TWI639752B - Joint assembly and support member - Google Patents

Abstract

A joint assembly and a joint member, the joint assembly comprising a joint unit and a fixing unit. The fixing unit includes a connecting member that sandwiches a C-shaped frame body with the connecting unit, and a connecting member that connects the supporting member, the C-shaped frame body and the connecting unit through the connecting member and the connecting unit. Locking member. The supporting member comprises a supporting base wall in a C-shaped frame body, and two supporting side walls extending forwardly from the upper and lower sides of the supporting base wall and respectively supported between the supporting base wall and the C-shaped frame body And two reinforcing walls extending along the left and right sides of the supporting base wall, respectively. The invention can connect the C-shaped frame body and the docking frame body through a simple component, and can strengthen the structure of the supporting member through the reinforcing wall to improve the stability after assembly.

Description

Joint assembly and support member

The invention relates to a joint device, in particular to a joint assembly and a joint member for engaging a frame body.

A typical carrier usually includes a plurality of frames, and a plurality of engaging assemblies for engaging the frames, and the weight of the engaging assemblies must be correspondingly strengthened as the required weight is increased. In order to enhance the stability after assembly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a joint assembly that can be constructed with different structures to enhance the stability of the assembly for the user to purchase or use.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a strut member which is novel in construction and which is capable of enhancing the stability of the assembly.

Therefore, the stay member of the present invention is suitable for being combined in a C-frame body, the C-frame body comprising a frame base wall extending longitudinally from left to right, and two legs extending forwardly from the upper and lower sides of the frame base wall respectively. a side wall of the frame, and two lip walls extending from the side wall of the frame, the base wall of the frame cooperates with the side walls of the frame to define a receiving space for the receiving member to be inserted, the supporting member comprises a support The base wall, the two support side walls, and the two reinforcing walls. The supporting base wall can be placed in the receiving space in an upright manner and includes an inner through hole penetrating the front and the rear. The supporting side wall extends forward from the upper and lower opposite sides of the supporting base wall and is respectively supported between the supporting base wall and the lip walls. The reinforcing wall is connected to the left and right opposite side edges of the supporting base wall, and extends longitudinally along the left and right opposite side edges of the supporting base wall, respectively.

Accordingly, it is another object of the present invention to provide an articulating assembly that is novel in construction and that enhances the stability of the assembly.

Therefore, the joint assembly of the present invention is suitable for being combined between a C-frame body and at least one docking frame body, the C-frame body comprising a frame base wall extending longitudinally from left to right, and two base walls respectively a side wall extending forwardly from the upper and lower sides, and two lip walls extending from the side walls of the frame, the base wall of the frame and the side walls of the frame defining a receiving space, the lip walls being spaced apart from each other And a ditch connecting the receiving space, the engaging assembly comprising at least one connecting unit and at least one fixing unit. The at least one connecting unit is configured to be coupled to the at least one docking frame body, and includes a bracket having at least one outer through hole extending through the front and the rear. The at least one fixing unit includes one of the stay members, and a lock member that detachably mounts the rack member in combination with the stay member.

When the engaging assembly is assembled with the C-shaped frame, the connecting member of the at least one connecting unit and the supporting member of the at least one fixing unit sandwich the lip walls forward and backward, and the at least one of the connecting members The outer through hole is correspondingly connected to the ditch, and the inner through hole of the connecting member is correspondingly connected to the ditch, and the locking member extends forwardly through the receiving space through the inner through hole of the connecting member, and the opening The groove and the outer through hole of the frame member, and the connecting member, the C-shaped frame body and the frame member are assembled to each other.

The effect of the invention is that the C-frame body and the at least one docking frame body can be connected to each other through the three simple components of the at least one connecting unit, the at least one connecting member and the locking member. The reinforcing walls of the stay member can also strengthen the structure of the stay member to enhance the stability of the at least one joint unit after assembly.

Before the present invention is described in detail, it should be noted that in the following description, similar elements are denoted by the same reference numerals.

