STRUCTURE AND MOVABLE OBJECT INCLUDING THE SAME
20250242654 ยท 2025-07-31
Assignee
Inventors
Cpc classification
B60G2204/10
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
International classification
Abstract
A structure includes a suspension module including a suspension frame, and a stabilizer bar provided to face one side of the suspension frame, in which the stabilizer bar includes a first side stabilizer bar provided to face a first side region of the suspension frame, and a second side stabilizer bar provided to face a second side region of the suspension frame, and in which the first side stabilizer bar and the second side stabilizer bar are provided to be attachable to or detachable from each other.
Claims
1. A structure comprising: a suspension module including a suspension frame; and a stabilizer bar provided to face one side of the suspension frame, wherein the stabilizer bar includes: a first side stabilizer bar provided to face a first side region of the suspension frame; and a second side stabilizer bar provided to face a second side region of the suspension frame, and wherein the first side stabilizer bar and the second side stabilizer bar are provided to be attachable to or detachable from each other.
2. The structure of claim 1, further including: a bolt member configured to penetrate the first side stabilizer bar and the second side stabilizer bar in a region in which the first side stabilizer bar and the second side stabilizer bar overlap together; and a nut member coupled to the bolt member.
3. The structure of claim 2, wherein the first side stabilizer bar is provided to face the suspension frame with the second side stabilizer bar interposed therebetween in the region in which the bolt member is provided to penetrate the first side stabilizer bar and the second side stabilizer bar.
4. The structure of claim 1, wherein in a region in which the first side stabilizer bar and the second side stabilizer bar overlap together, a first concave-convex region is formed on the first side stabilizer bar and includes a first section protruding toward the second side stabilizer bar, and a second section recessed in a direction away from the second side stabilizer bar, and a second concave-convex region including a shape corresponding to the first concave-convex region is formed on the second side stabilizer bar, and wherein the first concave-convex region and the second concave-convex region are coupled while engaging with each other.
5. The structure of claim 4, wherein no configuration is provided to relatively fix the first concave-convex region and the second concave-convex region.
6. The structure of claim 4, wherein a relative movement between the first concave-convex region and the second concave-convex region, in a region in which the first concave-convex region and the second concave-convex region engage with each other, is restricted only by interference between the first concave-convex region and the second concave-convex region and a frictional force between the first concave-convex region and the second concave-convex region.
7. The structure of claim 4, wherein the first concave-convex region includes the first section protruding in a cross shape, and wherein the second concave-convex region includes a section recessed in a cross shape and including a shape corresponding to the cross shape of the first concave-convex region.
8. The structure of claim 4, wherein a direction in which the first side stabilizer bar is provided to penetrate the first side stabilizer bar fixing member is parallel to a direction in which the first side stabilizer bar faces the first concave-convex region.
9. The structure of claim 4, wherein a region of the first side stabilizer bar, which extends from the first side stabilizer bar fixing member to the first concave-convex region, includes a straight shape.
10. The structure of claim 1, further including: a fixing portion including one side fixedly coupled to the suspension frame and configured to fix the stabilizer bar relative to the suspension frame; and a power electronics (PE) module fixedly coupled to one side of the fixing portion.
11. The structure of claim 10, wherein the fixing portion further includes: a PE module fixing member including one side fixedly coupled to the suspension frame and configured to define a region to which the PE module is fixed; and a stabilizer bar fixing member including one side fixedly coupled to the suspension frame and configured to define a region penetrated by the stabilizer bar, and wherein the PE module fixing member and the stabilizer bar fixing member are spaced apart from each other in a direction in which the suspension frame extends.
12. The structure of claim 11, wherein the stabilizer bar fixing member includes: a first side stabilizer bar fixing member fixed relative to the suspension frame and penetrated by the first side stabilizer bar; and a second side stabilizer bar fixing member fixed relative to the suspension frame and penetrated by the second side stabilizer bar.
