TW202125465A - Braking device and warning sign using same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a brake device and a warning sign using same. The brake device includes a main body, an abutment member, a holding member, a pushing member, and a mounting member. The mounting member is used for mounting the main body on an application device. The holding member is used to provide an elastic force to fix the main body to the application device. The abutment member and the pushing member are both disposed on the main body. The abutment is used to resist against the ground to hinder the application device from moving, and the pushing member is used to overcome the elastic force of the holding member when pushed by an external force in a predetermined direction and push the abutment member to cause the abutment member to resist against the ground.

Description

Braking device and warning triangle using said braking device

The invention relates to a brake device and a warning triangle using the brake device.

When a motor vehicle stops running due to a fault on the road, a warning triangle must be set at a certain distance from the direction of the vehicle in the lane occupied by the motor vehicle to warn vehicles behind and prevent traffic accidents such as rear-end collisions. Of course, when the warning triangle is placed on a driving road, due to the influence of atmospheric airflow or wind pressure generated by a vehicle from behind, the warning triangle may shift, for example, move toward the direction of the faulty vehicle.

Therefore, it is necessary to provide a brake device and a warning triangle using the brake device.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a brake device and a warning triangle using the brake device, aiming to prevent the warning triangle from moving.

A brake device includes a main body, a resisting member, a retaining member, a pushing member, and a mounting member, wherein the mounting member is used to mount the main body on an application device that applies the braking device, and the retaining member is used for To provide elastic force to fix the main body on the application device, the resisting member and the pushing member are both arranged on the main body, and the resisting member is used to resist the ground to hinder the movement of the application device, The pushing member is used for overcoming the elastic force of the retaining member and pushing the resisting member to make the resisting member abut against the ground when subjected to an external force in a predetermined direction.

As an example, the holder is a torsion spring, one end of the torsion spring is used to be associated with the application device, and the other end is used to be associated with the main body, so as to fix the main body on the application device.

As an example, the main body is provided with an orientation post, and the other end of the torsion spring is used to resist the orientation post and fix the orientation post on the application device to fix the main body On the application device.

As an example, the main body is used to be sleeved on the passive walking device of the application device.

As an example, the mounting member is used to mount the main body on the shaft about which the passive walking device rotates.

A warning triangle, wherein the warning triangle includes the above-mentioned brake device.

As an example, the warning triangle includes a supporting foot and a passive walking device arranged on the supporting foot, the supporting leg is provided with a shaft, the passive walking device includes a roller, and the roller is arranged on the On the shaft and rotate around the shaft during walking.

As an example, the brake device is mounted on the shaft through the mounting member, the main body is covered on the roller, and the resisting member and the pushing member are disposed at a certain distance from the pushing member. On the main body, it is located on the radially outer side of the roller.

As an example, the pushing member is a fin extending toward the outside of the main body, and/or the resisting member is provided with a resisting surface, and the resisting surface is a concave-convex surface.

As an example, the main body is provided with an orientation post protruding toward the support leg, and the holder is used to fix the orientation post to the support leg to fix the main body to the support. Or, the retaining member is a torsion spring, one end of the torsion spring abuts one side of the foot, the other end of the torsion spring abuts the orientation post, the orientation post is fixed to the Between the torsion spring and the other opposite side of the leg.

The above-mentioned brake device and the triangular warning sign applying the brake device use the elastic force of the holder to keep the brake device in a fixed position, and when being pushed by an external force, such as airflow from a vehicle coming from behind, the brake device rotates and resists On the ground, the obstructive triangle warning sign is driven back by external force, which acts as a brake.

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative work shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that when a component is called "installed in" another component, it can be directly on the other component or a central component may also exist. When a component is considered to be "set on" another component, it can be directly set on another component or a centered component may exist at the same time.

Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by those skilled in the technical field of the present invention. The terms used in the specification of the present invention herein are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present invention. The terms "or/and" and "at least one" as used herein include any and all combinations of one or more related listed items.

The embodiments of the present invention are described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which the same or similar elements are designated by the same reference numerals.

As shown in Figures 1 and 2, the warning triangle 1 includes a warning sign 11, a base 12 and a plurality of walking devices 13. The warning sign 11 is arranged on the base 12, and the walking device 13 is arranged on the base. Below 12, the base 12 can be driven forward.

In this embodiment, a warning light 111 is provided on the warning sign 11, the warning sign 11 has a warning surface 112, and the light emitted by the warning light 111 passes through the warning surface 112 to warn the following vehicle. In other implementations, a reflective material (not shown) is provided on the warning surface 112, and the reflection of the reflective material is used to warn the following vehicle; or the warning sign 11 is provided with a warning light 111 and reflective material at the same time. In the following description, the front and rear direction of the warning triangle 1 is defined by the orientation of the warning surface 112. Specifically, on the front side of the warning surface 112, the position close to the warning surface 112 is "rear" and away from The position of the warning surface 112 is “front”; on the rear side of the warning surface 112, the position close to the warning surface 112 is “front” and the position far away from the warning surface 112 is “rear”.

