EP3757329A1 - Housing for a drive and drive - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a housing for a drive of a window or a door, the housing providing a receiving space for a drive unit of the drive, the housing having a housing cover and a housing plate, the housing cover engaging around the receiving space and the housing plate between two opposite end sections the housing hood is arranged and / or can be arranged to close off the receiving space. The present invention also relates to a drive for a window or a door with a drive unit and a housing, in particular according to one of the preceding claims, the drive unit being arranged in a receiving space of the housing.

Description

The invention relates to a housing for driving a window or a door, the housing providing a receiving space for a drive unit of the drive, the housing having a housing hood and a housing plate, the housing hood encompassing the receiving space and into the housing plate between two opposite end sections the housing hood is arranged and / or can be arranged to close off the receiving space. The present invention also relates to a drive for a window or a door with a drive unit and a housing, in particular according to one of the preceding claims, the drive unit being arranged in a receiving space of the housing.

Drives for windows or doors and their housings are known in principle. Such drives can make it possible to automatically open and / or close the respective window or the respective door. Known drives have a drive unit which is arranged in a receiving space in the housing of the drive.

In the case of known drives or their drive units, electrical and / or electronic actuation, control and / or regulation is usually provided. To provide these functionalities, electrical and / or electronic components, by means of which the corresponding functionalities are made possible, are often arranged in a grouped manner on electronic boards.

It is known to combine all electrical and electronic components and components on a single circuit board. The electrical or electronic components and components can in particular both be operated by a user and a drive or its drive unit provide the actual control and / or regulation of the drive unit or the movement of the window or the door provided by the drive unit.

In order to arrange such circuit boards in the interior of the housing of the drive, they are usually held by special circuit board holders which are inserted into the housing. This increases the number of components to be assembled when producing a drive for a window or door. At the same time, the arrangement of all electronic components on a common circuit board means that the circuit board must also be completely replaced when the drive unit is replaced, for example. Adapting such a drive to changed requirements, for example if a more powerful drive unit is required after the associated door has been replaced, is thus made more difficult and more expensive.

The object of the present invention is to remedy the disadvantages described above. In particular, the object of the present invention is to provide a housing for a drive and a drive in which the housing and the drive can be assembled or manufactured in a simple and cost-effective manner, while at the same time increasing flexibility with regard to changes to be made to the drive or a feasibility of such changes is simplified.

The above object is achieved by the independent claims of the present invention. In particular, the object is achieved by a housing for a drive with the features of independent claim 1 and by a drive with the features of independent claim 8. Advantageous embodiments of the invention result from the dependent claims, the description and the drawings. Features and details that are described in connection with a housing according to the invention also apply in connection with a drive according to the invention and vice versa, so that the individual aspects of the invention are always referred to alternately.

According to the invention, this object is achieved by a housing for a drive of a window or a door, the housing providing a receiving space for a drive unit of the drive, the housing having a housing cover and a housing plate, the housing cover engaging around the receiving space and the housing plate between two opposite end sections of the housing hood is arranged and / or can be arranged to close off the receiving space, a circuit board receptacle for positively receiving an electronic circuit board being arranged in the housing hood.

The housing according to the invention is intended for use in a drive for a window or a door. In particular, the housing according to the invention can provide a receiving space for a drive unit of such a drive.

The housing according to the invention has in particular a housing hood and a housing plate. The arcuate shape of the housing hood makes it particularly easy to reach around the receiving space, the housing hood simultaneously ending in legs, each of which has an end section. In other words, the housing hood ends in two opposite end sections, the housing plate for closing off the receiving space being and / or being able to be arranged between these end sections of the housing hood. Thus, for example, the drive unit can be arranged on the housing plate and, together with it, can be introduced into the receiving space enclosed by the housing cover. By means of a preferred form-fitting and / or force-fitting fastening of the housing plate to the housing hood, the housing according to the invention can be mounted as a whole for driving a window or a door.

According to the invention it is provided that a circuit board receptacle for positively receiving an electronic circuit board is arranged in the housing cover.

In other words, a special receptacle for an electronic circuit board arrangement is integrated directly into the housing cover of the housing according to the invention. Additional components, for example circuit board holders, holding frames or the like, are therefore not necessary in a housing according to the invention in order to arrange the electronic circuit board inside the housing. Overall, the assembly and / or production of the housing according to the invention for a drive of a window or a door can thus be simplified. At the same time, the effort in terms of time and / or costs when providing a housing according to the invention can thereby also be reduced.

