Patent Application
20230078032
The present invention relates to a non-rotational advertisement member assembly for being mounted on a wheel of a vehicle, and more particularly, to a non-rotational advertisement member assembly for being mounted on a wheel of a vehicle, in which the advertisement member installed on the wheel of the vehicle (e.g., the emblem of the vehicle manufacturer) is not rotating regardless of whether the vehicle is stopped or running and is positioned in the regular position and always exposed without shaking to the outside.
In general, the wheels of a vehicle constitute wheels on opposite sides of the vehicle body, and are formed such that tires are mounted on the wheels. Here, as for the wheel on which the tire is mounted, in general, a stainless steel wheel and an aluminum wheel are predominant. Meanwhile, the emblem of the vehicle manufacturer is provided outside the center of the wheel to enhance the marketing effect of the vehicle manufacturer.
However, a conventional advertisement member (e.g., a vehicle manufacturer's emblem, etc.) is provided to rotate interlocked with a rotating wheel while the vehicle is driving, and it is not easy to observe from the outside while the vehicle is driving, so the marketing effect may be greatly decreased.
In order to prevent such a decrease in the marketing exhibition effect, recently, a non-rotating structure configured so that the emblem is not rotated regardless of the rotation of the wheel according to the driving of the vehicle is disclosed in Korean Patent Registration No. 10-0440295 (The Patent Registration Gazette is published on 2004 Jul. 5).
However, in the recently disclosed advertisement member (emblem) non-rotating structure of the prior patent, there is a serious problem in that the function of the product may disappear or the lifespan of the product may be shortened since foreign substances (for example, rainwater, snow, dust, mud, etc.) may be introduced into the interior through the gap between the wheel cap rotating unit 23 and the wheel cap fixing unit 21.
The above information disclosed in this Background section is only for enhancement of understanding of the background of the invention and it may therefore contain information that does not form the prior art that is already known to a person of ordinary skill in the art.
One aspect of the present invention is directed to providing a non-rotational advertisement member assembly such as an emblem mounted on a wheel of a vehicle capable of preventing foreign substances from being introduced into a floating space provided with an advertisement member floating part.
In addition, another aspect of the present invention is directed to providing a non-rotational advertisement member assembly for being mounted on a wheel of a vehicle, in which the advertisement member floating part in the floating space is not rotated and fluctuated regardless of the interlocking rotation of the wheel of the vehicle.
The technical problems of the present invention are not limited to the problems mentioned above, and other technical problems not mentioned will be clearly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art from the following description.
The present invention relates to a non-rotational advertisement member assembly for being mounted on a wheel of a vehicle. More specifically, the non-rotational advertisement member assembly includes: a connecting body mediating coupling to a wheel of a vehicle, and rotated interlocked using the rotation axis of the wheel as the same axis; a transparent housing forming a predetermined floating space between itself and the connecting body as well as rotated interlocked with the connecting body by being coupled to the connecting body so as to completely seal the gap between the predetermined floating space and an external space; and an advertisement member floating part having a center of gravity formed relatively below in the predetermined floating space, and rotated relatively to the transparent housing and the connecting body which are rotated interlocked with the wheel while being coupled so as to avoid rotation and movement while maintaining the center of gravity. Therefore, the non-rotational advertisement member assembly is capable of stably protecting the advertisement member floating part from the outside as well as preventing the malfunction of a product by preventing the inflow of foreign substances from the outside to the inside, and lowering manufacturing costs by minimizing the number of components and combination processes.
Here, a coupling portion where a front end of the connecting body and a rear end of the transparent housing are in contact may be coupled by an ultrasonic welding coupling method.
In addition, a welding groove ring formed to be concave along the circumferential direction of the transparent housing may be formed at the front end of the connecting body, a coupling rib protruding to be inserted into the welding groove ring may be formed at the rear end of the transparent housing, and a welding rib that is to be melted by an ultrasonic welding machine may be provided to protrude at the fore-end of the coupling rib.
In addition, non-rotational advertisement member assembly may further include a decorative housing hooked and fixed to an edge end of the connecting body while enclosing a part of the front edge and all of the side edge of the transparent housing, wherein in the case of the transparent housing, at least a portion exposed to the outside of the decorative housing is made of a transparent material.
