WO2008044384A1 - Shock absorber - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an improved shock absorber.
- shock absorber As this kind of shock absorber, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 08-1979731, a coil panel as a suspension panel for elastically supporting the vehicle body, and a pole screw nut connected to the axle side And a motor shaft that is connected to one end of the screw shaft and connected to the vehicle body side, and is active in the relative movement between the vehicle body and the axle by the rotational torque generated by the motor.
- a shock absorber in which an oil pressure damper is provided in series in the above configuration. Disclosure of the invention
- the above shock absorber also employs a configuration in which a hydraulic damper is provided in series directly above the motor.
- a hydraulic damper is provided in series directly above the motor.
- the inertial mass of the rotating member is large when high-frequency vibration is input.
- the motor and the motion conversion mechanism cannot be expanded and contracted together with the rotation system friction, resulting in the motor being directly vibrated by the high-frequency vibration.
- There is a problem in the reliability of the shock absorber because it is large. Therefore, it is conceivable to place the hydraulic damper on the axle side of the motor, but in this case, the cylinder supporting the pole screw nut is attached to the hydraulic damper, and it is necessary to separately prevent the ball screw nut from rotating. Become.
- the rotation of the rod can be prevented by preventing the rotation of the rod, but the rod is prevented from rotating by the rod of the hydraulic damper.
- the rod guide is provided on the shaft that supports the shaft, the cross section of the rod cannot be made circular, and the seal structure of the hydraulic damper becomes complicated and the seal becomes difficult.
- the outer diameter of the hydraulic damper becomes larger and the entire device becomes larger, so that the mounting property on the vehicle is deteriorated.
- a detent is provided on the outer peripheral side of the cylinder, which also increases the outer diameter of the hydraulic damper. In any case, as the entire device becomes larger, the mountability on the vehicle deteriorates.
- the present invention has been made in consideration of the above-mentioned problems, and the purpose of the present invention is to downsize a shock absorber that generates a damping force using the torque generated by the motor. It is.
- a shock absorber comprising a screw shaft, a screw nut that is rotatably engaged with the screw shaft, and a motor having an opening connected to the screw nut, the screw
- An anti-rotation mechanism that prevents the shaft from rotating is provided.
- FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a shock absorber according to an embodiment.
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which a pole screw nut and a pole spline nut are attached to a screw shaft.
- the shock absorber D in one embodiment includes a screw shaft 1, a ball screw nut 4 that is a screw nut that is rotatably engaged with the screw shaft 1, and a ball screw nut 4.
- a motor M having a rotor R to be connected, and a pole spline nut 5 as a detent mechanism connected non-rotatably to a stage S of the motor M are configured.
- the shock absorber D is basically capable of linearly moving the screw shaft 1 up and down in FIG. 1 by rotationally driving the pole screw nut 4 with the torque generated by the motor M. It can function as an overnight event.
- the shock absorber D can apply a thrust to the screw shaft 1 by positively generating a torque in the motor M, and when the screw shaft 1 is forcibly moved by an external force.
- the regenerative torque generated by the motor M can suppress the linear motion of the screw shaft 1.
- this shock absorber D not only generates a damping force that suppresses the linear motion of the screw shaft 1 but also functions as an actuate overnight.
- the attitude of the vehicle body can be controlled simultaneously, thereby functioning as an active suspension.
- the screw shaft 1 will be described in detail below.
- the screw shaft 1 is formed in a cylindrical shape as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and a spiral screw groove 2 is formed on the outer periphery of the screw shaft 1 along the axis. That is, a linear spline groove 3 is formed along the linear motion direction of the screw shaft 1.
- the spline groove 3 has a screw shaft 1 whose ball sp described later. In order to prevent the line nut 5 from falling off, it may not be formed at the final ends on both sides of the screw shaft 1, and the number of spline grooves 3 may be arbitrary.
