WO2009157731A2

WO2009157731A2 - Golf cart

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Publication number: WO2009157731A2
Application number: PCT/KR2009/003452
Authority: WO
Inventors: 박은표
Original assignee: 주식회사 씨티앤티
Priority date: 2008-06-26
Filing date: 2009-06-25
Publication date: 2009-12-30
Also published as: WO2009157731A3; KR100896939B1

Abstract

The present invention relates to a golf cart. The golf cart is characterised by a roof panel which covers the top of the cart; one or more fans are installed on said roof panel and blow air towards the cart seats; air guides are installed in the rear, adjacent to said fans, and guide the air generated by said fans towards said seats; and one or more air inlets disposed at the front of said fans enable the flow of outside air towards said fans from the front of said roof panel. Therefore, by facilitating the continuous delivery of both artificial air produced by the fans and natural air flowing in from the outside via the air inlets, to the passengers seated in the cart, the golf cart of the present invention maintains a cool and comfortable riding environment both when the cart is in motion and when stationary, particularly during summer.

Description

Golf cart

The present invention relates to a golf cart, and more specifically, a blower that cools down the body temperature of the occupant when the outside air temperature is high, such as in summer, by blowing the wind toward the occupant when moving the player as a passenger in a golf course, the inside of the roof plate It relates to a golf cart mounted on the side.

In recent years, golf carts, that is, golf carts have been developed in the form of electric carts that can be used to drive not only golf bags but also passengers as well as golf bags in the form of conventional carts carrying golf million.

An example is the electric golf cart disclosed in Patent Application No. 10-2006-0024368, which is a car body that forms an exterior part like a conventional golf cart, as shown by reference numeral 101 in FIG. It consists of a drive motor, a battery, etc. forming the interior portion 103 and the like, in particular the exterior portion is composed of the vehicle body 103, the structural frame 104, the roof plate 105, and the front and rear seats (107, 108).

Here, the vehicle body 103 forms the base of the cart 101 on which the front and

rear seats

7, 8, etc., on which the occupants sit, are installed, and the structural frame 4 stands up and back of the vehicle body 103 as a support, and the roof plate 5 ), The roof plate 105 is placed on the structural frame 104 to cover the upper portion of the vehicle body 103.

However, as shown in FIG. 1, the golf cart 101 is provided with a windshield 109 mounted to the front of the structural frame 104. While preventing the wind from coming directly from the front, to ensure the front view, in particular, the lower side of the windshield 109 by pivoting forward to open the outside air can be easily introduced into the interior from the front of the cart 101. To make it possible.

However, as described above, the windshield 109 of the golf cart 101 is opened so that a naturally occurring wind blows from the front of the cart 101 to the inside thereof, rather than when the windshield 109 is built-in. 101) A large amount of wind comes in from the front, but, for example, when the golf cart 101 is stationary or moves at a very low speed on a windless day, even if the windshield 109 is opened, outside air from the front of the cart 101 Since it does not flow smoothly, especially when the outside temperature is high, such as summer had a problem that makes it difficult to cool the passengers.

The present invention has been made to solve the problems of the conventional golf cart as described above, the object is to penetrate the artificial wind or the roof plate front by a plurality of blowers mounted inside the roof plate of the cart. By directing the natural wind coming through one or more ventilation holes toward the front and rear seats to the passengers to create a cooler, more comfortable cart riding environment regardless of whether the cart is running.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a golf cart provided with a roof plate covering the upper side of the vehicle body, the roof plate is mounted on one or more blowers on its inner surface to blow wind toward the seat installed on the vehicle body And a blower guide formed adjacent to the rear of the blower to guide the wind blowing from the blower side toward the seat, and at least one ventilation hole is formed at the front thereof so that the blower is located in front of the roof plate. To provide a golf cart that can be blown outside toward.

In addition, the present invention provides a golf cart having a blowing guide plate, the roof plate is attached to the inner surface between the blower and the ventilation hole to form a blowing passage between the inner surface.

In addition, the present invention provides a golf cart having a cover which is mounted on one surface of the roof plate to cover the ventilation hole.

