TWI704068B - Lock for a vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

A lock for a vehicle is provided to overcome the difficulty in assembly and high breakage rate of a conventional lock. The lock includes a retractable member having a pushing portion, and a locking pin having an engagement end and a limiting end opposite to the engagement end. The pushing portion has a compartment. The compartment has a pushing face and a through-hole opposite to the pushing face. The compartment includes a limiting portion adjacent to the through-hole. The engagement end is located in the compartment and can abut the pushing face. The locking pin includes a stopper portion. An elastic member is located between the stopper portion of the locking pin and the limiting portion of the compartment.

Description

Faucet lock

The invention relates to a faucet lock, in particular to a faucet lock that limits the position of the vehicle faucet.

Please refer to Figure 1, which is a conventional faucet lock 9. The conventional faucet lock 9 has an electromagnetic actuator 91, which can drive a pusher 92 to move linearly. The pushing member 92 has an opposite connecting end 921 and a pushing end 922. The connecting end 921 is connected to the electromagnetic actuator 91. The pushing end 922 abuts against a sliding member 93, and the connecting end 921 There is an elastic member 923 between the pushing end 922.

The sliding member 93 has a limiting groove 931 and an engaging groove 932 opposite to each other. The limiting groove 931 is combined with the pushing member 92. In detail, the opening of the limiting groove 931 has an extension ring 932 so that Two ends of the elastic member 923 abut against the extension ring 932 and the pushing end 922 of the pushing member 92 respectively, so that the pushing member 92 can be positioned in the limiting groove by the compression and elastic reset of the elastic member 923 931 expands and contracts so that the pushing end 922 of the pushing member 92 can be displaced in the limiting groove 931 to push or not push the sliding member 93. In addition, the engaging groove 932 of the sliding member 93 Is engaged with a bolt 94, whereby the electromagnetic actuating member 91 can drive the pushing member 92 to move in a limited manner, so that the pushing end 922 of the pushing member 92 stacks against the sliding member 93, and the sliding The member 93 drives the displacement of the bolt 94 so that the bolt 94 is pushed into a groove 95 of the steering shaft of the locomotive faucet to restrict the rotation state of the steering shaft of the locomotive faucet. A faucet lock similar to the conventional one has been disclosed in the patent case of the Republic of China Announcement No. I642582 "Locking Device and Vehicle Using It".

The above-mentioned conventional faucet lock 9 uses the pushing member 92 to push against the sliding member 93, and then the sliding member 93 drives the latch 94 to move. Therefore, the pushing member 92, the sliding member 93 and the latch 94 The faucet lock 9 must be accurately coaxial so that the faucet lock 9 can be smoothly pushed into the steering shaft of the locomotive faucet for locking or unlocking. When the locomotive jolts and generates vibration, the pushing member 92, the sliding member 93 and The positions of the latches 94 are easily misaligned with each other, causing internal parts to shift, jamming and other failures, causing inconvenience to the user. Furthermore, the conventional faucet lock 9 has many components and has problems such as difficult assembly.

In view of this, the conventional faucet lock does still have to be improved.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the purpose of the present invention is to provide a faucet lock, which can reduce troubles.

The second objective of the present invention is to provide a faucet lock which has a simpler structure and can improve the ease of assembly.

The directionality described in the full text of the present invention or its similar terms, such as "front", "rear", "left", "right", "up (top)", "down (bottom)", "inner", "outer" , "Side", etc., mainly refer to the directions of the attached drawings. The directional or similar terms are only used to help explain and understand the embodiments of the present invention, and are not used to limit the present invention.

The elements and components described in the full text of the present invention use the quantifiers "one" or "one" for convenience and to provide the general meaning of the scope of the present invention; the present invention should be interpreted as including one or at least one, and single The concept of also includes the plural, unless it clearly implies other meanings.

The approximate terms such as "combination", "combination" or "assembly" mentioned in the full text of the present invention mainly include the types that can be separated without destroying the components after being connected, or the components can not be separated after being connected, which are common knowledge in the field Those can be selected based on the materials of the components to be connected or assembly requirements.

