Steering wheel auxiliary equipment for autonomous vehicle

Abstract

The invention discloses steering wheel auxiliary equipment for an automatic driving vehicle, and relates to the technical field of automatic driving vehicles, the steering wheel auxiliary equipment comprises a steering wheel central controller and a steering wheel main body which are integrally connected, a working groove is formed in the steering wheel central controller, and a disinfection assembly used for sucking and spraying disinfectant fluid is arranged in the working groove; a circle of annular pipe is fixedly sleeved with the steering wheel body. By arranging the steering wheel center controller, the steering wheel body, the disinfection assembly, the first flow guide pipe, the second flow guide pipe and the annular pipe, the disinfection assembly is controlled to work through air in the steering wheel, the disinfection assembly sucks disinfectant through the second flow guide pipe, and the disinfectant is injected into the annular pipe from the first flow guide pipe; and the disinfectant is distributed on the steering wheel main body from the annular pipe, so that the effect of disinfecting the steering wheel is achieved, bacteria bred on the steering wheel due to sweating can be removed, and the situation that sweat stains mixed with dust are adhered to the steering wheel after being dried and the hand feeling is influenced is reduced.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of autonomous driving vehicles, and in particular to a steering wheel auxiliary device for an autonomous driving vehicle. Background Art

[0002] Self-driving cars, also known as driverless cars, computer-driven cars, or wheeled mobile robots, are intelligent cars that achieve unmanned driving through computer systems. They have a history of several decades in the 20th century and are close to practical use in the early 21st century. Self-driving cars rely on artificial intelligence, visual computing, radar, monitoring devices and global positioning systems to work together, allowing computers to automatically and safely operate motor vehicles without any active human operation.

[0003] The technology of existing self-driving vehicles is usually attached to manually operated vehicles. The purpose is to turn on the self-driving mode when the driver is tired and needs a rest, so as to assist the driver in driving. However, the existing steering wheels with self-driving functions do not have the function of disinfecting the steering wheels. When the driver operates for a long time, the sweat from the palms of the driver's hands will adhere to the steering wheel. When the sweat dries, long-term use will lead to bacterial proliferation on the steering wheel, which will affect people's health. The operating feel of the steering wheel will also decrease, and even produce odor. Summary of the invention

[0004] The object of the present invention is to provide a steering wheel auxiliary device for an autonomous driving vehicle to solve the problem raised in the above background technology that the autonomous driving vehicle cannot automatically disinfect the steering wheel after use.

[0005] In order to solve the above-mentioned technical problems, the present invention provides the following technical solution: a steering wheel auxiliary device for an autonomous driving vehicle, comprising a steering wheel central controller and a steering wheel body that are integrally connected, a working groove is opened inside the steering wheel central controller, a disinfection component for inhaling and spraying disinfectant water is arranged in the working groove, an electromagnet for driving the disinfection component is fixedly arranged in the working groove, and the electromagnet is electrically connected to the steering wheel central controller, a first guide pipe is arranged in the steering wheel central controller, and a circle of annular pipe is fixedly sleeved inside the steering wheel body.

[0006] Furthermore, the disinfection assembly includes a disinfection box fixedly mounted on the inner wall of the working groove, a piston cavity is opened inside the disinfection box, a sliding rod is installed inside the piston cavity for internal sliding sealing, one end of the sliding rod passes through the disinfection box and is fixedly connected to a magnetic plate, one end of the sliding rod is located in the piston cavity and is fixedly connected to a piston plate, and the piston plate sliding seal is installed on the inner wall of the piston cavity.

[0007] Furthermore, the first flow guide tube and the second flow guide tube are both connected to the interior of the piston cavity, the first flow guide tube is connected to the annular tube, and a second flow guide tube connected to an external disinfection pipeline is fixedly arranged in the working groove.

[0008] Furthermore, one-way valves are inserted into the first guide tube and the second guide tube. The one-way valve on the first guide tube allows disinfectant water inside the piston cavity to flow into the first guide tube, and the one-way valve on the second guide tube allows disinfectant water to flow into the piston cavity.

[0009] Furthermore, a return spring is fixedly connected to the outer wall of the disinfection box, and the disinfection box is elastically connected to the magnetic plate through the return spring. The electromagnet can be energized to attract the magnetic plate after the car is started.

