The present invention belongs to the technical field of mounting a circuit board with a casing of a vehicle-mounted apparatus, and in particular to a circuit board damping mechanism and a vehicle-mounted apparatus using same.
In the vehicle-mounted apparatus or other apparatuses with motion characteristics or vibration characteristics, due to the vibration characteristics of an apparatus body itself, damping of the circuit board in the apparatus is always a big problem. For a damping mechanism in prior art, a circuit board is mostly mounted on a casing by using gaskets and bolts, and for individual apparatuses, the circuit board is bonded to the casing via glue. In the above-mentioned circuit board mounting process, vibration of the casing is directly transmitted to a circuit board inside via the bolt or glue connection between the casing and the circuit board, and the circuit board is easily damaged by a great impact on the casing.
In order to solve the above-mentioned connection problem between a casing of the circuit board and the circuit board, the present application provides a circuit board damping mechanism and a vehicle-mounted apparatus using same.
Specifically, the present application provides a damping mechanism, which is used for fixing a circuit board having one or more through holes to a base plate, wherein the damping mechanism includes:
Further, the damping mechanism includes:
Further, the thickness of the damping ring portion in an axial direction of the stud is greater than the thickness of the circuit board that is mounted.
Further, the damping gasket includes an upper rubber pad and a lower rubber pad, wherein the upper rubber pad being positioned under the nut, the lower rubber pad being positioned between the upper rubber pad and the circuit board, the lower rubber pad being a soft pad, the hardness of the upper rubber pad being greater than the hardness of the lower rubber pad.
Further, a plurality of fixing holes are formed in the assembly plate, wherein at least two fixing holes cooperate with each other to form a fixing group which is cooperatively connected to the base plate, one screw is provided in each of the fixing holes of the fixing group, and the assembly plate is fixed to the base plate via the screws.
Further, the damping mechanism includes a self-clinching nut, wherein the assembly plate is provided with a mounting hole, and the fixing bolt further includes a threaded head passing through the mounting hole and cooperates with the self-clinching nut to fix the circuit board to the assembly plate.
The diameter of the threaded head is smaller than the diameter of the mounting hole and the diameter of the stud is larger than the diameter of the mounting hole.
Further, the length of the stud is slightly smaller than the sum of the thickness of the damping gasket and the thickness of the damping rubber ring in a natural state and larger than the sum of the thickness of the damping gasket and the thickness of the damping rubber ring in an extreme compression condition.
Further, the length H of the stud is:
wherein h′ represents the total thickness of the damping gasket, h3 represents the thickness of the bearing ring portion in the damping rubber ring, h4 represents the thickness of the circuit board, μ3 represents a preset compression ratio of the bearing ring portion, k′ represents an elastic coefficient per unit cross-sectional area of the damping gasket, k3 represents an elastic coefficient per unit cross-sectional area of the bearing ring portion in the damping rubber ring, and Sn3 represents a ratio of the cross-sectional areas of the damping gasket and the cross-sectional areas of the bearing ring portion.
Further, a gap between the damping rubber ring and the stud is less than 1 mm, and the thickness of the damping ring portion is greater than the thickness of the mounted circuit board by at least 1 mm.
Further, the inner diameter of the damping gasket is smaller than the inner diameter of the damping rubber ring.
Further, the base plate is an upper base plate or a lower base plate of a casing of a vehicle-mounted apparatus.
The present application also provides a vehicle-mounted apparatus using the circuit board damping mechanism of any one of the above.
The base plate in the present application refers to a basic plate of the area to which the circuit board is applied or mounted, e.g. it may be the outer casing of a vehicle-mounted apparatus or the casing, side walls, etc. of other apparatuses with motion or vibration characteristics.
The advantages of the present application are: (1) by using the assembly plate as a buffer plate between the base plate and the circuit board, during the mounting process, the circuit board does not contact with the base plate (which also serves as the main machine casing), and the vibration of the casing will not be directly transmitted to the circuit board; at the same time, a double-layer structure of the casing and the assembly plate enhances the mechanical strength of the casing; in addition, the assembly plate plays a role of switching between the base plate and the circuit board, and thus there is no requirement for the size and specification of the circuit board, thus reducing the cost of customizing the circuit board; (2) the damping rubber ring is made of a flexible material and has a shape of a step structure; the lower bearing ring portion is clamped between the circuit board and the assembly plate; the bearing ring portion is in surface contact with both the circuit board and the assembly plate under compression; the force of pressure there between is uniform and the friction force of the soft rubber surface is large to avoid vibration of the circuit board in an axial direction and a radial direction; at the same time, the bearing ring portion is relatively soft and with small stress at the contact surface which can extend the service life of the circuit board under severe working conditions; the damping ring portion extends into the through hole to provide buffering between the stud and the circuit board; (3) the damping gasket cooperates with the bearing ring portion and the nut to clamp the circuit board, and the damping gasket, the circuit board and the bearing ring portion are respectively in surface contact to damp the vibration of the circuit board in the radial direction of the stud.
In order to explain the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art more clearly, a brief description will be given below with reference to the accompanying drawings which are used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art, and it is obvious that the drawings in the description below are merely some embodiments of the present invention, and it would be obvious for a person skilled in the art to obtain other drawings according to these drawings without involving any inventive effort.
In order that a person skilled in the art may understand the teachings of the present application in a better way, the present invention will now be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples.
The technical solutions of the present application will be described clearly and completely with reference to the drawings, and it should be apparent that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present application. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without involving any inventive effort are within the scope of protection of the present application.