In the case of the housing according to the invention, it can preferably be provided that the circuit board receptacle is arranged in the housing hood opposite and at a distance from the end sections. As already described above, the housing plate is arranged or can be arranged between these opposite end sections of the housing cover. By positioning the circuit board holder inside the housing hood opposite and at a distance from the end sections, and thus from the housing plate, it can be achieved that there is a large distance between an electronics circuit board arranged in the circuit board holder and the housing plate. The receiving space in the interior of the housing that remains free for an arrangement of the drive unit can be maximized in this way. Restrictions with regard to the design of the drive unit due to a reduction in the volume of the receiving space by the electronic circuit board can be avoided or at least reduced in this way.

The housing according to the invention can also be designed in such a way that the circuit board receptacle has two mutually opposite and groove-like insert guides for inserting the electronics circuit board. In this embodiment of the housing according to the invention, particularly simple assembly of the electronic circuit board in the circuit board receptacle can be made possible. In particular, the electronics board can be pushed directly into the board receptacle be, with edge areas of the electronic circuit board engage in the opposing and groove-like insertion guides of the circuit board holder. In addition, after completion or as a sub-step of the remaining assembly steps of a housing according to the invention, the side of the housing hood accessible for mounting the first electronic circuit board can be covered, for example by a side cap.

Furthermore, the housing according to the invention can be further developed in such a way that an electronic circuit board arranged in the circuit board receptacle can be fixed by fixing means that can be actuated from outside the housing, with the fixing means in particular being able to be arranged in a form-fitting and / or force-fitting manner in at least one of the slide-in guides. Such fixing means, which can be designed, for example, as threaded pins or as protruding pins on other components of the housing according to the invention, can in particular ensure that a position of the electronics board within the circuit board holder does not change after the electronics board has been installed in the board receptacle. Arranging the fixing means in at least one of the slide-in guides also represents a particularly simple arrangement of such fixing means, since no additional openings are required in the housing cover for arranging the fixing means.

The housing according to the invention can also be developed in that the housing has input means for manual input and / or reception of data and / or output means for outputting data, the input means and / or output means communication means for data-communicating connection to the electronic board exhibit. Such input means can provide a possibility for a direct manual input of control commands by a user, for example for a drive with a housing according to the invention. A configuration of the input means for wired and / or wireless data reception from external control devices is also conceivable. Output means in turn can be used for visual, acoustic or haptic output of information from the drive, for example reaching end positions of the door or window and / or error states of the drive unit. The output means can also be designed for the data-communicating forwarding of data, here again for example to a further external control device. The communication means for the data-communicating connection of the input means and / or the output means to the electronic circuit board can include, for example, interfaces, cable connections and transmitter and / or receiver elements.

In other words, in other words, the electronic circuit board provides an operating functionality in the housing of a drive according to the invention when it is connected to the input means and / or the output means of the housing. Such an operating functionality can in particular be provided independently of an actual control and / or regulation of the drive unit. This enables in particular a modular structure of a drive, whereby different drive units can preferably be used in one and the same housing according to the invention, each of which meets different requirements, for example with regard to electromechanical performance.

• Schalter
• Taster
• berührungsempfindlicher Bildschirm
• kabelgebundene Empfangseinheit
• kabellose Empfangseinheit

und/oder dass die Ausgabemittel als zumindest eines der folgenden Bauelemente ausgebildet sind:

• LED
• Lampe
• Bildschirm
• Lautsprecher
• Vibrationselement
• kabelgebundene Sendeeinheit
• kabellose Sendeeinheit

In the case of the housing according to the invention, it can preferably be provided that the input means are designed as at least one of the following components:

• counter
• Button
• touch screen
• wired receiving unit
• wireless receiving unit

and / or that the output means are designed as at least one of the following components:

• LED
• lamp
• screen
• speaker
• Vibrating element
• wired transmitter unit
• wireless transmitter unit

These lists are not closed, so that the input means and / or the output means can also be designed as other components, as far as technically sensible and possible.

