CN101074698A - Tapered supporting joint for vehicle reflective mirror - Google Patents
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The invention provides a mirror for the vehicle components and analogs cone rotation joints, with the installation of a fixed activities and a supporting arm. Referred to a fixed base proximate to the activities described in the installation and support of the one arm, one of the receivers installed in the cone described on the base. A tapered plug in the receiving body was referred to the Department of conical receiver. Sean Cone described in the installation of fixed and described the activities described in the supporting arm on another. Cone referred to the Department of receiving support with a conical surface, with the stated support conical shaped Cypriot side match. A compression device will be referred to taper bearing surface with tight squeeze together to reduce the gap and wear. The first and second lock with the stated support of the work and arm folded position counterparts, and bias is the first operation of deflection position, in the period deflection position, which covers the operation of bias with selected pieces of the lock occlusion, will be referred to appropriate support arm limited to the position.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of vehicle mirror assembly, say especially, relate to the improved swivel that rotates and wear and tear and reduce between a kind of reflector supporting arm that makes described assembly and the vehicle.
Background technique
Existing different being used for is installed in structure on the vehicle with external mirror.For example on truck and the bus, firmly at the mirror housing that is positioned on the supporting arm, described supporting arm makes described reflector leave vehicle location to reflector, clearly to observe the zones of different of vehicle periphery usually at the large commercial vehicle.According to the size of reflector and the zone of design and vehicle periphery, people have used different mounting structures.For example, but U. S. Patent 6302549 discloses the reflector mounting assembly that a kind of twin shaft is regulated.U. S. Patent 6793357 discloses another kind of vehicle mirror, and it has a mirror housing, and described mirror housing supports by this way, and promptly it can carry out the twin shaft adjusting and undesirable rotation does not take place with respect to the reflector supporting arm.Usually, ball coupling is used for these joints and can be worn and torn.If the vibration and the shake of mirror surface can appear in too big wearing and tearing, thereby may cause some vision loss or fuzzy.
Summary of the invention
The invention provides a kind of improved swivel, it is used for such vehicle mirror assembly, promptly has at least one and is installed in a reflector head on the supporting arm and the vehicle mount that is used to be connected on the vehicle.Described supporting arm is connected on the described vehicle mount in rotating mode, and described supporting arm has working position and folding position.Swivel is connected between described vehicle mount and the described supporting arm, is used to make described supporting arm to rotate between described work and folding position.Advantageously, the taper acceptance division is included in the described swivel, and conical plug is assemblied in the described taper acceptance division.Connector is interconnected in described conical plug and described taper acceptance division on the described vehicle mount together with the relation that matches.Push element makes described taper acceptance division and the corresponding conical bearing face of described conical plug combine with close-fitting relation, thereby, gap between the described conical bearing face and the wearing and tearing that thereupon produce all can be significantly reduced, so that a kind of more reliable swivel to be provided.Therefore, described conical bearing surface wear is less, and mirrors vibrate also can be reduced with shake.
Of the present invention one favourable aspect, the biased operation part is installed on the described supporting arm, and is biased on the dimple base portion, described taper acceptance division is formed in the described dimple base portion.Described operation piece has physical slot, first inflection point and second inflection point.Described dimple base portion has at least and is used for described supporting arm is remained on first latch on the described working position, and also can have and be used for other latchs that described supporting arm is remained on second latch on the described folding position and is used for other positions.Described operation piece is when described supporting arm is in described working position and the described first latch interlock, when described supporting arm is in the folding position and the described second latch interlock.Described biased operation part deflects to described first inflection point with the described first or second latch interlock time.Described operation piece when described supporting arm is mobile between described first and second latchs of described dimple body to the described second inflection point deflection.Another useful aspect, described operation piece comprises elongated leaf spring, one or more cam members are formed on the centre of first and second ends of described leaf spring.The installation elements that is installed on the described supporting arm is fixed on described elongated leaf spring in the described supporting arm by this way, and promptly described cam member and described leaf spring depart from the state that is not subjected to stress of the nature of described leaf spring.
Described connector preferably comprises fastening piece, it extends through described conical plug and described taper acceptance division, and described conical plug and described their supporting surface of taper acceptance division can be pressed together, an end is connected with described supporting arm simultaneously, and second end is connected with described vehicle mount.Advantageously, described push element comprises spring element, and it locates to install around described fastening piece at one of described first and second ends.Described spring element can comprise for example Bei Shi saucer washer (Bellevillewasher) of the spring washer installed around described fastening piece.
