Patent Publication Number: US-2019168851-A1

Title: Modularized surfing apparatus

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application claims foreign priority to China Pat. Application No. 201711278975.0 filed on Dec. 6, 2017, now pending, which is hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety. 
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present disclosure relates to a modularized surfing apparatus. 
     BACKGROUND 
     In a conventional self-driven surfing apparatus, generally a motor drives a propeller to generate a pushing force. Therefore, a battery, a motor or the like part is mounted inside a surfboard of such products. When the surfing apparatus encounters a fault, the internal devices of the surfboard need to be repaired. However, since the surfboard is large in size, the transportation thereof is difficult and repair thereof is hard. 
     SUMMARY 
     To overcome the defects that the surfing apparatus in the prior art has a large size, is difficult to transport, and is hard to repair, the present disclosure provides a modularized surfing apparatus. 
     According to the present disclosure, the above technical problem is solved by using the following technical solutions: 
     A modularized surfing apparatus is provided. The modularized surfing apparatus includes: a surfboard, a battery module configured to store and output electric energy, and a propelling module configured to supply a propelling force; wherein the battery module and the propelling module are respectively detachably connected to the surfboard, and the battery module is electrically connected to the propelling module. 
     In the present disclosure, the battery module may include any conventional device capable of supplying power, for example, an electrical cell or the like structure. The propelling module may include any device capable of supplying power, for example, a motor, a propeller or the like structure. 
     In the present disclosure, when a fault occurs, only the battery module or the propelling module needs to be disassembled and repaired, and there is no need to repair the large-sized surfboard, which greatly facilitates transportation and repair. 
     Optionally, the battery module and the propelling module are electrically connected in a plug-in manner. The plug-in manner may accelerate connection or detachment between the battery module and the propelling module, thereby further increases convenience of disassembling and installation thereof. 
     Optionally, the battery module includes a battery housing, and the propelling module includes a power housing. 
     Optionally, the battery housing is provided with an inwardly recessed power jack, and the power housing is provided with an outwardly extended power plug, wherein the power plug is inserted into the power jack. 
     Optionally, the battery housing is provided with an outwardly extended power plug, and the power housing is provided with an inwardly recessed power jack, wherein the power plug is inserted into the power jack. 
     Optionally, an upper end surface of the surfboard is provided with a battery chamber, and a lower end surface of the surfboard is provided with a power chamber; wherein the battery chamber is configured to receive the battery module, and the power chamber is configured to receive the propelling module. By virtue of the battery chamber and the power chamber, the battery module and the propelling module may be more smoothly received, such that streamlined surface of the surfboard may be ensured and the resistance may be reduced. 
     Optionally, the battery chamber and the power chamber are staggered along a longitudinal fore and aft direction of the surfboard. By virtue of the staggered battery chamber and power chamber, a design space in a thickness direction is increased for the battery module and the propelling module. 
     Optionally, the surfboard is provided with a connection chamber; wherein the connection chamber is respectively in communication with the battery chamber and the power chamber. By virtue of the connection chamber, a space for connection is reserved, and other operations for the battery module and the propelling module are reduced. 
     Optionally, a clamping member is arranged adjacent to the battery chamber; wherein the clamping member is connected to the surfboard in a rotary manner, and the clamping member protrudes into or leaves from an upper part of the battery module via rotation. When the clamping member protrudes into the upper part of the battery module, an upward movement path of the battery module is blocked, such that the battery module is confined in the battery chamber. When the clamping member rotates to leave from the battery module, the battery module may be removed without any hinder. By virtue of the clamping member, the battery module may be conveniently disassembled. 
     Optionally, the propelling module is connected to the surfboard via a threaded fixing member. 
     Optionally, the battery module is provided with a handle. By virtue of the handle, the battery module may be conveniently removed. 
     In the present disclosure, the above preferred conditions may be randomly combined based on the common knowledge in the art, and thus various preferred embodiments of the present disclosure may be derived. 
     The benefits of the present disclosure lie in that: 
     In the present disclosure, when a fault occurs, only the battery module or the propelling module needs to be disassembled and repaired, and there is no need to repair the large-sized surfboard, which greatly facilitates transportation and repair. Meanwhile, during manufacture and installation, the manufacture and installation efficiency is also improved. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a schematic structural diagram of a top portion of a modularized surfing apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 2  is a schematic structural diagram of a bottom portion of the modularized surfing apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 3  is a schematic exploded structural diagram of the modularized surfing apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 4  is a schematic structural sectional view of a surfboard according to a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 5  is a schematic structural diagram of a bottom portion of a battery module according to a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 6  is a schematic structural sectional view of a closing state of a clamping member according to a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure; and 
         FIG. 7  is a schematic structural sectional view of an opening state of the clamping member according to a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure. 
     