The faucet lock of the present invention includes: a telescopic element with a pushing portion, the pushing portion has a chamber, the chamber has an opposite pushing surface and a penetration opening, the chamber has a limit Part, the limiting part is adjacent to the penetration opening; and a lock bolt having a connecting end and a limiting end opposite to each other, and the connecting end can abut against the pushing surface in the chamber, the lock bolt It has a blocking portion, and an elastic member is located between the blocking portion of the lock bolt and the limiting portion of the chamber.

Accordingly, the faucet lock of the present invention is driven by the telescopic member to move the lock bolt, and the lock bolt can be pushed in the containment chamber of the telescopic member, so that the containment chamber limits the lock bolt , It can reduce the complexity of the overall structure, thereby reducing the risk of failure caused by vibration or external force impact on the car body. Compared with the complex structure formed by the interconnection of multiple components of the conventional faucet lock system, it is easy to be affected by the car body. Dislocation caused by vibration causes failure, and the faucet lock of the present invention can indeed achieve the effect of reducing the failure rate. In addition, the faucet lock of the present invention directly pushes the lock bolt through the telescopic member, and the structure is simple and easy to assemble, which can achieve the effects of improving assembly convenience and reducing cost.

Wherein, the telescopic element has a driving part opposite to the pushing part, and the driving part is connected to an electromagnetic actuator. In this way, the drive part can be pushed to expand and contract the telescopic member by the magnetic field generated by the helical coil passing the forward current or the reverse current, so that the faucet lock of the present invention can be applied to electric vehicles effect.

Wherein, the outer peripheral surface of the driving part is combined with an elastic buffer member, and both ends of the elastic buffer member abut against the pushing part and the electromagnetic actuator respectively. In this way, when the telescopic element expands and contracts, the elastic buffer element can be compressed and elastically reset, which has the effect of forming a buffer effect.

Wherein, the radial cross-sectional area of the driving portion is smaller than the radial cross-sectional area of the pushing portion. In this way, making the two ends of the elastic buffer member abut against the pushing portion and the electromagnetic actuating member respectively has the effect of forming a buffer effect.

Wherein, the limiting portion of the chamber has an inner diameter, and the blocking portion of the lock bolt has a maximum outer diameter, and the maximum outer diameter is larger than the inner diameter. In this way, the two ends of the elastic element can abut against the blocking portion and the limiting portion respectively, and the elastic restoring force of the elastic element has the effect of preventing the lock bolt from being stuck and unable to be reset.

Wherein, the limiting part is a limiting ring fitted into the surrounding wall of the chamber. In this way, the two ends of the elastic element can abut against the blocking portion and the limiting portion respectively, and the elastic restoring force of the elastic element has the effect of preventing the lock bolt from being stuck and unable to be reset.

Wherein, a stop ring is combined with a ring groove on the outer circumference of the lock bolt to form the stop portion. In this way, the two ends of the elastic element can abut against the blocking portion and the limiting portion respectively, and the elastic restoring force of the elastic element has the effect of preventing the lock bolt from being stuck and unable to be reset.

Wherein, a shell is further included, and the shell has a first shell and a second shell connected to each other, the telescopic element is located in the first shell, and the lock bolt is located in the second shell. In this way, replacement and maintenance of parts can be facilitated.

Wherein, the second housing has a viewing hole, and the viewing hole is located on the lock bolt. In this way, the displacement status of the lock bolt can be inspected from the inspection hole, which has the effect of troubleshooting.

In order to make the above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, the preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings:

Please refer to Figure 2, which is an embodiment of the faucet lock of the present invention. It includes a telescopic member 1 and a lock bolt 2. The telescopic member 1 is telescopically pushed against the lock bolt 2 to make the The lock bolt 2 can move along with the telescopic member 1.

