Background technology
As everyone knows, rocking arm is the vitals connecting wheel and vehicle frame, and its effect is that the damping part of cooperation vehicle makes wheel independent of vehicle frame with surface irregularity, and to reduce vehicle frame, each parts be installed on vehicle frame are subject to the harmful effect of surface conditions; Meanwhile, the traveling comfort of occupant is also increased.Steering swivel is then one of vital parts on four-wheeled steeraxle, and be connected with rocking arm, front part of vehicle load is born in its effect, supports and drives front-wheel rotate around stub and make Vehicular turn.
Usually, the design of rocking arm and steering swivel is designed to left and right symmetry respectively and uses in pairs.But in actual applications; the shape of rocking arm, steering swivel and position are subject to car load space and arrange and the impact of the factors such as stressing conditions; left and right rocking arm (or left and right steering swivel) is though be symmetric relation; from the actual conditions of component manufacture; left and right rocking arm (or left and right steering swivel) remains two different parts, need two covers frock (mainly welding tooling), two molds (mainly diel) carry out handling of goods and materials as two kinds of different parts.Two cover frocks, two molds add manufacturing cost; Carry out handling of goods and materials as two kinds of different parts, add management kind, add management link when production, stock, transport, assembling (maintenance) batching, thus will greatly increase material handling cost.
For the problems referred to above that above existing rocking arm and steering swivel exist, the problem that the utility model faces is to provide a kind of saving frock, mould, reduces four-wheeled rocking arm and the knuckle assembly of handling of goods and materials cost.
Utility model content
For realizing above-mentioned problem, the utility model provides a kind of rocking arm and knuckle assembly of four-wheeled, and comprise left and right rocking arm and the corresponding left and right steering swivel be connected of difference, left and right steering swivel is set to same parts and can left and right exchange installs.
Further, for increasing the vertical direction of steering swivel by force intensity, left and right steering swivel is respectively equipped with brace panel.
On the basis of above-mentioned improvement, further, left and right rocking arm is set to same parts equally and can left and right exchange installs.
Setting like this, when maintaining left and right rocking arm and designing with prior art, left and right steering swivel parts are designed to same parts and can install by right and left mutually changing, only need a set of steering swivel frock and mould during manufacture, compared with left and right with former differentiation, the frock of half can be saved, mould drops into; The setting of brace panel then enhances the stressed of steering swivel vertical direction.And further, by left and right rocking arm simultaneously Curve guide impeller be same parts and can right and left mutually changing, can reach equally save frock, effect that mould drops into.In addition, setting like this, because left and right steering swivel (left and right rocking arm) no longer distinguishes left and right state, for the management processes such as production, stock, transport, assembling (maintenance) batching, decrease material variety, thus it is produced, deposits, transports, the work such as batching is more simple and convenient, thus greatly will reduce overhead charges.
Detailed description of the invention
Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing and the embodiment that provides, the utility model is further illustrated.
As shown in Figure 1, the rocking arm of the utility model four-wheeled and knuckle assembly, comprise left rocking arm 1 and be attached thereto left steering joint 3, right rocking arm 2 and be attached thereto right steering joint 4.
In the present embodiment, left and right steering swivel 3,4 is set to same parts and can left and right exchange installs.For ensureing that left and right exchange is installed, left and right steering swivel arrange at least installation connection of its correspondence, fixed hole position arranges (coordinate) should be consistent.For convenience of describing, unless otherwise indicated, hereafter no longer will distinguish left steering joint 3 and right steering joint 4, be referred to as steering swivel.
In the present embodiment, each steering swivel is welded by with lower component: stub mounting pipe 81, front-wheel installation shaft 82, steering track rod adapter plate 83 and brace panel 84.Stub mounting pipe 81 by pipe fitting machine-shaping, for being connected with rocking arm; Front-wheel installation shaft 82, by round steel machine-shaping, connects for the turning member (not shown) corresponding with on front-wheel; Steering track rod adapter plate 83 is shaping by plate stamping, which is provided with the hole 87 for installing steering track rod (not shown); Brace panel 84 is also shaping by plate stamping, and its side is welded on steering track rod adapter plate 83, and another vertical sides adjacent is vertically welded along stub mounting pipe 81, object be increase steering swivel vertical direction by force intensity.As long as ensure installation connection that the present embodiment middle left and right steering swivel is corresponding, that fixed hole position (as hole 87, stub mounting pipe 81, front-wheel installation shaft 82 etc.) arranges (coordinate) be completely the same; even if counterpart member slightly difference on shape, size etc., equally within the protection domain of the utility model claim.It should be noted that in addition; involved brace panel 84 allows the not ipsilateral (single side) being welded on steering track rod adapter plate 83; also two sides (i.e. two sided) being simultaneously installed on steering track rod adapter plate 83 are allowed; simultaneously; the installation site of each brace panel 84 does not require completely the same; if there is the such situation difference of brace panel (namely between steering swivel); as long as meet the aforementioned requirement about installing connection, fixed hole position setting (coordinate), equally within the protection domain of the utility model claim.