- the pole screw nut 4 which is a screw nut is well known and not shown in detail, but a spiral passage facing the screw groove 2 of the screw shaft 1 provided on the inner periphery of the cylindrical main body, and the cylindrical main body A circulation path that communicates with both ends of the passage, a plurality of poles that are accommodated in the passage and the circulation path, and run through the screw groove 2, and a spacer that is interposed between the balls. Each pole is configured to be able to circulate through the loop-shaped passage and the circulation path.
- a key groove 4 a is provided on the side of the pole screw nut 4.
- the pole spline nut 5 which is a detent mechanism is also well known and not shown in detail, but this also faces the spline groove 3 of the screw shaft 1 provided on the inner periphery of the cylindrical body.
- a linear passage that is provided in the cylindrical main body, communicates with both ends of the passage, and a plurality of poles that are housed in the passage and the circulation path and run through the spline groove 3, and between the poles.
- Each pole is configured to be able to circulate through the loop-shaped passage and the circulation path.
- a key groove 5 a is provided on the side of the pole spline nut 5.
- a pole screw nut 4 is screwed onto the screw shaft 1 along the screw groove 2, and a pole spline nut 5 is inserted into the screw shaft 1 along the spline groove 3.
- the motor M includes a cylindrical casing 6, an armature core 7 fixed to the inner periphery of the casing 6, and a coil 8 fitted to the core 7. It is composed of the configured stage S and the low level R held by the casing 6 through bearings 9, 10 and 11.
- the mouth of the mouth R is composed of a cylindrical shaft 12 and a magnet 13 attached to the outer periphery of the shaft 12 so as to face the core 7, and the upper end of the shaft 12 is as described above.
- the lower end of the bearing 9 is supported by the inner periphery of the bearing 9 and is supported by the inner periphery of the bearings 10, 11 and accommodated and held in the casing 6.
- Magnets 1 and 3 are a plurality of magnets.
- the N pole and the S pole are bonded so that they appear alternately along the circumference, and are formed into an annular shape, and the upper end is brought into contact with the flange portion 1 2 a provided on the outer periphery of the shaft 12. And secures the bonding area.
- the magnet 13 may be an annular magnet having a divided magnetic pole pattern in which the N pole and the S pole appear alternately along the circumference.
- the motor M is configured as a brushless motor, but various types of motors M can be used as the motor M. Specifically, for example, a direct current, AC motors, induction motors, synchronous motors, etc. can be used.
- a resolver core 14 is attached to the outer periphery of the upper end of the shaft 12 in the above-described R. Further, a resolver 15 is provided in the casing 6 and facing the resolver core 14. Thus, the position of the rotor R can be detected, and the motor M can be controlled based on the position and the rotational speed of the rotor R by a control device (not shown) that controls energization to the coil 8. It ’s like that.
- the means for detecting the position of the rotor R may be a magnetic sensor such as a Hall element, a rotary encoder, or the like.
- the above-described pole screw nut 4 is accommodated and fixed inside the lower end of the shaft 12.
- the ball screw nut 4 is also rotated accordingly.
- a screw shaft 1 to which a ball screw nut 4 is screwed is inserted into the shaft 12.
- the lower side of the shaft 12 where the magnet 13 is provided is enlarged to form an enlarged portion 1 2 b, and the ball screw nut 4 has an enlarged portion 1 2 b.
- the key screw 1 2 d is inserted into the key groove 1 2 c provided in the inner periphery of the enlarged diameter portion 1 2 b and the key groove 4 a provided in the pole screw nut 4, and the ball screw
- the nut 4 is prevented from rotating between the shaft 12 and the ball screw nut 4 by the annular nut 1 2 f screwed to the screw portion 1 2 e provided on the inner periphery of the lower end of the enlarged diameter portion 1 2 b. Is fixed to the shaft 1 2.
- the pole screw nut 4 is attached to the shaft 12 of the rotor R, but the pole screw nut 4 itself is attached to the shaft of the rotor R of the motor M.
- the magnet 13 may be attached to the outer periphery of the pole screw nut 4.
- a holder 16 for holding the outer periphery of the pole spline nut 5 is attached to the inner peripheral side of the lower end of the casing 6, so that the pole spline nut 5 is connected to the stator of the motor M. It is non-rotatably connected to S.
