Structure and storage comprising the same

Abstract

To provide a storage comprising a wire hard to break.SOLUTION: A storage 100 comprises a storage body 10 housing articles, and a structure 20 comprised in the storage body 10. The structure 20 comprises: a hollow camera unit 50 housing a board 53; a supporting member 40 comprising a fitting part 28 to which the camera unit 50 is rotatably fitted, and exposed to the inside of the camera unit 50; a hole 32 arranged in a region including a rotation axis of the camera unit 50; a wire 56 comprising one end 561 connected to the board 53, a portion 562 passed through the hole 32, and the other end arranged outside the camera unit 50; and a wall part 553 erected to a higher position than the fitting part 38 from an inner surface of the camera unit 50. The wire 56 comprises a portion supported by a tip 5531 of the wall part 553.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present disclosure relates to a structure and a storage unit including the same.

Background Art

[0002] Patent Document 1 describes "a refrigerator comprising: a refrigerator body forming a storage chamber having an opening on the front side; a camera unit provided on an outer upper surface of the refrigerator body and including a camera for imaging the storage chamber; and a rotation mechanism for rotating the camera unit in a horizontal plane so as to be disposed at either a first position where the entire camera unit is overlapped with the refrigerator body in a top view or a second position where the camera is disposed in front of a front edge of the refrigerator body in a top view according to a degree of its rotation."

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

[0003]

Patent Document 1

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0004] In the technique described in Patent Document 1, the cable passes through a hollow portion constituting the rotation mechanism and is disposed across the inside and outside of the camera unit. When the camera unit rotates, the cable may interfere with a fitting portion such as a claw, and the cable may be disconnected. The problem to be solved by the present disclosure is to provide a structure including wiring that is difficult to disconnect and a storage unit including the same.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0005] The structure of the present disclosure is a structure provided in a storage, which includes a hollow first unit that houses a substrate, a second unit that rotatably fits the first unit and has a fitting portion exposed inside the first unit, a hole disposed in a region including the rotation axis of the first unit, a wiring that includes one end connected to the substrate, a first portion passing through the hole, and the other end disposed outside the first unit, and a wall portion erected from the inner surface of the first unit to a position higher than the fitting portion. The wiring has a second portion supported by the tip of the wall portion. Other solutions will be described later in the mode for carrying out the invention.

Brief Description of the Drawings

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Embodiments for Carrying out the Invention

[0007] Hereinafter, embodiments (referred to as embodiments) for carrying out the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings. In the description of the following one embodiment, descriptions of other embodiments applicable to the one embodiment will also be made as appropriate. The present disclosure is not limited to the following one embodiment, and different embodiments can be combined with each other, or arbitrarily modified within a range that does not significantly impair the effects of the present disclosure. Also, the same members will be denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant descriptions will be omitted. Furthermore, those having the same function will be given the same name. The illustrated content is merely schematic, and for the convenience of illustration, it may be changed from the actual configuration within a range that does not significantly impair the effects of the present disclosure, or the illustration of some members may be omitted or deformed between the drawings. Also, in the same embodiment, it is not always necessary to include all configurations.

[0008] FIG. 1 is a front view of a storage 100 of the present disclosure. The storage 100 includes a storage main body 10 for storing articles such as food and beverages, and a structure 20 provided in the storage main body 10. The storage 100 and the storage main body 10 are, for example, a refrigerator. The storage main body 10 includes a door 1a, and by opening the door 1a, a storage room (not shown) formed inside the storage main body 10 is exposed. The storage 100 includes a camera unit 50. The camera unit 50 is a structure that photographs the state inside the storage room from the outside of the storage main body 10 with the door 1a open.

[0009] FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the outer upper surface of the storage body 10. The structure 20 is fixed to, for example, the outer upper surface (top surface) of the storage body 10. The structure 20 includes a camera unit 50 and a support member 40 that supports the camera unit 50 on the storage body 10. The camera unit 50 includes a housing 55 (FIG. 3) having an open upper end and a lid 54 that closes the opening. The camera unit 50 includes a camera 51 that photographs the inside of the storage chamber. The camera 51 is provided inside the housing 55 and is exposed to the outside (the lens part is outside) from the lower surface of the housing 55.

