TWM629018U - Automotive dashboard with outer-frame type button - Google Patents

Abstract

A vehicle instrument with an outer frame key is provided with a body, and the body system is provided with a cavity for accommodating a control unit and a display unit, and at least an outer frame is arranged around the body , wherein the main body is provided with a perforation communicating with the chamber, and the control unit has at least one switch disposed adjacent to the perforation, and one end of the outer frame is connected to the main body, and the other side of the outer frame is The end is provided with a trigger part, the trigger part enters the cavity through the hole, and is located adjacent to the switch, whereby when the user presses the outer frame, the outer frame will swing relative to the body, and Let the trigger part trigger the switch to operate the control unit.

Description

Vehicle instrument with frame-type buttons

This creation is related to a vehicle instrument, especially a vehicle instrument with frame-type buttons.

A general vehicle can be equipped with a vehicle instrument to display the driving status of the vehicle, such as water temperature, oil temperature, turbine pressure, rotational speed, voltage, etc., wherein the conventional vehicle instrument mainly has a body, and The front of the main body is provided with a display, and one side of the display is provided with a plurality of buttons, which can be pressed by the user to operate the vehicle instrument, such as adjusting the display page, screen brightness, and the like.

However, the buttons of the conventional vehicle instrument are exposed on the main body, which is not only unsightly, but also occupies the front space of the main body, so that the main body can only use a small-sized display. If a large-sized display is used, it will be disadvantageous. The body is miniaturized, and the exposed buttons are also easily damaged by external force. Therefore, after observing the above shortcomings, the creator of this case believes that the existing vehicle instrumentation needs to be improved, and this creation was born.

The purpose of this creation is to provide a vehicle instrument with an outer frame type button, which has a relatively compact and concise body, and the front of the body has a larger area, which can set a larger size display unit, and Protect the switch from external damage.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the vehicle instrument with frame-type buttons provided by this creation includes a main body, and the main body system is provided with a cavity for accommodating a control unit and a display unit. The peripheral side of the main body is provided with at least one through hole communicating with the cavity, and the peripheral side of the main body is further provided with at least a fulcrum portion, and further includes at least one outer frame, which is arranged around the main body, and the The outer frame is provided with a connecting portion corresponding to the fulcrum portion, the connecting portion is connected to the fulcrum portion, and the outer frame further has at least one triggering portion, the triggering portion enters the chamber through the through hole and is located adjacent to the fulcrum portion. at the switch.

In the vehicle instrument with outer frame buttons provided by this creation, the user can press the outer frame to make the outer frame swing relative to the main body with the fulcrum as the center and trigger the switch, so as to operate through the switch In the control unit, the switch can be hidden in the chamber, the main body is more compact and concise, and the front of the main body has a large area, a large-sized display unit can be installed, and the switch can be protected from Injured by external force.

100: Vehicle instrument with frame-type buttons

10: Ontology

11: Shell

12: Chamber

13: Perforation

131: Positioning column

14: Fulcrum

15: Threading holes

16: light-transmitting hole

20: Control unit

21: circuit board

22: Processing modules

23: Transmission module

24: switch

25: Lighting pieces

30: Display unit

40: Outer frame

41: Connection part

42: Trigger Department

421: Shaft

422: bump

423: Long slot

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is an exploded view of the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view of the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of the use of the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of the action of the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the action of the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Please refer to FIG. 1 , FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 , which are perspective views, exploded views, and cross-sectional views of preferred embodiments of the present invention, which disclose a vehicle instrument 100 with an outer frame-type button. The instrument 100 includes: a main body 10, which is composed of two casings 11 combined, and a cavity 12 is enclosed between the casings 11, and at least one connection is passed through the peripheral side of the main body 10 The through hole 13 passing through the chamber 12 is provided with at least a fulcrum portion 14, and is provided with at least one threading hole 15, and is provided with at least one light-transmitting hole 16. In this embodiment, the main body 10 is made of a transparent It is made of light material, and one end of the main body 10 is provided with the through hole 13, the through hole 13 is provided with a positioning post 131, and the other end of the main body 10 is provided with a plurality of the fulcrum parts 14, and so on. The fulcrum portion 14 is made of plastic material, such as plastic, and forms a cylinder with a certain plastic deformation ability. In addition, the top surface and the bottom surface of the main body 10 are further provided with a light-transmitting hole 16 respectively.

