CN212716099U

CN212716099U - Parking spot lock

Info

Publication number: CN212716099U
Application number: CN202021270987.6U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 赵军峰; 赵未
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2020-07-01
Filing date: 2020-07-01
Publication date: 2021-03-16
Anticipated expiration: 2030-07-01

Abstract

The utility model provides a parking stall lock. The rotating shaft is pivotally mounted on a base of the parking lock and can pivot around a pivot axis along a first direction or a second direction opposite to the first direction. The kick-off member is connected to the shaft and is pivotable with the shaft to pivot between an uppermost position and a lowermost position relative to the base. The deflecting member is mounted in the parking lock and is arranged to act on the shaft to cause the shaft to tend to pivot in a first direction, thereby causing the barricade member to tend to pivot towards the uppermost position. A manually actuated member is connected to the shaft and when actuated causes the shaft to tend to pivot in the second direction against the action of the deflecting member, thereby causing the car stop member to tend to pivot towards the lowermost position. A locking and unlocking assembly is mounted to the base for locking and unlocking the rotary shaft. According to the utility model discloses a parking stall lock need not use driving motor to drive and keeps off the car component, and this complexity and the maintenance cost that has reduced the parking stall lock by a wide margin.

Description

Parking spot lock

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a parking stall lock.

Background

Parking spot locks are commonly used in personal parking spot management and parking spot management in parking lots to prevent the parking spots from being occupied. Parking spot locks typically include a base fixed to the ground and a bar pivotally mounted to the base. The parking spot lock further comprises a drive motor mounted on the base for driving the stop lever to pivot between the raised position and the lowered position. In such parking locks, the drive motor needs to be supplied with power. One approach is to use a battery (e.g., a dry cell or rechargeable battery) to supply power, but this approach often results in a significant lack of driving force due to battery capacity limitations. Another way is to supply power from an external power source, but this way requires the external connection of a residential or working power source by arranging wires, which are often not allowed against safety regulations on site, and arranging wires is time consuming and costly. In addition, the driving motor is used for driving the car stop lever and supplying power to the driving motor through a battery or an external power supply, so that the complexity and the maintenance cost of the parking spot lock are greatly increased.

Therefore, there is an urgent need to improve the existing parking spot lock to overcome the above-mentioned defects.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims to overcome and use the various problems that driving motor drive car stop lever brought in prior art's parking stall lock.

In order to accomplish the above object, according to the utility model discloses an aspect provides a parking stall lock, a serial communication port, the parking stall lock includes:

a base;

a shaft pivotably mounted to the base and pivotable about a pivot axis in a first direction or a second direction opposite the first direction;

a backstop member connected to the shaft, the backstop member being pivotable with the shaft to pivot between an uppermost position and a lowermost position relative to the base;

a deflector member mounted in the parking lock, the deflector member being arranged to act on the shaft to cause the shaft to tend to pivot in the first direction, thereby causing the catch member to tend to pivot towards the uppermost position;

a manually actuated member connected to the shaft, the manually actuated member when actuated causing the shaft to tend to pivot in the second direction against the action of the deflecting member, thereby causing the catcher member to tend to pivot toward the lowermost position; and

a locking and unlocking assembly mounted to the base for locking and unlocking the spindle.

Preferably, the locking and unlocking assembly has a latch tongue switchable between an unlocking position and a locking position, and the rotary shaft includes a second engagement member provided on the rotary shaft to pivot together with the rotary shaft, the latch tongue being engageable with the second engagement member to block the rotary shaft from pivoting when in the locking position, and not engaged with the second engagement member to allow the rotary shaft to pivot when in the unlocking position.

Preferably, the second engagement member has a first engagement surface and a second engagement surface, the latch tongue blocks the rotating shaft from pivoting in the second direction when engaged with the first engagement surface of the second engagement member to prevent the car blocking member from pivoting away from the uppermost position, and blocks the rotating shaft from pivoting in the first direction when engaged with the second engagement surface of the second engagement member to hold the car blocking member in a lowered position between the uppermost position and the lowermost position.

Preferably, the parking spot lock further comprises a controller mounted to the base, the controller configured to control the locking bolt to switch between the unlocked position and the locked position.

Preferably, the controller is capable of communicating with a device located outside the parking lock and controlling the locking bolt to switch between the unlocked position and the locked position according to a control signal from the device.

