Fluid Pressure Cylinder

Abstract

To prevent operation failure of a fluid pressure cylinder due to the looseness of a piston member.SOLUTION: A hydraulic cylinder 100 is equipped with a cylinder tube 10, a piston rod 20, a piston member 30, a rod inner passage 50 that is provided in the piston rod 20, and has one opening portion 51 opening to an outer peripheral surface of the piston rod 20 in the cylinder tube 10 and the other opening portion 52 opening outside the cylinder tube 10, and a pressure sensor 60 that is provided outside the cylinder tube 10 and detects that a working fluid is guided to the rod inner passage 50. The piston member 30 contacts with an annular step portion 23 provided on an outer peripheral surface of the piston rod 20 at one end surface 33, and is coupled to the piston rod 20 while one opening portion 51 of the rod inner passage 50 is blocked. The pressure sensor 60 detects that the working fluid is guided from a fluid pressure chamber to the rod inner passage 50 through a space between the step portion 23 and the piston member 30.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a fluid pressure cylinder. [Background technology]

[0002] Patent Document 1 discloses a fluid pressure cylinder having a cylinder body in which a piston is incorporated so as to be able to reciprocate freely, and a piston rod attached to the piston and protruding from the end of the cylinder body. The piston is attached to the piston rod by being threadedly coupled to the end of the piston rod. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-263713 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] In a fluid pressure cylinder such as that described in Patent Document 1, if an excessive load is applied to the piston, the piston may loosen relative to the piston rod. If the piston loosens relative to the piston rod, the fluid pressure cylinder will malfunction. In a fluid pressure cylinder such as that described in Patent Document 1, it is difficult for an operator to notice the piston loosening until the fluid pressure cylinder malfunctions.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and has as its object to prevent malfunction of a fluid pressure cylinder caused by loosening of a piston member. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] The present invention comprises a cylinder tube, a piston rod inserted into the cylinder tube so as to be able to reciprocate freely, a piston member connected to the tip of the piston rod and defining a fluid pressure chamber within the cylinder tube, an intra-rod passage provided within the piston rod, one opening opening to the outer peripheral surface of the piston rod within the cylinder tube and the other opening opening to the outside of the cylinder tube, and a detection unit provided outside the cylinder tube and detecting that working fluid has been introduced into the intra-rod passage, wherein one end face of the piston member is in contact with an annular step provided on the outer peripheral surface of the piston rod, blocking one opening of the intra-rod passage, and the detection unit detects that working fluid has been introduced from the fluid pressure chamber to the intra-rod passage through between the step and the piston member.

[0007] In this invention, when the piston member is connected to the piston rod, one end face of the piston member contacts the step portion of the piston rod, blocking the flow of working fluid from the fluid pressure chamber to the rod internal passage. If the piston member loosens relative to the piston rod, working fluid is guided into the rod internal passage through the gap between the one end face of the piston member and the step portion of the piston rod, and this is detected by the detector. Therefore, loosening of the piston member relative to the piston rod can be detected by the detector.

[0008] The present invention is characterized in that it further includes an annular sealing member that is compressed and provided between the piston member and the piston rod, and the sealing member is provided on the opposite side of the step portion across one opening of the rod passage.

[0009] In this invention, the seal member blocks communication between the fluid pressure chamber through the gap between the piston member and the piston rod. As a result, if the piston member loosens relative to the piston rod and a gap forms between the piston member and the step of the piston rod, the working fluid that flows into the gap is guided to the rod internal passage. This improves the accuracy with which the detector detects the loosening of the piston member.

[0010] The present invention is characterized in that the piston member has a piston main body that slides along the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder tube, and a ring member that is provided between the piston main body and a step portion of the piston rod and blocks one opening of an internal passage of the rod, and the piston main body has an annular groove that is formed on the inner circumferential surface and opens to an end face that faces the step portion of the piston rod via the ring member, and that houses a seal member.

[0011] In this invention, the annular groove that accommodates the seal member is formed so as to open to the end face of the piston body that faces the step of the piston rod, but a ring member is provided between the piston body and the step of the piston rod, and the ring member contacts the step, ensuring a sufficient contact area between the piston member and the step of the piston rod.

