CN219976691U - Buckle formula connection structure and air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides a buckle type connecting structure and an air conditioner, and relates to the technical field of air conditioner assembly structures. The clamping type connecting structure comprises a first connecting piece and a second connecting piece, wherein the first connecting piece is provided with a clamping groove, and at least one groove wall of the clamping groove is a first elastic arm; the second connecting piece is provided with a buckle; the clamping groove is provided with a first working state and a second working state, the first elastic arm is not elastically deformed in the first working state, and the first elastic arm is stressed to elastically deform in the second working state, so that the size of the clamping groove is increased to allow the clamping buckle to be disassembled and assembled. This buckle formula connection structure only through the first elastic arm as draw-in groove one side cell wall, can make the buckle insert in the draw-in groove and form the joint with the buckle, also can make the buckle pull out smoothly in the draw-in groove from the draw-in groove, and whole connection structure's volume is less, so occupation three-dimensional space is less, the setting of annex structure of being convenient for is particularly useful for the limited or structure restriction's of space position.

Description

Buckle formula connection structure and air conditioner

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of air conditioner assembly structures, in particular to a buckle type connecting structure and an air conditioner.

Background

In the prior art, the wiring apron fixed assembly of air conditioner is in the back coaming, specifically, the wiring apron is provided with a plurality of buckles, and the back coaming is provided with a plurality of draw-in grooves that correspond, and wiring apron joint is fixed in the back coaming, and the assembly is more swift.

However, in the prior art, the clamping and matching structure of the wiring cover plate and the back coaming has larger overall volume, so that the occupied three-dimensional space is larger, and the setting of the accessory structure is influenced.

Disclosure of Invention

The first object of the present utility model is to provide a snap-in connection structure, so as to solve the technical problems of the prior art that the overall volume is large, the occupied space is large, and the arrangement of the accessory structure is affected.

The utility model provides a buckle type connecting structure which comprises a first connecting piece and a second connecting piece, wherein the first connecting piece is provided with a clamping groove, and at least one groove wall of the clamping groove is a first elastic arm; the second connecting piece is provided with a buckle; the clamping groove is provided with a first working state and a second working state, the first elastic arm is not elastically deformed in the first working state, and the first elastic arm is stressed to elastically deform in the second working state, so that the size of the clamping groove is increased to allow the buckle to be disassembled and assembled.

The buckle type connecting structure provided by the utility model has the following beneficial effects:

according to the buckle type connecting structure provided by the utility model, when the buckle type connecting structure is assembled, the first elastic arm is deformed so that the sizes of the clamping groove and the buckle are adapted or slightly larger, the buckle is inserted into the clamping groove, and then the first elastic arm is restored to the initial state, so that the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece can be clamped. When the buckle is disassembled, the first elastic arm is deformed in the direction away from the buckle again, and the buckle can be pulled out of the clamping groove.

According to the buckle type connecting structure provided by the utility model, the buckle can be inserted into the clamping groove and clamped with the buckle only through the first elastic arm serving as the groove wall at one side of the clamping groove, and the buckle can be smoothly pulled out from the clamping groove, so that the whole connecting structure is small in volume, occupies small space, is convenient for setting an accessory structure, and is particularly suitable for a position with limited space or limited structure.

Further, a blocking buckle is arranged on one side, facing the inside of the clamping groove, of the first elastic arm, and in the first working state, the first elastic arm blocks the clamping buckle from falling out of the clamping groove through the blocking buckle.

Under this technical scheme, through setting up the fender knot, can restrict the thickness of first elastic arm and be unlikely to too thick to can guarantee that first elastic arm has sufficient elasticity.

Further, the first elastic arm comprises a body, and the blocking buckle is arranged in the body in a centered manner.

Under this technical scheme, when plug buckle, first elastic arm symmetry warp, and the junction atress of its both ends and other positions of draw-in groove is more balanced, also is less, so can effectively avoid the cracked condition in first elastic arm both ends.

Further, in the groove wall of the clamping groove, the groove wall positioned at the opposite side of the first elastic arm is a fixed limiting wall.

Under this technical scheme, the rigidity of fixed spacing wall is great, and relative first elastic arm is inelastic, guarantees to jack up the buckle after the assembly, forms spacingly to the buckle, makes fender knot and buckle pin, can restrict the buckle to move towards the direction of keeping away from first elastic arm to the restriction buckle deviate from the draw-in groove.

Further, along the direction that the buckle is inserted into the clamping groove, the blocking buckle is provided with a first guide surface, and/or the fixed limiting wall is provided with a second guide surface.