In addition, the present invention provides a golf cart that the cover is pivotally mounted on one side of the outer surface of the roof plate to be fixed to the roof plate while opening and closing the ventilation hole.

In another aspect, the present invention provides a golf cart that the cover is protruded from the outer surface of the roof plate to cover the ventilation hole to prevent sunlight or rainwater from entering through the ventilation hole.

In addition, the present invention provides a golf cart in which the shortest gap of the opening is smaller than the diameter of the golf ball so that the ventilation hole is not allowed to pass through the golf ball.

In addition, the present invention is that the roof plate is formed between the blower and the vent hole adjacent to the blower to guide the wind blowing through the vent hole toward the seat portion, a portion of the plurality of through holes to guide toward the blower Provided is a golf cart having a perforated plate guide.

In addition, the present invention provides a golf cart having a passenger sensor mounted on one side of the case toward which the blower faces the seat and detects whether the seat occupant of the seat.

According to the golf cart of the present invention, a plurality of blowers mounted on the inside of the roof plate of the cart, a blow guide formed adjacent to the rear of the blower, one or more ventilation holes penetrating the front of the roof plate, the roof plate is attached to the bottom of the roof plate and An air curtain, such as an air curtain, whether or not the cart is running or the amount of outside air is blown through the artificial wind generated from the blower by the blower guide plate or the perforated plate guide, and the wind introduced from the outside through the air vents. Since it is possible to continuously blow a large amount of wind to the occupant sitting in the form of the seat, it is possible to keep the riding environment of the cart cooler and more comfortable, especially in the summer when the outside temperature is high.

In addition, the ventilated opening to the outside can be opened and closed according to the situation, so that it is possible to properly block rainwater, sunlight, and golf balls from entering the cart through the vent, so it is comfortable and convenient regardless of weather changes. The cart can be used safely.

In addition, since the blower operation can be turned on and off according to the occupant of the occupant by the occupant detection sensor, it is possible to prevent unnecessary energy waste by minimizing the energy required for the blower operation in the golf cart is very important for the operation of electricity.

1 is a rear perspective view showing a conventional golf cart.

2 is a side view of a golf cart according to the present invention.

3 is a front view of FIG. 2;

Figure 4 is a partial side cross-sectional view showing a detailed blower by partially cutting the roof plate shown in FIG.

5 is a rear view of FIG. 4.

6 is a side cross-sectional view of the cross flow blower shown in FIGS. 4 and 5.

7 is a partial side cross-sectional view showing another embodiment of the present invention in which a ventilation guide is added to the roof plate of FIG.

8 is a partial side cross-sectional view showing another embodiment of the present invention in which one or more ventilation holes penetrate the front portion of the roof plate of FIG.

Figure 9 is a partial side cross-sectional view showing another embodiment of the present invention with a blowing guide plate attached to the bottom of the inner surface of the roof plate of FIG.

Figure 10 is a partial side cross-sectional view showing another embodiment of the present invention with a cover installed on the upper edge portion of the roof plate outer surface of FIG.

FIG. 11 is a partial side cross-sectional view showing another embodiment of the present invention in which a cover of a built-in shape protrudes from an outer surface of the roof plate of FIG. 8; FIG.

Figure 12 is a partial side cross-sectional view showing another embodiment of the present invention with a perforated plate guide attached to the inner surface adjacent to the blower between the blower and the ventilation hole.

Hereinafter, a golf cart according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail according to the accompanying drawings.

Golf cart according to the present invention, as shown by the reference numeral 1 in Figs. 2 and 3, is basically divided into the body and the interior portion associated with the operation, the exterior portion is again the body 3, the body 3 ) Consists of a structural frame (4), which is built up in front of and behind a pillar, a roof plate (5) mounted on the structural frame (4) and covering the upper side of the vehicle body (3), and front and rear seats (7, 8) installed on the vehicle body. have.

