Assembly tool for automobile air outlet bright decoration strip

By designing an assembly fixture with a lifting cylinder and a gear rack, the bright trim strip can be flipped and slid. Combined with vacuum pumping and elastic components, the problem of high cost and large size of existing assembly fixtures is solved, and a low-cost and efficient assembly process is achieved.

CN223684780UActive Publication Date: 2025-12-19NINGBO XINTAI ELECTRIC TECH CO LTD
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202520033401.0
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-01-07
Publication Date
2025-12-19
Estimated Expiration
2035-01-07

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Technical Problem

The existing assembly tooling for automotive air vent trim strips requires multiple cylinders to control the stroke of the movement, resulting in high tooling cost, large size, and inconvenience in use.

Method used

An assembly fixture for automotive air vent trim strips is used. A lifting cylinder drives a gear and a rack to mesh, enabling the installation station to rotate and slide. Combined with a vacuum pump and elastic components, the design ensures installation stability and accuracy.

Benefits of technology

It reduces the manufacturing cost and size of tooling, improves the stability and accuracy of installation, simplifies the operation process, and reduces the reliance on multiple cylinders.

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Abstract

The utility model relates to an assembly tool for an automobile air outlet bright decoration strip, and relates to the technical field of automatic assembly tools. An assembly tool for an automobile air outlet bright decoration strip comprises a base, a stand column is fixed to the base, a lifting air cylinder is arranged on the stand column in a sleeving mode, a rotating shaft is rotationally connected to the lifting air cylinder and is perpendicular to the stand column, an installation station used for containing the bright decoration strip is fixed to the upper portion of the rotating shaft, and a gear is fixedly arranged at one end of the rotating shaft in a sleeving mode; racks arranged in the length direction of the stand column are fixed to the two sides of the stand column, the racks are fixed to the base, when the lifting air cylinder descends, the gear is meshed with the racks and rolls on the racks, the installation station is turned over downwards, after the gear is separated from the racks, the lifting air cylinder continues to descend, and the bright decoration strip is movably installed on a shifting button located at the bottom of the base. The bright decoration strip can be installed through the lifting air cylinder to slide and turn over, and the effects that the tool manufacturing cost is low, the size is small, and the occupied space is small are achieved.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of automatic assembly tooling, in particular to an assembly tooling for a bright trim strip of an automobile air outlet. BACKGROUND

[0002] The automobile air outlet assembly includes a blade, a connecting rod and a knob, etc. The knob is generally installed on the blade in the middle of the horizontal blade, and is used to adjust the air direction of the air outlet. A bright trim strip is usually arranged on the knob, which facilitates accurate positioning of the position of the knob in a dim light.

[0003] When assembling the bright trim strip and the knob, the workload and work intensity of completely relying on traditional manual assembly are very large, so many automatic and semi-automatic devices have been developed in the industry to improve work efficiency. In the assembly tooling of the bright trim strip, the bright trim strip needs to be first turned over after being placed in the working position, and then slid and installed on the knob. In this process, two cylinders are usually required to control the action stroke of the turning and sliding of the bright trim strip, so the manufacturing cost of the tooling is high, and the tooling device is large in size and inconvenient to use and move. CONTENT OF THE UTILITY MODEL

[0004] In order to solve the problem that the assembly tooling of the bright trim strip and the knob requires multiple cylinders to control the action stroke, the present application provides an assembly tooling for a bright trim strip of an automobile air outlet.

[0005] The assembly tooling for a bright trim strip of an automobile air outlet provided by the present application adopts the following technical scheme:

[0006] The assembly tooling for a bright trim strip of an automobile air outlet comprises a base, a stand column fixed on the base, a lifting cylinder sleeved on the stand column, a rotating shaft rotatably connected to the lifting cylinder, the rotating shaft being perpendicular to the stand column, an installation working position for placing the bright trim strip fixed above the rotating shaft, a gear sleeved and fixed on one end of the rotating shaft, a rack fixed on the base along the length direction of the stand column, the rack being located on one side of the stand column, the gear meshing with and rolling on the rack when the lifting cylinder is lowered, so that the installation working position is turned over downward, and the lifting cylinder continues to be lowered after the gear is disengaged from the rack, so that the bright trim strip is moved and installed on the knob located at the bottom of the base.

