SEALING STRUCTURE FOR INTEGRATED HYDRAULIC CONTROL SYSTEM AND INTEGRATED HYDRAULIC CONTROL SYSTEM WITH THE SAME
Disclosed herein is a sealing structure for an integrated hydraulic control system to integrate a first hydraulic control system to control brake hydraulic pressure, the first hydraulic control system having a modulator block, in which the hydraulic pressure line to supply brake hydraulic pressure to wheel cylinders of a vehicle is formed, and a second hydraulic control system connected to the first hydraulic control system, wherein the first and second hydraulic control systems are coupled to each other each other in a surface contact fashion such that the hydraulic pressure line formed in the modulator block of the first hydraulic control system communicates with a hydraulic pressure line formed in a modulator block of the second hydraulic control system to form at least one through channel, and a hollow channel connection seal to block leakage of the brake hydraulic pressure outside is provided in the through channel.
1 . A sealing structure for an integrated hydraulic control system to integrate a first hydraulic control system to control brake hydraulic pressure, the first hydraulic control system having a modulator block, in which the hydraulic pressure line to supply brake hydraulic pressure to wheel cylinders of a vehicle is formed, and a second hydraulic control system connected to the first hydraulic control system, wherein
the first and second hydraulic control systems are coupled to each other each other in a surface contact fashion such that the hydraulic pressure line formed in the modulator block of the first hydraulic control system communicates with a hydraulic pressure line formed in a modulator block of the second hydraulic control system to form at least one through channel, and
a hollow channel connection seal to block leakage of the brake hydraulic pressure outside is provided in the through channel.
2 . The sealing structure according to claim 1 , wherein the modulator blocks of the first and second hydraulic control systems, in which the through channel is formed, are provided with bores formed to extend the through channel, and the channel connection seal is forcibly fitted in the bores formed in the first hydraulic control system and/or the bores formed in the second hydraulic control system.
3 . The sealing structure according to claim 1 , wherein the channel connection seal is provided at an outer circumference thereof with a stopper protruding in a radial direction to prevent the channel connection seal from being moved by the brake hydraulic pressure.
4 . The sealing structure according to claim 1 , wherein the channel connection seal has elastic force and is manufactured by injection molding.
5 . The sealing structure according to claim 1 , wherein the channel connection seal is formed in a lip-type shape to resist internal pressure.
6 . The sealing structure according to claim 1 , wherein
the channel connection seal comprises a metallic main body having a groove formed at an outer circumference thereof, and
the sealing structure further comprises a sealing member and a backup ring fitted in the groove.
7 . The sealing structure according to claim 6 , wherein the sealing member and the backup ring are located in one of the modulator blocks of the first and second hydraulic control systems in a state in which the channel connection seal is coupled to the through channel.
8 . An integrated hydraulic control system comprising:
a first hydraulic control system comprising a first modulator block having a first hydraulic pressure line formed therein, the first modulator block being provided at an outside thereof with a plurality of first bores connected to the first hydraulic pressure line;
a second hydraulic control system comprising a second modulator block having a second hydraulic pressure line formed therein, the second modulator block being provided at an outside thereof with a plurality of second bores connected to the second hydraulic pressure line, the second hydraulic control systems being coupled to the first hydraulic control system in a surface contact fashion such that the first hydraulic pressure line and the second hydraulic pressure line communicate with each other to form at least one through channel; and
a channel connection seal comprising a first coupling part coupled to the first bores of the first modulator block in which the through channel is formed to block leakage of brake hydraulic pressure outside and a second coupling part coupled to the second bores of the second modulator block, the channel connection seal having a hollow part formed therein in a longitudinal direction such that the hollow part communicates with the through channel, wherein
the first coupling part and/or the second coupling part of the channel connection seal is forcibly fitted in the first bores and/or the second bores.
9 . The integrated hydraulic control system according to claim 8 , wherein
the channel connection seal is provided at an outer circumference thereof with a stopper protruding in a radial direction, and
the first and second hydraulic control systems are provided at contact surfaces thereof with a first catching groove and a second catching groove formed to extend the first bores and the second bores, respectively, such that the first catching groove and the second catching groove correspond to each other, the first catching groove and the second catching groove constituting a depression into which the stopper is inserted when the first and second hydraulic control systems are coupled to each other.
10 . The integrated hydraulic control system according to claim 9 , wherein
the channel connection seal has elastic force, is manufactured by injection molding, and is formed in a lip-type shape to resist internal pressure.
11 . The integrated hydraulic control system according to claim 8 , wherein
the channel connection seal is provided at an outer circumference of the first coupling part or the second coupling part thereof with a groove, in which a sealing member and a backup ring are fitted, and
the channel connection seal comprises a metallic main body constituted by the first coupling part and the second coupling part which are integrally formed.
12 . The integrated hydraulic control system according to claim 8 , wherein the first hydraulic control system is connected to a brake pedal of a vehicle, and the second hydraulic control system is connected to wheel cylinders mounted to wheels of the vehicle to control brake hydraulic pressure supplied to the wheel cylinders.