JP5157470B2 - Rear swing arm for motorcycle and method for manufacturing the same - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a rear swing arm of a motorcycle and a manufacturing method thereof.

  Generally, a rear swing arm is used as a means for suspending a rear wheel of a motorcycle.

  The front end of the rear swing arm is pivotally attached to the body frame via, for example, a pivot shaft, and the rear wheel is pivotally supported by the rear end which is a free end.

  Further, the rear swing arm is generally composed of a pair of left and right arm portions and a front connecting portion constructed between the front portions of the arm portions. A pivot shaft support is provided at the front end of the arm. The rear swing arm is pivotally attached to the vehicle body frame via a pivot shaft by a pivot shaft support portion. A rear wheel bearing portion is provided at the rear end portion of the arm portion. A rear wheel is rotatably supported by the rear wheel bearing portion.

  A bracket to which one end of the rear wheel suspension device is attached is provided at the front connecting portion of the rear swing arm. The other end of the rear wheel suspension is attached to the body frame.

  As an example of the structure of the rear swing arm, Patent Document 1 discloses a rear swing arm in which a front connecting portion and an arm portion are integrally cast, and a U-shaped cross-sectional shape in which a lower portion of the arm portion is opened is formed. Is described.

Further, in Patent Document 2, a shaft drive system is used as a mechanism for transmitting power to the rear wheel, and one arm portion formed in a cylindrical shape opened front and rear and a front connection portion are integrally cast, A rear swing arm is described in which the other arm portion is welded to the portion connecting portion.
JP-A-61-215188 JP 2003-191886 A

  The rear swing arm described in Patent Literature 1 eliminates the core of the arm part in casting by reducing the man-hour required for forming the rear swing arm by making the cross-sectional shape of the arm part U-shaped. is there. However, the rear swing arm having such a structure has a thicker arm portion in order to obtain the required strength and rigidity as compared with the rear swing arm having a hollow cylindrical structure having a closed cross section. It is necessary to increase the cross-sectional area, which increases the weight.

  The rigidity and weight of the rear swing arm greatly affect the motor performance of the motorcycle. The rear swing arm that is particularly rigid and lightweight can contribute to the reduction of unsprung weight, and gives high performance to the motorcycle.

  Here, when a rear swing arm having a hollow cylindrical structure having a closed cross section is formed by casting, casting using a core is generally used. The core is held in the casting mold by baseboards and core pressers viewed from openings provided at various locations on the rear swing arm.

  However, providing large openings at various locations on the rear swing arm causes a reduction in strength and rigidity of the rear swing arm. For this reason, in the rear swing arm disclosed in Patent Document 2, the front connecting portion and the arm portion are not integrally cast, and the arm portion formed by dividing the front connecting portion into which sand is discharged after casting is formed. The structure integrated by welding is described. In the rear swing arm configured as described above, the number of parts and the manufacturing process increase, and the cost cannot be reduced sufficiently.

  In addition, if the position accuracy of the baseboard or core presser holding the core in casting is unstable and unstable, that is, if the supporting accuracy of the core is low, the thickness of the cast molded product will be biased, resulting in a predetermined strength and rigidity. May not be obtained. For this reason, even though the wall thickness is partially reduced, the wall thickness is excessively increased so that the required strength can be obtained, but this is a factor in increasing the weight.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a rear swing arm for a motorcycle and a method for manufacturing the same that improve the accuracy of supporting the core and facilitate the sand removal of the core.

In order to solve the above problems, in the rear swing arm of the motorcycle according to the present invention, a front end is pivotally supported by the vehicle body frame, and a rear end is rotatably supported at the rear end by a pair of left and right arms. and a front coupling portion connecting the arm portion, and the arm portion and the front coupling portion is cast integrally molded are respectively a hollow structure, the hollow portion of at least one of the arm portions and the front Stories The arm portion having a hollow portion communicated with the hollow portion of the front connecting portion in an integral L-shape and communicated with the hollow portion of the front connecting portion is provided on the inner side in the vehicle width direction provided with a lightening hole has a side portion, the front coupling portion may have a front portion and a rear portion provided with lightening holes, said lightening holes, each of the upper and lower with the front coupling portion and the arm portion It is characterized by being arranged in the approximate center of the direction .

