PROTECTIVE DEVICE AND PROTECTIVE METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY
20220022329 · 2022-01-20
Inventors
Cpc classification
A01B76/00
HUMAN NECESSITIES
H05K5/0056
ELECTRICITY
F16F2224/025
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F16F2226/04
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F16F15/08
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
International classification
Abstract
A protective device and a protective method for insulating and buffering an electronic product against the vibration, humidity, heat, and chemicals found in outdoor agricultural machines and thus safeguarding and extending the service life of the electronic products includes a protection space in the device, the electronic products being protected by being suspended in the protection space of the protection device.
Claims
1. An electronic device of agricultural machinery comprising: an electronic product; and a protective device, wherein the protective device defines a protection space, and the electronic product is suspended in the protection space of the protective device.
2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the protective device comprises a first box body, a second box body, and at least one vibration damper, wherein the first box body and the second box body are mutually installed to form the protective space between the first box body and the second box body, and wherein the electronic product is locked to the first box body in a manner that the vibration damper is held between the electronic product and the first box body, and the electronic product is suspended in the protection space of the protective device.
3. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the protective device comprises four of the vibration dampers, each of the vibration dampers is held between each corner of the electronic product and the first box body.
4. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the protective device comprises at least one circuit board bolt, the electronic product has at least one circuit board perforation, the vibration damper has a vibration damper perforation, and the circuit board bolt is screwed to the first box body after passing through the vibration damper perforation of one vibration damper, the circuit board perforation of the electronic product, and the vibration damper perforation of the other vibration damper.
5. The electronic device according to claim 4, wherein the protective device comprises an annular box body sealer, the box body sealer is held between the first box body and the second box body, and the box body sealer prevents a gap from being formed between the first box body and the second box body by being squeezed and deformed by the first box body and the second box body.
6. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the protective device comprises a first box body, a second box body, at least one vibration damper and an annular box body sealer, wherein the first box body and the second box body are mutually mounted to form the protection space between the first box body and the second box body, wherein the box body sealer is held between the first box body and the second box body, the box body sealer prevents a gap from being formed between the first box body and the second box body by being squeezed and deformed by the first box body and the second box body, wherein an outer side of the vibration damper extends outward to be connected to the box body sealer, an inner side of the vibration damper extends inward to be connected to the electronic product, and the electronic product is suspended in the protection space of the protective device.
7. The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the outer side of the vibration damper is integrally connected to the box body sealer, and the inner side of the vibration damper is integrally formed on the electronic product.
8. The electronic device according to claim 7, wherein material used for molding the vibration damper embeds electronic components of the electronic product.
9. The electronic device according to claim 7, wherein the first box body and the second box body each defines a mounting groove, and a sum of a depth dimension of the mounting groove of the first box body and a depth dimension of the mounting groove of the second box body is smaller than a thickness dimension of the box body sealer, wherein a part of the box body sealer is installed in the mounting groove of the first box body, a part of the box body sealer is installed in the mounting groove of the second box body, the part of the box body sealer that is not installed in the mounting groove of the first box body and the part of the mounting groove of the second box body are squeezed and deformed by the first box body and the second box body.
10. The electronic device according to claim 9, wherein the first box body defines at least one box body perforation, and the box body perforation communicates with the protection space and external environment, wherein the electronic device further comprises at least one plug connector, the plug connector has an inner end and an exposed end corresponding to the inner end, the plug connector is perforated by the box body installed in the first box body, and the inner end of the plug connector is connected to the electronic product in the protection space of the protection device, and the exposed end of the plug connector is exposed to the external environment of the protection device.
11. The electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the protective device comprises at least one connecting seal, the connecting seal is held between the plug connector and the first box body, and the connecting sealer prevents a gap from being formed between the first box body and the plug connector by being squeezed and deformed by the first box body and the plug connector.
12. A protective device for protecting an electronic product, comprising a first box body, a second box body, and at least one vibration damper, wherein the first box body and the second box body are mutually installed to form a protection space between the first box body and the second box body, wherein the electronic product is locked to the first box body in a manner that the vibration damper is held between the electronic product and the first box body, and the electronic product is suspended in the protection space of the protective device.