[0010] The camera unit 50 is disposed on the outer upper surface of the storage body 10 via the support member 40. The support member 40 includes a rotation mechanism 30 (FIG. 3) that rotates the camera unit 50 in the horizontal plane. The rotation mechanism 30 switches the position of the camera unit 50 to a first position or a second position. The first position is the position of the camera unit 50 in a state where the entire camera unit 50 is disposed behind the front end of the storage body 10. The second position is the position in a state where at least the camera 51 of the camera unit 50 is disposed in front of the front end of the storage body 10. In the example of FIG. 2, the position of the camera unit 50 is the second position. Hereinafter, the left-right direction in the camera unit 50 is the left-right direction in the camera unit 50 disposed in the second position unless otherwise specified.

[0011] FIG. 3 is a top view showing the outer upper surface of the storage body 10 and a top view showing the internal structure of the camera unit 50. In FIG. 3, the lid 54 (FIG. 2) attached to the upper part of the housing 55 is removed. The camera unit 50 (an example of the first unit) is hollow, and a substrate 53 is accommodated inside. The substrate 53 is a structure that supplies power to the camera 51 (FIG. 2) and controls the operation of the camera 51.

[0012] The structure 20 is provided with a hole 32. The hole 32 is provided on the lower surface of the housing 55 and is arranged in a region including the rotation axis of the camera unit 50. Therefore, the camera unit 50 rotates in the horizontal plane with, for example, the circular hole 32 as the rotation axis. The structure 20 is provided with a wiring 56. The wiring 56 is, for example, a round cable (the cross-section in the direction perpendicular to the axial direction is round). The wiring 56 is arranged across the inside and outside of the camera unit 50. The wiring 56 includes one end 561 connected to the substrate 53, a portion 562 (the first portion) passing through the hole 32, and the other end 563 arranged outside the camera unit 50 (FIG. 8). The one end 561 is connected to the connector 531 (FIG. 4) provided on the substrate 53.

[0013] The hole 32 and the wiring 56 directly face the inner surface (the inner lower surface) of the lid 54 which is the inner surface of the ceiling of the camera unit 50. For this reason, the wiring 56 may rattle inside the camera unit 50, but the floating of the wiring 56 is suppressed by the structure described later.

[0014] FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the camera unit 50. However, in FIG. 4, for the sake of simplification of the illustration, the wiring 56 is not shown. The substrate 53 is arranged above the camera 51. Therefore, when the camera unit is arranged at the second position, the substrate 53 is arranged in front of the front end of the storage body 10. Also, the camera 51 is exposed to the outside through the hole 551 provided on the lower surface of the housing 55.

[0015] The support member 40 (an example of the second unit) has a fitting portion 38. The fitting portion 38 is a structure that rotatably fits the camera unit 50 and is exposed inside the camera unit 50. In the illustrated example, the fitting portion 38 is composed of four claws that are arranged at equal intervals in the circumferential direction and stand vertically (upward) from the surface of the support member 40. The claws have, for example, a snap-fit structure and fit into a flange 552 formed around a hole 32 of the housing 55. By rotating the fitting portion 38 in the circumferential direction of the flange 552 with the fitting portion 38 fitted into the flange 552, the camera unit 50 rotates in the horizontal plane. Further, the fitting portion 38 fits into the flange 552 with a strength such that it comes off when the camera unit 50 is pushed upward from below with a certain strength. Therefore, the camera unit 50 can be detached from the support member 40.

[0016] FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the housing 55 constituting the camera unit 50. FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of part A in FIG. 5. FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a state in which the wiring 56 is arranged inside the housing 55. In FIG. 6, the fitting portion 38 is indicated by a two-dot chain line. In FIG. 7, the substrate 53 is not shown.