In another aspect of the present invention, a kind of improved simplification swivel that is used for mirror assembly is provided, wherein, described mirror assembly has the supporting arm of vehicle mount and rotation, and described swivel comprises first rotatable parts that are installed on the described vehicle mount and second rotatable parts that are installed on the described supporting arm.Connector is interconnected described first and second rotatable parts with the relation that matches, so that described supporting arm can turn to described work and folding position.First and second corresponding with the described work of described supporting arm and the folding position respectively latchs are installed in described vehicle mount and the described supporting arm on one.Elongated spring element is placed between described vehicle mount and the described supporting arm, and described elongated leaf spring element has physical slot, first inflection point and second inflection point.Described leaf spring element comprises cam member, and it is formed near the middle part of described leaf spring element, and with selected latch interlock.When described cam member and described selected latch interlock, described leaf spring element deflects to described first inflection point.When described supporting arm was mobile between described first and second latchs, described leaf spring element was to the described second inflection point deflection.
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Below, description is designed to realize the other technologies feature of structure of the present invention and this structure.
By reading following detailed description and referring to the accompanying drawing of a formation part of the present invention that shows an example of the present invention, the present invention being become be easier to understand, accompanying drawing comprises:
Fig. 1 is a perspective view, shows the taper joint that is used for the reflector supporting arm constructed according to the invention;
Fig. 2 is the perspective view of Fig. 1, and the part of wherein said taper joint outer cover is cut;
Fig. 3 is the plan view that the line 3-3 along Fig. 1 is done;
Fig. 4 is the sectional view that the line 4-4 along Fig. 1 is done; And
Fig. 5 is a perspective view, has decomposed the parts that are used for the taper joint of vehicle mirror supporting arm according to of the present invention among the figure.
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Below, referring to accompanying drawing the present invention is described in more detail.
In Fig. 1, clearly illustrate, vehicle mount 10 by means of conventional fastener for example bolt 14 be connected on the vehicle 12.Vehicle mount 10 comprises a base portion 16, is installing a reflector supporting arm 18 in rotating mode on it.Supporting arm 18 is connected by means of a swivel of representing with reference character A generally on the base portion 16 of vehicle mount, the favourable form of the tapered landing nipple of described swivel.As described below, taper joint A can make described supporting arm rotate between a folding position and a working position, in described folding position, reflector head 19 is folding towards described vehicle, in described working position, described reflector head is stretched from described vehicle, and can further be regulated so that observe by the driver.The base portion 16 of vehicle mount comprises first parts of the form that is dimple base portion 20, and described dimple base portion 20 has a taper acceptance division 22, is formed with conical bearing face 22a in the described taper acceptance division 22.Dimple base portion 20 can by any suitable manner for example one-piece construction, welding other suitable manner that the base portion 16 of dimple base portion 20 and vehicle mount is become one be attached on the base portion 16 of vehicle mount.
Figure 4 and 5 clearly illustrate that supporting arm 18 comprises second rotatable parts of the form of a tapered plug 24, and described conical plug 24 can form with supporting arm 18 integral body in any suitable manner.Conical plug 24 is received in the taper acceptance division 22, to provide a kind of wearing and tearing reducible taper swivel.Described conical plug comprises a conical bearing face 24a, and it can accurately cooperate with the conical bearing face 22a of taper acceptance division 22.Under the situation that the rotational connector parts are made of metal, a taper bush 26 can be assemblied between described taper acceptance division and the conical plug.Lining 26 can be for example polyoxymethylene (delrin) lining of any suitable lining.Under the situation that the tapered coupling parts are formed by abrasion-resistant polymers, can not need described lining.Therefore, the conical bearing face 22a of described taper acceptance division can be sleeve surface or actual taper acceptance division surface.Conical plug 24, taper bush 26 and taper acceptance division 22 are accurately manufactured can integral body be assembled together, to form a taper swivel.For this purpose, a connector bolt 32 extends through described supporting arm, taper acceptance division 22, conical plug 24, and is screwed in the part 34 of base portion 16 of vehicle mount.Advantageously, spring 36 provides a push element, and is assemblied in by means of intermediate gasket 38 between the plat surface 18a of bolt head 32a and supporting arm 18.Described spring can be the Bei Shi saucer washer, and it can produce thrust, described thrust can make the conical bearing face 24a of conical plug 24 and described lining or taper acceptance division conical bearing face 22a close-fitting and have only very little or very close to each other or wearing and tearing.Because therefore the tapered distribution on the conical bearing face that matches of described thrust can prevent to occur between the parts gap, and can make the rotational connector parts have low-down wearing and tearing.When there were wearing and tearing really in described supporting surface, the gap between the supporting surface can not increase yet, and this is because have vertical stress component that described supporting surface is pressed together tightly always.Therefore, wearing and tearing are not problems in swivel provided by the invention.In above-mentioned this mode, can reduce the vibration and the shake of reflector head, so that better the observation.
