Wire harness take-up and pay-off auxiliary device

By designing a wire harness retraction and extension auxiliary device, and utilizing motor-driven rollers and pulleys, the problem of inconvenient wire harness storage in VR experience devices was solved, realizing automated wire harness retraction and extension, and improving user experience and applicability.

CN223575869UActive Publication Date: 2025-11-21PIMAX TECH (SHANGHAI) CO LTD
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202422940353.1
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-11-29
Publication Date
2025-11-21
Estimated Expiration
2034-11-29

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Technical Problem

The inconvenience of storing wiring harnesses in existing VR experience devices leads to a poor user experience and makes them unsuitable for fully automated scenarios.

Method used

Design a wire harness take-up and take-up auxiliary device, including a housing, a reel, a shaping component, and a motor-driven auxiliary component. The device achieves automatic take-up and take-up of the wire harness through the cooperation of rollers and pulleys, and adjusts the shape and direction of the wire harness by combining motor drive.

Benefits of technology

It enables automated and smooth wire harness deployment and retraction, improves user experience, and is suitable for various scenarios, including fully automated environments.

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Abstract

The utility model relates to an auxiliary device for winding and unwinding a wire harness, which comprises a shell, a wire harness inlet and a wire harness outlet which are matched with the top and the bottom of the shell, a horizontally arranged reel which is matched with the wire harness inlet and the wire harness outlet, and a shaping assembly which is matched with the reel and is used for adjusting the output form of the wire harness, a first auxiliary assembly is arranged to be matched with the shaping assembly. When the wire harness is stored or unfolded, the wire harness can move easily, stably and smoothly, the device works reliably and effectively, and the wire harness can be stored and unfolded without being touched by a user or a worker.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of carrying thin or filamentous material such as thin plate, strip material, cable, and particularly relates to a wire harness winding and unwinding auxiliary device. BACKGROUND

[0002] In the process of daily life and instrument equipment use, there are a large number of scenes involving the use of wire harness, and in the process of using wire harness, the user pursues to pull out the wire harness completely and smoothly, but in many scenes, the user needs to spend time and effort to wind back the wire harness after use.

[0003] With the rapid development of leisure and entertainment industry, a large number of virtual reality environment terminal simulators have emerged to meet the needs of users for stronger control and immersion. At present, in the VR experience machine devices on the market, the wire harness connected to the VR head-mounted display has no good storage and arrangement means, and most of them are directly placed in disorder, which is poor in user experience and is not conducive to the storage of wire harness and the neatness of the surrounding equipment.

[0004] Some suppliers have proposed using a coil spring to realize the winding and unwinding of the wire harness. For example, a length-controllable wire winder disclosed in Chinese patent No. CN109552945A includes a turntable, a stretchable wire wound on the turntable, a rotating support matched with the turntable, a guide disc matched with the top of the rotating support, a limiting mechanism matched between the guide disc and the turntable, a wire length adjusting mechanism matched between the guide disc and the turntable, and an elastic return member matched with the stretchable wire in the wire length adjusting mechanism. The present application has the functions of adjusting the length of the wire body, safely winding the wire, and limiting the wire, and can automatically wind the unused rope or belt into the mechanism to ensure the neatness and freshness of the use site. The operation is simple and can be completed by one person without external power supply and power, which takes into account the safety and flexibility of the user during use of the wire winder. However, this winding and unwinding operation is mainly suitable for scenes where the user or staff can reach, and needs to maintain the integrity of the mechanical structure, and the use environment is single and cannot be further expanded to fully automated scenes. SUMMARY

[0005] The utility model solves the problems in the prior art and provides a wire harness winding and unwinding auxiliary device.

[0006] The utility model adopts the technical scheme of a wire harness winding and unwinding auxiliary device, which includes a shell, a wire harness inlet and a wire harness outlet matched with the top and bottom of the shell, a reel horizontally arranged matched between the wire harness inlet and the wire harness outlet, a shaping assembly for adjusting the output form of the wire harness matched with the reel, and a first auxiliary assembly matched with the shaping assembly.

