KR102056011B1 - Smart window - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a smart window and, more specifically, to a smart window with an electric connection means capable of electrically connecting a display, a solar cell panel, and the like installed in a window sash to an external power source or device. According to the present invention, the smart window comprises: a window frame including a rail, which is a convexly protruding hollow rail and has a through-slit longitudinally formed on a side surface; a conductive core terminal lengthily installed in a hollow of the rail in a longitudinal direction and electrically connected to an external power source or device; a window sash having a smart device fixing frame formed therein, including a rail groove receiving the rail, and installed in the window frame to be slid along the rail; a conductive fiber bundle terminal extended from the internal surface of the rail groove toward the through-slit formed in the rail to come in contact with the conductive core terminal; and a smart device installed in the fixing frame of the window sash and electrically connected to the conductive fiber bundle terminal.

Description

Smart window {Smart window}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to smart windows and, more particularly, to smart windows and doors provided with electrical connection means for electrically connecting a display or a solar panel installed on the window with an external power source or device.

In general, windows and windows serve as a wall that separates the indoor and outdoor, and at the same time serves to allow indoor ventilation by introducing sunlight and fresh air from the outside.

Recently, research has been conducted on smart windows and doors equipped with display panels such as LCDs, OLEDs, graphene displays, or solar panels as well as glass on the windows.

For example, in Patent Publication No. 10-2018-0071510 by applying a display unit that can be selectively transparent / opaque instead of the existing glass on the window, it can provide a variety of online information or content to the user through the display, In general, a window having a display function is provided in which the display unit is turned into a transparent state so that the outside can be viewed.

In addition, Korean Patent Application Publication No. 10-2013-0102287 discloses a window frame, a movable window which is installed to be movable left and right inside the window frame and includes a solar cell module to generate power by irradiation of sunlight, and a terminal of the solar cell module. Disclosed is a photovoltaic sliding door comprising a current-carrying device that is formed to be electrically connected to another terminal separately installed at a distance from a moving window.

In such smart windows, electrical connection means for supplying power and transmitting electrical signals to devices such as displays installed in sliding window frames is required. For example, there is a need for a display device installed in a window and an external power source, electrical connection means for electrically connecting a solar panel installed in the window and an external inverter.

For example, Korean Patent No. 10-0765965 discloses a method of connecting a connector of a solar panel installed in a window and an inverter installed outside the window using a wire. However, such a method is difficult to configure the window to be opened or closed by sliding or opening and there is a problem that there is a risk that the wire is short-circuit when opening and closing. In addition, since the inverter is fixed at a certain position and the connector moves with the window, a sufficient wire length must be secured in response to a change in distance between the inverter and the connector.

In order to improve this problem, the above-mentioned Patent Publication No. 10-2013-0102287 is made of a support frame and a conductive material and a pair of first rotating drum and a second rotating drum respectively installed rotatably on the support frame. And, made of using a strip-shaped steel plate and one end portion is installed so as to be wound around the first rotating drum and the second rotating drum respectively, and the other end is fixed to the window frame of the moving window And a pair of first conduction bands and a second conduction band in which the solar cell module is electrically connected to the terminals, and are made of an energizable material and are respectively installed inside the first rotating drum and the second rotating drum. When the first energizing band and the second electrifying band are released from the first rotating drum and the second rotating drum, respectively, the first rotating drum and the second rotating band are wound in the direction in which the first conducting band and the second conducting band are wound. Another terminal separately installed at a certain distance from the terminal of the solar cell module and the moving window by using a current-carrying device that generates a rotational force to the drum and is connected to the other terminal and includes a pair of first spring and second spring A method of electrically connecting a is disclosed.

In addition, Patent Document 10-2017-0028026, in a window comprising at least one pair of window slidably installed in the window frame frame, the window sill by using the power of the drive module installed in any one of the window sill Automatic opening and closing unit for opening and closing the sliding; And a cable bear connected to the window frame frame and the window frame to supply power to the automatic opening and closing part, the cable bare being installed along the upper longitudinal direction of the window window to prevent twisting or disconnection of the wire. Smart windows have been disclosed.

However, these energizing devices have a problem that the structure is very complicated.

