Shock Absorber Multiple Tank Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional shock absorbers with a single tank integrally attached to a cylinder face challenges in mounting due to excessive projection, limiting their application in vehicles with small attachment spaces, as the tank's volume and diameter are insufficient to reduce the projection amount effectively.
Innovation Solution
The shock absorber incorporates multiple tanks, where one tank is compacted into a liquid chamber filled with liquid and an air chamber, and the other tanks have sub-air chambers, allowing for a smaller overall size and reduced projection, enabling increased mountability by integrating the tanks with the cylinder to form a single component.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of stationary object
If a single tank is integrally attached to the cylinder to provide sufficient volume, then the tank volume is adequate, but the projection amount of the tank from the cylinder increases excessively
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the single tank into multiple tanks (first tank and second tank) that are integrally attached to the cylinder. By segmenting the tank volume across multiple smaller units arranged around the cylinder, the overall projection amount is reduced while maintaining the total required volume for damping fluid storage.
2Length of stationary object
If the tank diameter is reduced to suppress the projection amount, then the projection amount decreases, but the tank volume becomes insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of increasing the diameter of a single tank (one-dimensional solution), the patent distributes multiple smaller tanks around the cylinder in a radial arrangement. This transforms the volume problem from a single large diameter requirement into a multi-unit configuration where the sum of smaller volumes achieves the required total volume while keeping individual projection amounts small.
3Device complexity
If a single tank is used, then the structure is simple, but the mountability in vehicles with small attachment spaces is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The shock absorber employs multiple tanks (first tank and second tank) integrally attached to the cylinder, creating a segmented configuration that reduces the projection amount in any single direction. This segmentation enables the shock absorber to fit within the limited attachment spaces of various vehicle types, including motorcycles, while maintaining the necessary fluid volume for proper damping operation.
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
This configuration reduces the projection amount of the tanks from the cylinder, enhancing the shock absorber's mountability, particularly in vehicles with limited space, while maintaining sufficient tank volume and adjustable damping forces.
Implementation Method 1
an air chamber filled with gas, and sub-air chambers communicated with the air chamber in the interiors of the other tanks
Implementation Method 2
a liquid chamber communicated with the working chamber and filled with a liquid
Data Source
AI summary
A shock absorber includes a cylinder including a working chamber therein; a rod configured to be axially movably inserted into the cylinder; and a plurality of tanks configured to be integrally attached to the cylinder, wherein an interior of one of the tanks is comparted into a liquid chamber configured to be communicated with the working chamber and filled with liquid and an air chamber filled with gas, and a sub-air chamber configured to be communicated with the air chamber is formed in the other tank.