Sensor mounting structure and refrigerator

Abstract

The sensor mounting structure comprises an air duct baffle, the air duct baffle is provided with a first side face and a second side face which are oppositely arranged, the first side face is used for forming an air duct, the second side face is used for forming a refrigerator chamber, the air duct baffle is provided with a mounting part, and the mounting part is used for mounting a sensor; at least part of the mounting part protrudes out of the second side face in the direction close to the refrigerator chamber, and a through hole is formed in the mounting part and communicates with the refrigerator chamber. According to the sensor mounting structure and the refrigerator provided by the invention, the sensor can more accurately sense the temperature condition of the chamber of the refrigerator.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of refrigerators, in particular to a sensor mounting structure and a refrigerator. BACKGROUND

[0002] A sensor is a device that can sense the information of a measured quantity and convert it into an electrical signal or other required form of signal output according to a certain rule. In a refrigerator, a temperature sensor is often used to detect the temperature of a refrigerator chamber. In a related structure, the temperature sensor is usually installed in an air duct and is blocked by an air duct baffle, so that the temperature condition of the refrigerator chamber cannot be accurately perceived. SUMMARY

[0003] Therefore, it is necessary to provide a sensor mounting structure and a refrigerator, so that the sensor can more accurately perceive the temperature condition of the refrigerator chamber.

[0004] A sensor mounting structure is used for mounting a sensor to a refrigerator. The sensor mounting structure comprises an air duct baffle. The air duct baffle has oppositely arranged first and second side surfaces. The first side surface is used to form an air duct, and the second side surface is used to form a refrigerator chamber. The air duct baffle is provided with a mounting portion. The mounting portion is used to mount the sensor. At least part of the mounting portion is arranged to protrude from the second side surface towards the refrigerator chamber, and the mounting portion is provided with a through hole. The through hole is in communication with the refrigerator chamber.

[0005] In one of the embodiments, the mounting portion comprises a bottom wall. The bottom wall protrudes from the first side surface towards the second side surface. At least one side edge of the bottom wall is arranged to be spaced apart from the air duct baffle and to form the through hole therebetween. The through hole is formed in the bottom wall. It can be understood that, in this way, the sensor can be in direct contact with the air in the refrigerator chamber, so that the sensor can more accurately detect the temperature condition of the refrigerator chamber.

[0006] In one of the embodiments, the mounting portion further comprises a plurality of limiting ribs. The plurality of limiting ribs are arranged to be spaced apart. The plurality of limiting ribs are used to clamp the sensor. It can be understood that, in this way, the plurality of limiting ribs can limit the sensor, so that the sensor can be more firmly mounted on the mounting portion.

[0007] In one of the embodiments, at least part of the limiting ribs is provided with a notch. The notch is used to accommodate the sensor. It can be understood that, in this way, the limiting ribs can be conveniently connected with the sensor.

[0008] In one of the embodiments, each limiting rib is connected to the bottom wall at one end and connected to the air duct baffle at the other end. It can be understood that, in this way, the limiting ribs can not only clamp and support the sensor, but also form a support between the bottom wall and the air duct baffle, so that the structural strength of the mounting portion can be improved to avoid the collapse of the bottom wall.

[0009] In one of the embodiments, the mounting portion is further provided with an elastic buckle, the elastic buckle is used for locking the sensor to the mounting portion, and the elastic buckle can be deformed in response to an external force to unlock the sensor. It can be understood that, in this way, by providing the elastic buckle, the sensor can be more firmly mounted to the mounting portion to prevent the sensor from falling accidentally. Moreover, by applying an external force to the elastic buckle and deforming it, the sensor can be unlocked, thereby facilitating the dismounting of the sensor from the mounting portion.

[0010] In one of the embodiments, the elastic buckle comprises a cantilever and a clamping portion, one end of the clamping portion is connected to the bottom wall, the other end of the clamping portion is provided in a cantilevered manner, the clamping portion is connected to one end of the cantilever provided in a cantilevered manner, and the clamping portion has a guide slope; the sensor can be clamped into the space between the clamping portion, the cantilever and the bottom wall along the guide slope.

[0011] In one of the embodiments, the mounting portion is provided with an opening, the opening is arranged opposite to the bottom wall and is used for allowing the sensor to pass through so as to be mounted into the mounting portion.

[0012] In one of the embodiments, the air duct baffle is further provided with a wire harness groove, the wire harness groove is communicated with the mounting portion. It can be understood that, in this way, the wire harness groove is used for allowing the wire harness connected to the sensor to pass through, thereby facilitating the fixation of the wire harness.

