CN210129652U

CN210129652U - Panel assembly structure

Info

Publication number: CN210129652U
Application number: CN201820868067.0U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 梁建卫; 虞崇钢; 朱飞杰
Original assignee: Hangzhou Honyar Electrical Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hangzhou Honyar Electrical Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-06-06
Filing date: 2018-06-06
Publication date: 2020-03-06
Anticipated expiration: 2028-06-06

Abstract

The utility model discloses the improvement to panel package assembly mainly lies in the elastic construction that sets up respectively in two opposite side departments of this outer frame portion, utilizes to press the deformation mode to break away from base portion, for example can design this kind of elastic construction in the lateral margin of this outer frame portion with hiding, this kind of elastic construction is symmetrical design, is convenient for only directly dismantle outer frame portion through manual mode under the exogenic action that does not use any mechanical tool to can use the pressing force of perpendicular to panel direction to make these elastic component produce deformation and direct joint on base portion when the equipment. The panel includes a base portion and an outer frame portion attached to the base portion. Elastic structures are respectively arranged at two opposite side edges of the outer frame part, and the outer frame part is separated from the base part in the direction vertical to the panel through a pressing deformation mode.

Description

Panel assembly structure

Technical Field

Any embodiment of the present disclosure relates to an electrical accessory device, and more particularly, to an improvement of a panel assembly structure for wall-mounted electrical accessories such as switches and sockets.

Background

Currently, electrical accessory devices can be installed in a variety of building facades, and at some point power or input signals can be delivered through cables running in these building facades. It is of course known that building facades do not only comprise cement/concrete or brick wall structures, but such electrical accessory devices can be embedded in other facades, such as wooden boards, plastic or office furniture, in order to facilitate the requirements of indoor and outdoor electrical layout or aesthetics.

Since the panel serves as the most intuitive access to the user, the profile of which is defined by a frame structure, such as that shown in fig. 1, any panel structure of standard gauge may have an outer frame 10 that serves to define a functional module therein, such as a rocker switch module 40 or a power outlet module 50, in the area of which the user may perform any desired electrical operation. The panel is exposed on the outer surface of the vertical face and can have a certain protruding thickness. The frame module 10 is used for protection of the functional modules therein and their internal electrical components, as well as decorative ornamentation in some interior designs.

For example, as shown in fig. 3, the outer frame 10 generally needs to be pressed by a manual external force to release the mechanical engagement between the outer frame 10 and the base portion 20 fitted into the vertical surface. Typically, this mechanical snap is achieved by, for example, injection molding or any stamped structure that is captured by extrusion or interference. Thus, some outer edges of outer frame 10 may be provided with openings for a screwdriver or any tool to pry open outer frame 10 to disengage at least a portion of the snap mechanism, exposing a gap to facilitate manual pulling of outer frame 10 for removal. However, since the aforementioned facade may not be of a rigid construction, it is easy to scratch the facade surface or the surface of the outer frame 10 using a tool such as a screwdriver. In view of the above, there is a need for a simple and secure panel assembly structure to achieve easy disassembly and assembly.

In the seesaw switch example shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the base part 20 may have a square frame structure for positioning the entire panel within a building construction surface, and may be fastened to a mounting base (not shown) within the building construction surface by, for example, passing screws through the through-holes 201. The central opening 202 of the base portion 20 is used to receive and secure the seesaw switch portion 40 as a functional portion. For example, the edge of the functional part has a flange structure as shown in fig. 3 to stop the functional part on the base part 20, and can be retained by some fixing means (such as screw fastening, snap fastening, etc.). In some cases, the outer frame 10 may be engaged with the base portion 20 and then may be stopped. Therefore, the outer frame portion 10 has a shape and a structure matching the frame of the base portion 20 and entirely encloses the base portion 20.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, in a general aspect, the improvement of the panel assembly structure is mainly to provide elastic structures at the two opposite side edges of the outer frame portion, respectively, and to separate the base portion by a press deformation, for example, the elastic structures may be designed to be hidden in the side edges of the outer frame portion. In some embodiments, such resilient structures are symmetrically designed.

Such elastic members can facilitate the direct disassembly of the outer frame portion only by manual means without any external force of mechanical tools, and can deform the elastic members to directly snap on the base portion by, for example, using a pressing force in a direction perpendicular to the panel during assembly. Therefore, the improvement effect of the panel assembly structure is excellent.

A panel assembly structure is provided, wherein the panel includes a base portion and an outer frame portion attached to the base portion. Elastic structures are respectively arranged at two opposite side edges of the outer frame part, and the outer frame part is separated from the base part in the direction vertical to the panel through a pressing deformation mode.

