CN1050900C

CN1050900C - Apparatus for measurement of gaps between hinge elements of motor vehicle and steering angle

Info

Publication number: CN1050900C
Application number: CN 93117636
Authority: CN
Inventors: 埃里德·罗萨托
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1992-08-04
Filing date: 1993-08-04
Publication date: 2000-03-29
Anticipated expiration: 2013-08-04
Also published as: CN1094511A

Abstract

A device measuring a space between the adapting pieces of a hinge and a steering angle is arranged in a saddle (4) of a wheel channel of a lifting device of a vehicle, comprising a base plate (2) arranged at a bottom of the saddle (4); a pair of first executive bodies (10), an intermediate plate (12) fixed on a pole of the first executive bodies (10), a pair of second executive bodies (16) arranged perpendicularly to the first executive body, a roof (18) fixed on the pole of the second executive body, a bedplate arranged on the roof (18) and an apparatus (32) locking the bedplate (26, 34) at the roof and keeping flexibly the bedplate (26, 34) on a centering position (30) relative to the roof (18).

Description

Gap between a kind of hinge connector of measuring motor vehicle and measure the device of steering angle

The present invention relates to the gap between a kind of hinge connector of measuring motor vehicle and measure the device of steering angle.

Have the device in the gap between various mensuration vehicle hinge connectors in motor vehicle maintenance factory, these devices comprise the top board that a base plate and a relative base plate can move horizontally on two vertical directions.This device is arranged in pairs usually on the vehicle lifting device, and this base plate is fixed on the corresponding wheel road, and this top plate supporting the wheel that is sent to the vehicle that is verified on the lifting device.For the existence in any gap between the hinge connector of measuring steering with measure its value, this top board is made into removable with respect to fixing base plate, observes the operating condition of detection vehicle between this moving period downwards by means of an electric light.

The shortcoming of this known devices is that it needs bigger height (about 7 centimetres), and when it permanently is arranged on the vehicle lifting device, in fact can only be used for above-mentioned purpose.

Geometry and wheel turning angle that front wheel angle tester (Circular ball plates) is used to measure suspension are known, they also are installed on the wheel road of vehicle lifting device usually, wheel provides suitable dimple on the road, thus because their ad hoc structure and realize function characteristic limitations they be used for this single purpose.

Therefore in order to measure the gap and to measure steering angle and the vehicle salvage shop equipped must provide two lifting devices or at two independently in the factory, a servicing unit that is equipped with a type, another is equipped with the servicing unit of another type, and this significant need is considered cost and place problem.

Possibly, the servicing unit that is used for two different measurements replacedly is installed in one and same vehicle lifting device, but before the measurement of implementing appointment corresponding servicing unit is set, and removes them after implementing to measure and need a series of operation.

One object of the present invention is to provide a kind of device, and it can be used to promptly measure the gap measuring machine motor-car steering angle again between hinge connector.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of device, it can be suitable use and by a kind of formal transformation to another kind of form.

Another purpose of the present invention is to provide a kind of device, and wherein, this conversion can full out and simply be realized by the operator.

Another purpose of the present invention is to provide a kind of device, and it can be installed on the conventional vehicle lifting device and be not limited to its this specific use.

Another purpose of the present invention is to provide a kind of device, and it has multiple use concurrently, comprises compact structure, operation safely and reliably and minimum space requirement, and it can be contained in the dimple on the wheel road that is provided in the vehicle lifting device usually like this.

Another purpose of the present invention is to provide a kind of device, and this device has and is being used for the matrix of particular measurement, makes upper plate can bear moving of 90 ° or 45 °.