A control unit 20 is accommodated in the chamber 12 and has a circuit board 21 on which a processing module 22 is arranged for outputting an electrical signal and an electrical connection to The transmission module 23 of the processing module 22 can be used for hand-holding with a trip computer of a vehicle (not shown) to obtain the driving data of the vehicle, and at least one switch 24 electrically connected to the processing module 22 can For controlling the processing module 22, there is also at least one light emitting element 25 electrically connected to the processing module 22. In this embodiment, the control unit 20 is provided with a plurality of the switches 24 adjacent to the through hole 13 , the switches 24 are push switches, and the control unit 20 is provided with a plurality of the light-emitting elements 25 , such as an LED, corresponding to each of the light-transmitting holes 16 .

A display unit 30 is disposed on the main body 10 and is electrically connected to the control unit 20 for receiving the electrical signal and presenting the content of the electrical signal. In this embodiment, the main body 10 It is made of light-transmitting material, so the display unit 30 can be accommodated in the chamber 12 .

At least one outer frame 40 is disposed around the main body 10 and is located at the position corresponding to the light-transmitting hole 16 , and the outer frame 40 is provided with a connecting portion 41 corresponding to the fulcrum portion 14 , and the connecting portion 41 is connected to the fulcrum portion 14 . Should The fulcrum portion 14 and the outer frame 40 further have at least one triggering portion 42, the triggering portion 42 enters the chamber 12 through the through hole 13 and is located adjacent to the switch 24, wherein the outer frame 40 can be the The fulcrum portion 14 swings relative to the main body 10 as the center, so that the trigger portion 42 triggers the switch 24. In this embodiment, the vehicle instrument 100 has an outer frame 40, and the outer frame 40 generally forms a C The corresponding fulcrum part 14 is provided with a plurality of the connecting parts 41, and the connecting parts 41 form a pair of connecting holes corresponding to the shape of the fulcrum part 14, so that the fulcrum parts 14 can respectively pass through the corresponding fulcrum part 14. At the same time, the outer frame 40 is provided with a triggering portion 42 corresponding to the through hole 13 , the triggering portion 42 has a shaft 421 with a diameter smaller than the through hole 13 , and the shaft 421 corresponds to each of the corresponding switches 24 . A projection 422 extends laterally. In addition, the shaft 421 has a long slot 423 corresponding to the positioning post 131 for the positioning post 131 to pass through the long slot 423 to limit the swing range of the outer frame 40 .

In order to further understand the structural characteristics of this creation, the use of technical means and the expected effect, I hereby describe the use of this creation, I believe that this will lead to a deeper and more specific understanding of this creation, as follows: Please refer to As shown in FIG. 4, it is a schematic diagram of the use of the preferred embodiment of the present invention. The user can set the vehicle instrument 100 on the vehicle and connect the transmission module 23 with the on-board computer of the vehicle, for example Through the threading hole 15, use a transmission line for wired connection, or use Bluetooth for wireless connection, so that various driving data of the vehicle can be obtained from the on-board computer, such as water temperature, oil temperature, speed, voltage, speed, etc. and provide the driving data to the processing module 22, the processing module 22 will output the electrical signal after decoding and other operations, and send it to the display unit 30, and present it to the user on the display unit 30 for viewing , so that the user can know the driving state of the vehicle in real time. On the other hand, when the vehicle instrument 100 is in use, the light-emitting elements 25 will start to emit light, and the light will first pass through the light-transmitting holes 16 Passing through the main body 10 , irradiating on the inner wall surface of the outer frame 40 , and then passing through the outer frame 40 to reflect The light is emitted to the outside, so as to provide a softer lighting effect like indirect lighting. It is worth mentioning that the user can also make the light-emitting elements 25 emit light special effects according to the driving state of the vehicle, such as adjusting the brightness according to the engine speed. , or change the color of the light to warn the user when the engine is over-revving.

Please refer to Fig. 5 and Fig. 6, which are schematic diagrams of the action of the preferred embodiment of the present invention. When the user presses the outer frame 40, at this time, one end of the outer frame 40 passes through the connecting portion 41. is connected to the fulcrum portion 14, and the other end of the outer frame 40 is a free end and is provided with the triggering portion 42, so the outer frame 40 will swing relative to the main body 10 with the fulcrum portion 14 as the center, so that the triggering The portion 42 triggers the corresponding switch 24 , thereby allowing the user to trigger the switches 24 by pressing the outer frame 40 to further operate the control unit 20 through the switches 24 , for example, by triggering the switches 24 , let the display unit 30 switch between the oil temperature page, the water temperature page, the speed page and the voltage page. It is worth noting that in this embodiment, because the fulcrum parts 14 are made of plastic materials, they have Therefore, when the user presses the outer frame 40 and swings relative to the main body 10 with one of the fulcrum portions 14 as the center, the other fulcrum portion 14 will be deformed to store force, which is available for the user When the outer frame 40 is released, the outer frame 40 is pushed to reset.