13. The protective device according to claim 12, wherein the first box body comprises a bottom wall, a skirt wall, and at least one mounting boss, and the skirt wall integrally extends upward from circumference of the bottom wall to form a cavity between the skirt wall and the bottom wall, the mounting boss integrally extends upward from the bottom wall to allow the mounting boss to be held in the cavity in a manner protruding from the bottom wall.
14. The protective device according to claim 13, wherein a number of the mounting bosses of the first box body is four, and the mounting bosses are spaced apart from each other.
15. The protective device according to claim 13, further comprising an annular box body sealer, wherein the box body sealer is held between the skirt wall of the first box body and the second box body, and the box body sealer prevents a gap from being formed between the first box body and the second box body by being squeezed and deformed by the skirt wall of the first box body and the second box body.
16. The protective device according to claim 15, wherein the skirt wall of the first box body defines a mounting groove, and a depth dimension of the mounting groove of the skirt wall is smaller than thickness dimension of the box body sealer.
17. The protective device according to claim 16, wherein the first box body defines at least one box body perforation, and the box body perforation communicates with the protection space and the external environment.
18. A protective method applicable in electronic products, the protective method comprising: (a) suspending an electronic product in a protection space of a protective device by at least one vibration damper of the protective device; and (b) preventing vibration from being transmitted to the electronic product by the vibration damper absorbing vibration when the protective device vibrates.
19. The protective method according to claim 18, wherein in (a), the vibration damper is held between the electronic product and a first box body of the protective device, to allow the vibration damper to suspend the electronic product in the protection space of the protection device.
20. The protective method according to claim 19, further comprising: (c) squeezing the box body sealer held between the first box body and the second box body by the second box body and the first box body of the protective device, and deforming the box body sealer to prevent formation of a gap between the first box body and the second box body.
21. The protective method according to claim 18, wherein (a) further comprises: (a.1) squeezing the box body sealer held between the first box body and the second box body by the first box body and the second box body of the protective device, and deforming the box body sealer to prevent formation of a gap between the first box body and the second box body; and (a.2) allowing the outer side of the vibration damper surrounding the electronic product to be connected to the box body sealer and the inner side to be connected to the electronic product, to suspend the electronic product in the protection space of the protective device by the vibration damper.
22. The protective method according to claim 21, wherein the outer side of the vibration damper is integrally connected to the box body sealer, and the inner side of the vibration damper is integrally formed on the electronic product.
23. The protective method according to claim 22, wherein a part of the box body sealer is installable in the mounting groove of the first box body, a part of the box body sealer is allowed to be installed in the mounting groove of the second box body, the part of the box body sealer that is not installed in the mounting groove of the first box body and the part of the mounting groove of the second box body is allowed to be squeezed and deformed by the first box body and the second box body.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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[0049] The following description is used to disclose the present disclosure so that those skilled in the art can implement the present disclosure. The preferred embodiments in the following description are only examples, and those skilled in the art can think of other obvious variations. The basic principles of the present disclosure defined in the following description can be applied to other embodiments, modifications, improvements, equivalents, and other technical solutions that do not deviate from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure.
[0050] Those skilled in the art should understand that, in the disclosure of the present disclosure, the terms “longitudinal”, “lateral”, “upper”, “lower”, “front”, “rear”, “left”, “right”, the orientation or positional relationship indicated by “vertical”, “horizontal”, “top”, “bottom”, “inner”, “outer”, etc. are based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, which is only for the convenience of describing the present disclosure and to simplify the description, rather than indicating or implying that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, so the above terms should not be understood as limiting the present disclosure.
[0051] It can be understood that the term “a” should be understood as “at least one” or “one or more”, that is, in one or more embodiments, the number of an element may be one or more, and the term “one” cannot be understood as a restriction on the number.