In addition, the advertisement member floating part may include an advertisement member panel on which an advertisement member of a wheel of a vehicle is embossed or engraved; a holder portion coupled to the connecting body so that the advertisement member panel is face-attached to the front surface and is rotatably supported in the predetermined floating space; and a center of gravity weight coupled to the rear surface of the holder portion to form a center of gravity of the holder portion at a relatively lower side of the predetermined floating space.
In addition, the holder portion and the connecting body may be coupled to each other via a rotation support bearing portion.
In addition, the rotation support bearing portion may include an inner ring portion having a bearing through-hole through which the center is penetrated back and forth; and an outer ring portion disposed to surround the outer circumference surface of the inner ring portion, wherein the outer ring portion is fitted and fixed to an annular outer ring-side bearing installation rib formed to protrude forward from the front surface of the connecting body, and a bearing through-hole of the inner ring portion is fitted and fixed to the outside of an annular inner ring-side bearing installation rib formed to protrude rearward from the rear surface of the holder portion.
In addition, the inner ring portion and the outer ring portion of the rotation support bearing portion may be detachably coupled by applying a hook with respect to the connecting body and the holder portion, respectively.
In addition, the advertisement member floating part may further include an adhesive sheet disposed between the advertisement member panel and the holder portion to face-attach the advertisement member panel to the front surface of the holder portion.
In addition, the decorative housing may include an inclined ring portion having a vertical cross-section in which the front end is inclined at a predetermined angle toward the front; and a coupling ring portion extended rearward from the rear end of the inclined ring portion and having a plurality of hook protrusion panels formed in the circumferential direction so as to be hook-coupled to the connecting body.
In addition, a coupling portion of the connecting body and the transparent housing may be hidden inside a coupling groove formed in the center of the wheel and not exposed to the outside.
In addition, the front end of the transparent housing may be spaced apart by a predetermined distance forward with respect to the front surface of the advertisement member floating part to form the floating space.
In addition, the connecting body and the transparent housing may be formed in a circular shape, and the coupling portion may be set at a position having at least an outer diameter greater than an outer diameter of the front edge of the transparent housing.
In addition, a stepped portion having an outer diameter corresponding to the coupling portion may be formed at the rear end of the transparent housing corresponding to the coupling portion, and an ultrasonic welding machine for ultrasonically welding the transparent housing and the connecting body may be in contact with the outer surface of the stepped portion.
According to an embodiment of the non-rotational advertisement member assembly for being mounted on a wheel of a vehicle according to the present invention, various effects can be achieved.
First, since the connecting body and the transparent housing are coupled to each other by an ultrasonic welding coupling method to completely seal the external space and the floating space (in which the advertisement member floating part is located) between the connecting body and the transparent housing, thereby preventing the inflow of foreign substances from the outside, the present invention can ensure the maximum life of the rotation support bearing portion together with the non-rotation function of the advertisement member.
Second, by providing a transparent housing for protecting the advertisement member, it is possible to prevent the advertisement member from being contaminated or damaged.
Third, the advertisement member floating part is provided so as not to rotate or fluctuate in the floating space between the connecting body and the transparent housing that are rotated interlocked with a wheel of a vehicle, thereby increasing the marketing effect of the advertisement member mounted on the wheel when the vehicle is stopped and driven.
Fourth, it is possible to reduce the overall number of parts by minimizing the number of assembly parts, and it is possible to reduce the production and manufacturing cost when mass-producing the product, so that it is possible to facilitate the supply to the consumer.
The above and other aspects, features, and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art by describing embodiments thereof in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Hereinafter, an embodiment of a non-rotational advertisement member assembly for being mounted on a wheel of a vehicle according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
In adding reference numerals to the elements of each drawing, it should be noted that the same elements are given the same reference numerals as much as possible even though they are indicated on different drawings. In addition, in describing the embodiment of the present invention, when it is determined that a detailed description of a related known configuration or function interferes with the understanding of the embodiment of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.
