1. Discharge apparatus for media, having a casing provided with a discharge opening for the discharge of medium, a media container located in the casing and used for storing dischargeable, particularly liquid medium, having a pump element for delivering medium from the media container to the discharge opening, and having an actuating element by means of which the at least one discharge stroke of the pump element can be produced, wherein the stroke direction (H) of the pump element and the actuating direction (F) of the actuating element (24) differ from one another, the angle between the two directions preferably being approximately 90.
2. Discharge apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the actuating element (24) is pivotably held about a pivot pin (19) in a moving joint.
3. Discharge apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the actuating element (24) is constructed as part of the casing (13), whose casing part (15) is arranged pivotably on a casing main body (14) and by pivoting the casing part (15) relative to the main body (14) a discharge stroke is produced.
4. Discharge apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the casing part (15) is pivotable relative to the main body (14) by an angle between 5 and 30.
5. Discharge apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the casing part (15) contains the discharge opening (16) and the media container (12) and pump element (18) are located in the casing main body (14).
6. Discharge apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the actuating element (24) is constructed as a pivoted lever and during a pivoting movement an operating element (28) formed on the pivoted lever is so in at least indirect engagement with the pump element (18) that a discharge stroke of the pump element (18) takes place on actuating the pivoted lever.
7. Discharge apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the operating element (28) is a gripper arm, which projects on the casing inside from the actuating element and engages behind a media container-side bead, which is a fixing means (22) mounted on the neck of the media container (12) and by means of which a piston pump is fixed to the media container (12).
8. Discharge apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the operating element (28) is a guide link (33) in which is guided a slider (34), which is at least indirectly connected to the pump element (18).
9. Discharge apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the slider is shaped on the rising tube (17) leading from the pump element (18) to the discharge opening (16).
10. Discharge apparatus according to claim 6, wherein on either side of the pump element (18) are provided in symmetrically arranged manner in each case one operating element (28).
11. Discharge apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the actuating element (24) is held in guided manner in the casing (13) movable relative to the discharge opening (16) in such a way that the media container (12) is held on holding means (13) positionally defined on the actuating element (24) and located in the casing and a discharge stroke of the pump element (18) can be produced by the relative movement of the media container (12) with respect to the discharge opening (16).
12. Discharge apparatus according to claim 11, wherein a rising tube (17) leads from the media container (12) to the discharge opening (16), the rising tube (17) being constructed in shape-stable manner and by means of said rising tube (17) the pump element (12) located on the media container can be actuated.
13. Discharge apparatus according to claim 11, wherein on the media container (12) is provided for the fluid-tight fixing of the pump element (18) a fixing means (22) and the fixing means (22) have a fixing point or bead which is back-engageable and on which the media container (12) is held on the actuating element (24).
14. Discharge apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the fixing means is a crimp sleeve (39) and the fixing point a flanged ring (40).
15. Discharge apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the actuating element (24) acts by means of a reversing means (46) different therefrom on the media container (12) which, in the casing (13), can move relative to the discharge opening (16) and by means of the movement of the media container (12) relative to the discharge opening (16) a discharge stroke can be produced.
16. Discharge apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the discharge stroke can be produced by means of a shape-stable rising tube (17) located between the discharge opening (16) and pump element (18).
17. Discharge apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the reversing means (46) are also constituted by a pivotable lever.
18. Discharge apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the actuating element (24) and lever (46) are in engagement with one another along a variable radius contour line (48) and as a result of the shape of the contour line (48) is predetermined an appropriate transmission ratio preferably variable over the actuating path.
19. Discharge apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the actuating element (24) can be pivoted into a rest position, where there is no engagement between the actuating element (24) and reversing means (46).
20. Discharge apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least one actuating element (24) is provided, the actuating element (24) acting by means of a toothed gear on the pump element.
21. Discharge apparatus according to claim 20, wherein there are two symmetrically arranged actuating elements.
22. Discharge apparatus according to claim 21, wherein the actuating elements were at least indirectly coupled together by means of the toothed gear.
23. Discharge apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the actuating element (24) is rectilinearly guided in a linear guide.
24. Discharge apparatus according to claim 23, wherein the actuating element (24) acts by means of an engagement edge (52) on the pump element (18), the engagement edge (52) sliding along the pump element (18) and producing a discharge stroke.
25. Discharge apparatus according to claim 23, wherein the actuating element (24) has a guide link (33) and a slider (34), which is at least indirectly connected to the pump element (18), is guided in the guide link (33).
26. Discharge apparatus according to claim 25, wherein the slider (34) is also guided in a casing-side guideway (57).
27. Discharge apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the actuating element (24) has an elastically deformable, casing-connected material layer (56), which preferably hermetically seals the opening for the actuating element (24) in the casing.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An electric power steering apparatus comprising;
a controller controlling an electric motor for a steering assist;
a control housing installed between a transmission housing accommodating a transmission device and a motor housing accommodating said electric motor, said control housing accommodates said controller;
a mounting member mounting said motor housing to said control housing; and
a positioning member positioning said control housing against said transmission housing.
