Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art, an object of the present invention is to provide a wireless charging system for a car seat and a car seat for solving the problem that in the prior art, charging can only be performed in a central control area, which causes inconvenience to passengers who are far from the central control area, particularly passengers in a rear seat.
To achieve the above and other related objects, the present invention provides a wireless charging system for a car seat, comprising a plurality of wireless charging devices, the wireless charging devices comprising:
a wireless charging module configured to wirelessly transmit power to a mobile terminal to wirelessly charge the mobile terminal;
The shell wraps the wireless charging module and is arranged in a cushion of the car seat or on a seat framework of the car seat;
And a placement area for the mobile terminal to be inserted is formed in a cushion of the car seat, and the placement area is arranged close to the wireless charging device, so that the mobile terminal can receive power wirelessly from the wireless charging device after being inserted.
In an embodiment of the invention, the placement area is obtained by cutting the seat cushion in a predetermined direction, and is pocket-shaped.
In one embodiment of the invention, a mesh seal wraps around the housing and connects to the side cushion portion at the placement area.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the housing is fixedly connected to the seat frame, and a seat cushion portion opposite to the housing has an accommodating area formed by recessing inwards, the accommodating area is used for the wireless charging device to be placed in, and the accommodating area is disposed close to the placing area.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the placement area penetrates through the seat cushion, and the wireless charging device is disposed in the placement area and is connected to the seat frame by a sliding component.
In an embodiment of the invention, a housing of the wireless charging device is provided with a clamping portion for clamping the mobile terminal.
In an embodiment of the invention, the wireless charging system includes a plurality of wireless charging devices, an alarm and a central control unit, and the central control unit is respectively in communication connection with the wireless charging devices and the alarm by using a vehicle-mounted bus.
In an embodiment of the invention, the plurality of wireless charging modules are electrically connected with a storage battery of the vehicle.
In an embodiment of the invention, a switch element is disposed on the housing of the wireless charging device, and the switch element is connected in series between the wireless charging device and the storage battery.
The invention also provides a vehicle seat, and the wireless charging device is installed on the vehicle seat.
As described above, the wireless charging system and the vehicle seat of the present invention can enable a passenger to charge by using the wireless charging device of the vehicle seat where the passenger is located without getting up, thereby improving the user experience.
The part of the cushion, which is close to the cushion framework, can be provided with an inwards concave accommodating area, and when the cushion framework is assembled with the cushion, the accommodating area is sleeved with the wireless charging device, and the accommodating area is clung to the accommodating area, so that the wireless charging device is ensured not to influence the position of the wireless charging device due to the sitting posture adjustment of passengers under the condition of fixing the position between the accommodating areas.
In addition, can directly set up wireless charging device in place the region, wireless charging device mountable has the slip subassembly, and the passenger is when aiming at clamping part with mobile terminal, and usable slip subassembly is taken out wireless charging device from placing in the region, adopts the wireless charging device centre gripping mobile terminal under the form of taking out, pushes the wireless charging device who has the mobile terminal to be held in place the region according to the slip subassembly. Therefore, the arrangement of the sliding component reduces the alignment action difficulty and improves the user experience.
Detailed Description
Further advantages and effects of the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the disclosure of the present invention, which is described by the following specific examples.
It should be understood that the structures, proportions, sizes, etc. shown in the drawings are for illustration purposes only and should not be construed as limiting the invention to the extent that it can be practiced, since modifications, changes in the proportions, or otherwise, used in the practice of the invention, are not intended to be critical to the essential characteristics of the invention, but are intended to fall within the spirit and scope of the invention. Also, the terms such as "upper," "lower," "left," "right," "middle," and "a" and the like recited in the present specification are merely for descriptive purposes and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention, but are intended to provide relative positional changes or modifications without materially altering the technical context in which the invention may be practiced.
In this specification, the expression "and/or" is used to include at least one of the components listed before or after the expression. Furthermore, the expression "connected to" or "coupled to" is used in a sense that includes the case where one element is directly connected to another element or indirectly connected through another element. In this specification, the singular forms include the plural unless specifically stated to the contrary.
Furthermore, the use of "comprising" or "including" a component, step, operation and/or element in this specification means that one or more other components, steps, operations and/or elements are present or added.