Preferably, the parking stall lock further comprises a first trigger and a second trigger mounted on the base, each of the first trigger and the second trigger is capable of generating a trigger signal when triggered, the controller is capable of communicating with the first trigger and the second trigger, and controlling the locking bolt to switch between the unlocked position and the locked position according to the trigger signals from the first trigger and the second trigger.

Preferably, the parking stall lock still includes: a first pivot limiting member and a second pivot limiting member mounted to the base; and

a first engaging member provided on the rotating shaft to pivot together with the rotating shaft;

the first engagement member cooperates with the first pivot limiting member and the second pivot limiting member to define a pivot range of the spindle to define a pivot range of the car blocking member, wherein the car blocking member is at the uppermost position when the first engagement member is engaged with the first pivot limiting member and at the lowermost position when the first engagement member is engaged with the second pivot limiting member.

Preferably, the first trigger is arranged to be triggered when the first engagement member is engaged with the first pivot restricting member, and the second trigger is arranged to be triggered when the first engagement member is engaged with the second pivot restricting member.

Preferably, the first trigger has a first trigger head and the second trigger has a second trigger head, the first trigger head being arranged to be actuated by the first engagement member to trigger the first trigger when the first engagement member is engaged with the first pivot restricting member, and the second trigger head being arranged to be actuated by the first engagement member to trigger the second trigger when the first engagement member is engaged with the second pivot restricting member.

Preferably, the first trigger head is arranged to project from a portion of the first pivot restricting member for engagement with the first engagement member, and the second trigger head is arranged to project from a portion of the second pivot restricting member for engagement with the first engagement member.

Preferably, the controller comprises a timing module configured to meter at least one of:

the time from when the controller first receives the switching signal from the second flip-flop to when the controller receives the switching signal from the second flip-flop again;

the time from the first time the controller receives the switching signal from the second flip-flop to the time the controller receives the switching signal from the first flip-flop;

a time from when the controller receives the unlock signal from the external device to when the controller receives the switching signal from the first trigger; and

a time from when the controller receives the unlock signal from the external device to when the controller receives the lock signal from the external device.

Preferably, the deflecting member is a torsion spring, which is sleeved on the rotating shaft, and has one end attached to the base and the other end attached to the rotating shaft.

Preferably, the deflecting member is a torsion spring, which is fitted over the rotating shaft, and has one end attached to the base and the other end attached to the first engaging member mounted on the rotating shaft.

Preferably, the second engagement member is in the form of a cam, and the first engagement surface and the second engagement surface of the second engagement member protrude from an outer peripheral surface of the rotary shaft.

Preferably, the first engagement member is in the form of a cam, and has an engagement portion protruding from an outer peripheral surface of the rotating shaft.

According to the utility model discloses a parking stall lock need not use driving motor to drive and keeps off the car component, therefore has saved the needs of coming for the driving motor power supply through battery or external power supply, and this complexity and the maintenance cost that have reduced the parking stall lock by a wide margin. According to the utility model discloses a parking stall lock simple structure, low cost and the good reliability, can wide application in individual parking stall management, parking area parking stall management to prevent that the parking stall is occupied.

Drawings

The above-described and other aspects of the present invention will be more fully understood and appreciated in view of the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the figures are merely schematic and are not drawn to scale. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a parking lock with a housing of the parking lock omitted to show components disposed therein according to one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the parking lock of FIG. 1;

3-6 illustrate the sequence in which the check member of the parking lock of FIG. 1 is pivoted from the uppermost position toward the lowermost position, then locked in the lowered position, then unlocked and pivoted back toward the uppermost position; and

fig. 7A-7H schematically illustrate the mating relationship between the locking and unlocking assembly of the parking lock and the second engagement member and between the first engagement member and the first and second triggers during pivoting of the barricade member of the parking lock shown in fig. 1 from the uppermost position to the lowermost position, then being locked in the lowered position, then unlocked and pivoted back to the uppermost position.