[0010] Furthermore, the steering wheel body is provided with a plurality of small holes for air circulation, the interior of the steering wheel body is provided with a plurality of groups of through holes, and the annular tube is connected with the small holes through the through holes.

[0011] Furthermore, the initial position of the piston plate is located at the leftmost side of the piston cavity.

[0012] Furthermore, the steering wheel central controller can start the electromagnet after the car is powered on.

[0013] Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects achieved by the present invention are:

[0014] 1. The present application sets a steering wheel central control, a steering wheel body, a disinfection component, a first air guide pipe, a second air guide pipe and an annular pipe, and controls the operation of the disinfection component through the air in the steering wheel. The disinfection component uses the second air guide pipe to inhale disinfectant, and injects the disinfectant into the annular pipe from the first air guide pipe, and distributes the disinfectant on the steering wheel body from the annular pipe, thereby achieving the effect of disinfecting the steering wheel, and can remove bacteria on the steering wheel due to sweating, and reduce the occurrence of sweat stains mixed with dust sticking to the steering wheel after drying, affecting the feel.

[0015] 2. The present application sets a magnetic plate, an electromagnet, a steering wheel central controller, a reset spring, a piston chamber and a piston plate. By opening and closing the vehicle, the internal part of the steering wheel central controller is powered on and off. The adsorption effect of the electromagnet on the magnetic plate and the reset effect of the reset spring on the magnetic plate cause the piston plate to move left and right in the piston chamber. By starting and closing the vehicle, disinfectant water can be stored when the vehicle is started, and the disinfectant water can be automatically sprayed on the surface of the steering wheel body after the vehicle is turned off. The disinfectant water can be automatically inhaled and sprayed, thereby facilitating the automatic disinfection action. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0016] The accompanying drawings are used to provide a further understanding of the present invention and constitute a part of the specification. Together with the embodiments of the present invention, they are used to explain the present invention and do not constitute a limitation of the present invention. In the accompanying drawings:

[0017] Figure 1 This is the overall structural view of a steering wheel auxiliary device for an autonomous driving vehicle according to the present invention;

[0018] Figure 2 It is a side cross-sectional view of a steering wheel auxiliary device for an autonomous driving vehicle according to the present invention;

[0019] Figure 3 This is a patented steering wheel auxiliary device for autonomous vehicles. Figure 2 A magnified view of the structure at center;

[0020] Figure 4 It is a side cross-sectional view of a disinfection assembly of a steering wheel auxiliary device for an autonomous vehicle according to the present invention;

[0021] Figure 5 This is a patented steering wheel auxiliary device for autonomous vehicles. Figure 2 Enlarged view of the structure at point B in the middle.

[0022] Markings in the accompanying drawings:

[0023] 1. Steering wheel central control; 2. Steering wheel body; 3. Working groove; 4. Disinfection component; 5. First guide tube; 6. Ring tube; 7. Second guide tube; 8. Electromagnet; 9. Disinfection box; 10. Piston chamber; 11. Slide rod; 12. Piston plate; 13. Reset spring; 14. Magnetic plate; 15. One-way valve; 16. Through hole. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0024] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0025] See also Figure 1 , Figure 2 , Figure 3 , Figure 4 and Figure 5The present invention provides a technical solution: a steering wheel auxiliary device for an autonomous driving vehicle, comprising a steering wheel central controller 1 and a steering wheel main body 2 which are integrally connected, a working groove 3 is provided inside the steering wheel central controller 1, a disinfection component 4 for inhaling and spraying disinfectant water is provided in the working groove 3, an electromagnet 8 for driving the disinfection component 4 to work is fixedly provided in the working groove 3, and the electromagnet 8 is electrically connected to the steering wheel central controller 1, a first guide pipe 5 is provided in the steering wheel central controller 1, and a circle of annular pipe 6 is fixedly sleeved inside the steering wheel main body 2.

[0026] The disinfection assembly 4 includes a disinfection box 9 fixedly mounted on the inner wall of the working groove 3, a piston chamber 10 is opened inside the disinfection box 9, a slide rod 11 is installed inside the piston chamber 10 for sliding sealing, one end of the slide rod 11 passes through the disinfection box 9 and is fixedly connected to a magnetic plate 14, one end of the slide rod 11 is located in the piston chamber 10 and is fixedly connected to a piston plate 12, and the piston plate 12 is slidingly sealed and installed on the inner wall of the piston chamber 10.