Referring to FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the first embodiment of the articulating assembly of the present invention is suitable for being combined between a C-frame body 900 and a docking frame body 800. The C-frame body 900 is a left and right length. a steel beam extending in a cross section and generally C-shaped, and including a frame base wall 901 extending longitudinally from left to right, and two frame side walls 902 extending forward from the upper and lower sides of the frame base wall 901, respectively. A lip wall 903 extending from the side wall 902 of the frame, the frame base wall 901 cooperates with the side walls 902 to define a receiving space 904. The lip walls 903 are spaced apart from each other to define a communication space 904. Ditching 905. The docking body 800 is a frame of a solar panel and is used to load a solar panel.

The joint assembly comprises a joint unit 1 and a fixed unit 2. The joint unit 1 includes a frame member 11. The frame member 11 has an upright fixed wall 111, an extending wall 112 extending forward from the upper edge of the fixed wall 111 by 90 degrees, and two of the two sides of the fixed wall 111 respectively The first reinforcing wing 113 is bent forward a small section (only one is shown in FIG. 1 and the other is blocked), a second reinforcing wing 114 is bent downward by a small section from the front side edge of the extending wall 112, and the two are respectively The left and right opposite side edges of the extension wall 112 are bent downward by a small length of the third reinforcing wing 115 (only one is shown in FIG. 1 and the other is blocked). The fixing wall 111 abuts against the front side of the lip walls 903 and has an outer through hole 116 extending forward and backward and correspondingly communicating with the opening 905.

The fixing unit 2 includes a stay member 21 and a lock member 22. The supporting member 21 has an upright supporting base wall 211, two extending side walls 212 extending forward by 90 degrees from the upper and lower sides of the supporting base wall 211, and two of the two respectively The front end of the supporting side wall 212 is bent 90 degrees away from the abutting wall 213, and the two reinforcing walls 214 are bent at 90 degrees to connect the left and right opposite side edges of the supporting base wall 211.

The supporting base wall 211 is located in the receiving space 904 and is located behind the lip walls 903 and has an inner through hole 215 extending through the front and rear and correspondingly communicating with the opening 905. The support sidewalls 212 are respectively supported between the support base wall 211 and the lip walls 903. The abutting walls 213 are respectively abutted against the rear side of the lip walls 903. The reinforcing walls 214 extend along the left and right opposite side edges of the supporting base wall 211, respectively, and the left and right opposite sides of the supporting base wall 211 can be strengthened, so that the supporting base wall 211 is not easily bent. Deformation, preferably, the side of each of the reinforcing walls 214 away from the supporting base wall 211 can be pressed forward against the rear side of the fixing wall 111 to support the supporting base wall 211 and the fixed wall. Between 111, the joint structure between the stay member 21 and the bracket 11 is further strengthened.

The locking member 22 includes a screw member 221 and a nut 222. In this embodiment, the screw member 221 is a carriage screw having a screw head 223 against the rear side of the support base wall 211, a positioning portion extending forwardly and correspondingly passing through the inner through hole 215. 224, and a screw portion 225 extending forwardly through the outer through hole 116 by the positioning portion 224. In the embodiment, the inner through hole 215 has a square shape, and the positioning portion 224 has a square shape corresponding to the inner through hole 215. The nut 222 is screwed to the screw portion 225 and abuts against the front side of the frame member 11 , and cooperates with the screw head portion 223 to the clamping member 21 , the C-frame body 900 and the frame member 11.

The locking member 22 is detachably coupled to the extending member 21 through the screw member 221 and the nut 222, and the screw member 221 cannot be opposite to the supporting member. The joint member 21 is rotated. In principle, the cross section of the positioning portion 224 may be a non-circular shape such as a triangle shape, a pentagon shape, or an elliptical shape, and the shape of the inner through hole 215 is a triangle shape, a pentagon shape, an elliptical shape, or the like, as long as The screw member 221 is restricted by the inner through hole 215 and cannot be rotated, and is not limited to the embodiment.

When the invention is assembled, the stay member 21 is placed behind the fixed wall 111, and then the screw member 221 of the lock member 22 passes through the inner through hole 215 and the outer through hole 116 from the rear to the front, and then The nut 222 is screwed to the screw portion 225 from the front side of the fixing wall 111, and the connecting unit 1, the connecting member 21 and the locking member 22 are assembled to each other to form the engaging assembly.

