CA1078765A - Clutch spring mounting arrangement - Google Patents

Clutch spring mounting arrangement

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CA1078765A
CA1078765A CA286,202A CA286202A CA1078765A CA 1078765 A CA1078765 A CA 1078765A CA 286202 A CA286202 A CA 286202A CA 1078765 A CA1078765 A CA 1078765A
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Minoru Akita
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Exedy Corp
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16FSPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; MEANS FOR DAMPING VIBRATION
    • F16F15/00Suppression of vibrations in systems; Means or arrangements for avoiding or reducing out-of-balance forces, e.g. due to motion
    • F16F15/10Suppression of vibrations in rotating systems by making use of members moving with the system
    • F16F15/12Suppression 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
    • F16F15/121Suppression 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
    • F16F15/123Wound springs
    • F16F15/12313Wound springs characterised by the dimension or shape of spring-containing windows
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16DCOUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
    • F16D13/00Friction clutches
    • F16D13/58Details
    • F16D13/60Clutching elements
    • F16D13/64Clutch-plates; Clutch-lamellae
    • F16D13/644Hub construction

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  • Aviation & Aerospace Engineering (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Mechanical Operated Clutches (AREA)

Abstract

Abstract of the Disclosure A clutch is disclosed in which a hub carries a flange, and a clutch plate and a retaining plate are mounted on opposite sides of said flange, said flange and each of said plates having aligned rectangular openings therein to accommodate springs, which have their axes disposed tangentially with respect to a circle concentric with said hub. Each of the openings in each of said plates is surrounded by flanges on all four sides, the flanges on the two sides which are spaced apart radially of said hub extending obliquely to lie adjacent the spring periphery while the other two flanges extend at right angles to the respective plate to lie adjacent the ends of the springs. There is thus provided an increase in the area of contact of the plates with the springs.

Description

1078 7~5 This invention relates to a clutch in which a hub carries a flange, and a clutch plate and a retaining plate are mounted on opposite sides of said flange, said flange and each of sai~ plates having aligned rectangular open~
ings therein to accommodate springs, which have their axes disposed tangen-tially with respect to a circle concentric with said hub.
It is an object of the invention to provide for increased contact between the plates and the springs.
According to the invention, there is provided in a clutch in which a hub carries a flange, and a clutch plate and a retaining plate are mounted on opposite sides of said flange, said flange and each of said plates having aligned rectangular openings therein to accommodate torsion coil springs, which have their axes disposed tangentîally with respect to a circle con-centric with said hub, the improvement wherein each of the openings in each of said plates is surrounded on the outer face by flanges on all four sides . integral with the plate, the flanges on the two sides which are spaced apart radially of said hub extending obliquely to the plane of the plates to lie adjacent the spring periphery while the other two flanges extend at right angles to the respective plate to lie adjacent the ends of the springs and abut the spring ends to act as spring seats, said retaining plate having a central portion which is spaced axially further from said flange on said hub than an outer portion of said retaining plate and wherein said other two flanges of the openings in said retaining plate are of dog-leg shape, with a radially inner part thereof extending radially outward and axially toward the hub flange and a radially outer part extending parallel to the hub flange.
An embodiment of the invention will now be described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
: Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of part of a clutch embody-ing this invention, Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on II - II of Figure 1, Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view of a retaining plate, and ~078765 Figure 4 is a partial sectional view taken on IV - IV of Figure 2.
Splined hub 1 of Figure 1 fits on a clutch output shaft and has an integral outwardly extending flange 2. Flange 2 i5 pro~ided with six holes 3. Each hole 3 is a rectangular hole spaced radially from the hub 1, and a torsion spring 4 is housed therein (~Figure 2~. A clutch plate 6, which - ' is arranged on the left hand side of the flange 2, with a friction washer 5 therebetween, has a friction facing 8 attached to its outer periphery by a cushioning plate 7, secured by rivets 9 and holes 10 in plate 6 corres-pond with holes 3 in flange 2. On the right hand side of the flange 2, a retaining plate 14 is arranged with a friction washer 11, a friction plate -'~
12 and a friction spring 13 therebetween. The clutch plate 6 and the retaining plate 14 are connected by ri~ets 15, thus applying a prescribed ~ :
force to the friction ;