Under this technical scheme, first guide surface and second guide surface all play the guide effect to the buckle, are favorable to the buckle to insert in the draw-in groove accurately, fast. In addition, during assembly, the buckle can push the first elastic arm through the first guide surface, so that the first elastic arm is outwards deformed and then inserted into the clamping groove; after the buckle is inserted into the clamping groove, the first elastic arm is restored to the initial state under the action of elastic restoring force, the buckle is limited to be separated from the clamping groove, and the first elastic arm is not required to be independently operated to deform in the whole assembly process, so that the assembly efficiency is high.

Further, the first connecting piece is provided with a base, the base is provided with a mounting groove, two ends of the first elastic arm are respectively and fixedly connected with two opposite groove walls of the mounting groove, the mounting groove is divided into two parts, one part of groove walls and the first elastic arm form the clamping groove, and the other part of space is used for avoiding elastic deformation of the first elastic arm when the buckle is inserted and pulled out.

Under this technical scheme, the both ends of first elastic arm are fixed, and the middle part is unsettled, and during the assembly, the middle part atress back of first elastic arm is to the clearance department of stepping down deformation, deformation promptly leftwards.

Further, the two ends of the first elastic arm are arranged in an arc shape and are fixedly connected to the groove wall opposite to the fixed limiting wall in the groove wall of the mounting groove.

Under this technical scheme, when first elastic arm receives the extrusion and takes place deformation, its both ends receive extrusion force, but not pulling force, so can effectively avoid the cracked condition in its both ends when first elastic arm warp.

Further, the first connecting piece is provided with the base, the base is provided with the mounting groove, the cell wall of mounting groove is provided with first elastic arm and second elastic arm, the second elastic arm with first elastic arm sets up relatively, and both tip all fixed connection in the cell wall of mounting groove, both will the mounting groove is separated into the triplex, both with the cell wall of mounting groove forms jointly the draw-in groove, and the space of two other parts is used for dodging respectively first elastic arm with second elastic arm.

Under this kind of setting form, the structure of buckle can the symmetry setting to, the both sides of buckle can form the joint with first elastic arm and second elastic arm respectively, and the connection between first connecting piece and the second connecting piece is more reliable, and the atress of every elastic arm is also littleer, is difficult to fracture yet.

The first object of the present utility model is to provide an air conditioner, which solves the technical problems of large volume, large occupied space and influence on the arrangement of accessory structures in the prior art due to the clamping and matching structure of the wiring cover plate and the back coaming.

The air conditioner comprises a back coaming and a wiring cover plate, wherein the back coaming and the wiring cover plate are fixedly connected through the buckle type connecting structure. The air conditioner has the advantages that the clamping and matching structure between the rear coaming and the wiring cover plate is small in overall size and small in occupied three-dimensional space, so that the arrangement of the accessory structure is facilitated.

Further, the back coaming is provided with the opening, the back coaming is close to the open-ended border is provided with the draw-in groove, the wiring apron is provided with the buckle, the wiring apron pass through the buckle with draw-in groove fixed mounting in the back coaming, just the wiring apron closing cap the opening.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present utility model or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings that are required to be used in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only embodiments of the present utility model, and that other drawings can be obtained according to the provided drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a partial structure of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 2 is a view of AA in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged schematic view at B in FIG. 2;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a back panel of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present utility model, in which a clamping groove in a snap-fit connection structure is a first structural form, and a snap is not shown;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged schematic view of FIG. 4 at C;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the first resilient arm of FIG. 5 when deformed;

fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of a second structural form of a clamping groove in a snap-in connection structure according to an embodiment of the present utility model, and a snap is not shown;

fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of a third structural form of a clamping groove in a snap-in connection structure according to an embodiment of the present utility model, and a snap is not shown;

fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of a fourth structural form of a clamping groove in a snap-in connection structure according to an embodiment of the present utility model, and a snap is not shown.

Reference numerals illustrate:

100-back panel; 110-opening; 120-base; 121-a clamping groove; 122-a first resilient arm; 123-blocking buckle; 124-a first guide surface; 125-fixing a limiting wall; 126-a second guide surface; 127-a second resilient arm; 128-yield gap;

200-wiring cover plate; 210-a buckle; 211-a third guide surface; 212-fourth guide surface.

Detailed Description

In order that the above objects, features and advantages of the utility model will be readily understood, a more particular description of the utility model will be rendered by reference to specific embodiments thereof which are illustrated in the appended drawings. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the utility model.