[0017] The structure 20 includes a wall portion 553 that stands from the inner surface of the camera unit 50 to a position higher than the fitting portion 38. In the illustrated example, the wall portion 533 stands from the bottom surface 555 of the housing 55. The wall portion 553 is arranged between two adjacent claws constituting the fitting portion 38 when the camera unit 50 is arranged at the second position (the position shown in FIGS. 5 to 7). On the other hand, the wall portion 553 is arranged between another two adjacent claws constituting the fitting portion 38 when the camera unit 50 is arranged at the first position.

[0018] The wiring 56 has a portion 564 (Figure 3. Second portion) supported by the tip 5531 of the wall portion 553. The tip 5531 is constituted by, for example, a surface (plane or curved surface). Since the wall portion 533 is higher than the fitting portion 38, the wiring 56 is fixed at a position higher than the wall portion 533. Therefore, even when the fitting portion 38 rotates as the rotation mechanism 30 rotates, it is difficult for the fitting portion 38 to contact the wiring 56. Of course, there is a possibility that the fitting portion 38 contacts the wiring 56 during rotation, but compared with the case where it is not supported by the tip 5531 of the wall portion 553, the load (impact) applied by the rotating fitting portion 38 to the wiring 56 can be reduced. As a result, it is difficult to break the wiring 56.

[0019] The wall portion 553 stands upright from the bottom surface 555 which is the inner surface of the camera unit 50 along the portion of the fitting portion 38 that is exposed inside the camera unit 50. The fitting portion 38 is, as described above, claws arranged in a plurality in the circumferential direction of the hole 32. Therefore, an arc-shaped wall portion 553 stands upright along the circumferential direction which is the arrangement direction of the plurality of claws. As a result, the wall portion 553 can be arranged at a position close to the fitting portion 38, and the wiring 56 introduced into the camera unit 50 through the hole 32 can be supported by the tip 5531 (upper end) of the relatively high wall portion 553 immediately near the hole 32. Therefore, it is possible to make it difficult for the wiring 56 to contact the fitting portion 38 arranged obliquely below the tip 5531.

[0020] Figure 8 is a view showing the inside of the support member 40. The hole 32 of the camera unit 50 communicates with the inside of the support member 40. Therefore, the wiring 56 is arranged across the inside of the camera unit 50 and the inside of the support member 40. Among the wiring 56, the other end 563 arranged outside the camera unit 50 is arranged inside the support member 40. Inside the support member 40, the other end 563 is connected to a connector 61 that supplies power to the camera unit 50.

[0021] Figure 9 is a top view showing the internal structure of the camera unit 50 and is a top view showing a state where the wiring 56 is removed. Figure 10 is a cross-sectional view taken along line B-B of Figure 9. Figure 11 is a view of the wall portion 533 viewed from the direction shown in Figure 10.

[0022] The wall portion 553 does not have the same height throughout the extending direction of the wall portion 553 (the left - right direction in the illustrated example), and has different heights in some regions or all regions. In the embodiments shown in FIGS. 9 to 11, the tip 5531 has an inclined portion 5532 that inclines from one end to the other end in the extending direction of the wall portion 553 (the left - right direction in the illustrated example). By having the inclined portion 5532, depending on the direction of the inclination, for example, the wiring 56 can be made difficult to come off by bringing the wiring 56 into contact with the inclined portion 5532, or the stress applied from the tip 5531 to the wiring 56 can be reduced.

[0023] In the example shown in FIG. 11, the inclined portion 5532 is formed between the center in the left - right direction and one end of the housing 55 of the tip 5531. Therefore, the tip 5531 is disposed at a relatively high position on the side closer to the left wall surface of the housing 55 and at a relatively low position near the center of the housing 55. Then, the wiring 56 extending from the hole 32 contacts the inclined portion 5532, changes its direction, and extends to the substrate 53. By doing so, the stress that the wiring 56 receives from the surface of the tip 5531 can be reduced, and disconnection can be made difficult.