List of reference numerals:

parking spot lock

3 base

5 top surface

7a and 7b shaft mounting member

9 rotating shaft

9a first end face

9b second end face

9c outer peripheral surface

11a and 11b bearing

13 vehicle stopping component

15 deflecting member

17 manually actuated member

19a first pivot restricting member

19b second pivot restricting member

21 first joint member

23 locking and unlocking assembly

25 lock bolt

27 second engaging member

29a first bonding surface

29b second joint surface

31a first flip-flop

31b second flip-flop

33a first trigger head

33b second trigger head

Detailed Description

The preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to examples. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that these exemplary embodiments are not meant to form any limitation of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, a parking space lock 1 according to one embodiment of the present application may include a base 3, which may include a top surface 5 and a bottom surface (not shown) opposite the top surface 5. Base 3 may be secured to the ground or other surface by means known in the art (e.g., by bolting) to enable parking lock 1 to be mounted to the ground or other surface. The base 3 may be made of any suitable metallic or non-metallic material by means known in the art.

The parking lock 1 may further include a rotating shaft 9 including a first end surface 9a, a second end surface 9b opposite to the first end surface 9a, and an outer circumferential surface 9c extending between the first end surface 9a and the second end surface 9 b. The shaft 9 is pivotally mounted to the base 3. Specifically, the base 3 may further include two

shaft mounting members

7a and 7b for receiving the shaft 9. The

spindle mounting members

7a and 7b may define spindle bores (only the spindle bore of the spindle mounting member 7a is shown in fig. 1) that are aligned with each other and sized to allow the spindle 9 to pass therethrough. The rotating

shaft mounting members

7a and 7b may include

bearings

11a and 11b provided in the respective shaft holes for mounting the rotating shaft 9. When assembling the parking lock 1, the rotary shaft 9 may be received by the rotary shaft mounting members 7a and 7B through the bearings 11a and 11B so as to be pivotably mounted to the base 3 and pivotable about its own pivot axis in a first direction (as indicated by arrow B in fig. 5, 6, 7E, 7G, and 7H) or a second direction opposite to the first direction (as indicated by arrow a in fig. 4, 7C, 7D, and 7F).

Although the

bearings

11a and 11b are shown as rolling bearings in fig. 1 and 2, it should be understood that the bearings may also be other suitable bearings known in the art, such as sliding bearings, or no bearings are provided. Additionally, while the

spindle mounting members

7a and 7b are shown as two-piece spindle mounting members in fig. 1 and 2, it should be understood that the spindle mounting members may be one-piece, or in other suitable forms. The

spindle mounting members

7a and 7b may be connected to the base 3 by means known in the art.

Parking spot lock 1 may also include a vehicle blocking member 13, which may be in the form of a vehicle blocking lever, a vehicle blocking plate, or other suitable form. The kick up member 13 may be connected to the shaft 9 by means known in the art and may be pivotable with the shaft 9 to pivot between an uppermost position (fig. 3 and 7A) and a lowermost position (fig. 7F) relative to the base 3. The barrier member 13 may also have a lowered position (fig. 5 and 7E) between an uppermost position and a lowermost position, and how the barrier member 13 is held in the lowered position will be described below in connection with other parts of the parking lock 1. The lowest position of the kick-off member 13 is slightly lower than the lowered position. The stop member 13 may form an obstacle when in the uppermost position to restrict the vehicle from entering the space, and be below the chassis of the vehicle when in the lowered position to allow the vehicle to enter the space. The car stopping member 13 may also be painted with colors, patterns or characters to provide warning and avoid accidental bumps.

Parking lock 1 may further comprise a deflecting member 15 arranged to act on shaft 9 such that shaft 9 tends to pivot in a first direction, thereby causing the barrier member 13 to tend to pivot towards the uppermost position. In the present embodiment, the deflecting member 15 is in the form of a torsion spring. The torsion spring is sleeved on the rotating shaft 9, one end of the torsion spring is attached to the base 3, and the other end of the torsion spring is attached to the rotating shaft 9. In this way, the torsion spring may act on the shaft 9 such that the shaft 9 tends to pivot in a first direction, thereby causing the kick-off member 13 to tend to pivot towards the uppermost position.

The parking lock 1 may further comprise a manually actuated member 17 connected to the shaft 9 which, when actuated by, for example, a user, drives the shaft 9 to tend to pivot in a second direction opposite the first direction against the action of the deflecting member 15, thereby causing the retaining member 13 to tend to pivot towards the lowermost position. In this embodiment, the manually actuated member 17 may be in the form of a pedal which, when depressed by the user, can drive the shaft 9 to tend to pivot in the second direction against the action of the deflecting member 15, thereby causing the kick-off member 13 to tend to pivot towards the lowermost position. As shown in fig. 2, the actuation surface of the manually actuated member 17 may also be provided with features for friction enhancement.