By description given below above-mentioned and further purpose is realized by a device of measuring hinge connector and measurement steering angle according to the present invention, this device is placed on the concave surface that is provided by the wheel road on each vehicle lifting device, is characterised in that to comprise:

A substrate is placed on the bottom of said concave surface,

A pair of first topworks is arranged parallel to each other and is fixed on the said substrate, and described first topworks (10) has bar,

An intermediate plate is fixed on the described bar of described first topworks, and has two opposed edges that can slide on side direction is formed at guide on described first topworks's main body,

A pair of second topworks is fixed on the described intermediate plate, and has a longitudinal axis perpendicular to described first topworks's longitudinal axis, and described second topworks has bar,

A top board is fixed on the described bar of described second topworks, and has two and place side direction to be formed at parallel edge on the guide on this second topworks main body,

A platen places on the said top board,

Keep described plate flexibly to be in the device of relevant top board position intermediate, reach

With the device of top board and platen locking,

The present invention is by being further explained in conjunction with disclosed accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 is the plan view according to the device in the dimple on the wheel road that is installed in a vehicle lifting device of the present invention,

Fig. 2 is the plan view that does not have top board or be placed on the plate at top,

Fig. 3 is the plan view that does not have platen,

Fig. 4 be with Fig. 1 identical view device shown, but have an octagon platen that substitutes,

Fig. 5 is that longitudinal section view is amplified in the part of V-V line in Fig. 1, and

Fig. 6 is that cross sectional view is amplified in the part of VI-VI line in Fig. 1.

As seen in Figure 1, according to the inventive system comprises a substrate 2, substrate has the polygon-octagonal shape that is suitable for being accommodated in the size in the dimple 4, and dimple 4 is placed on the wheel road 6 of each vehicle lifting device.Substrate 2 comprises two straight troughs 8, and its purpose will illustrate below.

Two topworkies 10 with two hydraulic cylinder forms are provided on the substrate 2, are parallel to two grooves 8 with contiguous relative limit, and have and the surperficial bar that is connected less than the intermediate plate that is roughly rectangle 12 of substrate 2.It can move horizontally by relative substrate 2 under the control of two hydraulic cylinders 10.For this purpose, be provided with the guide rail 14 that retrains mutually with the relative two edges of this plate 12 on the mutual relative side of two mechanisms,, its axis that is parallel to hydraulic cylinder 10 laterally moved to guide this plate.

Further be fixed on the both sides of no guide rail 14 constraints of plate 12 with two topworkies 16 of hydraulic cylinder form, and have and the 3rd bar that rectangular slab 18 is connected, so plate 18 can slide on the direction of the direction of sliding perpendicular to following intermediate plate 12, and by be formed at cylinder 16 main bodys on the constraining in it and move and be directed of two transverse edges that cooperate of guide rail 20.

The 3rd plate 18 above this is littler than following intermediate plate 12, and has a center hole 22, plate 18 surface thereon has been provided many balls supports 24, has placed one and be similar to substrate 2 and octagon platen that constitute the support platen of vehicle wheels in support 24.

Stretch out a umbrella shape condiment 28 downwards from the lower surface of this octagon platen 26, its top has the diameter bigger than the diameter in hole 22, allows the following relatively rectangular slab 28 of plate 26 to bear the motion of essence, avoids it to separate fully simultaneously.In addition, the umbrella shape condiment 28 of octagon platen 26 and below rectangular slab 18 between put into two knot volute springs 30, its objective is is not having the flexibly common centering of

holding plate

26 and 28 under the extraneous power situation.

Two little hydraulic cylinders 32 also are provided on rectangular slab 18, and its axis normal is in this plate, and its bar upwards exposes, and the corresponding hole towards this bar on the platen 26 above its embedding is in when platen 26 and plate 18 centerings.

Device of the present invention also comprises a plectane 34, and it can replace octagon platen 26.These plectane 3 ground provide the umbrella shape condiment 28 of a bottom and are locked the hole that hydraulic cylinder 32 embeds, and also provide a graduated edge 36, and it constitutes pointer 38 with substrate 2 rigidity together and interrelates.

Device of the present invention comprises many sensors and web member further, they make this device can be connected to a small-sized control center, it preferably place this device be placed on wherein wheel road 6 below, and they can also make following the operation described process be finished exactly.Because of control center structurally with the operation on be general type, it is not expressed out in the drawings.It comprises a jar, a pump, many solenoid valves, and depend on the various control device and the regulator of relevant motor vehicle type.