Here, the roof plate 5 according to the present invention, as shown in detail in Figures 4 and 5, one or more blowers (9, 9 ') is mounted on the inner surface 11 of the vehicle body (3) It is designed to blow the wind toward the

seats

7 and 8 installed in the seat, thereby cooling the face of the occupant sitting on the

seats

7 and 8. At this time, as each blower (9,9 ') can be used in any form as long as it can blow the wind toward the seat (7,8), the cross-flow blower shown, of course, although not separately shown For example, a blower of a type such as a fan may be used.

As shown in more detail in FIG. 6, the cross flow blower 9 includes a case 51, a cross flow fan 53, and a blow guide plate 55, like the general cross flow blower. The case 51 is a rectangular parallelepiped box having an open front and rear sides, forming the outer body of the blower 9, and a rear cover 63 having a plurality of discharge ports 65 formed at a rear open end thereof, and the cover 63 is fitted. On-off switch 57 is provided on one side. At this time, the front open end is open as it is, but the cover can be fitted like the rear open end, the filter may be mounted on the inside of the cover as needed. In addition, each case 51 is fixed through a pair of left and right supports 10 attached to the inner surface 11 of the roof plate 5, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, more preferably. Is mounted between the support 10 so as to be rotatable about its own longitudinal axis to be able to adjust the direction of the wind discharged through the discharge port 65 from the outlet 58 up and down through the wind direction adjustment wheel 12 have. In addition, the crossflow fan 53 is a portion which causes the wind of the blower 9, and in the direction of arrow A shown in FIG. 6 by a driving motor (not shown) connected to one side as in the general cross flow blower. It is mounted in the case 51 so that it can rotate, and when it rotates, it blows wind to the exit 58 side of the case 51. As shown in FIG. And, as shown in Figure 6, the blowing guide plate 55 is a pair of upper and lower curved plates, mounted on the inner circumferential surface 59 of the case 51 so as to be adjacent to the cross flow fan 53, the cross flow fan 53 The ventilation flow path 61 is formed between ().

Meanwhile, as illustrated in FIG. 5, each of the

blowers

9 and 9 ′ is equipped with a passenger sensor 31 on one side of the case 51 facing the

seats

7 and 8, that is, at the rear. The occupant detection sensor 31 detects whether the

seats

7 and 8 are occupants in the occupant and allows the blowers 9 and 9 'to be automatically turned on and off. At this time, it is a matter of course that various types of sensors such as an infrared sensor may be used as the detection sensor 31.

On the other hand, as shown in Figure 7, the roof plate (5) in another embodiment may be mounted to the air blowing guide 13 to the rear to be adjacent to the blower (9), the air blowing guide 13 is shown As if gently curved in a parabolic toward the seat (7), the wind blowing from the blower (9) can be guided more like a air curtain toward the seat (7) to cool the occupant more effectively.

Furthermore, in order to further strengthen the strength of the wind guided by the air blowing guide 13 toward the seat 7, the front part 15 of the roof plate 5 is shown in FIG. 8 as another embodiment of the present invention. As can be seen, one or more vent holes 17 may be formed therethrough, such that outside air blows in from the front of the roof plate 5 toward the blower 9, whereby the occupant is particularly blown while the golf cart is driving. Even if you do not operate (9), you can feel cool.

In another embodiment of the present invention, as illustrated in FIG. 9, the air induction plate 18 is attached to the bottom of the inner surface 11 between the blower 9 and the ventilation hole 17, as shown in FIG. 9. By forming the air flow passage 19 between the air induction plate 18 and the inner surface 11 of the roof plate 5, the outside air introduced through the ventilation hole 17 can be moved to the air blow guide 13 more effectively. It may be. At this time, the blowing guide plate 18 serves as a shade screen and a protective plate in addition to forming the blowing flow path 19, that is, rainwater or direct sunlight directly enters the cart 1 through the vent hole 17 opened to the outside. Not only to prevent, but if the aperture of the ventilation hole 17 is larger than the golf ball serves to prevent the golf ball from flying through the cart (1).

