1. Field of the Invention
The invention concerns a steplessly adjustable, belt-driven conical-pulley transmission with two conical disk pairs that are adjustable in relation to each other—one on the input and one on the output side—whereby at least one of the conical disk pairs includes an axially displaceable conical disk with an inner tooth system, whereby that inner tooth system is in engagement with an outer tooth system carried by a shaft for torque transmission. The shaft on the input side is thereby connected with the second conical disk of the corresponding pair.
2. Description of the Related Art
Such belt-driven conical-pulley transmissions have become known through DE 42 34 294 A1 or DE 198 01 279 A1. Therefore, with respect to the basic construction of the arrangement or the application of such transmissions, reference is made to the state of the art, as well as to the further state of the art to be found, for example, under the international class F 16H.
The present invention is based on the object of making the production of such transmissions more cost-efficient, namely particularly by making the conical disks required for the construction of such transmissions producible in an especially simple way.
That is achieved in accordance with the invention in a belt-driven conical-pulley transmission of the type described at the beginning by at least one of the features mentioned in the claims.
Further advantages and appropriate design features or operating modes are explained in more detail in connection with the following figure description in which:
There is shown:
The conical disk pair 1 shown in
In
Each disk pair—here the input side disk pair 1—has an axially displaceable disk 1a with axial end regions 22, 23, and each has an axially fixed disk 1b. In the illustrated embodiment, the disk 1b is arranged in one piece with the shaft 3. The disk 1b, as well as the not illustrated disk of the other disk set can, however, also be produced separately and drivingly coupled with the corresponding shaft by appropriate connections, such as, for example, welding, a tooth system, shrunk-on connections, or press-fit connections.
Between the two disk pairs, in a known way, an endless torque-transmitting means 4, especially in the form of a chain, is provided for torque transmission, which spans between the contact surfaces 1c, 1d of conical disks 1a, 1b.
The axially fixed disks can each carry not illustrated markings distributed over the periphery for determining the rotational speed and/or the angular position of the corresponding disk pair 1. Those markings can be formed in one piece with the corresponding disk, or else by an additional, attached component.
The disk 1a is axially displaceable by means of at least one piston/cylinder unit 7. In a similar way, the disk of the second disk set is also axially displaceable by a piston/cylinder unit. As can be seen from the Figure, the conical disk 1a directly forms a piston, which is inserted into a cylinder part 9, which is rigidly connected with the shaft 3. The axially displaceable disk 1a has an inner hub section 12, which has an inner tooth system 14. The shaft 3 has an outer tooth system 16, which is in engagement with the inner tooth system 14 of disk 1a for torque transmission purposes.
As further explained in the following in connection with
In the second disk pair an arrangement, as for example appropriate centering, can take place in a similar way.
As can be gathered from
At the end of the tooth system 16 facing away from conical disk 1b, shaft 3 has a cylindrical centering section 21 with an axial extension 22. That centering section 21 is preferably machined by grinding, and serves for centering, or as a centering aid, for the axially displaceable disk 1a. Here at least in certain places, preferably all sections of section 14a, which forms the head circle diameter 23, of the teeth forming the inner tooth system 14, are mechanically worked or machined down and accordingly functionally adapted to the centering diameter 21. In an advantageous way the sections of the tooth system 14 bounding the outer diameter can be ground.
The centering section 21 is spaced from the axial end section 22 of the conical disk 1a a distance x so that in the support of conical disk 1a on shaft 3, support forces at the conical disk occurring due to the tension of the endless torque-transmitting means, act at an axial spacing upon the end section 22. Thereby tension cracks at the end section comprising weakened material can be prevented. In addition, the outer diameter d in the tooth system section 20 of the tooth system 16 is extended in the centering section 21 as opposed to the outer diameter e.
To radially free up the tooth system section in the end section 22 relative to the shaft 3, advantageously, the unmachined part of the conical disk 1a having an opening in its core is turned over the distance x to the diameter d before broaching the tooth system 14. Additionally, the end section 23 (see
The configuration of the hub section 12 of
It is suitable, if the inner diameter defined by the sections 24 is at least equally large, preferably larger, than the root diameter e of the tooth system 14, or the outer diameter of the tooth system 16.
As can further be seen from
The pressure chamber 9a bounded by the cylinder part g and the axially movable conical disk 1a, as can be seen from
As described above, in accordance with the invention the inner tooth systems of the axially displaceable conical disks are preferably produced by a profiled broaching tool, whereby subsequent to the broaching process of the outer diameter section of the formed tooth system profile by machining or cutting, it is finished namely preferably by means of a grinding operation.
Although the outer tooth systems of the shafts, for example of the shaft 3 shown herein with outer tooth system 16, can be produced by means of a machining procedure, such as profile milling, it is especially advantageous in accordance with the invention if those tooth systems are produced by a forming process that produces a flow of material within the material forming the shafts. In an advantageous way, that can be a cold forming procedure. For some applications it can, however, also be appropriate if the shaping is performed when the steel forming the shafts is in a warm condition.
A cold forming operation of the tooth systems has the advantage that very close tolerances can be adhered to. It can also be especially appropriate, when first of all warm processing is used for producing the tooth systems, that is initially a warm forming first takes place, and the thus-formed profile is then cold-formed thereafter, that is practically a sizing takes place.
The latter process is especially suitable when utilizing materials for shafts that have a very high strength.
In an especially advantageous way suitable reshaping processes are rolling processes or roller-burnishing processes.
Roller-burnishing or rolling of the profiles for the tooth systems, for example the tooth system 16, can thereby be performed in several steps.
The production of the tooth systems by means of a forming process has the advantage that the root diameter e of the shaft tooth system 16 can be smaller than the outer diameter [[e]] d of the inner tooth system 14, or the outer diameter of the centering section 21. That has the advantage that the centering section 21 can be brought to the desired dimension, for example by grinding, after forming the shaft outer tooth system.
If necessary, the sections bounding the outer diameter of the tooth systems that are at first only formed by material forming operations, such as tooth system 16, can also be finish machined, for example by grinding.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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102 41 533.1 | Sep 2002 | DE | national |
102 41 901.9 | Sep 2002 | DE | national |
102 49 319.7 | Oct 2002 | DE | national |
This is a continuation of International Application Serial No. PCT/DE2003/002877, with an international filing date of Aug. 30. 2003. and designating the United States, the entire contents of which is hereby incorporated by reference to the same extent as if fully rewritten.
Number | Date | Country | |
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Parent | PCT/DE03/02877 | Aug 2003 | US |
Child | 11075419 | Mar 2005 | US |