WO2017140181A1

WO2017140181A1 - Wiring board mounting structure and an outdoor unit comprising the same

Info

Publication number: WO2017140181A1
Application number: PCT/CN2016/112330
Authority: WO
Inventors: 陈英强; 陈志伟; 罗永前; 廖敏; 廖俊杰
Original assignee: 珠海格力电器股份有限公司
Priority date: 2016-02-19
Filing date: 2016-12-27
Publication date: 2017-08-24
Also published as: CN105650764A; CN105650764B

Abstract

A mounting structure for a wiring board (12), for mounting a wiring board (12) on a side plate (13) of an outdoor unit. The mounting structure comprises a sheet metal connecting member (11) and the wiring board (12) is fixed on the sheet metal connecting member (11). One of the sheet metal connecting member (11) and the side plate (13) is provided with a hook (14) and the other is provided with a hooking portion for hooking the hook (14). One of the sheet metal connecting member (11) and the side plate (13) is provided with a gripping protrusion (15) and the other is provided with a catch groove (19) engaging with the gripping protrusion (15). When the hook (14) is hung together with the hooking portion, the gripping protrusion (15) can be snapped into the catch groove (19). With this arrangement, the wiring bracket in the prior art can be replaced with the sheet metal connecting member (11), thereby reducing the number of fixing screws, saving cost, and being easy for installation. An outdoor unit comprising the mounting structure is also disclosed.

Description

Terminal board mounting structure and outdoor unit including the same

The present application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201610093344.0, entitled "A Terminal Board Mounting Structure and an Outdoor Unit Included in the Terminal Block Mounting Structure", which is filed on February 19, 2016. The entire contents are incorporated herein by reference.

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of air conditioner technology, and more particularly to a patch panel mounting structure and an outdoor unit including the patch panel mounting structure.

Background technique

A wiring board is installed in the outdoor unit of the air conditioner. Usually, the terminal board is installed on the side panel of the outdoor unit through the wiring bracket. The wiring bracket is fixed to the outdoor unit by a plurality of screws, and the wiring board is mounted on the wiring bracket by screws.

Thus, the prior art wiring board adopts more screws and has no positioning structure, which is inconvenient to assemble, and the wiring bracket is large, blanks are large, and the cost is high.

Summary of the invention

In view of the above, an object of the present invention is to provide a mounting structure of a wiring board, which replaces the prior art wiring bracket with a sheet metal connector, which can reduce blanking, reduce cost, reduce the number of fixing screws, and is easy to install. . It is still another object of the present invention to provide an outdoor unit including the above-described mounting structure.

The invention provides a mounting structure of a terminal board for mounting a terminal board on a side plate of an outdoor unit, comprising a sheet metal connector, the terminal board being fixed on the sheet metal connecting member; a connecting member and the side plate, one of which is provided with a hook, and the other is provided with a hooking portion for the hook to be hooked; and the sheet metal connecting member and the side plate are provided with one of the side plates Raised, the other is provided for said and said The card slot is engaged with the latching slot; when the hook is hung with the hooking portion, the latching protrusion can be engaged in the card slot.

Preferably, the snap projection and the card slot are disposed at a position below the hook portion and the hook.

Preferably, the edge of the sheet metal connector is provided with a lap structure for preventing scratching of the power cord.

Preferably, the lap structure is provided with a notch portion.

Preferably, the sheet metal connector is provided with a rib structure.

Preferably, the rib structure has the same convex direction as the lap structure, and the protrusion height is equal.

Preferably, the upper portion of the sheet metal connector is provided with at least two of the hooks, and each of the hooks is distributed at the same height position of the sheet metal connector.

Preferably, the middle and lower positions of the sheet metal connector are provided with the snap protrusions.

Preferably, the edge shape of the snap protrusion is a waist shape, a circle shape or a rectangle shape, and an edge shape of the card slot is consistent with an edge shape of the snap protrusion.

Preferably, the sheet metal connector is provided with a grounding nut.

Preferably, the terminal block, the sheet metal connector and the side plate are each provided with a corresponding screw hole, and the screw hole is internally inserted with a fastening screw adapted thereto.

The present invention also provides an outdoor unit comprising a wiring board and a side panel, the wiring board being fixed to the side panel by a mounting structure as described above.

