Front axle of vehicle capable of reducing vibration

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10227089-B2
Application number	US-201615343748-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 4, 2016
Priority date	Feb 11, 2016
Publication date	Mar 12, 2019
Grant date	Mar 12, 2019

Abstract

A front axle of a vehicle, configured for reducing vibration, which is connected to a knuckle having a front wheel disposed thereon through a king pin, in which a gap may be formed between the knuckle and the king pin passing through the front axle and the knuckle, and filled with lubricant oil, and at least one of the king pin and the knuckle may include a plurality of rollers disposed therein, the rollers having an axis parallel to an axial direction of the king pin while circumferences of the rollers are partially buried in at least one of the king pin and the knuckle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A front axle of a vehicle, configured for reducing vibration, which is connected to a knuckle having a front wheel disposed thereon through a king pin,
wherein a gap is formed between the knuckle and the king pin passing through the front axle and the knuckle, and filled with lubricant oil,
wherein at least one of the king pin and the knuckle comprise a plurality of rollers disposed therein, the rollers having an axis parallel to an axial direction of the king pin while circumferences of the rollers are partially buried in at least one of the king pin and the knuckle,
wherein the knuckle includes an end portion divided into upper and lower portions to support top and bottom surfaces of an end portion of the front axle,
wherein the rollers are disposed between a lower portion of the king pin and the end portion of the knuckle which supports a bottom surface of the end portion of the front axle, and
wherein a king pin bushing is inserted between the knuckle and the king pin,
wherein a lower end of the king pin bushing is separated from a lower cover fitted to a bottom surface of the knuckle, and
wherein the rollers are positioned between the lower end of the king pin bushing and the lower cover.

2. The front axle of claim 1 , wherein each of the rollers includes a grease groove formed along the circumference thereof, each grease groove having a predetermined depth from an outer surface of each roller.

3. The front axle of claim 2 , wherein
a first side of an outer surface of a roller disposed in the king pin among the rollers contacts an inner surface of the knuckle; and
a first side of an outer surface of a roller disposed in the knuckle among the rollers contacts an outer surface of the king pin.

4. The front axle of claim 2 , wherein each roller is disposed to be inserted into the knuckle.

5. The front axle of claim 4 ,
wherein the knuckle includes a plurality of knuckle roller grooves formed at intervals on an inner surface thereof, and
wherein the rollers are disposed in the knuckle roller grooves.

6. The front axle of claim 4 , wherein each roller is disposed to be inserted into an outer surface of the king pin.

7. The front axle of claim 6 ,
wherein the king pin includes a plurality of king pin roller grooves formed at intervals on the outer surface thereof, and
wherein the rollers are disposed in the king pin roller grooves.

8. The front axle of claim 4 , wherein the rollers are alternately disposed in an inner surface of the knuckle and an outer surface of the king pin.

9. The front axle of claim 1 , wherein the rollers are disposed apart at even intervals.

10. The front axle of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle comprises a commercial vehicle.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Dong-Wook

Classifications

• B62D7/18 Primary

  Steering knuckles; King pins · CPC title

• B62D7/228

  acting between the steering gear and the road wheels, e.g. on tie-rod · CPC title

• F16N9/00

  Arrangements for supplying oil or unspecified lubricant from a moving reservoir or the equivalent (also usable with a stationary reservoir F16N7/00) · CPC title

• F16F9/103

  Devices with one or more members moving linearly to and fro in chambers, any throttling effect being immaterial, i.e. damping by viscous shear effect only (F16F9/53 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F16C21/00

  Combinations of sliding-contact bearings with ball or roller bearings, for exclusively rotary movement (F16C17/24, F16C19/52 take precedence) · CPC title