Shell and bus equipment

Through the clamping design of the split shell, the problems of high difficulty in manufacturing the housing mold of the bus equipment are solved, and low-cost high-versatility assembly is achieved.

CN223067331UActive Publication Date: 2025-07-04SHANGHAI TOSUN TECH LTD
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Application Number
CN202422091684.2
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-08-27
Publication Date
2025-07-04
Estimated Expiration
2034-08-27

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Technical Problem

The mold manufacturing of existing bus equipment housings is difficult and has poor versatility, resulting in high mold opening costs.

Method used

The first housing and the second housing having a split type are connected by a snap-connection method. The male connecting portion of the first housing and the female connecting portion of the second housing are plugged and clamped to each other, and the structure is the same to improve versatility.

Benefits of technology

It reduces the difficulty of mold manufacturing, simplifies assembly methods, and greatly reduces mold opening costs.

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Abstract

The utility model belongs to the technical field of bus equipment, and particularly relates to a shell and bus equipment, and the shell comprises a first shell which is roughly U-shaped, one side of the first shell is provided with a female connecting part, and the other side of the first shell is provided with a male connecting part; the structure of the second shell is the same as that of the first shell, the male connecting part of the second shell is suitable for being inserted and clamped into the female connecting part of the first shell, and the male connecting part of the first shell is suitable for being inserted and clamped into the female connecting part of the second shell; according to the shell, the first shell body and the second shell body which are split are adopted, the first shell body and the second shell body are connected in a clamping mode, the difficulty of mold manufacturing is reduced, the assembling mode is simple, the universality of the shell is greatly improved, and in addition, due to the fact that the first shell body and the second shell body are the same in structure, the mold opening cost is greatly reduced.
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Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model belongs to the technical field of bus devices, specifically relates to the manufacturing technology of bus devices, and particularly relates to a housing and a bus device. Background Art

[0002] The housing of a bus device can be used to protect and seal the internal hardware circuit to ensure its stable operation in various environments. The existing housing of a bus device usually adopts an integral housing structure form, or male card interfaces are provided on both side walls of the upper housing, and female card interfaces are provided on both side walls of the lower housing. The plugging or clamping method is adopted, resulting in poor versatility of the prepared housing and high mold opening cost.

[0003] The utility model provides a housing to solve the technical problem of poor versatility of the existing housing.

[0004] It should be noted that the above information disclosed in this background art part is only used to understand the background art of the concept of this application. Therefore, the above description is not considered as information of the prior art. Summary of the Utility Model

[0005] The embodiments of the present disclosure at least provide a housing and a bus device to solve the problems of high mold manufacturing difficulty and high mold opening cost.

[0006] In a first aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a housing, including: a first housing generally in a U shape, with a female connection part provided on one side and a male connection part provided on the other side;

[0007] A second housing, having the same structure as the first housing, and the male connection part of the second housing is adapted to be inserted into and clamped within the female connection part of the first housing, and the male connection part of the first housing is adapted to be inserted into and clamped within the female connection part of the second housing.

[0008] The male connection part includes a male limit strip and a plugging strip; the female connection part includes a female limit strip and a plugging slot adapted to accommodate the plugging strip; and when the plugging strip is clamped within the plugging slot, the male limit strip abuts against the female limit strip.

[0009] Further, a step is provided on the side of the plugging strip facing the inside of the housing; the plugging slot is provided with a slot eaves adapted to the step; and when the plugging strip is clamped within the plugging slot, the step surface of the step abuts against the eaves bottom surface of the slot eaves.

[0010] Further, a clamping inclined surface is further provided on the side of the plugging strip facing the inside of the housing; a guiding inclined surface is provided on the side of the slot eaves facing the outside of the housing; and the inclined angles of the clamping inclined surface and the guiding inclined surface with respect to the horizontal plane are the same.

[0011] Further, the inclination angles of the clamping inclined surface and the guiding inclined surface relative to the horizontal plane are 45° to 80°.

[0012] Further, when the plugging strip is clamped in the plugging groove, the distance between the bottom surface of the plugging strip and the bottom of the plugging groove is 0.5 to 1.5 cm.