Please continue to refer to Figures 2, 3, and 4, the telescopic member 1 has a driving portion 11 and a pushing portion 12 opposite to each other. The driving portion 11 can drive the telescopic member 1 to expand and contract toward a faucet rotation axis P. Displacement in the direction of the faucet rotation axis P or in the direction away from the faucet rotation axis P, for example, the driving part 11 can be driven by a motor to make the telescopic element 1 expand, or the driving part 11 can A locomotive key lock seat is connected in a mechanism-driven manner to drive the telescopic member 1 to expand and contract with the rotation position of the key. In this embodiment, the driving part 11 can be connected to an electromagnetic actuator 13, and the electromagnetic actuator 13 can be a conventional solenoid valve (solenoid valve), which can be connected to the positive through a spiral coil. The magnetic field generated after the current or the reverse current pushes the driving part 11 to make the telescopic member 1 expand and contract, so that the faucet lock of the present invention can be applied to electric vehicles. In addition, in order to cooperate with the actuation of the solenoid valve, the driving portion 11 may be made of a magnetic material or have a magnetic core, which can be understood by those skilled in the art, and the present invention will not be repeated here. The outer peripheral surface of the driving portion 11 can be combined with an elastic buffer member 14, and the elastic buffer member 14 can be located between the pushing portion 12 and the electromagnetic actuator 13, for example, the radial section of the driving portion 11 The area may be smaller than the radial cross-sectional area of the pushing portion 12, that is, the driving portion 11 has a reduced diameter relative to the pushing portion 12, or the outer surface of the pushing portion 12 may have a convex ring edge to make the elastic buffer Both ends of the member 14 can abut against the pushing portion 12 and the electromagnetic actuating member 13, respectively, whereby the telescopic member 1 can be formed by the compression and elastic resetting of the elastic buffer member 14 when it expands Buffering effect.

The pushing portion 12 can be used to push the lock bolt 2 so that the lock bolt 2 can be displaced with the pushing of the telescopic member 1. In detail, the pushing portion 12 can have a chamber S, the chamber S has an opposing push surface 121 and a penetrating opening 122. The lock bolt 2 can be coupled to the chamber S through the penetrating opening 122 so that the telescopic member 1 can be relatively displaced The lock bolt 2 is pushed against by the pushing surface 121 to drive the lock bolt 2 to move, whereby the housing S can form a limit on the lock bolt 2 to prevent the telescopic member 1 and the lock bolt 2 Dislocation occurs during the pushing process. The chamber S may have a limiting portion 123, and the limiting portion 123 may be located between the pushing surface 121 and the penetration opening 122, or may be adjacent to the penetration opening 122 to avoid the locking bolt 2 comes out of the penetrating opening 122 of the chamber S, and detaches from the telescopic member 1, the limiting portion 123 may be an inner ring extending from the inner circumference of the chamber S toward the lock bolt 2, or in this case In an embodiment, the limiting portion 123 may be a limiting ring combined with the penetration opening 122, whereby the limiting portion 123 can be used to stop the lock bolt 2 (details will be described later). The invention is not restricted.

Please continue to refer to Figures 3 and 4, the lock bolt 2 has a coupling end 21 and a limiting end 22 opposite to each other. The coupling end 21 is relatively movably located in the chamber S of the pushing portion 12, and It can be pushed by the pushing portion 12 to abut against the pushing surface 121 of the chamber S, and the limit end 22 can be displaced toward the faucet rotation axis P to be inserted into the limit groove of the faucet rotation axis P P1 to form a limit for the rotation axis P of the faucet. The lock bolt 2 may have a blocking portion 23, and the blocking portion 23 is preferably adjacent to the coupling end 21, so that an elastic member 24 can be located at the blocking portion 23 of the lock bolt 2 and the limiting position of the chamber S Department 123. In detail, the limiting portion 123 of the chamber S has an inner diameter D1, the blocking portion 23 of the lock bolt 2 has a maximum outer diameter D2, and the maximum outer diameter D2 is larger than the inner diameter D1, so that the The elastic member 24 can be combined with the outer peripheral surface of the lock bolt 2, and the two ends of the elastic member 24 can respectively abut against the blocking portion 23 of the lock bolt 2 and the limiting portion 123 of the chamber S, by Therefore, the lock bolt 2 can be driven to move with the displacement of the telescopic element 1 without being separated from the telescopic element 1. Furthermore, the lock bolt 2 may be formed with an enlarged diameter at the coupling end 21 to form the stop portion 23, or, in this embodiment, the stop portion 23 may be a stop ring 23a coupled to the outer periphery of the lock bolt 2 The ring groove 23b of Bi is not limited by the present invention.