[0013] The application further provides a refrigerator, which comprises the sensor mounting structure according to any one of the above embodiments.

[0014] Compared with the prior art, the sensor mounting structure and the refrigerator provided by the application have the following advantages. The mounting portion is arranged on the air duct baffle, and at least a part of the mounting portion protrudes from the second side surface towards the direction close to the compartment of the refrigerator, so that the sensor located on the mounting portion can be closer to the compartment of the refrigerator. Moreover, the through hole is arranged on the mounting portion, so that the sensor can directly contact the air in the compartment of the refrigerator, thereby facilitating the more accurate detection of the temperature condition of the compartment of the refrigerator. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0015] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the application or the prior art, the following will briefly introduce the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments or the prior art description. Obviously, the drawings in the following description only show some embodiments of the application, and other drawings can also be obtained by those skilled in the art without any creative effort on the basis of these drawings.

[0016] Figure 1 a schematic view of the refrigerator provided by the application;

[0017] Figure 2 a structural schematic view of the air duct baffle from the first perspective provided by the application;

[0018] Figure 3 For Figure 2 An enlarged schematic view at A;

[0019] Figure 4 A structural schematic view of the second perspective of the air duct baffle provided in the present application;

[0020] Figure 5 For Figure 4 An enlarged schematic view at B.

[0021] Reference signs: 1, refrigerator; 100, sensor mounting structure; 10, air duct baffle; 11, first side; 12, second side; 20, mounting portion; 21, through hole; 22, bottom wall; 23, limiting rib; 231, notch; 24, elastic buckle; 241, cantilever; 242, clamping portion; 243, guide inclined surface; 25, opening; 26, wire harness groove; 27, assembly space; 30, air duct; 40, refrigerator compartment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0022] In order to make the above objectives, features and advantages of the present application more apparent and comprehensible, the specific embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, a large number of specific details are set forth in order to provide a sufficient understanding of the present application. However, the present application can be implemented in many other ways different from those described herein, and those skilled in the art can make similar improvements without departing from the spirit of the present application, and therefore the present application is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed below.

[0023] It should be noted that when a component is referred to as "fixed to" or "disposed on" another component, it can be directly on the other component or there can be a middle component. When a component is referred to as "connected to" another component, it can be directly connected to the other component or there can be a middle component. The terms "vertical", "horizontal", "up", "down", "left", "right", and similar expressions used in the specification of the present application are for illustrative purposes only and do not indicate the only implementation.

[0024] In addition, the terms "first", "second" are used only for descriptive purposes and should not be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of the technical features indicated. Therefore, the features defined with "first", "second" can explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the features. In the description of the present application, the meaning of "a plurality of" is at least two, for example, two, three, etc., unless otherwise specifically limited.

[0025] In the present application, unless specifically stated and limited otherwise, a first feature "on", "under", or "above" a second feature can be directly in contact with the second feature, or indirectly in contact with the second feature through an intermediate medium. Also, a first feature "over", "above", and "on top of" a second feature can be directly above or obliquely above the second feature, or only means that the first feature is higher in horizontal level than the second feature. A first feature "under", "below", and "underneath" a second feature can be directly below or obliquely below the second feature, or only means that the first feature is lower in horizontal level than the second feature.

[0026] Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used in the specification of the present application have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs. The terminology used in the description of the present application solely for the purpose of describing a specific embodiment of the present application, and is not intended to be limiting of the present application. The term "and / or" used in the specification of the present application includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

[0027] Referring to Figures 1 to 5 The present application provides a sensor mounting structure 100. Wherein, Figure 1 A schematic view of a refrigerator 1 provided by the present application; Figure 2 A structural schematic view of the air duct baffle 10 from a first perspective provided by the present application; Figure 3 A structural schematic view of the air duct baffle 10 from a second perspective provided by the present application; Figure 2 An enlarged schematic view at A; Figure 4 A structural schematic view of the air duct baffle 10 from a second perspective provided by the present application; Figure 5 A structural schematic view of the air duct baffle 10 from a second perspective provided by the present application; Figure 4 An enlarged schematic view at B.

