SHOCK ABSORBER HAVING HYDRAULIC DAMPING MECHANISM TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a shock absorber having a hydraulic damping mechanism. PRIOR ART

Today, motorized vehicles comprise elements which are designed using different methods in order to meet user requirements like comfort, driving comfort and safety. Among these elements, shock absorbers are important elements. The hardness levels of shock absorbers are effective in road holding of vehicles, in providing driving comfort and in preventing transfer of the deteriorations on the road to vehicles. If the shock absorbers are hard, the road holding and handling of the vehicle is increasing, however the comfort of the vehicle decreases. Particularly, in sport vehicles, since the vehicle is close to ground, the shock absorbers should response in short stroke distances. Because of this response requirement, pluralities of hydraulic damping mechanisms are added into shock absorbers.

An application of the hydraulic damping mechanism is given in the patent application WO 2004/040164. As can be seen in the application, the shaft, which is in connection to the piston arm entering into a body, presses the lubricant inside the body and a damping is provided. The staged passages, provided in the body, provide the lubricant to pass between the shaft and the body in a lesser manner in each stage. However, because of the complex structures of the shaft and of the body used, there occurs a structure whose production is difficult and whose cost is high.

As a result, because of the abovementioned problems, an improvement is required in the related technical field.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a shock absorber with a hydraulic damping mechanism, in order to eliminate the abovementioned problems and to bring new advantages to the related technical field. The main object of the present invention is to provide a shock absorber which may give response in short stroke distances.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a shock absorber whose hardness level can be adjusted according to the structure of the vehicle.

In order to realize the abovementioned objects and the objects to be obtained from the detailed description below, the present invention is a shock absorber having a hollow cylindrical liner; a shaft which is in connection to a piston arm providing a press condition by advancing from one end of said liner towards the other end thereof and providing a vacuum condition in the return thereof; and a hydraulic damping mechanism having a body wherein said shaft enters and which is provided in the liner. Accordingly, said shock absorber is characterized by comprising a connection element which is provided at the end of said shaft and having a head part with a width so as to protrude from the shaft lateral surface; and a hollow cylindrical piston which is embodied so as to move between said head part and a protrusion, which is provided on the shaft, in said press and vacuum conditions and having a difference between the inner diameter of the piston and the outer diameter of the shaft so as to define a lubricant passage path. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the piston comprises at least one channel which provides lubricant passage between the shaft and the piston.

In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the piston comprises at least one inner stage, to which the connection element will seat, on the connection element side.

In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the piston comprises at least one outer stage so as to define a lubricant passage path in the space existing between the outer diameter of the piston and the inner diameter of the body. In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the liner is embodied as an upper piece and as a bottom piece and the body comprises at least one protrusion which is positioned between said upper piece and said bottom piece.

In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, said protrusion comprises at least one hole which provides lubricant passage between the first region and the third region. In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the body comprises at least one lateral hole which provides lubricant passage between the second region and the third region.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

In Figure 1 , a general view of the shock absorber having hydraulic damping mechanism is given.

In Figure 2, the detailed view of the hydraulic mechanism in press condition (a) is given.

In Figure 3, the detailed view of the hydraulic mechanism in vacuum condition (b) is given.

In Figure 4, the general and detailed views of the piston are given. In Figure 5, the general and detailed views of the body are given.

REFERENCE NUMBERS

10 Shock absorber

11 External Liner

12 Liner

121 Upper Piece

122 Bottom Piece

13 Sealing Element

14 Piston Arm

15 Valve

16 Base Valve

20 Hydraulic Damping Mechanism

21 Shaft

212 Protrusion

213 Shaft Lateral Surface

22 Piston

221 Channel

222 Inner Stage

223 External Stage

23 Connection Element

231 Head Part

24 Body 241 Protrusion

242 Hole

243 Lateral Hole DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

In this detailed description, the subject matter shock absorber having hydraulic damping mechanism is explained with references to examples without forming any restrictive effect in order to make the subject more understandable.

