CN103148092A - Ball joint assembly - Google Patents
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The invention provides a ball joint assembly, which belongs to the field of steering connection pieces. The ball joint assembly comprises a ball stud and a ball shell, wherein a ball socket is arranged on the ball shell, a ball part at one end of the ball stud is located in the ball socket, and an upper ball seat and a lower ball seat are arranged between the ball part and the circumferential wall of the ball socket; the ball joint assembly further comprises a resistance heating coil, a temperature sensor, a coil housing, a button switch, a temperature limiter and a safety switch, wherein the button switch, the temperature limiter and the safety switch are arranged at the inner side of a vehicle door, the resistance heating coil and the temperature sensor are located in the coil housing, the central section of the ball socket is provided with a step, the top of the coil housing abuts against the step, an annular flange bent at the circumference of a pad abuts against the bottom of the coil housing, the button switch, the temperature limiter, the safety switch and the resistance heating coil are tandem and electrically connected, and the temperature sensor is electrically connected with the temperature limiter. The ball joint assembly provided by the invention can heat the upper ball seat and the lower ball seat to prevent contraction of the upper ball seat and the lower ball seat, so moment for swinging or rotation of the ball stud and wearing between the ball part and the upper ball seat and between the ball part and the lower ball seat are effectively reduced, and a service life and comfortableness for a driver in controlling of a steering wheel are substantially improved.
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Technical field:
The present invention relates to the steering linkage member in wheel steering system, is specifically on a kind of steering linkages that is contained in truck, engineering truck, agricultural vehicle etc., is used for promoting tire to change the ball joint assembly of vehicle heading.
Background technique:
Ball joint assembly is the most common in the steering system of vehicle, it generally comprises spherical shell and ball stud, spherical shell is provided with ball-and-socket, the ball section of ball stud one end is positioned at ball-and-socket, be provided with upper ball base and lower ball base between ball section and ball-and-socket perisporium, upper ball base and lower ball base all are connected with the spherical shell interference, and upper ball base and lower ball base are plastic article, it is main lubricate in the process that ball stud rotates around spherical shell, avoids occuring between ball section and ball-and-socket perisporium violent friction.although the ball joint assembly of this structure is widely adopted, but still there is following defective in it in actual application: when the vehicle that this ball joint assembly is housed is worked under colder environment, upper ball base and lower ball base can shrink, can wrap in tightly after contraction in ball section, cause ball stud to be difficult to swing flexibly or rotate relative to spherical shell again, Bao Deyue is tight, swing or rotate the required moment of ball stud just larger, thereby affect the travelling comfort of pilot control steering wheel, also can aggravate in addition between ball section and upper ball base and the wearing and tearing between ball section and lower ball base, greatly reduce the working life of ball joint assembly.
Summary of the invention:
The technical problem to be solved in the present invention is, provide a kind of when working under cold environment, can heat upper ball base and lower ball base, avoid it to shrink, swing or rotate the required moment of ball stud thereby effectively reduce, and the wearing and tearing between ball section and upper ball base and lower ball base, greatly improve the ball joint assembly of working life and pilot control steering wheel travelling comfort.
technical solution of the present invention is, provide a kind of ball joint assembly with following structure: comprise ball stud and spherical shell, spherical shell is provided with ball-and-socket, the ball section of ball stud one end is positioned at ball-and-socket, be provided with upper ball base and lower ball base between ball section and ball-and-socket perisporium, upper ball base and lower ball base all are connected with the spherical shell interference, be connected with pad on the spherical shell of ball-and-socket bottom, be provided with the turriform spring between pad and lower ball base, wherein, also comprise resistance heating coil, temperature transducer, solenoid housing and the push-button switch that is used for being contained in the Vehicular door inboard, temperature limiter and discharge cock, resistance heating coil and temperature transducer are close to and all are positioned at solenoid housing, the ball-and-socket middle part is provided with step, solenoid housing is enclosed within the lower ball base outside and its top withstands on step, the pad border is bent with annular flange flange, annular flange flange withstands on bottom solenoid housing, have the through hole that communicates with ball-and-socket and supply wire to penetrate on spherical shell, push-button switch, temperature limiter, discharge cock and resistance heating coil all are electrically connected in series by wire, temperature transducer is electrically connected to temperature limiter by wire.