Then, the engaging assembly is inserted into one of the left and right ends of the C-shaped frame 900, and the supporting member 21 is located in the receiving space 904, and the abutting walls 213 and the fixing wall 111 are loosely fitted to each other. The lip walls 903 are clamped such that the engagement assembly is laterally traversable relative to the C-frame body 900. Until the engagement assembly moves to the predetermined position, the nut 222 is rotated to make the abutting wall 213 and the fixed wall 111 tightly match each other to clamp the lip wall 903, due to the positioning portion of the screw 221 The shape of the inner through hole 215 and the inner through hole 215 are square, and can be restricted by the inner through hole 215 when the nut 222 is rotated without synchronous rotation.

Finally, the docking frame body 800 is locked to the racking member 11 through a plurality of locking members, so that the C-frame body 900 and the docking bracket body 800 can be coupled to each other. The fasteners can be screws and nuts. The combination, the combination of the screw and the nut, or only the rivet, etc., is not limited to the embodiment as long as the docking body 800 can be locked to the frame member 11. At this time, the supporting member 21 can stably assemble the connecting member 11 to the C-shaped frame body 900 for assembly of the docking frame body 800, and the reinforcing walls 214 can strengthen the left and right of the supporting base wall 211. The structure on the opposite sides can make the supporting base wall 211 less bendable and deformed to improve the stability of the connecting member 11.

It should be noted that the docking frame body 800 can also be other racks such as a straight rod or a diagonal rod, and is not limited to the above embodiment, and the engaging assembly body should be appropriately designed according to the structure of the docking rack body 800. The docking unit 800 can be connected by the structure of the connecting unit 1.

In summary, the engaging assembly of the present invention can pass the C-frame 900 and the docking frame 800 through the three simple components of the connecting unit 1, the connecting member 21 and the locking member 22. The reinforcing walls 214 that are connected and passed through the supporting member 21 can also strengthen the structure of the connecting member 21 to improve the stability of the connecting unit 1 after assembly, so that the object of the present invention can be achieved.

Referring to FIG. 4, FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, a second embodiment of the articulating assembly of the present invention is applicable. The docking frame body 800 suitable for assembly is two C-shaped steels stacked one above the other, the second The embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that the fixed wall 111 and the extension wall 112 have a longer left and right length, and the extension wall 112 extends forward from the lower side of the fixed wall 111 and has two left and right intervals. The joint portion 117, the rack member 11 does not have the first reinforcing wings, the second reinforcing wings and the third reinforcing wings, and has a section which is bent backward by a side edge of the fixed wall 111. The four reinforcing wings 118 and a fifth reinforcing wing 119 which is bent upward by a small section from the front side of the extending wall 112. And the connecting unit 1 further includes an auxiliary supporting member 12 that can cooperate with the connecting member 11 to join the docking frame body 800, and two detachably couple the connecting member 11 and the auxiliary supporting member 12 to each other A coupling assembly 13 that is locked together.

The frame member 11 has two outer through holes 116 spaced apart from each other. The auxiliary abutment 12 has a horizontal auxiliary base wall 121, two auxiliary side walls 122 extending upward from the left and right sides of the auxiliary base wall 121, and two auxiliary connecting walls 123 respectively extending away from the auxiliary side walls 122. And two sixth reinforcing wings 125 respectively bent downward by a side of the auxiliary connecting wall 123 away from one side of the auxiliary base wall 121. The auxiliary base wall 121 and the auxiliary side walls 122 can cooperate with the extension wall 112 to define an embracing space 124 for tightly fitting the docking frame body 800. Each of the coupling members 13 has a plurality of coupling members 131 for interlocking the respective joint portions 117 of the extension walls 112 and the respective auxiliary connecting walls 123. The coupling members 131 can be a combination of a screw and a nut. The combination of the screw and the nut is only a rivet or the like, as long as the respective joint portion 117 and the respective auxiliary wall 123 can be coupled to each other, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

The engagement assembly comprises two fixed units 2 arranged at right and left. The locking member 22 of each of the fixing units 2 extends forwardly through the receiving space 904 through the inner through hole 215 of the connecting member 21, the opening 905 and the outer through hole 116 of the connecting member 11, The support member 21, the C-frame body 900 and the frame member 11 are combined with each other.