2. An electric power steering apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
said electric motor includes a rotating shaft, an annular rotor supported by said rotating shaft and is rotated with said rotating shaft, and an annular stator surrounding said rotor to be fixed on said motor housing,
said rotating shaft is rotatably supported by a pair of bearings mounted on said control housing, and
said control housing, said pair of bearings, said rotating shaft, said rotor and said controller constitute a control housing unit.
3. An electric power steering apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said control housing has an outer peripheral wall of a square cylinder, and an accommodating room accommodating said controller within said outer peripheral wall.
4. An electric power steering apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said electric power steering apparatus further comprising;
a first bus bar connecting said electric motor with a driving circuit in said controller;
a bus bar mounting member mounting said first bus bar in said motor housing; and
a rotational position detecting member detecting a rotational position of a rotor of said electric motor, at least one portion of said rotational position detecting member is installed within said bus bar mounting member in inner side of radial direction.
5. An electric power steering apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said first bus bar is connected with said controller by a pin terminal directly and said rotational position detecting member is connected with said controller by another pin terminal directly.
6. An electric power steering apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said positioning member includes;
a positioning flange mounted on said control housing to position said control housing against said transmission housing along an axial direction of said control housing by being abutted against an end surface of said transmission housing; and
a positioning shaft positioning a central axis of said rotating shaft with a central axis of an input shaft of said transmission device by being inserted into a positioning hole formed in said positioning flange and a positioning hole formed in said transmission housing.
7. An electric power steering apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said positioning shaft includes a hollow shaft having a bolt inserted hole, and said control housing is fixed to said transmission housing by a fixing bolt inserted into said bolt inserted hole of said hollow shaft.
8. An electric power steering apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said mounting member is inserted into an elongated hole formed in said motor housing to fix said motor housing to said control housing, and said elongated hole is formed as one arc part of a circle having its center on a central axis of said motor housing.
9. An electric power steering apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control housing includes;
a supporting element accommodated in said control housing to support at least one of electronic parts of said controller;
a partition mounted on said control housing to partition said control housing from said motor housing; and
a supporting element fixing member fixing said supporting element to said control housing by engaging with said supporting element by the way that said supporting element fixing member is inserted into an inserted hole formed in said partition from a motor housing side.
10. An electric power steering apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said supporting element includes an insulating member mounting thereon a second bus bar connecting said electronic parts of said controller each other.
11. An electric power steering apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said insulating member is a synthetic resin.
12. An electric power steering apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said electronic parts and said supporting element are adaptable to a different specification of said control housing.
13. An electric power steering apparatus comprising;
a controller controlling an electric motor for a steering assist;
a control housing installed between a transmission housing accommodating a transmission device and a motor housing accommodating said electric motor, said control housing accommodates said controller;
said electric motor includes a rotating shaft, an annular rotor supported by said rotating shaft to be rotated with said rotating shaft, and an annular stator surrounding said rotor to be fixed on said motor housing;
a pair of bearings mounted on said control housing to rotatably support said rotating shaft;
a first bus bar connecting said electric motor with a driving circuit in said controller;
a bus bar mounting member mounting said first bus bar in said motor housing;
a rotational position detecting member detecting a rotational position of said electric motor, at least one portion of said rotational position detecting member is installed within said bus bar mounting member in inner side of radial direction;
a pin terminal connecting said first bus bar with said driving circuit directly;
an another pin terminal connecting said first bus bar with said rotational position detecting member;
a mounting member mounting said motor housing to said control housing;
a positioning member positioning said control housing against said transmission housing;
said positioning member includes a positioning flange mounted on said control housing to position said control housing against said transmission housing along an axial direction of said control housing by being abutted against an end surface of said transmission housing; and
a positioning shaft positioning a central axis of said rotating shaft with a central axis of an input shaft of said transmission device by being inserted into a positioning hole formed in said positioning flange and a positioning hole formed in transmission housing.
14. An electric power steering apparatus comprising;
a controller controlling an electric motor for a steering assist;
a control housing installed between a transmission housing accommodating a transmission device and a motor housing accommodating said electric motor, said control housing accommodates said controller;
said electric motor includes a rotating shaft, an annular rotor supported by said rotating shaft to be rotated with said rotating shaft, and an annular stator surrounding said rotor to be fixed on said motor housing,
a pair of bearings mounted on said control housing to rotatably support said rotating shaft;
a supporting element accommodated in said control housing to support at least one of electronic parts of said controller;
said supporting element includes an insulating member mounting thereon a second bus bar connecting said electronic parts of said controller each other;
a partition mounted on said control housing to partition said control housing from said motor housing; and
a supporting element fixing member fixing said supporting element to control housing by engaging with said supporting element by the way that said supporting element fixing member is inserted into an inserted hole formed in said partition from a motor housing side.
15. An electric power steering apparatus comprising;
an electric motor accommodated in a motor housing;
a controller controlling said electric motor for a steeling assist, said controller being accommodated in a control housing; and
a transmission device transmitting an power of said motor, said transmission device being accommodated in a transmission housing;
wherein said motor housing, said control housing and transmission housing are aligned in the axial direction of said electric motor.
16. An electric power steering apparatus according to claim 15, wherein said control housing is installed between said motor housing and said motor housing.