As shown in fig. 1, the parking lock 1 may further include first and second

pivot limiting members

19a and 19b mounted to the base 3, and a first engaging member 21 provided on the rotating shaft 9 to pivot together with the rotating shaft 9. The first engagement member 21 may be fixed to the rotation shaft 9 by a means known in the art to pivot together with the rotation shaft 9. The first and second

pivot restricting members

19a and 19b are engageable with the first engaging member 21 to define the pivot range of the rotating shaft 9, and thus the pivot range of the kick-up member 13. For example, the first and second

pivot restricting members

19a and 19b may be in the form of stoppers, and the first engaging member 21 may be in the form of a cam having an engaging portion protruding from the outer peripheral surface 9c of the rotating shaft 9. When no external force is applied to the manually actuated member 17, the action of the deflecting member 15 on the shaft 9 causes the shaft 9 to tend to pivot in the first direction. The first pivot restricting member 19a may be arranged for engaging the first engaging member 21 to block the spindle 9 from pivoting in the first direction. When the manually actuated member 17 is actuated, the manually actuated member 17 can drive the shaft 9 such that it tends to pivot in a second direction opposite to the first direction against the action of the deflecting member 15. The second pivot restricting member 19b may be arranged for engaging the first engaging member 21 to block the rotation shaft 9 from pivoting in the second direction. In this way, the first and second

pivot restricting members

19a and 19b cooperate with the first engaging member 21 to define the pivot range of the rotating shaft 9, and thus the pivot range of the kick-off member 13. The first and second

pivot restricting members

19a and 19b define the highest and lowest positions of the kick-up member 13, respectively. When the first pivot restricting member 19a is engaged with the first engaging member 21, the catcher member 13 is at the uppermost position, and when the second pivot restricting member 19b is engaged with the first engaging member 21, the catcher member 13 is at the lowermost position. It should be understood that the first pivot limiting member 19a, the second pivot limiting member 19b and the first engagement member 21 may take other suitable forms to achieve the above-described functions. For example, the first engaging member 21 may be a groove formed in the outer peripheral surface 9c of the rotating shaft 9, and the first pivot restricting member 19a and the second pivot restricting member 19b may be protrusions protruding into the groove.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the deflecting member 15 in the form of a torsion spring is fitted over the rotating shaft 9, with one end attached to the base 3 and the other end attached to a first engaging member 21 mounted to the rotating shaft 9. It will be appreciated that the other end of the torsion spring may also be attached to other parts of the shaft 9.

The parking lock 1 may further include a locking and unlocking assembly 23 mounted to the base 3 for locking and unlocking the shaft 9. The locking and unlocking assembly 23 has a locking tongue 25 that is switchable between an unlocked position (fig. 5, 7B, 7C, 7F, and 7G) and a locked position (fig. 3, 4, 6, 7A, 7D, 7E, and 7H). For example, the locking and unlocking assembly 23 may have an actuator (not shown) to actuate the locking bolt 25 to switch between the unlocked position and the locked position.

The parking lock 1 may further include a second engagement member 27 provided on the rotation shaft 9 to pivot together with the rotation shaft 9. The second engagement member 27 may be in the form of a cam and has a first engagement surface 29a and a second engagement surface 29b protruding from the outer peripheral surface 9c of the shaft 9. The locking and unlocking assembly 23 may be arranged such that the locking tongue 25 is engageable with the second engagement member 27 to block the rotation shaft 9 from pivoting when in the locking position and is not engaged with the second engagement member 27 to allow the rotation shaft 9 to pivot when in the unlocking position, wherein the locking tongue 25 blocks the rotation shaft 9 from pivoting in the second direction when engaged with the first engagement surface 29a of the second engagement member 27 to block the rotation shaft 13 from pivoting away from the uppermost position and blocks the rotation shaft 9 from pivoting in the first direction and holds the rotation shaft 13 in the lowered position between the uppermost position and the lowermost position when engaged with the second engagement surface 29b of the second engagement member 27. It will be appreciated that the second engagement member 27 may take other suitable forms to achieve the above-described function.

