Summary of the invention
Task of the present invention is to be achieved as follows solution, that is, by this solution in wider temperature range at the mechanical movement aspect of performance, especially in the advantage that obtains aspect the unrestricted motion of clutch release bearing-guide structure and the property placed in the middle with respect to so far mode of structure.
According to the present invention, this task is solved by clutch release bearing-guiding device, and this clutch release bearing-guide structure has:
-guide sleeves cylindrical shell, this guide sleeves cylindrical shell is made by composite, and limit the internal surface that works as the sliding guidance face, wherein, the guide sleeves cylindrical shell comprise anterior in the position of packing into towards the end face edge zone of clutch spring sheet, the body that extends between the end face edge zone at the rear portion of that clutch spring sheet and these external two end face edge zones dorsad, and
-contained structure, this contained structure limits the tolerance sleeve that is used for holding the guide sleeves cylindrical shell and is provided with, and this tolerance sleeve comprises the anterior sleeve edges zone and the sleeve edges zone at rear portion, and the sleeve edges zone is adjacent with corresponding end face edge zone,
-wherein, this coupling disengage device is celebrated therefrom, promptly, in above-mentioned end face edge zone, the tolerance sleeve that the guide sleeves cylindrical shell is provided with being used for holding described guide sleeves cylindrical shell is respectively by keeping structure to connect mutually, wherein, keep structure to construct in the following way, that is, keep structure that chimeric wall is provided down, by in the chimeric wall guided sleeve body of this time edge region by chimeric and supported radially outwardly.
Thus, can realize clutch release bearing-guiding device in an advantageous manner, in this clutch release bearing-guiding device, the desired Inner Dimension of the internal surface that works as the sliding guidance face of guide sleeves cylindrical shell can remain in the less tolerance range in bigger temperature range.Avoid in an advantageous manner based on design according to the present invention: by possible blockage effect occur internal cross section be not allowed to dwindle strongly.Based on design according to the present invention, can realize following clutch release bearing-guiding device, this clutch release bearing-guiding device can be made by composite at low cost.Especially desired guide surface geometrical shape can guaranteed by the guide sleeves cylindrical shell according to tensioning of the present invention in-40 ℃ to 180 ℃ temperature range.The danger of dwindling based on cross section in the guide sleeve that reduces by design according to the present invention can realize so constructing guide sleeve, that is, move on the guide body that this guide sleeve is provided with being used for guiding described guide sleeve with narrow relatively movement clearance.Can realize thus: reduce the off-centered degree of clutch release bearing, and also reduce the connected structure that supports by clutch release bearing and the load and the stress of collocation structure thus, especially on the thrust ring and load and stress on the bearer ring that is going in ring.
Send out the assembly put and can make and assemble in order to realize clutch release bearing-guiding device according to the present invention in mode cheaply in simple mode.The influence of thermal expansion and can be relatively very little by the caused shape defect of variation characteristic that is used for forming the material that the guide sleeves cylindrical shell uses.
The particularly preferred mode of execution according to the present invention, following chimeric wall forms by the outer annular zone in sleeve edges zone.Can realize thus: directly the wall by contained structure comes tensioning guide sleeves cylindrical shell.
Alternatively also can realize this, form down chimeric wall by ring-type element, this ring-type element is installed on the guide sleeve device respective end portions fringe region, and this end edge area is tensioned on the contained structure.This ring-type element may be embodied as the deep-draw part and is provided with screens mechanism, this screens mechanism can realize ring-type element the guide sleeves cylindrical shell and/or on contained structure abundant location.At this, ring-type element especially can compress and be engaged on corresponding end face edge zone and the sleeve edges zone.
On the guide sleeves cylindrical shell, ring edge is structure on this guide sleeves cylindrical shell distolateral at least preferably, and ring edge is chimeric wall under overlap joint under the situation that forms annular convex shoulder.In the zone of this annular convex shoulder, can construct the screens structure equally, the location that can realize the guide sleeves cylindrical shell by this screens structure.
The tolerance sleeve that the guide sleeves cylindrical shell is provided with being used for holding described guide sleeves cylindrical shell can be constructed in the following way,, realizes the resilient radial expansion of guide sleeves cylindrical shell in the category that imports jointing state that is.
Can construct axial positioning structure in an advantageous manner on the guide sleeves cylindrical shell, this axial positioning structure causes the axially locating of guide sleeves cylindrical shell in contained structure.This axial positioning structure can realize that especially this screens bump forms the integrated assembly of guide sleeves cylindrical shell by the screens bump.