[0028] The sensor mounting structure 100 is used for mounting a sensor (not shown) to the refrigerator 1, and the sensor mounting structure 100 comprises a duct baffle 10, the duct baffle 10 has oppositely arranged first and second side surfaces 11 and 12, the first side surface 11 is used for forming a duct 30, and the second side surface 12 is used for forming a refrigerator compartment 40, and the duct baffle 10 is provided with a mounting portion 20, and the mounting portion 20 is used for mounting the sensor. At least part of the mounting portion 20 is arranged to protrude from the second side surface 12 towards the direction close to the refrigerator compartment 40, and the mounting portion 20 is provided with a through hole 21, and the through hole 21 is communicated with the refrigerator compartment 40. Compared with the related structure in which the sensor is directly mounted in the duct 30, the sensor mounting structure 100 provided by the present application, by arranging the mounting portion 20 on the duct baffle 10, and at least part of the mounting portion 20 is arranged to protrude from the second side surface 12 towards the direction close to the refrigerator compartment 40, so that the sensor located in the mounting portion 20 can be closer to the refrigerator compartment 40, and by arranging the through hole 21 in the mounting portion 20, so that the sensor can directly contact with the air in the refrigerator compartment 40, thereby facilitating more accurate detection of the temperature condition of the refrigerator compartment 40.

[0029] Specifically, as shown in Figure 3 and Figure 5 , the mounting portion 20 comprises a bottom wall 22, the bottom wall 22 protrudes from the first side surface 11 towards the second side surface 12, so that the bottom wall 22 forms an assembly space 27 on the side close to the duct 30, and the mounting portion 20 is provided with an opening 25, the opening 25 is arranged opposite to the bottom wall 22 and is communicated with the assembly space 27, and the opening 25 is used for the sensor to pass through and be assembled into the assembly space 27. In this way, the structure of the mounting portion 20 is simple and easy to process. Wherein, the duct baffle 10 can be integrally injection molded with the bottom wall 22.

[0030] The through hole 21 is arranged at two positions, one of which is that at least one side edge of the bottom wall 22 is arranged to be spaced apart from the duct baffle 10 and is surrounded by the duct baffle 10 to form the through hole 21. The other is that the through hole 21 is arranged on the bottom wall 22. The through hole 21 can also be arranged at the above two positions respectively, or only at any one of the above positions.

[0031] Exemplarily, in an embodiment, as shown in Figure 3 and Figure 5 , the bottom wall 22 extends in an arc shape, two ends of the bottom wall 22 along the length direction of the bottom wall 22 are respectively connected to the bottom wall 22, and the two side edges of the bottom wall 22 are arranged to be spaced apart from the duct baffle 10 and are surrounded by the duct baffle 10 to form the through hole 21, and a plurality of through holes 21 are arranged on the bottom wall 22. In this way, the sensor can be directly contacted with the air in the refrigerator compartment 40, thereby making the sensor more accurately detect the temperature condition of the refrigerator compartment 40.

[0032] Please refer toFigure 3 The mounting portion 20 further comprises a plurality of limiting ribs 23, which are arranged at intervals and used to clamp the sensor. In this way, the plurality of limiting ribs 23 can limit the sensor, so that the sensor can be more firmly mounted on the mounting portion 20.

[0033] At least part of the limiting ribs 23 is provided with a notch 231 for accommodating the sensor. Specifically, the notch 231 is shaped to match the edge shape of the sensor, so as to facilitate the clamping of the limiting ribs and the sensor.

[0034] Furthermore, one end of each limiting rib 23 is connected to the bottom wall 22, and the other end is connected to the air duct baffle 10. In this way, the limiting ribs 23 not only can clamp and support the sensor, but also can form a support between the bottom wall 22 and the air duct baffle 10, so as to improve the structural strength of the mounting portion 20 to avoid the collapse of the bottom wall 22.

[0035] For example, in an embodiment, as shown in Figure 3 The plurality of limiting ribs 23 are arranged at intervals along the length direction of the sensor, and the plurality of limiting ribs 23 are all arranged without protruding from the opening 25. Among them, the notch 231 is semicircular or rectangular.

[0036] Please continue to refer to Figure 3 The mounting portion 20 is further provided with an elastic buckle 24, which is used to lock and connect the sensor to the mounting portion 20, and the elastic buckle 24 can be deformed in response to an external force to unlock the sensor. By providing the elastic buckle 24, the sensor can be more firmly mounted to the mounting portion 20 to prevent the sensor from falling accidentally. Moreover, by applying an external force to the elastic buckle 24 and deforming it, the sensor can be unlocked, so as to facilitate the disassembly of the sensor from the mounting portion 20.

[0037] Further, the elastic buckle 24 comprises a cantilever 241 and a clamping portion 242, one end of the clamping portion 242 is connected to the bottom wall 22, the other end is arranged in suspension, the clamping portion 242 is connected to the end of the cantilever 241 arranged in suspension, and the clamping portion 242 has a guide slope 243; the sensor can be clamped into the space between the clamping portion 242, the cantilever 241 and the bottom wall 22 along the guide slope 243.