[0012] The present invention is characterized in that the piston rod has a small diameter portion formed closer to the tip than the step portion and a curved surface portion that is annularly recessed and provided at the boundary between the small diameter portion and the step portion, and the piston member has a tapered portion that is provided on the inner surface of the piston member so as to face the curved surface portion and whose inner diameter increases toward one end face.

[0013] In this invention, the curved surface of the piston rod suppresses stress concentration at the boundary between the small diameter portion and the step, and the tapered portion of the piston member prevents contact between the piston member and the curved surface of the piston rod, ensuring contact between the piston member and the step of the piston rod. [Effects of the Invention]

[0014] According to the present invention, malfunction of the fluid pressure cylinder caused by loosening of the piston member can be prevented. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0015] [Figure 1] 1 is a partial cross-sectional view of a fluid pressure cylinder according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 2]1 is a partial cross-sectional view of a fluid pressure cylinder according to an embodiment of the present invention, showing a state in which a piston member is loosened relative to a piston rod. FIG. [Figure 3] FIG. 10 is a partial cross-sectional view of a fluid pressure cylinder according to a second modified example of the embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0016] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[0017] A fluid pressure cylinder according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to Fig. 1. In the following, a case will be described in which the fluid pressure cylinder is a hydraulic cylinder 100 that uses hydraulic oil as the working fluid.

[0018] The hydraulic cylinder 100 is used as an actuator mounted on construction machinery or industrial machinery. For example, the hydraulic cylinder 100 is used as an actuator for driving a boom, arm, bucket, etc. mounted on a hydraulic excavator.

[0019] As shown in Fig. 1, the hydraulic cylinder 100 includes a cylindrical cylinder tube 10, a piston rod 20 inserted into the cylinder tube 10 so as to be able to reciprocate freely, a piston member 30 connected to the tip of the piston rod 20 and defining a rod-side chamber 11 and an anti-rod-side chamber 12 as fluid pressure chambers within the cylinder tube 10, and a cylinder head 40 closing the open end of the cylinder tube 10. The hydraulic cylinder 100 expands and contracts in the axial direction when hydraulic oil is supplied from a hydraulic source to one of the rod-side chamber 11 and the anti-rod-side chamber 12 and discharged from the other chamber to a tank. Note that instead of oil, a working fluid such as a water-soluble substitute liquid may be used as the working oil.

[0020] The piston rod 20 has a small-diameter portion 21 formed at the tip end thereof and to which the piston member 30 is connected, and a large-diameter portion 22 having an outer diameter larger than that of the small-diameter portion 21 and slidably supported by the cylinder head 40. A step portion 23, which is an annular surface perpendicular to the axial direction of the piston rod 20, is provided between the small-diameter portion 21 and the large-diameter portion 22. The piston rod 20 also has a curved surface portion 24 that is annularly recessed and provided at the boundary between the small-diameter portion 21 and the step portion 23. The curved surface portion 24 is recessed radially inward of the small-diameter portion 21. The curved surface portion 24 relieves stress concentration that occurs at the boundary between the small-diameter portion 21 and the step portion 23. A male thread portion 21a is provided in a portion of the small-diameter portion 21 and is threadedly coupled to the piston member 30. The large-diameter portion 22 extends from the open end of the cylinder tube 10 and is provided at its end with an attachment portion 22a for attachment to other equipment, etc. The attachment portion 22a is attached, for example, by welding to the end of the large diameter portion 22. The attachment portion 22a is also a part of the piston rod 20.

[0021] An intra-rod passage 50 is provided inside the piston rod 20 and extends in the axial direction. One opening 51 of the intra-rod passage 50 opens to the outer peripheral surface of the small diameter portion 21 inside the cylinder tube 10, and the other opening 52 opens outside the cylinder tube 10. Specifically, the opening 51 is provided near the step portion 23, between the step portion 23 and the male thread portion 21a. The opening 52 is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the mounting portion 22a. Therefore, the opening 52 is located outside the cylinder tube 10 even when the hydraulic cylinder 100 is in its most contracted state.