[0052] Referring to
[0053] It is worth mentioning that the type of the electronic product 10 is not limited in the electronic device of the present disclosure. For example, in the preferred example of the electronic device shown in
[0054] According to
[0055] Preferably, the vibration damper 24 has elasticity, so that the vibration of the protective device 20 can be transmitted to the protection space that is suspended in the protective device 20 by absorbing vibration. For example, in this preferred example of the electronic device of the present disclosure, the vibration damper 24 is made of an elastic material (such as rubber), so that the vibration damper 24 has elasticity, therefore, when the protective device 20 experiences vibration, the vibration damper 24 can absorb the vibration and prevent the vibration from being transmitted to the protection space 21 that is suspended in the protective device 20. Optionally, the vibration damper 24 is made of a hard material under tension (for example, forming a spring), so that the vibration damper 24 thereby has elasticity. The protective device 20 thus vibrates when driven by an agricultural machine, but the vibration damper 24 can absorb vibration and prevent the vibration from being transmitted to the protection space 21 within the protective device 20. The first box body 22 includes a bottom wall 221, a skirt wall 222, and at least one mounting boss 223, the skirt wall 222 integrally extends upward from the circumference of the bottom wall 221 to form a cavity 224 between the skirt wall 222 and the bottom wall 221, wherein the mounting boss 223 integrally extends upward from the bottom wall 221 to allow the mounting boss 223 to be held in the cavity 224 in such manner as to protrude from the bottom wall 221. The electronic product 10 is mounted on the mounting boss 223 of the first box body 22 through the vibration damper 24, and the vibration damper 24 is held between the electronic product 10 and the mounting boss 223 of the first box body 22, and the electronic product 10 is suspended in the cavity 224 of the first box body 22 by the mounting boss 223 of the first box body 22 and the vibration damper 24.
[0056] Specifically, the electronic product 10 has at least one circuit board perforation 13, and the vibration damper 24 has a damper perforation 241, wherein the circuit board perforation 13 of the electronic product 10 and the damper perforation 241 of the vibration damper 24 are aligned and the threaded hole of the mounting boss 223 of the first box body 22 will also be thereto aligned. The protective device 20 further includes at least one circuit board bolt 25, wherein the circuit board bolt 25 is screwed to the threaded hole of the mounting boss 223 of the first box body 22 after passing through the circuit board perforation 13 of the electronic product 10 and the damper perforation 241 of the vibration damper 24 in sequence. In this way, the electronic product 10 is locked to the first box body 22 by the circuit board bolt 25 to suspend the electronic product 10 in the cavity 224 of the first box body 22.
[0057] Preferably, the vibration damper 24 is held between the electronic product 10 and the circuit board bolt 25, so as to prevent the circuit board bolt 25 from directly contacting the electronic product 10. The circuit board bolt 25 is prevented from directly contacting the electronic product 10 when the circuit board bolt 25 is rotated, and vibration is not transmitted to the electronic product 10 via the circuit board bolt 25. In other words, the upper surface and the lower surface of the electronic product 10 corresponding to the position of each circuit board perforation 13 respectively hold the vibration dampers 24, after passing through the damper perforation 241 of one damper 24, the circuit board perforation 13 of the electronic product 10, and the damper perforation 241 of the other damper 24 in turn, the circuit board bolt 25 can be screwed to the threaded hole of the mounting boss 223 of the first box body 22. In this way, the two vibration dampers 24 can absorb vibration from the first box body 22 and the circuit board bolt 25 on the upper surface and the lower surface of the electronic product 10 respectively, so as to prevent the vibration from being transmitted to the electronic product 10.
[0058] In this specific example of the electronic device shown in
[0059] The protective device 20 further includes an annular box body sealer 26, and the box body sealer 26 is held on the first box body 22 and the second box body 23, and the box body sealer 26 fills any gap between the first box body 22 and the second box body 23 by being squeezed and deformed by the first box body 22 and the second box body 23, thereby, a closed protective space 21 is formed between the first box body 22 and the second box body 23, in this way, moisture, salt spray, and mold can be prevented from entering the protection space 21 between the first box body 22 and the second box body 23, in order to avoid corrosion of the electronic product 10 held suspended in the protection space 21 of the protective device 20. Even when the agricultural machinery is used in a hot application environment with high humidity and salt or other chemicals, the performance and reliability of the electronic product 10 is ensured.
