the first section, the second section is provided with a mounting hole 200 for the fastening assembly 3 to pass through, the supporting sleeve 33 and the damping sleeve 31 are arranged in the guide hole 110, the positions of the supporting sleeve 33 and the damping sleeve 31 are adjusted to be aligned with the mounting hole 200, and the locking piece 32 sequentially passes through the supporting sleeve 33 and the mounting hole 200 to be locked through nuts, so that the connection between the bracket 2 and the T-Box1 is completed.

The preferred embodiments of the present disclosure have been described in detail above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present disclosure is not limited to the specific details of the above embodiments, and various simple modifications may be made to the technical solutions of the present disclosure within the scope of the technical concept of the present disclosure, and all the simple modifications belong to the protection scope of the present disclosure.

In addition, the specific features described in the foregoing embodiments may be combined in any suitable manner, and in order to avoid unnecessary repetition, the present disclosure does not further describe various possible combinations.

Moreover, any combination between the various embodiments of the present disclosure is possible as long as it does not depart from the spirit of the present disclosure, which should also be construed as the disclosure of the present disclosure.

Claims (10)

1. A T-Box assembly, comprising:

the T-Box (1) comprises a T-Box body (10) and connecting lugs (11) arranged on two sides of the T-Box body (10), wherein at least one of the connecting lugs (11) on two sides is provided with a guide hole (110);

a fastening assembly (3), a first part of the fastening assembly (3) is installed in the guide hole (110), a second part of the fastening assembly (3) can pass through a mounting hole (200) on a piece to be mounted so that the T-Box (1) is mounted on the piece to be mounted,

the position of the fastening component (3) in the guide hole (110) can be adjusted, and the structures of the fastening components (3) on two sides are identical.

2. The T-Box assembly according to claim 1, wherein two of the connecting lugs (11) are respectively provided on opposite side walls of the T-Box body (10), and the guide holes (110) extend in a length direction or a width direction of the T-Box body (10).

3. The T-Box assembly according to claim 2, characterized in that the guide hole (110) is configured as an elongated hole or an elongated slot open at an end remote from the T-Box body (10).

4. The T-Box assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that the fastening assembly (3) comprises:

-a damping sleeve (31), at least part of the damping sleeve (31) being located within the guide hole (110);

the locking piece (32) is arranged in the vibration reduction sleeve (31), and a part of the locking piece (32) is used for being connected with the piece to be installed;

wherein, along the extending direction of the guide hole (110), the guide hole (110) has two limit positions and a plurality of intermediate positions between the two limit positions, and the vibration damping sleeve (31) can be mounted at one of the two limit positions and the plurality of intermediate positions.

5. The T-Box assembly according to claim 4, wherein the damper sleeve (31) has a middle portion (310) and abutting portions (311) at both ends of the middle portion (310), the middle portion (310) has a through hole through which the locking member (32) passes, and opposite surfaces of the abutting portions (311) are respectively in contact with the top and bottom surfaces of the connection lugs (11).

6. The T-Box assembly according to claim 5, characterized in that the damping sleeve (31) has an open slot (312), said open slot (312) being provided at least on the abutment (311) remote from the locking member (32).

7. The T-Box assembly according to claim 5, characterized in that the fastening assembly (3) further comprises a supporting sleeve (33), the supporting sleeve (33) having a connecting portion inserted into the intermediate portion (310) and a contact portion located at one end of the connecting portion, the through hole through which the locking member (32) passes being provided on the connecting portion, the contact portion being abutted with an abutment portion (311) of the vibration damping sleeve (31) close to the locking member (32).

8. A vehicle comprising a T-Box assembly according to any one of claims 1-7.

9. The vehicle according to claim 8, characterized in that the vehicle further comprises a meter cross beam and a bracket (2) mounted to the meter cross beam, the mounting hole (200) is provided on the bracket (2), and the T-Box (1) is connected to the bracket (2) by the fastening assembly (3).

10. The vehicle according to claim 9, characterized in that the bracket (2) comprises a bracket body (20) and side brackets (21) positioned at two ends of the bracket body (20), the side brackets (21) at two ends are respectively provided with the mounting holes (200), and the bracket (2) is of an integral structure.