Ball joint assembly of the present invention, wherein, ball joint assembly also comprises be used to the tutorial light and the resistance that are contained in the Vehicular door inboard, and tutorial light one end is electrically connected to resistance heating coil one end, the tutorial light the other end is electrically connected to resistance one end, and the resistance the other end is electrically connected to the resistance heating coil the other end.
after adopting above structure, compared with prior art, ball joint assembly of the present invention has the following advantages: the vehicle that ball joint assembly of the present invention is housed is when working under cold environment, the driver can press the button switch, resistance heating coil gets and begins heating after electric, the ball-and-socket perisporium passes to upper ball base and lower ball base with the heat that resistance heating coil produces, in heating process, temperature transducer can transfer data to temperature limiter in real time, if temperature surpasses the preset value of temperature limiter, temperature limiter will cut off the power supply of resistance heating coil, the section of having served as is after the time, when the temperature of upper ball base and lower ball base is subjected to surrounding environment influence lower than preset value, temperature limiter can be connected the power supply of resistance heating coil again automatically, tutorial light lights again, thereby the temperature that makes upper ball base and lower ball base remains under predefined preference temperature, work at this temperature, upper ball base and lower ball base just can not shrink again, not corresponding yet just can not wrapping in tightly again in ball section, swing or rotate the required moment of ball stud thereby effectively reduce, and the wearing and tearing between ball section and upper ball base and lower ball base, greatly improved the travelling comfort of working life and pilot control steering wheel.
But the working state of the current resistance heating coil of setting reminding driver of tutorial light, if resistance heating coil is in the energising heated condition, tutorial light can light, otherwise extinguishes.
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Fig. 1 is that the master of ball joint assembly of the present invention looks the sectional structure schematic diagram;
Fig. 2 is the circuit catenation principle skeleton diagram of ball joint assembly of the present invention.
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Below in conjunction with the drawings and specific embodiments, ball joint assembly of the present invention is described in further detail:
as depicted in figs. 1 and 2, in this embodiment, ball joint assembly of the present invention comprises ball stud 1, spherical shell 5, resistance heating coil 14, temperature transducer 13, solenoid housing 12 and the push-button switch S that is used for being contained in the Vehicular door inboard, temperature limiter SM, discharge cock FU, tutorial light HL and resistance R, spherical shell 5 is provided with ball-and-socket 3, on ball stud 1, cover has dust-proof cover 16, dust-proof cover 16 tops are provided with collar 2, the ball section of ball stud 1 bottom is positioned at ball-and-socket 3, be provided with upper ball base 15 and lower ball base 9 between ball section and ball-and-socket 3 perisporiums, upper ball base 15 is connected with lower ball base and all is connected with spherical shell 5 interference, on the spherical shell 5 of ball-and-socket 3 bottoms, riveted joint has pad 7, a pump nozzle is housed on pad 7, this pump nozzle is conventional prior art, can replenish grease to the interior filling of ball-and-socket 3 by it, be provided with turriform spring 8 between pad 7 and lower ball base 9, resistance heating coil 14 is close to temperature transducer 13 and all is positioned at solenoid housing 12, ball-and-socket 3 middle parts are provided with step 4, solenoid housing 12 is enclosed within lower ball base 9 outsides, and solenoid housing 12 tops withstand on step 4, pad 7 borders are bent with annular flange flange 6, annular flange flange 6 withstands on solenoid housing 12 bottoms, have the through hole 10 that communicates with ball-and-socket 3 and supply wire 11 to penetrate on spherical shell 5, push-button switch S, temperature limiter SM, discharge cock FU and resistance heating coil 14 all are electrically connected in series by wire 11, temperature transducer 13 is electrically connected to temperature limiter SM by wire 11, see Fig. 2, tutorial light HL left end is electrically connected to resistance heating coil 14 left ends, tutorial light HL right-hand member is electrically connected to the resistance R left end, the resistance R right-hand member is electrically connected to resistance heating coil 14 right-hand members.In this embodiment, described temperature transducer 13, resistance heating coil 14 and temperature limiter SM are the commercially available prod, therefore do not give unnecessary details at this.