In addition, the housing according to the invention can be developed in such a way that the housing hood is U-shaped and / or omega-shaped. In this way, a gripping around, in particular an arcuate gripping around, the receiving space can be made possible particularly easily by the housing hood.

In further developments, the housing cover and the housing plate can each have fastening means, wherein the housing cover and the housing plate can be fastened to one another by the fastening means to form the housing. A particularly simple assembly of a housing according to the invention can be provided in this way, since in particular no additional elements are required for fastening, in particular for form-fitting and / or non-positive fastening, of the housing hood and the housing plate to one another. These fastening means can also be designed at least partially as elements of a bayonet lock. Such a bayonet lock is distinguished in particular by the fact that, when the housing parts are connected, the housing hood and the housing plate are moved one after the other in two different relative movements with different directions of movement. A particularly simple and at the same time secure fastening of the housing hood to the housing plate can be provided in this way.

Furthermore, the above-mentioned object is achieved by a drive for a window or a door with a drive unit and a housing, the drive unit being arranged in a receiving space of the housing and the housing being a first electronic circuit board for providing operating functionality for the drive unit and the drive unit has a second electronic circuit board formed separately from the first electronic circuit board for providing control functionality of the drive unit, the second electronic circuit board being formed as part of the drive unit and the first electronic circuit board being arranged in a circuit board receptacle of the housing.

The housing of the drive according to the invention is preferably designed according to the first aspect of the invention. All the advantages that have been described above in relation to a housing according to the first aspect of the invention can also be provided in this preferred embodiment of a drive according to the invention.

By means of the drive according to the invention, a window or a door can be opened or closed in a driven manner. For this purpose, the drive according to the invention has a drive unit. A control and / or regulation of this drive unit is provided by a second electronics board which is designed directly as part of the drive unit. In addition, and in particular separately from this second electronic circuit board, the drive according to the invention has a first electronic circuit board which is responsible for providing an operating functionality for the drive unit. In other words, the drive according to the invention provides for a separation between the input and / or output functionality and the actual control and / or regulation of the drive unit. This enables a modular structure of the drive according to the invention, in which in particular the drive unit with its second electronic circuit board and the housing in which the first electronic circuit board is installed can be selected and assembled according to the respective requirements. In other words, in a housing with a first electronics board different drive units can be used, each with its own second electronic circuit board, depending on the requirements of the drive with regard to, for example, the window or door unit to be moved. Conversely, it is also conceivable that, in the case of different requirements with regard to the operating functionality, a drive unit with different housings, which in particular can also have different first electronic boards, can be combined to form a drive according to the invention.

In summary, the drive according to the invention can simplify both assembly of the drive, since in particular the first electronics board is arranged directly in a board receptacle of the housing and the second electronics board is designed as part of the drive unit. At the same time, an increase in flexibility with regard to the possible uses of the drive according to the invention, in particular through the modular structure described above, which is possible with the drive according to the invention, can be provided.

In a drive according to the invention, it can preferably be provided that the housing has input means for manual input and / or reception of data and / or output means for outputting data, the input means and / or output means having communication means and via them with the first electronic board are connected in a data-communicating manner. Such input means can, for example, provide the option for manual input of control commands, wherein a configuration of the input means for wired and / or wireless data reception from external control devices is also conceivable. Output means can in turn be designed for the visual, acoustic or haptic output of information from the drive and / or for the data-communicating forwarding of this data.

A drive according to the invention can particularly preferably be developed in such a way that the second electronic circuit board is used to control the drive unit the input means and / or for a transfer of operating data by the output means is connected to the first electronic board in a data-communicating manner. In this way, in particular, an exchange of data between the second electronic circuit board with the input means and / or output means can be provided via the first electronic circuit board. Control of the drive unit via data input on the input means can be made possible in this way. At the same time, output of information from the drive unit via the output means is also conceivable in this way. In particular, it can be used here that the first electronic circuit board only provides the operation and the necessary functionalities of the input means and / or output means, any intelligence required for operating or controlling and / or regulating the drive unit remains on the second electronic circuit board.

Fig. 1

ein erfindungsgemäßes Gehäuse,

Fig. 2

eine Gehäusehaube mit eingesetzter erster Elektronikplatine,

Fig. 3

ein erfindungsgemäßer Antrieb, und

Fig. 4

eine schematische Ansicht des inneren Aufbaus eines erfindungsgemäßen Antriebs.

