Steering column for vehicles
Technical field
The present invention relates to the steering column for vehicles technical field, particularly the larger steering column for vehicles of a kind of axial confining force.
Background technology
As everyone knows, after the collision happens, kinematic velocity moment changes a lot, and the passenger is because inertia can continue preshoot, bump i.e. secondary collision, and the secondary collision injured major cause of occupant often with hard thing such as bearing circle, the instrument carrier panel etc. in the place ahead in the car.
Since safety air bag appearred in nineteen fifties, people had obtained considerable progress in master, the passive security field of automobile.With regard to the passive security field, safety air bag develops into present twin-stage even multistage by the single-stage in past, and gas generator is also developed into hybrid etc. by initial pyrotechnic, and ECU also develops to intelligent direction gradually through the development of multiaspect; The safety strap belt with pre-load device that also become basically universal.Can say that the safety measure of vehicle is very perfect now.
But, vehicle for some type, emphasis is minivan, because the restriction of interior space, the distance of chaufeur range direction dish is very limited, and vehicle does not have the long vehicle head as the crusherbull zone district, in case bump, the time of chaufeur and bearing circle generation secondary collision will be very short, and since Steering gear and bearing circle in invade (vertically Chao Chenei motion of Steering gear), cause from colliding deficiency of time that secondary collision occurs so that safety air bag is thoroughly opened, and safety air bag momentum upon deployment is very large, as in this process, coming in contact, will cause very large injury to chaufeur.
Existing adjustable steering column is place in operation already, and with two more to the Steering gear of regulating, the Steering gear that four-way is regulated is less.The four-way of small part middle and high end car system configuration is regulated the complex structure of Steering gear, and cost of manufacture is high.Four-way is regulated the catch gear of Steering gear at present, and the coupling mechanism force majority is to rely on the maximum static friction force of two clamping elements (metal piece and metal piece or metal piece and Plastic Parts) to keep.When bumping crumple, Steering gear at first overcomes the maximum static friction force of clamping element, and slippage just begins energy-absorbing after the extreme lower position of axial adjustment.Because it is more that four-way is regulated factor and the part of Steering gear impact locking confining force, the problems such as adjusting power is excessive, regulating handle looseness that often have after confining force deficiency, the release produce.
In addition, the four-way that has is regulated Steering gear does not have anti-disengaging device, in transportation or fitting process on lower tubular column easily separated, make troubles for the car load assembly manipulation.The anti-disengaging device that has takes up room greatly, and assembling is complicated, and cost of manufacture is high.The anti-disengaging device that has can affect Adjustment operation power, as adopting the mode of slotting at tubing string, the out of roundness of tubing string is increased, and has affected the axial slip of tubing string, causes tubing string adjusting power to become large, the operation comfort variation.More than these problems be not the decline that causes the Steering gear safety performance, cause exactly car load assembly performance and driver's operation comfort can decline.
Therefore, how to avoid relying on the general Steering gear of friction force clamping, only just can begin the drawback of energy-absorbing in the shortest position of axial adjustment, become the technical matters that those skilled in the art need to be resolved hurrily.
Summary of the invention
In view of this, the invention provides a kind of steering column for vehicles, with the general Steering gear of avoiding relying on friction force to clamp, only just can begin the drawback of energy-absorbing in the shortest position of axial adjustment.
For achieving the above object, the invention provides following technical scheme:
A kind of steering column for vehicles comprises that interior tube column and an end are set in the outer tube column on the described interior tube column, also comprise:
Be arranged on the permanent seat on the described outer tube column, which is provided with the axially extended chute along described outer tube column;
Regulate support, two clamping piece is separately positioned on the both sides of described permanent seat, and and described permanent seat between have the gap;
Pass respectively two clamping pieces of described adjusting support and the bearing pin of the chute on the described permanent seat, one end of described bearing pin is provided with jam nut, the other end is provided with regulating handle, and the clamping piece of described regulating handle and described adjusting support is provided with the adjusting cam that cooperatively interacts;
Be arranged at the tooth plate on the described permanent seat, described tooth plate is provided with the first teeth;
Be arranged at the tooth piece on the described adjusting support, described tooth piece is provided with the second teeth that cooperate for described the first teeth.