At present, due to the increasing popularity of wireless charging technology, wireless charging of terminals such as mobile phones by using the wireless charging technology also occurs in vehicles, and such charging devices are usually arranged at a central control part, but such arrangement enables passengers seated on various seats in the vehicle to share one charging device, so that inconvenience is brought to passengers, especially rear seats, and meanwhile, the charging devices arranged at the central control part are easy to cause low charging efficiency due to vibration or shaking generated in the running process of the vehicle while charging the terminals.
It is to be understood that the term "vehicle" or other similar terms as used herein include motor vehicles in general, including, for example, utility vehicles, buses, trucks, buses of various commercial vehicles, and the like, and include hybrid vehicles, electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, hydrogen powered vehicles, and other alternative fuel vehicles (e.g., fuel derived from sources other than petroleum).
In view of the above-described drawbacks, the present invention provides a wireless charging system placed on a car seat, the wireless charging system including a plurality of wireless charging devices 18, a wireless charging device 18 being mounted on each car seat 1, the wireless charging device 18 including a wireless charging module configured to wirelessly transmit electric power to a device for a battery of a mobile terminal to wirelessly charge the battery. The wireless charging module is wrapped by the housing 181 and is placed on the seat cushion 17 of the car seat 1 or the seat frame.
The wireless charging device 18 may include a wireless charger capable of using both a magnetic resonance type and a magnetic induction type, among others. By using the wireless charging system, passengers can charge by using the wireless charging device 18 of the car seat 1 where the passengers are located under the condition of not getting up, and the user experience is improved.
Referring to fig. 1, taking a car seat of a main/co-driver seat as an example, the car seat 1 mainly comprises a headrest 11, a backrest frame 12 and a cushion frame 14, wherein the backrest frame 12 and the cushion frame 14 are connected by a backrest angle adjuster 13, and the backrest angle adjuster can be used for adjusting the angle between the backrest frame 12 and the cushion frame 14 and can be adjusted by a passenger. A seat cushion 17 is covered on the seat cushion frame 14 and the back frame 12, and the seat cushion 17 is generally formed of a sponge covered with a leather layer on the outside. A guide rail 15 is also mounted on the bottom of the vehicle seat 1, and the movement position of the vehicle seat 1 on the guide rail 15 is adjusted by an adjusting handle 16.
In this embodiment, a placement area 171 into which the mobile terminal is inserted may be formed on the seat cushion 17, and the placement area 171 is disposed proximate to the wireless charging module, so that the mobile terminal can receive power wirelessly from the wireless charging module after being inserted into the placement area 171. The wireless charging device 18 may be sewn directly into the interior of the seat cushion 17, such as by a mesh seal that encloses the housing 181 of the wireless charging device 18 and is sewn to the side of the seat cushion 17 at the placement area 171.
Further, in the case where the wireless charging device 18 is fixed in position with respect to the placement area 171, in order to ensure that the wireless charging device 18 itself does not affect the placement of the wireless charging device 18 due to the sitting posture adjustment of the passenger, as shown in fig. 2, a schematic view of the placement of the wireless charging device 18 in the seat cushion 17 is given in an embodiment.
In this embodiment, the casing 181 of the wireless charging device 18 is directly fixed to the seat cushion frame 14 by using fasteners such as screws and bolts, and can be attached to the seat cushion frame by using an adhesive. Correspondingly, an inward concave accommodating area can be formed in a part, close to the cushion framework 14, of the cushion 17, and when the cushion 17 is assembled on the cushion framework 14, the accommodating area is sleeved with a wireless charging device 18, and is closely attached to the placing area 171, and sponge or leather is arranged between the accommodating area and the placing area within the range allowed by wireless charging.
Of course, the wireless charging device 18 may also be fixed on the backrest frame 12, and the scheme of the wireless charging device arranged on the backrest frame 12 is similar to that of the cushion frame 14, and will not be repeated here.
The wireless charging device 18 and the mobile terminal use the alternating magnetic field between the coils to transmit electric energy, and the change of the position or angle between the mobile terminal and the wireless charging device 18 affects the electric energy transmission efficiency between the two.
To ensure that the relative position between the two is always kept unchanged, a schematic diagram of the placement of the wireless charging device 18 in the seat cushion 17 in another embodiment is given as shown in fig. 3; fig. 4 presents a schematic view of the wireless charging device 18 holding a mobile terminal.
