IP Library Granted Patent US 9,932,997
Granted Patent B2
US 9,932,997 · App. 15/361,241 · Granted Apr 3, 2018

Trim and tilt apparatus for marine vessel propulsion machine and marine vessel propulsion machine

Inventors: Hayato Tsutsui (Haga-gun, JP); Takahiko Saito (Haga-gun, JP); Yoshimitsu Komuro (Haga-gun, JP)
Assignee: SHOWA CORPORATION
F15B15/16B63H20/08B63H20/10F15B15/1428F15B15/1447
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Patent No.
US 9,932,997
App. No.
15/361,241
Granted
Apr 3, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

There are provided a bar-shaped piston rod having one end portion attached to a marine vessel propulsion machine main body; an inner cylinder; an inner piston mounted in the other end portion of the piston rod, is accommodated in the inner cylinder, and divides a space in the inner cylinder into a fourth chamber on the one end portion side and a fifth chamber on the other end portion side; an outer cylinder accommodating the inner cylinder therein; and an outer piston covering an opening portion of one end portion of the inner cylinder in a state where the piston rod is exposed, divides a space in the outer cylinder into a second chamber on one end portion side and a first chamber on the other end portion side, and is formed with a through hole that allows the fourth chamber and the second chamber to communicate with each other.

Claims (35)

1. A trim and tilt apparatus for a marine vessel propulsion machine comprising:

a bar-shaped rod having one end portion that is attached to a marine vessel propulsion machine main body;

a first cylinder;

a first piston which is mounted in the other end portion of the rod, is accommodated in the first cylinder, and divides a space in the first cylinder into a first space on the one end portion side and a second space on the other end portion side;

a second cylinder which accommodates the first cylinder therein; and

a second piston which covers an opening portion of one end portion of the first cylinder in a state where the rod is exposed, divides a space in the second cylinder into a third space on the one end portion side and a fourth space on the other end portion side, and is formed with a communication hole that allows the first space and the third space to communicate with each other, wherein

a pressure receiving area of a region where the second piston receives a pressure of the third space is greater than a pressure receiving area of a region where the first piston receives the pressure of the third space.

2. The trim and tilt apparatus for a marine vessel propulsion machine according to claim 1 ,

wherein a fluid in the third space is directed toward the first space via the communication hole of the second piston in a case of receiving a force in a direction in which the rod protrudes from the first cylinder.

3. The trim and tilt apparatus for a marine vessel propulsion machine according to claim 1 ,

wherein a fluid in the third space is directed toward the first space via the communication hole of the second piston in a case of receiving a force in a direction in which the rod protrudes from the first cylinder.

4. The trim and tilt apparatus for a marine vessel propulsion machine according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first piston includes a valve which allows the fluid in the first space to be directed toward the second space in a case of receiving the force in the direction in which the rod protrudes from the first cylinder.

5. The trim and tilt apparatus for a marine vessel propulsion machine according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first piston includes a valve which allows the fluid in the first space to be directed toward the second space in a case of receiving the force in the direction in which the rod protrudes from the first cylinder.

6. The trim and tilt apparatus for a marine vessel propulsion machine according to claim 2 ,

wherein the first piston includes a valve which allows the fluid in the first space to be directed toward the second space in a case of receiving the force in the direction in which the rod protrudes from the first cylinder.

7. The trim and tilt apparatus for a marine vessel propulsion machine according to claim 3 ,

wherein the first piston includes a valve which allows the fluid in the first space to be directed toward the second space in a case of receiving the force in the direction in which the rod protrudes from the first cylinder.

8. The trim and tilt apparatus for a marine vessel propulsion machine according to claim 4 ,

wherein a fluid in the third space opens the valve and is directed toward the second space in a case of receiving the force in a direction in which the rod protrudes from the first cylinder after the first piston comes into contact with the second piston.

9. The trim and tilt apparatus for a marine vessel propulsion machine according to claim 5 ,

wherein a fluid in the third space opens the valve and is directed toward the second space in a case of receiving the force in a direction in which the rod protrudes from the first cylinder after the first piston comes into contact with the second piston.

10. The trim and tilt apparatus for a marine vessel propulsion machine according to claim 6 ,

wherein a fluid in the third space opens the valve and is directed toward the second space in a case of receiving the force in a direction in which the rod protrudes from the first cylinder after the first piston comes into contact with the second piston.

11. The trim and tilt apparatus for a marine vessel propulsion machine according to claim 7 ,

wherein a fluid in the third space opens the valve and is directed toward the second space in a case of receiving the force in a direction in which the rod protrudes from the first cylinder after the first piston comes into contact with the second piston.

12. A marine vessel propulsion machine comprising:

a marine vessel propulsion machine main body which gives a propulsion force to a ship body;

a bar-shaped rod having one end portion that is attached to the marine vessel propulsion machine main body;

a first cylinder;

a first piston which is mounted in the other end portion of the rod, is accommodated in the first cylinder, and divides a space in the first cylinder into a first space on the one end portion side and a second space on the other end portion side;

a second cylinder which accommodates the first cylinder therein; and

a second piston which covers an opening portion of one end portion of the first cylinder in a state where the rod is exposed, divides a space in the second cylinder into a third space on the one end portion side and a fourth space on the other end portion side, and is formed with a communication hole that allows the first space and the third space to communicate with each other, wherein

a pressure receiving area of a region where the second piston receives a pressure of the third space is greater than a pressure receiving area of a region where the first piston receives the pressure of the third space.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Feb 2, 2022
From: SHOWA CORPORATION
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 059682/0321 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 25, 2016
From: TSUTSUI, HAYATO; SAITO, TAKAHIKO; KOMURO, YOSHIMITSU
To: SHOWA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040416/0672 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-049204 · Mar 14, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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