Parking space lock 1 may also include a controller (not shown) mounted to base 3 for controlling lock release assembly 23. The controller may be used to control the deadbolt 25 of the locking release assembly 23 to switch between the unlocked and locked positions. For example, the controller may send a control signal to an actuator of the lock-unlock assembly 23 to control the locking bolt 25 to switch between the unlocked position and the locked position.

The controller may communicate with a device (e.g., a mobile device of a user, such as a smartphone) located outside of the parking spot lock 1 to receive control signals (e.g., an unlock signal and a lock signal) from the external device, thereby allowing, for example, the user or an administrator to control the deadbolt 25 of the locking unlock assembly 23 to switch between the unlocked position and the locked position. In one example, the controller is capable of wirelessly communicating with a device located outside of the parking lock 1. Such wireless communication may be wireless direct, such as via bluetooth signals or infrared signals. Additionally, such communication may also be wireless indirect, such as via Wi-Fi signals on a network router or cellular signals via a cellular base station. In another example, the controller may also be in wired communication with a device external to the parking lock 1, such as via a Universal Serial Bus (USB).

Parking space lock 1 may further include a first trigger 31a and a second trigger 31b mounted to base 3. In the embodiment shown in fig. 1, a first trigger 31a is mounted to the base 3 by being mounted to the first pivot limiting member 19a, and a second trigger 31b is mounted to the base 3 adjacent the second pivot limiting member 19 b. However, it should be understood that other mounting arrangements are possible.

The first trigger 31a is arranged to be triggered when the first engagement member 21 is engaged with the first pivot restricting member 19a, and the second trigger 31b is arranged to be triggered when the first engagement member 21 is engaged with the second pivot restricting member 19 b. The first and

second triggers

31a and 31b are each capable of generating a trigger signal when triggered, and the controller is capable of communicating with the first and

second triggers

31a and 31b and controlling the locking bolt 25 to switch between the unlocked and locked positions in accordance with the trigger signals from the first and

second triggers

31a and 31 b.

In one example, the first trigger 31a has a first trigger head 33a arranged to be actuated by the first engagement member 21 when the first engagement member 21 is engaged with the first pivot restricting member 19 a. The second trigger 31b has a second trigger head 33b arranged to be actuated by the first engagement member 21 when the first engagement member 21 is engaged with the second pivot restricting member 19 b. For example, the first trigger head 33a is arranged to protrude from the portion of the first pivot limiting member 19a intended for engagement with the first engagement member 21, such that the first trigger head 33a can be actuated by the first engagement member 21 when the first engagement member 21 is engaged with the first pivot limiting member 19 a. The second trigger head 33b of the second trigger 31b is arranged to protrude beyond the portion of the second pivot limiting member 19b intended for engagement with the first engagement member 21, such that the second trigger head 33b can be actuated by the first engagement member 21 when the first engagement member 21 is engaged with the second pivot limiting member 19 b.

It should be understood that the first and

second triggers

31a and 31b may also be other types of triggers, such as proximity sensors or hall effect sensors. For example, where the trigger is a hall effect sensor, the magnet may be disposed in or on the first engagement member 21 and the hall circuit may be disposed in or on the first and second

pivot limiting members

19a, 19 b.

An exemplary operation cycle of the vehicle blocking member 13 of the parking lock 1 is described in detail below with reference to fig. 3 to 6 and 7A to 7H. Fig. 3-6 show the pivoting of the barricade member 13 of the parking lock 1 shown in fig. 1 in perspective view, and fig. 7A-7H schematically show the mating relationship between the lock-unlock assembly 23 and the second engagement member 27 and between the first engagement member 21 and the first and

second triggers

31a and 31b of the parking lock 1 during the pivoting of the barricade member 13 of the parking lock 1 from the uppermost position to the lowermost position, then being locked in the lowered position, then being unlocked again and pivoted back to the uppermost position. In each of the drawings in fig. 7A to 7H, the rotating shaft 9 in the upper and lower views is at the same pivot angle, and the upper view schematically shows the fitting relationship between the first engaging member 21 and the first and

second triggers

31a and 31b, and the lower view schematically shows the fitting relationship between the lock release assembly 23 and the second engaging member 27.