[0027] The first flow guide tube 5 and the second flow guide tube 7 are both connected to the inside of the piston chamber 10 . The first flow guide tube 5 is connected to the annular tube 6 . The second flow guide tube 7 connected to the external disinfection pipeline is fixedly arranged in the working groove 3 .

[0028] One-way valves 15 are inserted into the first guide tube 5 and the second guide tube 7 . The one-way valve 15 on the first guide tube 5 allows disinfectant water inside the piston chamber 10 to flow into the first guide tube 5 , and the one-way valve 15 on the second guide tube 7 allows disinfectant water to flow into the piston chamber 10 .

[0029] The steering wheel body 2 is provided with a plurality of small holes for air circulation, and the interior of the steering wheel body 2 is provided with a plurality of groups of through holes 16 , through which the annular tube 6 is connected with the small holes.

[0030] The initial position of the piston plate 12 is located at the leftmost side of the piston chamber 10 .

[0031] When the steering wheel needs to be disinfected, the vehicle is first started, the steering wheel central controller 1 is powered on, and then the electromagnet 8 is powered on. The electromagnet 8 works with magnetic force to make the disinfection component 4 suck in disinfectant. When the disinfection component 4 works, it will suck in disinfectant from the external disinfection pipeline through the second guide pipe 7. When the disinfection component 4 is discharging the disinfectant, the disinfectant sucked from the second guide pipe 7 is pushed into the annular pipe 6 through the first guide pipe 5. The disinfectant entering the annular pipe 6 will flow into the small holes on the steering wheel body 2 through the through hole 16. Then the disinfectant is distributed on the surface of the steering wheel body 2, thereby achieving the effect of disinfecting the steering wheel, removing bacteria on the steering wheel due to sweating, and reducing the situation where sweat stains mixed with dust stick to the steering wheel after drying, affecting the feel.

[0032] When the disinfection assembly 4 is working, the piston plate 12 will Figure 3As shown in the figure, it starts to move rightward from the leftmost side of the piston chamber 10. When the piston plate 12 moves rightward, since the one-way valve 15 on the first guide tube 5 can only allow the disinfectant to enter the first guide tube 5 from the piston chamber 10, the disinfectant can only enter the piston chamber 10 by sucking the disinfectant into the piston chamber 10 through the one-way valve 15 of the second guide tube 7 from the external disinfection pipeline. At this time, the action of the disinfection component 4 sucking the disinfectant is completed. When the disinfection component 4 starts to discharge the disinfectant, first, at this time, Figure 3 The rightmost piston plate 12 will move to the left, and when the entire piston plate 12 moves to the leftmost position of the piston chamber 10, the disinfectant will be completely discharged from the piston chamber 10 through the first guide pipe 5.

[0033] Specifically, Figures 2 to 4 As shown, the outer wall of the disinfection box 9 is fixedly connected to the reset spring 13, and the disinfection box 9 is elastically connected to the magnetic plate 14 through the reset spring 13. The electromagnet 8 can be energized to attract the magnetic plate 14 after the car is started.

[0034] The steering wheel central controller 1 can start the electromagnet 8 after the car is powered on.

[0035] When the vehicle is powered on, the steering wheel central controller 1 will start, and then the steering wheel central controller 1 will energize the electromagnet 8. After the electromagnet 8 is energized, the disinfection component 4 will work to absorb disinfectant water. When the vehicle is turned off, due to the power failure inside the vehicle, the steering wheel central controller 1 makes the electromagnet 8 uncharged. At this time, the electromagnet 8 has no magnetism, and the magnetic plate 14 is not attracted by the magnetic force of the electromagnet 8. The magnetic plate 14 will be under the action of the reset spring 13, such as Figure 3 As shown in the figure, it moves to the left and resets, thereby realizing the movement of the piston plate 12 inside the piston chamber 10. The vehicle can be started and shut down. When the vehicle is started, disinfectant water begins to be stored. After the vehicle is shut down, the disinfectant water is automatically sprayed on the surface of the steering wheel body 2. The disinfectant water can be automatically inhaled and sprayed, thereby facilitating the automatic disinfection action.

