Inhaul cable mechanism
By designing a cable mechanism that combines manual and electric locking functions, the problem of locking failure when mechanical cables are damaged has been solved, enabling reliable locking of motorcycle or electric vehicle seats and fuel tank caps, thus improving the user experience.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202520560593.0
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-03-27
- Publication Date
- 2025-12-16
- Estimated Expiration
- 2035-03-27
AI Technical Summary
The existing motorcycle or electric vehicle seat and fuel tank cap cable structure is mechanical, which may fail to lock if damaged, affecting the user experience.
Design a cable mechanism with both manual and electric locking functions, including a lock hook, a lock hook groove, a lock hook spring, a lock pin, a mechanical locking component, and an electric locking component. The lock pin can be disengaged and inserted into the lock hook limiting groove through manual or electric operation. The unlocking and locking operations are achieved by combining a micro switch and a gear set.
It improves the user experience, ensures that the cable mechanism can still lock normally in the event of mechanical failure, and provides the flexibility of both manual and electric locking methods.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The utility model relates to the field of lockset, concretely relates to a cable mechanism. BACKGROUND
[0002] Motorcycles or electric vehicles as a daily use commuting and leisure tools, the frequency of use in daily production is higher and higher, people's use requirements are also put forward higher and higher requirements, more and more electronic products are widely used on the motorcycle, greatly improve the practicability of motorcycle or electric vehicle.
[0003] At present, the common motorcycle or electric vehicle seat pad cable, oil tank cover cable structure is often mechanical structure, through the use of cable transmission displacement, make its mechanical structure open, close action, in order to achieve the purpose of locking seat pad or oil tank cover, but due to the pure mechanical cable or electronic cable may not be locked when damaged, affect the user experience. SUMMARY
[0004] The utility model aims at solving one of the technical problems existing in the prior art.
[0005] The application provides a cable mechanism, which comprises a lock shell, a lock hook, a lock hook slot and a locking structure, the locking structure comprises a lock hook spring, a lock pin, a lock pin spring, a lock hook limiting slot, a mechanical locking part and an electric locking part, the lock hook limiting slot is arranged on the side wall of the lock hook, the lock hook spring / lock pin spring is used to push the lock hook / lock pin to the unlocking direction / lock hook limiting slot, and the mechanical locking part / electric locking part is controlled by hand / control to make the lock pin separate from the lock hook limiting slot.
[0006] A sliding groove extending along the sliding direction of the lock hook is formed in the top of the lock shell, a push rod is slidably installed in the top of the lock hook, and the push rod slides out of the sliding groove.
[0007] The lock hook slot comprises an unlocking end and a locking end, a top rod slot is communicated with one side of the unlocking end, a top rod is slidably installed in the top rod slot, a micro switch is installed at the other end of the top rod slot, and an inclined surface is arranged on one end of the top rod and extends towards the locking side.
[0008] The side of the lock pin and the side of the lock hook limiting slot towards the locking end are both inclined surfaces and are parallel to each other.
[0009] A limiting groove is arranged on one side of the top rod slot, a limiting block is slidably installed in the limiting groove, and the limiting block is fixedly connected with the side wall of the top rod.
[0010] A spring groove one is formed in the top surface of the top rod, a corresponding spring groove two is formed in the inner wall of the top of the lock shell, and a top rod spring is installed in the spring groove one and the spring groove two.
[0011] The mechanical locking piece comprises an upper inclined surface sliding block fixed on one side of the locking pin, a button slidingly installed in the locking shell, the button having one end penetrating out of the locking shell, a button spring arranged at the bottom, and a lower inclined surface sliding block fixed on one side, the inclined surfaces of the lower inclined surface sliding block and the upper inclined surface sliding block being opposite to each other.
[0012] The electric locking piece comprises a motor, a worm, a gear set, a cam, a pushing block and a boss, the worm being fixed on the output shaft of the motor and being in meshing transmission with the gear set, the boss being installed on the gear set, the boss being fixed on the side wall of the locking pin, the pushing block being installed on the circumferential wall of the cam and being used for pushing the boss away from the locking hook.
