Patent Application
20210310544
The present application claims priority to Korean Patent Application No. 10-2020-0000579, entitled “POWER TRANSMISSION APPARATUS”, and filed on Jan. 3, 2020. The entire contents of the above-listed application is hereby incorporated by reference for all purposes.
The following disclosure relates to a power transmission apparatus capable of forming a high gear ratio without increasing a diameter of a pulley.
A power transmission apparatus is configured to transmit a rotational force from a driving shaft that rotates while forming an axis of a power source to a driven shaft that forms an axis of an apparatus to be rotated, and is generally classified into a spur gear, an internal gear, a rack, a helical gear, a bevel gear, a screw gear, a worm gear, and a pulley having two shafts separated by a predetermined distance to transmit power by attaching a rope or a belt surrounding the shafts according to the state of the two shafts or the shape of the teeth. At this time, the worm gear that rotates with two shafts orthogonal to each other is variously utilized for a differential apparatus requiring a high reduction gear ratio and an elevation drive apparatus of an antenna.
However, the conventional power transmission apparatus as described above has to increase a diameter of the driven shaft due to the number of screw threads (gear teeth) formed along a tooth form of the screw threads engaged with each other, that is, an outer circumferential surface in order to achieve a high gear ratio. Accordingly, there is a limitation that an overall profile of an apparatus in which the power transmission apparatus is installed should be formed to be high.
Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2019-0129774 (“Power transmission apparatus” published on Nov. 20, 2019)
An embodiment of the present invention is directed to providing a power transmission apparatus that is installed to form a high gear ratio in a limited space as an overall profile is reduced.
In one general aspect, a power transmission apparatus for transmitting power from a driving shaft that rotates by receiving power to a driven shaft that rotates by receiving the power of the driving shaft, includes: a pulley having an outer circumferential surface forming a predetermined angle; a power transmission member that is provided to surround the driving shaft and the outer circumferential surface of the pulley and transmits a rotational force of the driving shaft; and a driven part provided outward in a radial direction of the pulley and forming a pair of catching ends respectively surrounding the power transmission member in a direction opposite to each other.
The power transmission member may be provided to surround the driving shaft and an outer circumferential surface of the driven part on one side in a thickness direction, and surround the outer circumferential surface of the pulley on the other side.
The pair of catching ends of the driven part may be formed in a straight line in the opposite direction, and the power transmission member may be configured to surround the outer circumferential surface of the pulley so that one end portion that surrounds the driving shaft surrounds any one catching end provided in the facing opposite direction.
The pair of catching ends of the driven part may be configured to have different profiles in an axial direction of the pulley.
The pulley and the driven part may be configured to rotate with the driven shaft in parallel.
The driven part may be configured to rotate with the driven shaft in parallel, and the pulley may be fixed to be independent of the driven part.
The pulley may be configured with a plurality of pulleys including: a first pulley forming an opening partially hollowed on the outer circumferential surface, and a second pulley provided to be spaced apart by a predetermined distance outward in a radial direction of the first pulley and forming an opening in the same direction as the first pulley, the driven part may be interposed between the first pulley and the second pulley, and the power transmission member may be configured to surround the driving shaft and the driven part on one side in the thickness direction, and surround the outer circumferential surface of the plurality of pulleys on the other side.
The first driven part and the second driven part may be provided on the same plane concentric with the pulley.
The driven part may form a plurality of catching ends provided to protrude in a direction perpendicular to an outer circumferential direction of the pulley, and the power transmission member may be configured to alternately surround outer circumferential surfaces of the plurality of catching ends in the circumferential direction of the pulley.
The pulley may form a concentric circle with the driven shaft, and may be configured to rotate with the driven shaft in parallel, and the driven part may be fixed so as to rotate with the pulley in parallel.
The power transmission apparatus may further include a plurality of fixed rollers spaced outward in the radial direction of the pulley by a predetermined distance to be symmetrical with each other with respect to the driven shaft, and provided corresponding to the number of the catching ends adjacent in an axial direction of the driven shaft, wherein the power transmission member alternately surrounds the plurality of fixed rollers and catching ends provided in the same direction with respect to the driven shaft.