Of the present invention another favourable aspect, a kind of simple and reliable operating device is disclosed, it is used for described supporting arm and described reflector head are remained on the pivotal position, and comprises a biased operation part 40 and one or more latch 46,48 etc.Described biased operation part advantageously provides with the form of elongated leaf spring 40, described supporting arm is limited to folding or working position.Leaf spring 40 is installed on the spring retainer 42 of the connector end that is formed at supporting arm 18.Fig. 3 clearly illustrates that described spring retainer comprises the first installation elements 42a and the second installation elements 42b, and the described second installation elements 42b is keeping the far-end of described leaf spring.For this purpose, leaf spring 40 comprises the first bent-up end 40a and the second straight end 40b that is being kept by described mounting rod.In the embodiment shown, leaf spring 40 comprises single cam member 44, and it can be received in one of two latchs 46 being formed in the dimple base portion 20 and 48.In time spent not, leaf spring 40 has a physical slot that extends internally 50 usually.Yet when the cam member 44 of described leaf spring was received in latch on the dimple body, described leaf spring was presented on first inflection point 52.And when described leaf spring shifted out described latch, it was presented on another second inflection point 54 by compression.When cam member 44 was received in first latch 46, supporting arm 18 was locked in the working position.On described position, reflector head 19 stretches out from vehicle, so that further described supporting arm is regulated and observed.If described supporting arm is manually rotated enough greatly by the driver of vehicle, or accident clashed into, and described reflector is movable to the folding position.By applying enough big power, can make cam member 44 shift out latch 46 and enter latch 48 to described supporting arm.
Although in described exemplary embodiment of the present invention, show a latch and a cam member at each position, but in order to strengthen lock function and to improve reliability, also can use a plurality of latchs and cam member (tooth) at each position, certainly also can a position used according to the invention and a plurality of position.
Therefore, as can be seen, can obtain a kind of simple improved favourable structure that is used for the swivel of vehicle mirror assembly according to the present invention.Simple leaf spring structure can provide mobile between work and/or a plurality of position, even and can make the conical bearing face exist surface abrasion also can keep close-fitting because power is distributed on the conical bearing face that matches, total therefore simple conical plug and taper acceptance division structure can make the wearing and tearing of joint reduce.Because the close-fitting of conical bearing face can be maintained, therefore gap and the mirror jitter that often occurs in spherical coupling all can be prevented or reduce.
Although used particular term to describe a preferred embodiment of the present invention, these are described and only are used as purpose of illustration, should be appreciated that and can make various changes and variation under the situation of the spirit or scope that do not break away from claims.
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1. vehicle mirror assembly, it has at least one reflector head, and described reflector head is positioned in the process of proper functioning apart from vehicle one segment distance place, and described vehicle mirror assembly comprises:
Vehicle mount, it is connected on the vehicle;
Supporting arm, it is connected on the described vehicle mount in rotating mode, and is movable to the working position;
Swivel, it is connected between described vehicle mount and the described supporting arm, and described supporting arm turns to described working position around described swivel;
Releasable operating device, it operationally is connected with described swivel, so that described supporting arm is remained on described operating position;
Base portion, it is supported by described vehicle mount, and has a taper acceptance division that has a conical bearing face;
Conical plug, it is supported by described supporting arm, and has the conical bearing face that is assemblied in the described taper acceptance division; And
Connector, it is interconnected described conical plug and described taper acceptance division with the relation that matches, and a push element makes described conical bearing face combine with the relation of tight supporting;
Thereby the gap that makes the wearing and tearing between described taper acceptance division and the described conical plug and produce thereupon minimizes, so that more reliable swivel to be provided.
2. assembly as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described base portion comprises first latch and second latch, and described operating device comprises the biased operation part, described biased operation part is when described supporting arm is in described working position and the described first latch interlock, when described supporting arm is in described folding position and the described second latch interlock.
3. assembly as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, described biased operation part has physical slot, first inflection point and second inflection point.
4. assembly as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, described biased operation part deflects to described first inflection point with the described first or second latch interlock time.
5. assembly as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, when between described first and second latchs of described supporting arm at described dimple body when mobile, described biased operation part is to the described second inflection point deflection.
6. assembly as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that described connector comprises fastening piece, described fastening piece extends through described conical plug and described taper acceptance division, and an end of described fastening piece is connected with described supporting arm, and second end is connected with described vehicle mount.
7. assembly as claimed in claim 6, it is characterized in that, described push element comprises spring element, described spring element is installed around described fastening piece near one of described first and second ends of described pivot, and described fastening piece presses together described conical plug and described taper acceptance division in close-fitting mode.
8. assembly as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that described spring element comprises spring washer, and it is installed around described pivot.
9. assembly as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described operating device comprises elongated leaf spring and at least one latch, described leaf spring has first end and second end, and in the middle of described first end and second end, form a cam member, described at least one latch is by the described base portion supporting of described vehicle mount, and described cam member and described latch interlock, so that described supporting arm is remained on described working position.
