TW201901010A - Glass lock for vehicle and glass lock equipment having the glass lock - Google Patents

Abstract

A glass lock for a vehicle and glass lock equipment having the glass lock are provided in the present disclosure. The glass lock equipment includes at least one glass lock and a beam fixed to a vehicle glass piece. The glass lock includes a lock device, a carrier fixed to the beam, and an electronic control assembly. The lock device includes an unlock member pivotally connected to the carrier. The electronic control assembly includes a driver which is fixed to the carrier to drive rotation of a transmission shaft and also includes an electronic control function member having a driven element and a movable element. The driven element is disposed at the transmission shaft and is driven by the same. The movable element enables the unlock member to be unlocked. The driver is moved via the transmission shaft drives the electronic control function member, and the movable element drives the unlock member to be unlock. Accordingly, it is time-saving, labor-saving and convenient to lock or unlock by electronic control.

Description

Glass lock for vehicle and glass lock device with the same

The invention relates to a vehicle lock, in particular to a glass lock for a vehicle and a glass lock device with the glass lock for locking or unlocking the glass that can be opened and closed.

The glass lock is mainly used to control the locking or unlocking of the car glass. As for the car glass, it can be any glass that can be opened and closed on the car body, such as the door glass or the car glass.

Most of the existing car glass only has a traditional mechanical lock. Therefore, when you want to lock or unlock the car glass, you must get off to the glass of the car and then manually (refer to the operation of locking or unlocking with a hand such as a key). The locking or unlocking of the mechanical lock is obviously troublesome and inconvenient, and it has been criticized for a long time.

Therefore, how to install a glass lock capable of electronically controlling (referring to electrically locking or unlocking) on the vehicle glass is a major problem that the inventor of the present invention is trying to solve.

The object of the present invention is to provide a glass lock for a vehicle and a glass lock device having the same, which can be locked or unlocked by electronically controlled operation, thereby saving time and saving trouble and having better convenience. Preferably, it can also be a dual-purpose glass lock capable of both electronically controlled operation and manual operation.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a glass lock for a vehicle for selectively controlling the locking or unlocking of a glass that can be opened and closed, the glass lock comprising: a carrier fixed to the glass of the vehicle; a lock comprising an unlocking member pivoted to the carrier; and an electronic control assembly comprising: a driver fixed to the carrier and driving a drive shaft to rotate; and an electronically controlled member having a driven portion and a drive The driving portion is disposed and actuated by the driving shaft, and the driving portion is driven by the unlocking member; wherein the driving device drives the electronic control member to move through the driving shaft, and the driving portion of the electronic control member drives The unlocking piece is unlocked.

The invention further provides a glass lock device with a glass lock for a vehicle for selectively controlling the locking or unlocking of a detachable and closed vehicle glass and comprising:

a beam fixed to the vehicle glass;

At least one glass lock, the glass lock contains:

a carrier fixed to the beam;

a lock comprising an unlocking member pivoted to the carrier; and

An electronic control unit comprising: a driver fixed to the carrier and driving a drive shaft to rotate; and an electronically controlled member having a driven portion and a driving portion, the driven portion being disposed and actuated by the drive shaft, the driving The department is driven by the unlocking piece;

The driving device drives the electronic control member to move through the driving shaft, and the driving portion of the electronic control member drives the unlocking member to unlock.

Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following effects: it can be locked or unlocked by electronically controlled operation, thereby having a time-saving, trouble-saving effect and better convenience.

The detailed description and technical content of the present invention are set forth below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The invention provides a glass lock for a vehicle and a glass lock device with the glass lock for controlling the locking or unlocking of the vehicle glass. The vehicle glass 900 (see FIG. 12) can be any glass that can be opened and closed on the vehicle body, such as door glass or compartment glass. The glass lock 100 of the invention can be an electronically controlled glass lock (electric control: refers to driving or unlocking by electric driving), and can also be manual (referring to being locked or unlocked by hand operation such as a key), and electronically controlling two In the present embodiment, a two-purpose glass lock is taken as an example for description. Furthermore, the glass lock 100 (see FIG. 1) of the present invention can be mounted on the vehicle glass 900, and the lock bar 800 (see FIG. 12) is mounted on the vehicle body (not shown) to enable the vehicle glass 900 to be closed. The glass lock 100 is locked to the lock bar 800 to be locked; of course, in the embodiment not shown in the drawings, it can also be installed in reverse: the lock bar 800 is mounted on the car glass 900, and the glass lock 100 of the present invention is mounted on the glass lock 100. Car body.

1 to 10 show the glass lock 100 of the present invention, FIG. 11 discloses a state in which the glass lock 100 is locked to the lock lever 100, and FIG. 12 discloses a state in which the glass lock 100 is fixed to the vehicle glass 900. The glass lock 100 comprises: a carrier 1, a lock 2 and an electronic control unit 3, preferably a manual action member 4 and an interference structure 5.