[0022] The rod inner passage 50 is machined before the attachment portion 22a is attached to the end of the piston rod 20. Specifically, it is formed by cutting from the end of the piston rod 20 in the axial direction of the piston rod 20 and by cutting from the outer circumferential surface of the attachment portion 22a toward the center of the attachment surface to the piston rod 20.

[0023] The hydraulic cylinder 100 is provided with a pressure sensor 60 as a detection unit that is provided outside the cylinder tube 10 and detects that hydraulic oil has been introduced into the rod interior passage 50. The pressure sensor 60 is attached to the attachment portion 22a via a joint 80. A passage 81 that communicates with the rod interior passage 50 and introduces hydraulic oil from the rod interior passage 50 to the pressure sensor 60 is formed in the joint 80. The pressure sensor 60 detects that hydraulic oil has been introduced into the rod interior passage 50 from the opening 51, and wirelessly transmits the detection information as an electric signal to an external device (not shown).

[0024] The piston member 30 has a piston body 31 that slides along the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder tube 10, and a ring member 32 that is provided between the piston body 31 and the step portion 23 of the piston rod 20. The piston body 31 and the ring member 32 are made of the same material. The ring member 32 has a smaller outer diameter than the piston body 31. The ring member 32 is in surface contact with the piston body 31, and hydraulic oil is not guided between the piston body 31 and the ring member 32. A female thread portion 31a that threadably couples with the male thread portion 21a of the piston rod 20 is provided on a portion of the inner circumferential surface of the piston body 31. The female thread portion 31a is threaded onto the male thread portion 21a of the piston rod 20 until the ring member 32 contacts the step portion 23. As a result, the piston member 30 is connected to the piston rod 20 with one end face 33 in contact with the step portion 23 of the piston rod 20. As described above, the opening 51 of the rod internal passage 50 is provided between the step portion 23 and the male thread portion 21a. Therefore, when the piston member 30 is connected to the piston rod 20, the ring member 32 of the piston member 30 contacts the step portion 23 and covers the opening 51 of the rod internal passage 50, blocking the flow of hydraulic oil from the rod-side chamber 11 to the rod internal passage 50. In this way, the ring member 32 blocks the opening 51.

[0025] The ring member 32 has a tapered portion 32a, which is provided on the inner circumferential surface of the ring member 32 so as to face the curved portion 24 of the piston rod 20, and whose inner diameter increases toward the end face 33. The tapered portion 32a is provided annularly on the inner circumferential surface of the ring member 32, extending to the end face 33. The tapered portion 32a prevents contact between the ring member 32 and the curved portion 24 of the piston rod 20. This ensures contact between the piston member 32 and the curved portion 24 of the piston rod 20.

[0026] The hydraulic cylinder 100 includes an annular O-ring 70 as a sealing member that is compressed between the piston member 30 and the piston rod 20 to provide a seal between them. An annular groove 31b is formed on the inner circumferential surface of the piston main body 31, and the O-ring 70 is accommodated therein. The annular groove 31b is formed to open onto an end face of the piston main body 31 that faces the step portion 23 via the ring member 32. In other words, the annular groove 31b is formed to open onto the end face of the piston main body 31 that comes into contact with the ring member 32. This makes it easy to accommodate the O-ring 70 in the annular groove 31b during assembly.

[0027] The cylinder head 40 is a substantially cylindrical member through which the piston rod 20 passes. The cylinder head 40 has a flange portion 41, which is fastened to the end of the cylinder tube 10 with screws or the like (not shown). The flange portion 41 may also be fastened to the end of the cylinder tube 10 with bolts or the like. The cylinder head 40 is provided with a supply / discharge port 42 that supplies / discharges hydraulic oil to / from the rod-side chamber 11. One end of the supply / discharge port 42 faces the outer peripheral surface of the piston rod 20 and communicates with the rod-side chamber 11 through an annular gap between the outer peripheral surface of the piston rod 20 and the inner peripheral surface of the cylinder head 40. The other end of the supply / discharge port 42 opens to the outer peripheral surface of the cylinder head 40. The other end of the supply / discharge port 42 is connected to a hydraulic piping (not shown), which is connected to a hydraulic source or a tank via a selector valve.