Patent Publication 10-2017-0022287 Patent Publication 10-2018-0071510 Patent Registration 10-1300763 Patent Publication 10-2013-0102287 Patent Registration 10-0765965 Patent Publication 10-2017-0028026

An object of the present invention is to provide a smart window having a new structure of electrical connection means capable of connecting a smart device such as a display installed in a window with an external power source or a device.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a convexly protruding hollow rail, a window frame having a rail formed along the longitudinal direction of the through slit on the side, and installed in the hollow of the rail long along the longitudinal direction of the rail And a conductive core terminal electrically connected to an external power source or device, and a smart device fixing frame is formed therein, and a rail groove for accommodating the rail is formed, and is installed in the window frame to slide along the rail. A conductive fiber bundle terminal extending from the inner surface of the rail groove toward the through slit formed in the rail and contacting the window core with the conductive core terminal, and installed on the fixing frame of the window and electrically connected to the conductive fiber bundle terminal. Provides a smart window including a connected smart device.

The conductive fiber bundle terminal may provide a smart window including a conductive plate electrically connected to the smart device, and a conductive fiber electrically connected to the conductive plate and fixed to the conductive plate.

In addition, it provides a smart window further comprising a mohair fixed to the conductive plate.

The conductive fiber also provides a smart window surrounded by a mohair.

In addition, the smart device provides a smart window, which is a display device or a solar panel.

Smart window according to the present invention is provided with a new structure of electrical connection means that can easily connect a smart device such as a display installed in the window with an external power source or device.

In addition, smart windows and doors according to the present invention has the advantage that the electrical connection means can also play a role as a windbreak means to block the outside air at the same time.

1 is a front view of an embodiment of a smart window and door according to the present invention.
2 is a cross-sectional view of the smart window and door shown in FIG.
3 shows other embodiments of a conductive fiber bundle terminal.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described an embodiment of the present invention. However, embodiments of the present invention may be modified in many different forms, and the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments described below. The embodiments of the present invention are provided to more completely explain the present invention to those skilled in the art. Therefore, the shape and the like of the elements in the drawings are exaggerated in order to emphasize more clear description, the elements denoted by the same reference numerals in the drawings means the same elements.

1 is a front view of an embodiment of a smart window according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of the smart window shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, an embodiment of the smart window 1 according to the present invention is a window frame 10, an inner window 20 installed in the window frame 10, and an outer window 40 provided with glass 50. And a smart device 30 installed in the inner window 20.

As shown in FIG. 1, the window frame 10 is the largest rectangular frame of the window 1. The window frame 10 has an upper frame 11, a lower frame 12, a left frame 13, and a right frame 14.

As shown in FIG. 2, the window frame 10 is provided with outer rails 15b and 16b and inner rails 15a and 16a, and outer rails 15b and 16b and inner rails 15a and 15a. 16a), the windows 40 and 20 are installed one by one. In the present embodiment, since the smart device 30 is installed only on the window 20 installed on the inner rails 15a and 16a, the window 20 is installed on the inner rails 15a and 16a and the inner rails 15a and 16a. ) Only.

The upper frame 11 and the lower frame 12 are formed with an upper rail 15a and a lower rail 16a for guiding the window 20, respectively. The upper rail 15a and the lower rail 16a protrude convexly from the surfaces of the upper frame 11 and the lower frame 12. The upper rail 15a and the lower rail 16a are installed long along the longitudinal direction of the upper frame 11 and the lower frame 12. The upper rail 15a and the lower rail 16a have a hollow structure with an empty inside. On one side of the upper rail 15a and the lower rail 16a, through slits 17 and 18 are formed long along the longitudinal direction.

The conductive core terminal 60 is installed in the hollow of the upper rail 15a. The conductive core terminal 60 is installed long along the longitudinal direction of the upper rail 15a. The conductive core terminal 60 is electrically connected to an external power source or an external controller. The conductive core terminal 60 is electrically separated from the upper rail 15a. As shown in FIG. 2, the conductive core terminal 60 is installed such that the inner surface of the upper rail 15a and the conductive core terminal 60 are separated at regular intervals so that the upper rail 15a and the conductive core terminal 60 are separated. It may be electrically separated and may be coated with an insulating coating on the inner surface of the upper rail 15a, or the upper rail 15a may be made of an insulator such as wood or plastic. The conductive core terminal 60 is made of a material having electrical conductivity on at least a surface facing the through slit 17 formed in the upper rail 15a. For example, the conductive core terminal 60 may be a metal alloy such as copper, brass, stainless steel, tinned copper, tinned brass, silver-tungsten, silver-molybdenum, silver-nickel, gold-palladium, etc. Can be made.