The carrier 1 is used to carry the lock 2 and the electronic control unit 3 and can be fixed to the vehicle glass 900 (see FIG. 12). Specifically, the carrier 1 includes a first frame 11 , a second frame 12 , and a bent portion 13 connected between the first frame 11 and the second frame 12 , so that the first frame 11 and the second frame 12 There is an angle formed between them. The first frame 11 defines a groove 111 corresponding to the movement range of the lock bar 800 to facilitate the entry or exit of the lock bar 800, and the first frame 11 is used to set the lock 2, and the second frame 12 is used for setting. The electronic control unit 3 is used for fixing, for example, fixing the second frame 12 to the vehicle glass 900 (see FIG. 12); or first fixing the second frame 12 to the beam 6 (refer to FIG. 13), and then the beam 6 It is fixed to the vehicle glass 900. In the present embodiment, the second frame 12 is directly fixed to the vehicle glass 900 as an example.

The lock 2 includes an unlocking member 21 and, in particular, a locking tongue 22 and a resilient member 24 that spans between the unlocking member 21 and the locking tongue 22. The unlocking member 21 is pivotally connected to one of the first frames 11 , and the locking tongue 22 is pivotally connected to the other end of the first frame 11 , so that the unlocking member 21 and the locking tongue 22 are movably abutted against each other. Specifically, one of the first shelves 11 and the other is bounded by a groove 111 (see FIG. 4). It should be noted that the unlocking member 21 and the locking tongue 22 are basically prior art and will not be further described herein; the difference between the unlocking member 21 and the locking tongue 22 is that a swinging end portion 211, 221 is respectively provided. .

The electronic control unit 3 includes a driver 31 and an electronically controlled member 32. The driver 31 is fixed to the first frame 11 of the carrier 1 and drives a transmission shaft 311 to rotate. The electronically controlled member 32 has a receiving portion 321 and a driving portion 322. The driven portion 322 is disposed and received by the transmission shaft 311. Then, it is driven by the unlocking member 21. Specifically, the transmission shaft 311 has a pivoting portion 3111 and a transmission portion 3112. The pivoting portion 3111 and the transmission portion 3112 are preferably exemplified by a round rod and a non-round rod which are coaxially arranged with each other; The portion 3111 is a round rod, and the transmission portion 3112 is a non-round rod such as a rectangular rod. The driven portion 321 of the electronically controlled member 32 is a non-circular hole corresponding to the non-round rod sleeve, so that the transmission portion 3112 can be driven. The portion 321 drives the electronically controlled member 32 to rotate.

The manual action member 4 is pivotally connected to the drive shaft 311 to facilitate manual rotation. Specifically, the manual action member 4 has a pivot end portion 41 and a manual end portion 42. The pivot end portion 41 is provided with a corresponding round rod shape. A circular hole pivotally connected to the pivoting portion 3111 prevents the driving shaft 311 from rotating the manual acting member 4, and in other words, the manual acting member 4 can be pivoted by the pivoting portion 3111 of the pivoting end portion 41 thereof. Free to rotate.

The interference structure 5 is disposed between the manual action member 4 and the electronically controlled member 32, so that the manual action member 4 and the electronically controlled member 32 can interfere with each other. Specifically, the interference structure 5 includes an interference member 51 and two interference portions 52, 53. The interference member 51 is disposed at the outermost edge of the pivot end portion 41 of the manual action member 4, so that both the manual end portion 42 and the interference member 51 are provided. The pivoting portion 3111 can be rotated as an axis, and the two interference portions 52, 53 are disposed on the electronically controlled member 32 and respectively located in the forward rotation direction and the reverse rotation direction of the interference member 51 to be forward when the interference member 51 is rotated forward. It can be driven by interference of one of the interference portions 52, and can be driven by the interference of the other interference portion 53 when the interference member 51 is reversed.

Therefore, in the electronically controlled operation, the transmission portion 3112 of the transmission shaft 311 can drive the electronically controlled member 32 to rotate, but the pivoting portion 3111 of the transmission shaft 311 does not drive the manual action member 4 to rotate; during manual operation, The manual end portion 42 of the manual action member 4 is rotated in one direction by a transmission member (not shown) to rotate the interference member 51 in the other direction to interfere with any interference portion 52, 53 (see FIG. 9), thereby driving The electronically controlled members 32 rotate together.

