KR20110037375A

KR20110037375A - Fixing structure of door actuating cable for air conditioning

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Publication number: KR20110037375A
Application number: KR1020090094793A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 정재휘
Original assignee: 한라공조주식회사
Priority date: 2009-10-06
Filing date: 2009-10-06
Publication date: 2011-04-13
Also published as: KR101530333B1

Abstract

PURPOSE: A cable fixing structure for powering the door of an air conditioner is provided to accurately control a drive cam by controlling the position of a cable even after the cable is fixed. CONSTITUTION: A cable fixing structure for powering the door of an air conditioner comprises a housing(110), a gear(120), a handle(130), and a gear hanging part(140). The housing is fixed to one side of an air conditioner. The gear is accepted in the housing. The handle is connected to the gear and is arranged outside the housing. The gear hanging part covers a cable(W) and is hung on the gear.

Description

Fixing structure of door actuating cable for air conditioning

The present invention is to fix the cable for driving the door or the drive cam of the air conditioning apparatus, while forming a gear engaging portion on the outside of the cable while mounting the gear on one side of the air conditioning apparatus, so that the gear locking portion is caught on the gear The present invention relates to a cable fixing structure for door driving of an air conditioning apparatus, so as to accurately fix the cable in an intended position.

In general, the air conditioner of a vehicle refers to a device that cools and heats a vehicle interior by introducing air from the outside to ventilate the air inside the vehicle or by heating or cooling the air to blow into the interior of the vehicle.

By controlling the amount of air introduced into the interior of the vehicle by such an air conditioning device or by controlling the amount of air-conditioned air conditioning to control the temperature of the vehicle interior.

This will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

1 is a perspective view showing the air conditioner 10 and the operation unit 30 that the user can operate the air conditioner 10, Figure 2 is a conventional cable bracket 20 for fixing the cable (W) ) Is a perspective view.

As shown, the air conditioner 10 is provided with a door D therein.

By opening and closing the door (D) it is possible to adjust the air blowing amount or its direction.

Such an air conditioning apparatus 10 is described in detail in well-known techniques, for example, Korean Patent Publication Nos. 2008-10129, 2003-90613, 2003-89622, and thus redundant descriptions thereof will be omitted.

On the other hand, the door (D) is opened and closed by a cable (W), in which the drive cam (C) is generally disposed between the door (D) and the cable (W).

In other words, when the user operates the knob 31 of the operation unit 30, the cable W is moved back and forth, thereby operating the drive cam C and the door D.

On the other hand, the cable (W) is fixed by the cable bracket 20 as shown in FIG.

The cable bracket 20 is in such a way that the cable (W) is sandwiched in the cable bracket 20 so as not to be separated after the cable (W) is fitted.

In general, the cable W generally comprises a wire W2 connected between the actuating cam C and the operation unit 30 and a tube W1 covering the wire W2.

At this time, the tube (W1) is fitted to the cable bracket 20 is fixed.

By the way, in the case of the conventional cable bracket 20, after fixing the cable (W) to the cable bracket 20, its position cannot be changed, so in order to adjust the position, the cable (W) must be removed and then fixed again. The problem was difficult to work.

In addition, when the cable W is used continuously, deformation of the wire W2 or the tube W1 occurs. In this case, the operation of the operation cam C connected to the cable W can be accurately controlled. There was a problem that can not properly operate the door (D) of the air conditioning apparatus 10 accordingly.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, including a gear catching portion surrounding the cable and a gear that catches the gear catching portion to fix the cable, as well as to rotate the gear so that the cable is movable without having to remove it. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a door fixing cable fixing structure capable of precisely controlling the door even when the cable is deformed while improving the working efficiency by adjusting the position.

The present invention for achieving the above object is a device for fixing a cable for driving the door of the air conditioning apparatus, a housing fixed to one side of the air conditioning apparatus, a gear accommodated in the housing, connected to the gear and the outside of the housing It characterized in that the cable fixing structure for the door drive of the air conditioning apparatus including a handle disposed on the wrapper and the gear catching portion while wrapping the cable.

At this time, the housing is fixed to one side of the air conditioner having a hollow hexahedral shape, one side of which is open, the housing body having a through hole through which the cable passes, and the plate shape as being attached to the open side of the housing body. It may include a locking cap having a base and a protrusion protruding from the base to be engaged with the gear locking portion of the cable.

In addition, the housing body and the base is formed on the surface in contact with, the base is formed on the base side has a wedge shape and may further include a fixing groove formed on the housing body side fixed to the fixing clip. have.

According to the present invention as described above, even after the cable is fixed once, the position of the cable can be adjusted by the rotation of the gear, and even if a deformation occurs in the length of the cable, the position of the cable can be adjusted to precisely control the drive cam. It has an effect.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments will be described in detail with respect to the present invention.

3 is a perspective view showing a cable fixing structure of the present invention, Figure 4 is an exploded perspective view showing the fixing structure separated.

As shown, the cable fixing structure 100 of the present invention includes a housing 110 fixed to one side of an air conditioning apparatus (not shown, see FIG. 1), a gear 120 accommodated in the housing 110, and A handle 130 connected to the gear 120 and disposed outside the housing 110, and a gear catching part 140 that surrounds the cable W and is caught by the gear 120.

At this time, the gear engaging portion 140 and the gear 120 of the cable (W) is coupled to each other to fix the cable (W).

