Stabilizer Device Mechanical Snapping Engagement
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing stabilizer device for suppressing vehicle body tilt experiences inconsistent torsional force transmission due to dimensional deviations in clutch mechanism components, leading to inadequate tilt suppression.
Innovation Solution
A stabilizer device with a mechanical engagement mechanism using snapping portions and snapped portions to connect and disconnect the first and second stabilizers, ensuring stable force transmission through mechanical snapping, thereby reducing variations in force transmission and enhancing tilt suppression.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a friction clutch mechanism is used to connect stabilizers, then the stabilizer device can transmit torsional force between stabilizers, but the frictional force varies due to dimensional deviation of components leading to insufficient tilt suppression
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the friction-based clutch mechanism with a mechanical engagement mechanism using snapping portions and snapped portions. This substitution eliminates the dependency on frictional force which varies with dimensional deviations, providing a more reliable and consistent force transmission path between stabilizers for effective tilt suppression.
Solution Approach 2:
The engagement device is segmented into multiple components including a housing, snapping portions, and snapped portions. This segmentation allows for easier manufacturing with standard tolerances while maintaining reliable mechanical engagement, as each component can be manufactured independently without requiring high-precision assembly of multiple friction surfaces.
2Force
If a friction clutch mechanism is used, then force transmission can be achieved, but variation in transmitted force occurs due to dimensional deviations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the friction-based force transmission mechanism with a direct mechanical engagement system. The snapping portions engage with the snapped portions to create a rigid force transmission path, eliminating the variable frictional force characteristic and providing consistent torsional force transmission regardless of minor dimensional variations in components.
Solution Approach 2:
The engagement device incorporates a housing that provides structural support and alignment for the snapping portions. This pre-positioning and cushioning structure ensures that the snapping portions engage reliably even when dimensional deviations occur during manufacturing, maintaining consistent force transmission without requiring high-precision components.
3Reliability
If mechanical snapping is used to connect stabilizers, then force transmission becomes stable, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the engagement device components (housing, snapping portions, and snapped portions) into an integrated assembly. This merging reduces the number of separate parts and simplifies the overall structure while maintaining stable force transmission, as the components work together as a unified mechanical engagement system rather than separate friction elements.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the essential function of force transmission from the complex friction clutch mechanism and implements it through a simplified mechanical snapping system. By taking out only the necessary engagement elements (snapping portions and snapped portions) and eliminating unnecessary friction-based components, the device achieves reliable force transmission with reduced structural complexity.
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 stabilizer device achieves stable tilt suppression by maintaining consistent force transmission between stabilizers, reducing the need for precise component alignment and eliminating the requirement for phase angle detection, thus lowering manufacturing costs and improving maintainability.
Implementation Method 1
transmits the force input to either one of the stabilizers to the other one by mechanically snapping the snapping portion with the snapped portion
Data Source
AI summary
This stabilizer device is provided with first and second stabilizers and a joint device that can be switched between and ON-state and an OFF-state. The ON-state is a state in which a force inputted to one of the stabilizers can be transmitted to the other stabilizer, and the OFF-state is a state in which said transmission is disabled. The joint device has at least one engagement part that can be displaced to an engagement position and a non-engagement position. In addition, the joint device assumes the ON-state when the at least one engagement part is in the engagement position, and assumes the OFF-state when the at least one engagement part is in the non-engagement position.