The present embodiment provides an air conditioner, and fig. 1 shows a partial structure of the air conditioner provided in the present embodiment, with arrow ab indicating the up-down direction and arrow cd indicating the left-right direction. As shown in fig. 1, the air conditioner provided in this embodiment includes a back panel 100 and a wiring cover 200, which are fixedly connected by a snap-in connection structure.

In the present embodiment, the back panel 100 and the junction box 200 are assembled by the following snap-fit connection structure, but in other embodiments of the present utility model, the snap-fit connection structure may be used for assembling other components of the air conditioner.

The snap-in connection is described in detail below.

The snap-in connection structure provided in this embodiment includes a first connection member and a second connection member, where the first connection member is provided with a clamping groove 121, and one groove wall of the clamping groove 121 is a first elastic arm 122; the second connector is provided with a catch 210; the clamping groove 121 has a first working state and a second working state, in the first working state, the first elastic arm 122 is not elastically deformed, and in the second working state, the first elastic arm 122 is elastically deformed under force, so that the size of the clamping groove 121 is increased to allow the buckle 210 to be disassembled and assembled. In addition, when the first elastic arm 122 is slightly deformed, the first elastic arm 122 is in the first operating state, that is, the first elastic arm 122 is in the first operating state as long as the buckle 210 cannot be assembled or disassembled.

More specifically, in the present embodiment, the back panel 100 is a first connection member, and the wiring cover 200 is a second connection member; alternatively, the back panel 100 includes a first connector and the patch panel 200 includes a second connector. As shown in fig. 4 and 5, and referring to fig. 1 to 3, the back panel 100 is provided with an opening 110, a clamping groove 121 is provided at an edge of the back panel 100 near the opening 110, a junction cover 200 is provided with a buckle 210, the junction cover 200 is fixedly mounted to the back panel 100 through the buckle 210 and the clamping groove 121, and the junction cover 200 covers the opening 110.

In the snap-in connection structure provided in this embodiment, as shown in fig. 6, the first elastic arm 122 is deformed, i.e. from right to left, so that the size of the clamping groove 121 is adapted to or slightly larger than that of the clamping buckle 210, the clamping buckle 210 is inserted into the clamping groove 121, and then the first elastic arm 122 is restored to the initial state, so that the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece can be clamped. When the first elastic arm 122 is detached, the buckle 210 can be pulled out from the clamping groove 121 by deforming the first elastic arm in a direction away from the buckle 210 again.

According to the buckle type connecting structure provided by the embodiment, the buckle 210 can be inserted into the clamping groove 121 and clamped with the buckle 210 only through the first elastic arm 122 serving as the groove wall at one side of the clamping groove 121, and the buckle 210 can be smoothly pulled out of the clamping groove 121, so that the whole connecting structure is small in volume, occupied three-dimensional space is small, the accessory structure is convenient to set, and the buckle type connecting structure is particularly suitable for a position with limited space or limited structure; the space occupied in the mold is also small. The air conditioner provided in this embodiment is assembled between the rear panel 100 and the junction cover 200 by the snap-fit connection structure, so that all the advantages of the snap-fit connection structure described above are provided.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, a blocking buckle 123 is disposed on a side of the first elastic arm 122 facing the inside of the clamping groove 121, and in the first working state, the first elastic arm 122 blocks the buckle 210 from falling out of the clamping groove 121 through the blocking buckle 123. In this arrangement, the blocking buckle 123 can limit the thickness of the first elastic arm 122 from being too thick, so that the first elastic arm 122 can be ensured to have enough elasticity.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the first elastic arm 122 and the catch 123 are disposed on the same horizontal plane.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 5, the first elastic arm 122 includes a body, and the blocking buckle 123 is centrally disposed on the body of the first elastic arm 122. In this arrangement, when the buckle 210 is inserted and pulled out, the first elastic arms 122 are symmetrically deformed, and the connection parts between the two ends of the first elastic arms and other parts of the clamping groove 121 are relatively balanced in stress and relatively small in stress, so that the situation that the two ends of the first elastic arms 122 are broken can be effectively avoided.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the slot wall of the slot 121 opposite to the first elastic arm 122 is a fixed limiting wall 125. Under this setting form, the rigidity of fixed spacing wall 125 is great, and relative first elastic arm 122 is inelastic, guarantees to press against buckle 210 after the assembly, forms spacingly to buckle 210, makes fender knot 123 and buckle 210 pin, can restrict buckle 210 to move towards the direction of keeping away from first elastic arm 122 to restriction buckle 210 deviate from draw-in groove 121.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the gap between the retaining buckle 123 and the fixed limiting wall 125 is smaller than the size of the head of the buckle 210, but is about 0.5mm greater than the thickness of the stem of the buckle 210, so as to ensure that the buckle 210 can be assembled smoothly without being squeezed by the fixed limiting wall 125 and the first elastic arm 122.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the buckle 210 has elasticity and is an elastic member. So set up, draw-in groove 121 and buckle 210 all can take place deformation, compare with the scheme that the tradition mainly takes place deformation and insert draw-in groove 121 through buckle 210, the connection structure that this embodiment provided, the deformation volume of buckle 210 is less to the volume of buckle 210 and the size of the draw-in groove 121 with it are all less, can further reduce occupation space.