As shown in fig. 3 and 7A, parking lock 1 is in an initial state where no external force is applied to manual actuation member 17. The rotating shaft 9 tends to pivot in the first direction by the deflecting member 15, and the first engaging member 21 engages with the first pivot restricting member 19a to block the pivoting of the rotating shaft 9 in the first direction, thereby holding the kick-up member 13 at the uppermost position. The first trigger head 33a of the first trigger 31a is depressible by the first engagement member 21. The latch tongue 25 of the locking and unlocking assembly 23 is in a locking position under the control of the controller to block the pivot of the rotating shaft 9 in the second direction. In this initial state, if an external force is applied to the manually actuated member 17 to drive the shaft 9 to pivot in the second direction against the action of the biasing member 15, the locking tongue 25 will engage the first engagement surface 29a of the second engagement member 27 and block the pivoting of the shaft 9 in the second direction, thereby preventing the barricade member 13 from pivoting away from the uppermost position and preventing the barricade member 13 of the parking lock 1 from being lowered without permission.

As shown in fig. 7B, when the controller receives an unlocking signal from the external device, the controller may control the locking tongue 25 of the locking unlocking assembly 23 to switch from the initial locking position to the unlocking position. In this case, if an external force is applied to the manually actuated member 17 to drive the shaft 9 to pivot in the second direction against the biasing member 15, the latch tongue 25 will disengage from the second engagement member 27 to allow the shaft 9 to pivot in the second direction, thereby enabling the catcher member 13 to pivot towards the lowermost position.

As shown in fig. 4 and 7C, the bolt 25 is in the unlocked position, external force is applied to the manually actuated member 17 and the drive shaft 9 is pivoted in the second direction against the action of the deflecting member 15. The second engagement member 27 pivots with the rotating shaft 9 to pass through the latch tongue 25 in the rotating direction.

As shown in fig. 7D, when the first engaging member 21 is pivoted with the rotating shaft 9 to be engaged with the second pivot restricting member 19b, the second pivot restricting member 19b blocks the pivoting of the rotating shaft 9 in the second direction, and the vehicle blocking member 13 reaches the lowest position. The second trigger head 33b of the second trigger 31b is actuated by the first engagement member 21 such that the second trigger 31b generates and sends a switching signal to the controller. The controller receives the switching signal from the second trigger 31b and controls the locking tongue 25 of the locking unlock assembly 23 to be switched from the unlock position to the lock position.

When the external force is removed from the manually actuated member 17, the shaft 9 pivots back in the first direction under the influence of the biasing member 15, thereby pivoting the kick-up member 13 back towards the uppermost position, as shown in figures 5 and 7E. As the rotary shaft 9 pivots back through an angle that allows the first engagement member 21 to disengage from the second trigger head 33b of the second trigger 31b, the latch tongue 25 of the locking and unlocking assembly 23 engages the second engagement surface 29b of the second engagement member 27 and blocks the rotary shaft 9 from pivoting back in the first direction, thereby locking the car blocking member 13 in the lowered position.

When an external force is again applied to the manually actuated member 17 to drive the spindle 9 to pivot in the second direction against the action of the deflecting member 15, as shown in fig. 7F, the second trigger head 33b of the second trigger 31b may again be actuated by the first engagement member 21, and the second trigger 31b generates and sends a switching signal to the controller. The controller receives the switching signal from the second trigger 31b and controls the locking tongue 25 of the locking unlock assembly 23 to be switched from the locking position to the unlocking position.

As shown in fig. 7G, the bolt 25 is in the unlocked position and when the external force is removed from the manually actuated member 17, the shaft 9 can pivot back in the first direction under the influence of the biasing member 15, thereby pivoting the check member 13 back towards the uppermost position. The second engagement member 27 may pivot with the rotating shaft 9 to pass the latch tongue 25 in a rotating direction.

As shown in fig. 7H, when the first engaging member 21 is pivoted to engage with the first pivot restricting member 19a, the first pivot restricting member 19a blocks the pivoting of the rotating shaft 9 in the first direction, and the kick-up member 13 returns to the original uppermost position. The first trigger head 33a of the first trigger 31a is actuated by the first engagement member 21 such that the first trigger 31a generates and sends a switching signal to the controller. The controller receives a switching signal from the first trigger 31a and controls the locking tongue 25 of the locking unlock assembly 23 to switch from the unlock position to the lock position. At this time, the parking lock 1 is restored to its original state.