As shown in FIG. 5-7, when the electronically controlled operation driver 31 is activated, the driver 31 drives the electronically controlled member 32 to rotate via the transmission shaft 311, so that the driving portion 322 of the electronically controlled member 32 drives the swinging end portion 211 of the unlocking member 21. And unlocking, thereby achieving the electronic control of the lock 2 to unlock (or lock). In the electronically controlled operation, since the pivoting end portion 41 is pivotally connected to the pivoting portion 3111, the driving shaft 311 and the manual action member 4 are not driven to each other; and, regardless of whether the electronically controlled member 32 is rotating forward or In the reverse direction, neither of the interference portions 52, 53 interferes with the interference member 51.

As shown in FIG. 8-10, when the manual end portion 42 of the manual action member 4 is manually operated, the interference member 51 will rotate forward and interfere with one of the interference portions 52 to drive the electronic control member 32 to rotate together, and rotate. The rear electronically controlled member 32 will be unlocked with its driving portion 322 driving the swinging end portion 211 of the unlocking member 21, thereby achieving manual control of the unlocking (or locking) of the locking device 2. The glass lock 100 of the present invention can also cause the unlocking member 21 to push the driving portion 322 with its swinging end portion 211 by the elastic restoring force of the elastic member 24, thereby causing the electronically controlled active member 32 to be driven by the interference portion 52 thereof. The acting member 4 is reversely reset.

The lock 2 preferably further includes a switch member 23, and the swinging end portion 221 of the lock tongue 22 has a rotational path (not shown). The switch member 23 is also disposed on the first frame 11 of the carrier 1 and on the rotation path of the swing end portion 221 to activate the switch member at a predetermined swing angle when the lock tongue 22 rotates its swing end portion 221 together. 23 transmits a signal to the driver 31, thereby controlling the driver 31 to perform a predetermined action, such as controlling the reverse rotation or forward rotation of the drive shaft 311.

As shown in FIG. 11 and FIG. 12, a glass lock 100 may be respectively disposed at two opposite sides of the inner surface of the vehicle glass 900 (of course, only one glass lock 100 may be disposed on one side thereof), and corresponding to the two on the vehicle body respectively. The lock lever 800 is disposed and simultaneously controls the operation of the driver 31 of each glass lock 100 in a one-to-two manner.

As shown in FIG. 13, the glass lock device with a glass lock for a vehicle includes a beam 600 and at least one of the glass locks 100. In the present embodiment, two glass locks 100 are taken as an example for description.

The beam 600 is fixed to one side (for example, the inner surface) of the vehicle glass 900 by its abutting surface (not shown by the component symbol), and specifically, an electric control 61 and a manual member 62 are further provided. The electric control 61 can control the operation of the plurality of drivers 31 at the same time; the manual member 62 can be a mechanism that can be driven by the key to interlock the manual action member 4.

The carrier 1 of the second glass lock 100 is fixed to the inner surface of the two ends of the beam 600 with respect to the inner surface of the beam 600 (with respect to the abutting surface, and the component symbol is not marked), and is disposed corresponding to the two lock bars 800 on the vehicle body; In the embodiment not shown, the lock bar 800 may be fixed to the beam 600 in reverse, and the glass lock 100 may be fixed to the vehicle body. Thereby, the locking or unlocking of the two glass locks 100 can be simultaneously controlled by using the electric control 61 or the manual member 62; of course, in the embodiment not shown in the drawings, it can also be provided in the vehicle, for example, near the driver's seat. Another electrical control is provided to enable the driver to simultaneously control the operation of the driver 31 of each glass lock 100 by manipulating the other electrical control.

In summary, the present invention has the following effects as compared with the prior art: by operating the lock or unlock in an electronically controlled manner, it is possible to easily push a button near the vehicle glass 900 outside the vehicle or near the driver's seat in the vehicle. Locked or unlocked with one button, it saves time, saves the effect and has better convenience. By having the electronically controlled electronic control unit 3 and the manually operated manual action member 4, it is possible to form a dual-purpose glass lock that can be electrically and manually operated, in particular, the manually operated manual action member 4 can be The electronically controlled member 32 drives the unlocking member 21 to unlock, but the electronically controlled member 32 does not need to drive the manual acting member 4 to act together, thereby having the effect of simplifying the structure and reducing the overall weight.

In addition, the present invention has other effects: by providing a beam 600 between the glass lock 100 and the vehicle glass 900, the glass lock 100 can be stably fixed to the vehicle glass 900, and the strength of the vehicle glass 900 can be improved.

Moreover, since the design of each car is different, if there is no beam 600, the carrier 1 must be designed separately for each car; but if there is a beam 600, the carrier 1 can be fixed on the beam 600, and then The beam 600 is fixed to the vehicle glass 900, so that the carrier 1 does not need to be correspondingly designed for each vehicle.

The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention, and the equivalent structural changes of the present invention and the contents of the drawings are all included in the present invention. Within the scope of the rights, it is given to Chen Ming.