Preferably, the elastic structure is provided as an elastic fastener comprising: the buckle is characterized by comprising an inverted buckle arranged on the inner side of the side edge of the outer frame part and buckle positions arranged on the two side edges of the elastic fastener, wherein the buckle positions are used for buckling the inverted buckle, and the buckling is realized by buckling the corresponding bosses on the two side edges of the elastic fastener through the inverted buckles arranged on the edges of the side edges.

In one embodiment, such elastic fastener is a square cross-sectional configuration with a protrusion, the rib coupling the protrusion and the protrusion coupled to the body of the elastic fastener, or the rib, protrusion and elastic fastener are integrally formed and extend smoothly with each other.

As a preferred example, the rib is a hook portion having wedge-shaped sides for pressing the outer frame portion in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the elastic fastener to catch the rib on the back side of the flange for fastening, wherein the outer frame portion is detached by pressing both side edges of the outer frame portion to elastically deform the protruding portion to move out of the back side of the boss.

In another embodiment, the undercut is equivalent to or part of the protruding portion, the undercut having a thickness and being made as a part having elastic properties such that the undercut deforms when pressed by an external force.

As a preferred example, the inverted terminal is provided with a rib having a certain width, and the rib is smoothly provided with a wedge part in the width range, wherein the wedge part is used for pressing the elastic fastener in the direction vertical to the surface of the outer frame part to clamp the rib in the corresponding number of bosses in the elastic fastener for fastening.

In a further embodiment, the elastic buckle has a buckling position equivalent to or as a part of the protruding part, the buckling position has a certain thickness and is manufactured into a component with elastic property, the buckling position can generate elastic deformation under the extrusion of external force, and the elastic deformation mainly used for pushing the buckling position to deform and move in the direction perpendicular to the lateral edge.

The clamping groove is provided with a clamping groove, the clamping groove is provided with a plurality of bosses, the clamping groove is provided with a plurality of clamping grooves, the clamping grooves are arranged on the clamping groove, the clamping grooves are arranged on the two sides of the clamping groove, the.

Based on the above embodiments, the outer frame portion may have a central opening to accommodate several electrical modules, wherein the electrical modules are fixedly mounted in the frame structure of the base portion and the back side of the electrical modules is connected to the electrical devices to be controlled by means of power leads. The opening in the center of the frame structure is used to accommodate the outer contour of the electrical module or to accommodate a receiving fastening structure between such an electrical module and the frame structure.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a panel structure of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a partially exploded top plan view of the panel structure of FIG. 1;

fig. 3 shows a detailed structure of the elastic fastening member 30 of fig. 2;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the elastic fastener 30 of FIG. 3 after splicing;

fig. 5 is a partial construction view of fig. 4.

Detailed Description

One or more embodiments of the present disclosure may be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so as to better illustrate the technical solutions and effects of the present disclosure. For the purpose of descriptive convenience, the drawings only draw a partial structure of the assembly parts in a schematic manner, and some parts may be omitted, not in original product proportion or simply in symbols, but do not affect the purpose or features of the embodiments of the present disclosure in principle.

The following embodiments are given by way of illustration only and are not intended to limit the technical solutions of the present disclosure. Features which are present in some embodiments are presented solely for the purpose of facilitating a better and easier understanding by those skilled in the art, and it is to be understood that these and other features are certainly encompassed by other names or terms.

While the foregoing has been described in terms of a basic overview of "electrical accessory devices" and "panels," it should also be understood that the term "panel" is intended to broadly refer to any intuitive interface that may be directly contacted and manipulated by a user or constructor. Therefore, the shape of the panel may be various or complicated, and in consideration of such practical circumstances, the assembly structure of the panel refers to a fixing structure of the electrical accessory device for electricians which can be easily disassembled and assembled by a user directly, and such disassembly and assembly is safe, such as ensuring electric safety, dust/water safety, and the like. Sometimes, the assembly structure itself may be an integral combination of a plurality of components, or may be used alone.

In the following description with reference to the drawings, the viewing angle of fig. 1 may be defined, for example, as "front side" or "outer surface/front side" of such a panel arrangement, and the opposite viewing angle is "back side" or "rear side" and the surface of the panel is intuitively considered to be a substantially flat plane. By this definition, the first side edge 101 may be considered a "bottom edge" or "underside" while the second side edge 102 is a "top edge" or "upper side".

Fig. 2 is an exploded view showing an example of such a panel device, and is mainly composed of an outer frame 10, a base portion 20, an elastic fastener 30, and a seesaw switch module 40. Wherein the seesaw switch module 40 is fixedly mounted in the frame structure of the illustrated base portion 20, while its back side may be connected to electrical devices, such as lamps, to be controlled via power leads. The opening 202 in the center of the frame structure is used to accommodate the profile of such a module, or alternatively, may additionally accommodate receiving or securing structures for use between such an electrical module and the frame structure, such as a support bracket selected for use in securing other sizes of such electrical modules, since the panel device profile shown in the drawings of this disclosure is square or rectangular, it is desirable to use a support bracket for securing when other shapes of such modules (e.g., circular) are desired to be installed. Alternatively, a plurality of such modules may also be accommodated, such as side by side.