Hereby, the features of the present invention and the expected functions that can be achieved are stated as follows: In the vehicle instrument 100 with an outer frame type button of the present invention, the user can press the outer frame 40 to make the outer frame 40 use the outer frame 40. The iso-fulcrum portion 14 swings relative to the main body 10 and triggers the switches 24, so as to operate the control unit 20 through the switches 24, so that the switches 24 can be hidden in the chamber 12, so that the main body 10 It is more compact and simple, and the front surface of the main body 10 has a larger area, and a larger size of the display unit 30 can be provided, and at the same time, the switches 24 can be protected from external force damage.

To sum up, this creation has excellent progress and practicality among similar products. At the same time, I have searched the technical data about such structures at home and abroad, and have not found the same structure in the literature. Therefore, This work actually has the requirements for a new type of patent, and an application is filed in accordance with the law.

However, the above is only one of the preferred feasible embodiments of this creation, so any equivalent structural changes made by applying the description of this creation and the scope of the patent application should be included in the patent scope of this creation.

100: Vehicle instrument with frame-type buttons

10: Ontology

11: Shell

12: Chamber

13: Perforation

131: Positioning column

14: Fulcrum

15: Threading holes

16: light-transmitting hole

20: Control unit

21: circuit board

24: switch

30: Display unit

40: Outer frame

41: Connection part

42: Trigger Department

421: Shaft

422: bump

423: Long slot

Claims (8)

A vehicle instrument with frame-type buttons, which comprises: a main body with a cavity inside, and at least one perforation connecting with the cavity is pierced through the peripheral side of the main body, and at least a fulcrum part is further provided in the peripheral side of the main body; a control unit, which is accommodated in the chamber, and has a processing module capable of outputting an electrical signal, and at the same time, the processing module is further connected with at least one switch, and the switch is arranged adjacent to the through hole; a display unit, which is disposed on the main body and is electrically connected to the control unit for receiving the electrical signal and presenting the content of the electrical signal; At least one outer frame is arranged around the body, and the outer frame is provided with a connecting portion corresponding to the fulcrum portion, the connecting portion is connected to the fulcrum portion, and the outer frame further has at least one trigger portion, the The triggering portion enters the chamber through the through hole and is located adjacent to the switch, wherein the outer frame can swing relative to the body with the fulcrum portion as the center, so that the triggering portion triggers the switch. The vehicle instrument with an outer frame type button according to claim 1, wherein the system has a plurality of the fulcrum parts, the fulcrum parts are made of plastic materials, and the outer frame has a corresponding plurality of fulcrum parts connecting parts, the connecting parts are respectively connected to the corresponding fulcrum parts. The vehicle instrument with an outer frame button according to claim 1, wherein the fulcrum part is a cylinder, and the connecting part is a connecting hole of a corresponding shape, so that the fulcrum part can pass through the connection part. The vehicle instrument with an outer frame button according to claim 1, wherein the trigger portion has a shaft with a diameter smaller than the through hole, and the shaft has a protrusion extending laterally corresponding to the switch. The vehicle instrument with an outer frame button according to claim 1, wherein the body is provided with a positioning post in the through hole, and the trigger portion is provided with a long slot corresponding to the positioning post, and the positioning post is connected through the hole. set in the long groove. The vehicle instrument with frame-type buttons according to claim 1, wherein the main body is made of a light-transmitting material, and the display unit is accommodated in the cavity. The vehicle instrument with an outer frame type button according to claim 1, wherein the peripheral side of the main body is further provided with at least one light-transmitting hole, and the outer frame is located at the position corresponding to the light-transmitting hole, and the control unit At least one light-emitting element is arranged corresponding to the light-transmitting hole. The vehicle instrument with frame-type buttons according to claim 1, wherein the processing module is electrically connected to a transmission module, which can be used for interfacing with a trip computer of a vehicle to obtain the trip data of the vehicle.

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