[0007] Preferably, the shaping assembly comprises a roller and a pulley, rotation axes of the roller and the pulley are arranged in parallel and are parallel to a horizontal plane where the wire harness inlet and the wire harness outlet are located; the pulley is provided with a wheel groove, and the roller is attached to the wheel groove through the wire harness; the first auxiliary assembly is matched with the roller.

[0008] Preferably, the first auxiliary assembly is a first motor, and the roller is fixed to an output shaft of the first motor.

[0009] Preferably, a wheel surface of the roller is a smooth surface or is uniformly provided with a plurality of tooth grooves, and the tooth grooves are parallel to the rotation axis of the roller.

[0010] Preferably, the wheel surface of the roller is provided with a friction layer.

[0011] Preferably, an auxiliary pulley for adjusting the wire harness from a horizontal direction to a vertical direction is arranged between the shaping assembly and the reel, and one or more tension pulleys are arranged between the auxiliary pulley and the reel.

[0012] Preferably, the device is further provided with a second auxiliary assembly; the second auxiliary assembly comprises a second motor, and an output end of the second motor is arranged in cooperation with an axis of the reel.

[0013] Preferably, the device is further provided with a third auxiliary assembly; the third auxiliary assembly comprises a third motor, a transmission mechanism is matched with an output end of the third motor, and the transmission mechanism is arranged in cooperation with the reel.

[0014] Preferably, the transmission mechanism comprises a driving gear matched with the output end of the third motor, and a tooth structure matched with the reel is engaged with the driving gear.

[0015] Preferably, a limiting hole plate is arranged between an upper surface of the reel and an inner top surface of the shell, and the limiting hole plate is arranged in cooperation with the wire harness inlet of the shell.

[0016] The utility model relates to a wire harness winding and unwinding auxiliary device, including the shell, and the top and bottom of cooperation shell are provided with wire harness inlet and wire harness outlet, and the reel of horizontal arrangement is arranged in cooperation wire harness inlet and wire harness outlet, and the shaping assembly for adjusting wire harness output form is arranged in cooperation reel, and the first auxiliary assembly is arranged in cooperation shaping assembly.

[0017] The utility model has the advantages that, in cooperation with the auxiliary device, the wire harness can be moved smoothly when being wound or unwound, the device can work reliably and effectively, and the winding and unwinding operation of the wire harness can be completed without the user or the staff touching. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0018] Figure 1 It is the perspective view structure schematic diagram of the utility model;

[0019] Figure 2 is a side view structure schematic diagram of the utility model;

[0020] Figure 3 is Figure 2 A-A section view structure schematic diagram. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0021] The utility model will be further described in detail in connection with examples, but the protection scope of the utility model is not limited to this.

[0022] The utility model relates to a kind of wire harness winding and unwinding auxiliary device, including shell 1, the top and bottom of cooperation shell 1 are equipped with wire harness inlet 2 and wire harness outlet 3, cooperation wire harness inlet 2 and wire harness outlet 3 between being equipped with horizontally arranged reel 4, cooperation reel 4 is equipped with the whole component for adjusting wire harness 5 output form, cooperation whole component is equipped with first auxiliary assembly.

[0023] In the utility model, with shell 1 as the overall modeling, wire harness inlet 2 and wire harness outlet 3 are respectively arranged at the top and bottom of shell 1, in principle, it is the center position of the top and bottom of shell 1, with reel 4 compressed wire harness 5 required space in shell 1;With whole component cooperation wire harness 5 when being received or unfolded, it can be easily moved smoothly, so that it reliably, effectively works, meet the demand that wire harness 5 can be extracted vertically to the bottom of shell 1, and further, with the first auxiliary assembly auxiliary extraction action is carried out, or wire harness 5 is quickly and reliably retracted.

[0024] In the utility model, for whole component, it is mainly realized by cooperation of roller 6 and pulley 7.