Of course, in other embodiments of the present utility model, the buckle 210 may be a hard buckle, i.e. relatively rigid, without elastic deformation; the contact between the stop button 123 and the hard button generates self-locking through friction force, so that the hard button is fixed at a designed clamping position.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 3, the blocking buckle 123 is provided with a first guiding surface 124 along the direction in which the buckle 210 is inserted into the clamping groove 121, and the fixing and limiting wall 125 is provided with a second guiding surface 126. In this arrangement, the first guide surface 124 and the second guide surface 126 both guide the clip 210, which is beneficial for the clip 210 to be accurately and quickly inserted into the card slot 121. In addition, during assembly, the buckle 210 can push the first elastic arm 122 through the first guide surface 124, so that the first elastic arm 122 is deformed outwards and then inserted into the clamping groove 121; after the buckle 210 is inserted into the clamping groove 121, the first elastic arm 122 will be restored to the initial state under the action of the elastic restoring force, so as to limit the buckle 210 from being separated from the clamping groove 121, and the first elastic arm 122 is not required to be independently operated to deform during the whole assembly process, so that the assembly efficiency is high.

In other embodiments of the present utility model, only the retaining buckle 123 may be provided with the first guiding surface 124, or only the fixing and limiting wall 125 may be provided with the second guiding surface 126, which may both perform a unilateral guiding function.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, as further shown in fig. 3, the buckle 210 is provided with a third guiding surface 211 and a fourth guiding surface 212, both of which are disposed on the opposite side of the buckle 210 from the first elastic arm 122, the third guiding surface 211 is used for guiding when the buckle 210 is inserted, and the fourth guiding surface 212 is used for guiding when the buckle 210 is pulled out.

Specifically, in this embodiment, the first connecting member is provided with a base 120, the base 120 is provided with a mounting groove, two ends of the first elastic arm 122 are respectively and fixedly connected to two opposite groove walls of the mounting groove, and divide the mounting groove into two parts, wherein one part of the groove walls and the first elastic arm 122 form a clamping groove 121, and the other part of the space, namely the yielding gap 128, is used for avoiding elastic deformation of the first elastic arm 122 when the buckle 210 is inserted and pulled. In this arrangement, the two ends of the first elastic arm 122 are fixed, the middle part is suspended, and when assembled, the middle part of the first elastic arm 122 deforms in the backward yielding gap 128 after being stressed, i.e. deforms leftwards.

More specifically, in the present embodiment, the first elastic arm 122 is integrally formed with the base 120 and is a plastic member, however, in other embodiments of the present utility model, the first elastic arm 122 may be made of rubber or the like, and the first elastic arm 122 may be mounted on the base 120.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the width of the yielding gap 128 is greater than the maximum deformation amount of the first elastic arm 122, i.e. the deformation amount from the initial position to the insertion position, so that the buckle 210 can be ensured to be smoothly assembled into the clamping groove 121, and the first elastic arm 122 will not collide with the base 120.

Fig. 5 shows a first structural form of the clamping groove 121 in the snap-in connection structure, wherein the first elastic arm 122 is arranged straight, in addition to this, in this embodiment, the snap-in connection structure may be other structural forms, fig. 7 shows a second structural form of the clamping groove 121 in the snap-in connection structure, fig. 8 shows a third structural form of the clamping groove 121 in the snap-in connection structure, and fig. 9 shows a fourth structural form of the clamping groove 121 in the snap-in connection structure.

As shown in fig. 7, in the snap-fit connection structure, two ends of the first elastic arm 122 may be disposed in an arc, and are both fixedly connected to a groove wall opposite to the fixed limiting wall 125 in the groove wall of the mounting groove. In this arrangement, when the first elastic arm 122 is pushed to deform, the two ends of the first elastic arm are subjected to a pressing force rather than a pulling force, so that the situation that the two ends of the first elastic arm 122 break when the first elastic arm is deformed can be effectively avoided.

