CN111888771B

CN111888771B - Power-driven roller coaster chassis system

Info

Publication number: CN111888771B
Application number: CN202010695208.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 韩金锋
Original assignee: BEIJING SHIBAOLAI AMUSEMENT EQUIPMENT CO LTD
Current assignee: BEIJING SHIBAOLAI AMUSEMENT EQUIPMENT CO LTD
Priority date: 2020-07-19
Filing date: 2020-07-19
Publication date: 2022-01-28
Anticipated expiration: 2040-07-19
Also published as: CN111888771A

Abstract

The invention relates to a power-driven roller coaster chassis system, which adopts a driving device in linkage steering with a wheel set assembly to dispersedly drive a vehicle to realize synchronous curvature of a driving track and a running track, improves the climbing and braking capacity of the vehicle, is also beneficial to optimizing the structure of the vehicle body, reduces the turning radius of the vehicle in the horizontal and vertical directions, reduces the integral occupied area of equipment, improves the space utilization rate and enhances the competitiveness of the equipment.

Description

Power-driven roller coaster chassis system

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of entertainment equipment, in particular to a power-driven roller coaster chassis system.

Background

The roller coaster is taken as amusement equipment and is deeply loved by a plurality of people, and especially the novel integrated power-driven roller coaster equipment integrating the traditional roller coaster, a self-driven vehicle body, multimedia interaction and indoor and outdoor sound, light and electricity special effects is gradually favored by tourists, so that the roller coaster is a great development direction of the amusement equipment.

The power-driven roller coaster in the prior art is mostly realized by simply adding a driving device on the basis of the structure of the traditional roller coaster, the phenomenon that the size of a chassis of a vehicle body is too large to cause the radius of the curve of the vehicle to be larger can be caused, the radius of the curve of a running track in the horizontal and vertical directions is greatly limited, and particularly the running track with larger interest is difficult to design and manufacture in indoor limited space. Meanwhile, the additional driving device generally only has an acceleration and deceleration function and lacks of an active direction changing device, so that extra resistance is added at the turning position of the running track, the driving power must be increased, the running economy of the roller coaster is not facilitated, and the additional driving device needs to be additionally provided with special driving tracks with different curvature changes besides the original running track, so that the design and manufacturing difficulty of the tracks is greatly increased.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the defects of the prior art, the invention provides a power-driven roller coaster chassis system, which adopts a driving device in linkage steering with a wheel set assembly to dispersedly drive a vehicle to realize the synchronous curvature of a driving track and a running track, improves the climbing and braking capacity of the vehicle, is favorable for optimizing the structure of the vehicle body, reduces the turning radius of the vehicle in the horizontal and vertical directions, reduces the integral occupied area of equipment, improves the space utilization rate and enhances the competitiveness of the equipment.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the technical scheme adopted by the invention comprises the following steps:

a chassis system of a power-driven roller coaster is characterized by comprising a front axle, a rear axle which is rotatably connected with the front axle through a rotating pair and a single-degree-of-freedom shaft, two groups of driving assemblies which are respectively arranged at the centers of the front axle and the rear axle and four groups of wheel set assemblies which are respectively arranged at the two sides of the front axle and the rear axle;

the driving assembly comprises a driving connecting shaft and a driving wheel, wherein the driving wheel is vertically and rotatably arranged at the center of the front axle or the rear axle through the driving connecting shaft, so that the rotating advancing track line of the driving wheel can deviate from the connecting central line between the center of the front axle and the center of the rear axle; the driving wheel is a friction wheel driven by controllable power;

the wheel set assembly at least comprises top wheels vertically contacted with the upper sides of the track pipes on the two sides of the running track, bottom wheels vertically contacted with the lower sides of the track pipes and side wheels horizontally contacted with the outer sides of the track pipes and capable of bearing horizontal acting force; the wheel set assembly is arranged at the position close to the edge of the two sides of the front axle or the rear axle through a wheel set connecting structure, and the wheel set connecting structure comprises a vertical connecting shaft and a horizontal connecting shaft which are sequentially arranged; the wheel set assembly is horizontally and rotatably connected with the vertical connecting shaft through the horizontal connecting shaft and is vertically and rotatably connected to the positions, close to the edges, of the two sides of the front axle or the rear axle through the vertical connecting shaft, so that the wheel set assembly has horizontal and vertical two-degree-of-freedom rotary motion capability relative to the front axle or the rear axle on which the wheel set assembly is installed;

the driving wheel is connected with at least one horizontal connecting shaft corresponding to the wheel set assembly arranged on the front axle or the rear axle in a follow-up mode through a steering connecting rod, so that the driving wheel is driven to rotate synchronously when the wheel set assembly rotates relative to the front axle or the rear axle connected with the wheel set assembly along the corresponding vertical connecting shaft.

