Electronic semi active control engine mount having variable air chamber

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9574636-B2
Application number	US-201514716839-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 19, 2015
Priority date	Nov 4, 2014
Publication date	Feb 21, 2017
Grant date	Feb 21, 2017

Abstract

An electronic semi active control engine mount having a variable air chamber includes a variable air chamber diaphragm that absorbs the exciting force of fluid due to an external force by elastically deforming. An air chamber supports the variable air chamber diaphragm with the atmospheric pressure. A fork is separated from the diaphragm to keep the air chamber into which air flows in idling of an engine, and comes in close contact with the variable air chamber diaphragm to remove the air chamber into which the air flows when a vehicle is driven. An actuator either separates the fork from the variable air chamber diaphragm or allows the fork to be in close contact with the variable air chamber diaphragm.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic semi active control engine mount having a variable air chamber, comprising:
a variable air chamber diaphragm that absorbs an exciting force of a fluid by elastically deforming, the exciting force caused by an external force;
a fork that is separated from the variable air chamber diaphragm to keep an internal space of the variable air chamber into which air flows in idling of an engine and that comes in close contact with the variable air chamber diaphragm to remove the internal space of the variable air chamber into which the air flows when driving of a vehicle; and
an actuator that either separates the fork from the variable air chamber diaphragm or brings the fork in close contact with the diaphragm,
wherein the variable air chamber supports the variable air chamber diaphragm with an atmospheric pressure,
wherein the fork is disposed under the variable air chamber diaphragm and the actuator is disposed under the fork,
wherein the fork and the actuator are connected by fixing pins, and
wherein the fixing pins fix a fork rod integrally formed with the fork and a fork connection rod retracting and stretching into and out of the actuator.

2. The electronic semi active control engine mount of claim 1 , wherein the variable air chamber diaphragm is exposed to an upper fluid chamber to directly receive the exciting force of the fluid,
the fork is disposed on an air chamber-forming surface recessed on a channel nozzle plate which forms a channel connected from the upper fluid chamber to a lower fluid chamber, and
the actuator is disposed under the lower fluid chamber which is blocked by a main diaphragm.

3. The electronic semi active control engine mount of claim 2 , wherein the upper fluid chamber is surrounded by an upper core with the channel nozzle plate for separating the fluid stored therein,
the lower fluid chamber is surrounded by a lower core which is coupled to a lower portion of the upper core, and
the lower core forms an internal space in which the actuator is disposed together with the variable air chamber diaphragm to communicate with outside.

4. The electronic semi active control engine mount of claim 3 , wherein the lower core, the channel nozzle plate, and the fork form an air intake channel connected to the variable air chamber.

5. The electronic semi active control engine mount of claim 4 , wherein the air intake channel includes a fork air hole formed in the fork, an upper air storage grooved in from the air chamber-forming surface of the channel nozzle plate, an air supply hole formed through a center of the air chamber-forming surface, a lower air storage between the variable air chamber diaphragm and the actuator, in the internal space of the lower core, and an air intake hole formed at the lower core and communicate with the outside.

6. The electronic semi active control engine mount of claim 5 , wherein the fork air hole is provided in plural to have different diameters.

7. The electronic semi active control engine mount of claim 5 , wherein the fork air hole collects the air in the lower air storage, and the collected air flows into the upper air storage through an air supply hole to the variable air chamber.

8. The electronic semi active control engine mount of claim 2 , the variable air chamber diaphragm forms the variable air chamber using an air chamber flange of the variable air chamber diaphragm.

9. The electronic semi active control engine mount of claim 8 , wherein the variable air chamber diaphragm is fixed by a channel nozzle cover, which divides an internal space of the electronic SAC engine mount by the upper and lower fluid chambers and is combined with the channel nozzle plate, with the air chamber flange on the air chamber-forming surface.

10. The electronic semi active control engine mount of claim 1 , wherein the actuator is controlled by a controller which determines whether the engine is in an idling state or a vehicle is in a driving state based on an engine revolutions per minute (RPM).

11. The electronic semi active control engine mount of claim 10 , wherein the actuator is a solenoid valve.

12. The electronic semi active control engine mount of claim 1 , wherein variable air chamber diaphragm is made of a material absorbing the exciting force.

13. An electronic semi active control engine mount having a variable air chamber, comprising:
upper and lower fluid chambers connected to channels through which a fluid flows;
an upper core surrounding the upper fluid chamber and a lower core surrounding the lower fluid chamber;
a channel nozzle plate and a channel nozzle cover combined with each other to form channels connected to the upper and lower fluid chambers;
a main diaphragm separating an internal space of the lower core;
a mounting housing surrounding the upper and lower cores; and
a variable air chamber unit having the variable air chamber to absorb an exciting force of the fluid in the upper fluid chamber during idling of an engine, and removing an internal space of the air chamber to form a flow of the fluid through which the fluid flows to the upper and lower fluid chambers during traveling of a vehicle;
wherein the variable air chamber unit includes a variable air chamber diaphragm that absorbs the exciting force by elastically deforming, so that a fork is disposed under the variable air chamber diaphragm and an actuator is disposed under the fork,
wherein the fork and the actuator are connected by fixing pins, and
wherein the fixing pins fix a fork rod integrally formed with the fork and a fork connection rod retracting and stretching into and out of the actuator.

14. The electronic semi active control engine mount of claim 13 , wherein
the fork is separated from the variable air chamber diaphragm to keep the variable air chamber into which air flows during the idling of the engine or comes in close contact with the variable air chamber diaphragm to remove the internal space of the air chamber into which air flows during the traveling of the vehicle; and
the actuator that separates the fork from the variable air chamber diaphragm or brings the fork in close contact with the variable air chamber diaphragm,
wherein the air chamber supports the variable air chamber diaphragm with an atmospheric pressure.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Seung-Won

Classifications

• F16F13/002 Primary

  comprising at least one fluid spring (F16F13/005, F16F13/02, F16F13/04 take precedence) · CPC title

• F16F13/10

  the wall being at least in part formed by a flexible membrane or the like (F16F13/14 - F16F13/18 take precedence) · CPC title

• F16F13/26 Primary

  characterised by adjusting or regulating devices responsive to exterior conditions {(F16F13/101 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B60K5/1283

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

• F16F13/264 Primary

  comprising means for acting dynamically on the walls bounding a working chamber · CPC title