Further features and advantages of the invention are described below with reference to figures. Elements with the same function and mode of operation are provided with the same reference symbols in the individual figures. It shows schematically:

Fig. 1

a housing according to the invention,

Fig. 2

a housing cover with an inserted first electronic circuit board,

Fig. 3

a drive according to the invention, and

Fig. 4

a schematic view of the internal structure of a drive according to the invention.

Fig. 1 shows a possible embodiment of the housing 20 according to the invention. The housing 20 comprises, in particular, a housing hood 30 and a housing plate 40, which are connected to one another via fastening means 50. The fastening means 50 can preferably, for example, at least partially be designed as elements of a bayonet lock. As shown, the housing hood 30 encompasses a receiving space 22 in an arc shape. For this purpose, the curved housing hood 33 is omega-like. A U-shaped configuration would also be possible. A drive unit 12 of a drive 10 according to the invention for a window or a door can be arranged in the receiving space 22 (see FIG Fig. 3 ).

According to the invention, the housing cover 30 has a circuit board receptacle 60 into which a first electronic circuit board 80 (cf. Fig. 2 ) can be arranged. The circuit board receptacle 60 has two mutually opposite and groove-like insert guides 62 into which the first electronic circuit board 80 can be inserted through an accessible side of the housing cover 30.

In order to be able to provide the largest possible receiving space 22, on the one hand the housing plate 40 is arranged between two end sections 32 of the housing cover 30. In other words, the housing plate 40 forms a lower end of the housing 20. On the other hand, the circuit board receptacle 60 is also arranged in the housing hood 30 opposite the end sections 32 and thus the housing plate 40 and in particular at a distance. In this way, in other words, the receiving space 22 can be maximized in that the housing plate 40 represents a lower limit and the first electronic circuit board 80 pushed into the circuit board receptacle 60 represents an upper limit of the receiving space 22.

In Fig. 2 a housing hood 30 of a housing 20 according to the invention is shown, in the circuit board receptacle 60 of which a first electronic circuit board 80 is inserted. In this plan view of the first electronic circuit board 80, an interface element 84 can also be seen, which provides a data-communicating connection with a second electronic circuit board 82 of a drive unit 12 of a drive 10 (cf. Fig. 4 ) provides. In order to ensure that the first electronic circuit board 80 is positioned in the circuit board receptacle 60, the circuit board receptacle is located in the insertion guides 62 Arranged fixing means 70, wherein the fixing means 70 can be designed, for example, as threaded pins screwed into the insertion guides 62. At the lower end of the receiving space 22 encompassed in an arc-shaped manner by the housing hood 30, fastening means 50 are provided on the end sections 32 of the housing hood 30, by means of which a housing plate 40 can be connected to the housing hood 30 shown.

Fig. 3 shows the essential components of the drive 10 according to the invention. This has a housing 20 which comprises a housing hood 30 and a housing plate 40. A drive unit 12 of the drive 10 is arranged on the housing plate 40. This drive unit 12 has a second electronic circuit board 82 which is responsible for providing a control and / or regulating functionality for the drive unit 12. In this embodiment of a drive 10 according to the invention, the housing cover 30 in turn has input means 24 and output means 26, which are connected to the first electronic circuit board 80, arranged in the circuit board receptacle 60 and in Fig. 3 not shown, are connected in a data-communicating manner. The housing hood 30 in turn encompasses the receiving space 22 in an arc shape, in which the drive unit 12 is arranged after the housing hood 30 has been arranged on the housing plate 40.

In other words, in the drive 10 according to the invention, by separating the first electronic circuit board 80, which provides an input functionality through the connection with the input means 24 and the output means 26, and the second electronic circuit board 82, which provides a control and / or regulating functionality for the drive unit 12 provides, a modular structure of the entire drive 10 can be provided. Different housings 20 with in particular different housing covers 30, which differ, for example, by the respectively installed first electronic boards 80 or by the existing input means 24 and / or output means 26, can be combined with different drive units 12 each with different second electronic boards 82. An adaptation of the drive 10 according to the invention to a wide variety of requirements, for example, with regard to an operating functionality and / or the drive power to be made available, can be made particularly simple in this way.