[0025] The whole component includes roller 6 and pulley 7, the rotation axis of roller 6 and pulley 7 is parallelly arranged and parallel to the horizontal plane where wire harness inlet 2 and wire harness outlet 3 are located;The pulley 7 is equipped with wheel groove, and the roller 6 is attached to the wheel groove by wire harness 5;Cooperation roller 6 is equipped with first auxiliary assembly.

[0026] The first auxiliary assembly is first motor 8, and the roller 6 is fixed on the output shaft of the first motor 8.

[0027] The wheel surface of the roller 6 is smooth or uniformly distributed with a plurality of tooth grooves, and the tooth grooves are parallel to the rotation axis of the roller 6.

[0028] The wheel surface of the roller 6 is provided with a friction layer.

[0029] Specifically, in the utility model, the roller 6 is fixed on the output shaft of the first motor 8, the pulley 7 is fixed side by side, the wire harness 5 is clamped in the wheel groove of the pulley 7, and the roller 6 is pressed tightly on the wire harness 5.

[0030] In the implementation process, the surface material of the roller 6 has a friction layer, which is generally a rubber layer structure or other soft material structure, and can generate a certain friction force after contacting the wire harness 5. This makes the first motor 8 drive the roller 6 to rotate, and the roller 6 generates friction with the wire harness 5, thereby driving the movement of the wire harness 5, achieving auxiliary winding and unwinding of the wire harness 5, and maintaining the tension of the wire harness 5 to avoid slipping, winding, and other problems caused by wrinkles and relaxation of the wire harness 5.

[0031] Further, the appearance of the roller 6 can be round (the wheel surface is smooth), or can be a strip-shaped tooth shape (distributed with several tooth grooves).

[0032] Further, the wheel groove can be H-shaped, U-shaped or V-shaped, as long as it can accommodate the wire harness 5.

[0033] The device also has a second auxiliary assembly; the second auxiliary assembly includes a second motor 9, and the output end of the second motor 9 is matched with the shaft of the reel 4.

[0034] In the utility model, the forward rotation or reverse rotation of the second motor 9 can realize the rotation of the reel 4, and thus realize the auxiliary winding and unwinding of the wire harness 5 at the reel 4 in the case of excessive friction.

[0035] The device also has a third auxiliary assembly; the third auxiliary assembly includes a third motor 10, and a transmission mechanism is matched with the output end of the third motor 10, and the transmission mechanism is matched with the reel 4.

[0036] The transmission mechanism includes a driving gear 11 matched with the output end of the third motor 10, and a tooth structure 12 engaged with the driving gear 11 is matched with the reel 4.

[0037] In the utility model, considering that the speed requirement for winding and unwinding is higher in some scenes, or the second auxiliary assembly at the reel 4 is not available, the third motor 10 is provided, and the reel 4 is driven by the transmission mechanism through the forward rotation or reverse rotation of the third motor 10, thereby realizing the auxiliary winding and unwinding of the wire harness 5 at the reel 4 in the case of excessive friction.

[0038] In the utility model, in the implementation process, the transmission mechanism can be set according to the needs of those skilled in the art, and here the driven gear matched with the driving gear 11 can be set as the tooth structure 12 on the upper and lower edges of the reel 4 or outside the reel 4, to realize the transmission of power.

[0039] In fact, in the implementation process, the winding and unwinding of the wire harness 5 can be realized remotely and automatically by controlling the first motor 8, the second motor 9 and / or the third motor 10.

[0040] A limiting hole plate 13 is arranged between the upper surface of the reel 4 and the inner top surface of the shell 1, and the limiting hole plate 13 is arranged in cooperation with the wire harness inlet 2 of the shell 1.

[0041] The auxiliary pulley 14 is arranged between the wire harness 5 and the reel 4 to adjust the wire harness 5 from the horizontal direction to the vertical direction, and one or more tension pulleys 15 are arranged between the auxiliary pulley 14 and the reel 4.