[0013] Further, at least one layer of bearing steps are symmetrically arranged on the inner walls on both sides of the first and second shells.

[0014] Further, a plurality of heat dissipation teeth are respectively arranged on the outer walls on both sides of the first and second shells.

[0015] In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a housing, including: a first shell and a second shell, wherein corresponding side wall connection parts are respectively arranged at the edges of the side walls of the first and second shells;

[0016] After the side wall connection parts of the first shell and the second shell are assembled, two identical and inversely assembled structures are formed.

[0017] Further, the assembled structure includes: a female connection part that is plugged and matched with a male connection part; wherein

[0018] The male connection part includes a male limit strip and a plugging strip that are arranged at the side wall edge and extend along the edge;

[0019] The female connection part includes a female limit strip and a plugging groove that are arranged at the side wall edge and extend along the edge and are adapted to accommodate the plugging strip; and

[0020] When the plugging strip is clamped in the plugging groove, the male limit strip and the female limit strip are abutted to form an abutting surface (A).

[0021] Further, a step is arranged on the side of the plugging strip facing the inside of the shell;

[0022] The plugging groove is provided with a groove eaves adapted to the step; and

[0023] When the plugging strip is clamped in the plugging groove, the step surface of the step abuts against the eaves bottom surface of the groove eaves to form an abutting surface (B), and the upper edge surface of the groove eaves abuts against the upper edge surface of the step to form an abutting surface (C);

[0024] Wherein, the abutting surface (A), the abutting surface (B) and the abutting surface (C) form three limiting surfaces around the plugging strip and form an inverted limiting fit with the assembled structure of the male connection part and the female connection part of the other side wall.

[0025] In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a bus device, including: the housing as described above; and

[0026] The two end caps are respectively installed at both ends of the housing through an installation sleeve.

[0027] The beneficial effect of the present utility model is that the housing of the present utility model is used for a bus device. By adopting a split first housing and second housing, and connecting the first and second housings in a snap-fit manner, not only the difficulty of mold manufacturing is reduced, but also the assembly method is simple, greatly improving the versatility of the housing and significantly reducing the mold opening cost.

[0028] Other features and advantages of the present utility model will be described in the following specification, and, in part, will be obvious from the specification, or will be understood by implementing the present utility model. The objectives and other advantages of the present utility model are achieved and obtained by the structures specifically pointed out in the specification, claims, and drawings.

[0029] To make the above objectives, features, and advantages of the present utility model more obvious and understandable, specific preferred embodiments are hereby given, and in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, the following detailed description is provided. Description of the Drawings

[0030] To more clearly illustrate the specific embodiments of the present utility model or the technical solutions in the prior art, the following will briefly introduce the drawings required for use in the description of the specific embodiments or the prior art. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present utility model. For those of ordinary skill in the art, without creative efforts, other drawings can also be obtained based on these drawings.

[0031] Figure 1 A perspective view of a housing provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0032] Figure 2 A front view of the first housing of a housing provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0033] Figure 3 A front view of the second housing of a housing provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0034] Figure 4 A front view of a housing provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0035] Figure 5 For Figure 4 An enlarged view showing a part of the reference numerals in part D of

[0036] Figure 6 For Figure 4 An enlarged view showing another part of the reference numerals in part D of

[0037] Figure 7 A perspective view of a bus device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0038] In the figure:

[0039] The first housing 10, the male connection part 11 of the first housing, the insertion strip 110, the clamping inclined surface 1100, the step 1101, the upper edge surface 1101s of the step, the male limiting strip 111, the female connection part 12 of the first housing;

[0040] The second housing 20, the male connection part 21 of the second housing, the female connection part 22 of the second housing, the insertion slot 220, the guiding inclined surface 2200, the slot eaves 2201, the upper edge surface 2201s of the slot eaves, the female limiting strip 221;

[0041] The bearing step 13, the heat dissipation teeth 30;

[0042] The outer shell 1, the end cover 2, the mounting sleeve 3. Detailed implementation manners

[0043] In order to make the objectives, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present utility model clearer, the technical solutions of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are some but not all of the embodiments of the present utility model. All other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present utility model without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present utility model.