[0028] In the hydraulic cylinder 100, if an excessive load acts on the piston member 30, the piston member 30 may loosen relative to the piston rod 20 (hereinafter, simply referred to as "loosening of the piston member 30"). If the piston member 30 loosens further, the hydraulic cylinder 100 will malfunction. Specifically, if a load exceeding the axial force acting on the piston member 30 in the connection between the piston member 30 and the piston rod 20 acts on the piston member 30, the piston rod 20 will extend in the axial direction while maintaining the threaded connection between the internal thread portion 31a of the piston member 30 and the external thread portion 21a of the piston rod 20. When the piston rod 20 extends in the axial direction, the step portion 23 of the piston rod 20, which receives the axial force acting on the connection between the piston member 30 and the piston rod 20, moves away from the end face 33 of the piston member 30. This reduces the axial force acting on the piston member 30, loosening the threaded connection between the internal thread portion 31a of the piston member 30 and the external thread portion 21a of the piston rod 20. In a typical hydraulic cylinder, it is difficult for an operator to notice that the piston has loosened until the piston member becomes loose and the hydraulic cylinder malfunctions.

[0029] In contrast to this, in the hydraulic cylinder 100, the pressure sensor 60 can detect loosening of the piston member 30 at an early stage before the hydraulic cylinder 100 malfunctions. Detection of loosening of the piston member 30 by the pressure sensor 60 will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS.

[0030] When the piston member 30 is connected to the piston rod 20, as described above, the ring member 32 comes into contact with the step portion 23 of the piston rod 20, blocking the flow of hydraulic oil from the rod-side chamber 11 to the intra-rod passage 50 through the gap between them. In addition, the threaded connection between the female thread portion 31a of the piston main body 31 and the male thread portion 21a of the piston rod 20 and the O-ring 70 also block the flow of hydraulic oil from the anti-rod-side chamber 12 to the intra-rod passage 50 through the gap between the inner circumferential surface of the piston member 30 and the outer circumferential surface of the small diameter portion 21 of the piston rod 20. In addition, the O-ring 70 also blocks the flow of hydraulic oil from the rod-side chamber 11 to the intra-rod passage 50 through the gap between the piston main body 31 and the ring member 32. Therefore, hydraulic oil is not introduced into the intra-rod passage 50 from the rod-side chamber 11 and the anti-rod-side chamber 12.

[0031] As shown in FIG. 2, when the piston member 30 loosens relative to the piston rod 20, the ring member 32 and the step portion 23 separate, creating a gap between them. As a result, hydraulic oil is guided from the rod-side chamber 11 to the rod-intra-passage 50 through the gap between the ring member 32 and the step portion 23. The pressure sensor 60 then detects that hydraulic oil has been guided to the rod-intra-passage 50. Therefore, the pressure sensor 60 can detect loosening of the piston member 30. Therefore, loosening of the piston member 30 can be detected in the early stages of the loosening of the piston member 30, and malfunction of the hydraulic cylinder 100 caused by loosening of the piston member 30 can be prevented in advance.

[0032] Furthermore, in the hydraulic cylinder 100, the O-ring 70 is provided on the opposite side of the opening 51 of the rod-intra-passage 50 from the stepped portion 23 of the piston rod 20. Therefore, the O-ring 70 more effectively blocks communication between the rod-side chamber 11 and the anti-rod-side chamber 12 through the gap between the inner peripheral surface of the piston member 30 and the outer peripheral surface of the small-diameter portion 21 of the piston rod 20. As a result, when a gap is generated between the ring member 32 of the piston member 30 and the stepped portion 23, hydraulic oil that flows into the gap from the rod-side chamber 11 is guided to the rod-intra-passage 50 rather than to the anti-rod-side chamber 12. This improves the accuracy with which the pressure sensor 60 can detect loosening of the piston member 30. Note that, although the accuracy with which loosening of the piston member 30 is detected is reduced, the annular groove 31b and the O-ring 70 are not necessarily provided and are not essential components of the present invention.