10. assembly as claimed in claim 9 comprises: installation elements, and they are supported by described supporting arm, are used for described first end and second end of described elongated spring are fixed on described supporting arm, and wherein said cam member is towards described dimple.
11. a taper swivel that is used for vehicle mirror assembly and analog has:
Fixed installation part and expansion bearing arm;
Base portion, it is installed on one of them of described fixed installation part and described expansion bearing arm;
The taper acceptance division, it is installed on the described base portion;
Conical plug, it is received in the described taper acceptance division, and described conical plug is installed in described fixed installation part and the described supporting arm another;
Described taper acceptance division has the conical bearing face that matches with the conical bearing face of described conical plug, so that the swivel with a plurality of pivotal positions to be provided;
Push element, it presses together described conical plug and described taper acceptance division in close-fitting mode, make gap and minimise wear between the described conical bearing face of described conical plug under the effect of load and described taper acceptance division;
At least one latch, its pivotal position with described expansion bearing arm is corresponding;
The biased operation part, it has physical slot, first inflection point and second inflection point, and at described first inflection point, described biased operation part leaves from described physical slot deflection, at described second inflection point, described biased operation part leaves from the described first inflection point deflection; And
Described biased operation part comprises cam member, and described cam member is used in described first inflection point and a described latch interlock, described supporting arm is limited to a described pivotal position;
12. assembly as claimed in claim 11, it is characterized in that described connector comprises fastening piece, described fastening piece extends through described conical plug and described taper acceptance division, and an end of described fastening piece is connected with described supporting arm, and second end is connected with described vehicle mount.
13. assembly as claimed in claim 12, it is characterized in that, described push element comprises spring element, described spring element is installed around described fastening piece near one of described first and second ends of described pivot, and described fastening piece makes described conical plug closely cooperate with described taper acceptance division to be in the same place.
14. assembly as claimed in claim 11 is characterized in that, described operation piece comprises elongated leaf spring, and described leaf spring has first end and second end, and a cam member is formed on the centre of described first and second ends, is used for and a described latch interlock.
15. assembly as claimed in claim 14 comprises: installation elements, they are supported by described supporting arm, are used for described first and second ends of described elongated leaf spring are fixed on described supporting arm, and wherein said cam member is towards described base portion.
16. assembly as claimed in claim 14, comprise: first latch corresponding and second latch corresponding with the off-position of described reflector with the working position of described reflector, and described cam member respectively with the described first and second latch interlocks, so that described reflector is each defined on described working position and the off-position.
17. a vehicle mirror assembly has: at least one reflector head, it is by in supporting arm supporting, and is positioned in the process of proper functioning apart from vehicle one segment distance place; Vehicle mount, it is connected on the vehicle; Described supporting arm pivotally is connected on the described vehicle mount, and can move between working position and folding position; Swivel, it is connected between described vehicle mount and the described supporting arm, and described supporting arm pivots between one or more pivotal positions around described swivel, and wherein, described swivel comprises:
First rotatable parts, it is installed on the described vehicle mount;
Second rotatable parts, it is installed on the described supporting arm;
Fastening piece, it is interconnected described first and second rotatable parts with the relation that matches, so that described supporting arm and pivot relatively rotate with respect to each other to described work and folding position;
Latch, it is installed in described vehicle mount and the described supporting arm one of them, and described latch is corresponding with a described working position respectively;
Elongated spring element, it is placed between the biased operation part of described vehicle mount and described supporting arm, and described biased operation part has physical slot, first inflection point and second inflection point;
Described spring element has near the cam member the middle part that is formed on described spring element, is used for and a described latch interlock; And
Described spring element deflects to described first inflection point when a described cam member and a described latch interlock, and deflects to described second inflection point at described supporting arm when described first latch moves.
18. assembly as claimed in claim 17, described spring element moves into described first inflection point from described physical slot deflection, and moves into described second inflection point from the described first inflection point deflection.
19. assembly as claimed in claim 17, it is characterized in that, described elongated spring element has first end and second end, they are installed in the described on one of them of described vehicle mount and described supporting arm, be used for described elongated spring element is fixed on a working position, towards a latch.
20. assembly as claimed in claim 17 is characterized in that, described connector comprises fastening piece, and described fastening piece extends through described first and second rotatable parts, and an end is connected with described supporting arm, and second end is connected with described vehicle mount.
21. assembly as claimed in claim 20 comprises: push element, it is installed around described fastening piece near one of described first and second ends, and described fastening piece presses together described conical plug and described acceptance division in close-fitting mode.
22. the assembly as claim 21 is characterized in that, described push element comprises the Bei Shi saucer washer of installing around described fastening piece.
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| CN104847781A (en) * | 2015-04-01 | 2015-08-19 | 李跃东 | Self-locking type rotation block mechanism |
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