Bearing device and electromechanical brake booster

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10611353-B2
Application number	US-201615759555-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 18, 2016
Priority date	Sep 14, 2015
Publication date	Apr 7, 2020
Grant date	Apr 7, 2020

Abstract

A bearing device for an electromechanical brake booster, it being optionally possible to fasten the first sliding bearing in the first receiving opening when the second sliding bearing is float-mounted in the second receiving opening or to fasten the second sliding bearing in the second receiving opening when the first sliding bearing is float-mounted in the first receiving opening, and, if the first sliding bearing is fastened on a first fastening element, it being possible to situate the bearing device between the two support elements spaced apart by a first interspace, and, if the second sliding bearing is fastened on a second fastening element, it being possible to situate the bearing device between the two support elements spaced apart by a second interspace. An electromechanical brake booster for a motor vehicle is also described.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device for an electromechanical brake booster of a motor vehicle, comprising:
a bearing device having a first receiving opening at a first end and a second receiving opening at a second end opposite the first end, the bearing device configured to be situated on an axially displaceable spindle of the electromechanical brake booster;
a first sliding bearing situated in the first receiving opening, the first sliding bearing having a bore extending all the way through the first sliding bearing, the first sliding bearing configured to receive, through the bore of the first sliding bearing, a first support element of the electromechanical brake booster; and
a second sliding bearing situated in the second receiving opening, the second sliding bearing having a bore extending all the way through the second sliding bearing, the second sliding bearing configured to receive, through the bore of the second sliding bearing, a second support element of the electromechanical brake;
wherein the first sliding bearing is configured to be, alternatively, float-mounted in the first receiving opening or fastened in the first receiving opening, and the second sliding bearing is configured to be, alternatively, float-mounted in the second receiving opening or fastened in the second receiving opening;
wherein when the first sliding bearing is float-mounted in the first receiving opening and the second sliding bearing is fastened in the second receiving element, the bearing device is configured to be mounted, via the first sliding bearing and the second sliding bearing, on the first support element and on the second support element, the first support element being spaced apart from the second support element by a first distance; and
wherein when the first sliding bearing is fastened in the first receiving opening and the second sliding bearing is float-mounted in the second receiving opening, the bearing device is configured to be mounted, via the first sliding bearing and the second sliding bearing, on the first support element and on the second support element, the first support element being spaced apart from the second support element by a second distance different from the first distance.

2. The device as recited in claim 1 , wherein:
the bearing device has a first fastening opening adjacent to the first receiving opening;
the first sliding bearing has a fastening opening; and
the first sliding bearing is fastened in the first receiving opening and to the bearing device by a first fastener, the first fastener extending through the first fastening opening and extending in the fastening opening of the first sliding bearing.

3. The device as recited in claim 1 , wherein:
the bearing device has a second fastening opening adjacent to the second receiving opening;
the second sliding bearing has a fastening opening; and
the second sliding bearing is fastened in the second receiving opening and to the bearing device by a second fastener, the second fastener extending through the second fastening opening and extending in the fastening opening of the first sliding bearing.

4. The device as recited in claim 1 , wherein:
the bearing device has a first fastening opening adjacent to the first receiving opening and a second fastening opening adjacent to the second receiving opening;
each of the first sliding bearing and the second sliding bearing has a fastening opening; and
one of: (i) the first sliding bearing is fastened in the first receiving opening and to the bearing device by a first fastener, the first fastener extends through the first fastening opening and extends in the fastening opening of the first sliding bearing, the first fastener being a steel pin, or (ii) the second sliding bearing is fastened in the second receiving opening and to the bearing device by a second fastener, the second fastener extends through the second fastening opening and extends in the fastening opening of the second sliding bearing, the second fastener being a steel pin.

5. The device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the part has a center section, a first end section, and a second end section, the first sliding bearing being mounted on the first end section, and the second sliding bearing being mounted on the second end section, and the center section being situated between the first end section and the second end section, and wherein the center section is situated in a first plane, and the first end section and the second end section of the bearing device being at least partially situated in a second plane different from the first plane.

6. The device as recited in claim 5 , wherein the first plane is perpendicular to an adjustment axis of the spindle.

7. The device as recited in claim 5 , wherein the center section of the bearing device has a first cut-out in a first edge region, and a second cut-out in a second edge region that is situated symmetrical about an axis with respect to the first cut-out.

8. An electromechanical brake booster for a motor vehicle, comprising:
a spindle connected to an electric motor by a gear unit, the spindle configured to move in linear fashion via the electric motor and the gear unit so that the spindle is moved in a straight line along a center longitudinal axis of the spindle;
a first support element and a second support element, a longitudinal axis of each of the first support element and the second support element being parallel to the longitudinal axis of the spindle;
a bearing device fixedly situated on the spindle in such a way that the bearing device is moved in the linear fashion together with the spindle when the spindle is moved in the straight line, the bearing device having a first receiving opening at a first end and a second receiving opening at a second end opposite the first end;
a first sliding bearing situated in the first receiving opening, the first support element extending through the first sliding bearing; and
a second sliding bearing situated in the second receiving opening, the second support element extending through the second sliding bearing;
wherein the first sliding bearing is configured to be, alternatively, float-mounted in the first receiving opening or fastened in the first receiving opening, and the second sliding bearing is configured to be, alternatively, float-mounted in the second receiving opening or fastened in the second receiving opening;
wherein when the first sliding bearing is float-mounted in the first receiving opening and the second sliding bearing is fastened in the second receiving element, the bearing device is configured to be mounted, via the first sliding bearing and the second sliding bearing, on the first support element and on the second support element, the first support element being spaced apart from the second support element by a first distance; and
wherein when the first sliding bearing is fastened in the first receiving opening and the second sliding bearing is float-mounted in the second receiving opening, the bearing device is configured to be mounted, via the first sliding bearing and the second sliding bearing, on the first support element and on the second support element, the first support element being spaced apart from the second support element by a second distance different from the first distance.

9. The electromechanical brake booster as recited in claim 8 , wherein:
the bearing device has a first fastening opening adjacent to the first receiving opening and a second fastening opening adjacent to the second receiving opening;
each of the first sliding bearing and the second sliding bearing has a fastening opening; and
one of: (i) the first sliding bearing is fastened in the first receiving opening and to the bearing device by a fir

Assignees

• Bosch Gmbh Robert

Inventors

• Panunzio Giammaria
• Ferguson Ben
• Hatt Ignaz
• Nagel Willi

Classifications

• B60T17/221

  Procedure or apparatus for checking or keeping in a correct functioning condition of brake systems (hydraulic pressure systems in general F15B19/00, F15B21/04; testing structures or apparatus G01M) · CPC title

• B60T13/746 Primary

  and mechanical transmission of the braking action · CPC title

• B60T11/20

  Tandem, side-by-side, or other multiple master cylinder units · CPC title

• B60T11/18

  Connection thereof to initiating means · CPC title

• B60T7/042

  by electrical means, e.g. using travel or force sensors · CPC title