[0013] The electric locking piece further comprises a through slot arranged on one side of the locking end, and a limiting sliding block slidingly installed in the through slot, when the locking hook is inserted into or separated from the locking end, the pushing block cannot push or push the limiting sliding block into the locking end.
[0014] The gear set comprises a helical gear in meshing transmission with the worm, a transmission gear in meshing with the helical gear, and an unlocking gear in meshing with the transmission gear, the unlocking gear being provided with a toothed column at the top, and the boss being inserted into the top end of the toothed column through the mounting slot.
[0015] The beneficial effects of the utility model are as follows:
[0016] The existing cable mechanism is generally installed in the motorcycle seat bucket, and is manually locked or electrically unlocked, and the designed cable mechanism simultaneously has the functions of manual unlocking and electric unlocking, and can effectively improve the user experience. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0017] Figure 1 It is a perspective view of the cable mechanism in the embodiment of the application;
[0018] Figure 2 It is a top view of the cable mechanism in the embodiment of the application (the top of the locking shell is opened);
[0019] Figure 3 It is a bottom view of the cable mechanism in the embodiment of the application (the bottom of the locking shell is opened);
[0020] Figure 4 It is a structure schematic view of the locking state in the embodiment of the application;
[0021] Figure 5 It is a structure schematic view of the locking state in the embodiment of the application;
[0022] Figure 6 It is a structure schematic view of the unlocking state in the embodiment of the application;
[0023] Figure 7 It is a structure schematic view of the button in the embodiment of the application;
[0024] Figure 8 It is a structure schematic view of the locking hook in the embodiment of the application.
[0025] Reference signs
[0026] 1 - lock shell, 2 - lock hook, 3 - lock hook slot, 31 - unlocking end, 32 - upper locking end, 33 - top rod slot, 34 - top rod, 35 - micro switch, 36 - limiting slot, 37 - limiting slider, 4 - upper locking structure, 41 - lock hook spring, 42 - lock pin, 43 - lock pin spring, 44 - lock hook limiting slot, 5 - mechanical upper locking unit, 51 - upper inclined surface slider, 52 - button, 521 - transmission section, 522 - pressing section, 523 - convex rib, 524 - groove, 53 - button spring, 54 - lower inclined surface slider, 6 - electric upper locking unit, 61 - motor, 62 - worm, 63 - gear set, 631 - helical gear, 632 - transmission gear, 633 - unlocking gear, 64 - cam, 65 - push block, 66 - boss, 67 - through slot, 68 - limiting slider, 69 - convex block, 7 - sliding slot, 8 - push column, 9 - button slot, 10 - connecting slot, 11 - lock pin slot. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0027] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments of the present application. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art belong to the scope of protection of the present application.
[0028] The terms "first", "second", and the like in the specification and claims of the present application are used to distinguish similar objects, and are not used to describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that the data used in this way can be interchanged under appropriate circumstances, so that the embodiments of the present application can be implemented in an order other than those illustrated or described herein, and the objects distinguished by "first", "second", etc. are generally a category, and do not limit the number of objects, for example, the first object can be one or more. In addition, "and / or" in the specification and claims indicates at least one of the connected objects, and the character " / ", generally indicates that the front and rear associated objects are in an "or" relationship.
[0029] The cable mechanism provided by the embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below in combination with the drawings and specific embodiments and their application scenarios.
[0030] Embodiment 1:
[0031] As Figures 1 to 6As shown, the embodiment of the present application provides a cable mechanism, which comprises a lock shell 1, a lock hook 2, a lock hook groove 3 and a locking structure 4. The locking structure 4 comprises a lock hook spring 41, a lock pin 42, a lock pin spring 43, a lock hook limiting groove 44, a mechanical locking unit 5 and an electric locking unit 6. The lock hook limiting groove 44 is arranged on the side wall of the lock hook 2. The lock hook spring 41 / lock pin spring 43 is used to push the lock hook 2 / lock pin 42 to the unlocking direction / lock hook limiting groove 44. The lock pin 42 is separated from the lock hook limiting groove 44 by manually / controlling the mechanical locking unit 5 / electric locking unit 6.
