CN220769128U - Transmission connecting piece and transmission assembly - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses a transmission connecting piece and a transmission assembly, wherein the transmission assembly comprises a first transmission connecting piece body and a second transmission connecting piece body, the second transmission connecting piece body is detachably and transversely connected with a transverse guide channel at the front end of the first transmission connecting piece body in a sliding clamping manner, the two transmission connecting piece bodies can be conveniently and transversely slid and detachably connected, the longitudinal guide channel at the rear end of the first transmission connecting piece body is conveniently and longitudinally connected with a rear end part of the first transmission connecting piece body in a guiding manner during specific implementation, so that the transmission connecting piece can relatively and longitudinally guide movement, and therefore the transmission assembly is applicable to rotation transmission among the second transmission connecting piece body, the first transmission connecting piece body and the rear end part, and the transmission connecting piece is good in practicability.
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Technical Field
The present utility model relates to a drive connection and a drive assembly.
Background
In the disclosure of chinese patent publication No. CN114541880a, an intelligent lock rotation angle sensing device is disclosed, in which a toothed transmission cylinder/rotation seat 4 is provided, a second limiting space/transverse through slot 42 for fixing a key therein is provided in the toothed transmission cylinder/rotation seat 4, but the second limiting space/transverse through slot 42 is directly fixedly provided in the toothed transmission cylinder/rotation seat 4 and cannot be adjusted in position, no special transmission connection structure is provided between the two limiting spaces/transverse through slots to adjust the position of the second limiting space/transverse through slot 42, so, in actual use, the rotation axis of the toothed transmission cylinder/rotation seat 4 needs to be aligned with the rotation axis of the key on the external lock body during installation to enable the toothed transmission cylinder/rotation seat 4 to rotate together with the key, otherwise, if the rotation axes of the two rotation axes are not aligned, a situation that the toothed transmission cylinder/rotation seat cannot rotate together may occur, so as to affect the rotation transmission performance, and in the prior art, no transmission connection member with a shape is provided between the toothed transmission cylinder/rotation seat 4 and the second limiting space/transverse through slot 42 to reduce the rotation axis of the toothed transmission cylinder/rotation seat 4, so that the rotation axis of the toothed transmission cylinder/rotation seat 4 needs to be aligned with the key better than the rotation axis of the key.
Disclosure of Invention
The utility model overcomes the defects of the technology and provides a transmission connecting piece and a transmission assembly.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the present utility model adopts the following technical scheme:
the transmission connecting piece comprises a first transmission connecting piece body 1, wherein a transverse guide channel 11 is arranged at the front end of the first transmission connecting piece body 1, a longitudinal guide channel 12 is arranged at the rear end of the first transmission connecting piece body, and a front-back communication port 13 is arranged between the transverse guide channel 11 and the longitudinal guide channel 12.
Preferably, the transverse width W1 of the first transmission connector body 1 is smaller than the longitudinal height H1 thereof, and the upper end and the lower end of the first transmission connector body 1 are respectively convex cambered surfaces 14.
Preferably, the first transmission connector body 1 at the upper end and the lower end of the transverse guide channel 11 are respectively provided with a limiting blocking wall 16.
Preferably, the upper end wall body and/or the lower end wall body of the lateral guide channel 11 is provided with a first lateral guide rail portion/lateral guide groove portion 111.
The scheme also protects a transmission assembly, is in including first transmission connecting piece body 1, connection the second transmission connecting piece body 2 of first transmission connecting piece body 1 front end, the front end of first transmission connecting piece body 1 is equipped with horizontal direction passageway 11, the rear end is equipped with vertical direction passageway 12, horizontal direction passageway 11 with be equipped with fore-and-aft direction intercommunication mouth 13 between the vertical direction passageway 12, second transmission connecting piece body 2 with horizontal direction passageway 11 detachable horizontal slip joint is connected.
Preferably, the transverse width of the first transmission connector body 1 is not greater than the longitudinal height thereof, the upper end and the lower end of the first transmission connector body 1 are respectively provided with an outer convex cambered surface 14, and vertical side wall bodies 15 are respectively arranged between the left side and the right side of the outer convex cambered surface 14 at the upper end and the lower end.
Preferably, the first transmission connector body 1 at the upper end and the lower end of the transverse guide channel 11 are respectively provided with a limiting blocking wall 16.