[0007] By adopting the technical scheme, when the lifting cylinder is descending, the gear is engaged with the rack, the rack drives the gear to rotate, the rotating shaft rotates while descending, the mounting station is overturned downward, and the lifting cylinder continues to drive the mounting station to slide downward and is mounted on the knob. After the mounting is completed, the lifting cylinder drives the rotating shaft to ascend, the gear passes through the rack again in the ascending process, the rack drives the gear to rotate, the rotating shaft rotates while ascending, and the mounting station is overturned upward and is reset. Therefore, the lifting and upward and downward overturning of the mounting station can be completed by relying on the lifting cylinder, and the mounting of the bright decorative strip does not need multiple cylinders to control the action stroke.

[0008] Preferably, one end of the rotating shaft is fixed with a connecting block, the rotating shaft passes through one end of the connecting block, the other end of the connecting block is connected with an elastic member, one end of the elastic member is connected with the connecting block, the other end of the elastic member is fixed on the base, and the elastic member is always in a stretched state to tighten the rotating shaft, so that the mounting station is always kept in a vertical state.

[0009] Preferably, a positioning bolt is fixed on one side of the lifting cylinder facing the mounting station, and the elastic member is always stretched to make the mounting station always abut against the positioning bolt.

[0010] Preferably, a fastening bolt is arranged on the connecting block, a deformation groove is arranged on the connecting block, the deformation groove is in communication with the hole on the connecting block for the rotating shaft to pass through, and the fastening bolt passes through both sides of the deformation groove to fasten the connecting block and the rotating shaft.

[0011] Preferably, a connecting bolt is fixed on the end of the connecting block away from the rotating shaft, one end of the elastic member is sleeved on the connecting bolt, and the other end of the elastic member is fixed on the base.

[0012] Preferably, a fixed shaft is arranged on the end of the elastic member away from the connecting bolt, the fixed shaft is located on the side of the base away from the connecting bolt, the base is provided with a through hole, the end of the elastic member away from the connecting bolt is sleeved on the fixed shaft through the through hole, and the elastic member is in a stretched state to make both ends of the fixed shaft abut against the base.

[0013] Preferably, the base is provided with a fixed groove for clamping both ends of the fixed shaft.

[0014] Preferably, the base is provided with a fixed groove for clamping both ends of the fixed shaft.

[0015] Preferably, a pipeline slot for installing the air extraction pipeline is arranged on the base, the pipeline slot is communicated with the outside, the lifting cylinder is fixed with a bearing block, and the bearing block always bears the base to limit the air extraction pipeline from being taken out of the pipeline slot.

[0016] In summary, the present application includes at least one of the following beneficial technical effects:

[0017] The tool has low manufacturing cost, small volume and small occupied space, the sliding and overturning actions can be realized by one lifting cylinder, and multiple cylinders are not needed to be arranged to control the action stroke.

[0018] The self-locking performance is good, the installation stability is good, the elastic member is always in the tensile state to make the installation station close to the positioning bolt, and the installation station is prevented from shaking in the lifting process to cause large deviation of the installation of the bright decorative strip.

[0019] The structure is simple, the use is convenient, the lifting of the lifting cylinder can simultaneously complete the overturning and automatic resetting of the installation station, and no additional operation is needed. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0020] Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the three-dimensional structure of the assembly tool of the bright decorative strip of the automobile air outlet in the embodiment of the present application.

[0021] Figure 2 is an exploded schematic diagram of the assembly tool of the bright decorative strip of the automobile air outlet in the embodiment of the present application.

[0022] Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of the partial structure of the assembly tool of the bright decorative strip of the automobile air outlet in the embodiment of the present application.

[0023] Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of the connection of the elastic member with the connecting block and the fixed shaft in the embodiment of the present application.

