CN112440634B - Rectifying device suitable for amphibious vehicle - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention relates to a rectifying device suitable for an amphibious vehicle. The rectifying device comprises a flexible rectifying curtain component (7), a winding shaft (6), a winding motor (8), a steel wire motor (1) and 2 limiting guide rails (3); the flexible rectifying curtain component comprises 2 traction steel wires (5), a rectifying curtain cloth (11), a plurality of bearing frameworks (10) and a plurality of limiters (9); the two ends of each bearing framework are respectively fixed with 1 limiting rod, the other ends of all limiting rods are all embedded into the sliding groove of the limiting guide rail in a sliding mode, the rectifying curtain cloth is bonded with all bearing frameworks, all limiters are fixed on 2 traction steel wires at equal intervals, one end of the rectifying curtain cloth is wound and fixed on the winding shaft, one end of each traction steel wire is wound and fixed on the transmission shaft of the steel wire motor, and the other end of each traction steel wire is fixed on the winding shaft. The invention realizes smooth covering of the part which influences the water navigation resistance, and achieves the purpose of reducing the water driving resistance.
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Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of auxiliary systems for water running of amphibious vehicles, and particularly relates to a rectifying device suitable for a amphibious vehicle.
Background
With the development of the related technology of amphibious vehicles, the amphibious vehicles need to have a land running function, the vehicle heads need to be provided with structures such as wheel cabins, lamps and trailer hooks, the structures can obviously increase the running resistance of the vehicles when running in water, and the external structures can obviously increase the running resistance of the vehicles in water when running on high-speed water, so that the difficulty is brought to the selection of a vehicle power system and the lifting of the water running speed.
In order to solve the problem, when the amphibious vehicle sails in water, the mobile devices such as wheels are generally upwards recycled and enter the wheel cabins, and redundant geometric structures exposed outside are reduced as much as possible, so that the driving resistance in water is reduced. However, with the increase of the underwater navigation speed of the amphibious vehicle, the geometric openings (such as wheel cabins and the like) which do not accord with the hydrodynamic characteristics on the vehicle body cannot be ignored, and the navigation resistance brought to the vehicle is also not negligible.
The traditional method is to design a movable cover plate at the part influencing the underwater resistance and cover the part influencing the resistance when navigating in water so as to reduce the underwater navigation resistance. However, the structure needs a set of complicated actuating and limiting devices, the weight is increased, and the coverage area and the smoothing effect are common. As the number of covered areas increases, the weight and design complexity of the covering device increases dramatically.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a rectifying device suitable for an amphibious vehicle, which can smoothly cover a part influencing the water navigation resistance and achieve the purpose of reducing the water driving resistance through fewer components and weight.
The technical scheme of the invention is that the rectifying device suitable for the amphibious vehicle comprises a flexible rectifying curtain component (7), a winding shaft (6), a winding motor (8), a steel wire motor (1) and 2 limiting guide rails (3);
the flexible rectifying curtain component (7) comprises 2 traction steel wires (5), a rectifying curtain fabric (11), a plurality of bearing frameworks (10) and a plurality of limiting rods (9); the lower surface of the limit guide rail (3) is provided with a chute, and a plurality of bearing frameworks (10) are distributed in parallel;
two ends of each bearing framework (10) are respectively fixed with 1 limiting rod (9), namely one end of each limiting rod (9) is respectively fixed on two ends of each bearing framework (10), the other ends of all limiting rods (9) are all embedded in a sliding chute of each limiting guide rail (3) in a sliding way, each limiting guide rail (3) is of a bending structure, 2 limiting guide rails (3) are fixed on 2 steel plates (12) on two sides of a vehicle head in parallel, a rectifying curtain cloth (11) covers the periphery of all bearing frameworks (10), the rectifying curtain cloth (11) is bonded with all bearing frameworks (10) into a whole, all limiting rods are fixed on 2 traction steel wires (5) at equal intervals, transmission shafts of the steel wire motors (1), a rolling shaft (6) and a rolling motor (8) are all supported on the vehicle body, and the transmission shafts of the steel wire motors (1), the rolling shaft (6) and the rolling motor (8) are positioned on the cross section of the vehicle body, the winding shaft (6) is fixedly connected with a transmission shaft of the winding motor (8), one end of the rectifying curtain cloth (11) is wound and fixed on the winding shaft (6), one end of each traction steel wire (5) is wound and fixed on the transmission shaft of the steel wire motor (1) respectively, and the other end of each traction steel wire (5) is fixed on the winding shaft (6).
The rectifying device also comprises 2 furling limiting wheels (4) and a plurality of pulleys (2); a plurality of pulleys (2) are respectively located the bending position of two limiting guide rails (3), the pulley shaft of the pulleys (2) is supported on the vehicle body, the traction steel wire (5) is sequentially supported on the pulleys (2), the limiting wheel shafts of the 2 furling limiting wheels (4) are supported on the vehicle body, two sides of one end of a rectifying curtain cloth (11) are respectively supported on the 2 furling limiting wheels (4), and the rectifying curtain cloth (11) bypasses the 2 furling limiting wheels (4) before being wound on the winding furling shaft (6).
