Brake, brake system and vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025283517-A1
Application number	US-202519217963-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 23, 2025
Priority date	Dec 15, 2022
Publication date	Sep 11, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A brake includes: a hydraulic cylinder including a brake hole, and the brake hole including a piston assembly configured to move along an axial direction of the brake hole; a limiting support fixed to the hydraulic cylinder and covering the brake hole; a push rod passing through the limiting support, connected to the piston assembly, and configured to drive the piston assembly to move along the axial direction of the brake hole; and an elastic element disposed on the limiting support and opposite to the piston assembly, and configured to abut against the piston assembly for limiting the piston assembly.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A brake, comprising:
a hydraulic cylinder comprising a brake hole, and the brake hole comprising a piston assembly configured to move along an axial direction of the brake hole; a limiting support fixed to the hydraulic cylinder and covering the brake hole; a push rod passing through the limiting support, connected to the piston assembly, and configured to drive the piston assembly to move along the axial direction of the brake hole; and an elastic element disposed on the limiting support and opposite to the piston assembly, and configured to abut against the piston assembly for limiting the piston assembly.

2 . The brake according to claim 1 , wherein the limiting support has an end wall opposite to the piston assembly, the elastic element is disposed on the end wall, and the push rod passes through the elastic element.

3 . The brake according to claim 2 , wherein the end wall comprises a first assembly hole, the elastic element is mounted in the first assembly hole and comprises a second assembly hole, and the push rod passes through the second assembly hole.

4 . The brake according to claim 3 , wherein the elastic element comprises a sleeve body and a first limiting flange, an inner circumferential wall of the sleeve body forms the second assembly hole, the first limiting flange is disposed on an outer circumferential wall of the sleeve body and around the sleeve body, and the first limiting flange is configured to abut against the piston assembly for limiting the piston assembly.

5 . The brake according to claim 4 , wherein the elastic element is sleeved on the first assembly hole.

6 . The brake according to claim 4 , wherein the first limiting flange has a first side surface and a second side surface oppositely disposed along an axial direction of the elastic element, the first side surface abuts against the end wall, and the second side surface is configured to abut against the piston assembly.

7 . The brake according to claim 6 , wherein a limiting structure configured to increase a roughness of the second side surface is disposed on the second side surface.

8 . The brake according to claim 6 , wherein at least one clearance groove is disposed on the second side surface.

9 . The brake according to claim 8 , wherein a plurality of clearance groove are disposed on the second side surface at intervals along a circumferential direction of the first limiting flange, and a boss is formed between two adjacent clearance grooves.

10 . The brake according to claim 9 , wherein the boss has a first surface and a second surface oppositely disposed along the circumferential direction of the first limiting flange, an angle β is formed between the first surface and the second surface of the boss.

11 . The brake according to claim 4 , wherein the first assembly hole has a first hole section and a second hole section connected to each other, the first hole section is located at an end of the second hole section close to the hydraulic cylinder, a diameter of the first hole section is greater than a diameter of the second hole section, and the first limiting flange is disposed in the first hole section.

12 . The brake according to claim 11 , wherein a thickness A of the first limiting flange and a depth B of the first hole section satisfy B≤A.

13 . The brake according to claim 4 , wherein the elastic element further comprises a second limiting flange disposed on the outer circumferential wall of the sleeve body and around the sleeve body, the first limiting flange and the second limiting flange are spaced away from each other along the axial direction of the elastic element, and the second limiting flange is located outside the limiting support and abuts against an outer wall of the limiting support opposite to the end wall.

14 . The brake according to claim 1 , wherein an outer surface of the elastic element comprises a non-stick coating.

15 . The brake according to claim 1 , wherein the piston assembly comprises a piston and a sleeve fixed to an end portion of the piston along an axial direction of the piston, and the elastic element is configured to abut against the sleeve for limiting the sleeve.

16 . The brake according to claim 15 , further comprising a support rod hole, a support rod, a signal generator, and a signal receiver, wherein:
the support rod hole is adjacent to the brake hole, and an axis of the support rod hole is parallel with an axis of the brake hole; the support rod is connected to the piston assembly and the sleeve, an axis of the support rod is parallel with an axis of the piston, and the support rod synchronously moves along the axis of the support rod hole when the push rod drives the piston assembly to move along the axial direction of the brake hole; and the signal receiver is configured to sense the signal generator, the signal generator is connected to the support rod, the signal receiver is disposed on the hydraulic cylinder and configured to detect a displacement signal after the sleeve is separated from the elastic element.

17 . A brake system, comprising a brake, wherein the brake comprises:
a hydraulic cylinder comprising a brake hole, and the brake hole comprising a piston assembly configured to move along an axial direction of the brake hole; a limiting support fixed to the hydraulic cylinder and covering the brake hole; a push rod passing through the limiting support, connected to the piston assembly, and configured to drive the piston assembly to move along the axial direction of the brake hole; and an elastic element disposed on the limiting support and opposite to the piston assembly, and configured to abut against the piston assembly for limiting the piston assembly.

18 . A vehicle, comprising a brake system, wherein the brake system comprises a brake, and the brake comprises:
a hydraulic cylinder comprising a brake hole, and the brake hole comprising a piston assembly configured to move along an axial direction of the brake hole; a limiting support fixed to the hydraulic cylinder and covering the brake hole; a push rod passing through the limiting support, connected to the piston assembly, and configured to drive the piston assembly to move along the axial direction of the brake hole; and an elastic element disposed on the limiting support and opposite to the piston assembly, and configured to abut against the piston assembly for limiting the piston assembly.

Assignees

• Byd Co Ltd

Inventors

• Liu Tingting
• Xiong Wei
• Yao Yugang
• Lu Daolin

Classifications

• F16D2125/06

  Pistons · CPC title

• F16D2125/04

  Cylinders · CPC title

• F16D65/14 Primary

  Actuating mechanisms for brakes; Means for initiating operation at a predetermined position (brake control systems, parts thereof B60T) · CPC title

• F16D2121/04

  acting on a piston-type actuator, e.g. for liquid pressure · CPC title

• F15B19/00

  Testing; {Calibrating; Fault detection or monitoring; Simulation or modelling of} fluid-pressure systems or apparatus not otherwise provided for · CPC title