[0044] It has been found through research that the mold opening of the housing of existing bus devices usually adopts the structural form of an integral housing or male card interfaces are provided on both side walls of the upper housing and female card interfaces are provided on both side walls of the lower housing, and the plugging or clamping method is adopted, resulting in poor versatility of the prepared housing and high mold opening cost.

[0045] All the defects existing in the existing solutions are the results obtained by the inventors after practice and careful research. Therefore, the process of discovering the above problems and the solutions proposed herein for the above problems should be the contributions made by the inventors to this disclosure during the disclosure process.

[0046] Based on the above research, the embodiments of this disclosure provide a housing for a bus device, which adopts a split first housing 10 and second housing 20, and the first and second housings are connected by a clamping method. Since the structures of the first and second housings are the same, the versatility of the housing is greatly improved, and the mold opening cost is greatly reduced.

[0047] The following will describe in detail some embodiments of the present utility model with reference to the accompanying drawings. Without conflict, the following embodiments and the features in the embodiments can be combined with each other.

[0048] It should be noted that like reference numerals and letters refer to like items in the following drawings, and thus, once an item is defined in one drawing, it need not be further defined and explained in subsequent drawings.

[0049] As Figures 1 to 4 shown, at least one embodiment provides a housing, including: a first housing 10 generally in a U shape, with a female connection portion 12 provided on one side and a male connection portion 11 provided on the other side; a second housing 20 having the same structure as the first housing 10, and the male connection portion 21 of the second housing 20 is adapted to be inserted into and snap-fitted into the female connection portion 12 of the first housing 10, and the male connection portion 11 of the first housing 10 is adapted to be inserted into and snap-fitted into the female connection portion 22 of the second housing 20.

[0050] Specifically, the housing of the bus device in this embodiment is formed by snap-fitting the split first housing 10 and second housing 20, which not only reduces the overall mold manufacturing difficulty, but also has a simple assembly method. In addition, since the first and second housings have the same structure, the mold opening cost is also greatly reduced.

[0051] As Figures 5 to 6 shown, in this embodiment, taking the male connection portion 11 of the first housing 10 snap-fitting with the female connection portion 22 of the second housing 20 as an example, the structures of the first and second housings and the assembly structure between the two housings are described in detail. The male connection portion 11 includes a male limit strip 111 and a plugging strip 110; the female connection portion 22 includes a female limit strip 221 and a plugging groove 220 adapted to receive the plugging strip 110; and when the plugging strip 110 is snap-fitted into the plugging groove 220, the male limit strip 111 abuts against the female limit strip 221 to form an abutting surface A.

[0052] In some embodiments, a step 1101 is provided on the side of the plugging strip 110 facing the inside of the housing; the plugging groove 220 is provided with a groove edge 2201 adapted to the step 1101; and when the plugging strip 110 is snap-fitted into the plugging groove 220, the step surface of the step 1101 abuts against the bottom surface of the groove edge 2201 to form an abutting surface B, and the upper edge surface 2201s of the groove edge 2201 abuts against the upper edge surface 1101s of the step 1101 to form an abutting surface C.

[0053] According to Figure 5 , wherein the abutting surface A forms the lower limit of the male connection portion 11, the abutting surface B forms the upper limit of the male connection portion 11, and the abutting surface C forms the right limit of the male connection portion 11. Therefore, the abutting surfaces A, B, and C form three limiting surfaces around the plugging strip 110 and form an inverted fit with the assembly structure of the male connection portion 11 and the female connection portion 22 on the other side wall, generating mutual limiting constraints, so that the first housing 10 and the second housing 20 are stably assembled and will not shake up and down or left and right.