[0024] Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of the connection of the fixed shaft with the base in the embodiment of the present application.

[0025] Figure 6 is a sectional view of the assembly tool of the bright decorative strip of the automobile air outlet in the embodiment of the present application.

[0026] Figure 7 is a schematic diagram of the partial structure of the assembly tool of the bright decorative strip of the automobile air outlet in the embodiment of the present application from another perspective.

[0027] Explanation of reference signs: 1, base; 2, stand; 3, sliding mechanism; 31, lifting cylinder; 32, mounting station; 33, turnover assembly; 11, rack; 331, gear; 332, fastener; 333, rotating shaft; 311, mounting plate; 4, connecting block; 5, elastic piece; 312, positioning bolt; 41, fastening bolt; 42, deformation groove; 43, connecting bolt; 6, fixed shaft; 12, through hole; 13, fixed groove; 7, vacuum air extraction device; 8, air extraction pipeline; 9, air extraction cavity; 321, mounting groove; 91, first cavity; 92, second cavity; 911, transverse cavity; 912, longitudinal cavity; 322, sealing ring; 14, pipeline groove; 34, abutting block; 35, fixed block; 21, fixed seat; 211, sensor; 10, control console. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0028] The following will be described in detail in combination with the accompanying drawings. Figures 1-7 The application is further described in detail.

[0029] The embodiment of the application discloses an assembling tool for a bright decorative strip of an automobile air outlet. Figure 1 and Figure 2 The assembling tool for the bright decorative strip of the automobile air outlet comprises a base 1, a stand 2 and a sliding mechanism 3, the stand 2 is fixedly installed on the base 1, and the sliding mechanism 3 is installed on the stand 2 and can slide up and down along the length direction of the stand 2. The sliding mechanism 3 comprises a lifting cylinder 31, a mounting station 32 and a turnover assembly 33, the lifting cylinder 31 is sleeved on the stand 2 and is used for controlling the lifting of the sliding mechanism 3. The mounting station 32 is fixed on the turnover assembly 33, the mounting station 32 is used for placing the bright decorative strip, and the turnover assembly 33 is relatively fixed on the lifting cylinder 31 and is used for turning over the mounting station 32. The base 1 is fixed with a rack 11 which is arranged along the length direction of the stand 2 on one side of the stand 2, the turnover assembly 33 comprises a gear 331, during the lifting of the lifting cylinder 31, the gear 331 is engaged with the rack 11, the rack 11 drives the gear 331 to rotate, and the rotation of the gear 331 turns over the mounting station 32.

[0030] The turnover assembly 33 further comprises a fastener 332 and a rotating shaft 333, the rotating shaft 333 is arranged perpendicularly to the stand 2, the axis direction of the rotating shaft 333 is horizontal, and the mounting station 32 is fixed on the rotating shaft 333. Preferably, the mounting station 32 is fixed on the rotating shaft 333 by bolts. The two ends of the rotating shaft 333 are fixed on the lifting cylinder 31 by the fastener 332, and the rotating shaft 333 can rotate relative to the lifting cylinder 31. The fastening mode of the fastener 332 is preferably the mode of being fixed by a bearing seat through bolts. Specifically, bearings are installed on the two ends of the rotating shaft 333, the inner ring of the bearing is fixed with the rotating shaft 333, the outer ring of the bearing is fixed with the bearing seat, and the bearing seat is fixed on the lifting cylinder 31 by bolts. The lifting cylinder 31 is fixed with a mounting plate 311 to facilitate the fixing of the fastener 332 on the lifting cylinder 31.

