Adjustable Bearing Device for Electromechanical Brake Boosters
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electromechanical brake boosters for motor vehicles require multiple components for customer interface connections, which complicates installation and adaptation to different hole spacings and tilting angles, especially in environments with limited vacuum availability.
Innovation Solution
A bearing device for electromechanical brake boosters that includes adjustable sliding bearings and support elements, allowing for flexible positioning and fastening on a spindle, enabling adaptation to various customer interfaces with different hole spacings and compensating for tilting angles through a cranked design and grooved structure for secure and space-efficient mounting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple components are used for customer interface connections, then adaptability to different hole spacings and tilting angles is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The bearing device is designed with a universal mounting structure that can accommodate multiple customer interface configurations. The device includes adjustable mounting elements and a cranked design that enables it to adapt to different hole spacings and tilting angles using a single integrated component rather than multiple specialized components.
Solution Approach 2:
The bearing device incorporates adjustable and movable mounting elements that can be positioned at different locations and angles. The cranked design allows dynamic adaptation to various installation conditions, enabling the same device to be configured for different hole spacings and tilting angles through adjustment rather than requiring multiple fixed components.
2Device complexity
If a single bearing device is used to accommodate various customer interfaces, then device complexity is reduced, but manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The bearing device introduces sliding bearings as intermediary elements between the mounting structure and the support elements. These sliding bearings provide the necessary adjustment capability and precision positioning, mediating between the simplified single-device structure and the requirement for precise accommodation of different hole spacings and tilting angles.
Solution Approach 2:
The device utilizes adjustable parameters such as the position of sliding bearings within receiving openings and the cranked angle to adapt to different customer interface configurations. By changing these parameters rather than requiring multiple fixed components, the device achieves versatility while maintaining manageable manufacturing precision requirements through standardized components.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution allows for a single bearing device to accommodate various customer interfaces with different hole spacings and tilts, reducing the number of components needed and ensuring secure, space-efficient, and adaptable mounting, thereby simplifying installation and enhancing operational stability.
Implementation Method 1
a first sliding bearing is insertable or is inserted in a first receiving opening of the bearing device and a second sliding bearing is insertable or is inserted in a second receiving opening of the bearing device
Data Source
AI summary
A bearing device for an electromechanical brake booster, it being optionally possible to fasten the first sliding bearing in the first receiving opening when the second sliding bearing is float-mounted in the second receiving opening or to fasten the second sliding bearing in the second receiving opening when the first sliding bearing is float-mounted in the first receiving opening, and, if the first sliding bearing is fastened on a first fastening element, it being possible to situate the bearing device between the two support elements spaced apart by a first interspace, and, if the second sliding bearing is fastened on a second fastening element, it being possible to situate the bearing device between the two support elements spaced apart by a second interspace. An electromechanical brake booster for a motor vehicle is also described.