[0054] In some embodiments, a clamping inclined surface 1100 is further provided on one side of the plugging strip 110 facing the inside of the housing; a guiding inclined surface 2200 is provided on one side of the groove eaves 2201 facing the outside of the housing; and the clamping inclined surface 1100 and the guiding inclined surface 2200 have the same inclination angle relative to the horizontal plane. Specifically, the plugging strip 110 can conveniently and smoothly enter the plugging groove 220 under the guidance of the guiding inclined surface 2200 through the clamping inclined surface 1100; the same inclination angle of the clamping inclined surface 1100 and the guiding inclined surface 2200 relative to the horizontal plane can improve the convenience and operability of the plugging strip 110 being clamped into the plugging groove 220;

[0055] In some embodiments, the inclination angle of the clamping inclined surface 1100 and the guiding inclined surface 2200 relative to the horizontal plane is 45° - 80°. Exemplarily, the inclination angle β of the clamping inclined surface 1100 relative to the horizontal plane is 60°, 65° or 70°; the inclination angle α of the guiding inclined surface 2200 relative to the horizontal plane is 60°, 65° or 70°.

[0056] In some embodiments, when the plugging strip 110 is clamped in the plugging groove 220, the distance a between the bottom surface of the plugging strip 110 and the bottom of the plugging groove 220 is 0.5 - 1.5 cm, preferably, the distance a is 0.9 cm or 1.0 cm.

[0057] See Figure 2 , at least one layer of bearing steps 13 are symmetrically provided on the inner walls on both sides of the first and second housings. The bearing steps 13 can be used to bear the circuit board located inside the housing, and the corresponding layer of bearing steps 13 can be selected according to the thickness of the components of the circuit board as required.

[0058] In some embodiments, a plurality of heat dissipation teeth 30 are respectively provided on the outer walls on both sides of the first and second housings, and the heat generated inside the housing can be dissipated through each heat dissipation tooth 30.

[0059] As Figure 1 shown, some embodiments further provide a housing, including: a first housing 10 and a second housing 20, wherein corresponding side wall connection parts are respectively provided at the edges of the side walls of the first and second housings; the side wall connection parts of the first housing 10 and the second housing 20 form two identical and inverted assembly structures after being assembled.

[0060] As Figures 2 to 5As shown, in some embodiments, the assembly structure includes: a female connecting portion 22 that is inserted and mated with a male connecting portion 11; wherein the male connecting portion 11 includes a male limiting strip 111 and an inserting strip 110 that are provided at the side wall edge and extend along the edge; the female connecting portion 22 includes a female limiting strip 221 and an inserting groove 220 that are provided at the side wall edge and extend along the edge, and the inserting groove 220 is adapted to accommodate the inserting strip 110; and when the inserting strip 110 is snapped into the inserting groove 220, the male limiting strip 111 abuts against the female limiting strip 221 to form an abutting surface A.

[0061] In some embodiments, a step 1101 is provided on the side of the inserting strip 110 facing the inside of the housing; the inserting groove 220 is provided with a groove edge 2201 that is adapted to the step 1101; and when the inserting strip 110 is snapped into the inserting groove 220, the step surface of the step 1101 abuts against the eaves bottom surface of the groove edge 2201 to form an abutting surface B, and the upper edge surface of the groove edge 2201 abuts against the upper edge surface of the step 1101 to form an abutting surface C; wherein, the abutting surface A, the abutting surface B, and the abutting surface C form three limiting surfaces around the inserting strip 110, and form an inverted limiting fit with the assembly structure of the male connecting portion 21 and the female connecting portion 12 on the other side wall, generating mutual limiting constraints, so that the first housing 10 and the second housing 20 are stably assembled and will not shake up and down or left and right.

[0062] As Figure 7 shown, some embodiments further provide a bus device, including: the housing 1 as described above; and two end covers 2, which are respectively installed at both ends of the housing 1 through an installation sleeve 3.

[0063] Specifically, for the specific structure of the housing 1, reference can be made to the content described in detail above, and details will not be elaborated here; the end cover 2, the installation sleeve 3 and the housing 1 are connected by, for example but not limited to, a bolt assembly.

[0064] In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, the terms "installed", "connected", and "connected" shall be understood in a broad sense. For example, it can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; it can be a mechanical connection, and it can be directly connected. For those of ordinary skill in the art, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations.