[0031] With reference to Figure 2 and Figure 3 , the gear 331 is installed on one end of the rotating shaft 333 close to the rack 11, the gear 331 is coaxially fixedly connected with the rotating shaft 333, and the gear 331 drives the rotating shaft 333 to rotate. One end of the rotating shaft 333 is fixed with a connecting block 4, the connecting block 4 is located on one side of the gear 331, the connecting block 4 is coaxially fixedly connected with the rotating shaft 333, and the connecting block 4 rotates synchronously with the gear 331. The rotating shaft 333 penetrates one end of the connecting block 4, the other end of the connecting block 4 is connected with an elastic element 5, one end of the elastic element 5 is connected with the connecting block 4, and the other end of the elastic element 5 is fixed on the base 1. The elastic element 5 is always in a stretched state, one end of the connecting block 4 is pulled by the elastic element 5, the rotating shaft 333 is subjected to a pulling force towards the lifting cylinder 31, and the mounting station 32 has a tendency to be close to the lifting cylinder 31. The elastic element 5 is preferably a spring. Specifically, the mounting plate 311 is fixed with a positioning bolt 312, the positioning bolt 312 is located on the upper and lower sides of the rotating shaft 333, and under the pulling action of the elastic element 5, the mounting station 32 is kept in a vertical state by abutting against the positioning bolt 312, so that the bright decorative strip and the knob can be accurately assembled. When the mounting station 32 is located above the rotating shaft 333, the elastic element 5 pulls the mounting station 32 to abut against the positioning bolt 312 located above the rotating shaft 333, and when the mounting station 32 is turned over to below the rotating shaft 333, the elastic element 5 makes the mounting station 32 abut against the positioning bolt 312 below the rotating shaft 333.

[0032] With reference to Figure 4 , the connecting block 4 is provided with a fastening bolt 41 penetrating therethrough, and the connecting block 4 is fixedly connected with the rotating shaft 333 through the fastening bolt 41. Specifically, the connecting block 4 has a deformation groove 42 penetrating through a hole for the rotating shaft 333 to penetrate, the fastening bolt 41 penetrates through both sides of the deformation groove 42, and the groove distance of the deformation groove 42 is reduced to fasten the rotating shaft 333 and the connecting block 4.

[0033] With reference toFigure 4 And Figure 5 The connecting block 4 is fixed with a connecting bolt 43 at one end away from the rotating shaft 333, and one end of the elastic member 5 is sleeved and fixed on the connecting bolt 43. The other end of the elastic member 5 is connected with a fixed shaft 6, and the fixed shaft 6 is located on the side of the base 1 away from the connecting bolt 43. The base 1 is provided with a through hole 12, and the other end of the elastic member 5 away from the connecting bolt 43 is sleeved on the fixed shaft 6 through the through hole 12, and the two ends of the fixed shaft 6 abut against the base 1 to limit the one end of the elastic member 5 from coming out of the fixed shaft 6. Further, the base 1 is provided with a fixed groove 13 located on both sides of the through hole 12, and the two ends of the fixed shaft 6 are clamped into the fixed groove 13 to make the fixed shaft 6 relatively fixed.

[0034] Referring to Figure 1 And Figure 6 The assembly tooling of the automobile air outlet bright trim strip further comprises a vacuum air extractor 7 and an air extraction pipeline 8, and the rotating shaft 333 and the installation station 32 are provided with an air extraction cavity 9, and the installation station 32 is provided with an installation groove 321 for placing the bright trim strip, and the air extraction cavity 9 is in communication with the installation groove 321. One end of the air extraction pipeline 8 is connected with the vacuum air extractor 7, and the other end of the air extraction pipeline 8 is in communication with the air extraction cavity 9. The vacuum air extractor 7 extracts air from the air extraction cavity 9, so that the air extraction cavity 9 is in a negative pressure state. The air extraction cavity 9 in the negative pressure state causes the bright trim strip to be adsorbed and fixed in the installation groove 321. When the installation station 32 is turned to below the rotating shaft 333, the bright trim strip is adsorbed and is difficult to come out of the installation groove 321. When the installation station 32 moves to above the knob and is assembled with the knob, the vacuum air extractor 7 stops running, the air pressure in the air extraction cavity 9 returns, and the bright trim strip is released.

