CN212220437U - Rear overhang line lower adjustment tool structure - Google Patents

Rear overhang line lower adjustment tool structure Download PDF

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CN212220437U
CN212220437U CN202020357053.XU CN202020357053U CN212220437U CN 212220437 U CN212220437 U CN 212220437U CN 202020357053 U CN202020357053 U CN 202020357053U CN 212220437 U CN212220437 U CN 212220437U
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The utility model relates to an adjustment frock structure under rear overhang line belongs to the technical field of automobile manufacturing. The utility model discloses an adjustment frock structure under rear overhang line attaches together location structure including setting up back sub vehicle frame locating pin structure, back sub vehicle frame auxiliary stay structure, back brake disc bearing structure, swing arm bearing structure, motor bearing structure, rear wheel toe-in location structure, rear wheel camber angle location structure and automobile body on the base plate. The utility model discloses an adjustment frock structure under back overhang line is the frock structure that collection back overhang partial shipment, back overhang attach together and the adjustment of back overhang as an organic whole, through design location structure on the frock, guarantees that rear wheel camber angle and rear wheel toe-in are unanimous with the design status, and one-time assembly targets in place, has reduced the process of carrying out rear wheel camber angle and rear wheel toe-in adjustment on the detection line.

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Rear overhang line lower adjustment tool structure
Technical Field
The utility model relates to a technical field that the automobile production was made, more specifically says, the utility model relates to a rear suspension line down adjusts frock structure.
Background
With the continuous progress of society and the continuous improvement of the living standard of people, automobiles have gone into thousands of households, and become indispensable transportation means for daily life of people. The existing automobile rear suspension structure mainly comprises a torsion beam and a plurality of connecting rods, the torsion beam is low in structural cost and simple to manufacture, the comfort of the whole automobile is poor, the cost of the multi-connecting rod structure is high, the manufacture is complex, the comfort of the whole automobile is good, and the multi-connecting rod structure is adopted by more and more automobile types.
In the prior art, the rear suspension structure of the automobile mainly comprises a torsion beam and a plurality of connecting rods, and for the rear suspension type of the multi-connecting rod structure, the adjustment of a rear wheel camber angle and a rear wheel toe-in is generally required to be carried out on a detection line after the assembly of the whole automobile is completed, so that the design parameters of the whole automobile can be met, the equipment cost of the detection line is increased, particularly, the improvement of the detection line is required to be carried out on some detection lines which cannot carry out the adjustment of the rear wheel camber angle and the rear wheel toe-in, the improvement cost of the detection line is increased, and the adjustment efficiency of the detection line is. Along with the requirement of a user on the comfort of the whole vehicle, the arrangement structure of the vehicle is more and more complex, and the space of the vehicle can be adjusted without tools after the whole vehicle is assembled, so that the online adjustment can not be realized.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
For solving the above-mentioned technical problem that exists among the prior art, the utility model aims to provide a collection rear overhang divides, rear overhang attaches together and rear overhang adjustment rear overhang line down adjustment frock structure as an organic whole, through design location and limit structure on the frock, guarantees that rear wheel camber angle and rear wheel toe-in are unanimous with the design status, once assembles the process that targets in place, has reduced and has carried out rear wheel camber angle and rear wheel toe-in adjustment on the detection line.
In order to achieve the above object, a first aspect of the present invention relates to a rear suspension line lower adjustment tool structure.
