CN101987632A - Steering column regulating mechanism - Google Patents

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CN101987632A
CN101987632A CN2009101092048A CN200910109204A CN101987632A CN 101987632 A CN101987632 A CN 101987632A CN 2009101092048 A CN2009101092048 A CN 2009101092048A CN 200910109204 A CN200910109204 A CN 200910109204A CN 101987632 A CN101987632 A CN 101987632A
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黄涛
姚民庆
刘锦江
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The invention relates to a steering column regulating mechanism which comprises a supporting mechanism which is connected with a steering column, can be used for supporting the steering column to rotate relative to a vehicle body and is connected with the vehicle body. The regulating mechanism also comprises a power device and a mounting box, wherein the power device is used for driving the steering column to rotate; the mounting box is connected with the vehicle body and used for supporting the power device; and the power device comprises a motor, a worm rod in transmission connection with the motor, a worm wheel engaged with the worm rod, a gear coaxially connected with the worm wheel and a rack which is engaged with the gear and fixedly connected with the steering column. Compared with the traditional steering column regulating mechanism, the steering column is set to be a structure capable of rotating relative to the vehicle body; when a steering wheel is needed to give the position to a driver or is adjusted to a proper position, the power device operates the steering column to ensure that the steering column rotates for a certain angle to meet requirements. The invention has the characteristics of simple structure and good practicality.

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The steering column regulating mechanism
[technical field]
The present invention relates to the Vehicular turn field, relate more specifically to a kind of regulating mechanism of steering column.
[background technology]
The change of vehicle traveling direction is by handling the deflection angle realization that steering swivel system changes wheel flutter (generally being front-wheel) by chaufeur, steering swivel system not only can change the travel direction of automobile, make its direction running by the chaufeur regulation, but also can overcome because road surface side makes turning to that wheel produces voluntarily to interference, recover the original enforcement direction of automobile.Automobile steering system generally is made up of steering control mechanism, deflector, steering gear three parts, steering control mechanism comprises parts such as bearing circle, steering shaft, the worm screw of steering shaft lower end and quadrant gear constitute deflector, deflector is a deceleration increment mechanism, pass to steering gear through the moment that deflector is amplified, steering gear and steering swivel are hinged, give steered wheel with the motion and the transmission of power of deflector output, make it deflection, to realize turning to of automobile.
Bearing circle is connected with deflector by steering shaft, and steering column is sheathed on steering shaft and is supporting bearing circle, and steering column positions steering shaft; When need were regulated vehicle heading, the direction of passage dish passed to deflector, steering gear with power, and steering gear is given steered wheel with the motion and the transmission of power of deflector output, realizes turning to of vehicle; Bearing circle is as the parts of driver's direct control contact, the comfort that the direct driver of influence is set of its locus, in existing vehicle commonly used, the locus of bearing circle is in the top of seat that the driver sits substantially, such structure is arranged so that extremely inconvenience in the process that the driver gets on or off the bus, especially some small-sized cars have influenced driver's driving comfort.
In order to solve above-mentioned technological deficiency, publication number is that the Chinese patent of CN201224429 discloses a kind of adjustable steering tube column for automobile, by regulating the adjusting of steering column realization to direction disk space position, it comprises the steering shaft 1 ' that is arranged on enclosure, be connected with transmission shaft with described steering shaft 1 ', the symmetrical left side locking handwheel 2 ' that is provided with on shell, right locking handwheel 3 ', the assembly bracket 4 ' that described left side locking handwheel 2 ' and is fixed in shell matches and controls the swing of steering shaft 1 ' with respect to shell, described right locking handwheel 3 ' and steering shaft 1 ' self match and control steering shaft 1 ' with respect to the moving up and down of shell, as shown in Figure 6; But this structure setting that steering column is regulated is not easy to driver's operation, and weares and teares easily through repeatedly regulating latter two locking handwheel, causes regulatory function to lose efficacy.