All these parts all have been miniaturized, and because they are loaded into below the wheel road 6, they are only limited in fact with device of the present invention and are connected.In fact two these devices installing on two wheel roads of vehicle lifting device only need a control center, two connecting pipes are provided in this control center and take turns between this fixing on 6 device same, and two connecting pipes are provided in this control center and between this device of fixing on the wheel road of another vehicle lifting device in addition.At last, power supply that this control center needs.

In order to measure the existence in possible gap, two devices of aforementioned type are positioned in being provided in usually in the dimple 4 on two slideways 6 on the vehicle lifting device.Must be noted that during this period each device is provided with to such an extent that make two hydraulic cylinders 10 that rigidly fix with substrate 2 have the axis of taking turns the road longitudinal axis perpendicular to corresponding.Accurately finished in order to measure, in measurement, this stream oriented device must be arranged on the distance that interval one equals the measured vehicle wheelspan, therefore the wheel road of vehicle lifting device separates enough width usually, to allow same lifting device to be used to the vehicle of different wheelspans, each device is made into and can taking turns in the dimple 4 in road 6 accordingly, perhaps artificially or mechanically laterally mobile.Under first kind of situation, one towards under condiment 40 be fixed in the hole on the base portion 44 that is inserted in dimple 4 on the octagon substrate 2, this device can be thought, in the dimple of corresponding different lateral attitudes; Under second kind of situation, transverse hydraulic cylinder 42 is placed in below the base portion 44 of dimple 4, makes its bar insert this condiment 40, and this condiment stretches out downwards and passes the horizontal slotted hole 46 that said base portion 44 provides from substrate 2.In either case, the position of substrate 2 in dimple 4 no matter, it is no problem giving the hydraulic pressure supply of

hydraulic cylinder

10,16 and 32, because its position no matter, the elongated slot 8 that is provided by this plate makes supply pipe can pass through it.

As below will being illustrated be provided with because device in fact of the present invention must turn in dimple 4 on two separation point positions of 45 °, this condiment 40 should accurately be arranged on this plate 2 in the heart.

In order to measure the existence of motor vehicle internal clearance, be contained in stream oriented devices in the dimple 4 in two-wheeled road 6 and at first must make at least one device by artificially or lateral adjustments and being placed on the isolated accurate distance mechanically.

After finishing the location, vehicle is sailed on the wheel road of vehicle lifting device, and the location, makes its two front-wheels be positioned at the center of the platen 26 of two devices exactly, and they are locked with respect to following plate like this.

Therefore and then in the effect of cancellation hydraulic cylinder 32 and after platen 26 is thrown off with plate 18, the two pairs of

hydraulic cylinders

10 and 16 laterally and/or are vertically being done little moving, and whether the check gap exists.This mensuration is aided with normally that a lamp realizes, this lamp has upwards illuminated Examination region, and this mensuration is provided with the button of a control

hydraulic cylinder

10 and 16.

If wheel is adjusted in little impulse movement in the relative wheel road longitudinal axis 45, each device turns over 45 ° of settings in its corresponding dimple, under this condition, only need on required direction, to handle a pair of in two pairs of

hydraulic cylinders

10 or 16 and just can obtain pulse and move.In this, device of the present invention in this case can be only by pair of

hydraulic cylinders

10 or 16, or only are made of a

plate

12 or 18.

If also need to measure wheel turning angle, octagon platen 26 can be substituted by plectane 34, and make plate 18 lockings by hydraulic cylinder 32 after, the corresponding deflecting roller of vehicle is sailed on it, then, this plate rotation is read out by the position of pointer 38 on scale edge 36.

Basically, the isolated system that is combined into owing to gap determinator and steering angle measurement mechanism, and because layout originally and the cooperation of the multiple parts that cooperatively interact, device of the present invention makes conventional method improved widely and obtain considerable advantage, especially:

The mensuration in the gap on one motor vehicle and the measurement of steering angle are finished by an elective independent device, and will be on vehicle lifter the position of moving vehicle,

One this device is multiduty, and this is owing to have minimum overall dimensions, allows it to be accommodated in the conventional dimple that provides on the wheel road of vehicle lifter,

One it can remove from vehicle lifter, it is not limited to thisly specifically make thus With.