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washers5and 11. Each rivet 15 passes through a hole 16 in the flange 2.
The inner diameter of the hole 16 is larger than the outer diameter of the rivet 15, so that the rivet 15 and both plates 6 and 14 can rotate relative to the flange 2 over a limited angular range. A stop pin 17 secures outer pheri- -pheral portions of plates 6 and 14 together and defines the above-mentioned angular range of relative rotation in combination with a notch 18 provided in the outer peripheral part of the flange 2. Holes 19 are provided in the plate 14 in alignment with the holes 3 in plate 6. Various elements described above -~
are already known in the clutch art but the holes 10 and 19 provided in the -plates 6 and 14 have special constructions in accordance with the teachings of the present invention and these will now be described in detail.
The holes 19 in the retaining plate 14 have flanges on all four ~
sides thereof. Flanges 14aiand 14b, which are provided at the inside and out- -. i side edges of the hole, when viewed in radial direction, are formed obliquely so as to extend from the body of the plate 14 along the cylindrical right hand ;, side face of the torsion spring 4, thus lying adjacent the spring periphery.
Flanges 14c~-which are provided at the two other edges of the hole, extend at right angles to the plate 14 to support end faces 4a (Figure 2) of the spring 4. An area by which a flange 14c supports an end face of a spring 4 is shown by means of hatched lines in Figure 1. Between the plate 14 and the flange 2 there are the friction washer 11, the friction plate 12, and the friction -~
spring 13, so that a central portion of the retaining plate 14 is spaced from the flange 2 by a comparatively large distance Ql However, the body of the retaining plate 14 inclines from the vicinity of the outer periphery of the friction spring 13 toward the flange 2 over a radial distance ~2 and extends outwardly along the flange 2 thereafter. Therefore, the flange 14c at either end of the spring is dog-legged or bent in its course as shown in Figure 1 and Figure 3. For this reason the contact area between the flange 14c and the end face of the torsion spring is as large as possible although the central por- j !
tion of the retaining plate 14 is spaced a considerable distance from the :, ~ .