In addition, the two ends of the body of the first elastic arm 122 may be thicker than the middle portion, for example, the two ends of the body of the first elastic arm 122 shown in fig. 8 are triangular, so that the connection area between the first elastic arm 122 and the base 120 is relatively large, and sharp corners at the connection portion can be avoided, so that stress concentration can be weakened, and breakage of the first elastic arm 122 can be effectively avoided.

As shown in fig. 9, in the snap-in connection structure, the groove wall of the installation groove may be further provided with a second elastic arm 127, where the second elastic arm 127 is opposite to the first elastic arm 122, and the ends of the second elastic arm 127 are fixedly connected to the groove wall of the installation groove, where the installation groove is divided into three parts, where the installation groove and the groove wall of the installation groove together form a clamping groove 121, and the spaces of the other two parts are respectively used for avoiding the first elastic arm 122 and the second elastic arm 127. Under this kind of setting form, the structure of buckle 210 can the symmetry set up to, buckle 210's both sides can form the joint with first elastic arm 122 and second elastic arm 127 respectively, and the connection between first connecting piece and the second connecting piece is more reliable, and the atress of every elastic arm is also littleer, is difficult to fracture yet.

Finally, it is further noted that relational terms such as "first" and "second", and the like, are used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Moreover, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

The previous description of the disclosed embodiments is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the present utility model. Various modifications to the embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the utility model. Thus, the present utility model is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

Claims (10)

1. The buckle type connecting structure is characterized by comprising a first connecting piece and a second connecting piece, wherein the first connecting piece is provided with a clamping groove (121), and at least one groove wall of the clamping groove (121) is a first elastic arm (122); the second connecting piece is provided with a buckle (210); the clamping groove (121) has a first working state and a second working state, the first elastic arm (122) is not elastically deformed in the first working state, and the first elastic arm (122) is stressed to elastically deform in the second working state, so that the size of the clamping groove (121) is increased to allow the buckle (210) to be disassembled.

2. The snap-in connection structure according to claim 1, wherein a blocking buckle (123) is provided on a side of the first elastic arm (122) facing the inside of the clamping groove (121), and in the first working state, the first elastic arm (122) blocks the snap-in (210) from coming out of the clamping groove (121) through the blocking buckle (123).

3. The snap-in connection according to claim 2, wherein the first resilient arm (122) comprises a body, the catch (123) being centrally arranged in the body.

4. A snap-in connection according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the groove wall of the clamping groove (121) opposite to the first elastic arm (122) is a fixed limiting wall (125).

5. The snap-in connection according to claim 4, characterized in that the catch (123) is provided with a first guide surface (124) and/or the fixed limiting wall (125) is provided with a second guide surface (126) in the direction of insertion of the catch (210) into the clamping groove (121).

6. The snap-in connection structure according to claim 1, wherein the first connecting member is provided with a base (120), the base (120) is provided with a mounting groove, two ends of the first elastic arm (122) are respectively and fixedly connected to two opposite groove walls of the mounting groove, and divide the mounting groove into two parts, wherein a part of groove walls and the first elastic arm (122) form the clamping groove (121), and a space of the other part is used for avoiding elastic deformation of the first elastic arm (122) when the snap-in fastener (210) is inserted and pulled out.

7. The snap-in connection structure according to claim 6, wherein two ends of the first elastic arm (122) are arranged in an arc shape and are fixedly connected to a groove wall opposite to the fixed limiting wall (125) in the groove wall of the mounting groove.

8. The snap-in connection structure according to claim 1, wherein the first connecting member is provided with a base (120), the base (120) is provided with a mounting groove, the groove wall of the mounting groove is provided with the first elastic arm (122) and the second elastic arm (127), the second elastic arm (127) is opposite to the first elastic arm (122), the end parts of the second elastic arm and the first elastic arm are fixedly connected to the groove wall of the mounting groove, the mounting groove is divided into three parts by the first elastic arm and the second elastic arm, the groove wall of the mounting groove and the groove wall of the mounting groove jointly form the clamping groove (121), and the space of the other two parts is used for avoiding the first elastic arm (122) and the second elastic arm (127) respectively.

9. An air conditioner comprising a back panel (100) and a wiring cover plate (200) fixedly connected by the snap-in connection structure according to any one of claims 1 to 8.

10. The air conditioner according to claim 9, wherein the back panel (100) is provided with an opening (110), the back panel (100) is provided with the clamping groove (121) near an edge of the opening (110), the wiring cover plate (200) is provided with the buckle (210), the wiring cover plate (200) is fixedly mounted to the back panel (100) through the buckle (210) and the clamping groove (121), and the wiring cover plate (200) covers the opening (110).