Preferably, the front end surface of the second transmission connector body 2 is concavely provided with a transverse through groove 21.
Preferably, the upper end wall body and/or the lower end wall body of the transverse guiding channel 11 are provided with a first transverse guiding convex rail portion/transverse guiding groove portion 111, and the second transmission connector body 2 is correspondingly provided with a second transverse guiding groove portion/transverse guiding convex rail portion 22 for sliding and clamping connection with the first transverse guiding convex rail portion/transverse guiding groove portion 111.
Preferably, the second lateral guiding groove portion/lateral guiding rail portion 22 of the second transmission connector body 2 is a plurality of second lateral guiding groove portions/lateral guiding rail portions, and each of the second lateral guiding groove portion/lateral guiding rail portion 22 is slidably and clamped with the first lateral guiding rail portion/lateral guiding groove portion 111.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the beneficial effects that:
1. the transmission connecting piece is simple in structure and easy to realize, the longitudinal guide channel at the rear end of the first transmission connecting piece body is convenient to be connected with the longitudinal guide of the rear end part of the first transmission connecting piece body in a longitudinally guiding manner so that the first transmission connecting piece body and the rear end part of the first transmission connecting piece body can move in a longitudinally guiding manner, the transverse guide channel at the front end of the first transmission connecting piece body is convenient to be connected with the transverse guide of the front end part of the first transmission connecting piece body in a transversely guiding manner so that the first transmission connecting piece and the second transmission connecting piece can move in a transversely guiding manner, the transmission connecting piece can be suitable for rotation transmission between the front part and the rear part, and the axes of the transmission connecting piece are not in the same straight line, and the transmission connecting piece is good in practicability; in addition, the transverse guide channel and the longitudinal guide channel are arranged at the front and rear communication ports, so that a user can operate rear end parts of the first transmission connector body by hand or by using tools through the front and rear communication ports during specific implementation, and the practicability is good.
2. The transverse width W1 of the first transmission connecting piece body is smaller than the longitudinal height H1 of the first transmission connecting piece body, when the first transmission connecting piece body is convenient to implement, the first transmission connecting piece body firstly enters the inner cavity limiting inlet and outlet of the rear end part through side tilting and then rotates and misplaces to prevent falling, the upper end and the lower end of the first transmission connecting piece body are respectively convex cambered surfaces, when the first transmission connecting piece body is convenient to implement, the first transmission connecting piece body touches the inner cavity wall body of the rear end part of the first transmission connecting piece body through the convex cambered surfaces, and mutual friction force during rotation is reduced.
3. The upper end wall body and/or the lower end wall body of the transverse guide channel are/is provided with a first transverse guide convex rail part/a transverse guide groove part, so that the front end part is conveniently clamped in a transverse sliding manner during specific implementation, and the front end part and the rear end part are prevented from being separated directly.
4. The transmission assembly is simple in structure and easy to realize, the second transmission connecting piece body is arranged in detachable transverse sliding clamping connection with the transverse guide channel at the front end of the first transmission connecting piece body, so that the second transmission connecting piece body and the transverse guide channel at the rear end of the first transmission connecting piece body can be connected in a relatively transverse sliding and detachable mode, the longitudinal guide channel at the rear end of the first transmission connecting piece body is arranged, and the second transmission connecting piece body, the first transmission connecting piece body and the rear end part are connected in a longitudinally guiding mode when the transmission assembly is convenient to implement, so that the second transmission connecting piece body, the first transmission connecting piece body and the rear end part can move in a relatively longitudinal guiding mode, and therefore the transmission assembly is applicable to rotation transmission among the second transmission connecting piece body, the first transmission connecting piece body and the rear end part, and is good in practicability; in addition, the transverse guide channel and the longitudinal guide channel are arranged at the front and rear communication ports, so that a user can operate rear end parts of the first transmission connector body by hand or by using tools through the front and rear communication ports during specific implementation, and the practicability is good.