In another general aspect, a power transmission apparatus includes a pulley having an outer circumferential surface forming a predetermined angle; a power transmission member that is provided to surround the driving shaft and the outer circumferential surface of the pulley and transmits a rotational force of the driving shaft; and a driven part provided outward in a radial direction of the pulley and forming a pair of catching ends respectively surrounding the power transmission member in a direction opposite to each other, wherein the power transmission member is made of a belt having a plurality of screw threads formed therein, and is provided to surround the driving shaft, the pair of catching ends, and the outer circumferential surface of the pulley inwardly, and the outer circumferential surface of the pulley is formed with a plurality of screw threads engaged with an inner side of the power transmission member.
The pulley may be configured to rotate with the driven shaft in parallel, and the driven part may be fixed to be independent of the pulley.
The driven part may be configured to rotate with the driven shaft in parallel, and the pulley may be fixed to be independent of the driven part.
In the present invention, various modifications may be made and various embodiments may be provided, and specific embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to a specific embodiment, it is to be understood to include all modifications, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention.
It is to be understood that when one element is referred to as being “connected to” or “coupled to” another element, it may be connected directly to or coupled directly to another element or be connected to or coupled to another element while having the other element interposed therebetween.
Unless otherwise defined, all terms, including technical or scientific terms, used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs.
It should be interpreted that terms defined by a generally used dictionary are identical with the meanings within the context of the related art, and they should not be ideally or excessively formally interpreted unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.
Hereinafter, a technical spirit of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
The accompanying drawings are only examples shown to describe the technical spirit of the present invention in more detail, and therefore, the technical spirit of the present invention is not limited to the form of the accompanying drawings.
At this time, the power transmission member 200 is configured to surround the driving shaft 10 and an outer circumferential surface of the driven part 300 on one side in a thickness direction, and surround the outer circumferential surface of the pulley 100 on the other side, such that the driven part 300 made to rotate with the driven shaft 20 in parallel may rotate along the outer circumferential surface of the pulley 100 configured and fixed to be independent from the driven part 300 to transmit the rotational force of the driving shaft 10 to the driven shaft 20, or the pulley 100 and the driven part 300 may be configured to rotate in parallel with the driven shaft 20, thereby rotating the pulley 100, the driven part 300, and the driven shaft 20 or a motor part coupled to the driving shaft 10 by the rotational force of the driving shaft 10.
Here, the power transmission member 200 is each wound around the pair of catching ends 310 to transmit power to the pair of catching ends 310 by rotation of the driving shaft 10, and may be formed of a belt, a wire, a rope, etc., which form a closed loop and are wound around the pair of catching ends 310, respectively. At this time, the pair of catching ends 310 includes a pair of blocks and tackles 301 provided outward in a radial direction of the pulley 100 and spaced by a predetermined distance from each other in a straight line, or a half-moon member 302 that has a predetermined thickness and surrounds the outer circumferential surface of the pulley 100, and forms an opening 320 communicated with a predetermined length in the radial direction of the pulley 100, such that the power transmission member 200 may be configured to pass through between the pair of pulleys 301 spaced apart from each other and the opening 320 of the half-moon member 302 to surround each of the catching ends 310. At this time, the driving shaft 10 may include a supply/recovery roller capable of winding or unwinding the power transmission member 200 or a gear and a pulley that are engaged with a timing belt to transmit power when the power transmission member 200 is made of the timing belt.
In more detail, when the driving shaft 10 rotates so that a length of one side of the power transmission member 200 which is drawn out from the driving shaft 10 to surround the outer circumferential surface of the pulley 100 and wound around any one of the pair of catching ends 310 becomes gradually shorter, the pair of catching ends 310, which are fixed to rotate in parallel with each other, rotate in a counterclockwise direction in a direction facing
T∝L×F=(D+t)×(f×cos(c)) Equation 1:
Hereinafter, the power transmission apparatus 1000 according to an embodiment of the present invention is described as an example of a configuration in which the driven part 300 including the catching end 310 rotates, but a fixed relationship between the pulley 100 and the driven part 300 according to the rotation of the power transmission apparatus 1000 of the present invention may be variously modified without departing from the gist of the present invention unless a specific qualifying phrase or configuration is mentioned.
In more detail, the power transmission member 200 is wound so that one end 210 surrounding the driving shaft 10 surrounds the outer circumferential surface of the pulley 100 to surround any one catching end 310 provided in a facing opposite direction, and then surrounds any one catching end 310 and again surrounds the outer circumferential surface of the pulley 100 to surround the other catching end 310. At this time, the pair of catching ends 310 of the driven part 300 is configured to have different profiles in an axial direction of the pulley 100, thereby making it possible to minimize interference between the power transmission members 200 surrounding the pulley 100.
