Electric booster

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10518762-B2
Application number	US-201815974495-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 8, 2018
Priority date	Jun 28, 2017
Publication date	Dec 31, 2019
Grant date	Dec 31, 2019

Abstract

An electric booster may include: a motor part configured to be driven by power applied thereto; a body part mounted and fixed onto the motor part; a cylinder part coupled to the body part; a screw part connected to the motor part and rotated; a nut part embedded in the body part, and screwed to the screw part so as to linearly move; a first piston part constraining an end of the screw part, and moved to the cylinder part while being pressed by the nut part; a first elastic part supporting the first piston part; a second piston part supported by the first elastic part; and a second elastic part supporting the second piston part.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electric booster comprising:
a motor part configured to be driven by power applied thereto;
a body part mounted and fixed onto the motor part;
a cylinder part coupled to the body part;
a screw part connected to the motor part and rotated;
a nut part embedded in the body part, and screwed to the screw part so as to linearly move;
a first piston part constraining an end of the screw part, and moved to the cylinder part while being pressed by the nut part;
a first elastic part supporting the first piston part;
a second piston part supported by the first elastic part; and
a second elastic part supporting the second piston part,
wherein the first piston part comprises:
a first piston tube part embedded in the body part and the cylinder part;
a first piston inner wall part formed in the first piston tube part, and supported by the first elastic part; and
a first piston protrusion part protruding from the first piston inner wall part toward the screw part, and limiting movement of the screw part.

2. The electric booster of claim 1 , wherein the body part comprises:
a body insertion part inserted into a motor insertion part formed in the motor part, and separated from the motor insertion part;
a body coupling part extended laterally from the body insertion part, and coupled to the motor part; and
a body tube part extended from the body coupling part, and coupled to the cylinder part.

3. The electric booster of claim 2 , wherein the body tube part has a larger inner diameter than the body insertion part, and the body coupling part has a body stepped part formed therein.

4. The electric booster of claim 3 , wherein the screw part comprises:
a screw coupling part spline-coupled to the motor part through the body insertion part;
a screw embedment part formed in the screw coupling part, and embedded in the body insertion part; and
a screw shaft part extended from the screw embedment part, having a screw thread formed on the outer circumferential surface thereof, and restricted from linearly moving when being locked to the inside of the first piston part.

5. The electric booster of claim 4 , wherein the screw embedment part is guided by the body insertion part, and restricted from moving in a lateral direction.

6. The electric booster of claim 4 , wherein the nut part comprises:
a nut movement part screwed to the screw shaft part, and linearly moved; and
a nut induction part protruding from the outside of the nut movement part, and guided by the body tube part so as to restrict rotation of the nut movement part.

7. The electric booster of claim 6 , wherein the nut movement part is moved toward the first piston part when the screw shaft part is rotated in one direction, and moved toward the motor part when the screw shaft part is rotated in the other direction.

8. The electric booster of claim 6 , wherein the plurality of nut induction parts are arranged in the circumferential direction of the nut movement part.

9. The electric booster of claim 8 , wherein the body tube part has body tube guide parts formed therein, the body tube guide parts serving to guide the respective nut induction parts.

10. The electric booster of claim 6 , wherein the nut part further comprises a nut damper part mounted in the body coupling part and brought in contact with the nut induction part so as to absorb a shock.

11. The electric booster of claim 10 , wherein the nut damper part is formed of a soft material, and disposed in a ring shape on the body stepped part.

12. The electric booster of claim 1 , wherein the first elastic part is disposed between the second piston part and the first piston part, and the first and second piston parts are moved in the opposite direction of the motor part.

Assignees

• Hyundai Mobis Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Jong Sung

Classifications

• B60T8/363

  in hydraulic systems (B60T8/3655, B60T8/3675 and B60T8/369 take precedence) · CPC title

• F16D48/04

  providing power assistance · CPC title

• B60T13/145

  Master cylinder integrated or hydraulically coupled with booster · CPC title

• B60T13/686

  in hydraulic systems or parts thereof · CPC title

• F16D2125/40

  Screw-and-nut · CPC title