In describing the elements of the embodiment of the present invention, terms such as first, second, A, B, (a), (b), etc. may be used. These terms are only for distinguishing the elements from other elements, and the essence, sequence, or order of the elements are not limited by the terms. In addition, unless otherwise defined, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art. Terms such as those defined in a commonly used dictionary should be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning in the context of the related art, and should not be interpreted in an ideal or excessively formal meaning unless explicitly defined in the present application.
An embodiment 1 of a non-rotational advertisement member assembly for being mounted on a wheel of a vehicle according to the present invention, as shown in
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The connecting body 10 may be fixed to the wheel W of the vehicle, and may be rotated interlocked using the rotation axis of the wheel W as a coaxial axis when the wheel W is rotated while the vehicle is running. Therefore, when the vehicle is driving forward, when the wheel W rotates counterclockwise in the drawing of
The body plate 11 of the connecting body 10 may be formed in a approximately disk shape, and on the edge end 14, a plurality of hook latching grooves 15 for hooking and fixing of the decorative housing 30 to be described later may be cut and formed so as to be spaced apart by a predetermined distance in the circumferential direction.
The plurality of latching legs 13 may be provided to be spaced apart a predetermined distance in the circumferential direction along the rear edge end of the body plate 11; and hook protrusions 13a protruding outward, respectively and hook-coupled to the inner surface of the coupling portion C of the wheel W may be formed in the middle portion of the plurality of latching legs 13.
The welding groove rings 16 and 17 may be formed to protrude in a ring shape at a predetermined distance from the front surface of the edge end 14 of the body plate 11, wherein a welding groove 18 is provided between the outer groove ring 16 having a relatively large diameter and the inner groove ring 17 having a relatively smaller diameter than the outer groove ring 16. That is, the welding groove 18 is formed in a circular groove shape recessed backward between the outer groove ring 16 and the inner groove ring 17 constituting the welding groove rings 16 and 17 of the body plate 11. The vertical cross-sectional shape of the welding groove 18 may be formed to have a approximately rectangular shape with an open front.
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The coupling portion where ultrasonic welding is performed may be defined as a portion where the welding groove 18 of the welding groove rings 16 and 17 formed in the connecting body 10 and the coupling rib 28 formed in the transparent housing 20 contact each other.
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Here, among the configuration of the transparent housing 20, at least the see-through window 22, which is a portion exposed to the outside of the decorative housing 30, may be made of a transparent material, so that the logo L of the emblem floating part 100 located in the front part of the predetermined floating space 12 can be easily projected through the outside.
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As described above, decorative housing 30 may serve to prevent the elements corresponding to the inner portion of the transparent housing 20 from being exposed to the outside, and at the same time, to foreign substances such as rainwater, snow, dust, mud, etc. from being introduced into the coupling portion C of the wheel W.
To this end, as shown in
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However, in the embodiment 1 of a non-rotational advertisement member assembly for being mounted on a wheel of a vehicle according to the present invention, the decorative housing 30 is not necessarily provided. That is, the front edge of the transparent housing 20 can be changed and designed to perform the same function as the decorative housing 30, and it is also possible to use only the transparent housing 20 to expose the advertisement member panel 120 therein, depending on the size and position of the displayed advertisement member.
In an embodiment 1 of a non-rotational advertisement member assembly for being mounted on a wheel of a vehicle according to the present invention, as shown in
More specifically, as shown in each enlarged view of
Here, a stepped portion 23 having an outer diameter corresponding to the coupling portion may be formed at the rear end corresponding to the above-mentioned coupling portion in the configuration of the transparent housing 20, and an ultrasonic welding machine for ultrasonically welding the transparent housing 20 and the connecting body 10 may be in contact with the outer surface of the stepped portion 23.
That is, in a state in which the coupling rib 28 of the transparent housing 20 is inserted into the welding groove 18 of the connecting body 10, when the ultrasonic welding machine is in contact with the front surface formed by the stepped portion 23 and applies ultrasonic vibration, the welding rib 28a provided to protrude in a wedge shape at the fore-end of the coupling rib 28 may be melted and filled in the welding groove 18 of the connecting body 10 to combine the connecting body 10 and the transparent housing 20 each other. The transparent housing 20 is preferably made of a thermoplastic resin material to facilitate ultrasonic welding coupling by an ultrasonic welding machine.