At this time, the power transmission apparatus 1000 of the present invention may be configured to prevent friction between the power transmission members 200 while maintaining tension of the power transmission member 200 using a plurality of idle rollers for preventing unnecessary contact between the power transmission members 200.
In more detail, the power transmission apparatus 1000 according to the above-described configuration may be modified using various coupling and fixing means suitable for the apparatus to be applied without departing from the gist of the present invention. At this time, the driven part 300 may include the pair of catching ends 310 and may be configured through a fixing means for connecting the pair of catching ends 310 with the driven shaft 20 so that the pair of catching ends 310 rotate, or a separate fixing means for independently fixing the pair of catching ends 310 to the driven shaft 20 according to the gist of the present invention. As illustrated in
At this time, the pulley 100 is formed to have an outer circumferential surface forming a predetermined angle, and has a shape curved downward so that the upper side has a predetermined curvature, and is formed to surround an outer side surface of the power transmission member 200 passing through the pair of fixed ends 310, thereby making it possible to further reduce the overall profile of the apparatus according to the diameter of the pulley 100. That is, the driven shaft 20 does not form a concentric shaft with the pulley 100, and is formed to be radially spaced apart from a centrifuge of the pulley 100, thereby making it possible to overcome the limitation according to the radius formed by the pulley 100 when designing. That is, the pulley 100 in the power transmission apparatus 1000 of the present invention having the above-described configuration may be modified as various configurations in which the power transmission member 200 fastened to the driving shaft 10 surrounds the pair of catching ends 310 and forms a guide for rotating the pair of catching ends 310.
At this time, the power transmission apparatus 1000 of the present invention may further include a fixed gear formed to surround a portion of the outer circumferential surface of the pulley 100 and formed to press the power transmission member on the outer circumferential surface opposite to the pulley 100, thereby maintaining tension of the power transmission member 200 surrounding the outer circumferential surface of the pulley 100, and preventing separation of the power transmission member 200.
In addition, the power transmission apparatus 1000 of the present invention a slip belt 500 having a pair of fixed ends 510 each provided to the outside of the pair of catching ends 310 formed on the other side of the rocker arm 300 to surround the upper side of the driven shaft 20, and having both ends fixed to the pair of fixed ends 510 of the rocker arm 300 so as to press the driven shaft 20 downward, and interposed inside the power transmission members 200 in contact with each other, thereby making it possible to prevent interference between the power transmission members 200.
At this time, the pulley 100 is configured with a plurality of pulleys including a first pulley 110 forming an opening 111 partially hollowed on the outer circumferential surface, and a second pulley 120 provided to be spaced apart by a predetermined distance outward in a radial direction of the first pulley 110 and forming an opening 121 in the same direction as the first pulley 110, and one or more driven parts 300 including a first driven part 312 interposed between the first pulley 110 and the second pulley 120 may be provided in a direction (radial direction) perpendicular to the driven shaft. At this time, it is preferable that the power transmission member 200 is configured to surround the driving shaft 10 and the driven part 300 on one side in the thickness direction, and surround the outer circumferential surface of the plurality of pulleys 100 on the other side.
Accordingly, the rotational force (f) of the driving shaft 10 is applied to each of catching ends 310a, 310b, and 310c formed in the openings 312a, 322a, and 332a of the plurality of driven parts 312, 322, and 332 interposed between the plurality of pulleys 110, 120, and 130 arranged in the radial direction of the driven shaft 20, such that a gear ratio increases as the rotation of the driven shaft 20 decreases. At this time, torque T at the driven shaft 20 of the power transmission apparatus 1000 according to the 1-1-th embodiment of the present invention is proportional to Equation 2 below.
T=Σ(Ln×Fn) Equation 2
The force F applied to each of the catching ends 310a, 310b, and 310c is inversely proportional to a distance L from the driven shaft 20 to the respective catching ends 310a, 310b, and 310c, and the power transmission member 200 is configured to be alternately wound around each of the catching ends 310 in the order of the first pulley 110, the first driven part 312, the second pulley 120, and the second driven part 322 arranged in a straight line, thereby reducing the rotation applied to the driven shaft 20.