5. The second transverse guiding groove parts/the transverse guiding convex rail parts of the second transmission connecting piece body are a plurality of which are distributed front and back, each second transverse guiding groove part/each transverse guiding convex rail part can be connected with the first transverse guiding convex rail part/the transverse guiding groove part in a sliding clamping manner, so that when the second transmission connecting piece is used specifically, a certain second transverse guiding groove part/transverse guiding convex rail part and the first transverse guiding convex rail part/the transverse guiding groove part are selected according to the needs to be connected in a sliding clamping manner, the front and back positions of the second transmission connecting piece body are adjusted conveniently, the second transmission connecting piece is suitable for specific use, and the practicability is good.
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Fig. 1 is a structural view of a first driving connector body of the present utility model.
FIG. 2 is a second schematic view of the first driving connector body.
FIG. 3 is a third view of the structure of the first driving connector body.
Fig. 4 is a structural view of the present transmission assembly.
Fig. 5 is an exploded view of the present transmission assembly.
FIG. 6 is a fourth view of the structure of the first driving connector body.
Fig. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the present transmission assembly.
Wherein, the reference numeral 1 is a first transmission connector body, the reference numeral 2 is a second transmission connector body, the second transmission connector body 2 is a front end part of the first transmission connector body, when in implementation, the transverse through groove 21 at the front end of the second transmission connector body 2 is used for being clamped with an external key so as to rotate together, the reference numeral 3 is a rotating seat used for limiting the first transmission connector body 1 when in implementation, the reference numeral 30 is a cavity limiting inlet and outlet of the rotating seat 3, the reference numeral 31 is a guide piece which rotates together with the rotating seat 3 and is used for being mutually longitudinally guided with the longitudinal guide channel 12 at the rear end of the first transmission connector body 1, the reference numeral 32 is a spring used for driving the guide piece 31 to elastically reset and move forwards so as to sink into the longitudinal guide channel 12, and the rotating seat 3, the spring 32 and the guide piece 31 are integrally arranged as a rear end part of the first transmission connector body 1.
Detailed Description
The following examples are provided to illustrate the features of the present utility model and other related features in further detail to facilitate understanding by those skilled in the art:
as shown in fig. 1 to 3, a transmission connector comprises a first transmission connector body 1, wherein a transverse guide channel 11 is arranged at the front end of the first transmission connector body 1, a longitudinal guide channel 12 is arranged at the rear end of the first transmission connector body, and a front-rear communication port 13 is arranged between the transverse guide channel 11 and the longitudinal guide channel 12.
As shown in fig. 4 to 7, in the specific assembly, the first transmission connector body 1 enters the rotary seat 3 from the cavity-defining inlet and outlet 30, and then is dislocated by rotation to prevent disengagement and align the longitudinal guide channel 12 with the guide member 31 so as to facilitate the guide member 31 to be sunk therein, when the first transmission connector body 1 needs to be taken out from the rotary seat 3, the user can firstly press the guide member 31, which is elastically restored to be moved forward in the rotary seat 3, backwards by hand or by using a tool so as to separate it from the longitudinal guide channel 12, and then rotate the first transmission connector body 1 appropriately so as to enable it to come out from the cavity-defining inlet and outlet 30 of the rotary seat 3.
As described above, the transmission connector of the present utility model has a simple structure and is easy to implement, the longitudinal guide channel 12 at the rear end of the first transmission connector body 1 is conveniently connected with the longitudinal guide of the rear end component thereof so that the two can move relative to the longitudinal guide during the implementation, the transverse guide channel 11 at the front end of the first transmission connector body 1 is conveniently connected with the transverse guide of the front end component thereof so that the two can move relative to the transverse guide during the implementation, and the transmission connector of the present utility model can be suitable for the rotation transmission between the front and rear components with the axes not on the same straight line, and has good practicability; in addition, the arrangement of the front-rear communication port 13 between the transverse guide channel 11 and the longitudinal guide channel 12 is convenient for a user to operate the rear end part thereof by hand or by using tools at the front end of the first transmission connector body 1 through the front-rear communication port 13 during specific implementation, and has good practicability.
As shown in fig. 3, the transverse width W1 of the first transmission connector body 1 is smaller than the longitudinal height H1 thereof, so that when the first transmission connector body 1 is convenient to be implemented, the first transmission connector body firstly enters the inner cavity limiting inlet and outlet of the rear end component through side tilting, and then rotates and misplaces to prevent the first transmission connector body from falling off, the upper end and the lower end of the first transmission connector body 1 are respectively provided with an outer convex cambered surface 14, so that when the first transmission connector body 1 is convenient to be implemented, the first transmission connector body touches the inner cavity wall of the rear end component through the outer convex cambered surface 14, and mutual friction force during rotation is reduced.