- the holder 16 is formed in a bottomed cylindrical shape having an enlarged diameter on the upper side and having a stepped portion, and the outer peripheral side is press-fitted into the inner periphery of the casing 6 and fixed to the casing 6.
- a flange portion 16 a that protrudes inward is formed on the inner peripheral side of the lower end, and a key groove 16 b is provided on the inner periphery.
- connecting the pole spline nut 5 to the motor S stay S in a non-rotatable manner is sufficient if the ball spline nut 5 is connected to the motor S in a non-rotatable manner.
- the concept also includes the case of connecting the pole spline nut 5 indirectly through a plurality of other members.
- pole spline nut 5 is accommodated in the inner periphery of the holder 16, and the key 16 c is inserted into the key groove 5 a provided on the side of the pole spline nut 5 and the key groove 16 b,
- the pole spline nut 5 is prevented from rotating with respect to the holder 16 and the snap ring 1 6 d and the flange portion 1 6 are in contact with the upper end of the pole spline nut 5 in FIG. 1 and attached to the inner periphery of the holder 16.
- Pole spline nut 5 is sandwiched between a and this prevents the ball spline nut 5 from falling off the holder 16.
- the shock absorber D the screw shaft 1 is linearly moved and the rotation prevention mechanism for the screw shaft 1 is provided, so that the outer diameter of the shock absorber D can be reduced. Therefore, mountability of the shock absorber D on the vehicle is improved.
- a spur provided with a rotation prevention mechanism for the screw shaft 1 on the outer periphery of the screw shaft 1 is provided. Since it is composed of a pole spline nut 5 that engages with the in-groove 3, it is easy to consolidate the non-rotating mechanism around the screw shaft 1, and an increase in the size of the detent mechanism can be avoided.
- the outer diameter of the shock absorber D can be further reduced, and as a result, the mountability of the shock absorber D on the vehicle is further improved.
- the pole screw nut 4 that is the drive part of the screw shaft 1 and the pole spline nut 5 that is a component of the rotation preventing mechanism of the screw shaft 1 are arranged close to each other, so that the pole screw nut 4 and the ball
- the length of the screw shaft 1 located in the section h between the spline nut 5 can be shortened.
- the portion of the screw shaft 1 located in the section h is a portion where twisting occurs due to the rotational drive of the pole screw nut 4, and the shorter the section h, the shorter the portion where twisting occurs.
- the screw shaft 1 also functions as a spring element due to torsion
- the longer the torsion section h the longer the response of the linear motion of the screw shaft 1 to the rotation of the pole screw nut 4 takes longer.
- the section h in which the screw shaft 1 is twisted can be shortened by arranging the pole screw nut 4 and the pole spline nut 5 close to each other. Responsiveness when functioning as an evening will be improved.
- pole screw nut 4 and the pole spline nut 5 are arranged close to each other, members such as the nut 12 f and snap ring 16 d required to fix the pole screw nut 4 and the ball spline nut 5 are provided.
- members such as the nut 12 f and snap ring 16 d required to fix the pole screw nut 4 and the ball spline nut 5 are provided.
- the pole screw nut 4 and the pole spline nut 5 are attached in series to the screw shaft 1, assuming that the ball screw nut 4 and the ball spline nut 5 do not fall off from the screw shaft 1,
- the length of the screw shaft 1 corresponding to the distance from the end is a waste length that does not contribute to the stroke of the linear motion of the screw shaft 1, so as described above, the ball screw nut 4 and the pole spline nut ⁇ By placing 5 close to each other, the distance between the upper end of the ball screw nut 4 in FIG.
- the overall length of the shock absorber D can be shortened, the mountability of the shock absorber D on the vehicle can be further improved, and the weight of the shock absorber D can be reduced.
- the detent mechanism is a pole spline nut 5 that engages with the spline groove 3 provided on the outer periphery of the screw shaft 1.
- a groove is formed on the outer periphery of the screw shaft 1 along the axis thereof, and the screw shaft 1 is prevented from rotating with an engaging member that does not inhibit the vertical movement of the screw shaft 1 such as a key in the groove.