Further, the left rocking arm 1 be connected respectively with aforementioned two steering swivels, right rocking arm 2, be also set to same parts in the present embodiment and can left and right exchange install.Two rocking arms are symmetrical arranged, use in pairs.Similarly, be ensure that right and left mutually changing is installed, left and right rocking arm arrange at least installation connection of its correspondence, fixed hole position arranges (coordinate) should be consistent; For convenience of describing, unless otherwise indicated, hereafter no longer will distinguish left rocking arm 1 and right rocking arm 2, being referred to as rocking arm.
In the present embodiment, its main body of each rocking arm is welded by pipe fitting and blanked part, shape triangular in shape, and what form triangle front side edge is a square tube 90, be connected with this square tube 90 medial extremity and what form triangle inner side edge is a pipe 91, what form the 3rd side is another pipe 92; The line of centers of pipe 91 arranges parallel with the vehicle frame line of centers (not shown) of four-wheeled.It is blanked part that square tube 90 and pipe 92 infall are provided with a U-shaped steering swivel installation portion 93(), be respectively provided with a hole 97 in the upper and lower side of this steering swivel installation portion 93 for installing steering swivel.Contiguous steering swivel installation portion 93 is provided with U-shaped damping mounting blocks 94(see Fig. 2), be provided with two mounting holes (not marking in figure) bottom its U-shaped, U-shaped flange respectively establishes a through hole 98 for mounting shock absorber (not shown); The corresponding through hole 99 that this damping mounting blocks 94 is each passed through mounting hole on it by two bolts 95 and is formed in triangle rocking arm front side edge square tube 90, carries out installing with nut 96, fixing.Can be arranged on vehicle frame by pipe 91, two rocking arm of each rocking arm, after installing, two rocking arms around the central rotation of respective pipe 91, can realize rocking arm function.
Be set to same parts due to the utility model middle left and right rocking arm 1,2 and can left and right exchange install, thus set on it damping mounting blocks 94 is similarly same parts and can left and right exchange installs.
As previously mentioned, left and right rocking arm 1,2 be realized and exchange and install, at least should to ensure between any two rocking arms corresponding installation connection, that fixed hole position arranges (coordinate) is completely the same.In conjunction with the present embodiment, the hole of two rocking arms 97,98,99(is containing the hole on damping mounting blocks 94 corresponding with it) and pipe 91 etc. install connect, fixed hole position arranges (coordinate) should be completely the same.That is, as long as aforementioned basic demand can be reached, and meet the result of use preset, even if the counterpart member of two rocking arms slightly difference on shape, size etc., equally within the protection domain of the utility model claim.
As shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2, by stub 85 successively through rocking arm steering swivel installation portion upper-side hole 97, the stub mounting pipe 81 of steering swivel, steering swivel installation portion lower-side hole 97, rocking arm can be connected with steering swivel with nut 86, steering swivel rotates under the effect of steering track rod around stub mounting pipe 81 axis (namely around stub 85), and by front-wheel installation shaft 82 steering hardware rotational force is delivered on corresponding wheel make tyre revolution to, thus play the effect controlling direction of traffic.Rocking arm is then pivotally connected with vehicle frame by pipe 91 on the one hand, is connected on the other hand, thus realizes the rocking arm function of front end vehicle body by being installed on the bumper on damping mounting blocks 94 with the front end of vehicle body.
The utility model rocking arm and knuckle assembly, while the normal rocking arm suspension of guarantee four-wheeled and turning function, achieve the exchange of left and right rocking arm, also can realize the exchange of left and right steering swivel simultaneously, the vertical direction also can strengthening steering swivel is further stressed, decrease the manufacture of rocking arm or steering swivel, supervisor status, the condition managing cost that manufacturing cost also reduces product greatly can be reduced.
Said left and right exchange in the utility model, the parts referring to the left side can change to the corresponding normal mounting in the right, use, and vice versa, left and right general, no longer can distinguish left and right.That is, no matter left and right rocking arm might as well, left and right steering swivel might as well, as long as left and right exchange can be realized, even if having little bit different between the two, also all within claims of the present utility model.