Further, the curvature change of the driving track in frictional contact with the driving wheel and the curvature change of the track pipes on the two sides of the running track are consistent in the whole track running process.

Furthermore, the driving assembly further comprises a driving installation seat and a driving motor which is fixedly installed on the driving installation seat and provides power for the driving wheel.

Furthermore, one end of the steering connecting rod is connected to the horizontal connecting shaft, and the other end of the steering connecting rod is connected to the driving mounting seat.

Further, the wheel set assembly comprises two top wheels, two side wheels and a bottom wheel which are arranged side by side.

Further, the driving connecting shaft and the vertical connecting shaft are rotatably mounted through bearing sets with matched sizes respectively; the horizontal connecting shaft is installed in a sliding and rotating mode.

Further, the system further comprises a cabin rotation assembly mounted on the rear axle; the cabin rotation assembly comprises a slewing bearing tray for mounting the cabin and a seat motor for driving the slewing bearing tray to rotate.

The invention has the beneficial effects that:

according to the power-driven roller coaster chassis system, a vehicle beam and a wheel axle are integrated, and the rotational freedom degree of the front wheel axle and the rear wheel axle is increased, so that the trafficability of a vehicle body is improved, the over-bending radius of the vehicle body is greatly reduced, the whole floor area of equipment is reduced, and the space utilization rate is improved; the driving devices are distributed to the front wheel axle and the rear wheel axle of the vehicle body, so that the climbing and braking capacity of the vehicle body are improved; the driving follow-up steering mechanism is added, so that the resistance of the vehicle body at the turning position of the track is reduced, the resource utilization rate is improved, the driving power is reduced, the curvature change of the driving track and the curvature change of the walking track are synchronous, and the difficulty in manufacturing the track is reduced. The power-driven roller coaster chassis system is particularly suitable for being used by novel roller coaster equipment relating to indoor scenes.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of a power-driven roller coaster chassis system of an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic front view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic top view of an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a partial cross-sectional view of a driving connecting shaft according to an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 5 is a partial cross-sectional view of a wheel assembly connecting structure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of an embodiment of the invention.

The figure numbers show that 1-front axle, 2-rotation pair, 3-rear axle, 4-drive assembly, 41-drive connecting shaft, 42-drive wheel, 43-steering connecting rod, 44-drive mounting seat, 45-drive motor, 5-wheel set assembly, 51-top wheel, 52-bottom wheel, 53-side wheel, 54-wheel set connecting structure, 541-vertical connecting shaft, 542-horizontal connecting shaft, 6-track pipe and 8-cabin rotation assembly.

Detailed Description

For a clearer understanding of the contents of the present invention, reference will be made to the accompanying drawings and examples.

As shown in fig. 1 to 6, a preferred embodiment of the chassis system of the power-driven roller coaster of the invention is provided, which comprises a front axle 1, a rear axle 3 rotatably connected with the front axle 1 through a revolute pair 2 via a single-degree-of-freedom shaft, two sets of drive assemblies 4 respectively installed at the centers of the front axle 1 and the rear axle 3, and four sets of wheel set assemblies 5 respectively installed at two sides of the front axle 1 and the rear axle 3, and further preferably comprises a cabin rotation assembly 8 installed on the rear axle 3, and the rotation function of the seat relative to the vehicle is provided by a rotation support tray and a seat motor driving the rotation support tray to rotate. The front axle 1 and the rear axle 3 are connected through the revolute pair 2, and then the rotation of the front axle and the rear axle relative to an asynchronous shaft with the same central line as the shaft can be realized, so that the vehicle passing performance is improved. The driving assemblies 5 are respectively distributed on front and rear wheel axles of the vehicle body, the driving wheels 42 in the driving assemblies 4 are in contact with friction plates in driving tracks to form two-point support, and the driving assemblies 4 can effectively provide power and braking force no matter the vehicle body is positioned on a climbing or downhill track; meanwhile, the driving device is decomposed, so that the specification size of a single driving motor 45 is reduced, the distance between a front wheel train and a rear wheel train of the vehicle body is reduced, the track radius of the vehicle body in the horizontal and vertical directions is reduced by combining the rotating pair 2 between the front axle 1 and the rear axle 3, and the trafficability of the vehicle is greatly enhanced.