[0035] In a preferred mode, the air extraction cavity 9 comprises a first cavity 91 located in the rotating shaft 333 and a second cavity 92 located in the installation station 32, and the first cavity 91 and the second cavity 92 are in communication with each other. The first cavity 91 comprises a transverse cavity 911 and a longitudinal cavity 912, the transverse cavity 911 is arranged along the axis direction of the rotating shaft 333, one end of the transverse cavity 911 is connected with one end of the air extraction pipeline 8, the longitudinal cavity 912 is arranged perpendicular to the transverse cavity 911, one end of the longitudinal cavity 912 is in communication with the transverse cavity 911, the other end of the longitudinal cavity 912 is in communication with the second cavity 92, and the second cavity 92 is in communication with the installation groove 321. A sealing ring 322 is arranged at the communication position of the longitudinal cavity 912 and the second cavity 92. The communication position of the longitudinal cavity 912 and the second cavity 92 is the connection position of the installation station 32 and the rotating shaft 333, so the sealing ring 322 is needed to prevent air from entering the air extraction cavity 9 and affecting the formation of the negative pressure environment.

[0036] Referring to Figure 7, the suction pipe 8 needs to move synchronously with the rotating shaft 333, so the suction pipe 8 is preferably a hose, and one end of the suction pipe 8 is rotatably connected with the rotating shaft 333. The base 1 is provided with a pipe groove 14 for mounting the suction pipe 8, the pipe groove 14 is communicated with the outside, and the suction pipe 8 is clamped in the pipe groove 14. In order to limit the suction pipe 8 from being completely taken out of the pipe groove 14, the sliding mechanism 3 is fixed with a resisting block 34, one end of the resisting block 34 always abuts against the base 1 to hinder the suction pipe 8 from being completely taken out of the pipe groove 14. Specifically, the resisting block 34 can be fixed on the lifting cylinder 31, and in an embodiment, the resisting block 34 is fixed on the fastener 332. In order to ensure the connection strength, a fixing block 35 is connected between the resisting block 34 and the fastener 332, the fixing block 35 is bolted on the fastener 332, and the resisting block 34 is bolted on the fixing block 35.

[0037] The two ends of the stand 2 are fixed with fixed seats 21, and the fixed seats 21 are fixed on the base 1. The upper fixed seat 21 is provided with a sensor 211 for detecting whether the decorative strip is installed in the mounting groove 321, so as to facilitate automatic control.

[0038] Referring to Figure 1 The assembly tool for the decorative strip of the automobile air outlet further comprises a console 10, and the base 1 is fixed on the console 10, and the assembly station of the knob is located on the console 10. The console 10 is provided with a control switch for controlling the tool.

[0039] The implementation principle of the assembly tool for the decorative strip of the automobile air outlet in the embodiment of the application is as follows: when assembling, the decorative strip is manually placed in the mounting groove 321, the lifting cylinder 31 is lowered, the gear 331 is engaged with the rack 11, the rack 11 drives the gear 331 to rotate, the gear 331 rotates to drive the rotating shaft 333 to rotate, and the rotating shaft 333 rotates to make the mounting station 32 overturn. The elastic member 5 pulls the connecting block 4 to make the mounting station 32 always closely contact with the positioning bolt 312, so that the mounting station 32 maintains a vertical state after being separated from the overturned state. The vacuum suction device 7 makes the suction cavity 9 in a negative pressure state, and the decorative strip in the mounting groove 321 is adsorbed and is difficult to fall off, and the lifting cylinder 31 continues to be lowered to move the decorative strip to the position above the knob for assembly. After the assembly is completed, the vacuum suction device 7 stops running, the decorative strip is released, the lifting cylinder 31 is raised, and the rack 11 drives the gear 331 to rotate again to make the mounting station 32 overturn and reset.

[0040] The above are all preferred embodiments of the application, and do not limit the protection scope of the application, so that: any equivalent changes made according to the structure, shape, principle of the application should be covered within the protection scope of the application.