Preferably, in above-mentioned steering column for vehicles, also comprise spring perch and spring;
Offer the axially extended spring perch chute of described outer tube column on the described tooth plate, an end of described spring perch is the boss that stretches in the described spring perch chute, and the other end is the spring limit dais;
Described spring one end is positioned described spring limit dais, and the other end is positioned described tooth piece.
Preferably, in above-mentioned steering column for vehicles, offer the axially extended tooth piece chute of described outer tube column on the described tooth plate;
Described tooth piece is provided with the tooth piece boss with described tooth piece chute bearing fit, be provided with the circular hole that passes through for described bearing pin and the spill circular groove coaxial with described circular hole in the middle of the described tooth piece boss, described spring one end is by described spill circular groove location, and described the second teeth are arranged on the described tooth piece boss.
Preferably, in above-mentioned steering column for vehicles, described spill circular groove is divided into up and down two parts with described tooth piece boss, is equipped with described the second teeth on two parts tooth piece boss;
Described the first teeth are two rows that cooperate with described the second teeth of two rows respectively.
Preferably, in above-mentioned steering column for vehicles, also comprise the sliding retention sleeve that is arranged between described interior tube column and the described outer tube column, this sliding retention sleeve and described interior tube column free-running fit are with described outer tube column interference fit.
Preferably, in above-mentioned steering column for vehicles, described interior tube column is provided with the glide mirror (plane), and described outer tube column is provided with the tapped bore corresponding with described glide mirror (plane), described tapped bore is provided with the screw assembly that is mated, and enters in the described glide mirror (plane) after described screw assembly is tightened.
Preferably, in above-mentioned steering column for vehicles, be respectively equipped with corresponding sipes hole on the clamping piece of described adjusting support both sides, described bearing pin passes described sipes hole.
Preferably, in above-mentioned steering column for vehicles, the edge of described clamping piece has turnup structure;
Be respectively equipped with corresponding elongated slot on the clamping piece of described adjusting support both sides, described elongated slot is arranged at the below in described sipes hole.
Preferably, in above-mentioned steering column for vehicles, the chute opposite of described permanent seat is provided with wide elongated slot and two fixed orifices;
Described tooth plate is provided with the oblong boss that cooperates with described wide elongated slot, and the both sides of described oblong boss are provided with two pyramidal projections that cooperate with two fixed orifices respectively.
Preferably, in above-mentioned steering column for vehicles, described permanent seat is welded on the described outer tube column.
Can find out from above-mentioned technical scheme, steering column for vehicles provided by the invention, when regulating handle when rotation locking, the adjusting cam of pair of meshing relatively rotates and causes lift to increase, after getting rid of permanent seat and regulate the endplay of support along bearing pin in tube column and outer tube column be locked.When regulating handle unclamped rotation, the adjusting cam of pair of meshing carried out retrograde rotation and causes lift to reduce, and permanent seat and adjusting support increase along the endplay of bearing pin, the tubing string release, and this moment, tubing string can carry out axially or radiai adjustment.
The present invention is by the clamping mode of tooth engagement, can greatly improve the axial confining force of Steering gear, and when bumping crumple, no matter Steering gear is in any position of axial adjustment, can energy-absorbing, avoid the general Steering gear that relies on friction force to clamp, only just can begin energy-absorbing in the shortest position of axial adjustment.
Description of drawings
In order to be illustrated more clearly in the embodiment of the invention or technical scheme of the prior art, the below will do to introduce simply to the accompanying drawing of required use in embodiment or the description of the Prior Art, apparently, accompanying drawing in the following describes only is some embodiments of the present invention, for those of ordinary skills, under the prerequisite of not paying creative work, can also obtain according to these accompanying drawings other accompanying drawing.