The assembling manner of the second embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment. The connecting members 21, the locking members 22, and the connecting members 11 of the connecting unit 1 are first assembled to each other and moved to the C. The predetermined position on the frame body 900 is then locked. Finally, the docking frame body 800 is assembled under the bracket member 11 through the auxiliary base member 12 and the joint assembly 13, so that the C-frame body 900 and the docking frame body 800 can be engaged with each other. By increasing the number of the stay members 21 and the number of the lock members 22 in two groups, the structure of the joint assembly can be enhanced. Of course, the number of the fixing units 2 may be three or more, and may be designed as needed, and is not limited to the embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 , a third embodiment of the articulating assembly of the present invention is a combined application of the first embodiment and the second embodiment, and the C-shaped steel can be docked with two The frame body 800, 800' is combined, wherein one docking frame body 800 is a frame of a solar panel, and the other docking frame body 800' is two C-shaped steels which are vertically stacked. The third embodiment differs from the second embodiment in that the engagement assembly comprises two joint units 1, 1'. The connecting unit 1 corresponds to the structure and assembling manner of the connecting unit of the first embodiment, and the connecting unit 1' corresponds to the structure and assembling manner of the connecting unit of the second embodiment. The fixed walls 111, 111' of the connecting units 1, 1' are stacked one behind the other, and the outer through hole 116 of the connecting unit 1 communicates with the outer through hole 116' of the connecting unit 1'.

Of course, the number of the connecting units 1 and 1' may be three or more, and may be designed according to the number of the docking frames 800 and 800' to be built, which is not limited to the embodiment. Through the above design, a single one of the joint assemblies can be used to connect the C-frame body to the plurality of docking frames 800, 800', which can facilitate the construction of the carrier, which is quite practical and convenient.

However, the above is only the embodiment of the present invention, and the scope of the invention is not limited thereto, and all the equivalent equivalent changes and modifications according to the scope of the patent application and the patent specification of the present invention are still The scope of the invention is covered.

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Other features and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the embodiments of the present invention, wherein: Figure 1 is an exploded perspective view showing the first embodiment of the present invention assembled in a C-frame. Figure 2 is a cross-sectional side view showing the first embodiment engaging the C-frame body and a docking frame body; Figure 3 is a partial rear perspective view showing a supporting member of the first embodiment; 4 is an exploded perspective view showing the second embodiment of the engagement assembly of the present invention engaging a C-frame body and a docking frame body; FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the second embodiment engaging the C-frame body and the same Figure 6 is a cross-sectional side view showing the second embodiment engaging the C-frame body and the docking frame body; Figure 7 is a perspective view showing the third embodiment of the engaging assembly of the present invention The C-frame body and one of the docking frame bodies; and FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional side view showing the third embodiment engaging the C-frame body and the docking frame bodies.

Claims (8)