[0032] Further, the top of the lock shell 1 is provided with a sliding groove 7 extending along the sliding direction of the lock hook 2. The top of the lock hook 2 is fixedly provided with a push rod 8 which slides out of the sliding groove 7.
[0033] Further, the lock hook groove 3 comprises an unlocking end 31 and a locking end 32. The unlocking end 31 is communicated with a top rod groove 33 on one side. The top rod groove 33 is slidably provided with a top rod 34. The other end of the top rod groove 33 is provided with a micro switch 35. One end of the top rod 34 can extend into the unlocking end 31 and is provided with an inclined surface towards the locking side.
[0034] Further, the lock pin 42 and the side of the lock hook limiting groove 44 towards the locking end 32 are both inclined surfaces and are parallel to each other.
[0035] Further, one side of the top rod groove 33 is provided with a limiting groove 36. The limiting groove 36 is slidably provided with a limiting block 37 which is fixedly connected with the side wall of the top rod 34.
[0036] Further, the top surface of the top rod 34 is provided with a spring groove one 38. The inner wall of the top of the lock shell 1 is provided with a corresponding spring groove two. The spring groove one 38 and the spring groove two are simultaneously provided with a top rod spring.
[0037] In the embodiment of the present application, due to the above structure, one end of the lock hook 2 is provided with a cable groove. The side wall of the lock shell 1 is provided with a corresponding slot. The cable groove in the lock hook 2 is provided with the cable line of the whole vehicle. The other end of the cable line can be connected with a lock such as a fuel tank lock or an electronic faucet lock. The lock hook 2 is driven by the push rod 8 to move to the unlocking end 31. The lock pin 42 is inserted into the lock hook groove 3 on the lock hook 2 under the action of the lock pin spring 43 to realize the unlocking function. At the same time, the lock hook 2 pushes the top rod 34 into the top rod groove 33. The top rod 34 triggers the micro switch 35. At this time, the central control receives the triggering signal of the micro switch 35 to determine that the lock is unlocked. At this time, the lock hook spring 41 is compressed to store elastic potential energy. When the lock needs to be locked, the mechanical locking unit 5 or the electric locking unit 6 is operated to make the lock pin 42 separate from the lock hook limiting groove 44. The lock hook spring 41 releases the elastic potential energy to push the lock hook 2 to slide to the locking end 32 of the lock hook groove 2 to lock the lock.
[0038] When the ejector rod 34 is disengaged from the unlocking end 31, the coincidence range of the spring slot one 38 and the spring slot two is shortened, so that the ejector rod spring is compressed. When the locking hook 2 is away from the unlocking end 31, the ejector rod spring releases the elastic potential energy and pushes the ejector rod 34 to extend into the unlocking end 31.
[0039] Embodiment 2:
[0040] As shown in the figure, in this embodiment, in addition to the structural features of the preceding embodiments, the mechanical locking unit 5 includes an upper inclined surface sliding block 51 fixed on one side of the locking pin 42, a button 52 is installed in the locking shell 1 to slide up and down, one end of the button 52 penetrates out of the locking shell 1, the bottom of the button 52 is provided with a button spring 53, and a lower inclined surface sliding block 54 is fixed on one side of the button 52. The inclined surfaces of the lower inclined surface sliding block 54 and the upper inclined surface sliding block 51 face each other. Figures 2 to 7 Further, the electric locking unit 6 includes a motor 61, a worm 62, a gear set 63, a cam 64, a pushing block 65, and a boss 66. The worm 62 is fixed on the output shaft of the motor 61 and is in meshing transmission with the gear set 63. The boss 66 is installed on the gear set 63, and the boss 66 is fixed on the side wall of the locking pin 42. The pushing block 65 is installed on the circumferential wall of the cam 64 and is used to push the boss 66 away from the locking hook 2.