The structural representation of the steering column for vehicles that Fig. 1 provides for the embodiment of the invention;
The birds-eye view of the steering column for vehicles that Fig. 2 provides for the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 3 is that Fig. 2 is along the cutaway view of A-A line;
Fig. 4 is that Fig. 2 is along the cutaway view of B-B line;
The exploded view of the latch structure that Fig. 5 provides for the embodiment of the invention;
The structural representation of the adjusting support that Fig. 6 provides for the embodiment of the invention;
The outer tube column that Fig. 7 provides for the embodiment of the invention and the structural representation of permanent seat soldering member.
The specific embodiment
The invention discloses a kind of steering column for vehicles, with the general Steering gear of avoiding relying on friction force to clamp, only just can begin the drawback of energy-absorbing in the shortest position of axial adjustment.
Below in conjunction with the accompanying drawing in the embodiment of the invention, the technical scheme in the embodiment of the invention is clearly and completely described, obviously, described embodiment only is the present invention's part embodiment, rather than whole embodiment.Based on the embodiment among the present invention, those of ordinary skills belong to the scope of protection of the invention not making the every other embodiment that obtains under the creative work prerequisite.
See also Fig. 1-Fig. 7, the structural representation of the steering column for vehicles that Fig. 1 provides for the embodiment of the invention; The birds-eye view of the steering column for vehicles that Fig. 2 provides for the embodiment of the invention; Fig. 3 is that Fig. 2 is along the cutaway view of A-A line; Fig. 4 is that Fig. 2 is along the cutaway view of B-B line; The exploded view of the latch structure that Fig. 5 provides for the embodiment of the invention; The structural representation of the adjusting support that Fig. 6 provides for the embodiment of the invention; The outer tube column that Fig. 7 provides for the embodiment of the invention and the structural representation of permanent seat soldering member.
The steering column for vehicles that the embodiment of the invention provides comprises that interior tube column 1 and an end are set in the outer tube column 3 on the interior tube column 1, and of the present invention focusing on also comprises permanent seat 5, regulates support 9, bearing pin 10, tooth plate 7 and tooth piece 8.
Wherein, permanent seat 5 is arranged on the outer tube column 3, and preferably permanent seat 5 is welded on the outer tube column 3.Permanent seat 5 is provided with the axially extended chute 501 along outer tube column 3.Two clamping pieces regulating support 9 are separately positioned on the both sides of permanent seat 5, and and permanent seat 5 between have the gap.
Bearing pin 10 passes respectively two clamping pieces regulating support 9, and (clamping piece is regulated support 9 both sides for being positioned at, be used for being fixed the plate-type structural piece of seat 5 both sides) and permanent seat 5 on chute 501, because chute 501 extends axially along outer tube column 3, therefore so that interior tube column 1 and outer tube column 3 have the degree of freedom that axially relatively moves.
One end of bearing pin 10 is provided with jam nut 15, and the other end is provided with regulating handle 6, and the clamping piece of regulating handle 6 and adjusting support 9 is provided with the adjusting cam 11 that cooperatively interacts.Tooth plate 7 is arranged on the permanent seat 5, and tooth plate 7 is provided with the first teeth 705, and tooth piece 8 is arranged to be regulated on the support 9, and tooth piece 8 is provided with the second teeth 802 that cooperate for the first teeth 705.
During installation, bearing pin 10 passes regulating handle 6 successively, adjusting cam 11(is a pair of), regulate support 9, the chute 501 of permanent seat 5, tooth plate 7, tooth piece 8, end face bearing 14, fastening by jam nut 15 at last, bearing pin 10 can be made axial slip along the chute 501 of permanent seat 5.
Steering column for vehicles provided by the invention, when regulating handle 6 locking rotation, the adjusting cam 11 of pair of meshing relatively rotates and causes lift to increase, after getting rid of permanent seats 5 and regulate the endplay of support 9 along bearing pin 10 in tube column 1 and outer tube column 3 be locked.When regulating handle 6 unclamps rotation, the adjusting cam 11 of pair of meshing carries out retrograde rotation and causes lift to reduce, permanent seat 5 and adjusting support 9 increase along the endplay of bearing pin 10, the tubing string release, and tubing string this moment (interior tube column 1 and outer tube column 3) can carry out axially or radiai adjustment.