In the method for manufacturing a rear swing arm for a motorcycle according to the present invention, a pair of left and right arm portions that pivotally support a front end on a vehicle body frame and rotatably support a rear wheel on the rear end portion, and the arm portion An upper mold that molds the upper half of the rear swing arm of the motorcycle having a front coupling portion that couples the lower swing mold, a lower mold that molds the lower half of the rear swing arm, and is integrally formed in an L-shape. forming a mold having a child within you at least one of the arm portions and the said front connecting portion to the hollow structure, respectively, wherein the core is a side portion of the vehicle width direction inner side of the arm portion, said front A base plate projecting from a position corresponding to a lightening hole formed at a substantially vertical center of each of a front surface portion of the connecting portion and a rear surface portion of the front connecting portion; The rear swinger is clamped on the connecting surface with the mold. It is characterized by casting a single body.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, while improving the support precision of a core, the rear swing arm of the motorcycle which made the sand removal of a core easy, and its manufacturing method can be provided.

  An embodiment of a rear swing arm of a motorcycle according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 1 is a left side view showing an example of an embodiment of a motorcycle using a rear swing arm according to the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a motorcycle 1 includes a body frame 2 that is mainly formed of a steel pipe and is formed in a double cradle type. A front and rear two-cylinder V-type engine 3 is mounted on the front half (double cradle portion) of the body frame 2, and a fuel tank 4 is placed above the body frame 2 so as to be positioned above the V-type engine 3. The A seat 5 and a rear cowling 6 are sequentially arranged behind the fuel tank 4. A pair of left and right steps 7 are provided in the vicinity of the front lower part of the body frame 2, and a radiator 8 is installed on the front surface of the body frame 2.

  A front fork 10 that supports the front wheel 9 is pivotally supported on the front head of the vehicle body frame 2 together with a handle bar 11, a front cowling 12, a front fender 13, and the like so as to be rotatable left and right. On the other hand, a pivot shaft 15 is installed in the center lower portion of the body frame 2 in the vehicle width direction. A rear swing arm 17 that supports the rear wheel 16 is pivotally supported on the rear half of the body frame 2 by a pivot shaft 15 so as to be rotatable up and down. A rear wheel suspension device 18 is provided near the base of the rear swing arm 17. A shaft drive system is used for the secondary reduction mechanism of the motorcycle 1, and the output of the V-type engine 3 is transmitted to the rear wheel via a transmission 19, for example, by a drive shaft (not shown) inserted into the rear swing arm 17. 16 is transmitted.

  2 and 3 are perspective views showing an example of the embodiment of the rear swing arm according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a plan sectional view showing an example of the embodiment of the rear swing arm according to the present invention. These are the longitudinal cross-sectional views which show an example of embodiment of the rear swing arm which concerns on this invention.

  2 to FIG. 5, the solid arrow Z indicates the front of the motorcycle 1, the solid arrow Y indicates the upper portion of the motorcycle 1, and the solid arrow X indicates the left side of the motorcycle 1.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the rear swing arm 17 includes a pair of left and right arm portions 20 and 21 and a front connection portion 22 that connects the arm portions 20 and 21, and is integrally cast with aluminum alloy. Is done. A hollow portion is formed in each of the arm portions 20 and 21 and the front coupling portion 22. The arm part 20 and the front connection part 22 are partitioned by a partition wall 25, and the hollow part inside the arm part 20 forms an independent space. The arm part 21 and the front part connecting part 22 are partitioned by a partition wall 27 in which a communication hole 26 that communicates with a hollow part formed inside the arm part 21 and the front part connecting part 22 is formed.

  Pivot shaft support portions 28 and 29 into which the pivot shaft 15 installed on the vehicle body frame 2 is inserted are formed at the front end portions 20a and 21a of the arm portions 20 and 21, respectively.