As shown in FIG. 2, the conductive core terminal 60 is installed in the hollow of the lower rail 16a in the same manner. Since the lower rail 16a does not have a large difference from the upper rail 15a, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The window 20 refers to a window frame in a general window. In this embodiment, the window 20 installed on the inner rails 15a and 16a serves to fix the smart device 30. Inside the window 20, a fixed frame 21 that can fix the smart device 30 is formed. An upper rail groove 22 and a lower rail groove 23 recessed inwardly to accommodate the upper rail 15a and the lower rail 16a of the window frame 20 are respectively formed on the upper and lower portions of the window 20. do. The window 20 is installed inside the window frame 10 and slides along the upper rail 15a and the lower rail 16a.

In addition, an insertion slot 24 is formed on a surface of the upper rail groove 22 toward the upper rail 15a. An insertion slot 25 is also formed in the lower rail groove 23. In addition, a mohair insertion slot 27 is formed on a surface facing the surface where the insertion slots 24 and 25 are formed, and a mohair plate 28 for windproof is inserted therein. The mohair plate 28 includes a long plate inserted into the mohair insertion slot 27 and mohairs tightly fixed to the long plate. Mohair plate 28 serves to prevent the inflow of outside air.

In addition, the window 20 is provided with a conductive fiber bundle terminal 70 extending from the inner surface of the upper rail groove 22 toward the through slit 17 formed in the upper rail 15a. The conductive fiber bundle terminal 70 includes an elongate conductive plate 71 fitted into the insertion slot 24 of the upper rail groove 22 and conductive fibers 72 fixed to the conductive plate 71.

The conductive fibers 72 may be made of an elastic metal material. For example, it may be made of a metal wire such as tungsten, rhenium tungsten, or palladium alloy.

In addition, the conductive fibers 72 may be conductive wires having an insulating layer formed on the remaining portions except for both ends of the metal material wires. For example, after the masking agent is applied to both ends of the metal wire, the insulating layer is formed by dip coating, electro-deposition coating, or the like, and then the masking agent is removed to remove both ends of the metal wire. Conductive fibers can be fabricated by exposing.

In addition, a fiber made by incorporating conductive carbon particles into a polymer material into a fiber form may also be used as the conductive fiber 72.

The conductive fibers 72 may be fixed to the conductive plate 71 by welding or plating or adhesion using an electrically conductive adhesive, thereby manufacturing the conductive fiber bundle terminal 70.

As described above, the conductive plate 70 of the conductive fiber bundle terminal 70 is fitted into the insertion slot 24 of the upper rail groove 22. The conductive fibers 72 of the conductive fiber bundle terminal 70 contact the conductive core terminal 60 after passing through the through slit 17. The conductive fiber bundle terminal 70 may be installed in all sections along the longitudinal direction of the upper rail groove 22, and may be installed only in some sections. The conductive fiber bundle terminal 70 is electrically connected to the circuit board 31 of the smart device 30 installed in the window 20. For example, the printed circuit board of the LED display or OLED display device installed in the window 20 may be connected by a method of electrically connecting the conductive plate 71. In the present invention, the conductive fiber bundle terminal 70 is still electrically connected to the conductive core terminal 60 even when the window frame 20 provided with the smart device 30 is slid with respect to the window frame 10 for ventilation. The smart device 30 remains in electrical connection with an external power source or device.

In addition, the conductive fiber bundle terminal 70 also serves to maintain the airtightness between the window 20 and the window frame 10. That is, the space between the bottom surface of the window 20 and the upper surface of the upper frame 11 of the window frame 10 also serves to prevent outside air from flowing through the upper rail groove 22 of the window 20.

Insertion slots 25 are also installed in the lower rail grooves 23, and the conductive fiber bundle terminals 70 connected to the circuit board 32 are installed in the insertion slots 25. The conductive fiber bundle terminal 70 is connected to the conductive core terminal 60 in the same manner as described above.