It is worth noting that the faucet lock of the present invention may additionally include a housing 3, so that the telescopic member 1 and the lock bolt 2 can be accommodated in the housing 3. In detail, the housing 3 may have a connection A first housing 3a and a second housing 3b, the telescopic member 1 can be located in the first housing 3a, and the lock bolt 2 can be located in the second housing 3b, whereby the first housing can be detached 3a and the second housing 3b to facilitate the replacement and maintenance of parts. In addition, the second housing 3b may have an inspection hole 31, and the inspection hole 31 can be positioned on the lock bolt 2 so that the inspection hole 31. Check the displacement of the lock bolt 2 to facilitate troubleshooting. The check hole 31 can be closed by a cover 32 to prevent dust from entering.

Please refer to Figures 4 and 5. According to the aforementioned structure, the user can rotate the faucet of a locomotive so that the limit slot P1 of the rotation axis P of the faucet can be positioned at the limit end 22 of the lock bolt 2. At this time, the user can push the driving portion 11 of the telescopic member 1 by means of a locomotive key or electronic control, so that the telescopic member 1 is displaced toward the limit slot P1 of the faucet rotation axis P. The pushing portion 12 can push the lock bolt 2 together by the pushing surface 121 in the chamber S for displacement, so that the limiting end 22 of the lock bolt 2 can be inserted into the limiting slot P1, thereby In order to complete the limit of the rotation axis P of the faucet, the steering of the locomotive can be restricted to make the locomotive difficult to be pushed.

In addition, the user can also use a locomotive key or electronic control to make the driving part 11 push the telescopic member 1 to move away from the rotation axis P of the faucet. At this time, the telescopic member 1 can be moved by the chamber S The limiting portion 123 in the middle pushes against one end of the elastic member 24 so that the other end of the elastic member 24 abuts against the stop portion 23 of the lock bolt 2 so as to drive the lock bolt 2 to move away from the The faucet rotation axis P is displaced in the direction so that the limit end 22 of the lock bolt 2 can escape from the limit slot P1 of the faucet rotation axis P to release the limit on the faucet rotation axis P.

Please refer to Figure 6, it is worth noting that when the user misoperation or other external factors cause the faucet rotation axis P to rotate too much, so that the limit slot P1 is too tight against the limit of the lock bolt 2. When the position end 22 causes the lock bolt 2 to be unable to move away from the faucet rotation axis P with the telescopic element 1, at this time, only the telescopic element 1 is displaced in the direction away from the faucet rotation axis P to make the container The limit part 123 in the chamber S and the elastic member 24 of the stop part 23 of the lock bolt 2 are compressed. When the user only needs to adjust the rotation position of the faucet rotation axis P, the limit slot P1 cannot Then press against the limit end 22 of the lock bolt 2, and the lock bolt 2 can be reset by the elastic member 24 and displaced to a position abutting the pushing surface 121 of the chamber S to release the The limit of the rotation axis P of the faucet can avoid the situation that the lock bolt 2 cannot be reset.