100‧‧‧ glass lock

1‧‧‧ Carrier

11‧‧‧ first

111‧‧‧ trench

12‧‧‧ second

13‧‧‧Bend

2‧‧‧Locks

21‧‧‧Unlocking parts

211‧‧‧Swing end

22‧‧‧Lock tongue

221‧‧‧Swing end

23‧‧‧Switches

24‧‧‧Flexible components

3‧‧‧Electronic control components

31‧‧‧ Drive

311‧‧‧ drive shaft

3111‧‧‧ pivotal

3112‧‧‧Transmission Department

32‧‧‧Electric control components

321‧‧‧Received Department

322‧‧‧Drive Department

4‧‧‧Manual action parts

41‧‧‧ pivot end

42‧‧‧Manual end

5‧‧‧Interference structure

51‧‧‧Interference pieces

52, 53‧‧ Interference Department

600‧‧‧ beams

61‧‧‧Electric controls

62‧‧‧Manual parts

800‧‧‧Lock lever

900‧‧‧Car glass

Figure 1 is a perspective assembled view of a glass lock of the present invention.

Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view of the glass lock of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a top view of the glass lock of the present invention when the electronic control component is omitted.

Figure 4 is a side elevational view of the invention in accordance with Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the glass lock of the present invention after an electronically controlled operation.

FIG. 6 is a top view of the present invention in accordance with FIG. 5 when the electronic control unit is omitted.

Figure 7 is a side elevational view of the invention in accordance with Figure 6.

Figure 8 is a perspective view of the glass lock of the present invention after manual operation.

FIG. 9 is a top view of the present invention in accordance with FIG. 8 when the electronic control unit is omitted.

Figure 10 is a side elevational view of the invention in accordance with Figure 9.

Figure 11 is a perspective view of the glass lock of the present invention when it is locked to the corresponding lock bar.

Figure 12 is a perspective view of the glass lock of the present invention fixed to the vehicle glass and correspondingly locked to the lock bar.

Figure 13 is a perspective view of the glass lock device of the present invention fixed to the vehicle glass and correspondingly locked to the lock bar.

Claims (10)

A vehicular glass lock for selectively controlling the locking or unlocking of a slidable and closable vehicle glass and comprising: a carrier fixed to the vehicle glass; a lock comprising a pivotal connection to the carrier And an electronic control component comprising: a driver fixed to the carrier and driving a drive shaft to rotate; and an electronically controlled component having a driven portion and a driving portion, the driven portion being disposed and actuated by the transmission The driving portion is driven by the unlocking member; wherein the driving device drives the electronic control member to move through the driving shaft, and the driving portion of the electronic control member drives the unlocking member to unlock. The vehicular glass lock of claim 1, further comprising a manual action member pivotally connected to the drive shaft, the manual action member and the electronic control member interfering with each other by an interference structure The manual action member can be manually rotated and the action of the electronic control member is driven via the interference structure, and the driving portion of the electronic control member drives the unlocking member to unlock. The vehicle glass lock of claim 2, wherein the interference structure comprises an interference member and two interference portions respectively formed on the manual action member and the electronic control member, and the two interference portions are respectively located in the interference member The forward direction and the reverse direction are interfered. The vehicular glass lock of claim 2, wherein the drive shaft has a pivoting portion and a transmission portion, the manual action member is pivotally connected to the pivoting portion, and the electronic control member is disposed and actuated by the Transmission section. The vehicular glass lock of claim 1, wherein the lock further comprises a lock tongue pivotally connected to the carrier. The vehicular glass lock of claim 5, wherein the lock further comprises a switch member, the lock tongue having a rotation path, the switch member being disposed on the carrier corresponding to the rotation path. The vehicular glass lock of claim 1, wherein the carrier comprises a first frame, a second frame, and a bent portion connected between the first frame and the second frame, the lock is disposed on the In the first frame, the electronic control component is disposed on the second frame. A glass lock device having a vehicular glass lock according to any one of claims 1 to 7 for selectively controlling the locking or unlocking of a slidable and closable vehicle glass and comprising: a beam, fixed And the at least one glass lock, the glass lock comprises: a carrier fixed to the beam; a lock comprising an unlocking member pivoted to the carrier; and an electronic control component comprising: a driver Fixed to the carrier and driving a transmission shaft to rotate; and an electronically controlled member having a driven portion and a driving portion, the driven portion being disposed and actuated by the transmission shaft, wherein the driving portion is driven by the unlocking member; The driver drives the electronically controlled action member via the drive shaft, and the driving portion of the electronic control member drives the unlocking member to unlock. The glass lock device of claim 8, wherein the glass locks are disposed in two and are respectively fixed to both ends of the beam. The glass lock apparatus of claim 8, wherein the beam has opposite sides and the other side, the carrier is fixed to the one side of the beam, and the other side of the beam is fixed to the vehicle glass.