The invention relates to a transmission drive unit. The applicant's subsequent publication DE 10 2009 000 760 A1 discloses a transmission drive unit which has an output element which is produced from metal, in particular from sintered metal, and is at least partially insert molded by an adaptor element designed as a worm wheel. The adaptor element is accommodated within a transmission housing. The adaptor element is mounted rotatably on an axle stub of the housing base, wherein both the axle stub and the adaptor element are composed of plastic. The previously known transmission drive unit which is designed in particular as a sliding roof drive can be produced relatively inexpensively by the adaptor element being injection molded on. The wear resistance of the known transmission drive unit is worthy of improvement in particular under high loads. Furthermore, force is introduced by the adaptor element to the output element over a relatively small axial length, and therefore the driving torque which can be transmitted is restricted.
Proceeding from the prior art described, the invention is based on the object of developing a transmission drive unit in such a manner that it permits good bearing properties and the possibility of transmitting relatively high torques while being able to be produced economically. This object is achieved with a transmission drive unit according to the invention. The invention is based on the concept of using the output element at the same time as a bearing element in order to improve the bearing properties. Since the output element is composed of metal, there is therefore the possibility of designing a metal/plastics bearing which is distinguished by improved wear resistance in comparison to a plastics/plastics bearing.
Particularly high torques can be transmitted if the output element is designed so as to be extended into a plane of symmetry of the adaptor element. As a result, the torque is introduced by the adaptor element in the plane of the output element.
A cost-effective radial mounting of the output element can be brought about if the output element has at least one region into which a journal serving for the mounting projects.
In an alternative refinement of the invention, the transmission drive unit can be produced particularly cost-effectively, wherein at the same time relatively high torques can likewise be transmitted. In this case, the invention is based on the concept of enabling the output element to be produced particularly simply and inexpensively by means of an output element which can be connected to the adaptor element and is designed as a deep drawn part.
The manufacturing can be configured in a particularly simple manner in this case if the output element is pressed onto the adaptor element. The pressing-on therefore constitutes a single installation step which can be very simply integrated into the manufacturing process.
As an alternative, provision is made for the adaptor element to be formed by at least partial insert molding of the output element. Such a formation permits a particularly intimate connection between the adaptor element and the output element, thus enabling particularly high torques to be transmitted.
In order to permit the torques to be transmitted, provision is made, in an advantageous refinement of the invention, for the output element to be of cup- or sleeve-shaped design and to have, on the inner surface thereof, at least one molding which interacts with a mating molding molded onto the adaptor element and connects the output element to the adaptor element for conjoint rotation.
In this case, particularly simple installation is made possible in the event of pressing on if the at least one molding and the at least mating molding are arranged obliquely in relation to the longitudinal axis of the output element.
Axial securing between the adaptor element and the output element, which securing is expedient in particular in the event of the output element being pressed onto the adaptor element, is made possible if the output element has, on an inner surface, at least one latching geometry which interacts with a mating geometry formed on the adaptor element and, in the process, axially secures the output element on the adaptor element.
A mounting which is particularly reliable and absorbs relatively high radial forces is brought about if the radial mounting of the unit consisting of the adaptor element and output element has two bearings having different diameters.
Further advantages of the invention emerge from the description below of preferred exemplary embodiments and with reference to the drawings, in which:
Identical components and components of identical function are provided with the same reference number in the figures.
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The output pinion 12 described to this extent is insert molded with an adaptor element which is composed of plastic and is designed as a worm wheel 22, and is connected to said adaptor element by a form-fitting connection. As can be seen in particular with reference to
The form-fitting connection between the worm wheel 22 and the output pinion 12 is reinforced in particular by the encircling edge 17 and the molded ribs 18 of the output pinion 12, and therefore the output pinion 12 is connected to the worm wheel 22 for conjoint rotation. The worm wheel 22 has an inner region 24, on the lower side of which a bearing collar 25 is molded. The external toothing 27 is connected to the worm wheel 22 via an annular central region 26. The external toothing 27 of the worm wheel 22 is in engagement with an input element which is designed as a worm shaft 29 and forwards the driving torque of a driving motor (not illustrated) for the sliding roof drive to the worm wheel 22 and the output pinion 12.
The unit 30 which is described to this extent and consists of the output pinion 12 and the worm wheel 22 injection molded onto the output pinion 12 is arranged, with the exception of a region of the output pinion 12, within a transmission housing 31 composed of plastic. The transmission housing 31 comprises a housing lower part 32 which centrally has a molded-on bearing journal 33. The bearing journal 33 has two regions 34 and 35 which serve for the radial mounting of the worm wheel 22 in the transmission housing 31, for which purpose the first region 34 is in bearing contact with the first receiving region 19 of the output pinion 12 and the second region 35 is in bearing contact with the second receiving region 20 of the output pinion 12. The worm wheel 22 is axially mounted in the transmission housing 31 via an annularly encircling web 36 which is molded onto the base of the housing lower part 32 and interacts with the bearing collar 25 on the lower side of the worm wheel 22. A further, annularly encircling web 37 on the upper side of the worm wheel 22 is supported on a housing cover 38 which is connected to the housing lower part 32, for example, by means of a latching or adhesive connection. In this case, the housing cover 38 has a centrally arranged aperture 39 through which the output pinion 12 protrudes out of the transmission housing 31.
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