[0033] Furthermore, in the hydraulic cylinder 100, as described above, the annular groove 31b of the piston main body 31 of the piston member 30 is formed to open to the end face facing the step 23 of the piston rod 20. Therefore, if the end face of the piston main body 31 were configured to contact the step 23 of the piston rod 20, the contact area between the piston member 30 and the step 23 would be small, resulting in poor sealing between them. However, in the hydraulic cylinder 100, the ring member 32 is provided between the piston main body 31 and the step 23 of the piston rod 20, and the ring member 32 contacts the step 23. This ensures a sufficient contact area between the piston member 30 and the step 23, effectively blocking the flow of hydraulic oil between them and the rod passage 50. This improves the accuracy with which the pressure sensor 60 detects looseness of the piston member 30.

[0034] Furthermore, the contact surface between the piston member 30 and the step portion 23 of the piston rod 20 is a surface that receives axial force due to screw fastening when the piston member 30 is connected to the piston rod 20. In the hydraulic cylinder 100, the ring member 32 ensures the contact area between the piston member 30 and the step portion 23, so that the fastening force of the piston member 30 to the piston rod 20 can be ensured.

[0035] As described above, in the hydraulic cylinder 100, the pressure sensor 60 detects that the hydraulic oil has been guided from the rod side chamber 11 to the rod internal passage 50, and the detection information is wirelessly transmitted to an external device (not shown) as an electric signal. Therefore, even when a construction machine or an industrial machine on which the hydraulic cylinder 100 is mounted is remotely operated by an operator using a terminal or the like, the operator can recognize the loosening of the piston member 30 by, for example, detecting the loosening of the piston member 30 by the pressure sensor 60 and transmitting the information to the terminal or the like. Note that the detection information may also be transmitted to an external device via a wire.

[0036] According to the present embodiment described above, the following advantageous effects are achieved.

[0037] In the hydraulic cylinder 100, when the piston member 30 loosens relative to the piston rod 20, hydraulic oil is guided from the rod side chamber 11 to the rod internal passage 50 through the gap between the ring member 32 and the step portion 23, and this is detected by the pressure sensor 60. Therefore, loosening of the piston member 30 is detected by the pressure sensor 60, and malfunction of the hydraulic cylinder 100 caused by loosening of the piston member 30 can be prevented.

[0038] Furthermore, in the hydraulic cylinder 100, the O-ring 70 blocks communication between the rod-side chamber 11 and the anti-rod-side chamber 12 through the gap between the inner peripheral surface of the piston member 30 and the outer peripheral surface of the small diameter portion 21 of the piston rod 20. As a result, when the piston member 30 loosens and a gap is generated between the ring member 32 and the step portion 23 of the piston member 30, the hydraulic oil that has flowed into the gap is guided to the rod interior passage 50. This improves the accuracy with which the pressure sensor 60 can detect loosening of the piston member 30.

[0039] Furthermore, in the hydraulic cylinder 100, the ring member 32 contacts the step portion 23, ensuring a sufficient contact area between the piston member 30 and the step portion 23. Therefore, when there is no gap between the piston member 30 and the step portion 23, the flow of hydraulic oil between them and the rod passage 50 can be more effectively blocked. This improves the accuracy with which the pressure sensor 60 can detect loosening of the piston member 30.

[0040] Furthermore, with the hydraulic cylinder 100, even when the construction machinery or industrial machinery on which the hydraulic cylinder 100 is mounted is remotely operated by an operator using a terminal or the like, the operator can be aware of the loosening of the piston member 30 by, for example, transmitting detection information of the loosening of the piston member 30 by the pressure sensor 60 to the terminal or the like.

[0041] Next, modifications of the above embodiment will be described. The following modifications are also within the scope of the present invention, and it is possible to combine the configurations shown in the modifications with the configurations described in the above embodiment, or to combine the configurations described in the following different modifications.