13. The structure of claim 11, wherein the stabilizer bar fixing member is attached to the stabilizer bar in the region in which the stabilizer bar is provided to penetrate the stabilizer bar fixing member.
14. The structure of claim 10, wherein the fixing portion includes: a PE module fixing member including one side fixedly coupled to the suspension frame and configured to define a region to which the PE module is fixed; and a stabilizer bar fixing member configured to define a region penetrated by the stabilizer bar, and wherein the stabilizer bar fixing member is press-fitted into the PE module fixing member.
15. The structure of claim 14, wherein the region of the stabilizer bar fixing member, which is penetrated by the stabilizer bar, includes a through-hole shape surrounded by a closed curve.
16. The structure of claim 14, wherein the stabilizer bar fixing member is fixed relative to the suspension frame as the PE module fixing member and the suspension frame are fixedly coupled.
17. The structure of claim 16, wherein the stabilizer bar fixing member is attached to the suspension frame.
18. The structure of claim 11, wherein the first side stabilizer bar or the second side stabilizer bar is provided to penetrate the PE module fixing member.
19. The structure of claim 18, wherein the first side stabilizer bar or the second side stabilizer bar is substantially spaced apart from the PE module fixing member in a region in which the first side stabilizer bar or the second side stabilizer bar is provided to penetrate the PE module fixing member.
20. A vehicle including the structure of claim 1, wherein one side of the structure is connected to a front wheel of the vehicle.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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[0039] It may be understood that the appended drawings are not necessarily to scale, presenting a somewhat simplified representation of various features illustrative of the basic principles of the present disclosure. The specific design features of the present disclosure as included herein, including, for example, specific dimensions, orientations, locations, and shapes locations, and shapes will be determined in part by the particularly intended application and use environment.
[0040] In the figures, reference numbers refer to the same or equivalent portions of the present disclosure throughout the several figures of the drawing.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0041] Reference will now be made in detail to various embodiments of the present disclosure(s), examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings and described below. While the present disclosure(s) will be described in conjunction with exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, it will be understood that the present description is not intended to limit the present disclosure(s) to those exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure. On the other hand, the present disclosure(s) is/are intended to cover not only the exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, but also various alternatives, modifications, equivalents and other embodiments, which may be included within the spirit and scope of the present disclosure as defined by the appended claims.
[0042] Hereinafter, a structure and a vehicle including the same according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings. The vehicle included in the present specification may be based on the concept including electric vehicles, PBVs, and the like that operate by use of electricity as power sources.
Structure
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[0044] With reference to
[0045] The structure 10 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure may further include a stabilizer bar 200 provided to face one side of the suspension frame 110. For example, the stabilizer bar 200 may be provided to face an upper surface of the suspension frame 110.
[0046] The structure 10 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure may further include a configuration that maintains a state in which the stabilizer bar 200 faces one side of the suspension frame 110. The structure 10 may further include a fixing portion 300 including one side fixedly coupled to the suspension frame 110 and configured to fix the stabilizer bar 200 relative to the suspension frame 110. In the instant case, the configuration in which the stabilizer bar 200 is fixed relative to the fixing portion 300 may be interpreted as including a case in which the state in which the stabilizer bar 200 faces one side of the suspension frame 110 is maintained even when the stabilizer bar 200 and the fixing portion 300 are somewhat swayed by an external force, vibration, or the like.
[0047] Meanwhile, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the structure 10 may further include a PE module (power electronics module) 400 fixedly coupled to one side of the fixing portion 300. The PE module may be configured to operate the vehicle with electrical energy and include components such as a motor, a speed reducer, and an inverter. The description of detailed configurations of the PE module will be replaced with the contents included in the related art.
[0048] Meanwhile, as illustrated in
[0049] Meanwhile, it should be noted that the PE module 400 of the present specification not only includes operating components, such as the motor, the speed reducer, and the inverter, that actually operate the vehicle provided with the structure 10, but also includes a housing configured to accommodate the operating components, and connection members configured to connect the housing and the fixing portion 300 and fixedly directly coupled to the fixing portion 300.
