Angle Regulation Device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016348770-A1
Application number	US-201514723938-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 28, 2015
Priority date	May 28, 2015
Publication date	Dec 1, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

An angle regulation device includes a casing, a regulating gear, a driving mechanism, a transmitting mechanism and a powering unit. The regulating gear is pivoted to the casing and is mounted with a radar detector. The driving mechanism includes co-rotatable rotating shaft, and first and second driving members. The transmitting mechanism includes first and second transmitting units each including a transmitting gear that meshes with the regulating gear and that has a gear radius smaller than that of the regulating gear, and a transmitting engaging structure that meshes with a respective one of the first and second driving members. The powering unit is coupled to the rotating shaft for rotating the radar detector relative to the casing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An angle regulation device adapted for mounting of a radar detector, comprising:
a casing adapted to receive the radar detector; a regulating gear pivoted to said casing and adapted to be co-rotatable with the radar detector; a driving mechanism disposed in said casing and including a rotating shaft, and first and second driving members that are mounted co-rotatably to said rotating shaft, each of said first and second driving members having a driving engaging structure; a transmitting mechanism disposed in said casing and including first and second transmitting units, each of said first and second transmitting units including a transmitting gear that meshes with said regulating gear and that has a gear radius smaller than that of said regulating gear, and a transmitting engaging structure that is co-rotatable with said transmitting gear and that meshes with said driving engaging structure of a respective one of said first and second driving members; and a powering unit coupled to said rotating shaft and operable for rotating said first and second driving members to drive said regulating gear to pivot relative to said casing via said transmitting mechanism, so as to rotate the radar detector relative to said casing.

2 . The angle regulation device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein one of said first and second driving members is movable along said rotating shaft, said driving mechanism further including a resilient member that is connected between said first and second driving members for biasing resiliently said first and second driving members away from each other.

3 . The angle regulation device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of said first and second driving members is configured as a worm shaft that has a threaded portion serving as said driving engaging structure, each of said first and second transmitting units further including a worm gear that is co-rotatable with said transmitting gear and that has a toothed portion serving as said transmitting engaging structure.

4 . The angle regulation device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein, for each of said first and second transmitting units, said worm gear has a gear radius greater than that of said transmitting gear.

5 . The angle regulation device as claimed in claim 3 , further comprising an orientation sensor and a control unit, said orientation sensor sensing tilt of said casing to generate a regulation signal, said control unit being electrically coupled to said orientation sensor and said powering unit for energizing said powering unit upon receiving the regulation signal so as to rotate the radar detector relative to said casing.

6 . The angle regulation device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein said powering unit is configured as a stepper motor.

7 . The angle regulation device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said regulating gear is configured as a sector gear.

8 . The angle regulation device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a mounting seat that is connected fixedly to said regulating gear and that is adapted for being mounted with the radar detector.

Assignees

• Automotive Res & Testing Ct

Inventors

• Kuo Hsien-Yu
• Chen Jiun-Jie
• Chang Liang-Cheng
• Chen Shun-Hung

Classifications

• F16H37/12

  Gearings comprising primarily toothed or friction gearing, links or levers, and cams, or members of at least two of these types (gearings with cranks, eccentrics, or like members fixed to one rotary member and guided along tracks on the other F16H21/14; crank or eccentric gearings with cams or additional guides, or with members having rolling contact F16H21/28, F16H21/30) · CPC title

• G01S7/02

  of systems according to group G01S13/00 · CPC title

• G01S2013/93271

  in the front of the vehicles · CPC title

• G01S13/86

  Combinations of radar systems with non-radar systems, e.g. sonar, direction finder · CPC title

• F16H57/12 Primary

  Arrangements for adjusting or for taking-up backlash not provided for elsewhere · CPC title