When regulating handle 6 locking, tooth piece 8 meshes by serration with tooth plate 7, when regulating handle 6 unclamps, recovers the gap between tooth piece 8 and the tooth plate 7.The present invention is by the clamping mode of tooth engagement, can greatly improve the axial confining force of Steering gear, and when bumping crumple, no matter Steering gear is in any position of axial adjustment, can energy-absorbing, avoid the general Steering gear that relies on friction force to clamp, only just can begin energy-absorbing in the shortest position of axial adjustment.
In order further to optimize technique scheme, the present invention also can comprise spring perch 12 and spring 13;
Offer the axially extended spring perch chute 703 of outer tube column 3 on the tooth plate 7, an end of spring perch 12 is the boss 121 that stretches in the spring perch chute 703, and the other end is spring limit dais 122;
Spring 13 1 ends are positioned spring limit dais 122, and the other end is positioned tooth piece 8.
When regulating handle 6 unclamps rotation, adjusting cam 11 relatively rotates and causes lift to reduce, the lift that reduces has increased the mutual gap between all the other assembly parts, regulate support 9 planes inboard and permanent seat 5 and generation gap, the outside, tooth plate 7 planes, the first teeth 705 of tooth plate 7 and the second teeth 802 of tooth piece 8 break away under the screen resilience effect of spring 13, and the crown top produces the gap.This moment, tubing string can carry out axially or radiai adjustment.Under the application force of spring 13, the loosening gap between each part is eliminated, thereby has avoided the problem of regulating handle 6 loosenesss.
When regulating handle 6 locking rotation, adjusting cam 11 carries out retrograde rotation and causes lift to increase, the lift that increases has been eliminated the mutual gap between all the other assembly parts, regulate side compression outside inboard, support 9 planes and permanent seat 5 and tooth plate 7 planes, spring 13 pressurizeds shorten, the second teeth 802 engagements of the first teeth 705 of tooth plate 7 and tooth piece 8, tubing string was locked after relevant assembly part was got rid of endplay along the axis of bearing pin 10.
Because the gripping power of tooth engagement is very large, only has the intermeshing tooth of destruction if will move.So clamping mode of this kind tooth engagement, can greatly improve the axial confining force of Steering gear, and when bumping crumple, no matter Steering gear is in any position of axial adjustment, can energy-absorbing, avoid the general Steering gear that relies on friction force to clamp, only just can begin energy-absorbing in the shortest position of axial adjustment.
In order further to optimize technique scheme, offer the axially extended tooth piece chute 704 of outer tube column 3 on the tooth plate 7; Tooth piece 8 is provided with the tooth piece boss 801 with tooth piece chute 704 bearing fits, be provided with the circular hole 803 that passes through for bearing pin 10 and the spill circular groove 804 coaxial with circular hole 803 in the middle of the tooth piece boss 801, spring 13 1 ends are by spill circular groove 804 location, and the second teeth 802 are arranged on the tooth piece boss 801.Spill circular groove 804 is divided into up and down two parts with tooth piece boss 801, is equipped with the second teeth 802 on two parts tooth piece boss 801; The first teeth 705 are for ranked second two rows that teeth 802 cooperate with two respectively.
Tooth piece 8 is provided with the tooth piece boss 801 of a similar parallelogram, is provided with circular holes 803 in the middle of the tooth piece boss 801 and passes through for bearing pins 10, and the plane is provided with two and ranked second two on teeth 802 and the tooth plate 7 and ranked first teeth 705 and cooperate on the tooth piece boss 801.Tooth piece 8 has the one side of tooth piece boss 801, fits with regulating support 9 outsides, and another side and end face bearing 14 are fitted end face bearing 14 another side pressing jam nuts 15.
In order further to optimize technique scheme, the present invention also can comprise the sliding retention sleeve 2 that is arranged between interior tube column 1 and the outer tube column 3, and this sliding retention sleeve 2 and interior tube column 1 free-running fit are with outer tube column 3 interference fit.Sliding retention sleeve 2 can not be excessive with the gap of interior tube column 1, and the smooth slippage of principal security inner and outer pipe cylinder gets final product, and excessive clearance easily causes abnormal sound.
