GB2105002A - Friction clutch driven plate - Google Patents
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- GB2105002A GB2105002A GB08223691A GB8223691A GB2105002A GB 2105002 A GB2105002 A GB 2105002A GB 08223691 A GB08223691 A GB 08223691A GB 8223691 A GB8223691 A GB 8223691A GB 2105002 A GB2105002 A GB 2105002A
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16F—SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; MEANS FOR DAMPING VIBRATION
- F16F15/00—Suppression of vibrations in systems; Means or arrangements for avoiding or reducing out-of-balance forces, e.g. due to motion
- F16F15/10—Suppression of vibrations in rotating systems by making use of members moving with the system
- F16F15/12—Suppression of vibrations in rotating systems by making use of members moving with the system using elastic members or friction-damping members, e.g. between a rotating shaft and a gyratory mass mounted thereon
- F16F15/121—Suppression of vibrations in rotating systems by making use of members moving with the system using elastic members or friction-damping members, e.g. between a rotating shaft and a gyratory mass mounted thereon using springs as elastic members, e.g. metallic springs
- F16F15/123—Wound springs
- F16F15/1232—Wound springs characterised by the spring mounting
- F16F15/12326—End-caps for springs
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16F—SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; MEANS FOR DAMPING VIBRATION
- F16F15/00—Suppression of vibrations in systems; Means or arrangements for avoiding or reducing out-of-balance forces, e.g. due to motion
- F16F15/10—Suppression of vibrations in rotating systems by making use of members moving with the system
- F16F15/12—Suppression of vibrations in rotating systems by making use of members moving with the system using elastic members or friction-damping members, e.g. between a rotating shaft and a gyratory mass mounted thereon
- F16F15/121—Suppression of vibrations in rotating systems by making use of members moving with the system using elastic members or friction-damping members, e.g. between a rotating shaft and a gyratory mass mounted thereon using springs as elastic members, e.g. metallic springs
- F16F15/123—Wound springs
- F16F15/12313—Wound springs characterised by the dimension or shape of spring-containing windows
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Abstract
A clutch driven plate has a hub member, a relatively angularly movable carrier and at least one spring (18) opposing relative movement and housed in co-operating windows (25,28) of the hub member and carrier. The spring (18) is nipped at one side by a narrower margin of one of the hub member and carrier windows (25,28), the other of the hub member and carrier windows (25,28) being arranged to first contact the un- nipped side of the coil spring (18) on relative movement between the hub member and carrier. <IMAGE>
Description
SPECIFICATION
Friction clutch driven plate
This invention relates to friction clutch driven plates particularly though not exclusively intended for use in motor vehicle drive transmissions.
Such driven plates usually have spring centres, allowing limited relative angular movement, to damp out torsional vibrations and provide smooth drive take-up from rest.
Multi-stage spring centres are frequently used to provide a particular desired torsion characteristic.
Where compression springs are used to oppose relative angular movement in the driven plate it is important that the springs are neither loose, in which case they rattle, or nipped in which case there is a pre-load to overcome.
Where compression springs are used in series to provide a multi-stage spring centre it is very difficult to ensure smooth transition from one spring to another throughout the range of production tolerances.
The present invention provides a very economical solution to this problem.
According to the present invention there is provided a clutch driven plate having a hub member, a relatively angularly movable friction facing carrier and at least one compression spring located in co-operating windows of the hub member and carrier for controlling angular movement therebetween, characterised thereby that for one of the hub member and carrier windows, one of the radially inner and radially outer margins is narrower than the other such that the compression spring is nipped by the narrower margin only, the other of said hub member and carrier windows being arranged to firstly contact an un-nipped end portion of said compression spring on relative movement between said hub member and carrier.
In this specification the term window is used to refer generally to apertures in the hub member and carrier in which the compression springs are housed. Such windows, especially in the hub member may have an open side and be of irregular shape.
Other features of the invention are included in the following description of a preferred embodiment shown, by way of example only, in the accompanying drawings, in which: Figure 1 is a plan view of a typical clutch driven plate having a multi-stage spring centre;
Figure 2 is a section through the driven plate of Fig. 1 on the line 'A-A';
Figures 3a-3e show the effect of the invention in sequential steps;
Figure 4 shows an embodiment of the invention suitable for a first stage of clamping;
Figure 5 shows the effect of relative angular movement in a driven plate for a second stage of damping;
Figure 6 is a part-axial section through a clutch driven plate incorporating the present invention;
Figure 7 is a graph showing the torsion spring characteristic for a conventional clutch driven plate; and
Figure 8 is a graph showing the torsion spring characteristic for a driven plate according to the present invention.
