Patent Grant
11155450
This application claims priority to and benefits of Chinese Patent Application Serial No. 201910224128.9, filed with the National Intellectual Property Administration of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Mar. 22, 2019, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference.
The present disclosure relates to the field of traction equipment technologies, and more particularly to a vehicle, a winch for a vehicle, and a warning control device for a winch of a vehicle.
A winch is often used in an off-road vehicle, an agricultural vehicle, a yacht, a firefighting rescue vehicle, a road obstacle clearing truck and other special vehicles mainly for automobile rescue, loading and unloading, or hoisting goods. The winch can be used as a self-protection and traction device, typically in a vehicle or in a ship, which may perform self-rescue and rescue in harsh environments such as snow, marshes, deserts, beaches, and muddy mountain roads, and may perform work such as clearing obstacles, hauling items, or installing things under other conditions.
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a warning control device for a winch of a vehicle. In some embodiments, the winch includes a motor configured to drive the winch. In some embodiments, the warning control device includes a warning component and a warning control board. In some embodiments, the warning control board includes a load detector, a processor, and a warning controller. The load detector is connected to the motor through a current sensor, and is configured to detect a load condition of the motor based on the measured working current of the motor, e.g., by acquiring the working current measurements of the motor. The processor is connected to the load detector and the warning controller, respectively, and is configured to output a warning control signal to the warning controller according to the load condition of the motor detected by the load detector. The warning controller is connected to the warning component and the processor, respectively, and is configured to receive the warning control signal and to control the warning component to produce a warning based on the warning control signal.
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a winch for a vehicle, including the above warning control device for the winch of the vehicle.
Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a vehicle including the above winch for the vehicle.
Reference will be made in detail below to the embodiments of the present disclosure, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which the same or similar numbers represent the same or similar elements or the elements with the same or similar function. The embodiments described herein are exemplary and for the purpose of describing the present disclosure, and should not be construed to limit the present disclosure.
Most of winches in the related art are generally controlled by manual means. In actual use, not only is the manual operation inconvenient, but also a specific operation condition of the winch is not known; thus, it is difficult to meet user needs. Therefore, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a vehicle, a winch for a vehicle, and a warning control device for a winch of a vehicle.
Description will be made below to a vehicle, a winch for a vehicle, and a warning control device for a winch of a vehicle provided in embodiments of the present disclosure with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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In other words, in embodiments of the present disclosure, the load detector 201 collects the measured working current of the motor M to detect the real-time load condition of the winch, such that different warnings may be implemented according to the real-time load condition of the winch, and the real-time load condition of the winch may be obtained timely during actual use of the winch, thereby avoiding some extreme situations such as winch overload operation.
The winch 100 is driven by the motor M, and the motor M may be the permanent magnet motor or the universal motor. Both current curves of the permanent magnet motor and the universal motor are proportional to load torque. In other words, as long as the load torque is determined, there is a working current value needed by a motor with a same model parameter corresponding to the load torque. The present disclosure may apply this principle to detect the real-time load condition of the winch, that is, the real-time load of the motor, such that different warnings are implemented based on different loads, to inform the user of the real-time load condition of the winch during use, and to avoid some extreme situations.
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Further, the display component in the warning component 10 may be an LED (light-emitting diode) display light bar. The warning controller 203 serves as a three-color control part of the LED display bar. After the instruction sent by the processor 202 is received, the warning controller 203 controls three primary colors in the LED display light bar to form different colors, and the current load condition of the winch is indicated by using different numbers of lighted LED lights and a display color of each lighted light.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, as illustrated in
The voltage of the storage battery in the vehicle may be 12.8V, and the power supply component 204 converts the voltage of the storage battery from 12.8V to 5V to supply power for the warning control board 20.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, in conjunction with illustrations in
In some embodiments, each of the first display light bar 101 and the second display light bar 102 includes a plurality of LED lights. For example, a number of the LED lights in the first display light bar 101 may be the same as a number of the LED lights in the second display light bar 102, and the display manner of the LED lights in the first display light bar 101 may be the same as the display manner of the LED lights in the second display light bar 102. In this way, the warning controller 203 controls the first display light bar 101 and the second display light bar 102 to be lighted at the same time and in the same manner according to the received warning control signal.
The warning controller 203 controls a number of lighted LED lights and a display color of each lighted light according to the received warning control signal. For example, the three primary colors of the LED lights in the first display light bar 101 and in the second display light bar 102 may be controlled to form different colors, and the current load condition of the winch is indicated by different numbers of the lighted LED lights and the display color of each lighted light.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the number of lighted LED lights and the display color of each lighted LED light may appear according to the following Table 1 when the first display light bar 101 and/or the second display light bar 102 correspond/corresponds to different winch loads.
The first display light bar 101 includes ten LED lights, and the second display light bar 102 includes three LED lights.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, as illustrated in
According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, as illustrated in
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, as illustrated in
The first buzzer 103 may be disposed to the winch body 110 in a built-in way or an exposed way.