[0050] Meanwhile, the fixing portion 300 may be divided into a plurality of regions. With reference to
[0051] In contrast, unlike the above-mentioned configuration, according to another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the PE module fixing member 310 and the stabilizer bar fixing member 320 may be assembled to each other. With reference to
[0052] Meanwhile, according to another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the PE module fixing member 310 may be fixedly coupled to the suspension frame 110, whereas the stabilizer bar fixing member 320 may not be fixedly coupled directly to the suspension frame 110. Instead, according to another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the stabilizer bar fixing member 320 may be fixed relative to the suspension frame 110 as the PE module fixing member 310 and the suspension frame 110 are fixedly coupled.
[0053] However, according to another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, even though the stabilizer bar fixing member 320 is not fixedly coupled directly to the suspension frame 110, the stabilizer bar fixing member 320 may be tightly attached to the suspension frame 110. Therefore, as illustrated in
[0054] Furthermore, according to another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the structure 10 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure may include penetration members 610 configured to penetrate the PE module fixing member 310 and coupled to the suspension frame 110. The penetration member 610 may be configured to fixedly couple the PE module fixing member 310 to the suspension frame 110. For example, the penetration member 610 may be a bolt.
[0055] Meanwhile, according to another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the stabilizer bar 200 may be provided to be spaced apart from the suspension frame 110 in a region in which the stabilizer bar 200 is provided to penetrate the stabilizer bar fixing member 320. According to another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the region of the stabilizer bar fixing member 320, which is penetrated by the stabilizer bar 200, may include a through-hole shape surrounded by a closed curve. Therefore, in the region in which the stabilizer bar 200 is provided to penetrate the stabilizer bar fixing member 320, an overall periphery of the stabilizer bar 200 may be surrounded by the stabilizer bar fixing member 320, and a partial region of the stabilizer bar fixing member 320 may be positioned between the stabilizer bar 200 and the suspension frame 110. Therefore, in the region in which the stabilizer bar 200 is provided to penetrate the stabilizer bar fixing member 320, the stabilizer bar 200 may be spaced apart from the suspension frame 110.
[0056] Meanwhile, as illustrated in
[0057] The first side stabilizer bar 210 and the second side stabilizer bar 220 may be provided separately. The first side stabilizer bar 210 and the second side stabilizer bar 220 may be provided to be attachable to or detachable from each other. In the instant case, in case that the stabilizer bar 200 needs to be detached from the inside of the structure 10 and maintained, only the stabilizer bar 200 may be detached without affecting the other components in the structure 10, which may improve the maintainability of the structure 10. The features of the stabilizer bar 200 and the surrounding components thereof for improving the maintainability of the structure 10 will be described below in detail.
[0058] According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the stabilizer bar fixing members 320 may include a first side stabilizer bar fixing member 322 fixed relative to the suspension frame 110 and penetrated by the first side stabilizer bar 210, and a second side stabilizer bar fixing member 324 fixed relative to the suspension frame 110 and penetrated by the second side stabilizer bar 220. Furthermore, the PE module fixing members 310 may include a first side PE module fixing member 312 including one side fixed to the suspension frame 110 and penetrated by the first side stabilizer bar 210, and a second side PE module fixing member 314 including one side fixed to the suspension frame 110 and penetrated by the second side stabilizer bar 220. Meanwhile, in the present specification, the above-mentioned and following descriptions of the stabilizer bar fixing member 320 may be equally applied to the first side stabilizer bar fixing member 322 and the second side stabilizer bar fixing member 324. In the present specification, the above-mentioned and following descriptions of the PE module fixing member 310 may be equally applied to the first side PE module fixing member 312 and the second side PE module fixing member 314. The first side PE module fixing member 312, the second side PE module fixing member 314, the first side stabilizer bar fixing member 322, and the second side stabilizer bar fixing member 324 are exemplarily illustrated in
[0059] In the structure 10 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, not only the stabilizer bar 200 but also the PE module 400 may be mounted and supported on the suspension frame 110. In the instant case, the structure 10 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure may include a structure in which the stabilizer bar 200 and the PE module 400 share the space so that the space occupied by the stabilizer bar 200 and the PE module 400 may be minimized.