[0041] Further, the electric locking unit 6 further includes a through slot 67 arranged on one side of the locking end 32, and a limiting sliding block 68 is slidably installed in the through slot 67. When the locking hook 2 extends into / away from the locking end 32, the pushing block 65 cannot push / push the limiting sliding block 68 into the locking end 32.
[0042] Further, a pair of protrusions 69 are symmetrically fixed on the opposite side walls of the limiting sliding block 68.
[0043] Further, the gear set 63 includes a helical gear 631 in meshing transmission with the worm 62, a transmission gear 632 in meshing with the helical gear 631, and an unlocking gear 633 in meshing with the transmission gear 632. The unlocking gear 633 is provided with a toothed column at the top, and the boss 66 is inserted into the top end of the toothed column through the installation slot.
[0044] Further, the button 52 includes an integral transmission section 521 and a pressing section 522. The locking shell 1 is provided with a button slot 9, a connecting slot 10, and a locking pin slot 11. The connecting slot 10 communicates the button slot 9 and the locking pin slot 11. The locking pin 42 is slidably installed in the locking pin slot 11. The upper inclined surface sliding block 51 is slidably arranged in the connecting slot 10. The lower inclined surface sliding block 51 is fixed on the transmission section 521 and slidably arranged in the connecting slot 10. The transmission section 521 is slidably installed in the button slot 9. The pressing section 522 penetrates out of the locking shell 1. The minimum width of the cross section of the pressing section 522 is smaller than that of the transmission section 521.
[0045]
[0046] Preferably, the transmission section 521 is provided with a plurality of convex ribs 523, and the button slot 9 is provided with a groove 524 extending along the axis of the pressing section 522, and each convex rib 523 is slidingly installed in the corresponding groove 524.
[0047] In this embodiment of the present application, the above structure is adopted, and the lock has two locking modes, i.e., manual locking and electric locking.
[0048] Manual locking: when the lock is in the unlocking state, the pressing section 522 is pressed down, the lower inclined surface sliding block 54 on the transmission section 521 pushes the upper inclined surface sliding block 51 on the lock pin 42, drives the lock pin 42 to move out of the locking hook limiting slot 44, the locking hook 2 is returned to the locking end 32 under the action of the locking hook spring 41, the locking is realized, the locking hook 2 is separated from the top rod 34, the top rod 34 is away from the micro switch 35 under the action of the top rod spring, at this time, the micro switch 35 sends a release signal to the central control, the lock is determined to be locked, then the pressing section 522 is released, the button spring 53 pushes the transmission section 521 and the pressing section 522 to rise, each convex rib 523 slides to the top end of the groove 524 and abuts against the inner wall of the lock shell 1, the lower inclined surface sliding block 54 is separated from the upper inclined surface sliding block 51, and the lock pin 42 is pushed by the lock pin spring 43 to abut against the side wall of the locking hook 2.
[0049] Electric locking: when the lock is in the unlocking state, the controller gives the motor 61 a positive voltage for a certain time, the motor 61 works to drive the worm 62 and the gear to drive the cam 64, the knob 65 on the cam 64 is driven by the rotating force to drive the boss 66 on the lock pin 42, so that the outer end of the lock pin 42 is separated from the limiting slot of the locking hook 2, the locking hook 2 is returned to the locking position under the action of the locking hook spring 41, the locking is realized, the locking hook 2 is separated from the top rod 34, the top rod 34 is away from the micro switch 35 under the action of the top rod spring, at this time, the micro switch 35 sends a release signal to the central control, the lock is determined to be locked. When the cam 64 drives the lock pin 42 to the corresponding position, the knob 65 is separated from the boss 66 on the lock pin 42, and is rotated to the limiting sliding block 68, at this time, the limiting sliding block 68 matches with the knob 65 on the cam 64, when the locking hook 2 is unlocked, the limiting sliding block 68 cannot move to the direction of the locking hook 2, the push rod 8 pushes the limiting sliding block 68 to extend into the locking end 32, continues to rotate to separate from the limiting sliding block 68, and the boss 66 on the lock pin 42 can be driven.