[summary of the invention]
Technical matters to be solved by this invention is to influence the technological deficiency that the driver gets on or off the bus at being provided with of locus that has steering column now, provide a kind of locus adjustable steering column, make the driver comply with different demands and the different locus of conversion easily.
In order to solve above-mentioned technical matters, the invention provides a kind of steering column regulating mechanism, comprise connect with steering column and can support the relative vehicle body rotation of steering column and with the supporting mechanism of body contact, wherein, described regulating mechanism also comprises the engine installation that drives the steering column rotation and with body contact and support the mounting box of described engine installation; Described engine installation comprise motor, with drive of motor bonded assembly worm screw, with the worm gear of worm mesh, with the coaxial bonded assembly gear of worm gear and with the gear mesh and the tooth bar of captiveing joint with steering column.
Compare with existing steering column regulating mechanism, steering column of the present invention is arranged to the rotatable structure of relative vehicle body, when need were stepped down bearing circle or adjusted the suitable position of bearing circle to the driver, the powered device steering column made steering column rotate a certain angle and satisfies the demands.The characteristics that the present invention has is simple in structure, practicality is good.
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Fig. 1 is the part-structure scheme drawing of steering column regulating mechanism of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the part-structure scheme drawing of another angle of steering column regulating mechanism of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the cutaway drawing of Fig. 2;
Fig. 4 is the left view of Fig. 2;
Fig. 5 is the structural representation of the engine installation of steering column regulating mechanism of the present invention;
Fig. 6 is the structural representation of prior art steering column;
[specific embodiment]
In order to make purpose of the present invention, technical scheme and advantage clearer,, the present invention is further elaborated below in conjunction with drawings and Examples.Should be appreciated that specific embodiment described herein only in order to explanation the present invention, and be not used in qualification the present invention.
The change of vehicle traveling direction is to be realized by the deflection angle that the manipulation steering swivel system changes wheel flutter by chaufeur, steering swivel system generally is made up of steering control mechanism, deflector, steering gear three parts, steering control mechanism comprises parts such as bearing circle, steering column 2, steering shaft 1, steering column 2 is sheathed on steering shaft 1 and is supporting bearing circle, and 2 pairs of steering shafts 1 of steering column position; The worm screw of steering shaft 1 lower end and quadrant gear constitute deflector, deflector is a deceleration increment mechanism, pass to steering gear through the moment that deflector is amplified, steering gear and steering swivel are hinged, give steered wheel with the motion and the transmission of power of deflector output, make it deflection, to realize turning to of automobile.
Shown in Fig. 1-5, steering column regulating mechanism of the present invention comprises with bearing circle bonded assembly steering shaft 1, is sheathed on the steering column 2 of steering shaft 1, wherein, described regulating mechanism also comprise connect with steering column 2 and can support steering column 2 relative vehicle bodies rotations and with the supporting mechanism 3 of body contact, drive engine installation 4 that steering column 2 rotates and with body contact and support the mounting box 5 of described engine installation 4; The worm screw 42 that described engine installation 4 comprises motor 41, be in transmission connection with motor 41, with worm screw 42 ingear worm gears 43, with worm gear 43 coaxial bonded assembly gears 44 and with gear 44 engagements and the tooth bar 45 of captiveing joint with steering column 2.
One end of described steering shaft 1 is connected with bearing circle, and the other end is connected with deflector; Described steering column 2 is sheathed on steering shaft 1; At the end of steering column 2 near bearing circle, steering column 2 positions by 13 pairs of steering shafts 1 of a bearing, and steering shaft 1 can rotate relative to steering column 2; At the end of steering column 2 near deflector, steering column 2 carries out contraposition by 14 pairs of steering shafts of a tubing string lining 1; When engine installation 4 drove steering column 2 rotations, steering column 2 drove steering shafts 1 around supporting mechanism 3 rotations, realizes the space of bearing circle is regulated.