An exemplary operating cycle of the parking lock 1 according to the present invention is described above with reference to fig. 3 to 7H, and the parking lock 1 undergoes four state changes of unlocking-locking-unlocking-homing in sequence. It should be understood that certain steps thereof may be omitted. For example, when the car stop member 13 is locked in the lowered position, the controller may also control the locking tongue 25 of the locking unlock assembly 23 to switch from the locked position to the unlocked position according to a lock signal from an external device.

The controller may further include a timing module for metering the time of use of the parking lock 1 by the user to determine the time the space in which the parking lock 1 is installed is occupied by the user. In one example, the timing module may meter the time that elapses from when the controller first receives the switching signal from the second flip-flop 31b to when the controller again receives the switching signal from the second flip-flop 31 b. In another example, the timing module may count the time elapsed from the first receipt of the switching signal from the second flip-flop 31b by the controller to the receipt of the switching signal from the first flip-flop 31a by the controller. In yet another example, the timing module may count the time elapsed from the receipt of an unlock signal from the external device by the controller to the receipt of a toggle signal from the first trigger 31a by the controller. In yet another example, the timing module may meter the time elapsed from the receipt by the controller of an unlock signal from the external device to the receipt by the controller of a lock signal from the external device. It should be understood that other examples are possible.

Parking lock 1 may also include other components. In one example, parking space lock 1 may be equipped with an indicator light to indicate its operating status. The indicator light can also play a warning role so as to avoid accidental collision. In another example, the first and

second engagement members

21 and 27 may take other forms than cams and perform the functions described above.

According to the utility model discloses a parking stall lock need not use driving motor to drive and keeps off the car component, therefore has saved the needs of coming for the driving motor power supply through battery or external power supply, and this complexity and the maintenance cost that have reduced the parking stall lock by a wide margin. According to the utility model discloses a parking stall lock simple structure, low cost and the good reliability, can wide application in individual parking stall management, parking area parking stall management to prevent that the parking stall is occupied. It should be understood, however, that the parking spot lock of the present invention is not limited to such an application.

The present invention has been described in detail with reference to the specific embodiments. It is clear that the embodiments described above and shown in the drawings are to be understood as illustrative and not as restrictive on the invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention, and these changes and modifications do not depart from the scope of the invention.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a parking stall lock (1), its characterized in that, parking stall lock (1) includes:

a base (3);

a shaft (9), the shaft (9) being pivotably mounted to the base (3) and being pivotable about a pivot axis in a first direction or a second direction opposite to the first direction;

a car blocking member (13) connected to the rotary shaft (9), the car blocking member (13) being pivotable with the rotary shaft (9) to pivot between an uppermost position and a lowermost position relative to the base (3);

a deflecting member (15) mounted in the parking lock (1), the deflecting member (15) being arranged to act on the shaft (9) to cause the shaft (9) to tend to pivot in the first direction, thereby causing the retaining member (13) to tend to pivot towards the uppermost position;

a manually actuated member (17) connected to the shaft (9), the manually actuated member (17) when actuated tending to pivot the shaft (9) in the second direction against the action of the deflecting member (15) thereby tending to pivot the catcher member (13) towards the lowermost position; and

a locking and unlocking assembly (23) mounted to the base (3) for locking and unlocking the spindle (9).

2. The parking space lock (1) according to claim 1, wherein the locking and unlocking assembly (23) has a locking tongue (25) switchable between an unlocked position and a locked position, and the shaft (9) comprises a second engagement member (27) provided on the shaft (9) to pivot with the shaft (9), the locking tongue (25) being engageable with the second engagement member (27) to block the shaft (9) from pivoting when in the locked position, and not engaged with the second engagement member (27) to allow the shaft (9) to pivot when in the unlocked position.

3. The parking space lock (1) of claim 2, wherein the second engagement member (27) has a first engagement surface (29a) and a second engagement surface (29b), the locking tongue (25) when engaged with the first engagement surface (29a) of the second engagement member (27) blocks the shaft (9) from pivoting in the second direction to prevent the retaining member (13) from pivoting away from the uppermost position, and when engaged with the second engagement surface (29b) of the second engagement member (27) blocks the shaft (9) from pivoting in the first direction to maintain the retaining member (13) in a lowered position between the uppermost position and the lowermost position.