The amphibious vehicle has the beneficial effects that the amphibious vehicle is simple and reliable in structure, small in size and light in weight, can be quickly folded and unfolded, and effectively solves the problem of reducing the underwater running resistance of the amphibious vehicle with high navigational speed. Relates to the technical direction of improving the appearance of an amphibious vehicle and reducing the driving resistance on water.
The key of this patent is flexible rectification curtain's structure and flexible rectification curtain receive and release and fix.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a rectifying device suitable for an amphibious vehicle in a storage state according to the invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of the present invention in a deployed state;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the assembled structure of the present invention;
fig. 4 is a left side view of fig. 3.
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The technical scheme of the invention is further described in detail by combining the drawings in the specification.
As shown in fig. 1 to 4, the rectifying device for the amphibious vehicle comprises a flexible rectifying curtain assembly (7), a rolling shaft (6), a rolling motor (8), a steel wire motor (1), 2 limiting guide rails (3), 2 rolling limiting wheels (4) and a plurality of pulleys (2).
The flexible rectifying curtain component (7) comprises 2 traction steel wires (5), a rectifying curtain fabric (11), a plurality of bearing frameworks (10) and a plurality of limiting rods (9). The lower surface of the limiting guide rail (3) is provided with a sliding groove. The bearing frameworks (10) are distributed in parallel.
The flexible rectification curtain (7) is a composite structure comprising a plurality of force bearing frameworks (10) and limiting rods (9) which are arranged in parallel at certain intervals. The rectifying curtain cloth (11) is a metal/composite fiber reinforced rubber curtain cloth, has higher flexibility and breaking strength, is used for bearing water flow impact when a vehicle runs in water and forms a certain rectifying appearance; the rectification curtain cloth (11) and a plurality of bearing frameworks (10) are vulcanized/bonded into a whole in a (parallel) way; the bearing framework (10) is a high-strength aluminum alloy pipe, has high strength, light weight and corrosion resistance, and is used for ensuring the rigidity of the rectifying curtain cloth (11) when being impacted by water flow.
Two spacing rods (9) with equal intervals are arranged on each bearing framework (10), 1 spacing rod (9) is respectively fixed on two ends of each bearing framework (10), namely, one end of each spacing rod (9) is respectively fixed on two ends of each bearing framework (10). The other ends of all the limiting rods (9) are all embedded in the sliding grooves of the limiting guide rails (3) in a sliding mode. The limiting guide rails (3) are of bending structures, and the 2 limiting guide rails (3) are fixed on the 2 steel plates (12) on the two sides of the car head in parallel. The rectification curtain cloth (11) covers the upper part of the periphery of all the bearing frameworks (10), and the rectification curtain cloth (11) and all the bearing frameworks (10) are vulcanized or bonded into a whole, so that the rectification curtain cloth is folded and unfolded along with the sliding of the bearing frameworks (10). During operation, the 2 limit guide rails (3) realize the limiting and guiding functions on the motion freedom degree of the bearing framework (10). Meanwhile, all the limiting rods are respectively fixed on the 2 traction steel wires (5) according to the same distance, when the traction steel wires (5) are tensioned, the positions of the limiting rods (9) are fixed, and therefore each bearing framework (10) and each rectifying curtain cloth (11) which are connected with each limiting rod (9) are fixed and tensioned, namely, the working state is achieved, and water flow impact is borne. The transmission shaft of the steel wire motor (1), the transmission shaft of the furling shaft (6) and the transmission shaft of the furling motor (8) are all supported on the vehicle body, and the transmission shaft of the steel wire motor (1), the transmission shaft of the furling shaft (6) and the transmission shaft of the furling motor (8) are positioned on the cross section of the vehicle body. The furling shaft (6) is fixedly connected with a transmission shaft of the furling motor (8), and one end of the rectifying curtain cloth (11) is wound and fixed on the furling shaft (6). The furling shaft (6) is used for furling the flexible curtain rectifying assembly 7 and tensioning the flexible curtain rectifying assembly 7 when in tensioning. One end of each traction steel wire (5) is respectively wound and fixed on a transmission shaft of the steel wire motor (1), and the other end of each traction steel wire (5) is fixed on the furling shaft (6). The steel wire motor (1) is used for dragging and rolling 2 traction steel wires (5), and the flexible rectifying curtain component 7 is retracted and tensioned through different dragging directions. The pulleys (2) are respectively positioned at the bending positions of the two limiting guide rails (3), and the pulley shafts of the pulleys (2) are supported on the vehicle body. The traction steel wires (5) are sequentially supported on the pulleys (2), and the pulleys (2) are used for changing the direction of the traction steel wires (5) so as to meet the requirement of a vehicle rectifying head. The sliding groove on the lower surface of the limiting guide rail (3) is matched with the other end of the limiting rod (9), so that each limiting rod (9) can move along the direction of the limiting guide rail (3), the movement track of the flexible rectifying curtain (7) is limited, and the purpose of fixing the position is provided when the flexible rectifying curtain is tensioned.