With reference to Figs. 1 and 2 there is shown a typical clutch driven plate having a splined hub member 11 for location on a driven shaft (not shown) and a friction facing carrier comprising side plates 12, 1 3 held together by rivets 14. Annular friction facings 1 5 are riveted to cushion segments 1 6 which are themselves riveted to the side plate 1 2.
Windows 1 7 in the side plates 12, 1 3 house coil springs 18. Shrouds 19, usually slit and raised out of each side plate restrain the springs 1 8 axially of the driven plate.
The hub member 11 includes a radial flange 21 extending between the side plates 12, 1 3 and having radial arms 22 extending between the coil springs 1 8. The typical clutch driven plate may also include a friction washer assembly 23 to give the plate a desired hysteresis characteristic. Rivets 1 4 also limit relative angular movement between the hub 11 and side plates 12, 13.
In operation, as the friction facings 1 5 are clamped between the clutch cover and engine flywheel, relative rotation between the side plates 12, 1 3 and the hub 11 is opposed by the coil springs 1 8 abutting the radial arms 22. The radial arms may be arranged to contact their respective coil spring sequentially for a multi-stage spring centre and may act both on drive and overrun.
The series of drawings shown in Fig. 3 illustrate the effect of the invention.
Fig. 3a shows the rectangular envelope of a typical compression spring 1 8 used in conventional clutch driven plates. The free length of the spring is indicated by the dimension 'X' and is continued throughout the series of drawings.
Fig. 3b shows the shape of window 25 adopted to house the typical spring 1 8 in a side plate for this invention. The window has its radially inner edge 26 shorter than, and its radially outer edge 27 longer than the free length of the spring.
Fig. 3c shows the spring of 3a as installed in the spring window of 3b. The spring 1 8 is nipped at its radially inner edge and consequently the length of its radially outer edge increases slightly. It is essential that the window 25 provides clearance at the radially outer spring edge.
Fig. 3d shows a radial arm of the hub member window 28 as it is intended to first contact the spring 1 8 at the unrestrained outer radial edge.
Fig. 3e shows the effect of relative angular movement between the radial arm and the side plate, the radial arm having gradually compressed the spring until the arm bears on the full available end area.
Thus the compression spring is nipped to prevent rattle but the gradual take-up of the spring load by radial arm ensures there is no step pre-load to be overcome before compression of the spring in the usual manner.
Fig. 4 shows the spring and window arrangement suitable for a first stage of damping. A side plate window 31 has shrouds 32, 33, the radially inner margin of the window being shorter than the radially outer margin.
The shroud fold edges are shown as dashed lines. A spring, 34, is nipped at its inner margin to prevent rattle and has a small clearance at the outer margin. A hub window, solid line 35, has a radially outer margin narrower than its inner margin so that relative angular movement between the hub and side plate results in initial compression of the unrestrained radially outer edge of the spring 34 as previously described.
Fig. 5 shows a spring and window arrangement suitable for a second stage of damping.
The side plate window 41 has shrouds 42, 43. The spring, 44, is nipped at its radially inner margin only. The hub window, solid line 45, is well clear of the spring 44 and would in practice be restrained from free relative angular movement by the first stage damping spring.
Relative movement of the hub and side plate through an angle 'Z', against the effect of the first stage damping spring results in initial contact between the hub window, now shown as chain-dot line 46, and the radially outer margin of the spring 44. This ensures a smooth transition between the first and second stage damping springs without having loose springs or a step load to overcome.
A practical embodiment of the invention is shown in Fig. 6. The spring 51 represents a first stage compression spring under load from a radial window edge 52 of a hub member 53 after a predetermined angular movement between the hub member 53 and the side plate 54. A radial window edge 55 is shown as it comes into contact with second stage damping spring 56. The spring force opposing relative movement consequently increases as the load of the second spring is taken up.
The first stage damping spring 51 is shown as a coil spring having end caps 57. The second stage spring 56 is also shown as a coil spring having end caps 58. The end caps 57, 58 both distribute the loads from the side plate and hub over the full spring end area and allow any orientation of the spring on assembly into the driven plate.