In the technical solution provided by the present invention, the terminal board is mounted on the side plate of the outdoor unit through a sheet metal connector, wherein the sheet metal connector and the side plate are provided with a hook and one of the other is provided with a hook And the metal plate and the side plate, one of which is provided with a latching protrusion, and the other is provided with a card slot that cooperates with the latching protrusion. The terminal block can be first fixed to the sheet metal connector and then the sheet metal connector Through the cooperation of the hook and the hooking portion, the hook is hung on the side panel of the outdoor unit, and then the latching protrusion can be inserted into the card slot. Thus, on the one hand, the engaging protrusion and the card slot cooperate to prevent the hook from hanging. The joint is detached, which effectively ensures the reliability of the connection. On the other hand, the connection between the sheet metal connector and the side plate does not need to adopt screws, the structure is simple, the assembly efficiency is high, and the blanking of the sheet metal connector is less, which overcomes the high cost and the inconvenient installation of the wire bracket in the prior structure. The number of fixing screws is large, and the assembly takes a long time.

The present invention also provides an outdoor unit including the above-mentioned mounting structure. The machine is arranged such that the mounting structure of the terminal board of the outdoor unit can reduce blanking, reduce cost, reduce the number of fixing screws, and is easy to install.

DRAWINGS

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described below. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only It is a certain embodiment of the present invention, and other drawings can be obtained from those skilled in the art without any creative work.

1 is a perspective view showing a mounting structure of a wiring board according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic rear view showing the connection of a sheet metal connector and a side plate according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a schematic view of a side panel according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a perspective view of a sheet metal connector in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 1 - Figure 4:

Sheet metal connector --11, terminal block-12, side plate -13, hook -14, snap-on bump -15, grounding nut -16, stacking structure --17, rib structure - 18 , card slot - 19, screw hole - 20, notch --21.

detailed description

The core of this embodiment is to provide a mounting structure of a wiring board, which replaces the prior art wiring bracket with a sheet metal connector, which can reduce blanking, reduce cost, reduce the number of fixing screws, and is easy to install.

Another core of this embodiment is to provide an outdoor unit including the above-described mounting structure.

Hereinafter, embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings. Furthermore, the embodiments shown below do not limit the invention as set forth in the claims. Further, the entire contents of the configurations shown in the following embodiments are not necessarily limited to the solutions of the invention described in the claims.

Referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 4, the mounting structure of the terminal block 12 provided by the embodiment is used for mounting the terminal block 12 on the side plate 13 of the outdoor unit, including the sheet metal connector 11. The sheet metal connector 11 is a non-sprayed sheet metal member added for placing the wiring board 12, and the purpose thereof is to ensure electrical safety and ensure the reliability of the outdoor unit.

The terminal block 12 is fixed on the sheet metal connecting member 11, and the sheet metal connecting member 11 and the side plate 13 are provided with a hook 14 and a catching protrusion 15 and the other is provided with a hook portion for hooking the hook 14. The card slot 19 is engaged with the card receiving protrusion 15; when the hook 14 is hung with the hook portion, the engaging protrusion 15 can be inserted into the card slot 19.

The terminal block 12 can be first fixed on the sheet metal connecting member 11, and then the sheet metal connecting member 11 is hung on the side plate 13 of the outdoor unit through the cooperation of the hook 14 and the hooking portion, and then the card engaging protrusion 15 is stuck. The card slot 19 is inserted into the card slot 19 such that the engagement of the latching projection 15 with the card slot 19 prevents the hook 14 from being disengaged from the hook portion, thereby ensuring the reliability of the connection. On the other hand, the connection of the sheet metal connector 11 and the side plate 13 does not need to adopt screws, the structure is simple, the assembly efficiency is high, and the blanking of the sheet metal connector 11 is less, which overcomes the high cost and installation of the wiring bracket in the prior structure. Inconvenient, the number of fixing screws is large, and the assembly takes a long time.

In addition, the sheet metal connector 11 is provided with a grounding nut 16 for electrical connection with the ground. At the same time, the power cord can be fixed to the sheet metal connector 11 by means of the grounding nut 16. The sheet metal connector 11 is used to mount the terminal block 12 and the ground nut 16, so that the volume can be small, the blanking is small, and the cost is low.

In the present embodiment, in order to prevent the edge portion of the sheet metal connector 11 from being scratched, the edge of the sheet metal connector 11 is preferably provided with a bead structure 18 in view of electrical safety. At the same time, the sheet metal connector 11 can be processed by a continuous die, so that the notch portion 21 can be provided at some positions of the layered structure 18, so that the sheet metal connector 11 does not cause electrical safety under the premise of ensuring continuous die processing. problem.

