US20130312682A1 - Three shaft adjustment mechanism with integrated overload coupling - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01L—CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES
- F01L1/00—Valve-gear or valve arrangements, e.g. lift-valve gear
- F01L1/34—Valve-gear or valve arrangements, e.g. lift-valve gear characterised by the provision of means for changing the timing of the valves without changing the duration of opening and without affecting the magnitude of the valve lift
- F01L1/344—Valve-gear or valve arrangements, e.g. lift-valve gear characterised by the provision of means for changing the timing of the valves without changing the duration of opening and without affecting the magnitude of the valve lift changing the angular relationship between crankshaft and camshaft, e.g. using helicoidal gear
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01L—CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES
- F01L1/00—Valve-gear or valve arrangements, e.g. lift-valve gear
- F01L1/34—Valve-gear or valve arrangements, e.g. lift-valve gear characterised by the provision of means for changing the timing of the valves without changing the duration of opening and without affecting the magnitude of the valve lift
- F01L1/344—Valve-gear or valve arrangements, e.g. lift-valve gear characterised by the provision of means for changing the timing of the valves without changing the duration of opening and without affecting the magnitude of the valve lift changing the angular relationship between crankshaft and camshaft, e.g. using helicoidal gear
- F01L1/352—Valve-gear or valve arrangements, e.g. lift-valve gear characterised by the provision of means for changing the timing of the valves without changing the duration of opening and without affecting the magnitude of the valve lift changing the angular relationship between crankshaft and camshaft, e.g. using helicoidal gear using bevel or epicyclic gear
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- the invention relates to a triple-shaft adjustment mechanism comprising a drive part that can be connected to a drive shaft in a rotationally fixed manner, a driven part that can be connected to a driven shaft in a rotationally fixed manner, and an actuator that can be connected to an adjustment shaft in a rotationally fixed manner.
- Triple-shaft adjustment mechanisms are used, for example, in internal combustion engines for adjusting the phase angles, primarily for adjusting the opening and closing times of the gas-exchange valves (camshaft adjuster, phase adjuster for actuator shafts for variable valve drives).
- the phase adjuster is here arranged as an actuator in a triple-shaft system.
- the drive power that is discharged again via the driven shaft e.g., camshaft
- the drive shaft timing chain sprocket
- the actuator is here arranged in the flow of power as a connecting element between the drive shaft and the shaft to be driven. It allows additional mechanical power to be coupled into the shaft system or to be discharged from this system via a third shaft (adjustment shaft) superimposed on the drive power. Therefore, the movement function (phase angle) specified by the drive shaft and relative to the driven shaft can be changed.
- triple-shaft adjustment mechanisms examples include wobble-plate mechanisms and internal eccentric mechanisms that are described, for example, in WO 2006/018080. Included here are also the shaft mechanism known from WO 2005/080757 and the mechanisms contained in US 2007/0051332 A1 and US 2003/0226534 A1.
- phase adjusters are known from the prior art. For example, electromechanical camshaft adjusters are described in DE 10 2004 009 128 A1, DE 10 2005 059884 A1, and DE 10 2004 038 681 A1.
- an electromechanical camshaft adjuster is known in which the adjustment motor is connected by means of a detachable coupling to the adjuster mechanism. Through a corresponding design of the coupling, the torque that can be transmitted to the adjustment shaft can be limited. This then acts as a safety coupling.
- a triple-shaft adjustment mechanism is a double-shaft arrangement in adjustment drives in which the drive shaft is mounted on the housing, i.e., power is transmitted only between the adjustment shaft and driven shaft.
- Such a device is used to convert a drive power of an actuator fed with high speed and low load into a driven power with low speed and high load and is used, for example, in speed-reduction devices for actuator drives in the automotive field and also in industrial applications, e.g., in robots.
- the adjustment range or the drive range is limited by defining the rotational angle of one of the three shafts relative to a second shaft or relative to the housing.
- a mechanical stop is used as an integral part of the device.
- the stop is provided between the driven shaft and the drive shaft, because the adjustment shaft usually covers an angle of more than 360°.
- the adjustment shaft not directly limited in the adjustment angle or drive angle is then braked in the case where there is contact with the stop by means of the mechanism kinematics and the stiffness of the mechanism elements, as soon as the driven side reaches the limits of the rotational angle.
- mechanism parts due to the extremely high loads, mechanism parts can be so strongly deformed that they collide with each other and cause the actuator to jam. Furthermore, mechanism parts can wear out prematurely or must be overdimensioned for normal operation, in order to also survive the high loads in the case of unbraked contact with the stop.
- the objective of the invention is to construct a triple-shaft adjustment mechanism such that the effects of pulse loads that occur when there is contact with the stop in the actuator are damped such that jamming or damage of the mechanism is prevented.
- a triple-shaft adjustment mechanism initially comprises, in a known way, a drive part that can be connected to a drive shaft in a rotationally fixed manner, a driven part that can be connected to a driven shaft in a rotationally fixed manner, and an actuator that can be connected to an adjustment shaft of an actuator in a rotationally fixed manner.