[0060] Further, the skirt wall 222 of the first box body 22 has a mounting groove 2221, and the depth dimension of the mounting groove 2221 is smaller than the thickness dimension of the box body sealer 26, wherein the box body sealer 26 is installed in the mounting groove 2221 of the skirt wall 222. When the first box body 22 and the second box body 23 are installed, the box body sealer 26 is prevented from being misaligned and to ensure that the box body sealer 26 is held between the first box body 22 and the second box 23. Optionally, the mounting groove 2221 is provided on the second box body 23. Optionally, the skirt wall 222 of the first box body 22 and the second box body 23 are each provided with one mounting groove 2221, and the depth of the two mounting grooves 2221 is less than and smaller than the thickness dimension of the box body sealer 26. When installing the first box body 22 and the second box body 23, the first box body 22 and the second box body 23 squeeze the box body sealer 26 and deform the box body sealer 26, and the box body sealer 26 fills a gap.
[0061] The first box body 22 of the protective device 20 has at least one box body perforation 225, and the box body perforation 225 is connected to the skirt wall 222 of the first box body 22 to connect the cavity 224 of the first box body 22 and the external environment. The electronic device further includes at least one plug connector 30, the plug connector 30 has an inner end 31 and an exposed end 32, wherein the inner end 31 of the plug connector 30 extends to the cavity 224 of the first box body 22 through the box body perforation 225 of the first box body 22, and can be connected to the electronic product 10. In this way, the exposed end 32 of the plug connector 30 is exposed outside of the protective device 20. Optionally, the exposed end 32 extends from the cavity 224 to the outside of the first box body 22 through the box body perforation 225, and the inner end 31 of the plug connector 30 is connected to the electronic product 10.
[0062] Further, the protective device 20 includes at least one plug bolt 27, and the plug bolt 27 is set to screw the plug connector 30 and the first box body 22, so the plug connector 30 and the first box body 22 can be reliably installed.
[0063] Furthermore, the protective device 20 includes at least one connecting seal 28, the connecting seal 28 is held between the plug connector 30 and the first box body 22, and the connecting seal 28 is squeezed and deformed by the first box body 22 and the plug connector 30. Thereby, a protection space 21 is formed between the first box body 22 and the second box body 23, so that moisture, salt spray and mold can be prevented from entering the protection space 21 between the first box body 22 and the second box body 23, in order to avoid corrosion of the electronic product 10 held suspended in the protection space 21 of the protective device 20. Therefore, even when the agricultural machinery is used in an application environment with high humidity and heat and high salt spray, the performance and reliability of the electronic product 10 can be ensured.
[0064] In this specific example of the electronic device shown in
[0065] In addition, in this preferred example of the electronic device shown in
[0066] Furthermore, the protective device 20 includes at least one box body bolt 29, and these box body bolts 29 are configured to hold the first box body 22 and the second box body 23 in place.
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[0068] It is worth mentioning that the type of the electronic product 10 is not limited in the electronic device of the present disclosure. For example, in the preferred example of the electronic device shown in
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[0070] Preferably, the outer side 242 of the vibration damper 24 is integrally connected to the box body sealer 26, and the inner side 243 of the vibration damper 24 is integrally formed on the printed circuit of the electronic product 10. The printed circuit board 11, and the vibration damper 24 surrounds the electronic product 10, so the vibration damper 24 can prevent the vibration of the protective device 20 from being transmitted to the electronic product 10 by absorbing vibration, thereby improving the working environment of the electronic product. For example, firstly, the printed circuit board 11 is placed in a molding die, and then a molding material (such as rubber material) is injected into the molding die to allow the molding material to wrap at least a part of the printed circuit board 11, and after the molding material is molded, a demolding operation is performed to allow the molding material to be integrally formed on the vibration damper 24 and integrally connected to the box body sealer 26. Preferably, the injection molding operation is performed after attaching the electronic components 12 to the printed circuit board 11, so that the molding material can embed the electronic components 12, to reliably connect the electronic components 12 and the printed circuit board 11.