As shown in fig. 2, the first transmission connector body 1 at the upper and lower ends of the lateral guide channel 11 is respectively provided with a limiting blocking wall 16, so that the longitudinal anti-drop control between the lateral guide channel 11 and the rear end component thereof is facilitated during implementation.
As shown in fig. 1 and fig. 5, the upper end wall body and/or the lower end wall body of the transverse guide channel 11 are provided with a first transverse guide convex rail portion/transverse guide groove portion 111, so that the front end component can be conveniently and laterally slidably clamped during specific implementation, and direct front-back separation of the two components can be avoided.
As shown in fig. 1 to 7, the present disclosure further discloses a transmission assembly, which is characterized by comprising a first transmission connector body 1 and a second transmission connector body 2 connected to the front end of the first transmission connector body 1, wherein the front end of the first transmission connector body 1 is provided with a transverse guiding channel 11, the rear end of the first transmission connector body is provided with a longitudinal guiding channel 12, a front-rear direction communication port 13 is arranged between the transverse guiding channel 11 and the longitudinal guiding channel 12, and the second transmission connector body 2 is connected with the transverse guiding channel 11 in a detachable transverse sliding clamping manner.
As shown in fig. 4 to 7, in the specific assembly, the first transmission connector body 1 enters the rotary seat 3 from the cavity-defining inlet and outlet 30, and then is dislocated by rotation to prevent disengagement and align the longitudinal guide channel 12 with the guide member 31 so as to facilitate the guide member 31 to be sunk therein, when the first transmission connector body 1 needs to be taken out from the rotary seat 3, the user can firstly press the guide member 31, which is elastically restored to be moved forward in the rotary seat 3, backwards by hand or by using a tool so as to separate it from the longitudinal guide channel 12, and then rotate the first transmission connector body 1 appropriately so as to enable it to come out from the cavity-defining inlet and outlet 30 of the rotary seat 3.
As described above, the transmission assembly of the present case is simple in structure and easy to implement, the second transmission connector body 2 and the transverse guiding channel 11 at the front end of the first transmission connector body 1 are detachably and slidably connected, so that the two can slide transversely and be detachably connected, while the longitudinal guiding channel 12 at the rear end of the first transmission connector body 1 is arranged, so that the two can move longitudinally and guided relatively when being implemented, and thus, the transmission assembly of the present case is applicable to the rotation transmission among the second transmission connector body 2, the first transmission connector body 1 and the rear end part, the axes of which are not on the same straight line, and the practicality is good; in addition, the arrangement of the front-rear communication port 13 between the transverse guide channel 11 and the longitudinal guide channel 12 is convenient for a user to operate the rear end part thereof by hand or by using tools at the front end of the first transmission connector body 1 through the front-rear communication port 13 during specific implementation, and has good practicability.
As shown in fig. 3, the transverse width W1 of the first transmission connector body 1 is smaller than the longitudinal height H1 thereof, so that when the first transmission connector body 1 is convenient to be implemented, the first transmission connector body firstly enters the inner cavity limiting inlet and outlet of the rear end component through side tilting, and then rotates and misplaces to prevent the first transmission connector body from falling off, the upper end and the lower end of the first transmission connector body 1 are respectively provided with an outer convex cambered surface 14, so that when the first transmission connector body 1 is convenient to be implemented, the first transmission connector body touches the inner cavity wall of the rear end component through the outer convex cambered surface 14, and mutual friction force during rotation is reduced.
As shown in fig. 2, the first transmission connector body 1 at the upper and lower ends of the lateral guide channel 11 is respectively provided with a limiting blocking wall 16, so that the longitudinal anti-drop control between the lateral guide channel 11 and the rear end component thereof is facilitated during implementation.
As shown in fig. 3 and 4, in the implementation, the front end surface of the second transmission connector body 2 is concavely provided with a transverse through groove 21, so that the second transmission connector body can be conveniently clamped with an external component and a key in the implementation so as to facilitate rotation transmission.