[0024] FIG. 12 shows the wall portion 553 of an embodiment different from that of FIG. 11. FIG. 12 and FIGS. 13 to 15 described later are all views of the wall portion 533 viewed from the direction shown in FIG. 10 above. The inclined portion 5532 is formed over the entire tip 5531. That is, in FIG. 12, the tip 5531 inclines from one end to the other end of the wall portion 553. By doing so, the size of the inclined portion 5532 can be increased, and the wiring 56 can be stably supported.

[0025] FIG. 13 shows the wall portion 553 of an embodiment different from that of FIG. 11. The tip 5531 has a stepped portion 5533. And the wiring 56 is disposed in the recessed portion of the stepped portion 5533. Thereby, it is possible to suppress the sliding of the wiring 56 at the tip 5531, and to suppress the disconnection of the wiring 56 due to the friction generated by the sliding.

[0026] FIG. 14 shows the wall portion 553 of an embodiment different from that of FIG. 11. The embodiment of FIG. 14 has an inclined portion 5532 formed as a curved surface instead of the inclined portion 5532 formed in a plane in the embodiment of FIG. 11. By forming it as a curved surface, the contact area between the wiring 56, which is a round cable, and the inclined portion 5532 can be increased, and it is possible to suppress the wiring 56 from sliding on the upper surface of the tip 5531. Thereby, it is possible to suppress the disconnection of the wiring 56 due to friction generated by sliding.

[0027] FIG. 15 shows the wall portion 553 of an embodiment different from that of FIG. 11. In the embodiment of FIG. 15, the tip 5531 has two stepped portions 5533 and has a shape where both the left and right ends are high and the center is low. By doing so, the wiring 56 can be fixed to the lower portion in the center. Thereby, it is possible to suppress the wiring 56 from sliding at the tip 5531, and it is possible to suppress the disconnection of the wiring 56 due to friction generated by sliding.

[0028] Returning to FIG. 3, the substrate 53 is disposed on one end side of the camera unit 50. Note that nothing is disposed on the other end side of the camera unit 50. The wiring 56 is arranged to meander from the hole 32 toward the substrate 53. By arranging it in this way, when the camera unit 50 comes off the support member 40 and the wiring 56 is pulled with respect to the substrate 53, it is possible to suppress the force applied to the wiring 56 from being directly transmitted to the substrate 53, and it is possible to make it difficult for the wiring 56 to come off the substrate 53.

[0029] From the hole 32 toward the substrate 53, the wiring 56 is supported (fixed) by the housing 55 in the order of the convex portion 556 (first convex portion), the convex portion 557 (second convex portion), and the convex portion 558 (third convex portion).

[0030] In addition to FIG. 3, as shown in FIGS. 4, 5, 7, etc., a convex portion 556 stands upright from the inner surface 559 (the inner surface on the left side of the housing 55) of the camera unit 50. The convex portion 556 is a structure that extends directly above the wiring 56. The convex portion 556 is a flat plate that stands upright from the inner surface 559 in a direction perpendicular to the inner surface (the left-right direction of the storage 100 and the storage body 10). By providing such a convex portion 556, the wiring 56 can be suppressed inside the camera unit 50, and it is possible to prevent the wiring 56 from floating unintentionally.

[0031] As shown in FIG. 5, the installation height of the convex portion 556 starting from the bottom surface 555 is L1. L1 is a length longer than the thickness (outer diameter, dimension) of the wiring 56. Therefore, the wiring 56 can be fixed by the lower surface of the convex portion 556. Also, the protruding length of the convex portion 556 (the height starting from the inner surface 559 where it stands upright) is also a length longer than the thickness (outer diameter, dimension) of the wiring 56.

[0032] On the side opposite to the hole 32 as viewed from the convex portion 556, a convex portion 557 (second convex portion) stands upright. The convex portion 557 is a structure that comes into contact with the side surface of the wiring 56 and stands upright from the bottom surface 555 which is the inner bottom surface of the camera unit 50. By providing the convex portion 557, the extending direction of the wiring 56 can be changed in different directions along the surface of the convex portion 557.