One it can be used on the left side or the wheel road on the right all do not have poor Not.

One it can make this top board not only in the parallel and vertical direction in wheel road but also in 45° angle direction movement,

One it can be used to the vehicle of any wheelspan, and

One it arrange simply, and except electric power is supplied with, do not need extraneous connection.

Claims

1. take turns in the dimple (4) that (6) provide in the gap between the mensuration hinge connector of a motor vehicle and measure the device of steering angle, each that is placed on the vehicle lifting device, it is characterized in that comprising:

A substrate (2) is placed on the bottom of said dimple (4),

A pair of first topworks (10) is arranged parallel to each other, and is fixed on the said substrate, and described first topworks (10) has bar,

An intermediate plate (12) is fixed on the described bar of said first topworks (10), and has two opposed edges that can be formed at the last slip of guide rail (14) on described first topworks's main body in side direction,

A pair of second topworks (16) is fixed on the described intermediate plate (12), and has a longitudinal axis perpendicular to described first topworks's longitudinal axis, and described second topworks has bar,

A top board (18) is fixed on the described bar of described second topworks, and has two and place side direction to be formed at parallel edge on the guide rail (20) on this second topworks main body,

A platen (26,34) places on the said top board (18),

Flexibly keep the device (30) of described plate (26,34) with respect to top board (18) centering, and

The device (32) that platen (26,34) and top board (18) are locked together.

2. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that this substrate (2) is the polygon-octagonal shape, and the distance between its two relative edge's edge equals substantially along the size of the dimple (4) of the measurement of longitudinal axis of described wheel the (6).

3. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that described first and second topworkies (10,16) comprise hydraulic cylinder-piston apparatus.

4. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that also comprising: limit the device (28,22) that the relative top board (18) of described platen (26,34) moves horizontally.

5. device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that described top board (18) comprises a basic center pit (22) for circle, has inserted the condiment (28) that stretches out from the lower surface of described platen (26,34) in it.

6. device as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that described condiment (28) is essentially umbrella shape, and its head has the diameter of going up the diameter in the hole (22) that is provided with greater than top board (18).

7. device as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that comprising at least one basically axis normal place on this top board (18) and insert platen (26,34) according to instruction described platen be locked in topworks (32) on the top board (18).

8. device as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that spring (20) is installed between described platen (26,34) and the described top board (18), in order to hold them in the position of mutual centering under the situation that does not have extraneous power effect.

9. device as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that this platen (26) is the polygon-octagonal shape.

10. device as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that described platen (34) is circular.

11. device as claimed in claim 10 is characterized in that this platen (34) has a graduated edge (36), it interrelates with the pointer (38) that substrate (2) rigidity together constitutes.

12. in adorn the vehicle lifting device of device as claimed in claim 7, it is characterized in that this substrate (2) can be laterally mobile in described corresponding each dimple of taking turns (4).

13. vehicle lifting device as claimed in claim 12 is characterized in that this substrate (2) is provided with at least one condiment that stretches out (40) downwards, this condiment (40) can be gone up the hole engagement that is provided with the base portion (44) of described dimple (4).

14. vehicle lifting device as claimed in claim 12, it is characterized in that this substrate (2) is provided with at least one condiment that stretches out (40) downwards, it passes the horizontal slotted hole (46) that the base portion (44) of a described dimple (4) go up to be provided with, and with topworks (a 42) engagement that is horizontally set at below the said base portion (40).

15. vehicle lifting device as claimed in claim 12, it is characterized in that this substrate (2) comprises at least one horizontal slotted hole (8), can be by the supply pipe of its said first and second topworks (10,16) and said locking system (32) by any lateral attitude of the said plate (2) in corresponding dimple (4).

16. in adorn vehicle lifting device as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that comprising a control center that is used for topworks (10,16,32,42), its control is provided in two devices on two wheel roads (6) of this vehicle lifting device.