EP3699428B1 - Zylinder eines luftkompressors, luftkompressor, fahrzeugsitz und fahrzeug - Google Patents

Zylinder eines luftkompressors, luftkompressor, fahrzeugsitz und fahrzeug Download PDF

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EP3699428B1
EP3699428B1 EP17929243.8A EP17929243A EP3699428B1 EP 3699428 B1 EP3699428 B1 EP 3699428B1 EP 17929243 A EP17929243 A EP 17929243A EP 3699428 B1 EP3699428 B1 EP 3699428B1
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Koon Fung Lam
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04B—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
    • F04B39/00—Component parts, details, or accessories, of pumps or pumping systems specially adapted for elastic fluids, not otherwise provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F04B25/00 - F04B37/00
    • F04B39/12—Casings; Cylinders; Cylinder heads; Fluid connections
    • F04B39/122—Cylinder block
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04B—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
    • F04B39/00—Component parts, details, or accessories, of pumps or pumping systems specially adapted for elastic fluids, not otherwise provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F04B25/00 - F04B37/00
    • F04B39/12—Casings; Cylinders; Cylinder heads; Fluid connections
    • F04B39/126—Cylinder liners

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  • the invention relates to the technical field of air compressors; specifically, the invention relates to an air compressor cylinder, an air compressor comprising the air compressor cylinder, and further relates to an automobile seat and an automobile comprising such air compressor.
  • Air compressors are used in multiple places in modern automobiles as driving or braking apparatus.
  • a piston type air compressor is employed in some automobile seats for adjustment of moving, lumbar support and the like thereof.
  • the piston type air compressor is a positive displacement compressor, the compression element thereof comprises a piston, the piston reciprocates in the cylinder thereby operating by way of causing the working volume to constantly change.
  • the manufacturing of the piston and cylinder has a direct effect on the operating performance of the air compressor.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a piston type air compressor in the prior art.
  • Such piston type air compressor has a driving portion 100 and an air compression execution portion 200.
  • the driving apparatus internal to the driving portion 100 may be a motor or the like, and a piston and a cylinder are disposed at the compression execution portion 200.
  • Laid-open publication WO2004/011804A1 discloses an improvement to the piston structural design in a piston type air compressor.
  • CN 206513530 U discloses an air compressor machine low friction coefficient's gas cylinder assembly, including a cylinder liner accommodating in its inside cavity a piston, an inner wall of the cylinder liner cavity being equipped with ceramic rete.
  • CN 203146271 U discloses an integrated automobile air compressor which mainly comprises a cylinder body and a crank case which are of an integrated structure and cast from aluminum alloy, the inner surface of the cylinder body being provided with a cylinder sleeve in a press-in mode, and the cylinder sleeve being made of cast iron.
  • CN 202370786 U discloses a totally oil-free lubrication high pressure air compressor.
  • the air compressor comprises a power device, a guide cylinder, a middle body, a cylinder, an upper pressing block, a lower pressing block, an upper lining plate and a lower lining plate.
  • CN 2305496 Y discloses an air compressor for tractors which is composed of a cylinder cover 10, an air cylinder 20, a crankshaft device 30, and a separation device 40.
  • the prior art mainly comprises two modes: one is to machine a cylinder block firstly, and then connect the cylinder block with the outer housing of the air compressor; another is to produce the outer shell (including the cylinder) of the air compressor through diecasting molding, so that the processing requirement for the cylinder block is directly achieved.
  • a first aspect of the present invention provides a cylinder having the features of claim 1.
  • a smoothness of an inner surface of the liner is greater than the smoothness of a surface of the cylinder block itself.
  • the liner is die-cast together with the cylinder block.
  • the inner sidewall of the liner is in a straight cylindrical shape, and shape and size of a cross-section of the liner at both ends are the same.
  • a second aspect of the present invention provides a piston type air compressor, wherein a cylinder of the air compressor is the cylinder of any of the foregoing first aspects.
  • a third aspect of the present invention provides an automobile seat, wherein the piston type air compressor of the foregoing second aspect is provided in the automobile seat.
  • a fourth aspect of the present invention provides an automobile, wherein the automobile is provided with the piston type air compressor of the foregoing second aspect, and/or the automobile is provided with the automobile seat of the foregoing third aspect.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a cylinder-piston mechanism of an air compressor according to one embodiment of the present invention.