As a kind of embodiment of the present invention, described supporting mechanism 3 comprises ∩ shape plate 31, radially captives joint with steering column 2 along steering column 2 in the two side of described ∩ shape plate 31, and the two side of described ∩ shape plate 31 is connected with vehicle body is rotatable by bearing pin 33 respectively; Engine installation 4 drives steering column 2 and rotates, and steering column 2 drives steering shaft 1 around bearing pin 33 rotations, realizes the space of bearing circle is regulated.
As a kind of improvement of the present invention, described supporting mechanism 3 also comprises the ∩Xing Jia 32 that is set up in ∩ shape plate 31, and the two side of described ∩Xing Jia 32 is by described bearing pin 33 and described 31 rotatable connections of ∩ shape plate; Captive joint with vehicle body in the top of described ∩Xing Jia 32, described steering column 2, ∩ shape plate 31 rotate relative to ∩Xing Jia 32 by bearing pin 33.
The end face that tooth bar 45 of the present invention has tooth is the gear structure of arc, be preferably a part of getting a complete gear wheel, when tooth bar 45 drives steering column 2 rotations with gear 44 engagements, tooth bar 45 follows steering column 2 can form certain camber line around ∩Xing Jia 32 rotations, if tooth bar 45 is not arranged to the gear structure with arc, tooth bar 45 can produce with gear 44 engagements interferes.In addition, on tooth bar 45, be provided with through hole 451, alleviate the weight of tooth bar 45.
The adapter shaft 46 that connects worm gear 43 and gear 44 rotatably is supported on the mounting box 5, is provided with the carriage 40 with 42 rotations of mounting box 5 one sidewall together support worm screws in the bottom of mounting box 5.
Described regulating mechanism also comprises the ∏Xing Ban 6 that can be sheathed on steering column 2 with relatively moving, the two side of described ∏Xing Ban 6 is connected with mounting box 5 respectively, captive joint with vehicle body in the top of ∏Xing Ban 6, described mounting box 5 is captiveed joint with vehicle body by described ∏Xing Ban 6, described steering column 2 can move in the through hole that ∏Xing Ban 6 and mounting box 5 form, and is unlikely to influence the relative vehicle body rotation of steering column.
As a kind of improvement of the present invention, described regulating mechanism also comprises control system, and described control system comprises control unit, is electrically connected and responds to the position transduser of steering column 2 positions with control unit; Described motor 41 is electrically connected with control unit; Position transduser passes to control unit with position signal, the action of control motor 41 behind the control unit processing position signal.Control system also comprises PCB control circuit that is electrically connected with control unit and the control button that is electrically connected with the PCB control circuit, after handling, the push button signalling that the PCB control circuit will be controlled button passes to control unit, control unit of the present invention is preferably ECU, and the control button contains cw and two buttons of conter clockwise.
Principle of work of the present invention and working process are as follows:
Before the driver entered operator's compartment, engine installation 4 ordered about steering column 2 and is in highest distance position place away from seat, abdicated maximum turnover space to the driver and entered operator's compartment; After the control system energising, ECU passes to motor 41 with the signal that presets, motor 41 drives worm screw 42 and rotates, pass motion to tooth bar 45 by worm gear 43, gear 44 again, tooth bar 45 drives steering column 2 again and rotatablely moves, when steering column 2 moves to the position that presets, position transduser passes to ECU with the position signal of induction, 41 outages of ECU control motor, control process stops, and regulating mechanism is realized self-locking by worm gear 43, worm screw 42.When the driver need leave operator's compartment, 41 counter-rotatings of ECU control motor made steering column 2 rotate to highest distance position place away from seat.In addition, in order to satisfy the operational requirements of bearing circle different angles, when needs are finely tuned the angle of steering column 2, operation control button, the control push button signalling passes to ECU by the analysis of PCB control circuit, 41 rotations of ECU control motor; When reaching the angle of demand, unclamp the control button, motor quits work, and regulating mechanism enters lockup state.
In addition, when steering column 2 was adjusted to the ideal position that the driver requires, the signal that can store this position by ECU was the predetermined signals of ECU, and when driving next time, ECU automatic guidance steering column 2 is adjusted to ideal position again.