The outer frame 10 may be arranged with a central opening 103 to accommodate electrical modules, depending mainly on the mounting manner or order, e.g. nesting the outer frame 10 after first fixing the/the electrical module(s) in the base part 20, such that e.g. metal contacts or apertures of such electrical modules are not exposed and the outer surface of the outer frame 10 is flush with the electrical module(s) to form a flat structure. In some embodiments, the opening 103 may not be provided and instead a cover configuration may completely cover the rocker switch module 40 and the front side of the frame structure described above. In this manner, the rocker switch module 40 can be engaged with the front surface by providing a suitable teeter-totter structure on the back side of the outer frame portion 10. As such, at least a portion of the resilient member of the panel assembly structure described above is disposed in the flange 401 of the module 40.

Fig. 2 to 4 respectively show a partial configuration of such an elastic member. For example, the elastic member mainly includes a first reverse buckle 111 and a second reverse buckle 112 respectively disposed at the inner sides of the first side edge 101 and the second side edge 102 of the outer frame 10, and a first buckle position 303 and a second buckle position 304 disposed at the third side edge 301 and the fourth side edge 302 of the elastic buckle 30, wherein the first buckle position 303 and the second buckle position 304 are used for buckling the first reverse buckle 111 and the second reverse buckle 112. As shown in fig. 2, the clamping is achieved by (for example) providing inverted tabs at the edges of the first side edge 101 and the second side edge 102 to engage corresponding tabs at the third side edge 301 and the fourth side edge 302 of the elastic buckle 30.

Third and fourth undercuts 307, 308 provided on the elastic buckle 30, and first and

second flanges

211, 212 provided on both sides of the base portion 20, the third and fourth undercuts 307, 308 being configured to engage the first and

second flanges

211, 212, respectively, as shown in fig. 2, wherein the connection is achieved by (for example) engaging corresponding bosses of the first and

second flanges

211, 212 on both sides of the base portion 20 with the third and fourth undercuts 307, 308 provided on the edge of the elastic buckle 30.

Such a card may be of square cross-sectional configuration as illustrated, but may also have other shapes, such as trapezoidal, circular or inverted triangular. In fig. 5, the third rim 3101 may be coupled to the second side edge 102 of the protruding portion 3 and the second side edge 102 of the protruding portion 3 is coupled to the elastic fastener 30, or the third rim 3101, the second side edge 102 of the protruding portion 3 and the elastic fastener 30 are integrally formed and smoothly extend from each other. In one embodiment, the third edge 3101 may be a hook, such as shown in fig. 5, and the third edge 3101 may be a hook having wedge-shaped sides for pressing the outer frame 10 in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the elastic fastener 30 to clamp the third edge 3101 against the backside of the second undercut 112 of the flange 2 for fastening. When the outer frame 10 needs to be detached, the protruding portion 3101 is elastically deformed by pressing the first side edge 101 and the second side edge 102 of the outer frame 10 and is moved out of the back side of the second inverted portion 112 of the third boss 2112.

Fig. 3 is a preferable example based on that, the first reverse latch 111 may be equivalent to the second side edge 102 of the protruding part 3 or may be a part of the second side edge 102 of the protruding part 3, and the first reverse latch 111 has a certain thickness and is manufactured as a member having an elastic property such that the first reverse latch 111 is deformed when being pressed by an external force.

The first inverted buckle 111 is disposed with a first rib 1111 at the end, the first rib 1111 may have a certain width, and within the width, for example, a second inverted buckle 112 having a wedge portion 1 (for example, as shown in the enlarged view a) may be smoothly disposed, and similarly, the second inverted buckle 112 of the wedge portion 1 may be used to press the elastic buckle 30 in the direction perpendicular to the surface of the outer frame portion 10 to clamp the first rib 1111 in the corresponding number of the first and second bosses 305 and 306 disposed in the elastic buckle to achieve fastening (for example, as shown in the enlarged view B).

The first fastening portion 303 of the elastic fastener 30 may be equivalent to the second side edge 102 of the protruding portion 3 or may be a part of the second side edge 102 of the protruding portion 3, and the first fastening portion 303 of the elastic fastener has a certain thickness and is manufactured to have an elastic property, so that the first fastening portion 303 is elastically deformed by being pressed by an external force. The displacement of the first snap location 303 in a direction perpendicular to the side edge second side edge 102 mainly pushes the first snap location 303 to deform and move by elastic deformation of the second side edge 102, for example, if the area of the elastically deformable part of the side edge second side edge 102 is larger, the displacement of the first snap location 303 is increased accordingly.