A struting member suitable for being combined in a C-shaped frame body, the C-shaped frame body comprising a frame base wall extending longitudinally from left to right, and two frame side walls respectively extending forward from the upper and lower sides of the base wall of the frame, And two lip walls extending from the side wall of the frame, the frame base wall cooperates with the side walls of the frame to define a receiving space for the receiving member to be inserted, the supporting member comprises: a supporting base The wall can be placed in the accommodating space in an upright manner, and includes an inner through hole extending through the front and the rear; the two supporting side walls extend forward from the upper and lower sides of the supporting base wall and are respectively supported by Between the supporting base wall and the lip walls; two abutting walls respectively extending from the front ends of the supporting side walls and respectively for abutting against the lip walls; and two reinforcing walls, Connecting the left and right opposite side edges of the supporting base wall and extending along the left and right opposite side edges of the supporting base wall respectively. The stay member of claim 1, wherein the inner through hole is a non-circular hole. The stay member of claim 1, wherein the reinforcing walls are located on a front side of the support base wall. An articulating assembly suitable for being combined between a C-frame body and at least one docking frame body, the C-frame body comprising a frame base wall extending longitudinally from left to right, and two upper and lower base walls respectively a laterally extending side wall of the frame, and two lip walls extending from the side wall of the frame, the base wall of the frame and the side walls of the frame define a receiving space, and the lips are adjacent to each other Separating a trench connecting the receiving space, the engaging assembly comprises: at least one connecting unit for correspondingly connecting with the at least one docking frame body, and comprising a bracket having at least one outer through hole extending through the front and the rear The bracket has a fixed wall in an upright shape and having the at least one outer through hole, and a front wall extending from one of the upper and lower sides of the fixed wall for connecting the at least one docking frame body An extension wall having two left and right spaced joints, the at least one joint unit further comprising an auxiliary abutment engageable with the frame to join the at least one docking frame body, the auxiliary abutment having a An auxiliary base wall, two auxiliary side walls extending upward from the left and right sides of the auxiliary base wall, and two auxiliary connecting walls respectively extending from the auxiliary side walls and coupled to the joint portions, the auxiliary base wall, The auxiliary side walls cooperate with the extending wall to define an embracing space for tightly fitting the at least one docking frame body; and at least one fixing unit, including one The stay member according to any one of claims 1 to 3, and a lock member that detachably mounts the bracket member in combination with the stay member; in the joint assembly and the C-frame body When the assembly is assembled, the connecting member of the at least one connecting unit and the supporting member of the at least one fixing unit sandwich the lip walls forward and backward, and the at least one outer through hole of the connecting member is correspondingly connected to the opening, the The inner through hole of the connecting member is correspondingly connected to the opening, and the locking member extends forwardly through the receiving space through the inner through hole of the connecting member, the opening and the outer through hole of the connecting member, The support member, the C-frame body and the frame are assembled to each other. The engagement assembly of claim 4, wherein the extension wall extends forward from the underside of the fixed wall. The articulating assembly of claim 5, wherein the connecting member has two outer and outer through holes, the engaging assembly comprises two fixing units, and the engaging assembly is assembled with the C-shaped frame. When the fixing members of the fixing units are spaced apart from each other, the locking members of each of the fixing units extend forward through the receiving space through the inner through hole of the connecting member, the ditch and the at least one connecting unit Each of the brackets has a through hole, and the stay member, the C-frame body and the at least one connecting unit are assembled to each other. The coupling assembly of claim 4, wherein the locking member has a screw and a nut having a screw head, a forward extending portion and a non-circular cross section And a screw portion extending forwardly from the positioning portion, the screw head abutting against a rear side of the supporting base wall of the supporting member when the engaging assembly is assembled with the C-shaped frame The positioning portion corresponds to the inner through hole of the connecting member, so that the screw cannot rotate relative to the connecting member, and the nut is screwed to the screw portion and abuts the frame of the at least one connecting unit The front side of the connector cooperates with the screw head to abut the support member, the C-frame body and the at least one connecting unit. An articulating assembly suitable for being combined between a C-frame body and at least one docking frame body, the C-frame body comprising a frame base wall extending longitudinally from left to right, and two upper and lower base walls respectively a side wall extending laterally forward, and two lip walls extending from the side wall of the frame, the base wall of the frame and the side of the frame The wall fit defines a receiving space, and the lip walls are spaced apart from each other to define a ditch connecting the receiving space. The engaging assembly is suitable for combining two docking frames, the engaging assembly comprises: two links The unit is configured to be coupled to the at least one docking frame body, and includes a bracket having at least one outer through hole extending through the front and the rear, the bracket having an upright shape and having the at least one outer through hole fixed a wall, and an extension wall extending forwardly from one of the upper and lower sides of the fixed wall and connected to the at least one docking frame body, wherein an extension wall of one of the fastening units extends forward from the upper side of the fixing wall and is used for Connecting one of the docking frame bodies; wherein the extending wall of the other connecting unit extends forward from the lower side of the fixing wall and is used for connecting the other docking frame body, when the engaging assembly is assembled with the C-frame body, The fixing walls of the connecting units are stacked one behind the other, and the at least one outer through holes of the connecting units are connected back and forth; and at least one fixing unit includes one such as The stay member according to any one of claims 1 to 3, and a lock member that detachably mounts the rack member in combination with the stay member; in the joint assembly and the C-frame body When the assembly is assembled, the connecting members of the connecting units and the supporting members of the at least one fixing unit are clamped to the lip walls before and after, and the at least one outer through hole of the connecting member is correspondingly connected to the ditch. The inner through hole of the connecting member is correspondingly connected to the ditch, and the locking member extends forward through the receiving space through the inner through hole of the connecting member, the ditch and the outer through hole of the bracket, and The support member, the C-frame body and the frame are assembled to each other.