[0060] To achieve the above-mentioned object, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the stabilizer bar 200 may be provided to penetrate the fixing portion 300. As illustrated in
[0061] Meanwhile, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, in the region in which the stabilizer bar 200 is provided to penetrate the stabilizer bar fixing member 320, the stabilizer bar fixing member 320 may be tightly attached to the stabilizer bar 200. This is to improve the performance in fixing the stabilizer bar 200 by allowing the stabilizer bar fixing member 320 to press the stabilizer bar 200. Meanwhile, the above-mentioned description may be equally applied to the first side stabilizer bar fixing member 322, the first side stabilizer bar 210, the second side stabilizer bar fixing member 324, and the second side stabilizer bar 220. That is, in the region in which the first side stabilizer bar 210 is provided to penetrate the first side stabilizer bar fixing member 322, the first side stabilizer bar fixing member 322 may be tightly attached to the first side stabilizer bar 210. In the region in which the second side stabilizer bar 220 is provided to penetrate the second side stabilizer bar fixing member 324, the second side stabilizer bar fixing member 324 may be tightly attached to the second side stabilizer bar 220. Furthermore, the above-mentioned description may be applied to both the case in which the stabilizer bar fixing member 320 is provided to be spaced apart from the PE module fixing member 310 (an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure described above) and the case in which the stabilizer bar fixing member 320 is press-fitted into the PE module fixing member 310 (another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure described above).
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[0063] Meanwhile, according to the example of the present disclosure, the first side stabilizer bar 210 and the second side stabilizer bar 220 may be coupled to each other by an intermediate configuration. As illustrated in
[0064] In contrast, unlike the above-mentioned configuration, according to another example, the first side stabilizer bar 210 and the second side stabilizer bar 220 may be coupled to each other by a geometric shape of the first side stabilizer bar 210 and a geometric shape of the second side stabilizer bar 220 without a separate intermediate configuration.
[0065] As illustrated in
[0066] In the instant case, the stabilizer bar 200 may be detached only by moving the first side stabilizer bar 210 and the second side stabilizer bar 220 in the directions in which the first concave-convex region 212 and the second concave-convex region 222 are away from each other so that the stabilizer bar 200 may be relatively easily detached.
[0067] Meanwhile, the first concave-convex region 212 and the second concave-convex region 222 may have various shapes. For example, as illustrated in
[0068] As described above, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the stabilizer bar 200 is provided in the state in which the first side stabilizer bar 210 and the second side stabilizer bar 220 are coupled to or engage with each other to improve the maintainability of the structure 10 so that the first side stabilizer bar 210 and the second side stabilizer bar 220 may be attachable to or detachable from each other, and the process of detaching the stabilizer bar 200 may be easily performed.
[0069] In the instant case, to make it easier to perform the process of detaching the stabilizer bar 200, a direction (the leftward/rightward direction based on
[0070] In the instant case, the stabilizer bar 200 may be detached from the structure 10 only by moving the first side stabilizer bar 210 in the direction (the leftward direction based on
[0071] Meanwhile, as described above, the stabilizer bar 200 may penetrate the fixing portion 300. The stabilizer bar 200 may penetrate not only the stabilizer bar fixing member 320 but also the PE module fixing member 310.
[0072] The first side stabilizer bar 210 or the second side stabilizer bar 220 may penetrate the PE module fixing member 310. The present configuration may be applied to both the case in which the PE module fixing member 310 and the stabilizer bar fixing member 320 are spaced apart from each other, as in the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, and the case in which the stabilizer bar fixing member 320 is press-fitted into the PE module fixing member 310. The first side stabilizer bar 210 and the second side stabilizer bar 220 may penetrate the first side PE module fixing member 312 and the second side PE module fixing member 314, respectively.