In addition, the roof shingles 5 are covered in another embodiment as shown in FIG. 10 in the upper edge portion of the outer surface of the front portion 15 adjacent to the ventilation hole 17 or in the upper edge portion of the inner surface, although not shown. Hinge 22 is coupled to pivot 20 so that the cover 20 is fixed to the outer surface of the roof plate 5 by a snap ring 25 or the like, as shown by a hidden line in FIG. Open to allow outside air to blow into the cart 1 through the vent hole 17 and, conversely, when stored without using the cart 1 or when it is raining or exposed to direct sunlight, the roof plate as shown by the solid line in FIG. 10. (5) It acts to cover the ventilation hole 17 by being closed by being fixed to the edge by a snap coupling or the like. At this time, of course, a plate member such as the blowing guide plate 18 shown in FIG. 9 may be attached to the lower end of the inner surface 11 of the roof plate 5.

In addition, as shown in Figure 11 as another embodiment of the present invention, the cover 20 ′ protrudes in a built-in form from the outer surface of the roof plate 5 to cover the top without closing the vent hole 17 It can be formed, so according to the cover 20 it is possible to block the inflow of sunlight or rain water while maintaining the inflow of outside air through the ventilation hole 17. In this case as well, a plate material such as the air induction plate 18 shown in FIG. 9 may be attached to the lower end of the inner surface 11 of the roof plate 5.

On the other hand, all of the roof plate (5) shown in Figures 9 to 11 can attach the air induction plate 18 to the lower side of the inner surface 11, as mentioned above, the golf ball by the plate 18 Although it is prevented from flying into the cart 1 through the ventilation hole 17, but if there is no air induction plate 18, the shortest opening of the opening to prevent the golf ball from flying through the ventilation hole 17 at the source That is, when the gap 17 is circular, the diameter of the vent hole 17 is circular, the diameter of the short axis of the elliptical hole 17 is smaller than that of the golf ball.

Finally, the roof plate 5 according to another embodiment of the present invention is attached to the inner surface 11 adjacent to the blower 9 between the blower 9 and the ventilation hole 17, as shown in FIG. 12. Bar plate guide 21 may be attached, the plate guide 21 is a curved plate of a parabolic shape through which a plurality of through holes 23, as shown in the wind blowing from the outside through the vent hole 17 Some of the parts are guided toward the seat 7, and others are directed toward the blower 9 through the through hole 23. Meanwhile, the concept of forming a plurality of through holes 23 in the porous plate guide 21 may also be applied to the blow guide 13, and although not shown, if a plurality of through holes are formed in the blow guide 13, the vent holes The flow of outside air introduced into the 17 can be more smoothly transmitted to the rear blower 9 '.

Now, the operation of the golf cart 1 according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention configured as described above.

According to the golf cart 1 of the present invention, even when the golf cart 1 is slow or stopped at the outdoor golf course in the summer when the temperature of the outside air is high, the occupant may have a blower ( 9,9 ') to cool the wind.

To this end, the occupant may operate the blowers 9 and 9 'by pressing the on / off switch 57, and the operated blowers 9 and 9' may have the crossflow fan 53 in the direction of arrow A in FIG. While rotating in the direction of the arrow (B) along the blowing flow path 61 produces wind. Wind generated in this way is discharged to the outside through the discharge port 65, wherein the direction of the discharged wind can be adjusted up and down by operating the wind direction control wheel 12.

On the other hand, if the occupant sitting in the seat (7,8) while the blower (9,9 ') is operating in this way, the occupant detection sensor 31 detects this and automatically blows the blower (9,9'). By stopping the operation of), unnecessary waste of energy can be prevented, and when the occupant refills the

empty seats

7 and 8, the detection sensor 31 detects this again and automatically blows the blowers 9 and 9 '. It can be operated so that the passenger can take a cool breeze conveniently.