[0050] It should be noted that, in the present document, the terms "comprises", "comprising", or any other variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but can also include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. An element proceeded by "comprises a", "comprising", or "includes a", does not, without more constraints, preclude the existence of additional identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element. Furthermore, it should be noted that the scope of the methods and apparatus of the present embodiments are not limited by the order of the steps or the order of the components, as described in the examples, but can include performing the steps in different order, or performing the steps concurrently, or in reverse order, or omitting one or more steps, or adding one or more steps, or adding, omitting, or combining various features of the examples described. Also, features described in relation to one example can be combined in other examples.
[0051] The embodiments of the present application described above are merely exemplary and are not intended to limit the present application to the above-described embodiments, but the above-described embodiments are merely illustrative, and the present application is not limited to the above-described embodiments. The embodiments of the present application described above are merely exemplary and are not intended to limit the present application to the above-described embodiments, but the above-described embodiments are merely illustrative, and the present application is not limited to the above-described embodiments.
Claims
1. A drawstring mechanism comprising a lock housing, a lock hook, a lock hook slot, and a lock structure, characterized in that, The locking structure comprises a hook spring, a lock pin, a lock pin spring, a hook limiting slot, a mechanical locking part and an electric locking part, the hook limiting slot is arranged on the side wall of the hook, the hook spring / lock pin spring is used to push the hook / lock pin to the unlocking direction / into the hook limiting slot, and the mechanical locking part / electric locking part is controlled manually / by a controller to make the lock pin disengage from the hook limiting slot.
2. A cable mechanism according to claim 1, wherein The top of the lock shell is provided with a sliding groove extending along the sliding direction of the hook, and a pushing rod is arranged on the top of the hook.
3. A cable mechanism according to claim 1, wherein The hook slot comprises an unlocking end and a locking end, the unlocking end is communicated with a top rod slot, the top rod slot is slidably arranged with a top rod, and the other end of the top rod slot is arranged with a micro switch, and one end of the top rod is provided with an inclined surface which can extend into the unlocking end and faces the locking side.
4. A cable mechanism according to claim 3, wherein The lock pin and the side of the hook limiting slot facing the locking end are both inclined surfaces and are parallel to each other.
5. A cable mechanism according to claim 3, wherein One side of the top rod slot is provided with a limiting slot, and a limiting block is slidably arranged in the limiting slot, and the limiting block is fixedly connected with the side wall of the top rod.
6. A cable mechanism according to claim 3, wherein A spring slot one is arranged on the top surface of the top rod, and a corresponding spring slot two is arranged on the inner wall of the top of the lock shell, and a top rod spring is arranged in the spring slot one and the spring slot two.
7. The cable mechanism of claim 1, wherein, The mechanical locking part comprises an upper inclined surface sliding block fixed on one side of the lock pin, a button is slidably arranged in the lock shell, one end of the button extends out of the lock shell, the bottom of the button is provided with a button spring, and a lower inclined surface sliding block is fixed on one side of the button, and the inclined surfaces of the lower inclined surface sliding block and the upper inclined surface sliding block face each other.
8. A cable mechanism according to claim 2, wherein The electric locking part comprises a motor, a worm, a gear set, a cam, a pushing block and a boss, the worm is fixedly arranged on the output shaft of the motor and is in meshing transmission with the gear set, the boss is arranged on the gear set, the boss is fixedly arranged on the side wall of the lock pin, the pushing block is arranged on the circumferential wall of the cam, and the pushing block is used to push the boss away from the hook.
9. A cable mechanism according to claim 8, wherein The electric locking part further comprises a through slot arranged on one side of the locking end, and a limiting sliding block is slidably arranged in the through slot, when the hook extends into / disengages from the locking end, the pushing block cannot push / push the limiting sliding block into the locking end.
10. A cable mechanism according to claim 8, wherein The gear set comprises a helical gear in meshing transmission with the worm, a transmission gear in meshing with the helical gear, and an unlocking gear in meshing with the transmission gear, the top of the unlocking gear is provided with a toothed column, and the boss is inserted into the top end of the toothed column through the mounting slot.