  The arm portion 20 is formed in a cylindrical shape having a front opening 32 and a rear opening 33, and a drive shaft (not shown) is accommodated therein. The front end of the drive shaft is coupled to the transmission 19 via a universal joint (not shown), and the rear end is coupled to a drive side bevel gear (not shown) for driving the rear wheel 16 via a universal joint (not shown). Is done. A shaft rear portion support portion 35 is attached to the rear end portion 20 b of the arm portion 20.

  A rear wheel bearing portion 36 is formed at the rear end portion 21 b of the arm portion 21. A caliper attachment portion 37 to which a caliper (not shown) of a rear disc brake (not shown) is attached is formed on the rear portion 21c of the arm portion 21. A side surface portion 21 d on the center side in the vehicle width direction of the arm portion 21 is formed by a side wall 41 having a lightening hole 38, 39.

  The lightening holes 38 and 39 are arranged at a substantially center in the vertical direction, which is a substantially neutral axis of the side surface portion 21d, corresponding to the bending load acting on the arm portion 21. Further, the lightening hole 38 is disposed on the front side near the joint portion between the arm portion 21 and the front connection portion 22, and the lightening hole 39 is disposed on the rear side near the rear wheel bearing portion 36. . The opening area of the lightening holes 38 and 39 corresponds to the stress concentration generated in the joint portion between the arm portion 21 and the front connecting portion 22, and the opening area of the lightening holes 39 is larger than the opening area of the lightening holes 38. Is formed larger.

  The shaft rear support portion 35 supports the axle (not shown) of the rear wheel 16 together with the rear wheel bearing portion 36 and is connected to the rear end portion of the drive shaft via a joint member, and the drive side A driven bevel gear (not shown) or the like that is engaged with the bevel gear and transmits engine output to the rear wheel 16 is supported.

  The front surface portion 22 a of the front connection portion 22 is constituted by a front wall 45 having the lightening holes 42 and 43, and the rear surface portion 22 b of the front connection portion 22 is constituted by a rear wall 47 having the lightening holes 46. Further, a bracket 48 to which one end portion of the rear wheel suspension device 18 is attached is provided on the lower surface portion 22 c of the front connection portion 22. The other end of the rear wheel suspension device 18 is attached to the vehicle body frame 2.

  The lightening holes 42, 43, 46 are disposed at substantially the center in the up-down direction corresponding to the bending load acting on the front connecting portion 22, which is a substantially neutral axis of each of the front surface portion 22 a and the rear surface portion 22 b. Further, the lightening hole 46 is disposed substantially at the center of the motorcycle 1 in the vehicle width direction, and the lightening holes 42 and 43 are disposed so as to be offset outward in the vehicle width direction. That is, the lightening holes 42, 43, 46 are alternately arranged so that the front surface portion 22 a and the rear surface portion 22 b of the front connection portion 22 do not overlap each other in the front-rear direction of the motorcycle 1.

  Ribs 49 are formed in the hollow portion inside the front connecting portion 22 along the front-rear direction of the motorcycle 1 from the peripheral portions of the respective hollow holes 42, 43, 46.

  The casting process of the rear swing arm 17 configured in this manner is a known method, that is, a molten metal material in a cavity of a casting mold (not shown) in which a core (not shown) that is a sand mold is disposed, For example, an aluminum alloy is poured and the rear swing arm 17 is removed from the casting mold after the metal material is solidified. The casting mold includes an outer mold (not shown) including an upper mold (not shown) for forming the upper half of the rear swing arm 17 and a lower mold (not shown) for forming the lower half, and a hollow portion of the arm portion 20. And a second core (not shown) used to form a hollow portion between the arm portion 21 and the front connecting portion 22. Is done. In addition, the first core and the second core remaining in the hollow portion of the rear swing arm 17 after die cutting are broken and discharged to the outside.

  Here, the front opening 32 and the rear opening 33 of the arm portion 20 are used as the support holes of the first core. The first core skirting board projects from a position where the front opening 32 and the rear opening 33 which are support holes are formed, and is sandwiched between the upper mold and the lower mold of the casting mold. The front opening 32 and the rear opening 33 are also used as sand discharge holes of the first core after die cutting.