With the warning control device for the winch of the vehicle provided according to embodiments of the present disclosure, the load condition of the motor is detected by the load detector, the processor may output the warning control signal to the warning controller according to the real-time load condition of the motor, and the warning controller controls the warning component to produce the warning. Therefore, the warning control device for the winch of the vehicle according to the present disclosure may implement different warnings based on different load conditions of the winch, and may obtain the real-time load condition of the winch timely during the actual use of the winch. In this way, some extreme situations, such as winch overload operation, may be avoided; the winch may be ensured to work safely, reliably, and stably; a service life of the winch is improved; and use needs are fully met.
Further, the present disclosure provides a winch for a vehicle, including the above warning control device for the winch of the vehicle.
With the winch for the vehicle provided according to the present disclosure, through the above warning control device for the winch of the vehicle, different warnings may be implemented based on different load conditions of the winch, and the real-time load condition of the winch may be obtained timely during actual use of the winch. In this way, some extreme situations, such as winch overload operation, may be avoided; the winch may be ensured to work safely, reliably, and stably; the service life of the winch is improved; and use needs are fully met.
In addition, the present disclosure further provides a vehicle including the above winch for the vehicle.
With the vehicle provided in the present disclosure, different warnings may be implemented based on different load conditions of the winch, and the real-time load condition of the winch may be obtained timely during actual use of the winch. In this way, some extreme situations, such as winch overload operation, may be avoided; the winch may be ensured to work safely, reliably, and stably; the service life of the winch is improved; and use needs are fully met.
In the description of the present disclosure, it is to be understood that terms such as “center,” “longitudinal,” “lateral,” “length,” “width,” “thickness,” “over,” “below,” “front,” “back,” “left,” “right,” “vertical,” “horizontal,” “top,” “bottom,” “in,” “out,” “clockwise,” “anti-clockwise,” “axial,” “radial,” and “circumference” refer to the directions or location relations which are the directions or location relations shown in the drawings. These terms are used to describe the present disclosure in a simple way and are not intended to indicate or imply that the device or the elements are disposed to locate at the specific directions or are structured and performed in the specific directions, and they should not be understood to limit the present disclosure.
In addition, terms such as “first” and “second” are used herein for purposes of description and are not intended to indicate or imply relative importance or implicitly indicate the number of indicated technical features. Furthermore, the feature defined with “first” and “second” may comprise one or more of this feature distinctly or implicitly. In the description of the present disclosure, “a plurality of” means two or more, unless specified otherwise.
In the present disclosure, unless specified or limited otherwise, the terms “mounted,” “connected,” “coupled” and “fixed” are understood broadly, such as fixed, detachable mountings, connections and couplings or integrated, and can be mechanical or electrical mountings, connections and couplings, and also can be direct and via media indirect mountings, connections, and couplings, and further can be inner mountings, connections and couplings of two components or interaction relations between two components, which can be understood by those skilled in the art according to the detailed embodiment of the present disclosure.
In the present disclosure, unless specified or limited otherwise, the first characteristic is “on” or “under” the second characteristic refers to the first characteristic and the second characteristic can be direct or via media indirect mountings, connections, and couplings. And, the first characteristic is “on”, “above”, “over” the second characteristic may refer to the first characteristic is right over the second characteristic or is diagonal above the second characteristic, or just refer to the horizontal height of the first characteristic is higher than the horizontal height of the second characteristic. The first characteristic is “below” or “under” the second characteristic may refer to the first characteristic is right over the second characteristic or is diagonal under the second characteristic, or just refer to the horizontal height of the first characteristic is lower than the horizontal height of the second characteristic.
In the description of the present disclosure, reference throughout this specification to “an embodiment,” “some embodiments,” “an example,” “a specific example,” or “some examples,” means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present disclosure. The appearances of the phrases in various places throughout this specification are not necessarily referring to the same embodiment or example of the present disclosure. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments or examples. In addition, without a contradiction, the different embodiments or examples and the features of the different embodiments or examples can be combined by those skilled in the art.
Although embodiments of the present disclosure have been shown and described above, it should be understood that the above embodiments are exemplary and cannot be understood to limit the present disclosure. Those skilled in the art can make changes, alternatives, and modifications in the embodiments within scope of the present disclosure.
It is intended that the specification, together with the drawings, be considered exemplary only, where exemplary means an example. As used herein, the singular forms “a,” “an,” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Additionally, the use of “or” is intended to include “and/or,” unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
While this patent document contains many specifics, these should not be construed as limitations on the scope of any invention or of what may be claimed, but rather as descriptions of features that may be specific to particular embodiments of particular inventions. Certain features that are described in this patent document in the context of separate embodiments can also be implemented in combination in a single embodiment. Conversely, various features that are described in the context of a single embodiment can also be implemented in multiple embodiments separately or in any suitable subcombination. Moreover, although features may be described above as acting in certain combinations and even initially claimed as such, one or more features from a claimed combination can in some cases be excised from the combination, and the claimed combination may be directed to a subcombination or variation of a subcombination.
Similarly, while operations are depicted in the drawings in a particular order, this should not be understood as requiring that such operations be performed in the particular order shown or in sequential order, or that all illustrated operations be performed, to achieve desirable results. Moreover, the separation of various system components in the embodiments described in this patent document should not be understood as requiring such separation in all embodiments.
Only a few implementations and examples are described, and other implementations, enhancements, and variations can be made based on what is described and illustrated in this patent document.
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