Claims

1. An assembly tool for a bright trim strip of an automobile air outlet, comprising a base (1), characterized in that: The base (1) is fixed with a column (2), the column (2) is sleeved with a lifting cylinder (31), the lifting cylinder (31) is rotationally connected with a rotating shaft (333), the rotating shaft (333) is perpendicular to the column (2), the rotating shaft (333) is fixed above with a mounting station (32) for placing bright decorative strips, one end of the rotating shaft (333) is sleeved and fixed with a gear (331), the base (1) is fixed with a rack (11) arranged along the length direction of the column (2), the rack (11) is located on one side of the column (2), when the lifting cylinder (31) is lowered, the gear (331) is engaged with and rolled on the rack (11), so that the mounting station (32) is turned down, after the gear (331) is disengaged from the rack (11), the lifting cylinder (31) continues to be lowered, so that the bright decorative strip is moved and mounted on the knob located at the bottom of the base (1).

2. The assembly tool for a bright trim of an automobile air outlet according to claim 1, characterized in that: One end of the rotating shaft (333) is fixed with a connecting block (4), the rotating shaft (333) penetrates one end of the connecting block (4), the other end of the connecting block (4) is connected with an elastic member (5), one end of the elastic member (5) is connected with the connecting block (4), the other end of the elastic member (5) is fixed on the base (1), the elastic member (5) is always in a stretched state to tension the rotating shaft (333), so that the mounting station (32) is always kept in a vertical state.

3. The assembly tool for a bright trim of an automobile air outlet according to claim 2, characterized in that: The lifting cylinder (31) is fixed with a positioning bolt (312) on one side of the mounting station (32), the elastic member (5) is stretched so that the mounting station (32) always abuts against the positioning bolt (312).

4. The assembly tool for a bright trim of an automobile air outlet according to claim 2, characterized in that: The connecting block (4) is penetrated with a fastening bolt (41), the connecting block (4) is provided with a deformation groove (42), the deformation groove (42) penetrates the hole of the connecting block (4) for penetrating the rotating shaft (333), the fastening bolt (41) penetrates both sides of the deformation groove (42) to fasten the connecting block (4) and the rotating shaft (333).

5. The assembly tool for a bright trim of an automobile air outlet according to claim 2, characterized in that: The connecting block (4) is fixed with a connecting bolt (43) away from the rotating shaft (333), one end of the elastic member (5) is sleeved on the connecting bolt (43), the other end of the elastic member (5) is fixed on the base (1).

6. The assembly tool for a bright trim of an automobile air outlet according to claim 5, characterized in that: The elastic member (5) is provided with a fixed shaft (6) away from the connecting bolt (43), the fixed shaft (6) is located on the side of the base (1) away from the connecting bolt (43), the base (1) is provided with a penetrating hole (12), one end of the elastic member (5) away from the connecting bolt (43) penetrates the penetrating hole (12) and is sleeved on the fixed shaft (6), the elastic member (5) is in a stretched state so that both ends of the fixed shaft (6) abut against the base (1).

7. The assembly tool for a bright trim of an automobile air outlet according to claim 6, characterized in that: The base (1) is provided with a fixed groove (13) for clamping both ends of the fixed shaft (6).

8. The assembly tool for a bright trim of an automobile air outlet according to claim 1, characterized in that: It also comprises a vacuum pumping device (7) and a pumping pipeline (8), the rotating shaft (333) and the installation station (32) are provided with a pumping cavity (9), the installation station (32) is provided with an installation groove (321) for placing the bright decoration strip, the pumping cavity (9) is communicated with the installation groove (321), one end of the pumping pipeline (8) is connected with the vacuum pumping device (7), and the other end of the pumping pipeline (8) is communicated with the pumping cavity (9).

9. The assembly tool for a bright trim of an automobile air outlet according to claim 8, characterized in that: The base (1) is provided with a pipeline groove (14) for installing the pumping pipeline (8), the pipeline groove (14) is communicated with the outside, the lifting air cylinder (31) is fixed with a bearing block (34), and the bearing block (34) always bears the base (1) to limit the pumping pipeline (8) from being taken out of the pipeline groove (14).