  As the second core support hole, the lightening holes 38 and 39 formed in the side surface portion 21d of the arm portion 21, and the lightening holes 42 and 43 formed in the front surface portion 22a of the front connection portion 22 are provided. In addition, a lightening hole 46 formed in the rear surface portion 22b of the front connecting portion 22 is used. That is, the second core is integrally or integrally formed in a substantially L shape via the communication hole 26 formed in the partition wall 27. The second core baseboard protrudes from the position where the lightening holes 38, 39, 42, 43, and 46, which are support holes, are formed, and is sandwiched between the upper mold and the lower mold of the casting mold. Further, the lightening holes 38, 39, 42, 43, and 46 are also used as sand discharge holes of the second core after die cutting (solid arrow A in FIG. 4).

  The secondary reduction mechanism of the motorcycle 1 is not limited to the shaft drive system, and may be a chain drive system or a drive belt system. In that case, the rear swing arm 17 includes a pair of left and right arm portions 21 and 21 and a front connection portion 22 that connects the arm portions 21 and 21. The arm portions 21 and 21 and the front connection portion 22 are: The arm portions 21 and 21 and the front connection portion 22 are defined by partition walls 27 each having a communication hole 26 that communicates with a hollow portion formed therein.

  According to the rear swing arm 17 according to the present embodiment, the hollow portion between the arm portion 21 and the front connection portion 22 is formed by communicating the hollow portion between the arm portion 21 and the front connection portion 22 through the communication hole 26. The second core for molding can be formed integrally or integrally. Also, a plurality of base holes 38, 39, 42, 43, and 46 are provided in the arm portion 21 and the front connection portion 22, so that a plurality of baseboards project from the second core into the casting mold. The movement of the second core formed in a substantially L-shape in the translational direction and the rotational direction is sufficiently restricted, and the support accuracy of the second core is improved. Further, the first core skirting board for forming the hollow portion of the arm portion 20 is projected from the front opening 32 and the rear opening 33 to the casting mold, and the translational direction of the substantially cylindrical first core Movement in the rotational direction is sufficiently constrained.

  Therefore, it is possible to improve the casting accuracy of the rear swing arm 17, and the wall thickness between the arm portions 20, 21 and the front connecting portion 22 can obtain a certain management quality. Then, it becomes easy to make the thickness of the rear swing arm 17 uniform, and it is not necessary to increase the thickness excessively in order to obtain the required thickness, so that the thickness can be reduced and the strength can be stabilized. And weight reduction.

  In particular, since the second core that forms the hollow portion of the arm portion 21 and the front connection portion 22 can be sanded out from the plurality of lightening holes 38, 39, 42, 43, 46, Shortening can be achieved.

  Since the hollow portion between the arm portion 21 and the front connection portion 22 is partitioned by the partition wall 25 having the communication hole 26, the arm portion 21 and the front connection portion 22 are caused by the torsional load acting on the rear swing arm 17. The concentration of stress generated in the connection portion can be reduced.

  The lightening holes 38, 39, 42, 43, 46 formed in the arm part 21 and the front connecting part 22 are upper and lower that are substantially neutral shafts corresponding to the bending load acting on the wall part formed therein. Since it is arranged in the center of the direction, it can contribute to the weight reduction of the rear swing arm 17 and the improvement of the holding accuracy of the core in the casting process without reducing the bending rigidity of the rear swing arm 17 as much as possible.

  Further, since the opening area of the lightening hole 39 is formed larger than the opening area of the lightening hole 38, the rear swing arm 17 can be reduced in weight while ensuring the strength and rigidity of the arm portion 21 appropriately. Can do. Further, since the lightening holes 38 and 39 are formed in the side surface portion 21d of the arm portion 21 on the center side in the vehicle width direction, the appearance of the motorcycle 1 is not impaired.

  Further, the lightening holes 42, 43, 46 are alternately arranged so that the front surface portion 22 a and the rear surface portion 22 b of the front connection portion 22 do not overlap each other in the front-rear direction of the motorcycle 1. It is possible to contribute to the weight reduction of the rear swing arm 17 and the improvement of the holding accuracy of the core in the casting process without reducing the torsional rigidity of the arm 17 as much as possible.