The utility model discloses a rear suspension line lower adjustment tool structure, which comprises a substrate, wherein the substrate is in an axisymmetric structure and is characterized in that the substrate comprises a substrate main body and a pair of extension plates symmetrically arranged at the two sides of the rear end of the substrate main body; a pair of rear auxiliary frame auxiliary supporting structures is symmetrically arranged on two sides of the middle part of the front end of the substrate main body, a pair of rear wheel camber angle positioning structures is symmetrically arranged on the front part of the two side ends of the substrate main body, a pair of rear brake disc supporting structures is symmetrically arranged on the rear part of the two side ends of the substrate main body, and a pair of rear wheel toe-in positioning structures and a swing arm supporting structure are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the rear end of the substrate main body; a first motor supporting structure is arranged in the middle of the rear end of the substrate main body, and a second motor supporting structure and a third motor supporting structure are arranged in the middle of the substrate main body; the front end of the extension plate is provided with a rear auxiliary frame positioning pin structure, and the rear end of the extension plate is provided with a rear suspension assembly positioning structure; the rear wheel camber angle positioning structure comprises an upright post, a rotating arm and a U-shaped positioning block, the upright post is fixed on the base plate main body, a pair of connecting ends is arranged at the upper end of the upright post, a connecting arm is arranged at one end of the rotating arm, the connecting arm is arranged between the pair of connecting ends and is connected with the pair of connecting ends through a pin shaft, and the U-shaped positioning block is arranged at the other end of the rotating arm; the rear wheel toe-in positioning structure comprises a fixed base, a turnable positioning structure and a positioning bolt, the turnable positioning structure is mounted on the fixed base through a pin shaft, the fixed base is fixed on the substrate main body through a bolt, a bolt seat is arranged at the upper end of the turnable positioning structure, the positioning bolt is inserted into a bolt hole of the bolt seat, and the positioning bolt is used for being connected with a rear front control arm and used for ensuring that a rear wheel toe-in value is consistent with a design state.
Wherein, the base plate main part is provided with a through hole.
The rear brake disc supporting structure comprises a first supporting seat, a rear brake disc positioning block is arranged on the upper portion of the first supporting seat, and the rear brake disc positioning block is provided with a circular arc bottom plate for supporting the rear brake disc and a side plate contacted with the rear brake disc.
The swing arm supporting structure comprises a second supporting seat, a swing arm supporting block is arranged on the upper portion of the second supporting seat, and the swing arm supporting block is fixed on the upper portion of the second supporting seat through a bolt.
The rear suspension assembly positioning structure comprises a first upright post, the first upright post is fixed on the extension plate, and the upper portion of the upright post is of a taper pin structure.
The rear auxiliary frame positioning pin structure comprises a second stand column, the upper portion of the second stand column is a taper pin structure, and a protection ring is sleeved on the taper pin structure.
The first motor supporting structure comprises a first supporting shaft, a first motor supporting block is arranged on the upper portion of the first supporting shaft, and the first motor supporting block is provided with an inclined supporting surface.
The second motor supporting structure comprises a second supporting shaft, a second motor supporting block is arranged at the upper part of the second supporting shaft, and the second motor supporting block is provided with a circular arc-shaped supporting surface.
The third motor supporting structure comprises a third supporting shaft, and a third motor supporting block is arranged at the upper part of the third supporting shaft.
The auxiliary supporting structure of the rear auxiliary frame comprises a fourth supporting shaft, and an auxiliary frame supporting block is arranged on the upper portion of the fourth supporting shaft.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model discloses an adjust frock structure under back suspension line has following beneficial effect:
1) the utility model realizes the off-line adjustment of the camber angle of the rear wheel and the toe-in of the rear wheel;
2) the utility model improves the precision of the rear suspension split charging;
3) the utility model improves the adjusting efficiency of the detection line;
4) the utility model discloses the equipment cost and the transformation cost of detection line have been reduced.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a rear suspension lower adjustment tool of the present invention;
fig. 2 is the utility model discloses a rear wheel camber angle location structure's schematic diagram in adjustment frock.
Fig. 3 is a schematic view of the adjusting structure of the toe-in of the rear wheel in the adjusting tool of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is an application schematic diagram of the rear suspension lower adjustment tool of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is an application schematic diagram of rear wheel camber angle adjustment in the adjustment tool of the present invention.
Fig. 6 is an application schematic diagram of the adjustment of the toe-in of the rear wheel in the adjustment tool of the present invention.
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The following will be combined with the specific embodiment to further explain the structure of the rear suspension lower adjustment tool of the present invention to help the technicians in the field to understand the concept and technical solution of the present invention more completely, accurately and deeply.