Unlike the upper rail groove 22, a feed roller 26 moving along the lower rail 16a is rotatably installed inside the lower rail groove 23. A plurality of feed rollers 26 may be installed in the lower rail groove 23 at regular intervals.

3 shows other embodiments of a conductive fiber bundle terminal.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, conductive fibers 172 are disposed at the center of the conductive plate 171, and a general mohair 173 is installed around the conductive fibers 172. The mohair 173 serves to maintain the airtight between the window 20 and the window frame 10 together with the conductive fibers 172. It also serves to protect the conductive fibers 172. The mohair 173 does not need to pass through the through slits 17, 18 of the rails 15a, 16a and make contact with the conductive core terminal 60, so that the length of the mohair 173 is not limited to the conductive fibers 172. It can be short.

In the embodiment shown below in FIG. 3, the conductive fibers 272 are disposed only in a portion of the central portion of the conductive plate 271, and the general mohair 273 is installed in the remaining portions of the central portion and the upper portion and the lower portion of the conductive plate 271.

The smart device 30 is fixed to the fixed frame 21 of the window 20. The smart device 30 may be a display device such as an LCD, an OLED, a graphene display, or a solar panel. The circuit boards 31 and 32 of the smart device 30 are electrically connected to the conductive fiber bundle terminal 70, and the conductive fiber bundle terminal 70 is connected to the conductive core terminal 60 connected to an external power source or device. Since it is connected, the smart device 30 is connected to an external power source or device. When the smart device 30 is a display device, the conductive core terminal 60 may be connected to an external power source. In the case of a solar panel, the conductive core terminal 60 may be connected to an inverter.

The embodiments described above are merely to describe preferred embodiments of the present invention, the scope of the present invention is not limited to the described embodiments, those skilled in the art within the spirit and claims of the present invention It will be understood that various changes, modifications, or substitutions may be made thereto, and such embodiments are to be understood as being within the scope of the present invention.

For example, in the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 2, the smart device 30 is installed only in the inner window 20, but the smart device may be installed in the outer window instead of the glass. In this case, the conductive core terminals may be installed in the upper and lower rails installed outside the window frame, and the conductive fiber bundle terminals may also be installed in the upper and lower rail grooves of the outer window.

In addition, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the conductive core terminal 60 is installed on both the upper rail 15a and the lower rail 16a of the window frame 10, and the upper rail groove 22 and the lower part of the window 20 are provided. Although the conductive fiber bundle terminal 70 is described as being installed in the rail groove 23, the conductive core terminal and the conductive fiber bundle terminal may be installed only at the upper or lower portion thereof.

1: smart window
10: window frame
15a: upper rail
16a: lower rail
17, 18: through slit
20: window
21: fixed frame
22: upper rail groove
23: lower rail groove
24, 25: insertion slot
27: mohair insertion slot
28: mohair edition
26: feed roller
30: Smart device
31, 32: circuit board
60: conductive core terminal
70, 170, 270: conductive fiber bundle terminal
71, 171, 271: conductive plate
72. 172, 272: conductive fiber
173. 273: mohair

Claims (5)

A convexly protruding hollow rail having a window frame having a rail formed with a through slit in a longitudinal direction on a side thereof;
A conductive core terminal installed in the hollow of the rail along the longitudinal direction of the rail and electrically connected to an external power source or device;
A smart device fixing frame is formed on the inside, and a rail groove for accommodating the rail is formed, and a window slid installed in the window frame and sliding along the rail,
A conductive fiber bundle terminal extending from the inner surface of the rail groove toward the through slit formed in the rail so as to contact the conductive core terminal;
Smart windows installed on the fixed frame of the window, including a smart device electrically connected to the conductive fiber bundle terminal. The method of claim 1,
The conductive fiber bundle terminal,
A conductive plate electrically connected to the smart device;
Smart windows and doors electrically connected to the conductive plate and comprising conductive fibers fixed to the conductive plate. The method of claim 2,
Smart window further comprises a mohair fixed to the conductive plate. The method of claim 3,
The window is a smart window surrounded by the mohair. The method of claim 1,
The smart device is a smart window or a display device or a solar panel.

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