Referring to fig. 3 and 4, in this embodiment, the placement area 171 extends through the seat cushion 17, so that the bottom of the placement area 171 is led to the seat cushion frame 14, and the wireless charging device 18 is directly disposed in the placement area 171, which may also be understood as a complete placement area 171 formed by directly extending through the seat cushion 17 and then communicating with the placement area 171 in fig. 2. At this time, a clamping portion 183 for clamping the mobile terminal is mounted at the housing 181 of the wireless charging device 18, as shown in fig. 4. The clamping portion 183 may be made of an elastic material, such as rubber, and the mobile terminal is clamped by using the elastic force of the clamping portion 183, so that the relative position between the wireless charging device 18 and the mobile terminal is kept unchanged, and the electric energy can be efficiently transmitted without being affected by vehicle shake.
When the wireless charging device 18 is placed in the placement area 171, a certain difficulty exists when the passenger clamps by using the clamping portion 183, so in this embodiment, a sliding component 182 is respectively disposed on two sides of the housing 181 of the wireless charging device 18, the sliding component 182 is used to connect the cushion frame 14, and when the passenger needs to charge, the passenger can draw the wireless charging device 18 out of the placement area 171 by using the sliding component 182, so as to facilitate the installation of the mobile terminal.
Specifically, the sliding assembly 182 includes a roller 184 mounted on the housing 181 of the wireless charging device 18 and a sliding rail fixedly connected to the seat cushion frame 14, wherein the roller 184 is connected to the housing 181 by a rotating shaft, and a sliding groove 185 is formed on the sliding rail, and the wireless charging device 18 moves in the sliding groove 185 according to the roller 184, so that the wireless charging device 18 can be moved out of the placement area 171 conveniently.
However, it is apparent that the sliding assembly 182 according to the embodiment of the present disclosure is not limited thereto.
With the slide module 182, when the passenger aligns the mobile terminal with the holding portion 183, the wireless charging device 18 can be pulled out from the placement area 171, the mobile terminal is held by the wireless charging device 18 in the pulled-out state, and the wireless charging device 18 holding the mobile terminal is pushed into the placement area 171 by the slide module 182. The sliding assembly 182 reduces the difficulty of alignment and improves the user experience.
Further, as shown in fig. 5, the chute 185 is divided into a vertical portion 1851 and a bent portion 1852, the bent portion 1852 is disposed at the top end of the vertical portion 1851, and the bent portion 1852 is bent in a bent shape toward the clamping portion 183 side. After the wireless charging device 18 is pulled out along the vertical portion 1851 of the chute 185, it slides from the vertical portion 1851 to the bent portion 1852, and the current position of the wireless charging device 18 is fixed by gravity.
Therefore, due to the presence of the bent portion, when the passenger rests on the seat 1, for example, lies flat, the sliding assembly 182 thereof can also be withdrawn to be used as a stand, supporting the mobile terminal, thereby freeing the passenger from both hands.
Of course, the position of the fixed wireless charging device 18 after being drawn out may also be that a hook (not shown) is disposed at the end of the chute 185, and when the roller 184 of the wireless charging device 18 slides to the end, the roller is hooked by the hook to fix its position. When the wireless charging device 18 needs to be returned to the placement area 171, the hook is removed, so that the wireless charging device 18 can be pushed back to the placement area 171.
Fig. 6 is a view showing a connection relationship between the respective wireless charging devices 18 in the wireless charging system according to the embodiment of the present disclosure.
Referring to fig. 6, the wireless charging system includes a plurality of wireless charging devices 18, an alarm, and a central control unit, which is communicatively connected to the wireless charging devices 18, the alarm, respectively, by using a vehicle-mounted bus (CAN bus).
In the present embodiment, the wireless charging devices 18 are electrically connected to an in-vehicle battery, which provides power to each wireless charging device 18. It should be noted that, the wireless charging device 18 may also be electrically connected to an in-vehicle generator, and during the running process of the vehicle, the generator is driven by the engine through a belt, and is responsible for supplying power to all electric devices (except for the starter), charging the storage battery, and supplying power to the mobile terminal in which the wireless charging device 18 is placed. Thus, when the engine is operating, the power of the wireless charging device 18 is provided by the generator, and when the transmitter is not operating, the power of the wireless charging device 18 is provided by the battery, so it will be appreciated that the generator and the battery are connected in parallel with respect to the wireless charging device 18.
In general, the central control unit comprises a central control door lock system, and a driver can control the whole vehicle door switch and the glass lifting system through the automobile central control unit. So that the central control unit can monitor the opening and closing states of the respective doors.