[0036] Working principle: When the steering wheel needs to be disinfected, the vehicle is started first, the steering wheel central controller 1 is energized, and then the electromagnet 8 is energized. The electromagnet 8 has magnetic force to make the disinfection component 4 suck in disinfectant. When the disinfection component 4 is working, it will suck in disinfectant from the external disinfection pipeline through the second guide tube 7. When the disinfection component 4 is discharging the disinfectant, the disinfectant sucked from the second guide tube 7 is pushed into the annular tube 6 through the first guide tube 5. The disinfectant entering the annular tube 6 will flow into the small holes on the steering wheel body 2 through the through hole 16, and then the disinfectant is distributed on the surface of the steering wheel body 2, thereby achieving the effect of disinfecting the steering wheel, and can remove bacteria on the steering wheel due to sweating, and reduce the occurrence of sweat stains mixed with dust sticking to the steering wheel after drying, affecting the feel.

[0037] It should be noted that, in this article, relational terms such as first and second, etc. are only used to distinguish one entity or operation from another entity or operation, and do not necessarily require or imply any such actual relationship or order between these entities or operations. Moreover, the terms "include", "comprise" or any other variants thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article or device including a series of elements includes not only those elements, but also other elements not explicitly listed, or also includes elements inherent to such process, method, article or device.

[0038] Finally, it should be noted that the above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention. Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the aforementioned embodiments, those skilled in the art can still modify the technical solutions described in the aforementioned embodiments or replace some of the technical features therein by equivalents. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present invention shall be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A steering wheel auxiliary device for an autonomous driving vehicle, comprising a steering wheel central controller (1) and a steering wheel body (2) connected in one piece, characterized in that: A working groove (3) is provided inside the steering wheel central controller (1), and a disinfection component (4) for sucking in and spraying disinfectant water is arranged in the working groove (3); An electromagnet (8) for driving the disinfection component (4) to work is fixedly arranged in the working groove (3), and the electromagnet (8) is electrically connected to the steering wheel central controller (1). A first flow guide pipe (5) is arranged in the steering wheel central controller (1), and a ring-shaped pipe (6) is fixedly sleeved inside the steering wheel body (2).

2. The steering wheel assist device for an autonomous driving vehicle according to claim 1, characterized in that: The disinfection assembly (4) comprises a disinfection box (9) fixedly mounted on the inner wall of the working tank (3); a piston chamber (10) is provided inside the disinfection box (9); a sliding rod (11) is installed inside the piston chamber (10) in a sliding and sealing manner; one end of the sliding rod (11) passes through the disinfection box (9) and is fixedly connected to a magnetic plate (14); one end of the sliding rod (11) located in the piston chamber (10) is fixedly connected to a piston plate (12); and the piston plate (12) is slidingly and sealingly installed on the inner wall of the piston chamber (10).

3. The steering wheel assist device for an autonomous driving vehicle according to claim 2, characterized in that: The first flow guide tube (5) and the second flow guide tube (7) are both connected to the interior of the piston chamber (10), the first flow guide tube (5) is connected to the annular tube (6), and a second flow guide tube (7) connected to an external disinfection pipeline is fixedly arranged in the working groove (3).

4. The steering wheel assist device for an autonomous driving vehicle according to claim 3, characterized in that: One-way valves (15) are inserted into both the first flow guide tube (5) and the second flow guide tube (7); the one-way valve (15) on the first flow guide tube (5) allows disinfectant water inside the piston chamber (10) to flow into the first flow guide tube (5), and the one-way valve (15) on the second flow guide tube (7) allows disinfectant water to flow into the piston chamber (10).

5. The steering wheel assist device for an autonomous driving vehicle according to claim 2, characterized in that: The outer wall of the disinfection box (9) is fixedly connected to a return spring (13), and the disinfection box (9) is elastically connected to the magnetic plate (14) via the return spring (13). The electromagnet (8) can be energized to attract the magnetic plate (14) after the car is started.

6. The steering wheel assist device for an autonomous driving vehicle according to claim 1, characterized in that: The steering wheel body (2) is provided with a plurality of small holes for air circulation, the steering wheel body (2) is provided with a plurality of groups of through holes (16) inside, and the annular tube (6) is connected with the small holes through the through holes (16).

7. The steering wheel assist device for an autonomous driving vehicle according to claim 2, characterized in that: The initial position of the piston plate (12) is located at the leftmost side of the piston chamber (10).

8. The steering wheel assist device for an autonomous driving vehicle according to claim 1, characterized in that: The steering wheel central controller (1) can start the electromagnet (8) after the vehicle is powered on.

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