[0065] In the description of the present utility model, it should be noted that the orientation or positional relationship indicated by terms such as "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc. is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings. It is only for the convenience of describing the present utility model and simplifying the description, rather than indicating or implying that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be construed as a limitation to the present utility model. In addition, terms such as "first", "second" and other numerical terms used herein do not imply order or sequence unless explicitly indicated in the text.

[0066] Based on the above inspiration from the ideal embodiments of the present utility model, through the above description, relevant staff can completely make various changes and modifications without departing from the technical idea of this utility model. The technical scope of this utility model is not limited to the content in the specification, and its technical scope must be determined according to the scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A housing, characterized in that, Comprising: A first housing generally in a U shape, with a female connection part provided on one side and a male connection part provided on the other side; A second housing, having the same structure as the first housing, and the male connection part of the second housing is adapted to be inserted into and snap - fit within the female connection part of the first housing, and the male connection part of the first housing is adapted to be inserted into and snap - fit within the female connection part of the second housing.

2. The housing according to claim 1, wherein The male connection part includes a male limit strip and a plug - in strip; The female connection part includes a female limit strip and a plug - in slot adapted to receive the plug - in strip; and When the plug - in strip is snap - fit within the plug - in slot, the male limit strip abuts against the female limit strip.

3. The housing according to claim 2, wherein The side of the plug - in strip facing the inside of the housing is provided with a step; The plug - in slot is provided with a slot eaves adapted to match the step; and When the plug - in strip is snap - fit within the plug - in slot, the step surface of the step abuts against the eaves bottom surface of the slot eaves.

4. The housing according to claim 3, wherein The side of the plug - in strip facing the inside of the housing is further provided with a snap - fit inclined surface; The slot eaves is provided with a guiding inclined surface facing the outside of the housing; and The inclination angles of the snap - fit inclined surface and the guiding inclined surface with respect to the horizontal plane are the same.

5. The housing according to claim 4, wherein The inclination angles of the snap - fit inclined surface and the guiding inclined surface with respect to the horizontal plane are 45° - 80°.

6. The housing according to claim 3, wherein When the plug - in strip is snap - fit within the plug - in slot, the distance between the bottom surface of the plug - in strip and the bottom of the plug - in slot is 0.5 - 1.5 cm.

7. The housing according to claim 1, wherein At least one layer of bearing steps is symmetrically provided on the inner walls on both sides of the first and second housings.

8. The housing according to claim 1, wherein A plurality of heat - dissipating teeth are respectively provided on the outer walls on both sides of the first and second housings.

9. A housing, characterized in that, Comprising: A first housing and a second housing, wherein corresponding side - wall connection parts are respectively provided at the edges of the two side walls of the first and second housings; The side - wall connection parts of the first housing and the second housing form two identical and inversely - assembled structures after assembly.

10. The housing according to claim 9, wherein The assembled structure includes: a female connection part for plug - in and mating with the male connection part; wherein The male connection part includes a male limit strip and a plug - in strip provided at the side - wall edge and extending along the edge; The female connection part includes a female limit strip and a plug - in slot provided at the side - wall edge and extending along the edge and adapted to receive the plug - in strip; and When the plug - in strip is snap - fit within the plug - in slot, the male limit strip abuts against the female limit strip to form an abutting surface A.

11. The housing according to claim 10, wherein The side of the plug - in strip facing the inside of the housing is provided with a step; The plug - in slot is provided with a slot eaves adapted to match the step; and When the plug - in strip is snap - fit within the plug - in slot, the step surface of the step abuts against the eaves bottom surface of the slot eaves to form an abutting surface B, and the upper edge surface of the slot eaves abuts against the upper edge surface of the step to form an abutting surface C; Among them, the abutting surfaces A, B, and C form three limiting surfaces around the insertion strip, and form an inverted limiting fit with the assembly structure of the male connection part and the female connection part on the other side wall.

12. The housing according to claim 9, wherein At least one layer of bearing steps are symmetrically provided on the inner walls on both sides of the first and second housings.

13. A bus device, characterized in that, Comprising: A housing according to any one of claims 1-12; And Two end caps, which are respectively installed at both ends of the housing through an installation sleeve.