[0038] Specifically, in the process of mounting the sensor, the sensor is pressed towards the bottom wall 22 along the guide slope 243, the sensor extrudes the elastic buckle 24 through the guide slope 243, and the elastic buckle 24 is elastically deformed to gradually expand outward, until the sensor can be clamped into the space between the clamping portion 242, the cantilever 241 and the bottom wall 22 along the guide slope 243. When the sensor is disassembled, the elastic buckle 24 only needs to be pried outward, and the sensor can be taken out.

[0039] Exemplarily, in an embodiment, the number of elastic buckles 24 is configured as two, and the two elastic buckles 24 are oppositely arranged and staggered left and right along the length direction of the sensor. In this way, the force on the sensor is more uniform. Of course, it is not limited thereto, and in other embodiments, the number of elastic buckles 24 can also be three, four, etc., and can be set according to actual needs.

[0040] As shown in Figure 3 The air duct baffle 10 is also provided with a wire slot 26, and the wire slot 26 is communicated with the mounting portion 20. The wire slot 26 is used for the wire harness connected with the sensor to pass through.

[0041] Specifically, the wire slot 26 is arranged on the first side surface 11 of the air duct baffle 10.

[0042] The application also provides a refrigerator 1, which comprises the sensor mounting structure 100 of any one of the above embodiments.

[0043] The technical features of the above embodiments can be combined arbitrarily. In order to make the description simple, all possible combinations of the technical features in the above embodiments are not described, but as long as the combinations of the technical features do not exist contradictory, they should be considered as the scope of the present application.

[0044] The above embodiments only express several implementation manners of the present application, and the description is more specific and detailed, but it should not be understood as a limitation on the patent application scope. It should be pointed out that for ordinary skilled in the art, without departing from the concept of the present application, a number of modifications and improvements can be made, which all belong to the protection scope of the present application. Therefore, the patent protection scope of the present application should be subject to the appended claims.

Claims

1. A sensor mounting structure for mounting a sensor to a refrigerator, characterized by, The sensor mounting structure comprises an air duct baffle (10) having a first side (11) and a second side (12) oppositely arranged, the first side (11) is used to form an air duct (30), the second side (12) is used to form a refrigerator compartment (40), the air duct baffle (10) is provided with a mounting portion (20) for mounting the sensor; At least part of the mounting portion (20) is arranged to protrude from the second side (12) towards the direction close to the refrigerator compartment (40), and the mounting portion (20) is provided with a through hole (21) communicating with the refrigerator compartment (40).

2. The sensor mounting structure according to claim 1, characterized by The mounting portion (20) comprises a bottom wall (22) protruding from the first side (11) towards the second side (12); At least one side edge of the bottom wall (22) is arranged to be spaced apart from the air duct baffle (10) and the air duct baffle (10) to form the through hole (21); and / or, the through hole (21) is provided on the bottom wall (22).

3. The sensor mounting structure according to claim 2, characterized by The mounting portion (20) further comprises a plurality of limiting ribs (23), and the plurality of limiting ribs (23) are arranged to be spaced apart and used to cooperate to clamp the sensor.

4. The sensor mounting structure according to claim 3, characterized by At least part of the limiting ribs (23) is provided with a notch (231) for accommodating the sensor.

5. The sensor mounting structure according to claim 3, characterized by Each of the limiting ribs (23) is connected to the bottom wall (22) at one end and connected to the air duct baffle (10) at the other end.

6. The sensor mounting structure according to claim 2, characterized by The mounting portion (20) is further provided with an elastic buckle (24) for locking the sensor to the mounting portion (20), and the elastic buckle (24) can be deformed in response to an external force to unlock the sensor.

7. The sensor mounting structure according to claim 6, characterized by The elastic buckle (24) comprises a cantilever (241) and a clamping portion (242), one end of the clamping portion (242) is connected to the bottom wall (22), and the other end is arranged to be suspended, the clamping portion (242) is connected to the end of the cantilever (241) arranged to be suspended, and the clamping portion (242) has a guide slope (243); The sensor can be clamped between the clamping portion (242), the cantilever (241) and the bottom wall (22) along the guide slope (243).

8. The sensor mounting structure according to claim 2, characterized by The mounting portion (20) is provided with an opening (25) opposite to the bottom wall (22) and used for the sensor to pass through so that the sensor is loaded into the mounting portion (20).

9. The sensor mounting structure according to claim 2, characterized by The air duct baffle (10) is further provided with a wire harness groove (26) communicating with the mounting portion (20).

10. A refrigerator characterized by comprising: The refrigerator comprises the sensor mounting structure (100) according to any one of claims 1-9.

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