In this embodiment, the warning sign 11 is erected on the base 12, and the two are in a fixed installation posture. In other embodiments, the warning sign 11 may be installed on the base 12 in a foldable or detachable manner. When in use, the warning sign 11 is erected on the base 12, and when not in use, The warning sign 11 can be folded on the base 12, for example, the warning sign 11 can rotate around a rotating shaft, and transform from an erected state to a flat state. For example, relying on some movable structures, when not in use, the The warning sign 11 can be folded in a triangular shape, and when in use, it can be expanded into a triangular shape.

The base 12 is provided with a plurality of supporting legs 121, and the walking device 13 is provided on the supporting legs 121. In this embodiment, the base 12 is provided with three legs 121, and the three legs 121 constitute the tripod support base 12, of which two legs 121 are located in front of the warning surface 112, and the other leg 121 is located Behind the warning surface 112, a walking device 13 is provided on each of the feet 121. In other embodiments, the number of the supporting feet 121 may be more than three, and the number of the walking device 13 may also be more than three. In other embodiments, each foot 121 may be provided with more than one walking device 13.

In this embodiment, the walking device 13 includes an active walking device 131 and a passive walking device 133, the active walking device 131 is located in front of the warning surface 112, and the passive walking device 133 is located behind the warning surface 112. Wherein, the active walking device 131 includes a roller 1311 and a driving device 1313 (as shown in FIG. 3), and the driving device 1313 drives the roller 1311 to roll, thereby driving the warning triangle 1 to move forward. The passive walking device 133 includes a roller 1331 that follows the rolling when the roller 1311 drives the warning triangle 1 to move.

Please refer to Figure 3, in this embodiment, the warning triangle 1 is a remote-controlled device, and the warning triangle 1 further includes a communication device 14, a control device 15, a power supply device 16, and a switch device 17. The communication device 14 communicates with a remote control device 2, receives commands from the remote control device 2 and transmits the commands to the control device 15. The control device 15 controls the switch device 17 according to the command to start or stop the drive device 1313. In another embodiment, the control device 15 can also control the switching device 17 according to the command to change the magnitude of the current supplied by the power supply device 16 to the driving device 1313, thereby changing the speed at which the driving device 1313 drives the roller 1311 to roll, thereby changing The speed of the triangle warning sign 1. In still another embodiment, the control device may also calculate the distance traveled by the warning triangle 1 according to the speed of the roller 1311, and feed back the distance to the remote control device 2 through the communication device 14, thereby facilitating the The remote control device 2 determines where the warning triangle 1 stops. For example, the warning triangle 1 may further include a sensing device 18, and the sensing device 18 may be arranged on a foot 121, facing the roller 1311 on the foot 121 to sense the roller 1311 Alternatively, the sensing device can also be arranged somewhere on the roller 1311 to sense the rotation speed of the roller 1311. The sensing device 18 transmits the sensed rotation speed of the roller 1311 to the control device 15, and the control device 15 calculates the moving distance of the warning triangle 1 based on the rotation speed of the roller 1311 and feeds it back to The remote control device 2.

Please refer to FIG. 4 to FIG. 7. In this embodiment, the warning triangle 1 further includes a brake device 19. The braking device 19 is arranged on the passive walking device 133. The brake device 19 includes a main body 191, a resisting member 192, a retaining member 193 and a mounting member 194.

In this embodiment, a shaft 1211 extends from the end of the leg 121, and the roller 1331 is installed on the shaft 1211 and can rotate around the shaft 1211. The main body 191 of the brake device 19 is also mounted on the shaft 1211 by the mounting member 194. On the one hand, the main body 191 extends outward along the radial direction of the roller 1331, bends across the rim 1331a of the roller 1331 and covers the outer side of the rim 1331a; on the other hand, the main body 191 extends along the rim 1331a. The rim 1331a extends a certain distance in the circumferential direction to form an arc surface 1911 covering the rim 1331a. The resisting member 192 is provided on the curved surface 1911. Specifically, in this embodiment, the resisting member 192 is fixed on the arc-shaped surface 1911 on the side away from the rim 1331a, and the resisting member 192 is formed by integral molding, pasting or locking. It is fixed on the arc-shaped surface 1911 and located at the rear end of the arc-shaped surface 1911. The resisting member 192 has a resisting surface 1921, and the resisting surface 1921 resists the ground to prevent the warning triangle 1 from retreating. The resisting surface 1921 may be a flat surface, or, in order to enhance the effect of resisting and preventing the warning triangle 1 from retreating, the resisting surface 1921 may also be a concave-convex surface, or in other words, the resisting surface 1921 Microstructure and/or coarse structure can be provided.