[0071] Further, the first box body 22 and the second box body 23 each have a mounting groove 2221, wherein the sum of the depth dimension of the mounting groove 2221 of the first box body 22 and the depth dimension of the mounting groove 2221 of the second box body 23 is smaller than the thickness dimension of the box body sealer 26, wherein a part of the box body sealer 26 is installed in the mounting groove 2221 of the first box body 22, a part of the box body sealer 26 is installed in the mounting groove 2221 of the second box body 23, and The part of the box body sealer 26 that is not installed in the mounting groove 2221 of the first box body 22 and the mounting groove 2221 of the second box body 23 can be squeezed and deformed by the first box body 22 and the second box body 23, to prevent a gap from being formed between the first box body 22 and the second box body 23. By installing a part of the box body sealer 26 in the mounting groove 2221 of the first box body 22 and installing a part of the box body sealer 26 in the mounting groove 2221 of the second box body 23, it can avoid the displacement of the box body sealer 26 in the direction of the vibration damper 24 and reduce the deformation of the box body sealer 26 in the direction of the vibration damper 24, in this way, the vibration damping effect of the vibration damper 24 can be guaranteed.
[0072] According to another aspect of the present disclosure, the present disclosure provides a protective method for the electronic product 10, wherein the protective method includes the following steps:
[0073] (a) the electronic product 10 is suspended in the protection space 21 of the protective device 20 by at least one of the vibration dampers 24 of the protective device 20; and
[0074] (b) when the protective device 20 vibrates, the vibration damper 24 is allowed to prevent the vibration from being transmitted to the electronic product 10 by absorbing vibration.
[0075] In a preferred example of the protective method of the present disclosure, in the step (a), the vibration damper 24 is held between the electronic product 10 and the first box 22 of the protective device 20, allowing the vibration damper 24 to suspend the electronic product 10 in the protection space 21 of the protective device 20. Further, the protective method includes the steps of: (c) pressing the box body sealer 26 held between the first box body 22 and the second box body 23 by the second box body 23 and the first box body 22 of the protective device 20, to prevent the formation of a gap between the first box body 22 and the second box body 23.
[0076] In another preferred example of the protective method of the present disclosure, the step (a) further includes the steps:
[0077] (a.1) the box body sealer 26 held between the first box body 22 and the second box body 23 is pressed by the first box body 22 and the second box body 23 of the protective device 20, the box body sealer 26 is deformed to prevent the formation of a gap between the first box body 22 and the second box body 23;
[0078] (a.2) the outer side 242 of the vibration damper 24 surrounding the electronic product 10 is allowed to be connected to the box body sealer 26 and the inner side 242 of the vibration damper 24 to be connected to the electronic product 10, and the electronic product 10 is suspended in the protection space 21 of the protection device 20 by the vibration damper 24. Preferably, the outer side 242 of the vibration damper 24 is integrally connected to the box body sealer 26, and the inner side 242 of the vibration damper 24 is integrally formed on the electronic product 10. More preferably, in the above method, a part of the box body sealer 26 is allowed to be installed in the mounting groove 2221 of the first box body 22, the part of the box body sealer 26 is allowed to be installed in the mounting groove 2221 of the second box body 23, the part of the box body sealer 26 that is not installed in the mounting groove 2221 of the first box body 22 and the part of the mounting groove 2221 of the second box body 23 is allowed to be squeezed and deformed by the first box body 22 and the second box body 23.
[0079] Those skilled in the art can understand that the above embodiments are only examples, in which the features of different embodiments can be combined with each other to obtain implementations that are easily conceivable according to the disclosure of the present disclosure but are not clearly indicated in the drawings.
[0080] Those skilled in the art should understand that the above description and the embodiments of the present disclosure shown in the drawings are only examples and do not limit the present disclosure. The purpose of the present disclosure has been completely and effectively achieved. The functions and structural principles of the present disclosure have been shown and explained in the embodiments. Without departing from the principles, the implementation of the present disclosure may have any deformation or modification.