Anti-lock brake device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10850719-B2
Application number	US-201916398723-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 30, 2019
Priority date	May 4, 2018
Publication date	Dec 1, 2020
Grant date	Dec 1, 2020

Abstract

The disclosure provides an anti-lock brake device including an oil pressure tank, a first piston and a second piston. The oil pressure tank has an internal space, an oil inlet and an oil outlet that are connected to one another. The first piston is slidably located in the internal space, and has a first oil channel penetrating a contact portion of the first piston and connected to the oil inlet. The second piston is slidably located in the internal space and includes a push portion, and an outer diameter of the push portion is smaller than that of the contact portion. When the second piston is in a closed position, a chamber having a first unoccupied volume is formed in the internal space. When the second piston is moved from the closed position to a depressurized position, the first volume of the chamber is increased to a second volume.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An anti-lock brake device, comprising:
an oil pressure tank, having an internal space, an oil inlet and an oil outlet that are connected to one another;
a first piston, slidably located in the internal space, wherein the first piston has a first oil channel, the first piston comprises a contact portion, and the first oil channel penetrates through the contact portion and is connected to the oil inlet; and
a second piston, slidably located in the internal space and movable among an initial position, a closed position and a depressurized position, wherein the closed position is located between the initial position and the depressurized position, the second piston comprises a push portion, and an outer diameter of the push portion is smaller than an outer diameter of the contact portion;
wherein when the second piston is in the initial position, the push portion and the contact portion are separated from each other, and the first oil channel is connected to the oil inlet via the internal space; when the second piston is in the closed position, the push portion is in contact with the contact portion and disconnects the first oil channel from the oil outlet so as to form a chamber having a first unoccupied volume in the internal space; when the second piston is moved from the closed position to the depressurized position, the push portion presses against and moves the contact portion, such that the first unoccupied volume of the chamber is increased to a second unoccupied volume due to the different outer diameters of the push portion and the contact portion.

2. The anti-lock brake device according to claim 1 , wherein the second piston has a second oil channel, the second oil channel penetrates through the push portion; when the second piston is in the initial position, the second oil channel is connected to the internal space; when the second piston is in the closed position, the second oil channel is connected to the first oil channel and is disconnected from the internal space.

3. The anti-lock brake device according to claim 1 , further comprising a first elastic component and a second elastic component, wherein the first elastic component is disposed on the first piston, the first elastic component is configured to force the first piston to move toward the second piston, the second elastic component is disposed on the second piston, and the second elastic component is configured to force the second piston to move away from the first piston.

4. The anti-lock brake device according to claim 3 , wherein the internal space has a first chamber, a second chamber and a connect chamber, the connect chamber comprises a wide portion and a narrow portion connected to each other, the wide portion is wider than the narrow portion, the first chamber is connected to an end of the wide portion away from the narrow portion, the second chamber is connected to an end of the narrow portion away from the wide portion, the oil outlet is connected to the wide portion, the oil inlet is connected to the first chamber, the contact portion of the first piston is partially located in the first chamber, another part of the contact portion is located in the wide portion, the push portion of the second piston extends from the wide portion to the second chamber, the first elastic component is located in the first chamber, and the second elastic component is located in the second chamber.

5. The anti-lock brake device according to claim 4 , wherein the oil pressure tank has a first stop surface, the first chamber is wider than the wide portion, the first stop surface is located between the first chamber and the wide portion, the oil pressure tank further has a first cover, the first cover covers a side of the first chamber away from the connect chamber, the oil inlet penetrates the first cover, the first piston further comprises a flange portion, the flange portion protrudes from the contact portion in a radial direction of the contact portion, two opposite ends of the first elastic component respectively press against the flange portion and the first cover; when the second piston is in the initial position, the first elastic component forces the first piston to be in contact with the first stop surface.

6. The anti-lock brake device according to claim 5 , wherein the first cover has a second stop surface; when the second piston is in the depressurized position, the flange portion is in contact with the second stop surface of the first cover.

7. The anti-lock brake device according to claim 5 , further comprising a movable component, wherein the oil pressure tank has an inner surface, the second chamber is wider than the narrow portion, the inner surface is located between the second chamber and the narrow portion, the oil pressure tank further has a second cover, the second cover covers a side of the second chamber away from the connect chamber, the oil outlet is located between the first cover and the second cover, the movable component is connected to the push portion of the second piston, two opposite ends of the second elastic component respectively press against the inner surface and the movable component; when the second piston is in the initial position, the movable component is in contact with the second cover.

8. The anti-lock brake device according to claim 1 , wherein two opposite ends of the contact portion of the first piston have the same outer diameter.

9. The anti-lock brake device according to claim 1 , wherein two opposite ends of the push portion of the second piston have the same outer diameter.

10. The anti-lock brake device according to claim 1 , further comprising a driving device configured to move the second piston.

11. The anti-lock brake device according to claim 1 , further comprising a brake lever directly connected to the oil inlet of the oil pressure tank.

12. The anti-lock brake device according to claim 1 , further comprising a caliper directly connected to the oil outlet of the oil pressure tank.

Assignees

• Tektro Technology Corp

Inventors

• Huang Po-Hsien
• Wang Tzu-Chang

Classifications

• B60T8/4208

  Debooster systems · CPC title

• B62L3/023

  acting on fluid pressure systems · CPC title

• B60T11/34 Primary

  Pressure reducing or limiting valves {(for arrangements for adjusting wheel-braking force responsive to vehicle weight or load B60T8/1831)} · CPC title

• B60T11/20

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

• B60T15/16

  Arrangements enabling systems to be controlled from two or more positions · CPC title