After the lap structure 18 is added, the main body surface of the sheet metal connector 11 and the side plate 13 have a gap, and a good fit support cannot be achieved. In order to eliminate the gap, a rib structure is preferably added to the sheet metal connecting member 11, and the rib structure can ensure that the sheet metal connecting member 11 and the side plate 13 are completely fitted together, and the strength of the sheet metal connecting member 11 is further improved. To ensure that it is not easily deformed.

In the embodiment, two hooks 14 can be disposed at the upper position of the sheet metal connector 11, and the size and the angle of the tongue can be processed according to actual conditions. The two hooks 14 are in the sheet metal joint 11 The same height position. Of course, the hooks 14 may be specifically set to other numbers according to actual conditions, for example, three, four, and the like.

In a preferred embodiment of the present embodiment, when the sheet metal connector 11 and the side plate 13 are assembled, they are assembled from the top to the bottom. That is, on the premise that there are two hooks 14 at the upper end portion of the sheet metal connector 11, one or a plurality of latching projections 15 are provided in the lower middle portion of the sheet metal connector 11. The shape of the engaging projection 15 may be a waist shape, a circular shape, a square shape, a rectangular shape or the like. It can be opened at the upper end or not. The sheet metal connector 11 is assembled from the top to the bottom, that is, the upper hook 14 is first assembled, and then the lower snap protrusion 15 is assembled. It is in line with the installation mechanics requirements. It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the hook 14 and the latching protrusion 15 may also be disposed on the side plate 13 , and the hook portion and the card slot 19 are disposed on the sheet metal connector 11 .

After the sheet metal connector 11 and the side plate 13 are positioned by the hook 14 and the latching projection 15, the sheet metal connector 12 and the sheet metal connector 11 are further fixed to the screw hole 20 of the side plate 13.

The embodiment further provides an outdoor unit including the above-mentioned mounting structure. The outdoor unit provided by the embodiment has a mounting structure of the wiring board 12 and replaces the wiring bracket of the prior art with a sheet metal connector 11 . Reduces blanking, reduces costs, reduces the number of fixing screws, and is easy to install. The derivation process of the beneficial effect is substantially similar to the derivation process of the beneficial effects of the above-mentioned mounting structure, and thus will not be described herein.

The above description of the disclosed embodiments enables those skilled in the art to make or use the invention. Various modifications to these embodiments are obvious to those skilled in the art, and the general principles defined herein may be implemented in other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Therefore, the present invention is not to be limited to the embodiments shown herein, but the scope of the invention is to be accorded

Claims

A wiring board mounting structure for mounting a wiring board (12) on a side panel (13) of an outdoor unit, characterized by comprising a sheet metal connector (11), the terminal board (12) being fixed at The sheet metal connector (11); the sheet metal connector (11) and the side panel (13), one of which is provided with a hook (14), and the other is provided with the hook (14) a hooking portion; and the sheet metal connector (11) and the side plate (13), one of which is provided with a latching protrusion (15), and the other is provided with the latching protrusion (15) a mating card slot (19); the latching projection (15) can be snapped into the card slot (19) when the hook (14) is hung with the hook portion.
The mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein said snap projection (15) and said card slot (19) are disposed at positions below said hook portion and said hook (14).
The mounting structure according to claim 1, characterized in that the edge of the sheet metal connector (11) is provided with a lap structure (17) for preventing scratching of the power cord.
The mounting structure according to claim 3, characterized in that the lap structure (17) is provided with a notch portion (21).
The mounting structure according to claim 3, characterized in that the sheet metal connector (11) is provided with a rib structure (18).
The mounting structure according to claim 5, wherein the rib structure (18) has the same convex direction as the lap structure (17) and the projection height is equal.
The mounting structure according to claim 2, wherein at least two of said hooks (14) are provided at an upper position of said sheet metal connector (11), and each of said hooks (14) is distributed over said The same height position of the sheet metal connector (11).
The mounting structure according to claim 7, wherein said snap projection (15) is provided at a lower middle portion of said sheet metal connector (11).
The mounting structure according to claim 8, wherein the edge of the snap protrusion (15) has a waist shape, a circular shape or a rectangular shape, and an edge shape of the card slot (19) is engaged with the card. The edges of the projections (15) are identical in shape.
The mounting structure according to claim 1, characterized in that the sheet metal connector (11) is provided with a grounding nut (16).
The mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein the wiring board (12), the sheet metal connecting member (11) and the side plate (13) are respectively provided with corresponding screw holes (20), The screw hole (20) is internally inserted with a fastening screw adapted thereto.
An outdoor unit comprising a wiring board (12) and a side panel (13), wherein the wiring board (12) is fixed to the side panel by a mounting structure according to any one of claims 1-11 (13) Upper.