  • a housing 1 of an air compressor that, along with a housing cover 2, collectively constitutes a chamber 10, within which a crank 3 and a piston 5 connected with a push rod 4 may be housed.
  • An integral cylinder 7 is formed at one end of the housing 1.
  • a cylinder block as a body part of the cylinder 7 is used for forming a compression cavity, and a sealing ring 6 is disposed on the piston 5 and fits within the cylinder block part of the cylinder 7.
  • the cylinder 7 is connected at the end with an air outlet 8.
  • the housing cover 2 and the air outlet 8 are secured to the housing 1 in a removable manner. For example, they may be threaded or snapped onto the housing 1.
  • the air outlet 8 is in threaded connection with one end portion of the cylinder 7. It will be understood that the manner of connection in the illustrated embodiments is exemplary only.
  • the center hole 31 of the crank 3 in the figure is adapted to be connected on a drive shaft of a drive motor (not shown).
  • the opposite end of the push rod 4 from the position of the piston 5 may be connected to the eccentric hole 32 of the crank 3.
  • the connection of the push rod 4 at the eccentric hole 32 is an movable connection, for example, a bearing 41 may be disposed at this end of the push rod 4 to reduce rotational resistance.
  • the piston 5 may be secured at the other end of the push rod 4, and a sealing ring 6 may be disposed on the outer periphery of the piston 5, and the piston 5 will reciprocate with the push rod 4 to change the volume of the compression cavity 71.
  • the presence of the sealing ring 6 prevents excessive gas leakage from the compression cylinder toward the rear of the piston 5.
  • the motor drives the crank 3 to rotate along the axis O, and one end of the push rod 4 rotates with the eccentric hole 32 of the crank 3, the other end connected to the piston 5 push the piston 5 to reciprocate within the cylinder 7 and change the volume of the compression cavity.
  • the air volume of the compression cavity decreases, the gas is discharged from the air outlet 8 to be used for different purposes depending on different applications.
  • a liner 9 is attached to the inner wall at the cylinder block portion defining a cavity within the cylinder 7.
  • the cylinder 7 is an integral part of the housing 1 of the air compressor in the illustrated embodiment, it is not necessary for the cylinder to have a integrally molded housing; the cylinder 7 may absolutely be manufactured separately in other embodiments and then secured to housing 1 in an appropriate manner. These appropriate manners include, but not limited to, various existing manners such as threading, snapping, welding, gluing, and the like.
  • the housing 1 may also be die cast onto the cylinder 7 after separate manufacturing of the cylinder 7.
  • the liner 9 is made of a different material than the cylinder block portion of the cylinder 7.
  • the liner 9 is made independently of the cylinder 7, the manufacturing method of which is also different from the cylinder 7.
  • the liner 9 is a deep drawn tube made of aluminum or aluminum alloy; while the cylinder 7 is die cast by zinc or zinc alloy with a manufactured liner, i.e., a secondary injection molding using aluminum or an aluminum alloy within the zinc mold, thereby the aluminum can have a smoother surface than the die cast zinc or zinc alloy. Achieving a smooth surface by polishing the die cast zinc or zinc alloy parts is costly.
  • the cylinder 7 may be integrally cast with the housing 1 of the air compressor.
  • the cylinder 7 (or along with the housing is die cast together with the liner 9 after the inner liner 9 is made; it is also possible to have a shape mating at the same time, for example, a protrusion 71 is formed on the inner sidewall of the cylinder block, bonded into a recess 91 on the outer sidewall of the liner 9, further enhancing axial position-limiting performance of the two.
  • the protrusion 71 and the recess 91 may extend over the entire circle respectively in a respective circumferential direction; they may also distribute dispersedly in a circumferential direction thereby also enhancing the circumferential position limiting performance of the two.
  • the liner 9 may be separately manufactured and then bonded into the cylinder 7, this facilitates machining of the inner surface of the liner 9 in a low cost manner to achieve higher surface precision, i.e., smoothness, reducing the difficulty of the process, and make the defect rate easy to be controlled.
  • the liner 9 defines a compression cavity 92 of the air compressor. It can be seen that it will be easy to, by independent process in advance, make the smoothness of the inner surface of the inner liner 9, i.e., the compression cavity, be able to be at least greater than the surface smoothness of the cylinder's cylinder block itself. Such improvement of the smoothness of the inner surface of the compression cavity effectively increases the service life of the air compressor, significantly increases the number of working cycles, improves the working efficiency, reduces the production cost, and can avoid the high local performance requirements of the material of the molded part.