[0033] The convex portion 557 is a composite member of a flat plate installed on the surface facing the inner surface 559 and a curved surface connected to the side of the substrate 53 among the ends of the flat plate. The side surface of the wiring 56 comes into contact with the surface of the convex portion 557 on the side of the substrate 53.

[0034] As shown in FIG. 5, the installation height of the convex portion 557 starting from the bottom surface 555 is L2. L2 is a length longer than the thickness (outer diameter, dimension) of the wiring 56. Therefore, the wiring 56 is disposed between the convex portion 557 and the inner surface 559. Also, the distance between the convex portion 557 and the inner surface 559 is a length slightly longer than the thickness (outer diameter, dimension) of the wiring 56.

[0035] The height of the convex portion 557 (length L2 starting from the bottom surface 555) is higher than the installation height position of the convex portion 556 (length L1 starting from the bottom surface 555). By doing so, while suppressing the lifting of the wiring 56 by the convex portion 556, it is possible to suppress the wiring 56 from coming off from the upper end of the convex portion 557.

[0036] The installation height position of the convex portion 556 is lower than both the tip 5331 of the wall portion 533 (length L3 starting from the bottom surface 555; FIG. 6) and the upper end of the convex portion 557. By installing the convex portion 556 at this position, the wiring 56 can be effectively fixed, and in particular, the lifting of the wiring 56 can be suppressed.

[0037] In the example of the present disclosure, the wiring 56 is fixed by the tip 5531 of the wall portion 553, the convex portion 556, and the convex portion 557. Further, the wiring 56 is also fixed by the convex portion 558. The convex portion 558 stands upright from the bottom surface 555 near the center in the left - right direction of the camera unit 50. Also, in the front - rear direction of the camera unit 50, the installation position of the convex portion 556 and the installation position of the convex portion 558 are substantially the same. Therefore, the wiring 56 makes one round trip between the convex portion 556 and the convex portion 557, and between the convex portion 557 and the convex portion 558, and is connected to the substrate 53.

[0038] In this way, the wiring 56 is fixed by the plurality of convex portions 556, 557, 558 without wobbling inside the camera unit 50. By doing so, it is possible to make it difficult for the wiring 56 to come off from the tip 5531 and the convex portions 556, 557, 558. As a result, when the camera unit 50 comes off from the support member 40 and the wiring 56 is unintentionally pulled, the stress related to the wiring can be dispersed to the tip 5531 and the convex portions 556, 557, 558, and it can be made difficult to be transmitted to the substrate 53.

[0039] Between the hole 32 and the substrate 53, a convex portion 554 (third convex portion) stands upright from the bottom surface 555 which is the inner surface of the camera unit 50. The convex portion 554 is not provided over the entire region in the left - right direction inside the camera unit 50, but is provided only in a partial region. Specifically, the convex portion 554 is not provided on the rear side of the convex portion 556, and the wiring 56 is arranged on the side of the convex portion 556 (the portion where the convex portion 556 is not provided). By doing so, the wiring 56 can be arranged along the bottom surface 555, and the floating of the wiring 56 can be suppressed.

[0040] FIG. 16 is a diagram showing the positional relationship between the convex portion 556 and the lid 54. The distance L4 between the tip 5561 of the convex portion 556 and the lower surface 542 of the lid 54 which is the surface facing the tip 5561 is 12 mm or less. By setting the distance L4 within this range, when the camera unit 50 comes off the support member 40, it becomes difficult for a user to insert a finger between the tip 5561 and the inner surface 541. In particular, in the example of the present disclosure, when looking at the direction from the hole 32 to the substrate 53, that is, along the line segment connecting the hole 32 and the substrate 53, the size of the space where the substrate 53 can be visually recognized is 12 mm or less.