[0073] Meanwhile, as described above, according to the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the PE module fixing member 310 and the stabilizer bar fixing member 320 may be spaced apart from each other. In the instant case, in the region in which the first side stabilizer bar 210 or the second side stabilizer bar 220 is provided to penetrate the PE module fixing member 310, the first side stabilizer bar 210 or the second side stabilizer bar 220 may be substantially spaced apart from the PE module fixing member 310. That is, in the region in which the first side stabilizer bar 210 is provided to penetrate the first side PE module fixing member 312, the first side stabilizer bar 210 may be substantially spaced apart from the first side PE module fixing member 312. In the region in which the second side stabilizer bar 220 is provided to penetrate the second side PE module fixing member 314, the second side stabilizer bar 220 may be substantially spaced apart from the second side PE module fixing member 314. In the instant case, the configuration in which the first side stabilizer bar 210 or the second side stabilizer bar 220 is substantially spaced apart from the PE module fixing member 310 may mean that the first side stabilizer bar 210 or the second side stabilizer bar 220 is spaced apart from the PE module fixing member 310 in most cases temporally or physically even though the first side stabilizer bar 210 or the second side stabilizer bar 220 may be temporarily or partially brought into contact with the PE module fixing member 310 by an external force, vibration, or the like. It may be understood that in the region in which the first side stabilizer bar 210 or the second side stabilizer bar 220 is provided to penetrate the PE module fixing member 310, a size of a through-hole of the PE module fixing member 310 is greater than a size of a cross-section of the first side stabilizer bar 210 or the second side stabilizer bar 220.
[0074] Meanwhile, with reference to
Vehicle
[0075] A vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure may include the structure 10 described above. For example, the structure 10 may be connected to a front wheel of the vehicle. The description of the structure 10 provided in the vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure may be replaced with the above-mentioned description of the structure 10 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0076] In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the vehicle may be referred to as being based on a concept including various means of transportation. In some cases, the vehicle may be interpreted as being based on a concept including not only various means of land transportation, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, and buses, that drive on roads but also various means of transportation such as airplanes, drones, ships, etc.
[0077] For convenience in explanation and accurate definition in the appended claims, the terms upper, lower, inner, outer, up, down, upwards, downwards, front, rear, back, inside, outside, inwardly, outwardly, interior, exterior, internal, external, forwards, and backwards are used to describe features of the exemplary embodiments with reference to the positions of such features as displayed in the figures. It will be further understood that the term connect or its derivatives refer both to direct and indirect connection.
[0078] The term and/or may include a combination of a plurality of related listed items or any of a plurality of related listed items. For example, A and/or B includes all three cases such as A, B, and A and B.
[0079] In exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, at least one of A and B may refer to at least one of A or B or at least one of combinations of at least one of A and B. Furthermore, one or more of A and B may refer to one or more of A or B or one or more of combinations of one or more of A and B.
[0080] In the present specification, unless stated otherwise, a singular expression includes a plural expression unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
[0081] In the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, it should be understood that a term such as include or have is directed to designate that the features, numbers, steps, operations, elements, parts, or combinations thereof described in the specification are present, and does not preclude the possibility of addition or presence of one or more other features, numbers, steps, operations, elements, parts, or combinations thereof.
[0082] According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, components may be combined with each other to be implemented as one, or some components may be omitted.
[0083] The foregoing descriptions of specific exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure have been presented for purposes of illustration and description. They are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the present disclosure to the precise forms disclosed, and obviously many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teachings. The exemplary embodiments were chosen and described in order to explain certain principles of the invention and their practical application, to enable others skilled in the art to make and utilize various exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, as well as various alternatives and modifications thereof. It is intended that the scope of the present disclosure be defined by the Claims appended hereto and their equivalents.