In summary, the faucet lock of the present invention is driven by the telescopic member to move the lock bolt, and the lock bolt can be pushed in the containment chamber of the telescopic member to form the lock bolt by the chamber Limiting can reduce the complexity of the overall structure, thereby reducing the risk of failure when the car body is shocked or impacted by external forces. Compared with the complex structure formed by the interconnection of multiple components of the conventional faucet lock, it is vulnerable to the car body. The vibration of the body causes a malfunction, and the faucet lock of the present invention can indeed achieve the effect of reducing the failure rate. In addition, the faucet lock of the present invention directly pushes the lock bolt through the telescopic member, the overall structure is simpler and the assembly is more convenient, which can achieve the effects of improving assembly convenience and reducing cost.

Although the present invention has been disclosed using the above-mentioned preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone who is familiar with the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention may make various changes and modifications relative to the above-mentioned embodiments. The technical scope of the invention is protected. Therefore, the scope of protection of the invention shall be subject to the scope of the attached patent application.

﹝this invention﹞ 1: Telescopic parts 11: Drive 12: Push to the Ministry 121: Secret 122: piercing 123: Limit 13: Electromagnetic actuator 14: Elastic buffer 2: lock bolt 21: binding end 22: limit end 23: Stop 23a: stop ring 23b: ring groove 24: Elastic part 3: shell 3a: first shell 3b: second housing 31: View hole 32: cover S: Room P: faucet rotation axis P1: Limit slot D1: inner diameter D2: Maximum outer diameter ﹝Used ﹞ 9: Faucet lock 91: Electromagnetic actuator 92: push piece 921: connection end 922: push to end 923: Elastic 93: Sliding parts 94: latch 95: Groove

[Picture 1] A picture of a conventional faucet lock. [Figure 2] An exploded perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 3] A combined cross-sectional view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 4] A schematic diagram of a preferred embodiment of the present invention without limiting the rotation axis of the faucet. [Figure 5] A schematic diagram of limiting the rotation axis of the faucet according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 6] A schematic diagram of a preferred embodiment of the present invention where the lock bolt is stuck on the rotating shaft of the faucet.

1: Telescopic parts

11: Drive

12: Push to the Ministry

121: Secret

122: piercing

123: Limit

13: Electromagnetic actuator

14: Elastic buffer

2: lock bolt

21: binding end

22: limit end

23: Stop

23a: stop ring

23b: ring groove

24: Elastic part

3: shell

3a: first shell

3b: second housing

31: View hole

32: cover

S: Room

Claims (9)

A faucet lock, including: A telescopic element has a pushing portion, the pushing portion has a chamber, the chamber has an opposing pushing surface and a penetrating opening, the chamber has a limiting portion, and the limiting portion is adjacent to The mouth should be pierced; and A lock bolt has an opposite coupling end and a limiting end, the coupling end is located in the chamber so as to abut against the pushing surface, the lock bolt has a stopping portion, and an elastic member is located on the lock bolt Between the blocking part and the limiting part of the chamber. According to the faucet lock described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, the telescopic element has a driving part opposite to the pushing part, and the driving part is connected to an electromagnetic actuator. For the faucet lock described in item 2 of the scope of patent application, wherein the outer peripheral surface of the driving portion is combined with an elastic buffer member, and two ends of the elastic buffer member abut against the pushing portion and the electromagnetic actuator respectively. According to the faucet lock described in item 3 of the scope of patent application, the radial cross-sectional area of the driving portion is smaller than the radial cross-sectional area of the pushing portion. For the faucet lock described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the limiting portion of the chamber has an inner diameter, and the blocking portion of the lock bolt has a maximum outer diameter, and the maximum outer diameter is larger than the inner diameter. For the faucet lock described in item 1 of the scope of the patent application, the limiting portion is a limiting ring fitted into the surrounding wall of the chamber. The faucet lock described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein a stop ring is combined with a ring groove on the outer periphery of the lock bolt to form the stop portion. For example, the faucet lock described in any one of items 1 to 7 of the scope of the patent application further includes a housing having a first housing and a second housing connected to each other, and the telescopic member is located at the first housing A housing, and the lock bolt is located in the second housing. According to the faucet lock described in item 8 of the scope of patent application, the second housing has an inspection hole, and the inspection hole is located on the lock bolt.

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