The embodiment provides a rear suspension lower adjustment tool structure, as shown in fig. 1, which includes a substrate 10, the substrate 10 has an axisymmetric structure, and includes a substrate main body 11 and a pair of extension plates 13 symmetrically disposed on two sides of the rear end of the substrate main body 11, and the substrate main body 11 is provided with a through hole 12. The front end middle part bilateral symmetry of base plate main part 11 is provided with a pair of back sub vehicle frame auxiliary stay structure 90, the both sides end front portion of base plate main part 11 is provided with a pair of rear wheel camber angle location structure 100 symmetrically, the both sides end rear portion of base plate main part 11 is provided with a pair of back brake disc bearing structure 20 symmetrically, the rear end bilateral symmetry of base plate main part 11 is provided with a pair of rear wheel toe-in location structure 110 and swing arm bearing structure 30. The middle part of the rear end of the substrate main body 11 is provided with a first motor support structure 60, and the middle part of the substrate main body 11 is provided with a second motor support structure 70 and a third motor support structure 80. The front end of the extension plate 13 is provided with a rear subframe locating pin structure 50 and the rear end of the extension plate is provided with a rear suspension mounting locating structure 40. As shown in fig. 2, the rear wheel camber angle positioning structure 100 includes a vertical column 101, a rotating arm 105 and a U-shaped positioning block 106, the lower end of the vertical column 101 is fixed on the substrate main body 11 by bolts, the upper end of the vertical column 101 is provided with a pair of connecting ends 102, one end of the rotating arm 105 is provided with a connecting arm 104, the connecting arm 104 is disposed between the pair of connecting ends 102 and connected with the pair of connecting ends 102 by a pin 102, the other end of the rotating arm 105 is provided with the U-shaped positioning block 106, and the U-shaped positioning block 106 and the knuckle belt brake disc assembly are positioned by profiles, so as to ensure that the rear wheel camber angle is consistent with the design state. As shown in fig. 3, the rear wheel toe-in positioning structure 110 includes a fixed base 111, a reversible positioning structure 113 and a positioning plug pin 117, the reversible positioning structure 113 is mounted on the fixed base 111 through a pin 112, the fixed base 111 is fixed on the substrate main body 11 through a bolt, a plug pin seat 116 is disposed at an upper end of the reversible positioning structure 113, the positioning plug pin 117 is pluggable into a plug pin hole of the plug pin seat 116, and the positioning plug pin 117 can be used for connecting a rear front control arm to ensure that a rear wheel toe-in value is consistent with a design state.
In this embodiment, the base plate 10 serves as a support for supporting the positioning mechanisms and carrying all the weight. The rear brake disc support structure 20 comprises a first support seat, a rear brake disc positioning block 21 is arranged on the upper portion of the first support seat, and the first support seat is fixed on the base plate 10 through bolts and plays a supporting role in supporting the rear brake disc positioning block 21. The rear brake disc positioning block 21 is fixed to the upper portion of the supporting shaft through a bolt, the rear brake disc positioning block 21 plays a role in positioning, supporting and protecting the rear brake disc and preventing the rear brake disc from falling off, and the rear brake disc positioning block 21 is provided with an arc bottom plate for supporting the rear brake disc and a side plate in contact with the rear brake disc. The swing arm supporting structure 30 includes a second supporting seat, a swing arm supporting block 31 is disposed on the upper portion of the second supporting seat, the second supporting seat is fixed on the substrate 10 through a bolt to support the swing arm supporting block 31, and the swing arm supporting block 31 is fixed on the upper portion of the second supporting seat through a bolt to support and protect the swing arm. Rear overhang attaches together location structure 40 and includes first stand, the lower part of first stand is passed through the bolt fastening and is in on the extension board 13, the upper portion of stand is the taper pin structure, plays guiding orientation effect when rear overhang attaches together with the automobile body, and the rear overhang attaches together and assembles precision control with the automobile body of being convenient for. Rear sub vehicle frame locating pin structure 50 includes the second stand, the upper portion of second stand is the taper pin structure, taper pin structrual cover is equipped with protection ring 51, the lower part of stand passes through the bolt fastening on the base plate main part 11. The taper pin structure plays a role in positioning and supporting the rear auxiliary frame, and the protection ring 