As shown in fig. 5 and 6, in the embodiment, the upper end wall body and/or the lower end wall body of the transverse guiding channel 11 are provided with a first transverse guiding rail portion/transverse guiding groove portion 111, and the second transmission connector body 2 is correspondingly provided with a second transverse guiding groove portion/transverse guiding rail portion 22 slidably and fixedly connected with the first transverse guiding rail portion/transverse guiding groove portion 111, which is beneficial to avoiding the direct front-back separation of the two.
As shown in fig. 6, in the embodiment, the second transverse guiding groove portion/transverse guiding rail portion 22 of the second transmission connector body 2 is a plurality of front-rear guiding groove portions, each second transverse guiding groove portion/transverse guiding rail portion 22 can be slidably and clamped with the first transverse guiding rail portion/transverse guiding groove portion 111, so that when in specific use, a certain second transverse guiding groove portion/transverse guiding rail portion 22 and the first transverse guiding rail portion/transverse guiding groove portion 111 can be conveniently selected to be slidably and clamped with each other according to needs, which is beneficial to adjusting the front-rear positions of the second transmission connector body 2, and the second transmission connector is suitable for specific use and has good practicability.
As described above, the present disclosure protects a transmission connecting piece and a transmission assembly, and all technical schemes which are the same as or similar to the present disclosure should be shown as falling within the protection scope of the present disclosure.
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1. The transmission connecting piece is characterized by comprising a first transmission connecting piece body (1), wherein the front end of the first transmission connecting piece body (1) is provided with a transverse guide channel (11), the rear end of the first transmission connecting piece body is provided with a longitudinal guide channel (12), and a front-back communication port (13) is arranged between the transverse guide channel (11) and the longitudinal guide channel (12).
2. A transmission connection according to claim 1, characterized in that the transverse width W1 of the first transmission connection body (1) is smaller than the longitudinal height H1 thereof, and the upper and lower ends of the first transmission connection body (1) are respectively convex cambered surfaces (14).
3. A transmission connector according to claim 1, characterized in that the first transmission connector body (1) at the upper and lower ends of the transverse guide channel (11) is provided with a limit blocking wall (16) respectively.
4. A drive connection according to any one of claims 1-3, characterized in that the upper end wall body and/or the lower end wall body of the transverse guide channel (11) is provided with a first transverse guide rail portion/transverse guide groove portion (111).
5. The transmission assembly is characterized by comprising a first transmission connecting piece body (1) and a second transmission connecting piece body (2) connected to the front end of the first transmission connecting piece body (1), wherein a transverse guide channel (11) is arranged at the front end of the first transmission connecting piece body (1), a longitudinal guide channel (12) is arranged at the rear end of the first transmission connecting piece body, a front-back communication port (13) is arranged between the transverse guide channel (11) and the longitudinal guide channel (12), and the second transmission connecting piece body (2) is connected with the transverse guide channel (11) in a detachable transverse sliding clamping mode.
6. The transmission assembly according to claim 5, wherein the transverse width of the first transmission connector body (1) is not greater than the longitudinal height thereof, the upper end and the lower end of the first transmission connector body (1) are respectively provided with an outer convex cambered surface (14), and vertical side wall bodies (15) are respectively arranged between the left sides and the right sides of the outer convex cambered surface (14) at the upper end and the lower end.
7. A transmission assembly according to claim 5, wherein the first transmission connector body (1) at the upper and lower ends of the transverse guide channel (11) is provided with a limit blocking wall (16), respectively.
8. A transmission assembly according to claim 5, characterized in that the front end face of the second transmission connection body (2) is concavely provided with a transverse through slot (21).
9. A transmission assembly according to any one of claims 5-8, characterized in that the upper end wall body and/or the lower end wall body of the transverse guide channel (11) are provided with a first transverse guide rail portion/transverse guide groove portion (111), and the second transmission connector body (2) is correspondingly provided with a second transverse guide groove portion/transverse guide rail portion (22) for sliding and clamping connection with the first transverse guide rail portion/transverse guide groove portion (111).
10. A transmission assembly according to claim 9, characterized in that the second transverse guiding groove portions/transverse guiding rail portions (22) of the second transmission connecting member body (2) are a plurality of arranged in front-rear direction, each second transverse guiding groove portion/transverse guiding rail portion (22) being capable of sliding and clamping connection with the first transverse guiding rail portion/transverse guiding groove portion (111).
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