4. A parking space lock (1) according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the parking space lock (1) further comprises a controller mounted to the base (3), the controller being configured to control the locking tongue (25) to switch between the unlocked position and the locked position.

5. The parking space lock (1) according to claim 4, wherein the controller is capable of communicating with an external device located outside the parking space lock (1) and controlling the locking tongue (25) to switch between the unlocked position and the locked position according to a control signal from the external device.

6. The parking space lock (1) according to claim 5, wherein the parking space lock (1) further comprises a first trigger (31a) and a second trigger (31b) mounted on the base (3), the first trigger (31a) and the second trigger (31b) each being capable of generating a trigger signal when triggered, the controller being capable of communicating with the first trigger (31a) and the second trigger (31b) and controlling the locking tongue (25) to switch between the unlocked position and the locked position according to the trigger signals from the first trigger (31a) and the second trigger (31 b).

7. The parking space lock (1) according to claim 6, further comprising: a first pivot restricting member (19a) and a second pivot restricting member (19b) mounted to the base (3); and

a first engaging member (21) provided on the rotating shaft (9) to pivot together with the rotating shaft (9);

the first engagement member (21) cooperates with the first pivot restriction member (19a) and the second pivot restriction member (19b) to define a pivot range of the rotary shaft (9) to define a pivot range of the car blocking member (13), wherein the car blocking member (13) is at the uppermost position when the first engagement member (21) is engaged with the first pivot restriction member (19a) and at the lowermost position when the first engagement member (21) is engaged with the second pivot restriction member (19 b).

8. The parking spot lock (1) according to claim 7, wherein the first trigger (31a) is arranged to be triggered when the first engagement member (21) is engaged with the first pivot restraining member (19a), and the second trigger (31b) is arranged to be triggered when the first engagement member (21) is engaged with the second pivot restraining member (19 b).

9. The parking space lock (1) according to claim 8, wherein the first trigger (31a) has a first trigger head (33a) and the second trigger (31b) has a second trigger head (33b), the first trigger head (33a) being arranged to be actuated by the first engagement member (21) to trigger the first trigger (31a) when the first engagement member (21) is engaged with the first pivot limiting member (19a), and the second trigger head (33b) being arranged to be actuated by the first engagement member (21) to trigger the second trigger (31b) when the first engagement member (21) is engaged with the second pivot limiting member (19 b).

10. Parking space lock (1) according to claim 9, wherein the first trigger head (33a) is arranged to protrude from the portion of the first pivot limiting member (19a) for engaging with the first engagement member (21), and the second trigger head (33b) is arranged to protrude from the portion of the second pivot limiting member (19b) for engaging with the first engagement member (21).

11. A parking space lock (1) according to any of claims 6-10, wherein the controller comprises a timing module configured to meter at least one of:

the time from the first reception of the switching signal from the second flip-flop (31b) by the controller to the second reception of the switching signal from the second flip-flop (31b) again by the controller;

the time from the first receipt by the controller of the switching signal from the second flip-flop (31b) to the receipt by the controller of the switching signal from the first flip-flop (31 a);

a time from when the controller receives the unlock signal from the external device to when the controller receives the switching signal from the first trigger (31 a); and

12. The parking space lock (1) according to claim 1, wherein the deflecting member (15) is a torsion spring, which is sleeved on the rotating shaft (9), one end of which is attached to the base (3) and the other end of which is attached to the rotating shaft (9).

13. A parking space lock (1) according to any of claims 7-10, wherein the deflecting member (15) is a torsion spring which is sleeved on the rotating shaft (9), one end of which is attached to the base (3) and the other end of which is attached to the first engaging member (21) mounted on the rotating shaft (9).

14. A parking space lock (1) according to claim 3, wherein the second engagement member (27) is in the form of a cam, and the first engagement surface (29a) and the second engagement surface (29b) of the second engagement member (27) protrude from the outer circumferential surface (9c) of the spindle (9).

15. A parking space lock (1) according to any one of claims 7-10, wherein the first engagement member (21) is in the form of a cam and has an engagement portion protruding from the outer circumferential surface (9c) of the shaft (9).