On the other hand, when the handle 130 is rotated, the gear 120 is interlocked and rotated, whereby the cable (W) is moved by the gear locking portion 140 that is caught on the gear 120 is the cable ( The position of W) can be adjusted.

Conventionally, the cable W is fixed by the cable bracket 20 (refer FIG. 2) as mentioned above.

In this case, however, in order to adjust the position of the cable (W), it has to be removed and installed again.

In addition, when a deformation occurs in the length of the cable W, a change occurs in the stroke for driving the door or the drive cam, so that the door or the drive cam cannot be properly controlled, and in order to adjust the cable W as described above. ), There was a problem that needs to be reinstalled after removal.

The present invention is to solve this problem, and after forming the gear catching portion 140 in the cable (W), the gear catching portion 140 is fixed to be caught by the gear 120 while the gear 120 By rotating the cable (W) it is possible to adjust the position as necessary.

Meanwhile, the housing 110 accommodating the gear 120 may include a housing body 111 and a locking cap 150 as shown in FIG. 4.

The housing body 111 may be fixed to one side of the air conditioning apparatus, and may have a hollow hexahedral shape of which one side is open, but may include a through hole 111a through which the cable W passes.

The locking cap 150 is attached to the open side of the housing main body 111 and protrudes from the base 151 and the base 151 of the plate shape to the gear locking portion 140 of the cable (W). It may include a protrusion 152 to be locked.

As described above, the cable W is fixed by the gear 120. At this time, when the gear 120 is rotated without being fixed, the cable W may move.

In order to prevent this, the protrusion 152 is required.

The protrusion 152 is formed on the base 151 and is caught by the gear catching part 140, thereby firmly fixing the cable W.

In order to adjust the position of the cable W, after removing the locking cap 150, the gear 120 may be rotated to adjust the cable W, and then the mounting cap 150 may be mounted again.

To this end, it is also preferable to include a predetermined coupling device on the surface in which the housing body 111 and the base 151 is in contact.

That is, the fixing clip 153 is formed on the side of the base 151 and has a wedge shape, and the fixing groove 111b is formed on the housing main body 111 to fix the fixing clip 153. can do.

As the fixing clip 153 and the fixing groove 111b are mutually coupled and separated, the locking cap 150 and the housing main body 111 can be easily separated and combined.

Meanwhile, in the present embodiment, the base 151 and the housing main body 111 are inclined to form a surface in contact with each other, and then the fixing clip 153 and the fixing groove 111b are formed on the inclined surface, respectively.

In addition, in this embodiment, in the case of the fixing clip 153, the elastic piece 153a coupled to the fixing groove 111b is formed in a wedge shape.

However, this is intended to allow the locking cap 150 and the housing main body 111 to be coupled to each other, so that the locking cap 150 and the housing main body 111 may have different shapes so as to achieve the above object. Of course, even if combined with each other belong to the scope of the present invention.

On the other hand, the gear locking portion 140 is formed spaced apart a predetermined interval so that the teeth of the gear 120 can be inserted.

In this embodiment, the shape is wound in a spiral direction on the connector W, but spaced apart from each other.

However, the gear catching part 140 is intended to allow the teeth of the gear 120 to be inserted as described above, so that the gear catching part 140 has a different shape as long as the object is achieved. In any case, it belongs to the scope of the present invention.

Meanwhile, the connector W may include a wire W2 and a tube W1 surrounding the wire W2, and the gear catching part 140 may be formed to surround the tube W1.

On the other hand, the connector (W) has been described in the case where one side is connected to the knob 31 of the operation unit 30 shown in Figure 2 and the other side is connected to the drive cam (C), the present invention is not limited to this connector Naturally, the case where (W) is directly connected to the door D (see FIG. 1) belongs to the scope of the present invention.

1 is a perspective view showing an air conditioning apparatus and an operation unit capable of operating a user of the air conditioning apparatus;

2 is a perspective view showing a conventional cable bracket for fixing a cable;

3 is a perspective view showing a cable fixing structure of the present invention;

4 is an exploded perspective view showing the fixing structure separately.

10: air conditioner C: drive cam

D: door 100: cable fixing structure

110: housing 120: gear

130: handle 140: gear jam

Claims

As fixing the cable (W) for driving the door (D) of the air conditioning apparatus 10,

A housing 110 fixed to one side of the air conditioning apparatus 10,

Gear 120 accommodated in the housing 110,

A handle 130 connected to the gear 120 and disposed outside the housing 110;

A cable fixing structure for door driving of an air conditioning apparatus, comprising a gear catching part 140 which wraps around the cable W and is caught by the gear 120.

The method of claim 1,

The housing 110 is fixed to one side of the air conditioning apparatus 10 and has a hollow hexahedral shape, one side of which is open, but having a through-hole 111a through which the cable W passes. ,

Attached to the open side of the housing main body 111 is a base 151 of the plate-shaped and protruding portion 152 protruding from the base 151 to be caught by the gear engaging portion 140 of the cable (W) Cable fixing structure for the door drive of the air conditioning apparatus comprising a locking cap 150 including

The method of claim 1,

The gear locking portion 140 is formed spaced apart a predetermined interval so that the teeth of the gear 120 can be inserted,

The cable (W) includes a wire (W2) and the tube (W1) surrounding the wire (W2), the gear catching portion 140 is an air conditioning apparatus characterized in that it is formed to surround the tube (W1) Cable fixing structure for door drive.