For a clear understanding of the function of the central control unit, a brief description will be given here of a central control door lock system mainly composed of an electric latch, a controller, a door lock motor, a connecting member, etc., which can open and close the respective door locks of the automobile centrally by the driver. The electric lock device drives the door lock motor after receiving the opening and closing signal of the controller, and the motor starts the electric lock device to open and close the door lock. The central control unit can monitor the opening and closing states of the doors according to the opening and closing states of the electric lock.
In addition, the central control unit is communicatively connected to each wireless charging device 18, so that the central control unit can also monitor the power-on state of each wireless charging device 18 by using the vehicle-mounted bus, and the controller of the central control unit can be further configured to associate each wireless charging device 18 with a corresponding vehicle door, and in the case that the vehicle door switch signal and the power-on state of the wireless charging device 18 are not matched, the central control unit drives the alarm to alarm.
Specifically, in the present embodiment, taking a four-door four-seat vehicle as an example, wireless charging devices 18 are mounted on two rear seats of the front left and right doors and the front right door are associated with the wireless charging device 18 on the front passenger seat, the charging device on the left rear seat is associated with the rear left door, and the charging device on the right rear seat is associated with the rear right door.
When the central control unit receives the opening signal of the front right door of the vehicle and the wireless charging device 18 on the front right door of the passenger car 1 monitored at this time is in the energized state (i.e. the wireless charging device 18 is provided with a mobile terminal), it is determined that the opening signal of the front right door of the vehicle and the state of the wireless charging device 18 on the front right door of the passenger car 1 are not matched, the central control unit drives an alarm, and the alarm outputs an alarm to remind the passenger, in which case the passenger may be aware that his or her mobile terminal is left in the vehicle.
Wherein the alarm is a speaker for outputting an alarm by sound or electronic audio, and different wireless charging devices 18 can be matched with different audio; an LED light source (as shown in fig. 6) may be provided, and the LED light source may include light sources of multiple colors. In this embodiment, an LED light source is mainly used as an alarm, and the wireless charging devices 18 at different seats are equipped with light sources with corresponding colors, so that when the alarm outputs an alarm, the specific position of the mobile terminal can be determined according to the color of the light source which is lighted by the alarm. The passenger can know whether his mobile terminal remains in the vehicle or not through the color of the light source of the alarm.
Further, a switch element may be disposed on the housing 181 of the wireless charging device 18, and the switch element is electrically connected in series between the wireless charging module and the storage battery, or between the wireless charging module and the generator. In case that the mobile terminal is inserted into the placement area 171 without charging, the charging function of the wireless charging device 18 may be turned off using a switch.
Further, when the wireless charging device 18 is connected to a battery, the wireless charging device 18 may also include a display that may provide an indication of the battery state of charge of the mobile terminal inserted into the placement area 171. The charging state includes whether in a charging state or in a charging completion state, and the charging progress may also be displayed.
The operation of the wireless charging system will be described with reference to fig. 4 and 6, taking the front passenger car seat 1 as an example.
When the passenger needs to charge the mobile terminal after sitting, the wireless charging device 18 is pulled out from the placement area 171, the mobile terminal is clamped between the clamping parts 183, if the switch element of the wireless charging device 18 is not opened, the switch element is opened, at this time, the wireless charging device 18 starts to charge the mobile terminal, and the charging state and the charging progress can be displayed on the wireless charging device 18. If the passenger needs to use the mobile phone during charging, the roller 184 of the wireless charging device 18 can be slid to the bending portion 1852 of the chute 185 to fix the position. If a cell phone is not needed, the occupant may push the wireless charging device 18 back into the placement area 171 along the sliding assembly 182.
When the vehicle stops and the co-driver door is opened, the central control unit acquires the opening signal of the door and simultaneously acquires the states of the wireless charging devices 18 in the vehicle, and if the current state of the wireless charging device 18 associated with the co-driver door is in the charging state or in the starting state at this time, the central control unit drives the alarm to output a corresponding alarm to remind passengers that the mobile terminal is left.
The invention effectively overcomes various defects in the prior art and has high industrial utilization value.
The above embodiments are merely illustrative of the principles of the present invention and its effectiveness, and are not intended to limit the invention. Modifications and variations may be made to the above-described embodiments by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, it is intended that all equivalent modifications and variations of the invention be covered by the claims, which are within the ordinary skill of the art, be within the spirit and scope of the present disclosure.