In the description of the present application, it should be noted that the terms “center”, “upper”, “lower”, “left”, “right”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, “inner”, “outer” and the like indicating orientations or positional relationships based on the orientation or positional relationships shown in the figures, are merely for convenience in describing and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the referenced apparatuses or elements must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present application. Further, the terms “first”, “second”, and “third” are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.
In the description of the present application, it is to be appreciated that, unless expressly specified and limited otherwise, the terms “mounted”, “coupled”, and “connected” are to be interpreted broadly, for example, interpreted as being fixedly connected, removable connected, or integrally connected; it may be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; it may be connected directly or indirectly through an intermediary and may be internal to the two elements. For a person skilled in the art, the specific meaning of the above terms in the present application may be appreciated according to specific situations
The present invention will now be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
One embodiment of a circuit board damping mechanism of the present application is shown in
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The thickness of the damping ring portion 331 in an axial direction of the stud 322 is greater than the thickness of the mounted circuit board 1. In this embodiment, the damping ring portion 331 extends between the fixing bolt 32 and the through hole of the circuit board 1, and the damping ring portion 331 serves to buffer the lateral impact between the through hole of the circuit board 1 and the fixing bolt 32, and at the same time cooperates with the damping gasket 34 and the bearing ring portion 332 to constitute a positioning structure for the through hole of the circuit board, so that there is no direct contact between the circuit board 1 and the fixing bolt 32, and damage to the circuit board 1 caused by the rigid fixing bolt under the impact force is avoided.
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In this embodiment, a self-clinching nut 312 of a novel structure is used. As shown in
The length of the stud 322 is set so that it is slightly less than the sum of the thickness of the damping gasket 34 and of the damping rubber ring 33 in a natural state, and significantly greater than the sum of the thickness of the damping gasket 34 and of the damping rubber ring 33 in an extreme compression condition. Its length may be set on the basis of a preset compression ratio for the damping rubber ring 33, so that initially, there is both a certain compression therefor and a sufficient elastic space is reserved. For example, the length thereof is set to be equal to the sum of the thicknesses of the damping gasket 34 and the damping rubber ring 33 under an overall compression ratio of 10-20%.
Preferably, the length H of the stud 322 is set to:
wherein h1 represents the thickness of the upper rubber pad 341; since the upper rubber pad 341 is made of a hard material and is substantially not compressed, the original thickness thereof is used here; h2 represents the thickness of the lower rubber pad 342; h3 represents the thickness of the bearing ring portion 332 in the damping rubber ring 33; h4 represents the thickness of the circuit board 1, μ3 represents a preset compression ratio of the bearing ring portion 332; k2 represents an elastic coefficient per unit cross-sectional area of the lower rubber pad 342; k3 represents an elastic coefficient per unit cross-sectional area of the bearing ring portion 332 of the damping rubber ring 33; S23 represents a ratio of the cross-sectional area of the lower rubber pad 342 to the bearing ring portion 332, i.e., the ratio is equal to the cross-sectional area of the lower rubber pad 342 divided by the cross-sectional area of the bearing ring portion 332. In this manner, an optimal compression amount of the damping rubber ring 33 and the upper and lower rubber pads 341 and 342 may be ensured to provide better damping performance.
If the difference in elasticity of the two gaskets in the damping gasket 34 is not taken into account, but taken as a whole, the length H of the stud 322 is:
wherein h′ represents the total thickness of the damping gasket 34, h3 represents the thickness of the bearing ring portion 332 in the damping rubber ring 33, h4 represents the thickness of the circuit board 1, μ3 represents a preset compression ratio of the bearing ring portion 332, k represents an elastic coefficient of per cross-sectional area of the damping gasket 34 as a whole, k3 represents the elastic coefficient per unit cross-sectional area of the bearing ring portion 332 in the damping rubber ring 33, and Sn3 represents a ratio of the cross-sectional areas of the damping gasket 34 and the bearing ring portion 332. That is, Sn3 is equal to a quotient of dividing the cross-sectional areas of the bearing ring portion 332 by the cross-sectional areas of the damping gasket 34. The “cross-sectional area of the bearing ring portion 332” refers to the cross-sectional area of the bearing ring portion 332 in contact with the assembly plate 31.
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The base plate 2 is an upper base plate or a lower base plate of a casing of a vehicle-mounted apparatus. In this embodiment, the base plate 2 of the present application may be an upper base plate of an apparatus casing implemented by mounting a circuit board in a hanging manner, or a lower base plate implemented by mounting the circuit board 1 in a supporting manner. The upper and lower base plates of the present application are not simply upper and lower direction referring to the direction of gravity, but are determined with reference to the direction of the apparatus.
The application also provides a vehicle-mounted electronic apparatus uses the damping mechanism according to any one of the embodiments described above. With reference to
While the principles of the present invention have been described in detail in connection with preferred embodiments thereof, it will be appreciated by a person skilled in the art that the above-described embodiments are merely illustrative of exemplary implementations of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. The details of the embodiments are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention, and any obvious variations thereof, such as equivalent alterations, simple substitutions, and the like, may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
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202110778824.1 | Jul 2021 | CN | national |
The present application is a U.S. national phase application under 35 U.S.C. § 371 based upon international patent application No. PCT/CN2022/104120 filed on Jun. 7, 2022, which claims the priority of Chinese invention application No. 202110778824.1, filed on Jul. 9, 2021, entitled “CIRCUIT BOARD DAMPING MECHANISM AND VEHICLE-MOUNTED APPARATUS USING SAME”.
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/CN2022/104120 | 7/6/2022 | WO |