In addition, the plurality of driven parts 312, 322, and 332 are preferably provided on the same plane concentric with the pulley 100. At this time, in order to assemble the power transmission member 200 that alternately surrounds the plurality of pulleys 110, 120, and 130 and the driven parts 312, 322, and 332, the plurality of pulleys 110, 120, and 130 are fixed to the lower plate 50, and the plurality of driven parts 312, 322, and 332 are formed to face downward on the upper plate 40, thereby allowing the plurality of driven parts 312, 322, and 332 to be rotated along the circumferential direction of the pulleys 110, 120, and 130 by the rotation of the power transmission member 200. At this time, the driving shaft 10 is independent of the lower plate 50 and the pulley 100, and is preferably fixed to the upper plate 40 so as to rotate with the plurality of driven parts 312, 322, and 332 in parallel.
That is, as illustrated in
In more detail, the plurality of fixed rollers 351 may be fixedly installed on idlers 350 provided to be symmetrical to each other with respect to the driven shaft 20 by being spaced outward in the radial direction of the pulley 100 by a predetermined distance, and the idlers 350 are preferably formed to be fixed at predetermined positions independent of the pulley and the driven part 300. At this time, the power transmission member 200 drawn out from the driving shaft 10 surrounds any one fixed roller 351a in any one idler 350 provided on one side in the radial direction of the driven shaft 20, surrounds any one catching end 310b of the plurality of catching ends 310 of the pulley 100 provided at a position corresponding to the one fixed roller 351a, surrounds another fixed roller 351c provided to be spaced by a predetermined distance in the axial direction of the driven shaft 20 from the one fixed roller 351a—another catching end 310d provided on the outer circumferential surface of the pulley 100 at a position corresponding to another fixed roller 351c, surrounds the outer circumferential surface of the pulley 100, surrounds the catching end 310e—the fixed roller 351f—the catching end 310g—the fixed roller 351h provided on the other side in the radial direction of the driven shaft 20 in this order, is then coupled to the driving shaft 20. Accordingly, the rotational force (f) of the driving shaft 10 is applied to the plurality of catching ends 310 arranged in the radial direction of the pulley 100, respectively, and the gear ratio increases as the rotation of the pulley 100 formed to rotate with the driven shaft 20 in parallel is reduced.
In a power transmission apparatus 2000 according to a second embodiment of the present invention, the power transmission member 200 is made of a timing belt having gear teeth (hereinafter, referred to as screw threads) formed therein, and the pulley 100 is configured to have a thread engaging with the power transmission member 200 made of the timing belt on the outer circumferential surface, and transmits power according to the rotation of the driving shaft 10 to the driven shaft 20. Hereinafter, the power transmission apparatus 2000 according to the second embodiment of the present invention according to the power transmission method of the above-described configuration will be classified and described.
In more detail, the rotational force f of the driving shaft 10 is transmitted to the fixed pulley 100 through the power transmission member 200, and the power transmission member 200 and the pulley 100 are engaged so that a reaction force according to the rotational force f is transmitted in a tangential direction between the catching end 310 and the pulley 100. At this time, the reaction force (f(D/d)) transmitted to the catching end 310 is proportional to the gear ratio of the driving shaft 10 and the pulley 100. At this time, torque (T) in the driven shaft 20 according to a rotational force (f) of the driving shaft is proportional to a product (T∝L×F) of a linear distance (L) from the driven shaft 20 to the catching end 310 and the rotational force (F) in an orthogonal direction applied to the catching end 310. At this time, the rotational force (F) in the orthogonal direction applied to the catching end 310 is proportional to the reaction force (f*(D/d)*cos θ) of the power transmission member 200 acting in a contact surface direction of the catching end 310 and the pulley 100. That is, the rotational force (torque, T) acting on the driving shaft is derived from Equation 3 below. At this time, the tangential angle (c) is in the range of 0<c<½, and is determined by a distance t spaced from the outer circumferential surface of the pulley 100 to the catching end 310.
T∝L×F=(D+t)×(f×(D/d)×cos(c)) Equation 3:
At this time, as illustrated in (b) of
T∝L×F=f×(D/d)×t Equation 4:
According to the present invention having the configuration described above, the high gear ratio may be formed while increasing the spatial efficiency by reducing the overall profile formed by the pulley that rotates with the driven shaft in parallel using the belt or wire, and the blocks and tackles or the half-moon member provided outside the pulley.
The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and may be variously applied, and may be variously modified without departing from the gist of the present invention claimed in the claims.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-2020-0000579 | Jan 2020 | KR | national |