In addition, as illustrated in FIG. 7, when the blower guide 13 is mounted to the rear of the

blower

9, 9 ′, the

blower

9, 9 is not rotated down as shown by the hidden line. The wind discharged from ') moves toward the

seats

7 and 8 along the air blowing guide 13 and is effectively transmitted to the occupant while having a flow like an air curtain. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 8, when a plurality of vent holes 17 are formed in the front portion 15 of the roof plate 5, the wind introduced through the vent holes 17 is discharged from the

blowers

9 and 9 ′. In addition to the discharged wind it is possible to lower the passenger's body temperature more effectively. In this case, as shown in FIG. 9, when the air induction plate 18 is installed, the airflow guided by the air blower 17 is combined with the wind discharged from the

air blowers

9 and 9 ′ without being dispersed elsewhere. Since it is transmitted to the occupant according to 13), the body temperature of the occupant can be lowered more effectively.

Meanwhile, as illustrated in FIG. 9, the blowing guide plate 18 is disposed directly below the ventilation hole 17 to form the blowing passage 19, and also serves to block rainwater or direct sunlight entering through the ventilation hole 17. The cover 20 shown in FIG. 10 blocks the ventilation hole 17 in the closed position shown by the solid line to similarly prevent rainwater or direct sunlight from passing through the ventilation hole 17 into the cart 1. The cover 20 ′ shown in 11 allows the inflow of outside air through the ventilation hole 17 ′, while effectively preventing the inflow of rainwater or direct sunlight through the ventilation hole 17 ′. Particularly, in the case of the cover 20 ′ shown in FIG. 11, when the blowing guide plate 18 shown in FIG. 9 is attached, the size of the ventilation hole 17 ′ is not required to worry about the inflow of golf balls, as well as rainwater or direct sunlight. Can be increased as desired.

Finally, as shown in FIG. 12, when the perforated plate guide 21 is mounted to the front of the blower 9, some of the wind passing through the vent hole 17 is previously located along the perforated plate guide 21. Move toward), part of which is passed to the ventilation guide 13 through the through hole (23) and moves toward the seat (7), thereby sending more three-dimensional wind to the occupant.

Claims

In the golf cart 1 provided with the roof plate 5 which covers the upper part of the vehicle body 3,

The roof plate 5 is equipped with one or more blowers 9, 9 ′ on its inner side 11 so as to blow wind toward the seats 7, 8 installed on the vehicle body 3. And a blower guide 13 formed adjacent to the rear of the fan 9 to guide the wind blowing from the blower 9 toward the seats 7 and 8, at least one of which is provided at the front 15 thereof. Ventilation hole (17) is formed is a golf cart, characterized in that the outside air is blown toward the blower (9) from the front of the roof plate (5).
According to claim 1,

The roof plate 5 is attached to the inner surface 11 between the blowers 9 and 9 'and the ventilation hole 17 so as to form a blow passage 19 between the inner surface 11. A golf cart characterized by having a blowing guide plate (18).
According to claim 1,

The roof plate (5) is a golf cart, characterized in that provided with a cover (20, 20 ') is mounted on one side of the surface of the roof plate (5) to cover the ventilation hole (17).
The method of claim 3, wherein

The cover 20 is pivotally mounted on one side of the outer surface of the roof plate 5 so as to be fixed to the roof plate 5 while opening and closing the ventilation hole 17. .
The method of claim 3, wherein

The cover 20 ′ protrudes from the outer surface of the roof plate 5 to cover the ventilation hole 17 so as to prevent sunlight or rainwater from entering through the ventilation hole 17. .
The method according to any one of claims 3 to 5,

The ventilation hole 17 is a golf cart, characterized in that the shortest gap of the opening is smaller than the diameter of the golf ball so that the golf ball does not pass.
The method according to any one of claims 3 to 5,

The roof plate 5 is formed between the blower 9 and the vent hole 17 adjacent to the blower 9 to guide some of the wind blowing through the vent hole 17 toward the seat 7. , The remaining part is provided with a porous plate guide 21 through which a plurality of through holes (23) to guide toward the blower (9).
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5,

The blowers 9 and 9 'are mounted on one side of the case 51 facing the seats 7 and 8 and have a passenger detection sensor 31 for detecting whether the seats 7 and 8 are occupants. Golf cart characterized in that doing.