In Fig. 4 an internal structure of the drive 10 according to the invention is shown schematically. A drive unit 12 of the drive 10 is arranged in the housing 20 of the drive 10, again comprising a housing hood 30 and a housing plate 40. The drive unit 12 has a second electronic circuit board 82 for providing control and / or regulation of the drive unit 12. At the same time, a first electronic circuit board 80 is arranged in a circuit board receptacle 60 of the housing cover 30. This first electronic circuit board 80 is connected in a data-communicating manner to input means 24 and output means 26 via their communication means 28. Interface elements 84 on the first electronic board 80 and on the second electronic board 82 enable the electronic boards 80, 82 to be connected in a data-communicating manner. In particular, it can thereby be achieved that the second electronic board 82 is also connected in a data-communicating manner to the input means 24 and the output means 26 of the drive 10 according to the invention via the operating functionality provided by the first electronic board 80. A direct input of control commands via the input means 24 to the drive unit 12 and an output of information, in particular about an operation of the drive unit 12, by the output means 26 can be made possible in this way. Overall, an input and / or output functionality is provided for the drive 10 according to the invention in this way.

Reference number

10

drive

12th

Drive unit

20th

casing

22nd

Recording room

24

Input means

26th

Spending means

28

Means of communication

30th

Housing cover

32

End section

40

Housing plate

50

Fasteners

60

PCB mount

62

Slide-in guide

70

fixer

80

first electronic board

82

second electronics board

84

Interface element

Claims (10)

Housing (20) for a drive (10) of a window or door, the housing (20) providing a receiving space (22) for a drive unit (12) of the drive (10), the housing (20) having a housing hood (30) ) and a housing plate (40), the housing hood (30) engaging around the receiving space (22) and the housing plate (40) being arranged between two opposite end sections (32) of the housing hood (30) to close off the receiving space (22) and / or can be arranged,
characterized,
that in the housing hood (30) a circuit board holder (60) is arranged for receiving an electronic circuit board (80) in a form-fitting manner. Housing (20) according to claim 1,
characterized,
that the circuit board holder (60) is arranged in the housing hood (30) opposite and at a distance from the end sections (32). Housing (20) according to claim 1 or 2,
characterized,
that the circuit board receptacle (60) has two mutually opposite and groove-like insert guides (62) for inserting the electronic circuit board (80). Housing (20) according to one of the preceding claims,
characterized,
that an electronic circuit board arranged in the circuit board receptacle (60) can be fixed by fixing means (70) which can be actuated from outside the housing (20), in particular the fixing means (70) in at least one of the slide-in guides (62) can be arranged in a form-fitting and / or force-fitting manner. Housing (20) according to one of the preceding claims,
characterized,
that the housing (20) has input means (24) for manual input and / or reception of data and / or output means (26) for outputting data, the input means (24) and / or the output means (26) communication means (28) for data-communicating connection to the electronics board (80). Housing (20) according to claim 5,
characterized,
that the input means (24) are designed as at least one of the following components: - Counter - button - touch screen - wired receiver unit - wireless receiving unit and / or that the output means are designed as at least one of the following components: - LED - lamp - screen - Speaker - vibrating element - wired transmitter unit - wireless transmitter unit Housing (20) according to one of the preceding claims,
characterized,
that the housing hood (30) is U-shaped and / or omega-shaped. Drive (10) of a window or a door with a drive unit (12) and a housing (20), in particular according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the drive unit (12) is arranged in a receiving space (22) of the housing (20),
characterized,
that the housing (20) has a first electronic circuit board (80) for providing an operating and / or display functionality for the drive unit (12) and the drive unit (12) with a second electronic circuit board (82) which is formed separately from the first electronic circuit board (80) a control functionality of the drive unit (12), the first electronic circuit board (80) being arranged in a circuit board receptacle (60) of the housing (20). Drive (10) according to claim 8,
characterized,
that the housing (20) has input means (24) for manual input and / or reception of data and / or output means (26) for outputting data, the input means (24) and / or the output means (26) communication means (28) and are connected to the first electronic board (80) in a data-communicating manner via this. Drive (10) according to claim 9,
characterized,
that the second electronic board (82) is connected to the first electronic board (80) in a data-communicating manner for controlling the drive unit (12) by the input means (24) and / or for displaying operating data by the output means (26).

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