KR200202991Y1 - Vortex prevention structure within oil reserve tank for power steering system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a vortex prevention structure in an oil storage tank of a power steering device, wherein a plurality of diaphragms are disposed in a vertical direction in an oil storage tank in which oil is pressed out of the oil pump and exerts a steering force during steering in the power steering device. The purpose of this is to forcibly block the flow of the oil flowing into the oil storage tank by installing it, thereby preventing the oil from rising and preventing the oil from leaking.

The present invention for achieving the object described above, a steering shaft (2) having a steering wheel (1) attached to the upper end, a steering column (3) for fixing the steering shaft (2) to the vehicle body, the steering A control valve 4 mounted on the lower part of the shaft 2 to control the flow of hydraulic oil during steering; an operation cylinder 5 for linear movement according to the rotational movement of the steering shaft 2; (4) an oil pump (6) for supplying pressurized hydraulic oil, an oil storage tank (7) for storing the hydraulic oil supplied to the oil pump (6), the control valve (4) and the oil pump (6) and oil In the power steering device composed of a supply line (8) and a recovery line (9) disposed for supply and recovery of working oil between the storage tanks (7), the upper body (7b) of the oil storage tank (7) ) Is installed so that the diaphragm 13 is divided into a plurality of interior spaces in a vertical direction and crosswise toward the center. It is characterized by.

Description

Swirl prevention structure in oil storage tank of power steering

The present invention relates to an oil storage tank configured to store oil which is operating oil in a power steering apparatus of an automobile, and in particular, an oil storage tank storing oil which is pressurized from an oil pump during steering and flows into the gear box to exert steering power. The oil storage tank of the power steering system, which prevents the leakage of the hydraulic oil through the cap by installing a plurality of diaphragms in the tank and blocking the turning of the oil spilled / inflowed to prevent the oil level from rising in the oil storage tank. It is about my vortex prevention structure.

In general, a vehicle is provided with a steering device that allows the driver to change the direction of movement of the vehicle while driving, and in recent years, the steering wheel handled by the driver is doubled to add speed and convenience of steering. A power steering device has been developed, and such a power steering device includes an oil pump for generating hydraulic power as a power source, a power device composed of a valve unit including a pressure control valve and a flow control valve, and an oil pump. Actuator using cylinder to generate steering force by converting hydraulic pressure into mechanical force, and control to control the operation direction and operating state of power cylinder by opening / closing the flow path leading to this operation device and changing the flow path according to the operation of the handle Device and the like.

That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the general type power steering apparatus includes a steering shaft 2 in which a steering wheel 1 for steering a driver's steering is mounted at an upper end thereof, and the steering shaft 2. A steering column (3) fixed to the vehicle body by wrapping it externally, a control valve (4) mounted on the lower part of the steering shaft (2) to control the flow of hydraulic fluid during steering, and a lower side of the steering shaft (2). An operating cylinder (5) having a rack bar (not shown) engaged with a drive pinion part (not shown) provided at the tip and performing a linear motion according to its rotational movement, and connected to the engine via a crankshaft and a belt. Oil pump (6) which is operated by the power supply to supply the pressurized hydraulic oil to the control valve (4) when steering, the oil storage tank (7) storing a certain amount of hydraulic oil to supply the hydraulic oil to the oil pump (6) It consists of).

In addition, between the control valve (4), the oil pump (6) and the oil storage tank (7), a supply line (8) and a recovery line (9) for supplying and recovering hydraulic oil are respectively disposed. Tie rod 10 is provided at both end portions of (5) to be connected to the internal working piston and exposed to the outside so that the other end thereof is connected to the front wheel side knuckles to rotate the knuckle in the turning direction during steering.

Therefore, when steering, the oil pump 6 supplies the hydraulic oil pressurized to the control valve 4 through the supply line 8, and thus the control valve 4 is operated to reduce the operating force in the steering direction (5) The operating piston in the operating cylinder (5) is moved by the pressure of the operating oil, so that the tie rod 10 connected to the distal end of the rod coupled to the operating piston rotates while pushing the knuckle to make steering easier. Will be done.

By the way, in the conventional power steering device configured as described above, the hydraulic fluid is supplied from the oil storage tank (7) through the oil pump (6) via the supply line (8) in accordance with the operation of the hydraulic pump (6) during steering, the control valve ( 4) or the circulation which flows back into the oil storage tank 7 from the control valve 4 again through the recovery pipe 9 is continuously repeated, wherein the hydraulic oil is shown in FIG. Likewise, through the outlet port 11 and the inlet port 12 provided in the lower portion of the oil storage tank (7) is respectively sent to the outside or back to the inside, the outlet port 11 and the inlet port 12, respectively One by one is provided on the oil storage tank 7 so that the flow direction of the working oil in the oil storage tank 7 is maintained in a constant state.

Therefore, when the flow direction of the hydraulic fluid in the oil storage tank (7) is maintained in a constant state, the level of the hydraulic oil in the oil storage tank (7) rises from the edge portion, when the rising degree of the hydraulic oil becomes severe The hydraulic oil reaches the portion of the cap 7a of the oil storage tank 7, and the hydraulic oil reaches the portion of the cap 7a of the oil storage tank 7. There was a disadvantage of leaking to the outside through the gap between the air communication hole (not shown) provided in the upper surface of the cap (7a).

The present invention has been devised to solve the above disadvantages, by installing a plurality of diaphragm in the vertical direction in the oil storage tank in which the oil is pressed out of the oil pump when the steering in the power steering device to exert a steering force is stored. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a swirl prevention structure in the oil storage tank of the power steering device, by forcibly blocking the flow of the oil flowing into the oil storage tank, thereby preventing the oil from rising and preventing the leakage of oil. have.