Further, in this embodiment, the brake device 19 further includes a pushing member 195 which is disposed on the arc-shaped surface 1911 and located in front of the resisting member 192. The pushing member 195 is used for driving the main body 191 to rotate around the shaft 1211 under the airflow in a predetermined direction, so that the resisting member 192 is resisted to the ground, so as to prevent the warning triangle 1 from retreating the goal of. The pushing member 195 and the resisting member 192 are spaced apart from each other. In one embodiment, with the shaft 1211 as the center of the circle, the pushing member 195 and the resisting member 192 are separated by an angle of 90°. Distance, in another embodiment, with the shaft 1211 as the center of the circle, the angle between the pushing member 195 and the resisting member 192 is greater than 45° but less than 135°. In this embodiment, the pushing member 195 is a fin that is fixed on the curved surface 1911 by means of integral molding, pasting or locking.

The holding member 193 is used for holding the main body 191 so that the resisting member 192 leaves the ground when no airflow acts on the pushing member 195 in a predetermined direction or when the airflow acting on the pushing member 195 is small s position. Specifically, in this embodiment, one end of the holder 193 is associated with the leg 121, and the other end is associated with the main body 191, so that the main body 191 is held in a fixed position relative to the leg 121. The association may be connection or resistance. In this embodiment, the holder 193 is a torsion spring 1931, the torsion spring 1931 is sleeved on the shaft 1211, and the rear end 1931a of the torsion spring 1931 The front end 1931b is against the supporting leg 121 and the front end 1931b is against the directional post 1913 protruding from the main body 191 toward the supporting leg 121. In addition, the other side of the directional post 1913 abuts against the leg 121, so the directional post 1913 is clamped and fixed between the torsion spring 1931 and the leg 121, so that the The main body 191 is fixed relative to the supporting leg 121 to prevent the main body 191 from being rotated at will or following the rotation of the roller 1331.

In other embodiments, the front end 1931b and the rear end 1931a of the torsion spring 1931 can be connected to the main body 191 and the leg 121, for example, can be connected to the main body 191 and the leg 121 by hooking the main body 191 and the leg 121, respectively. The main body 191 and the legs 121 are attached. In other embodiments, the torsion spring 1931 may be replaced by other elastic members. Due to the arrangement of the retaining member 193, the elastic force provided by the retaining member 193 keeps the main body 191 at a fixed position relative to the leg 121, and external forces in a predetermined direction, such as airflow from a vehicle behind, are applied to the When the force on the pushing member 195 is greater than the elastic force, the external force can overcome the elastic force to cause the main body 191 to rotate backward, so that the resisting member 192 provided at the rear end of the main body 191 resists against the ground and hinders The warning triangle is back.

The end of the shaft 1211 is provided with a screw hole 1211a. In this embodiment, the mounting member 194 includes a collar 1941 and a screw 1942. The main body 191 is provided with a mounting structure 1915. In this embodiment, the The mounting structure 1915 is a mounting hole 1915 a opened on the main body 191. The diameter of the mounting hole 1915a matches the outer radial direction of the collar 1941, and the collar 1941 is disposed in the mounting hole 1915a of the main body 191 corresponding to the end of the shaft 1211, and the collar 1941 faces The roller 1331 protrudes to form a protrusion 1941a, and the protrusion 1941a abuts on the roller 1331 to prevent the roller 1331 from rubbing against the main body 191 and driving the main body 191 to rotate when the roller 1331 is walking. The screw 1942 includes a nut 1942a and a screw 1942b, the screw 1942b is adapted to the screw hole 1211a, the outer diameter of the nut 1942a is larger than the diameter of the mounting hole 1915a, and the screw 1942b is similar to the screw hole 1211a. Screwed, the nut 1942a abuts against the main body 191, thereby fixing the main body 191 to the shaft 1211.

In the above embodiment, the brake device 19 is provided on the passive walking device 133 of the warning triangle 1. However, in other embodiments, the brake device 19 may also be provided on the active walking device 131, which is To prevent the active walking device 131 from driving the braking device 19 to rotate during walking, the braking device 19 can be installed on the foot 121 instead of installing the braking device 19 on the rotation axis of the active walking device 131 (Not shown) on.

To sum up, in the above-mentioned embodiment of the present invention, the brake device is arranged on the warning triangle, and the elastic force of the holder is used to keep the brake device in a fixed position. When the brake device rotates and resists the ground, it prevents the warning triangle from being driven back by external force, thus playing a braking role.