51 plays a role in protecting and supporting the rear auxiliary frame. The first motor supporting structure 60 includes a first supporting shaft, a first motor supporting block 61 is disposed on an upper portion of the first supporting shaft, the first motor supporting block 61 has an inclined supporting surface, a lower portion of the first motor supporting block 61 is fixed on the substrate body 11 by a bolt, and the first motor supporting block 61 is fixed on the upper portion of the first motor supporting block 61 by a bolt, and plays a role in supporting and protecting the motor and fixing the motor. The second motor supporting structure 70 includes a second supporting shaft, a second motor supporting block 71 is disposed on an upper portion of the second supporting shaft, the second supporting shaft is fixed on the substrate body 11 through a bolt, the second motor supporting block 71 is fixed on the upper portion of the second supporting shaft through a bolt, and the second motor supporting block 71 has an arc supporting surface, and plays a role in supporting and protecting the motor and fixing the motor. The third motor supporting structure 80 includes a third supporting shaft, a third motor supporting block 81 is disposed on the upper portion of the third supporting shaft, the lower portion of the third supporting shaft is fixed to the substrate body 11 through a bolt to support the third motor supporting block 81, and the third motor supporting block 81 is fixed to the upper portion of the third supporting shaft through a bolt to support and protect the motor and fix the motor. The rear auxiliary frame auxiliary supporting structure 90 includes a fourth supporting shaft, an auxiliary frame supporting block 91 is provided on an upper portion of the fourth supporting shaft, and the fourth supporting shaft is fixed on the substrate 10 by a bolt to support the rear auxiliary frame supporting block 91. And the auxiliary frame supporting block 91 is fixed on the upper part of the fourth supporting shaft through a bolt and plays a role in supporting and protecting the rear auxiliary frame.
Fig. 4-6 are schematic diagrams illustrating an application of the rear suspension lower adjustment tool according to the embodiment. The use method of the rear suspension lower adjustment tool in the embodiment is as follows:
first, the rear subframe assembly is placed on a tool, and the rear control arm assembly and the rear stabilizer bar assembly are assembled according to a normal assembly sequence. Erecting a rear wheel toe-in positioning structure, placing a rear front control arm assembly at a mounting position, connecting a rear front control arm with the rear wheel toe-in positioning structure by using a bolt, adjusting the mounting position of the other side of the rear front control arm, fixing the rear front control arm and a rear auxiliary frame together by using an eccentric bolt, tightening torque, pulling down the bolt, and placing the bolt on the rear wheel toe-in positioning structure. The rear wheel camber angle positioning structure is turned over, the joint is connected to a steering knuckle mounting surface, the Y-position of the steering knuckle is guaranteed, the rear upper control arm and the steering knuckle are connected together through an eccentric bolt, the torque is tightened, the torque of the connecting end of the rear upper control arm and the sub-frame is tightened, the rear wheel camber angle positioning structure is turned over, and the torque of the connecting portion of the steering knuckle belt brake disc assembly and the rear control arm is tightened. And placing the motor on a motor fixing support, and fixing the motor on the auxiliary frame by using bolts. And after all the parts are assembled, the rear suspension assembly and the vehicle body are assembled, and the next operation is started after the assembly is completed.
The rear overhang underline adjustment tool structure of this embodiment is the collection rear overhang partial shipment, the rear overhang attaches together and the rear overhang adjustment tool structure as an organic whole, through design location structure on the frock, guarantee that rear wheel camber angle and rear wheel toe-in are unanimous with the design status, once assemble targets in place, the process of carrying out rear wheel camber angle and rear wheel toe-in adjustment on the test line has been reduced, the adjustment space of no instrument has been solved, the problem of adjustment under the unable realization line, rear overhang partial shipment precision has been guaranteed, the adjustment efficiency of test line has been promoted, the equipment cost and the transformation cost of test line have been reduced.
For those skilled in the art, the specific embodiments are only exemplary descriptions of the present invention, and it is obvious that the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and various insubstantial modifications can be made without modification to the method concept and technical solution of the present invention, and the present invention is also within the scope of the present invention.