The driving assembly 4 comprises a driving connecting shaft 41 and a driving wheel 42, the driving wheel 42 is vertically and rotatably mounted at the center of the front axle 1 or the rear axle 3 through the driving connecting shaft 41, so that the rotation advance track line of the driving wheel 42 can deviate from the connecting central line between the center of the front axle 1 and the center of the rear axle 3, as shown in fig. 4, which is a partial sectional schematic view of the driving connecting shaft 41 in the embodiment, preferably, the driving connecting shaft 41 is rotatably mounted through a bearing set with matched size, and can be vertically fixed and limited through a nut structure; the driving wheel 42 is a friction wheel with controllable power drive. The driving assembly 4 further includes a driving mounting seat 44 and a driving motor 45 fixedly mounted on the driving mounting seat 44 for providing power for the driving wheel 42. The tangent point of the driving wheel 42 in the driving assembly 4 and the driving track and the central tangent point of the wheel set assembly 5 and the track pipe 6 are on the same straight line, so that the curvature change of the driving track and the track pipe 6 in the whole track running process is consistent, and the track manufacturing difficulty of the equipment is reduced.

The wheel set assembly 5 at least comprises a top wheel 51 vertically contacted with the upper side of the track pipe 6 on the two sides of the running track, a bottom wheel 52 vertically contacted with the lower side of the track pipe 6 and a side wheel 53 horizontally contacted with the outer side of the track pipe 6 and capable of bearing horizontal acting force, and particularly preferably comprises two top wheels 51, two side wheels 53 and one bottom wheel 52 which are arranged side by side, wherein the two top wheels 51 are used as running wheels to mainly bear load of the vehicle, and the side wheels 53 and the bottom wheel 52 are used for providing supporting force when the vehicle does not move linearly; the wheel set assembly 5 is mounted on the two sides of the front axle 1 or the rear axle 3 near the edge position through a wheel set connection structure 54, the wheel set connection structure 54 includes a vertical connection shaft 541 and a horizontal connection shaft 542 which are sequentially arranged, as shown in fig. 5, which is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of the wheel set connection structure 54 in this embodiment, the vertical connection shaft 541 is rotatably mounted through a bearing set with matched dimensions and vertically fixed and limited through a nut structure, and the horizontal connection shaft 542 is slidably and rotatably mounted and also preferably horizontally fixed and limited through a nut structure; the wheel set assembly 5 is horizontally and rotatably connected with the vertical connecting shaft 541 through the horizontal connecting shaft 542, and is vertically and rotatably connected with the positions close to the edges of the two sides of the front axle 1 or the rear axle 3 through the vertical connecting shaft 541, so that the wheel set assembly 5 has horizontal and vertical two-degree-of-freedom rotary motion capability relative to the front axle 1 or the rear axle 3 on which the wheel set assembly 5 is installed, and therefore, the middle side wheels 53 of the wheel set assembly 5 are attached to the track pipes 6 in real time when the vehicle body runs along the track, and the framework of the wheel set assembly 5 is always tangent to the track.

The driving wheel 42 is connected with at least one horizontal connecting shaft 542 corresponding to the wheel set assembly 5 mounted on the front axle 1 or the rear axle 3 mounted thereon in a follow-up manner through the steering connecting rod 43, and the other end of the horizontal connecting shaft is connected to the driving mounting seat 44, so that the driving wheel 42 is driven to synchronously rotate when the wheel set assembly 5 rotates relative to the front axle 1 or the rear axle 3 connected thereto along the corresponding vertical connecting shaft 541, the track change is adapted in real time, and the tangential force (driving force) of the driving wheel 42 and the driving track is always coincident with the track tangential direction, thereby improving the resource utilization rate and reducing the driving power. Preferably, the universal connection structure between the steering link 43 and the horizontal connection shaft 542 and the driving mount 44 may include a link pin shaft assembly, and the specific structure may preferably refer to a steering connection structure of a front wheel of an automobile, but it should be understood that the steering link 43 of the present invention only provides a steering following function, and does not need to transmit torque or other moments.

The above description is only for the preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any changes or substitutions that can be easily conceived by those skilled in the art within the technical scope of the present invention are included in the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A chassis system of a power-driven roller coaster is characterized by comprising a front axle, a rear axle which is rotatably connected with the front axle through a rotating pair and a single-degree-of-freedom shaft, two groups of driving assemblies which are respectively arranged at the centers of the front axle and the rear axle and four groups of wheel set assemblies which are respectively arranged at the two sides of the front axle and the rear axle;

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the drive track in frictional contact with the drive wheel and the track tube on either side of the travel track have a curvature that varies throughout the travel of the track.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the drive assembly further comprises a drive mount and a drive motor fixedly mounted to the drive mount for powering the drive wheel.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the steering linkage is connected at one end to the horizontal connecting shaft and at the other end to the drive mount.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the wheelset assembly includes two top wheels and two side wheels arranged side-by-side, and a bottom wheel.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the drive connection shaft and the vertical connection shaft are each rotatably mounted by a set of bearings of matching dimensions; the horizontal connecting shaft is installed in a sliding and rotating mode.

7. The system of any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising a cabin rotation assembly mounted on the rear axle; the cabin rotation assembly comprises a slewing bearing tray for mounting the cabin and a seat motor for driving the slewing bearing tray to rotate.