Interior tube column 1 is provided with glide mirror (plane) 101, and outer tube column 3 is provided with the tapped bore 301 corresponding with glide mirror (plane) 101, and tapped bore 301 is provided with the screw assembly 4 that is mated, and enters in the glide mirror (plane) 101 after screw assembly 4 is tightened.
The glide mirror (plane) 101 of the axle head of screw assembly 4 and interior tube column 1 still has certain interval, but the distance of the axle head of described screw assembly 4 and interior tube column 1 axial line is less than the radius of interior tube column 1 cylindrical.Screw assembly 4 can carry out axial slip and small rotation above the glide mirror (plane) 101 of interior tube column 1, when the glide mirror (plane) 101 that exceeds interior tube column 1 contacts with interior tube column 1 cylindrical, can cause the axial slip of screw assembly 4 or rotation to stop because the radius of interior tube column 1 cylindrical is large.Interior tube column 1 and outer tube column 3 have been avoided breaking away from and rotation under the restriction of screw assembly 4.Again because process glide mirror (plane) 101 on the cylindrical of interior tube column 1, do not change the endoporus state, so the circularity of interior tube column 1 can not change, thereby can not affect the tolerance clearance of interior tube column 1 and sliding retention sleeve 2, so that the inner and outer pipe cylinder axis is to smooth slippage.Screw assembly+tapped bore+glide mirror (plane) three forms Anti-isenagage structure, and this kind is simple in structure, cost of manufacture is low, and be easy for installation, reliable and stable.
In order further to optimize technique scheme, be respectively equipped with corresponding sipes hole 901 on the clamping piece of adjusting support 9 both sides, bearing pin 10 passes sipes hole 901.When adjusting cam 11 and tooth piece 8 during along 901 slippage of sipes hole, Steering gear is realized the radiai adjustment function.
The edge of clamping piece has turnup structure 903; Be respectively equipped with corresponding elongated slot 902 on the clamping piece of adjusting support 9 both sides, elongated slot 902 is arranged at the below in sipes hole 901.
After regulating handle 6 locking, regulate support 9 stressed inside contractions, but that turnup structure 903 causes regulating the structure non-deformability of support 9 is strong, the coupling mechanism force that has consumed regulating handle 6.And when shrinking, because the non-deformability of turnup structure 903 inboards is located the not inboard of flange much larger than another, it is asynchronous to cause inside dimensions two places to be shunk, thereby causes adjusting support 9 inboard inhomogeneous with permanent seat 5 outside binding faces, and then causes locking the confining force deficiency.Described two elongated slots 902 have reduced the resistance to deformation power of regulating support 9 two sides, have increased the effective area of contact after regulating handle 6 is locked, thereby have improved gripping power, have eliminated locking and have kept hypodynamic problem.
Chute 501 opposites of permanent seat 5 are provided with wide elongated slot 502 and two fixed orifices 503; Tooth plate 7 is provided with the oblong boss 701 that cooperates with wide elongated slot 502, and the both sides of oblong boss 701 are provided with two pyramidal projections 702 that cooperate with two fixed orifices 503 respectively.
Simple, the stable performance of structure process and assemble of the present invention, but the outer tube cylinder axis to regulatory function and collision crumple defencive function independent operating, mutually noninterfere can be carried out large batch of suitability for industrialized production.
Each embodiment adopts the mode of going forward one by one to describe in this specification sheets, and what each embodiment stressed is and the difference of other embodiment that identical similar part is mutually referring to getting final product between each embodiment.
To the above-mentioned explanation of the disclosed embodiments, make this area professional and technical personnel can realize or use the present invention.Multiple modification to these embodiment will be apparent concerning those skilled in the art, and General Principle as defined herein can in the situation that does not break away from the spirit or scope of the present invention, realize in other embodiments.Therefore, the present invention will can not be restricted to these embodiment shown in this article, but will meet the widest scope consistent with principle disclosed herein and features of novelty.