- the anti-rotation mechanism can be gathered around the screw shaft 1 and the increase in the size of the anti-rotation mechanism can be avoided, and the outer diameter of the shock absorber D can be reduced. Mountability of the shock absorber D on the vehicle is improved.
- the pole spline nut 5 is abolished and a groove along the axis is formed instead of the spline groove 3 of the screw shaft 1, and a key 16c is inserted into this groove to rotate around the screw shaft 1.
- a stop mechanism may be used. Therefore, in this configuration, the engaging member is the key 16 c.
- the ball screw nut 4 which is the driving portion of the screw shaft 1 and the engaging member are disposed in the vicinity, so that the pole screw nut 4 and the engaging member are Since the length of the screw shaft 1 located in the section h can be shortened, the responsiveness when the shock absorber D functions as an overnight stop is improved.
- the overall length of the shock absorber D can be shortened, and the mountability of the shock absorber D to the vehicle is further improved.
- the shock absorber D can be reduced in weight.
- the motor M is connected to the mount 20 so that it can be connected to the vehicle body side member of the vehicle.
- the motor M is housed in a mount inner cylinder 21 connected to the holder 16, and the mount 20 includes a mount inner cylinder 21 and a cylinder. 1 is provided with a flange on the inner peripheral side of the upper end in FIG. 1 and a chamber member 22 that forms the chamber portion of the gas panel A disposed on the outer peripheral side of the shock absorber D, and a vehicle body side member (not shown) of the vehicle.
- the gas panel A functions as a suspension panel interposed between the vehicle body side member and the axle side member of the vehicle, and the gas chamber a is a chamber member that forms a part of the mount 20. 2 2 and a cylindrical air piston 27 whose base end is coupled to the outer periphery of the lower end of a hydraulic damper E described later, the lower end of the chamber member 2 2 in FIG. 1 and the upper end of the air piston 2 7 in FIG.
- the diaphragm 28 is fixed, and the cylindrical cover C is connected to the outer periphery of the lower end of the chamber member 22 and prevents the diaphragm 28 from expanding outward.
- valve 29 is provided on the side of the chamber member 22 so that gas can be supplied into or discharged from the gas chamber a through the valve 29. It has become.
- a hydraulic damper E is connected in series to the lowest end of the screw shaft 1.
- the hydraulic damper E includes a cylinder 30, a piston 3 3 that is slidably inserted into the cylinder 30 and separates the upper and lower pressure chambers 3 1 and 3 2 in the figure, and one end Is provided with a rod 3 4 connected to the piston 33 and a reservoir cylinder 35 covering the outer peripheral side of the cylinder 30.
- a step portion (not shown) formed at the lower portion of the annular head member 36 is fitted into the upper end opening portion of the cylinder 30.
- the head member 36 is fitted inside the reservoir cylinder 35 and is fixed to the reservoir cylinder 35 by caulking the upper end opening of the reservoir cylinder 35.
- the cylinder 30 and the reservoir cylinder 35 are positioned concentrically by the head member 3 6.
- a rod 3 4 is passed through the inner peripheral side of the head member 36, and the head member 3 6 and the reservoir cylinder 3 5 are sealed by a seal member 3 9 disposed on the outer peripheral side of the head member 36.
- a seal member 3 9 disposed on the outer peripheral side of the head member 36.
- a cylindrical bearing 3 8 that is in sliding contact and a seal member 3 7 that is also in sliding contact with the outer periphery of the rod 3 4 and seals between the rod 3 4 and the head member 3 6 are provided.
- the upper end side of 30 is liquid-tightly sealed.
- the lower end in FIG. 1 of the reservoir cylinder 35 is closed by a bottom member 41 having an eye-shaped bracket 40 capable of attaching a hydraulic pressure damper E to an axle side member of the vehicle.
- a flanged disc-shaped valve body 42 is fitted to the lower end of the cylinder, and the valve pod 42 is sandwiched between the lower end of the cylinder 30 and the pottom member 41.