[0042] <Variation 1> In the above embodiment, the pressure sensor 60 is used as the detector that detects that hydraulic oil has been introduced into the rod passage 50. However, the detector is not limited to this. The detector may be a sensor 160 such as an image sensor or a liquid level sensor. Specifically, a component that changes color in response to hydraulic oil, a component that changes shape due to reaction with hydraulic oil or hydraulic pressure, or a container for storing hydraulic oil is provided facing the opening 52 of the rod passage 50, and the sensor 160 detects that hydraulic oil has been introduced into the rod passage 50 by observing the color change or shape change of the component or the amount of hydraulic oil in the container. In these configurations, the sensor 160, such as an image sensor or a liquid level sensor other than a pressure sensor, can detect that hydraulic oil has been introduced into the rod passage 50. Note that instead of using the sensor 160, an operator may visually observe the color change or shape change of the component or the amount of hydraulic oil in the container to recognize the loosening of the piston member 30. In this case, the component or container provided facing the opening 52 of the rod passage 50 itself serves as the detector.

[0043] <Variation 2> In the above embodiment, a ring member 32 is provided between the piston main body 31 and the step portion 23 of the piston rod 20, and the ring member 32 comes into contact with the step portion 23 to block the flow of hydraulic oil from the rod-side chamber 11 to the rod-intra-passage 50 between them. However, as shown in FIG. 3 , the ring member 32 may not be provided, and the piston member 30 may be formed only by the piston main body 31. Even with this configuration, malfunctions of the hydraulic cylinder 100 due to loosening of the piston member 30 can be prevented, as in the above embodiment. In this configuration, the O-ring 70 is also provided on the opposite side of the opening 51 of the rod-intra-passage 50 from the step portion 23 of the piston rod 20, as in the above embodiment. However, the annular groove 31b that accommodates the O-ring 70 is not formed to open to the end face of the piston main body 31. Therefore, it is difficult to accommodate the O-ring 70 in the annular groove 31b. In contrast to this, in the above embodiment, the ring member 32 is provided and the annular groove 31b opens to the end face of the piston body 31, so that the O-ring 70 can be easily accommodated in the annular groove 31b.

[0044] The configuration, operation, and effects of the embodiments of the present invention will be described below.

[0045] The hydraulic cylinder 100 as a fluid pressure cylinder comprises a cylinder tube 10, a piston rod 20 inserted into the cylinder tube 10 so as to be able to reciprocate freely, a piston member 30 connected to the tip of the piston rod 20 and defining a rod side chamber 11 and an anti-rod side chamber 12 as fluid pressure chambers in the cylinder tube 10, and a rod communication valve 51 provided in the piston rod 20, one opening 51 opening to the outer circumferential surface of the piston rod 20 inside the cylinder tube 10 and the other opening 52 opening to the outside of the cylinder tube 10. the piston member 30 is connected to the piston rod 20 with one end face 33 in contact with an annular step portion 23 provided on the outer peripheral surface of the piston rod 20, blocking one opening 51 of the rod internal passage 50; and the detection portions 60, 160 detect that the working fluid has been guided from the rod side chamber 11 and the anti-rod side chamber 12 to the rod internal passage 50 through between the step portion 23 and the piston member 30.

[0046] In this configuration, when the piston member 30 is connected to the piston rod 20, one end face 33 of the piston member 30 comes into contact with the step portion 23 of the piston rod 20, blocking the flow of working fluid from the rod side chamber 11 and the anti-rod side chamber 12 to the rod intra-passage 50. When the piston member 30 loosens relative to the piston rod 20, working fluid is guided to the rod intra-passage 50 through the gap between the one end face 33 of the piston member 30 and the step portion 23 of the piston rod 20, and is detected by the detection units 60, 160. Therefore, loosening of the piston member 30 relative to the piston rod 20 can be detected by the detection units 60, 160.

[0047] In addition, the hydraulic cylinder 100 further includes an O-ring 70 as an annular sealing member compressed between the piston member 30 and the piston rod 20, and the O-ring 70 is provided on the opposite side of the step portion 23 across one opening 51 of the rod internal passage 50.

[0048] In this configuration, the O-ring 70 blocks communication between the rod-side chamber 11 and the anti-rod-side chamber 12 through the gap between the piston member 30 and the piston rod 20. As a result, when the piston member 30 loosens relative to the piston rod 20 and a gap is generated between the piston member 30 and the step portion 23 of the piston rod 20, the working fluid that has flowed into the gap is more likely to be guided to the rod internal passage 50. This improves the accuracy with which the detection units 60, 160 can detect loosening of the piston member 30.