The second rib 3001 is disposed at the end of the first fastening position 303, and the second rib 3001 may have a certain width, and within the width, a wedge portion 3002 (shown in an enlarged view B, for example) may be (for example) smoothly disposed (for example), and similarly, the wedge portion 3002 may be used to press the fastening position 303 in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the outer frame 10 to clamp the second rib 3001 on the second inverse fasteners 112 of the corresponding number of bosses 2 disposed in the fastening slot 213, so as to achieve fastening (shown in an enlarged view B, for example).

According to this configuration, the elastic deformation displacement of the first snap 303 is achieved by the displacement of the third flange 1113 connected to the second side edge 102 due to the deformation of the outer frame by pressing in the direction perpendicular to the surface of the outer frame 10. The width of fourth flange 1101 is less than the width of slots 2113 to accommodate fourth flange 1101 being able to move between slots 2113. The second rib 3001 has a width smaller than the inner width of the slot 213, so as to accommodate a certain space for the first snap fastener 303 to be movably deformed in the slot 213, such as to generate the above-mentioned displacement. It should be understood that the "width" is calculated herein as being in a direction perpendicular to the first side edge 101.

Fig. 4 schematically shows a cross-sectional view of such a panel assembly. The first elastic member 104 and the second elastic member 105 arranged on both sides of the outer frame portion are shown by different lines in the figure. Sometimes, such elastic members may extend from the first side edge 101 or the second side edge 102 toward the front surface of the outer frame 10 to achieve other angles of bending.

Claims

1. A panel assembly structure comprising a base part (20) and an outer frame part (10) attached to the base part (20), characterized in that elastic structures are provided at the opposite side edges of the outer frame part (10), respectively, and the panel assembly structure is detached from the base part (20) in the direction perpendicular to the panel by a press deformation method.

2. A panel assembly structure according to claim 1, characterized in that said elastic structure is provided as an elastic fastener (30) comprising: locate first back-off (111) and second back-off (112) of first lateral margin (101) and second lateral margin (102) inboard of outer frame portion (10) to and locate first knot position (303) and second knot position (304) of third lateral margin (301) and fourth lateral margin (302) of elastic fastener (30), it is used for buckling first back-off (111) and second back-off (112) to detain the position, wherein the lock joint is detained through the back-off of first lateral margin (101) and second lateral margin (102) edge setting third lateral margin (301) and the corresponding boss of fourth lateral margin (302) of elastic fastener (30) are realized.

3. A panel assembly structure according to claim 2, characterized in that such elastic fastener (30) is of square section configuration, with a protrusion (3002), the second edge (3001) being coupled to the protrusion (3002) and the protrusion (3102) being coupled to the body of the elastic fastener (30).

4. A panel assembly structure according to claim 3, wherein said first reverse latch (111) is equivalent to said protrusion (3102) or is a part of said protrusion (3102), and said first reverse latch (111) has a certain thickness and is made as a member having elastic properties such that said first reverse latch (111) is deformed when pressed by an external force.

5. A panel assembling structure according to claim 4, wherein said first reverse fastener (111) is provided at its end with a first rib (1111) having a width within which a wedge portion (1112) is smoothly provided, wherein the wedge portion (1112) is adapted to press the elastic fastening member (30) in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the outer frame portion (10) to catch the first rib (1111) in the elastic member with a corresponding number of the first bosses (305) and the second bosses (306) for fastening.

6. A panel assembly structure according to claim 3, wherein the first fastening portion (303) of the elastic fastening member (30) is equivalent to the protruding portion (3102) or is a part of the protruding portion (3102), the first fastening portion (303) has a certain thickness and is made into a member having elastic properties, the first fastening portion (303) is elastically deformed by being pressed by an external force, and the displacement of the first fastening portion (303) in a direction perpendicular to the second side edge (102) mainly pushes the first fastening portion (303) to be deformed and moved by the elastic deformation of the second side edge (102).

7. A panel package according to claim 6, characterized in that the first fastening location (303) terminates with a second rib (3001), which second rib (3001) may have a width, within which width a wedge (3002) is arranged to be smooth, which wedge (3002) is adapted to press the first fastening location (303) in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the outer frame (10) for fastening the second rib (3001) against a corresponding number of third bosses (2112) arranged in the fastening slot (213).

8. A panel package assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that the outer frame part (10) has a central opening (103) for accommodating several electrical modules, wherein the electrical modules are fixedly mounted in the frame structure of the base part (20) and the back side of the electrical modules is connected to the electrical equipment to be controlled by means of electrical leads.

9. A panel package according to claim 8, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that the opening (202) in the centre of the frame structure is adapted to receive an outer profile of the electrical module or a receiving fixing structure between such an electrical module and the frame structure.