- the valve body 42 has a recess 4 2 a on the lower end side, and this recess 4 2 a has a gap between the cylinder 30 and the reservoir cylinder 3 5 through the notch 4 2 b. 1 and the reservoir chamber 4 3 formed at the same time, and communicated with the lower pressure chamber 3 2 in FIG. 1 through the passages 4 2 c and 4 2 d.
- the upper end of the passage 42 c is closed by the check valve 44, and the lower end of the other passage 42 d is closed by the leaf valve 45.
- the piston 33 includes passages 4 6 and 4 7 that allow the pressure chamber 3 1 and the pressure chamber 3 2 to communicate with each other.
- the leaf valve 4 8 is stacked, and the leaf valve 4 9 that closes the lower end of the other passage 4 7 is stacked, and the flow of liquid passing through the passages 4 6, 4 7 9 is giving resistance.
- the pressure chambers 3 1 and 3 2 in the cylinder 30 are filled with liquid, and the reservoir chamber 4 3 formed by the gap between the cylinder 30 and the reservoir cylinder 35 is provided with a place. A fixed amount of liquid is filled and gas is enclosed.
- the hydraulic damper E is formed as a so-called double cylinder type.
- the hydraulic damper E may be formed as a so-called single cylinder type, but as described above, the hydraulic damper E is a double cylinder type and the reservoir is arranged on the outer peripheral side of the cylinder. By doing so, there is an advantage that the total length of the hydraulic damper E can be shortened.
- the liquid deflects the leaf valve 48 from the pressure chamber 32 and passes through the passage 46. Then, it moves to the pressure chamber 3 1, and the liquid in the cylinder 30, which is excessive in the cylinder 30, deflects the leaf valve 4 5 into the reservoir chamber 4 3 and passes through the passage 4 2. Move past d.
- the hydraulic damper E generates a damping force commensurate with the pressure loss that occurs when the liquid passes through the leaf valves 45 and 48.
- the liquid bends the lift valve 4 9 from the pressure chamber 31 and passes through the passage 47 and moves to the pressure chamber 32, and escapes from the cylinder 30 which is insufficient in the cylinder 30.
- the liquid of the volume of the rod 3 4 to bend bends the check valve 4 4 from the reservoir chamber 4 3 and passes through the passage 4 2 c and moves into the cylinder 30.
- the hydraulic damper E generates a damping force commensurate with the pressure loss that occurs when the liquid passes through the leaf valve 49.
- the damping force generating element that generates the damping force in the hydraulic damper E is not limited to the throttle valve and other damping valves as long as a predetermined damping action is exhibited.
- a valve may be used.
- a cylinder body 50 is provided on the outer periphery of the reservoir cylinder 35 so that the intermediate portion bulges toward the outer periphery.
- the above-described air piston 27 is attached to the lower end of the cylinder body 50.
- a seal member 55 provided on the inner periphery of the lower end of the outer cylinder 26 attached to the outer periphery of the lower end in FIG.
- the screw shaft 1 and the hydraulic damper E are accommodated in the outer cylinder 26 and the air piston 27, and the motor M is also in the mount inner cylinder 21. Since the main drive part of the shock absorber D is isolated from the outside of the shock absorber D, the intrusion of rainwater into the shock absorber D and the contact of stepping stones with the main drive part It is surely prevented. Therefore, this improves the practicality of the shock absorber D. Subsequently, the upper end of the rod 34 is connected to the lower end of the screw shaft 1 described above. As is apparent from the above, the screw shaft 1 is prevented from rotating by the pole spline nut 5, so that even when the rod 3 4 and the screw shaft 1 are screwed together to connect them.
- the motor M, ball screw nut 4, ball spline nut 5, and screw shaft 1 function as an actuator or shock absorber mainly by electromagnetic force as one assembly and as one assembly on the hydraulic pressure damper E side.
- the shock absorber D can be easily manufactured by connecting them.