[0049] The piston member 30 has a piston main body 31 that slides along the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder tube 10, and a ring member 32 that is provided between the piston main body 31 and the step portion 23 of the piston rod 20 and blocks one opening 51 of the rod internal passage 50. The piston main body 31 has an annular groove 31b that is formed on the inner circumferential surface and opens to the end face that faces the step portion 23 of the piston rod 20 via the ring member 32, and that accommodates an O-ring 70.

[0050] In this configuration, the annular groove 31b that accommodates the O-ring 70 is formed to open at the end face of the piston body 31 that faces the step 23 of the piston rod 20. However, the ring member 32 is provided between the piston body 31 and the step 23 of the piston rod 20, and the ring member 32 comes into contact with the step 23, so that the contact area between the piston member 30 and the step 23 of the piston rod 20 is ensured.

[0051] The piston rod 20 has a small diameter portion 21 formed closer to the tip than the step portion 23, and a curved surface portion 24 that is annularly recessed and provided at the boundary between the small diameter portion 21 and the step portion 23, and the piston member 30 has a tapered portion 32a that is provided on the inner surface of the piston member 30 so as to face the curved surface portion 24 and whose inner diameter increases toward one end face 33.

[0052] In this configuration, the curved surface portion 24 of the piston rod 20 suppresses stress concentration at the boundary between the small diameter portion 21 and the step portion 23. In addition, the tapered portion 32a of the piston member 30 prevents contact between the piston member 30 and the curved surface portion 24 of the piston rod 20, thereby ensuring contact between the piston member 30 and the step portion 23 of the piston rod 20.

[0053] Although the present embodiment has been described above, the above embodiment merely shows some of the application examples of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the technical scope of the present invention to the specific configurations of the above embodiment. [Explanation of symbols]

[0054] 10 Cylinder tube, 20 Piston rod, 23 Step portion, 24 Curved surface portion, 30 Piston member, 31 Piston main body portion, 31b Annular groove, 32 Ring member, 33 One end face, 34a Tapered portion, 50 Rod inner passage, 51 Opening (one opening), 52 Opening (other opening), 60 Pressure sensor (detection portion), 70 O-ring (sealing member), 160 Sensor (detection portion), 100 Hydraulic cylinder (fluid pressure cylinder)

Claims

1. A cylinder tube; a piston rod inserted into the cylinder tube so as to be able to reciprocate; a piston member connected to a tip of the piston rod and defining a fluid pressure chamber within the cylinder tube; an intra-rod passage provided in the piston rod, one opening of which opens to an outer peripheral surface of the piston rod within the cylinder tube and the other opening of which opens to an outside of the cylinder tube; a detection unit that is provided outside the cylinder tube and detects that the working fluid has been introduced into the rod internal passage, the piston member is connected to the piston rod in a state in which one end surface thereof contacts an annular step portion provided on an outer circumferential surface of the piston rod, blocking the one opening of the rod internal passage; The fluid pressure cylinder, wherein the detection unit detects that the working fluid is guided from the fluid pressure chamber to the rod internal passage through a gap between the step portion and the piston member.

2. 2. The fluid pressure cylinder according to claim 1, The piston rod further includes an annular seal member that is compressed between the piston member and the piston rod, The fluid pressure cylinder according to claim 1, wherein the sealing member is provided on the opposite side of the step portion with respect to the one opening of the rod passage.

3. 3. The fluid pressure cylinder according to claim 2, The piston member is a piston body that slides along an inner peripheral surface of the cylinder tube; a ring member provided between the piston body and the step portion of the piston rod, the ring member blocking the one opening of the rod internal passage, a piston body having an inner peripheral surface, the piston body having an annular groove formed thereon and opening to an end surface facing the stepped portion of the piston rod via the ring member, the annular groove accommodating the seal member.

4. 4. The fluid pressure cylinder according to claim 1, the piston rod has a small diameter portion formed closer to the tip end than the step portion, and a curved surface portion that is annularly recessed and provided at a boundary between the small diameter portion and the step portion, a piston member having a tapered portion provided on an inner peripheral surface of the piston member so as to face the curved surface portion, the tapered portion having an inner diameter increasing toward the one end face;

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