  • Such separately manufactured liner may be machined from deep drawn tube having the advantage that the inner sidewalls of the compression cavities no longer have draft angles like in casting.
  • the inner sidewall of such separately manufactured liner may be in a straight cylindrical shape, and the shape and size of the cross-section of the liner at both ends are the same. Due to the elimination of draft angle, this straight cylindrical design is advantageous for increasing the degree of matching of the piston within the compression cavity, avoiding the degradation of its performance and durability due to the friction and angle of the inner sidewalls of the compression cavity, and making the product more compact and make the work efficiency higher.
  • Another aspect of the invention also provides a piston type air compressor, wherein the cylinder of the air compressor is the cylinder of any of the foregoing embodiments. It is discovered in one aspect of the present invention, using separately manufactured liner in a cylinder of a piston type air compressor can not only increase the flexibility of cylinder manufacturing and air compressor manufacturing, but also makes it easy to achieve higher surface precision inside the liner when the liner is manufactured separately, improves the working efficiency of the air compressor, and can greatly prolong the service life of the air compressor.
  • Such piston type air compressor may have a wide application in the field of automobiles. For example, it may be used in the automobile for driving the automobile seat move forward and backward, adjusting lumbar support or the support of body by the seat, and the like. The air compressor may also be used for different occasions such as coffee machines, massage chairs and the like.
  • Yet another aspect of the present invention provides an automobile seat having a piston type air compressor in accordance with the foregoing aspects of the present invention.
  • the piston type air compressor may be used in the automobile seat for driving the automobile seat move forward and backward, adjusting the lumbar support, the wrap of body by the seat or to provide the function of massage chairs and the like.
  • Still another aspect of the present invention further provides an automobile that may have a piston type air compressor of the foregoing aspects, and/or that may have the automobile seat of the foregoing aspect. It can be seen that the arrangement of the air compressor in the automobile thus provided is not limited to being in the automobile seat. It will be appreciated that the automobile seats and automobiles in these aspects of the present invention will have the advantages respective to the foregoing air compressors.

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  1. Zylinder (7) für einen Luftkompressor vom Kolbentyp, wobei
    - ein Hohlraum in einem Zylinderblock des Zylinders (7) definiert ist,
    - eine Auskleidung (9) an einer inneren Seitenwand des Hohlraums angebracht ist,
    - die Auskleidung (9) fest an die innere Seitenwand gebondet ist und
    - die Auskleidung (9) einen Kompressionshohlraum (92) des Luftkompressors definiert, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    - die Auskleidung (9) eine Tiefzieh-Röhre aus Aluminium oder einer Aluminiumlegierung ist und
    - der Zylinder (7) aus Zink oder einer Zinklegierung gebildet ist und mit der Auskleidung (9) druckgegossen ist.
  2. Zylinder nach Anspruch 1, wobei eine Ebenheit einer Innenfläche der Auskleidung (9) größer ist als die Ebenheit einer Oberfläche des Zylinderblocks selbst.
  3. Zylinder nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, wobei die Auskleidung (9) zusammen mit dem Zylinderblock druckgegossen ist.
  4. Zylinder nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, wobei die Fixierung zwischen der Auskleidung (9) und dem Zylinderblock durch eine Gewindeverbindung gebildet ist.
  5. Zylinder nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, wobei die innere Seitenwand der Auskleidung (9) eine geradlinige Zylinderform besitzt und ein Querschnitt der Auskleidung (9) in Form und Größe an beiden Enden gleich ist.
  6. Luftkompressor vom Kolbentyp, der einen Zylinder aufweist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Zylinder des Luftkompressors der Zylinder (7) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5 ist.
  7. Fahrzeugsitz, der einen Luftkompressor vom Kolbentyp aufweist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Luftkompressor vom Kolbentyp der Luftkompressor vom Kolbentyp gemäß Anspruch 6 ist.
  8. Automobil, das einen Luftkompressor vom Kolbentyp und/oder einen Fahrzeugsitz aufweist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Luftkompressor vom Kolbentyp der Luftkompressor vom Kolbentyp gemäß Anspruch 6 ist und/oder der Fahrzeugsitz der Fahrzeugsitz nach Anspruch 7 ist.
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