The subject matter shock absorber (10) comprises an external liner (1 1 ); a cylindrical liner (12); a piston arm (14) which is provided in said liner (12) and which enters from one end of the liner (12) and which moves towards the other end thereof; a valve (15) provided on said piston arm (14); a base valve (16) provided at the other end of the liner (12); and a sealing element (13) provided at the side where the piston arm enters. Besides said items, said shock absorber (10) also comprises a hydraulic dampener (20); a shaft (21 ) provided at the end of the piston arm (14); a piston (22) which moves on said shaft (21 ) at a certain stroke connected to a connection element (23) on said shaft (21 ); and a body (24) wherein said piston (24) enters into and exits from by means of the movement of the piston arm (14). A thread is formed in the shaft (21 ) and it is provided in the form of a cylinder which is embodied so as to form a protrusion (21 ) at one side thereof. At the same time, the shaft (21 ) functions as an assembly element of the valve (15) provided on the piston arm (14). Said connection element (23) is embodied so as to comprise a head part (231 ) which will protrude from the shaft lateral surface (213). The piston (22) is embodied in the form of a cylinder which has channels (221 ) which will form a space between the shaft (21 ) and the piston (22) and which has an inner diameter providing movement thereof on the shaft (21 ). On the side of the piston (22) facing the connection element (23), an inner stage (222) is embodied in the inner part where said head part (231 ) will be seated. Said body (24) is provided in the form of a cup which has a protrusion (241 ) at the inlet part and which is embodied so that the outer diameter thereof is smaller than the inner diameter of the liner (12) and so that the inner diameter thereof will permit lubricant flow between the piston (22) and the body (24). By means of the diameter and number of the lateral holes (243) provided on the lateral side of the body, the hardness level of the hydraulic damping mechanism can be changed. In order for the body (24) to be provided inside the liner (12), the liner (12) is separated into an upper piece (121 ) and a bottom piece (122) from a region close to the base valve (16), and it is positioned between said bottom piece (122) and said upper piece (121 ) from said protrusion (241 ) provided on the body (24) so that the body inlet part will face the piston (22). Moreover, on the protrusion (241 ), holes (242) are provided which will permit the passage of the lubricant inside the liner (12) between the first region (I) and the second region (II).

During the operation of the shock absorber (10), there occurs a press condition (a) illustrated in Figure 2 as the piston arm (14) is directed towards the base valve (16) inside the liner (12) and there occurs a vacuum condition (b) illustrated in Figure 3 as the piston arm (14) is diverged from the base valve (16). In said press condition (a), when the piston (22) begins entering into the body (24), the lubricant inside the body (24) forms a resistance and it tries to move from the second region (II) towards the first region (I). By means of said resistance, the piston (22) seats onto said protrusion (21 1 ) on the shaft (21 ). Thus, in press condition (a), the lubricant passage through said channels (221 ) between the shaft (21 ) and the piston (22) is prevented. In the press condition (a), the lubricant passage is realized from the second region (II) to the first region (I) by means of an outer stage (223) provided on the piston (22) and from the second region (II) to the third region (III) through the lateral holes (243) provided on the body. As the piston arm (14) passes to the vacuum condition (b), the piston (22) tries to remove from the body (24) and it forms a vacuum effect inside the body (24). By means of said vacuum effect, the piston (22) moves towards the connection element (23) on the shaft (21 ) and it clears the way for the channels (221 ) provided inside the piston (22). By means of this movement, lubricant passes from the first region (I) to the second region (II) by means of the channels (221 ) and lubricant passes from the third region (III) to the second region (II) by means of the lateral holes (243) on the body (24).

The protection scope of the present invention is set forth in the annexed Claims and cannot be restricted to the illustrative disclosures given above, under the detailed description. It is because a person skilled in the relevant art can obviously produce similar embodiments under the light of the foregoing disclosures, without departing from the main principles of the present invention.