Active engine mount for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10899216-B2
Application number	US-201816159949-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 15, 2018
Priority date	Aug 20, 2018
Publication date	Jan 26, 2021
Grant date	Jan 26, 2021

Abstract

An active engine mount for a vehicle may include a support bracket connected to an engine; an actuator assembly integrally coupled to the support bracket and including a magnet and a coil that electromagnetically interact with each other; and a rubber assembly mounted to a vehicle body by a mounting bracket and configured to absorb vibration via a main rubber, wherein in a state in which the actuator assembly is located above the rubber assembly, a housing of the rubber assembly is fastened to the support bracket, and wherein the magnet is connected to the main rubber of the rubber assembly to enable transfer of force.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An active engine mount for a vehicle, the active engine mount comprising:
a support bracket connected to an engine;
an actuator assembly integrally coupled to the support bracket and including a magnet and a coil that electromagnetically interact with each other; and
a rubber assembly including a housing and a main rubber and mounted to a vehicle body by a mounting bracket and configured to absorb vibration via the main rubber,
wherein, in a state in which the actuator assembly is located above the rubber assembly, the housing of the rubber assembly is fastened to the support bracket, and
wherein the magnet is mounted to be movable with respect to the housing and connected to the main rubber of the rubber assembly for transfer of force so that when the magnet of the magnet assembly repeatedly moves vertically, electricity is generated via interaction between the magnet and the coil according to a repeated movement of the magnet.

2. The mount of claim 1 , wherein the actuator assembly includes:
a hook cup inserted into and coupled to a mounting hole formed in the support bracket;
a coil assembly fixedly provided inside the hook cup and including the coil;
a magnet assembly of the actuator assembly, the magnet assembly including the magnet; and
a magnet-fixing insulator configured to vertically movably support the magnet assembly in the hook cup.

3. The mount of claim 2 , wherein the hook cup is formed on a lower end portion thereof with a plurality of support columns, and each support column is formed on an external surface thereof with an external hook which protrudes outwards to be inserted into and caught by a locking groove formed in the mounting hole in the support bracket so that the hook cup is fastened to the support bracket by the external hook.

4. The mount of claim 3 , wherein each support column is formed on an internal surface thereof with an internal hook which protrudes inwards to couple the coil assembly and fix the coil assembly to the hook cup.

5. The mount of claim 4 , wherein the support columns formed on the lower end portion of the hook cup are spaced from each other with a predetermined distance in a circumferential direction of the hook cup, and the external hook and the internal hook are formed respectively on the external surface and the internal surface of a lower end portion of each support column.

6. The mount of claim 3 , wherein the locking groove is formed in a lower end portion of an internal-diameter portion of the mounting hole, and the external hook is formed on the external surface of a lower end portion of each support column.

7. The mount of claim 3 , wherein the mounting hole is formed to have a draft angle from a top side to a bottom side of the mounting hole.

8. The mount of claim 2 , wherein the magnet-fixing insulator includes:
a ring core fixed inside the hook cup;
an insulator member fixed inside the ring core;
a support core inserted into a center of the insulator member and fixed thereto; and
a bolt having an end portion coupled to the support core,
wherein the magnet assembly is positioned under the insulator member, and
wherein the magnet-fixing insulator and the magnet assembly are fixed to each other by the bolt and a nut as the nut is fastened to a remaining end portion of the bolt in a state in which the bolt penetrates the magnet assembly.

9. The mount of claim 2 , wherein the magnet assembly includes:
an upper core positioned under the magnet-fixing insulator;
the magnet positioned under the upper core;
a lower core positioned under the magnet; and
a stopper fixed to the lower core and configured to contact with the main rubber of the rubber assembly for transfer of the force.

10. The mount of claim 9 , wherein the magnet-fixing insulator includes a bolt disposed to extend downwards inside the hook cup, and
wherein, in a state in which the bolt penetrates the upper core, the magnet, and the lower core, a nut is fastened to an end portion of the bolt so that the magnet-fixing insulator and the magnet assembly are fixed to each other by the bolt and the nut.

11. The mount of claim 9 ,
wherein the upper core takes a form of an open-bottomed circular container including an upper surface portion and a side surface portion,
wherein the magnet and the lower core are located inside the side surface portion of the upper core, and
wherein the coil assembly is disposed around an external periphery of the magnet.

12. The mount of claim 11 , wherein the coil assembly includes:
a support frame having an annular shape; and
the coil provided in the support frame to be disposed in a circumferential direction of the support frame.

13. The mount of claim 12 , wherein the support frame includes:
a lower surface portion having an annular shape;
an external wall protruding upwards from an outer-diameter portion of the lower surface portion and contacting with an internal surface of the hook cup; and
an internal wall protruding upwards from an internal-diameter portion of the lower surface portion and disposed parallel to the external wall, and
wherein the coil is provided in the circumferential direction of the support frame in a space between the internal wall and the external wall of the support frame.

14. The mount of claim 13 , wherein the side surface portion of the upper core is positioned between the internal wall and the external wall of the support frame.

15. The mount of claim 14 , wherein the internal wall of the support frame, the coil of the coil assembly, the side surface portion of the upper core, and the external wall of the support frame are positioned in series in a radial direction of the support frame.

16. An active engine mount for a vehicle, the active engine mount comprising:
a support bracket connected to an engine;
an actuator assembly integrally coupled to the support bracket and including a magnet and a coil that electromagnetically interact with each other; and
a rubber assembly including a housing and a main rubber and mounted to a vehicle body by a mounting bracket and configured to absorb vibration via the main rubber,
wherein, in a state in which the actuator assembly is located above the rubber assembly, the housing of the rubber assembly is fastened to the support bracket,
wherein the actuator assembly further includes a stopper fixed to a lower core and configured to contact with the main rubber of the rubber assembly for transfer of a force, and
wherein the magnet is mounted to be movable with respect to the housing and connected to the main rubber of the rubber assembly in a state where the stopper is in contact with the main rubber for transfer of the force so that when the magnet of the magnet assembly repeatedly moves vertically, electricity is generated via interaction between the magnet and the coil according to a repeated movement of the magnet.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Kim Seung Won

Classifications

• F16F15/03

  using {magnetic or} electromagnetic means (F16F9/53, {F16F15/005} take precedence) · CPC title

• B60K5/1208 Primary

  Resilient supports (B60K5/1241 - B60K5/1291 take precedence) · CPC title

• B60Y2306/09

  Reducing noise · CPC title

• B60K5/1283 Primary

  Adjustable supports, e.g. the mounting or the characteristics being adjustable · CPC title

• H02K35/02

  with moving magnets and stationary coil systems · CPC title