Vehicle Stabilizer Bracket with Friction-Fit Pin Connection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle stabilizer brackets tend to slip or fall apart during transport, assembly, or operation, and lack sufficient rigidity, complicating manufacturing and assembly processes.
Innovation Solution
A bracket design featuring an elastomer element fixed between two bracket elements using connection means such as connection pins and recesses or sleeves with rib structures, providing a frictional, form-fit, or cohesive connection to securely support the stabilizer spring and enhance rigidity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional bracket designs are used to support the stabilizer spring, then the bracket can be manufactured and assembled, but the bracket tends to slip or fall apart during transport, assembly, or operation
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket is divided into two separate bracket elements that are connected through connection means (connection pins and connection recesses). This segmentation allows each element to be independently manufactured and assembled, while the connection means prevent slipping and falling apart during transport and operation, thus improving reliability without excessive complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection means are integrated within the bracket elements themselves - connection pins are formed on one bracket element and connection recesses on the other, with the pins inserting into the recesses to form an integrated connection. This nested integration improves reliability by preventing separation while avoiding additional external components that would increase complexity.
2Strength
If traditional bracket designs are used, then assembly is possible, but the brackets lack sufficient rigidity and torsional stiffness
Solution Approach 1:
By dividing the bracket into two elements connected by pins and recesses, the design allows for optimized geometry of each segment that can better resist torsional loads. The connection means provide rigid mechanical coupling that increases overall torsional stiffness while keeping each individual element simpler to manufacture.
Solution Approach 2:
The bracket employs a composite structure combining different materials - the bracket elements can be made from rigid materials (metal or hard plastic) while the elastomer element provides flexible support. This composite approach increases torsional stiffness where needed while maintaining ease of manufacture through material properties.
3Ease of operation
If the bracket components are designed to be easily connected, then assembly is simplified, but the connection may not provide sufficient fixation to prevent slipping
Solution Approach 1:
The connection means are pre-formed as integral parts of the bracket elements during manufacturing - connection pins are molded or machined onto one element and connection recesses on the other. This preliminary formation allows for simple assembly operations (just insertion and frictional fixing) while ensuring the connection geometry is optimized for both ease of assembly and prevention of slipping.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection relies on frictional fixation achieved by optimizing geometric parameters of the connection pin and recess - such as diameter, length, surface roughness, and interference fit dimensions. By carefully selecting these parameters, the connection achieves sufficient fixation strength to prevent slipping while maintaining simple assembly through friction-based locking rather than complex fastening mechanisms.
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 prevents slipping and twisting of the elastomer element, increases the torsional stiffness of the bracket, simplifies assembly, and enhances the durability and operational reliability of the vehicle stabilizer by ensuring secure fixation and preload application.
Implementation Method 1
the connection pin is frictionally fixed (fixed in a force-fit manner) in the connection recess
Implementation Method 2
an elastomer element that receives a stabilizer spring
Implementation Method 3
An outer circumferential surface of the first connection sleeve and/or an inner circumferential surface of the second connection sleeve has a rib structure
Data Source
AI summary
A bracket for a vehicle stabilizer is provided and includes an elastomer element for receiving a stabilizer spring, a first and a second bracket element. The first and the second bracket elements are connectable in such a way that the elastomer element is fixed between the first and the second bracket elements. A connection means for connecting the first and the second bracket elements is formed on the first and second bracket elements, the connection means has at least one connection pin and a connection recess. In a connection state of the first bracket element and of the second bracket element, the connection pin is inserted into the connection recess, and in the connection state the connection pin is frictionally fixed in the connection recess and/or the connection pin is riveted in the connection recess in a positive manner and/or the connection pin is cohesively fixed in the connection recess.