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1. A rear suspension line lower adjusting tool structure comprises a substrate, wherein the substrate is of an axisymmetric structure and is characterized in that the substrate comprises a substrate main body and a pair of extension plates symmetrically arranged on two sides of the rear end of the substrate main body; a pair of rear auxiliary frame auxiliary supporting structures is symmetrically arranged on two sides of the middle part of the front end of the substrate main body, a pair of rear wheel camber angle positioning structures is symmetrically arranged on the front part of the two side ends of the substrate main body, a pair of rear brake disc supporting structures is symmetrically arranged on the rear part of the two side ends of the substrate main body, and a pair of rear wheel toe-in positioning structures and a swing arm supporting structure are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the rear end of the substrate main body; a first motor supporting structure is arranged in the middle of the rear end of the substrate main body, and a second motor supporting structure and a third motor supporting structure are arranged in the middle of the substrate main body; the front end of the extension plate is provided with a rear auxiliary frame positioning pin structure, and the rear end of the extension plate is provided with a rear suspension assembly positioning structure; the rear wheel camber angle positioning structure comprises an upright post, a rotating arm and a U-shaped positioning block, the upright post is fixed on the base plate main body, a pair of connecting ends is arranged at the upper end of the upright post, a connecting arm is arranged at one end of the rotating arm, the connecting arm is arranged between the pair of connecting ends and is connected with the pair of connecting ends through a pin shaft, and the U-shaped positioning block is arranged at the other end of the rotating arm; the rear wheel toe-in positioning structure comprises a fixed base, a turnable positioning structure and a positioning bolt, the turnable positioning structure is mounted on the fixed base through a pin shaft, the fixed base is fixed on the substrate main body through a bolt, a bolt seat is arranged at the upper end of the turnable positioning structure, the positioning bolt is inserted into a bolt hole of the bolt seat, and the positioning bolt is used for being connected with a rear front control arm and used for ensuring that a rear wheel toe-in value is consistent with a design state.
2. The rear suspension lower adjustment tool structure according to claim 1, characterized in that: the substrate main body is provided with a through hole.
3. The rear suspension lower adjustment tool structure according to claim 1, characterized in that: the rear brake disc support structure comprises a first support seat, a rear brake disc positioning block is arranged on the upper portion of the first support seat, and the rear brake disc positioning block is provided with a support for supporting an arc bottom plate of the rear brake disc and a side plate contacted with the rear brake disc.
4. The rear suspension lower adjustment tool structure according to claim 1, characterized in that: the swing arm supporting structure comprises a second supporting seat, a swing arm supporting block is arranged on the upper portion of the second supporting seat, and the swing arm supporting block is fixed on the upper portion of the second supporting seat through bolts.
5. The rear suspension lower adjustment tool structure according to claim 1, characterized in that: the rear suspension assembly positioning structure comprises a first stand column, the first stand column is fixed on the extension plate, and the upper portion of the stand column is of a taper pin structure.
6. The rear suspension lower adjustment tool structure according to claim 1, characterized in that: the back sub vehicle frame locating pin structure includes the second stand, the upper portion of second stand is the taper pin structure, taper pin structrual cover is equipped with the protection ring.
7. The rear suspension lower adjustment tool structure according to claim 1, characterized in that: the first motor supporting structure comprises a first supporting shaft, a first motor supporting block is arranged on the upper portion of the first supporting shaft, and the first motor supporting block is provided with an inclined supporting surface.
8. The rear suspension lower adjustment tool structure according to claim 1, characterized in that: the second motor supporting structure comprises a second supporting shaft, a second motor supporting block is arranged at the upper part of the second supporting shaft, and the second motor supporting block is provided with a circular arc-shaped supporting surface.
9. The rear suspension lower adjustment tool structure according to claim 1, characterized in that: the third motor supporting structure comprises a third supporting shaft, and a third motor supporting block is arranged at the upper part of the third supporting shaft.
10. The rear suspension lower adjustment tool structure according to claim 1, characterized in that: the auxiliary supporting structure of the rear auxiliary frame comprises a fourth supporting shaft, and an auxiliary frame supporting block is arranged on the upper portion of the fourth supporting shaft.
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CN111422282B (en) * 2020-03-20 2024-07-05 阿尔特汽车技术股份有限公司 Back suspension line lower adjustment frock structure

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CN111422282A (en) * 2020-03-20 2020-07-17 阿尔特汽车技术股份有限公司 Rear overhang line lower adjustment tool structure
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