Strut assembly for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11148496-B2
Application number	US-202016801445-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 26, 2020
Priority date	Aug 9, 2019
Publication date	Oct 19, 2021
Grant date	Oct 19, 2021

Abstract

A strut assembly for a vehicle may include an insulator part connected to a vehicle body, a piston rod coupled to the insulator part, a damper cylinder coupled with the piston rod and having an operating fluid accommodated therein, a strike cap coupled to the upper portion of the damper cylinder, and a sliding part formed on the side surface of the strike cap. In the strut assembly, a dust cover is coupled to the sliding part. In addition, the sliding part includes one or more side surface holes formed on the side surface of the strike cap, a sliding protrusion coupled with the dust cover and mounted in each of the side surface holes, and a guide part formed in each of the side surface holes for restraining the sliding protrusion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A strut assembly for a vehicle, the strut assembly comprising:
an insulator part connected to a vehicle body;
a piston rod coupled to the insulator part;
a damper cylinder coupled with the piston rod, and having an operating fluid accommodated therein;
a strike cap coupled to an upper portion of the damper cylinder; and
a sliding part formed on a side surface of the strike cap,
wherein a dust cover is coupled to the sliding part,
wherein the sliding part comprises:
one or more side surface holes formed on the side surface of the strike cap,
a sliding protrusion coupled with the dust cover and mounted in each of the side surface holes, and
a guide part formed in each of the side surface holes so as to restrain the sliding protrusion, and

wherein the guide part is formed by digging longitudinally along the side surface of the strike cap at side edges of the side surface hole.

2. The strut assembly of claim 1 ,
wherein the sliding protrusion comprises
a body inserted into the side surface hole,
a fixing projection formed to protrude from an upper surface of the body and fastened to the dust cover, and
an insertion part formed to protrude from a side surface of the body and inserted into the guide part.

3. The strut assembly of claim 2 ,
wherein the body is configured so that a longitudinal width of the body in a direction in which the piston rod reciprocates is smaller than a longitudinal width of the side surface hole, and
a lateral width of the body in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the piston rod reciprocates is equal to a lateral width of the side surface hole.

4. A strut assembly for a vehicle, the strut assembly comprising a sliding part coupled with a dust cover mounted between a damper cylinder and a piston rod,
wherein the sliding part comprises
one or more side surface holes formed on a surface of the damper cylinder;
a sliding protrusion coupled with the dust cover and mounted on each of the side surface holes so as to move according to the movement of the dust cover; and
a guide part formed on each of the side surface holes so as to restrain the sliding protrusion, and
wherein the guide part is formed by digging longitudinally along the side surface of the damper cylinder at side edges of the side surface hole.

5. The strut assembly of claim 4 ,
wherein when the piston rod moves outwards from the damper cylinder, the sliding protrusion moves in an upward direction, which is the same moving direction of the piston rod, and
when the piston rod moves into the damper cylinder, the sliding protrusion moves in a downward direction, which is the same moving direction of the piston rod.

6. The strut assembly of claim 4 ,
wherein a stopper configured to restrain a length of the piston rod moved into the damper cylinder is provided on an end portion of the piston rod,
wherein the damper cylinder includes a strike cap contacting the stopper, and
wherein the one or more side surface holes are formed in the strike cap.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Kwon Hyo-Seop

Classifications

• F16F9/361 Primary

  Sealings of the bellows-type · CPC title

• B60G2202/24

  Fluid damper · CPC title

• B60G15/067 Primary

  characterised by the mounting on the vehicle body or chassis of the spring and damper unit · CPC title

• F16F9/38

  Covers for protection or appearance · CPC title

• B60G15/063 Primary

  characterised by the mounting of the spring on the damper (B60G15/065, B60G15/066 take precedence) · CPC title