- the screw shaft 1 is prevented from rotating by a pole spline nut 5 which is a rotation preventing mechanism, it is not necessary to provide a rotation stopper for the screw shaft 1 on the hydraulic pressure damper E side. It is not necessary to make the rod 3 4 non-rotatable, and it is not necessary to apply special processing to the rod 3 4 and the head member 3 6 or the bearing 3 7, and a special seal is used for the rod 3 4 seal. Instead of using a normal seal member, the manufacturing cost of the shock absorber D is low.
- a spring receiver 51 is interposed between the rod 3 4 and the screw shaft 1, and the spring receiver 5 1 and the spring receiver 52 provided at the upper end of the step part of the cylindrical body 50 are connected to each other. There is a panel 5 3 between them. It should be noted that the cylinder body 50 may be omitted, and the spring receiver 52 may be provided on the reservoir cylinder 35.
- annular plate 5 2 a is interposed between the spring receiver 5 2 and the spring 5 3 as an allowable means for allowing the spring 5 3 to rotate in the circumferential direction with respect to the spring receiver 52.
- the annular plate 5 2 a as an allowance means prevents torque due to rotation of the spring 5 3 from being transmitted to the spring receiver 51, and the rod 3 4 and the screw shaft 1 are screwed together. Even when they are connected, it is possible to prevent the rod 3 4 and the screw shaft 1 from being disconnected. Therefore, even if the spring 53 is arranged as described above, the rod 34 and the screw shaft 1 can be connected by screwing.
- a spring 5 4 is interposed between the head member 3 6 and the piston 3 3.
- both the panel 5 3 and the panel 5 4 are balanced with an initial load applied and compressed, and the piston 53 is positioned at the neutral position by the springs 5 3 and 5 4.
- the neutral position of the piston 3 3 is a position determined by the springs 5 3 and 5 4.
- the neutral position is not necessarily the center position of the cylinder 30 in the vertical direction in FIG. It does not have to be set.
- These panels 5 3 and 5 4 serve to suppress transmission of high-frequency vibration of the vehicle axle side member to the motor side M, that is, to the vehicle body side member, and at the same time, the cylinder of the hydraulic pressure damper E It exerts the action of returning piston 3 3 to a predetermined position with respect to 30.
- the hydraulic damper E is connected in series to the screw shaft 1 that linearly moves by the motor M, and is disposed on the axle side member.
- the vibration energy is absorbed.
- the vibration transmission suppressing effect by the above-mentioned urging means it acts to make it difficult to transmit vibration to the screw shaft 1 side.
- the shock absorber D vibration that is linear motion input from the axle side member is converted into rotational motion, but it has many rotating members and its inertial mass is large.
- the damper E absorbs the vibration, and the springs 5 3, 5 4 exhibit the vibration transmission suppressing effect, thereby suppressing the transmission of vibration to the screw shaft 1. Even in such a case, there is an effect that the ride comfort in the vehicle is not deteriorated.
- the Moaiyu M and the pole screw nut 4 have a particularly high acceleration. Is suppressed, the reliability of Moyu M and ball screw nut 4 which are the main parts of the shock absorber D is improved. As a result, the reliability of the shock absorber D can be improved.
- the motor M itself supports the total mass that is supported by the panels 5 3 and 5 4 and vibrates between the vehicle body-side member and the axle-side member. In this respect, the vibration of the axle side member is not easily transmitted to the vehicle body side member, thereby further improving the ride comfort. It becomes possible.
- the wiring of the motor M and the like can be easily routed, and the high frequency vibration is directly applied to the motor M itself. Because there is no input, there is no worry of damaging the wiring. Therefore, the mountability of the shock absorber D on the vehicle is improved and it is more practical.
- the arrangement of the panels 5 3 and 5 4 is not limited to the specific configuration described above, and the panel 5 3 is arranged so as to urge the piston 3 3 toward one of the movable upper positions in FIG. Also, the spring 54 may be arranged so as to bias the piston 33 to the other movable side which is the lower side in FIG.
- the gas spring A is a suspension spring, but it is of course possible to change this to a coil panel.
- the shock absorber of the present invention can be used for a vehicle suspension.
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