[0041] FIG. 17 is a diagram showing the vicinity of the hole 32 in the camera unit 50 when the user is trying to insert a finger F. When the camera unit 50 comes off the support member 40, the hole 32 is exposed, and there is a possibility that the user may insert a finger F into the camera unit 50 through the hole 32. However, as described above, since the distance L4 between the tip 5561 and the lower surface 542 is 12 mm or less by arranging the convex portion 554, it is difficult for the user to insert the finger F in the direction of the substrate 53. That is, the convex portion 554 becomes an obstacle, and it is difficult for the finger F to penetrate in the direction of the substrate 53. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the user from accidentally inserting the finger F.

Explanation of Signs

[0042] 10 Storage body 20 Structure 100 Storage 28 Fitting portion 30 Rotating mechanism 32 Hole 38 Fitting portion 40 Support member (second unit) 50 Camera unit (first unit) 51 Camera 53 Substrate 533 Wall portion 5331 Tip 54 Cover 541 Inner surface 542 Bottom surface 55 Housing 551 Hole 552 Flange 553 Wall portion 5531 Tip 5532 Tapered portion 5533 Step portion 554 Protrusion 555 Bottom surface 556 Protrusion (first protrusion) 5561 Tip 557 Protrusion (second protrusion) 558 Protrusion 559 Inner surface 56 Wiring 561 One end 562 Portion (first portion) 563 The other end 564 Portion (second portion) 61 Connector F Finger L1 Length L2 Length L3 Length L4 Distance

Claims

1. A structure provided in a storage, comprising: a hollow first unit that houses a substrate; a second unit that rotatably fits the first unit and has a fitting portion that is exposed inside the first unit; a hole disposed in a region including a rotation axis of the first unit; a wiring including one end connected to the substrate, a first portion passing through the hole, and the other end disposed outside the first unit; a wall portion erected from an inner surface of the first unit to a position higher than the fitting portion; wherein the wiring has a second portion supported at a tip of the wall portion The structure is characterized by the above.

2. The wall portion is erected from the inner surface along a portion of the fitting portion that is exposed inside the first unit The structure according to claim 1, characterized by the above.

3. The tip has an inclined portion that inclines from one end to the other end in the extending direction of the wall portion The structure according to claim 1, characterized by the above.

4. The substrate is disposed on one end side of the first unit, The wiring is arranged meandering from the hole toward the substrate The structure according to claim 1, characterized by the above.

5. A first convex portion extending directly above the wiring stands up from the inner side surface of the first unit The structure according to claim 1, characterized by the above.

6. On the side opposite to the hole as viewed from the first convex portion, a second convex portion stands up from the inner bottom surface of the first unit while contacting the side surface of the wiring The structure according to claim 5, characterized by the above.

7. The height of the second convex portion is higher than the installation height position of the first convex portion The structure according to claim 6, characterized by the above.

8. The installation height position of the first convex portion is lower than both the tip of the wall portion and the upper end of the second convex portion The structure according to claim 6, characterized by the above.

9. The wiring is fixed by the tip of the wall portion, the first convex portion, and the second convex portion The structure according to claim 6, characterized by the above.

10. A third convex portion stands up from the inner surface of the first unit between the hole and the substrate, The distance between the tip of the third convex portion and the surface facing the tip of the third convex portion is 12 mm or less The structure according to claim 1, characterized by the above.

11. The wiring is disposed on the side of the third convex portion The structure according to claim 10, characterized by the above.

12. The hole and the wiring directly face the inner surface of the ceiling of the first unit. The structure according to claim 1, characterized in that.

13. A storage body for storing an article, and a structure provided in the storage body, The structure is A hollow first unit that houses a substrate, A second unit that rotatably fits the first unit and has a fitting portion that is exposed inside the first unit, A hole disposed in a region including the rotation axis of the first unit, A wiring having one end connected to the substrate, a first portion passing through the hole, and the other end disposed outside the first unit, A wall portion standing from the inner surface of the first unit to a position higher than the fitting portion, The wiring has a second portion supported by the tip of the wall portion. A storage characterized by that.

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