MR Hydraulic Damper With Passive Chamber for Adaptive Damping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Passive vehicle suspension dampers are fixed and unresponsive to changing road conditions, while active magnetorheological dampers are costly and require complex control systems with inefficient performance.
Innovation Solution
A hydraulic damper with separate chambers filled with regular working fluid and magnetorheological fluid, featuring a secondary piston assembly with electromagnet coils to control magnetic flux and adjust shear resistance, combined with a compensation chamber filled with gas to manage volume differences and enhance damping characteristics.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If magnetorheological fluid is used in active dampers to enable continuous damping control, then damping characteristic adaptability is improved, but cost and mechanical wear increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The damper is divided into two independent working chambers: a first chamber filled with conventional hydraulic fluid and a second chamber filled with magnetorheological fluid. Each chamber operates independently with its own piston assembly, allowing the system to combine the benefits of passive damping (low cost, high reliability) with active controllable damping (adaptability) without requiring the entire system to use expensive MR fluid and complex control mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
A magnetic coupling mechanism acts as an intermediary between the two chambers, transmitting force from the MR fluid chamber to the conventional fluid chamber without direct mechanical contact. This allows the controllable damping force generated by the MR fluid to be transmitted to the main suspension system while avoiding direct exposure of mechanical valve assemblies to abrasive MR fluid particles.
2Adaptability or versatility
If magnetorheological fluid with suspended magnetic particles is used, then damping control capability is improved, but wear and tear of mechanical valve assemblies increases
Solution Approach 1:
The damper is divided into two independent working chambers: a first chamber filled with conventional hydraulic fluid and a second chamber filled with magnetorheological fluid. Each chamber operates independently with its own piston assembly, allowing the system to combine the benefits of passive damping (low cost, high reliability) with active controllable damping (adaptability) without requiring the entire system to use expensive MR fluid and complex control mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
A magnetic coupling mechanism acts as an intermediary between the two chambers, transmitting force from the MR fluid chamber to the conventional fluid chamber without direct mechanical contact. This allows the controllable damping force generated by the MR fluid to be transmitted to the main suspension system while avoiding direct exposure of mechanical valve assemblies to abrasive MR fluid particles.
3Adaptability or versatility
If complex control systems with numerous sensors are equipped to continuously control magnetorheological dampers, then damping responsiveness is improved, but system complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The damper is divided into two independent working chambers: a first chamber filled with conventional hydraulic fluid and a second chamber filled with magnetorheological fluid. Each chamber operates independently with its own piston assembly, allowing the system to combine the benefits of passive damping (low cost, high reliability) with active controllable damping (adaptability) without requiring the entire system to use expensive MR fluid and complex control mechanisms.
4Ease of manufacture
If passive dampers with constant viscosity working fluid are used, then manufacturing simplicity is maintained, but damping characteristic responsiveness to changing road conditions deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The damper is divided into two independent working chambers: a first chamber filled with conventional hydraulic fluid and a second chamber filled with magnetorheological fluid. Each chamber operates independently with its own piston assembly, allowing the system to combine the benefits of passive damping (low cost, high reliability) with active controllable damping (adaptability) without requiring the entire system to use expensive MR fluid and complex control mechanisms.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The solution provides a cost-effective and simple method to control damping characteristics dynamically, responding to road conditions with improved efficiency and reduced wear on mechanical components.
Implementation Method 1
at least one electromagnet coil for variably generating a magnetic flux modifying shear resistance of magnetorheological fluid to control the flow of magnetorheological fluid passing through said flow channel
Implementation Method 2
a compensation chamber, distal to the main piston assembly and filed with gas
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AI summary
The invention relates to a hydraulic damper, comprising a main tube, and a main piston assembly attached to a piston rod. Said piston rod is provided with an annular chamber in which a slidable partition is disposed dividing this chamber into a magnetorheological chamber, and a compensation chamber, wherein said hydraulic damper further comprises a secondary piston assembly slidably disposed inside said magnetorheological chamber, attached to a secondary piston rod, dividing said magnetorheological chamber into a magnetorheological compression chamber, distal to the main piston assembly, and a magnetorheological rebound chamber, proximal to the main piston assembly, wherein said secondary piston assembly is provided with a flow channel and at least one electromagnet coil for variably generating a magnetic flux modifying shear resistance of magnetorheological fluid, wherein said at least one electromagnet coil is connected with a control cable passing through said secondary piston rod and led outside the hydraulic damper.