In an embodiment 1 of a non-rotational advertisement member assembly for being mounted on a wheel of a vehicle according to the present invention, as shown in
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In addition, the advertisement member floating part 100 may further include a rotation support bearing portion 140 that mediates the mutual coupling of the holder portion 110 and the connecting body 10.
The rotation support bearing portion 140 may serve as a mediator so that the holder portion 110 of the advertisement member floating part 100 is mutually coupled while maintaining a minimum frictional force regardless of rotation in one direction or rotation in the other direction of the connecting body 10 in the floating space 12.
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Meanwhile, at both left and right ends of the holder portion 110, hook protrusions 115 for hook coupling with the advertisement member panel 120 may be formed to protrude forward by a predetermined length, respectively, and at both left and right ends of the advertisement member panel 120, hook fastening grooves 125 through which the hook protrusions 115 of the holder portion 110 are hooked and fastened may be formed, respectively.
In addition, as shown in
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The rotation support bearing portion 140 may mediate the rotation support coupling of the holder portion 110 to the connecting body 10 through the following operation that the outer ring portion 140b is fitted and fixed to the annular outer ring-side bearing installation rib 19 formed to protrude forward from the front surface of the connecting body 10, and the bearing through-hole 142 of the inner ring portion 140a is fitted and fixed to the outside of the annular inner ring-side bearing installation rib 119 formed to protrude rearward from the rear surface of the holder portion 110.
As such, the rotation support bearing portion 140 can be coupled through the operation: that the outer ring portion 140b is first coupled to the outer ring-side bearing installation rib 19 of the connecting body 10 to be fitted and fixed, and then by moving the holder portion 110 to the connecting body 10 side, the inner ring-side bearing installation rib 119 of the holder portion 110 is fitted and fixed into the bearing through-hole 142 of the inner ring portion 140a; however, in contrast, as shown in
The inner ring-side bearing installation rib 119 and the outer ring-side bearing installation rib 19 may have their fore-ends formed in a hook shape so as to be hooked and fixed respectively with respect to the rotation support bearing portion 140.
Meanwhile, at least one screw through-hole 151 and 152 through which at least one coupling screw 161 and 162 passes respectively may be formed in the center of gravity weight 150 coupled to the rear surface of the holder portion 110.
The center of gravity weight 150 serves to keep the center of gravity of the holder portion 110 relatively lower in the floating space 12 formed between the connecting body 10 and the transparent housing 20, whereby it serves to prevent the holder portion from rotating and fluctuating in the floating space 12 regardless of the interlocked rotation of the connecting body 10 and the transparent housing 20 according to the rotation of the wheel W of the vehicle. To this end, the center of gravity weight 150 may be formed in a rounded shape that surrounds a lower portion of the rotation support bearing portion 140, as shown in
An assembly process of the non-rotational advertisement member assembly for being mounted on a wheel of a vehicle according to the present invention configured as described above will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings (in particular,
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In this way, when the assembly of the advertisement member floating part 100 is completed, as shown in
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As such, one embodiment 1 of the non-rotational advertisement member assembly for being mounted on a wheel of a vehicle according to the present invention can prevent the malfunction and ensure the life of the product by blocking the inflow of foreign substances from the outside, by coupling to completely seal between the connecting body 10 and the transparent housing 20 through an ultrasonic welding coupling method. In addition, it can provide the advantage of obtaining an effective marketing effect since it is possible to install the advertisement member floating part 100 in the floating space 12 between the connecting body 10 and the transparent housing 20 so as not to be shaken at all regardless of the rotation of the wheel W of the vehicle.
As described above, an embodiment of a non-rotational advertisement member assembly for being mounted on a wheel of a vehicle according to the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the embodiments of the present invention are not necessarily limited by the above-described embodiment, and it is natural that various modifications and implementations within an equivalent range are possible by those of ordinary skill in the art. Therefore, the true scope of the present invention will be determined by the claims to be described later.
