Cylinder device and vehicle brake system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9637101-B2
Application number	US-201514868524-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 29, 2015
Priority date	Sep 30, 2014
Publication date	May 2, 2017
Grant date	May 2, 2017

Abstract

A cylinder device includes a regulation mechanism that regulates separation distance between a front piston and a rear piston. A spring seat member of the regulation mechanism includes a spring reception part that projects toward a retainer side to receive a rear end of a spring, a cup seal holding part that projects on an opposite side from the retainer to hold a cup seal arranged on the rear piston, and a projection part that projects on the opposite side from the retainer. The projection part becomes abuttable on the retainer by a stroke of the rear piston if the spring reception part and the cup seal holding part are installed reversely-oriented on the rear piston.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cylinder device comprising:
a front piston that is arranged on a front side at a bottom side of a bottomed cylinder hole;
a rear piston that is arranged on a rear side of the cylinder hole; and
a regulation mechanism that is arranged between the front piston and the rear piston to regulate separation distance between the front piston and the rear piston, wherein
the regulation mechanism includes a retainer that is attached to the front piston, a bolt that has its head engaged with the retainer and is screwed in a screw hole formed in the rear piston, a spring seat member that is installed on the rear piston, and a spring that is compressively arranged between the retainer and the spring seat member,
the spring seat member includes a spring reception part that projects toward the retainer to receive a rear end of the spring, a cup seal holding part that projects to an opposite side from the retainer of the spring reception part to hold a cup seal arranged on the rear piston, and a projection part that projects toward the opposite side from the retainer, and
the projection part becomes abuttable on the retainer by a stroke of the rear piston if the spring reception part and the cup seal holding part are installed reversely-oriented on the rear piston.

2. The cylinder device according to claim 1 , wherein the spring seat member includes an insertion hole through which the bolt is inserted, and the projection part is formed by folding back an opening edge of the insertion hole.

3. The cylinder device according to claim 2 , wherein an enlarged diameter part is formed in an opening of the screw hole for inserting the projection part.

4. The cylinder device according to claim 2 , wherein the bolt is inserted in the insertion hole of the spring seat member via clearance and screwed in the screw hole, to press an insertion end of the bolt to contact on a bottom of the screw hole.

5. The cylinder device according to claim 2 , wherein
the screw hole includes a female screw part that is formed on an opening side and a straight part that is formed on a bottom side continuously from the female screw part, and
the bolt includes a male screw part that is screwed with the female screw part and an end part that is formed continuously from an end of the male screw part to be inserted in the straight part.

6. A vehicle brake system comprising the cylinder device according to claim 2 , wherein
the cylinder device is activated by an electric actuator to generate hydraulic pressure, and
the vehicle brake system further comprises a brake hydraulic pressure generator that generates the hydraulic pressure in response to an input from a driver and a hydraulic pressure controller that performs brake control using the brake hydraulic pressure outputted from the slave cylinder device.

7. The cylinder device according to claim 1 , wherein an enlarged diameter part is formed in an opening of the screw hole for inserting the projection part.

8. The cylinder device according to claim 7 , wherein the bolt is inserted in an insertion hole of the spring seat member via clearance and screwed in the screw hole, to press an insertion end of the bolt to contact on a bottom of the screw hole.

9. The cylinder device according to claim 7 , wherein
the screw hole includes a female screw part that is formed on an opening side and a straight part that is formed on a bottom side continuously from the female screw part, and
the bolt includes a male screw part that is screwed with the female screw part and an end part that is formed continuously from an end of the male screw part to be inserted in the straight part.

10. A vehicle brake system comprising the cylinder device according to claim 7 , wherein
the cylinder device is activated by an electric actuator to generate hydraulic pressure, and
the vehicle brake system further comprises a brake hydraulic pressure generator that generates the hydraulic pressure in response to an input from a driver and a hydraulic pressure controller that performs brake control using the brake hydraulic pressure outputted from the slave cylinder device.

11. The cylinder device according to claim 1 , wherein the bolt is inserted in an insertion hole of the spring seat member via clearance and screwed in the screw hole, to press an insertion end of the bolt to contact on a bottom of the screw hole.

12. The cylinder device according to claim 11 , wherein
the screw hole includes a female screw part that is formed on an opening side and a straight part that is formed on a bottom side continuously from the female screw part, and
the bolt includes a male screw part that is screwed with the female screw part and the insertion end part that is formed continuously from an end of the male screw part to be inserted in the straight part.

13. A vehicle brake system comprising the cylinder device according to claim 1 , wherein
the cylinder device is activated by an electric actuator to generate hydraulic pressure, and
the vehicle brake system further comprises a brake hydraulic pressure generator that generates the hydraulic pressure in response to an input from a driver and a hydraulic pressure controller that performs brake control using the brake hydraulic pressure outputted from the slave cylinder device.

14. The cylinder device according to claim 1 , wherein
the screw hole includes a female screw part that is formed on an opening side and a straight part that is formed on a bottom side continuously from the female screw part, and
the bolt includes a male screw part that is screwed with the female screw part and an end part that is formed continuously from an end of the male screw part to be inserted in the straight part.

15. A vehicle brake system comprising the cylinder device according to claim 14 , wherein
the cylinder device is activated by an electric actuator to generate hydraulic pressure, and
the vehicle brake system further comprises a brake hydraulic pressure generator that generates the hydraulic pressure in response to an input from a driver and a hydraulic pressure controller that performs brake control using the brake hydraulic pressure outputted from the slave cylinder device.

16. A vehicle brake system comprising the cylinder device according to claim 1 , wherein
the cylinder device is activated by an electric actuator to generate hydraulic pressure, and
the vehicle brake system further comprises a brake hydraulic pressure generator that generates the hydraulic pressure in response to an input from a driver and a hydraulic pressure controller that performs brake control using the brake hydraulic pressure outputted from the slave cylinder device.

Assignees

• Nissin Kogyo Kk
• Honda Motor Co Ltd
• Autoliv Nissin Brake Systems Japan Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tagata Kazuhiro
• Kobayashi Nobuyuki
• Nakamura Motoyasu
• Takamatsu Yoshiyuki
• Hidume Hideki
• Murayama Kazuaki
• HYODO Nobutake

Classifications

• B60T8/4081

  Systems with stroke simulating devices for driver input (B60T8/4077 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60T13/662

  characterised by specified functions of the control system components · CPC title

• B60T7/042

  by electrical means, e.g. using travel or force sensors · CPC title

• B60T11/16 Primary

  Master control, e.g. master cylinders (master cylinders associated with vacuum boosters B60T13/565) · CPC title

• B60T13/741

  acting on an ultimate actuator · CPC title