[0042] In the utility model, considering that the wire harness 5 at the wire harness inlet 2 and the wire harness outlet 3 is perpendicular to the top and the bottom of the shell 1, that is, the vertical direction, and the wire harness 5 at the reel 4 is in the horizontal direction around the shaft, in addition to the aforementioned shaping assembly, the wire harness 5 needs to be changed in the basic direction;

[0043] At the wire harness inlet 2, the limiting hole plate 13 is arranged between the upper surface of the reel 4 and the inner top surface of the shell 1, and the limiting hole plate 13 includes a through hole for the input of the wire harness 5, so that the wire harness 5 is "pressed" to the horizontal direction by the limiting hole plate 13 and is wound on the reel 4.

[0044] At the front of the shaping assembly at the wire harness outlet 3, the auxiliary pulley 14 and the tension pulley 15 are arranged to adjust the direction of the wire harness 5 from the horizontal to the vertical, that is, the wire harness 5 is first led out from the reel 4 through the tension pulley 15, and then the conveying direction of the wire harness 5 is changed through the auxiliary pulley 14; in the actual application process, one tension pulley 15 or two tension pulleys 15 can be arranged, and when two tension pulleys 15 are arranged, the tension pulley 15 actually provides a channel for leading out the wire harness 5 from the reel 4.

[0045] The above is only a preferred specific embodiment of the utility model, but the protection scope of the utility model is not limited to this, any person skilled in the art can make equivalent replacement or change according to the technical scheme and the utility model concept of the utility model within the technical range disclosed by the utility model, and all should be covered in the protection scope of the utility model.

Claims

1. A wiring harness deployment aid comprising a housing, characterized by: The top and bottom of the shell are provided with a wire harness inlet and a wire harness outlet, a reel is horizontally arranged between the wire harness inlet and the wire harness outlet, an adjusting assembly is arranged to adjust the wire harness output mode, and a first auxiliary assembly is arranged to the adjusting assembly.

2. A wire harness winding and unwinding auxiliary device according to claim 1, characterized by: The adjusting assembly comprises a roller and a pulley, and the rotation shafts of the roller and the pulley are arranged in parallel and are parallel to the horizontal plane where the wire harness inlet and the wire harness outlet are located; the pulley is provided with a wheel groove, and the roller is attached to the wheel groove through the wire harness; and a first auxiliary assembly is arranged to the roller.

3. A wire harness deployment aid according to claim 2, wherein: The first auxiliary assembly is a first motor, and the roller is fixed to the output shaft of the first motor.

4. A wire harness winding and unwinding auxiliary device according to claim 2, characterized by: The wheel surface of the roller is smooth or is uniformly provided with a plurality of tooth grooves, and the tooth grooves are parallel to the rotation shaft of the roller.

5. A wire harness winding and unwinding auxiliary device according to claim 2 or 4, characterized by: The wheel surface of the roller is provided with a friction layer.

6. A wire harness deployment aid according to claim 1, wherein: An auxiliary pulley is arranged between the adjusting assembly and the reel to adjust the wire harness from a horizontal direction to a vertical direction, and one or more tension pulleys are arranged between the auxiliary pulley and the reel.

7. The wire harness deployment aid of claim 1, wherein: The device is further provided with a second auxiliary assembly, and the second auxiliary assembly comprises a second motor, and the output end of the second motor is arranged in cooperation with the shaft center of the reel.

8. The wire harness winding and unwinding auxiliary device according to claim 1 or 7, characterized by: The device is further provided with a third auxiliary assembly, and the third auxiliary assembly comprises a third motor, a transmission mechanism is arranged to the output end of the third motor, and the transmission mechanism is arranged in cooperation with the reel.

9. A wire harness deployment aid according to claim 8, wherein: The transmission mechanism comprises a driving gear arranged to the output end of the third motor, and a tooth structure engaged with the driving gear is arranged to the reel.

10. The wire harness deployment aid of claim 1, wherein: A limiting hole plate is arranged between the upper surface of the reel and the inner top surface of the shell, and the limiting hole plate is arranged in cooperation with the wire harness inlet of the shell.

Citation Information

Patent Citations

  • Wire winder with controllable length

    CN109552945A