1 is a configuration diagram showing a power steering device of a typical vehicle;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the oil storage tank of FIG. 1 partially cut away; FIG.

3 is a front view showing a partially cut oil storage tank of the power steering apparatus according to the present invention.

<Description of Symbols for Main Parts of Drawings>

1-steering wheel 2-steering shaft

3-steering column 4-control valve

5-operating cylinder 6-oil pump

7-Oil Storage Tank 7a-Cap

7b-Upper body 8-Supply line

9-Return Line 10-Tie Road

11-outlet 12-outlet

13-plate

The present invention for achieving the above object, the operation cylinder for hydraulically manipulating the movement of the tie rod to reduce the steering force during steering, and the control valve for supplying the hydraulic fluid appropriately for the movement of the operation cylinder And an oil pump for pressurizing the hydraulic oil supplied to the control valve, the power steering apparatus comprising: a plurality of diaphragms in the oil storage tank storing the hydraulic oil supplied to the oil pump in a vertical direction and toward the center; It is characterized in that it is installed to divide the interior space into a plurality of cross shape.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 3 is a front view showing a partially cut in the oil storage tank of the power steering apparatus according to the present invention, while referring to Figure 1 for a detailed description of the present invention and the same reference numerals as in FIG. I will write it down.

The present invention, as shown in the figure, a steering shaft (2) having a steering wheel (1) attached to the upper end, a steering column (3) for fixing the steering shaft (2) to the vehicle body, the steering shaft (2) Control valve (4) mounted on the lower part of the control unit for controlling the flow of hydraulic oil during steering, and an operation cylinder (5) for linear movement according to the rotational movement of the steering shaft (2), the control valve (4) during steering An oil pump 6 for supplying pressurized hydraulic oil, an oil storage tank 7 for storing the hydraulic oil supplied to the oil pump 6, the control valve 4, an oil pump 6, and an oil storage tank ( (7) In the power steering device composed of a supply line (8) and a recovery line (9) disposed for supply and recovery of the working oil between each, the outlet port of the oil which is the working oil in the oil storage tank (7) (11) Oil level in the oil storage tank (7) when the oil flows in and out through From being made a plurality of plates (13) are provided.

To this end, a plurality of diaphragms 13 are vertically fixed inside the upper body 7b of the oil storage tank 7 so as to partition an interior space toward the center of the oil storage tank 7.

In other words, the inside of the oil storage tank (7) is provided with a plate (13) made of a flat plate to the inner upper surface of the upper body (7b) to divide the internal space of the oil storage tank (7) in approximately cross shape. When the oil level is rotated by the centrifugal force during the flow of the oil through the outflow port 11 and the inflow port 12, and the level of the liquid level rises, the diaphragm 13 forcibly blocks the flow of the rotated oil to stop the flow. Blocked in the middle.

Therefore, in the power steering apparatus equipped with the oil storage tank 7 having the diaphragm 13 fixed to the inside of the upper body 7b vertically in a plurality, the operation of the oil pump 6 during steering Pressurized hydraulic oil flows from the oil storage tank 7 to the control valve 4 through the supply line 8 to the control valve 4 to start the operation cylinder 5, and then again to the recovery line 9 Through the re-introduced state into the oil storage tank (7) is continuously repeated, wherein the operating oil is raised from the liquid level of the outside while rotating with a centrifugal force inside the oil storage tank (7), wherein As the diaphragm 13 blocks the flow of oil in the middle, the level of the liquid level no longer rises, so the level of the hydraulic oil does not rise excessively. And the like through the air communication hole cap (7a) is does not leak to the outside.

As such, when the flow direction of the working oil does not rotate in a predetermined state and is mixed by the diaphragm 13, the oil level of the oil in the oil storage tank 7 may leak to the outside through the cap 7a or the atmospheric communication hole. Since it does not rise to a degree, there is an advantage that the reliability of the part is improved.

In the above, the diaphragm 13 for stir- ing the flow of the working oil in the oil storage tank 7 is fixedly arranged in the oil storage tank 7 so as to crosswise to the center. In order to further suppress the flow of the oil in (7), it can be appropriately modified and mounted in various forms.

As described above, according to the vortex prevention structure in the oil storage tank of the power steering apparatus according to the present invention, the hydraulic oil which causes the oil level to rise too much in the oil storage tank by repeating oil flow in and out of the oil storage tank in the power steering apparatus. By suppressing the flow of oil does not leak to the outside of the oil storage tank, there is an effect that can improve the durability and reliability of the parts.

Claims (1)

Steering shaft (2) having the steering wheel (1) attached to the upper end, a steering column (3) for fixing the steering shaft (2) to the vehicle body, and a lower portion of the steering shaft (2) mounted to the operating oil during steering A control valve 4 for controlling the flow, an operation cylinder 5 for linear movement according to the rotational movement of the steering shaft 2, an oil pump for supplying pressurized hydraulic oil to the control valve 4 during steering ( 6), the oil storage tank (7) for storing the hydraulic oil supplied to the oil pump (6), the supply and recovery of the hydraulic oil between the control valve (4) and the oil pump (6) and the oil storage tank (7), respectively In the power steering device consisting of a supply line (8) and a recovery line (9) disposed for the Inside the upper body 7b of the oil storage tank 7, a plurality of diaphragms 13 are installed vertically toward the center to divide the internal space into a plurality of oil storage tanks of the power steering apparatus. My swirl prevention structure.