the working principle of ball joint assembly of the present invention is: as depicted in figs. 1 and 2, when the vehicle that ball joint assembly of the present invention is housed is worked under colder environment, the driver can press the button switch S, resistance heating coil 14 begin heating after electric, tutorial light HL is bright, the heat that ball-and-socket 3 perisporiums produce resistance heating coil 14 passes to upper ball base 15 and lower ball base 9, in heating process, temperature transducer 13 can transfer data to temperature limiter SM in real time, if temperature surpasses the preset value of temperature limiter SM, temperature limiter SM will cut off the power supply of resistance heating coil 14, tutorial light HL extinguishes, the section of having served as is after the time, when the temperature of upper ball base 15 and lower ball base 9 is subjected to surrounding environment influence lower than preset value, temperature limiter SM can connect the power supply of resistance heating coil 14 again automatically, tutorial light HL lights again, so circulation, thereby the temperature that makes upper ball base 15 and lower ball base 9 remains under predefined preference temperature, the preference temperature here is usually at 22.5 °～30 °, this temperature can be set on temperature limiter SM by the driver.Work under preference temperature, upper ball base 15 and lower ball base 9 just can not shrink again, corresponding yet just can not wrapping in tightly in ball section.When the driver does not need upper ball base 15 and lower ball base 9 are carried out heat tracing, can directly press the button the power supply that switch S is cut off resistance heating coil 14.
Above-described embodiment is described the preferred embodiment of the present invention; be not that scope of the present invention is limited; design under the prerequisite of spirit not breaking away from the present invention; various distortion and improvement that those of ordinary skills make technological scheme of the present invention all should fall in the definite protection domain of claims of the present invention.
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1. ball joint assembly, comprise ball stud (1) and spherical shell (5), spherical shell (5) is provided with ball-and-socket (3), the ball section of ball stud (1) one end is positioned at ball-and-socket (3), be provided with upper ball base (15) and lower ball base (9) between ball section and ball-and-socket (3) perisporium, upper ball base (15) is connected 9 with lower ball base) all be connected with spherical shell (5) interference, be connected with pad (7) on the spherical shell (5) of ball-and-socket (3) bottom, be provided with turriform spring (8) between pad (7) and lower ball base (9), it is characterized in that: also comprise resistance heating coil (14), temperature transducer (13), solenoid housing (12) and the push-button switch S that is used for being contained in the Vehicular door inboard, temperature limiter SM and discharge cock FU, described resistance heating coil (14) and temperature transducer (13) are close to and all are positioned at solenoid housing (12), described ball-and-socket (3) middle part is provided with step (4), described solenoid housing (12) is enclosed within lower ball base (9) outside and its top withstands on step (4), described pad (7) border is bent with annular flange flange (6), described annular flange flange (6) withstands on bottom solenoid housing (12), have the through hole (10) that communicates with ball-and-socket (3) and supply wire (11) to penetrate on described spherical shell (5), described push-button switch S, temperature limiter SM, discharge cock FU and resistance heating coil (14) all are electrically connected in series by wire (11), described temperature transducer (13) is electrically connected to temperature limiter SM by wire (11).
2. ball joint assembly according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: ball joint assembly also comprises be used to the tutorial light HL and the resistance R that are contained in the Vehicular door inboard, described tutorial light HL one end is electrically connected to resistance heating coil (14) one ends, the tutorial light HL the other end is electrically connected to resistance R one end, and the resistance R the other end is electrically connected to resistance heating coil (14) the other end.
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