Limiting wheel shafts of the 2 furling limiting wheels (4) are supported on the vehicle body, two sides of one end of a rectifying curtain cloth (11) are supported on the 2 furling limiting wheels (4) respectively, and the rectifying curtain cloth (11) bypasses the 2 furling limiting wheels (4) before being wound on the furling shaft (6) so as to limit the position of the flexible rectifying curtain (7) during retraction, extension and tensioning and prevent the flexible rectifying curtain assembly 7 from being scratched and rubbed with the vehicle body.
The working principle of the invention is as follows: after the amphibious vehicle enters water, the wheels are lifted to enter the wheel cabin, and a driver operates the amphibious vehicle to start to discharge the flexible rectifying curtain assembly 7. The steel wire motor (1) starts to draw the traction steel wire (5), the traction steel wire (5) pulls out the flexible rectifying curtain component (7), under the action of the traction steel wire (5), two limiting rods (9) on each bearing framework (10) of the flexible rectifying curtain component (7) are embedded into the limiting guide rail (3) and continuously move in the guide rail along with the drawing of the traction steel wire (5), and the flexible rectifying curtain (7) is unfolded. When the flexible rectifying curtain (7) is unfolded to a required position, the winding motor (8) and the steel wire motor (1) provide tension force and are locked together, so that the flexible rectifying curtain assembly (7) is tensioned and fixed, the flexible rectifying curtain assembly (7) is unfolded, and at the moment, the flexible rectifying curtain (7) covers the surface of the lower side of the vehicle head and enters a working state.
After the work is finished, the steel wire motor (1) is loosened, the winding motor (8) drives the winding shaft (6) to wind the flexible rectifying curtain component (7) for withdrawing, and the flexible rectifying curtain component returns to the storage state.
The invention relates to a rectifying device suitable for an amphibious vehicle, which can be used for shielding body structures increasing water resistance when the amphibious vehicle runs in water, improving the running appearance of the vehicle in water, reducing the running resistance in water, reducing the power requirement of an engine and improving the water running speed. The device is not only suitable for water navigation, but also can be applied to the fields of local shielding protection or camouflage and the like.
The invention can also be quickly unfolded and stored under the coordination action of a plurality of motors, the flexible rectifying curtain component can be bent, has large covering area and convenient tensioning, realizes effective covering of the required part of the car head, and effectively reduces the driving resistance in water. The invention can be compactly stored when not used during land running, and other functions and performances of the vehicle are not influenced after storage.
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1. A rectifying device suitable for an amphibious vehicle is characterized in that: the rectifying device comprises a flexible rectifying curtain component (7), a winding shaft (6), a winding motor (8), a steel wire motor (1) and 2 limiting guide rails (3);
the flexible rectifying curtain component (7) comprises 2 traction steel wires (5), a rectifying curtain fabric (11), a plurality of bearing frameworks (10) and a plurality of limiting rods (9); the lower surface of the limit guide rail (3) is provided with a chute, and a plurality of bearing frameworks (10) are distributed in parallel;
two ends of each bearing framework (10) are respectively fixed with 1 limiting rod (9), namely one end of each limiting rod (9) is respectively fixed on two ends of each bearing framework (10), the other ends of all limiting rods (9) are all embedded in a sliding chute of a limiting guide rail (3) in a sliding way, the limiting guide rail (3) is of a bending structure, the 2 limiting guide rails (3) are fixed on 2 steel plates (12) on two sides of a headstock in parallel, a rectifying curtain cloth (11) covers the periphery of all bearing frameworks (10), the rectifying curtain cloth (11) is bonded with all bearing frameworks (10) into a whole, all limiting rods are fixed on 2 traction steel wires (5) at equal intervals, transmission shafts of the steel wire motors (1), a furling shaft (6) and a transmission shaft of the furling motor (8) are all supported on the headstock, and the transmission shafts of the steel wire motors (1), the furling shaft (6) and the furling motor (8) are positioned on the cross section of the headstock, the winding shaft (6) is fixedly connected with a transmission shaft of the winding motor (8), one end of the rectifying curtain cloth (11) is wound and fixed on the winding shaft (6), one end of each traction steel wire (5) is wound and fixed on the transmission shaft of the steel wire motor (1) respectively, and the other end of each traction steel wire (5) is fixed on the winding shaft (6).
2. A fairing according to claim 1, wherein said fairing is adapted to be used in an amphibious vehicle: the rectifying device also comprises 2 furling limiting wheels (4) and a plurality of pulleys (2); a plurality of pulleys (2) are respectively located the bending position of two limiting guide rails (3), the pulley shaft of the pulleys (2) is supported on the vehicle body, the traction steel wire (5) is sequentially supported on the pulleys (2), the limiting wheel shafts of the 2 furling limiting wheels (4) are supported on the vehicle body, two sides of one end of a rectifying curtain cloth (11) are respectively supported on the 2 furling limiting wheels (4), and the rectifying curtain cloth (11) bypasses the 2 furling limiting wheels (4) before being wound on the winding furling shaft (6).
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