As specific embodiments of the invention, steering column 2 can be divided into outer tubing string 21 and interior tubing string 22, and interior tubing string 22 is sheathed on steering shaft 1 and is connected with supporting mechanism 3; Outer tubing string 21 1 ends are sheathed on interior tubing string 22, and the other end is sheathed on steering shaft 1 by bearing 13; Wherein, tooth bar 45 passes outer tubing string 21 and captives joint with interior tubing string 22; Steering shaft 1 is divided into castellated shaft 11 and hub splines 12, and castellated shaft 11 1 ends are connected with bearing circle, and the other end is connected with hub splines 12 splines, and the other end of hub splines 12 is connected with deflector.
Compare with existing steering column regulating mechanism, steering column 2 of the present invention is arranged to the rotatable structure of relative vehicle body, when need are stepped down bearing circle or are adjusted the suitable position of bearing circle to the driver, engine installation 4 operation steering columns 2 make steering column 2 rotate a certain angle and satisfy the demands.The characteristics that the present invention has is simple in structure, practicality is good.
The above only is preferred embodiment of the present invention, not in order to restriction the present invention, all any modifications of being done within the spirit and principles in the present invention, is equal to and replaces and improvement etc., all should be included in protection scope of the present invention.

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1. steering column regulating mechanism, comprise connect with steering column and can support the relative vehicle body rotation of steering column and with the supporting mechanism of body contact, it is characterized in that: described regulating mechanism also comprises the engine installation that drives the steering column rotation and with body contact and support the mounting box of described engine installation; Described engine installation comprise motor, with drive of motor bonded assembly worm screw, with the worm gear of worm mesh, with the coaxial bonded assembly gear of worm gear and with the gear mesh and the tooth bar of captiveing joint with steering column.
2. according to the described steering column regulating mechanism of claim 1, it is characterized in that: described supporting mechanism comprises ∩ shape plate, radially captive joint with steering column along steering column in the two side of described ∩ shape plate, the two side of described ∩ shape plate is connected with vehicle body is rotatable by a bearing pin respectively.
3. according to the described steering column regulating mechanism of claim 2, it is characterized in that: described supporting mechanism also comprises the ∩Xing Jia that is set up in ∩ shape plate, and the two side of described ∩Xing Jia is by described bearing pin and described rotatable connection of ∩ shape plate; Captive joint with vehicle body in the top of described ∩Xing Jia.
4. according to the described steering column regulating mechanism of claim 1, it is characterized in that: the end face that described tooth bar has tooth is the gear structure of arc.
5. according to the described steering column regulating mechanism of claim 4, it is characterized in that: between worm gear and gear, be provided with and be connected worm gear and gear and rotatably be supported on adapter shaft on the mounting box.
6. according to the described steering column regulating mechanism of claim 5, it is characterized in that: be provided with carriage in the bottom of mounting box with the rotation of mounting box one sidewall together support worm screw.
7. according to the described steering column regulating mechanism of claim 6, it is characterized in that: described regulating mechanism also comprises the ∏Xing Ban that can be sheathed on steering column with relatively moving, the two side of described ∏Xing Ban is connected with mounting box respectively, captive joint with vehicle body in the top of ∏Xing Ban, described mounting box is captiveed joint with vehicle body by described ∏Xing Ban.
8. according to each described steering column regulating mechanism of claim 1-7, it is characterized in that: described regulating mechanism also comprises control system, and described control system comprises control unit, is electrically connected and responds to the position transduser of steering column position with control unit; Described motor is electrically connected with control unit; Position transduser passes to control unit with position signal, the action of control motor behind the control unit processing position signal.
9. according to the described steering column regulating mechanism of claim 8, it is characterized in that: described control system also comprises PCB control circuit that is electrically connected with control unit and the control button that is electrically connected with the PCB control circuit, passes to control unit after the push button signalling that the PCB control circuit will be controlled button is handled.
10. according to the described steering column regulating mechanism of claim 9, it is characterized in that: described control unit is ECU.
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