  Therefore, according to the rear swing arm 17 according to the present embodiment, it is possible to provide a rear swing arm for a motorcycle and a method for manufacturing the same that can improve the support accuracy of the core and facilitate the sand removal of the core.

The left side view showing an example of the embodiment of the motorcycle using the rear swing arm concerning the present invention. The perspective view which shows an example of embodiment of the rear swing arm which concerns on this invention. The perspective view which shows an example of embodiment of the rear swing arm which concerns on this invention. 1 is a plan sectional view showing an example of an embodiment of a rear swing arm according to the present invention. The longitudinal section showing an example of the embodiment of the rear swing arm concerning the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Motorcycle 2 Body frame 3 V-type engine 4 Fuel tank 5 Seating seat 6 Rear cowling 7 Step 8 Radiator 9 Front wheel 10 Front fork 11 Handlebar 12 Front cowling 13 Front fender 15 Pivot shaft 16 Rear wheel 17 Rear swing arm 18 Rear wheel Suspension device 19 Transmission 20 Arm portion 20a Front end portion 20b Rear end portion 21 Arm portion 21a Front end portion 21b Rear end portion 21c Rear end portion 21d Side surface portion 22 Front portion connection portion 22a Front portion 22b Rear surface portion 22c Lower surface portion 25 Partition wall 26 Communication hole 27 Partition walls 28 and 29 Pivot shaft support portion 32 Front opening 33 Rear opening 35 Shaft rear support portion 36 Rear wheel bearing portion 37 Caliper mounting portion 38 and 39 Thickening hole 41 Side wall 42 and 43 Thickening hole 45 Front wall 46 Thickening hole 47 Rear wall 48 Bracket 49 Rear

Claims (5)

A pair of left and right arm portions whose front end portions are pivotally supported by the body frame, and rear wheels are rotatably supported at the rear end portions;
A front connecting part for connecting the arm part,
The arm part and the front connection part are each formed in a hollow structure and integrally molded,
A hollow portion of the hollow portion of at least one of the arm portions before SL front coupling portion is in communication with the integral L-shaped,
The arm portion having a hollow portion communicated with the hollow portion of the front connection portion has a side portion on the inner side in the vehicle width direction in which a lightening hole is provided,
Said front connecting portion, have a front portion and a rear portion provided with lightening holes,
The rear swing arm of a motorcycle , wherein the lightening hole is disposed at a substantially vertical center of each of the arm portion and the front connecting portion . The hollow part of the arm part and the hollow part of the front connection part are:
2. The rear swing arm of a motorcycle according to claim 1, wherein the rear swing arm is defined by a partition wall formed with a communication hole. The side portion of the arm portion is
A lightening hole disposed in the vicinity of the arm portion and the front connection portion;
Having a lightening hole disposed in the vicinity of the rear end portion of the arm portion,
The said hollowing hole arrange | positioned in the vicinity of the said rear-end part has a larger opening area than the said hollowing hole arrange | positioned in the vicinity of the said arm part and the said front connection part. Item 3. A rear swing arm of a motorcycle according to item 1 or 2 . Each of the lightening holes formed on the front side surface and the rear side surface of the front connection part,
The rear swing arm for a motorcycle according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the rear swing arms for the motorcycle are arranged alternately so as not to overlap each other in the front-rear direction of the motorcycle. A rear swing arm of a motorcycle having a pair of left and right arm portions that pivotally support a front end portion on a vehicle body frame and rotatably support a rear wheel at a rear end portion, and a front connection portion that connects the arm portions. An upper mold for molding the upper half of the
A lower mold for forming the lower half of the rear swing arm;
L-shape are integrally formed to form a mold with a child in you at least one of the arm portions and the said front connecting portion to the hollow structure, respectively,
The core is
Side portion of the vehicle width direction inner side of the arm portion, and projecting from the front surface and the surface portion each corresponding position in the vertical direction substantially lightening hole formed in the center after the front coupling portion of the front coupling portion width Have a tree,
Sandwiching the baseboard between the upper die and the lower die,
A method for manufacturing a rear swing arm of a motorcycle, wherein the rear swing arm is integrally cast.

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