10~8765 flange 2.
The clutch plate 6 also has perpendicular flanges 6c at both ends of the holes 10 and oblique flanges 6a and 6b at the inside and outside edges thereof. An area over which a flange 6c contacts an end face of a torsion spring is shown by means of hatched lines in the same manner as for flange 14c.
Generally, the holes in the clutch plate 6 and the retaining plate 14 have hitherto been provided only with flanges 6a9 6b, 14a, and 14b for pre-venting the torsion spring 4 from falling out. The end edges of the holes in the plates 6 and 14 have had widths corresponding only to the thicknesses of the plates 6 and 14. Accordingly, the areas of contact with the end faces of ~ -the torsion spring 4 have been very small, any increase in contact pressure causing an increase in wear at the contact area, thus shortening the service life of the plate and the torsion spring. In order to increase the contact area, part-cylindrical covers which surround the torsion spring 4 on both sides could be formed integrally with the plates so as to completely cover the holes in the clutch plate and the retaining plate from the outside. In this case, however, the cylindrical side face of the torsion spring would be apt to rub against the inner faces of the said covers and the hysterisis charac-teristic of the clutch disc would be apt to be affected adversely.
Moreover, a cover which completely covers the side faces of the torsion spring would increase the weights of both plates, lower the clutch performance due to an increase in inertia moment, and at the same time impair the radiation effect thereof.
In accordance with this invention, on the other hand, the holes 10 and 19 are provided with flanges over their entire periphery, radially spaced flanges 6a, 6b, 14a, and 14b being provided with sufficient width to prevent falling out of the torsion spring 4, while tangentially spaced flanges 6c and 14c stand up perpendicularly from the plate body to the same height as the said flanges 6a, 6b, 14a, and 14b. Therefore, the contact area at both ends of the torsion spring 4 can be enlarged as shown by means of hatched lines in ,. ... ... . . . .
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Figure 1, the rigidity of both plates 6 and 14 can be increased, and wear at -the contact areas can be decreased owing to a decrease in contact pressure, thus prolonging the service life of the torsion spring. Even when the rota-tional tirections of the plates 6 and 14 ant the flange 2 are reversed due to torque fluctuation to cause collision of the end faces of the torsion spring 4 with the flanges 6c and 14c, the collision force can be alleviated owing to an increase in the contact area, and thus the aboveconstruction is effective in improving durability of the disc.
Further, the disc is so designed that the greater part of the cy-lindrical side face of torsion spring 4 projects from the holes 10 and 19, so j that there is little possibility of the torsion spring 4 rubbing against the -~
plates 6 and 14. Thus, there is minimized disturbance of the hysterisis cha-racteristic and the radiation performance is improved even when the torsion spring 4 expands radially outward under the influence of centrifugal force.
1~ The additional flanges 6c and 14c increase the rigidity of the plates 6 and t~ I4 to make a decrease in plate thickness possible, and can form comparatively j~ large sized holes 10 and 19 to lighten the whole weight of the clutch, thus i proving the clutch performance owing to a decrease in the inertia moment thereof.
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Moreover, the decrease in the plate thickness lowérs the cost there-of.
When the flange 14c is dog-legged as illustrated in Figure 1, the ~
3~ contact area of the torsion spring end face with the flange 14c is made as ~ -large as possible although the central portion of the retaining plate is spaced frot the flange 2 in order to acco~nodate the friction ~ashcr 11, etc.

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Claims

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE
IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. In a clutch in which a hub carries a flange, and a clutch plate and a retaining plate are mounted on opposite sides of said flange, said flange and each of said plates having aligned rectangular openings therein to accommodate torsion coil springs, which have their axes disposed tan-gentially with respect to a circle concentric with said hub, the improvement wherein each of the openings in each of said plates is surrounded on the outer face by flanges on all four sides integral with the plate, the flanges on the two sides which are spaced apart radially of said hub extending obliquely to the plane of the plates to lie adjacent the spring periphery while the other two flanges extend at right angles to the respective plate to lie adjacent the ends of the springs and abut the spring ends to act as spring seats, said retaining plate having a central portion which is spaced axially further from said flange on said hub than an outer portion of said retaining plate and wherein said other two flanges of the openings in said retaining plate are of dog-leg shape, with a radially inner part thereof extending radially outward and axially toward the hub flange and a radially outer part extending parallel to the hub flange.
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FR2481395A1 (en) * 1980-04-24 1981-10-30 Ferodo Sa Torque absorbing vehicle disc clutch - uses square wire coil springs in windows to connect radial hub flange
DE3345409A1 (en) * 1983-12-15 1985-06-27 Fichtel & Sachs Ag, 8720 Schweinfurt TORSION VIBRATION DAMPER WITH INTEGRATED DAMPER
JPS60118029U (en) * 1984-01-19 1985-08-09 株式会社 大金製作所 Torsional damper disc
DE3448587C2 (en) * 1984-11-23 1998-08-27 Luk Lamellen & Kupplungsbau Vehicle damping clutch disc
IT1215830B (en) * 1988-02-09 1990-02-22 Automotive Products Borg Et Be CLUTCH COUPLING DISC.
DE4327574C5 (en) * 1992-10-09 2005-05-19 Zf Sachs Ag Torsionsdämpferscheibe

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US2076373A (en) * 1936-03-25 1937-04-06 Katcher Morris Driven member of a clutch
US2274174A (en) * 1939-07-21 1942-02-24 Ernest E Wemp Clutch member
JPS4524001Y1 (en) * 1968-01-10 1970-09-21
JPS5124054A (en) * 1974-08-21 1976-02-26 Shinichi Kimura ONSUIDAN BOSOCHI

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