Although the above description only takes the braking device applied to the warning triangle as an example, it is not difficult to understand that the braking device provided in the above embodiment can also be applied to other application devices to hinder the movement of the application device.

Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention and not to limit them. Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art should understand that the technical solutions of the present invention can be Modifications or equivalent replacements are made without departing from the spirit and scope of the technical solution of the present invention.

The above are only preferred embodiments of the present invention and are not intended to limit the present invention. Any modification, equivalent replacement and improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention shall be included in the protection scope of the present invention. within.

1: Warning triangle 11: Warning signs 12: Base 13: Walking device 111: Warning light 112: Warning 121: feet 131: Active walking device 133: Passive walking device 1311, 1331: roller 1313: drive device 14: Communication device 15: Control device 16: power supply unit 17: Switching device 2: Remote control device 18: Sensing device 19: Brake device 191: Subject 192: Resistor 193: Holder 194: Mounting parts 1211: shaft 1331a: Flange 1911: curved surface 1921: Resisting Noodles 195: Push pieces 1931: Torsion Spring 1931a: backend 1931b: front end 1913: Directional column 1211a: screw hole 1941: collar 1942: screw 1915: Installation structure 1915a: mounting hole 1941a: protrusion 1942a: Nut 1942b: Screw

One or more embodiments of the present invention will be further described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. The same or similar elements in the drawings are marked with the same reference numerals.

Fig. 1 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of a warning triangle in an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective schematic view of the warning triangle in Fig. 1 from another angle.

Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of the control of the warning triangle.

Fig. 4 is an exploded schematic diagram of the brake device of the warning triangle shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is an exploded schematic view of the brake device shown in Fig. 4 from another angle.

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of the combination of the braking device and the walking device shown in Fig. 4.

Fig. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along line VII-VII of Fig. 6.

121: feet

1211: shaft

133: Passive walking device

1331: Wheel

19: Brake device

191: Subject

192: Resistor

193: Holder

194: Mounting parts

1331a: Flange

1911: curved surface

1921: Resisting Noodles

195: Push pieces

1931: Torsion Spring

1931a: backend

1931b: front end

1913: Directional column

1941: collar

1942: screw

1941a: protrusion

1942a: Nut

1942b: Screw

Claims (10)

A brake device includes a main body, a resisting member, a retaining member, a pushing member, and a mounting member, wherein the mounting member is used to mount the main body on an application device that applies the braking device, and the retaining member is used for To provide elastic force to fix the main body on the application device, the resisting member and the pushing member are both arranged on the main body, and the resisting member is used to resist the ground to hinder the movement of the application device, The pushing member is used for overcoming the elastic force of the retaining member and pushing the resisting member to make the resisting member abut against the ground when subjected to an external force in a predetermined direction. The brake device according to item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the retaining member is a torsion spring, one end of the torsion spring is used to be associated with the application device, and the other end is used to be associated with the main body to connect the torsion spring. The main body is fixed on the application device. The brake device according to item 2 of the scope of patent application, wherein the main body is provided with an orientation post, and the other end of the torsion spring is used to resist the orientation post and fix the orientation post to the On the application device to fix the main body on the application device. The brake device according to item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the main body is used to be sleeved on the passive walking device of the application device. The brake device according to item 4 of the scope of patent application, wherein the mounting member is used to mount the main body on the shaft about which the passive walking device rotates. A warning triangle, wherein the warning triangle includes the brake device as described in item 1 of the scope of patent application. The warning triangle according to item 6 of the scope of patent application, wherein the warning triangle includes a supporting foot and a passive walking device arranged on the supporting foot, the supporting foot is provided with a shaft, and the passive The walking device includes a roller, and the roller is arranged on the shaft and rotates around the shaft during the walking process. The warning triangle according to item 7 of the scope of patent application, wherein the brake device is mounted on the shaft through the mounting member, the main body is covered on the roller, and the resisting member is connected to the The pushing member is arranged on the main body at a certain distance, and is located on the radially outer side of the roller. The warning triangle according to item 8 of the scope of patent application, wherein the pushing member is a fin extending toward the outside of the main body, and/or the resisting member is provided with a resisting surface, and the resisting member The holding surface is concave and convex. The warning triangle according to item 6 of the scope of patent application, wherein the main body is provided with a directional post protruding toward the foot, and the holder is used to fix the directional post to the foot To fix the main body on the leg; or, the holder is a torsion spring, one end of the torsion spring abuts one side of the leg, and the other end of the torsion spring abuts the The directional column is fixed between the torsion spring and the other opposite side of the leg.

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