Fig. 7 is a graph of spring force opposing such relative movement against degrees of relative movement for a driven plate of prior art construction and having the torsion spring nipped against rattle. A step 'a', due to the slight spring pre-load, is apparent for the first spring stage and a second step 'b' apparent between the first and second spring stages.
Fig. 8 is a graph showing the effect on a driven plate modified in accordance with the invention. The initial drive take up and transition between the first and second stage damr ing springs is a smooth curve rather than the sharp step change given by the conventional construction.
Design parameters may dictate that the spring is alternatively nipped at its radially outer edge and has a free inner edge and that the invention is effective for both drive and overrun. For example the radial window edge 59 of Fig. 6 would contact the torsion spring 56 on overrun.
Other types of spring, for example cylindrical rubber springs, could be used instead of coil springs in the driven plate.
Claims (5)
1. A clutch driven plate having a hub member, a relatively angularly movable friction facing carrier and at least one coil spring located in co-operating windows of the hub member and carrier for controlling angular movement therebetween, characterised thereby that for one of the hub member and carrier windows, one of the radially inner and radially outer margins is narrower than the other such that the coil spring is nipped by the narrower margin only, the other of said hub member and carrier windows being arranged to firstly contact an un-nipped end portion of said coil spring on relative movement between said hub member and carrier.
2. A clutch driven plate according to
Claim 1, characterised thereby that the coil spring is nipped by a narrower margin of said carrier window.
3. A clutch driven plate according to
Claim 2, characterised thereby that the radially inner margin is said narrower margin.
4. A clutch driven plate according to
Claim 3, characterised thereby that said hub member is arranged to contact an un-nipped end portion of the coil spring on a relative radial movement between said hub member and carrier in both directions.
5. A clutch driven plate substantially as described herein with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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GB08223691A GB2105002B (en) | 1981-08-29 | 1982-08-17 | Friction clutch driven plate |
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GB08223691A GB2105002B (en) | 1981-08-29 | 1982-08-17 | Friction clutch driven plate |
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Cited By (6)
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GB2201225B (en) * | 1986-12-16 | 1990-11-07 | Dana Corp | Improved spring damper drive for a clutch driven disc assembly |
DE4337069A1 (en) * | 1992-10-30 | 1994-05-05 | Daikin Mfg Co Ltd | Hydraulically damped clutch plate for vehicle - has curved damping chambers with progressively increasing hydraulic damping. |
US5769722A (en) * | 1995-03-17 | 1998-06-23 | Exedy Corporation | Trapezoidal shaped coil spring for a damper disc apparatus |
FR2757586A1 (en) * | 1996-12-23 | 1998-06-26 | Valeo | TORSION DAMPER AND DAMPER DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH SUCH TORSION DAMPER |
CN105570336A (en) * | 2015-12-15 | 2016-05-11 | 浙江理工大学 | Clutch driven plate assembly and installation technique thereof |
DE102020202178A1 (en) | 2020-02-20 | 2021-08-26 | Zf Friedrichshafen Ag | Torsional vibration damper and coil spring for a torsional vibration damper |
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Cited By (8)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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GB2201225B (en) * | 1986-12-16 | 1990-11-07 | Dana Corp | Improved spring damper drive for a clutch driven disc assembly |
DE4337069A1 (en) * | 1992-10-30 | 1994-05-05 | Daikin Mfg Co Ltd | Hydraulically damped clutch plate for vehicle - has curved damping chambers with progressively increasing hydraulic damping. |
DE4337069C2 (en) * | 1992-10-30 | 2001-04-12 | Exedy Corp | Clutch disc formation |
US5769722A (en) * | 1995-03-17 | 1998-06-23 | Exedy Corporation | Trapezoidal shaped coil spring for a damper disc apparatus |
FR2757586A1 (en) * | 1996-12-23 | 1998-06-26 | Valeo | TORSION DAMPER AND DAMPER DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH SUCH TORSION DAMPER |
WO1998028553A1 (en) * | 1996-12-23 | 1998-07-02 | Valeo | Torque damper and damping device equipped with such a torque damper |
CN105570336A (en) * | 2015-12-15 | 2016-05-11 | 浙江理工大学 | Clutch driven plate assembly and installation technique thereof |
DE102020202178A1 (en) | 2020-02-20 | 2021-08-26 | Zf Friedrichshafen Ag | Torsional vibration damper and coil spring for a torsional vibration damper |
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