- a first mechanical stop for defining an adjustment angle between the drive shaft and the driven shaft.
- an overload coupling integrated in the actuator is provided between the actuator and the drive part or between the actuator and the driven part.
- the overload coupling is formed such that the actuator has spur gear teeth with elasticity in the radial direction.
- the elasticity can be formed, for example, by an elastic layer or also by elastic roller bodies, wherein, e.g., hollow balls or sleeves or roller bodies made from a material with lower elastic modulus can be used as the elastic roller bodies.
- the solution according to the invention is based on soft-torsion teeth of the actuator. Due to the inertia of the adjustment shaft and the electric motor, if there is contact with the stop, a so-called collision moment is produced that also causes, in addition to the tangential tooth force, a radial tooth force in the teeth parts analogous to the normal angle of attack.
- the radial stiffness of the actuator acts against this force.
- the radial elasticity must be dimensioned so that, starting from a certain magnitude of the radial force component of the transmitted torque (e.g., the collision moment), the teeth of two corresponding gearwheels yield to each other in the radial direction. The teeth then push tangentially under a high radial tension onto the tooth heads until they are pushed back into the tooth gaps again and the adjustment shaft snaps over.
- FIG. 1 a schematic diagram of the oversnapping as the principle for an overload coupling
- FIG. 2 an overload coupling according to the invention on a shaft generator as an actuator of a triple-shaft adjustment mechanism in a first embodiment
- FIG. 3 an overload coupling according to the invention on a shaft generator as an actuator of a triple-shaft adjustment mechanism in a second embodiment.
- FIG. 1 shows the contact relationships in a mechanism at the time of the oversnapping.
- a ring gear 01 with internal teeth 02 and a spur gear 03 with external teeth 04 are shown.
- the spur gear 03 here forms an actuator of a not-shown triple-shaft adjustment mechanism, while the ring gear 01 can be part of a drive part or driven part.
- the rotational direction of the spur gear 03 is shown by an arrow 05 . It can be seen that the teeth heads of the spur gear 03 yield in the radial direction and slide along the teeth heads of the internal teeth 02 before they intermesh again due to the elasticity of the teeth.
- oversnapping is permissible in the teeth 02 , 04 in the case of an overload and the resulting stresses of the mechanism elements are reduced.
- the stiffness and thus the radial tensioning in the overload case is selected so that the affected mechanism parts can survive the oversnapping, at least for a defined period of time within the required service life of the actuator.
- the teeth and/or the bearings must also not undergo any damage that could negatively affect the function.
- the design for a defined period of time is permissible, because the shown operating state occurs only under limiting conditions.
- the stiffness must be sufficiently high to be able to transfer the operating moments.
- the oversnapping within the teeth 02 , 04 can be viewed as complete, cyclic decoupling.
- the decoupling is cyclic, because the teeth heads jump back into teeth gaps as soon as they have slipped past each other and the mechanism is then no longer decoupled.
- FIG. 2 shows an overload coupling according to the invention on a shaft generator as an actuator of a triple-shaft adjustment mechanism in a first embodiment.
- a detail of the shaft generator is shown with an elliptical inner ring 06 , an elliptical outer ring 07 , and rolling bodies 08 arranged in-between.
- the outer ring 07 carries, in a known way, spur-gear teeth 09 that roll in not-shown ring-gear teeth (see FIG. 1 ).
- the elastic layer 11 can be a ring produced separately or a coating made from an elastomer. Someone skilled in the art can determine the required thickness and elasticity of the elastic layer 11 with reference to the specified material and mechanism data.
- FIG. 3 shows an overload coupling according to the invention on a shaft generator as an actuator of a triple-shaft adjustment mechanism in a second embodiment.
- the elastic layer is formed by a corrugated sheet sleeve 12 . Corrugations are stamped into this sleeve.
- sheet sleeves are also known as tolerance rings for compensating for play in bearing assemblies.
- the elastic layer is dimensioned so that, when the mechanism elements are operating normally, the teeth are in tension relative to each other slightly in the radial direction.
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DE102011004071A DE102011004071A1 (de) | 2011-02-14 | 2011-02-14 | 3-Wellen-Verstellgetriebe mit integrierter Überlastkupplung |
PCT/EP2011/072075 WO2012110131A1 (de) | 2011-02-14 | 2011-12-07 | 3-wellen-verstellgetriebe mit integrierter überlastkupplung |
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US11454140B1 (en) | 2021-11-09 | 2022-09-27 | Borgwarner Inc. | Torque-limiting rotor coupling for an electrically-actuated camshaft phaser |
US11560815B1 (en) | 2022-06-02 | 2023-01-24 | Borgwarner Inc. | Compliant coupling for electrically-controlled variable camshaft timing assembly |
US11940030B1 (en) | 2022-10-24 | 2024-03-26 | Borgwarner Inc. | Torque-limiting torsion gimbal |
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US11940030B1 (en) | 2022-10-24 | 2024-03-26 | Borgwarner Inc. | Torque-limiting torsion gimbal |
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