    
    
     Reference numerals and denotations thereof:
         Battery module  1     Power jack  11     Handle  12     Propelling module  2     Power plug  21     Surfboard  3     Battery chamber  31     Power chamber  32     Connection chamber  33     Clamping member  4         

     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     The present disclosure is completely and clearly described hereinafter with reference to the preferred embodiments and the accompanying drawings. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 1  to  FIG. 7 , the present disclosure provides a modularized surfing apparatus. The modularized surfing apparatus includes: a surfboard  3 , a battery module  1  configured to store and output electric energy, and a propelling module  2  configured to supply a propelling force; wherein the battery module  1  and the propelling module  2  are respectively detachably connected to the surfboard, and the battery module  1  is electrically connected to the propelling module  2 . 
     In this embodiment, the propelling module  2  may be connected to the surfboard  3  via threads. In other embodiments, the propelling module  2  may be connected to the surfboard  3  in any other suitable manner. 
     In the present disclosure, the battery module  1  may include any conventional device capable of supplying power, for example, an electrical cell, a printed circuit board or the like structure. The propelling module may include any device capable of supplying power, for example, a motor, a propeller, a coupling connecting the motor and the propeller, a governor or the like structure. These structures are all conventional structures, which are thus not described herein any further. 
     In the present disclosure, when a fault occurs, only the battery module  1  or the propelling module  2  needs to be disassembled and repaired, and there is no need to repair the large-sized surfboard  3 , which greatly facilitates transportation and repair. 
     To better protect the internal devices and integrity of the devices, in this embodiment, the battery module  1  includes a battery housing, and the propelling module  2  includes a power housing. 
     In this embodiment, the battery module  1  and the propelling module  2  are electrically connected in a plug-in manner. As compared with other connection manners, the plug-in manner may accelerate connection or detachment between the battery module  1  and the propelling module  2 , thereby further increases convenience of disassembling and installation thereof. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 3  and  FIG. 5 , in this embodiment, the battery housing is provided with an inwardly recessed power jack  11 , and the power housing is provided with an outwardly extended power plug  21 , wherein the power plug  21  is inserted into the power jack  11 . Therefore, the power plug  21  may be inserted into the power jack  11  as long as they are aligned with each other. 
     Nevertheless, in other embodiments (not illustrated in the drawings), an outwardly extended power plug may also be arranged on the battery housing, and an inwardly recessed power jack may also be arranged on the battery housing. Then the power plug is inserted into the power jack. In this way, the same effect is achieved. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 3  and  FIG. 4 , an upper end surface of the surfboard  3  is provided with a battery chamber  31 , and a lower end surface of the surfboard  3  is provided with a power chamber  32 ; wherein the battery chamber  31  is configured to receive the battery module  1 , and the power chamber  32  is configured to receive the propelling module  2 . By virtue of the battery chamber  31  and the power chamber  32 , the battery module  1  and the propelling module  2  may be more smoothly received, such that streamlined surface of the surfboard  3  may be ensured and the resistance may be reduced. 
     The surfboard  3  is provided with a connection chamber  33 , wherein the connection chamber  33  is respectively in communication with the battery chamber  31  and the power chamber  32 . By virtue of the connection chamber  33 , a space for connection is reserved, and other operations for the battery module  1  and the propelling module  2  are reduced. 
     In this embodiment, the battery chamber  31  and the power chamber  32  are staggered along a longitudinal fore and aft direction of the surfboard  3 . By virtue of the staggered battery chamber  31  and power chamber  32 , a design space in a thickness direction is increased for the battery module  1  and the propelling module  2 . 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 6  and  FIG. 7 , a clamping member  4  is arranged adjacent to the battery chamber  31 ; wherein the clamping member  4  is connected to the surfboard  3  in a rotary manner, and the clamping member  4  protrudes into to or leaves from an upper part of the battery module  1  via rotation. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 6 , when the clamping member protrudes into the upper part of the battery module  1 , an upward movement path of the battery module  1  is blocked, such that the battery module  1  is confined in the battery chamber. As illustrated in  FIG. 7 , when the clamping member  4  rotates to leave from the battery module  1 , the battery module  1  may be removed without any hinder. By virtue of the clamping member  4 , the battery module may be conveniently disassembled. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 3 , the battery module  1  may be provided with a handle  12 . By virtue of the handle  12 , the battery module may be conveniently removed. 
     The benefits of the present disclosure lie in that: 
     In the present disclosure, when a fault occurs, only the battery module or the propelling module needs to be disassembled and repaired, and there is no need to repair the large-sized surfboard, which greatly facilitates transportation and repair. 
     Although the specific embodiments of the present disclosure are described hereinabove, these embodiments are merely illustrated as examples, and the protection scope of the present disclosure is defined by the appended claims. A person skilled in the art may make various variations or modifications to these embodiments without departing from the principle and essence of the present disclosure. However, such variations or modifications shall all fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.