The guide sleeves cylindrical shell can be configured to the member of multi-section fraction.Especially can realize constructing in the following way the guide sleeves cylindrical shell, that is, this guide sleeves cylindrical shell is divided into the shell structure element in the axial direction or multi-section section structure element ground is implemented.This corresponding guide sleeves cylindrical shell shell or guide sleeve body section can have linkage structure ground structure, and this linkage structure can realize that single shell element is connected to each other.Also can realize in addition: the guide sleeves cylindrical shell of in engagement positio, locating this multi-section fraction by the member that is provided with Mi Rongna guide sleeves cylindrical shell.
The guide sleeves cylindrical shell can be constructed in the following way, that is, this guide sleeves cylindrical shell comprises embedded structure, and is chimeric mutually in corresponding contained structure when this embedded structure makes up at the guide sleeves cylindrical shell, and in corresponding engagement positio the orientation direction sleeve body.
May be embodied as the flange housing in order to hold the contained structure that guide sleeves cylindrical shell according to the present invention is provided with.Also can realize contained structure is configured to insert cover, this insertions is overlapped and is at first connect with guide sleeve sports association, and can be used as preassembled construction package and be presented to and hold in the flange piece.This structural type is particularly suitable for being used for operating the clutch release bearing of bigger clutch system (especially high capacity waggon clutch).
Insert cover and can be fabricated to the deep-draw part, perhaps can special content be fabricated to coiled sheet spare according to the present invention.Put in insertion and can construct fixed structure, this fixed structure except realize the guide sleeve device according to the tensioning of the present invention, the composite body that can also realize the guide sleeve device further connects with inserting to overlap.
Guide sleeves cylindrical shell constructed according to the invention is preferably determined size in the following way, that is, the wall thickness of guide sleeves cylindrical shell is at least 3mm.The guide sleeves cylindrical shell can be constructed in the following way, that is, the conduct of guide sleeves cylindrical shell to the inwall that small part sliding guidance face works forms definite profile, especially has the profile of the groove that distributes in the axial direction.
In addition, the guide sleeves cylindrical shell can be constructed in the following way, that is, this guide sleeves cylindrical shell can be on peripheral direction be expanded with very little radial force relatively, up to the outer surface of guide sleeves cylindrical shell on the contained structure internal surface of adjacency.This flexibility of guide sleeves cylindrical shell especially can realize by the shaping of vertical notch in the guide sleeves cylindrical shell.
The shell of guide sleeves cylindrical shell can be constructed in the following way, that is, this shell is the structure of on periphery soft relatively (zugweiche).This can realize in the following way: be about to sheathing material and divide as follows by flute section, so that sheathing material is corrugatedly around those flute section.Flute section can alternately enter into shell from two axial end portions, perhaps preferably radially enters into shell from the outside internally and radially successively.
In addition, can be implemented in to be provided with in the center region of guide sleeves cylindrical shell and be used for the mechanism of radial expansion or radial support guide sleeves cylindrical shell.This mechanism especially can exist with the supporting sleeve that is presented in the guide sleeves cylindrical shell.This supporting sleeve can be used as linkage structure and works, and by this linkage structure, can come corresponding section to combine under the situation transverse to the structure of vertically separating the guide sleeve body structure.
Embodiment
Fig. 1 illustrates the clutch release bearing-guiding device that comprises by the clutch release bearing K of clutch release bearing-guiding device carrying.Clutch release bearing-guiding device according to the present invention comprises guide sleeves cylindrical shell 1, and this guide sleeves cylindrical shell 1 is made by composite, and defines the internal surface I that works as the sliding guidance face.That guide sleeves cylindrical shell 1 comprises is anterior, in the position of packing into towards the end face edge region S 1 of clutch spring sheet C and the end face edge region S 2 at the rear portion of that clutch spring sheet C and the body that between these two end face edge region S 1, S2, extends dorsad.
In addition, clutch release bearing-guiding device comprises the contained structure that is embodied as flange piece in this embodiment, and this contained structure limits the tolerance sleeve 2 that is used for holding guide sleeves cylindrical shell 1 and is provided with.This tolerance sleeve 2 comprises the anterior sleeve edges area B 1 and the sleeve edges area B 2 at rear portion.Above-mentioned end face edge region S 1, S2 that these two sleeve edges area B 1, B2 are directly adjacent to guide sleeves cylindrical shell 1 extend.
Clutch release bearing-guiding device according to the present invention is celebrated in the following way, promptly, in above-mentioned end face edge region S 1, S2, the tolerance sleeve 2 that guide sleeves cylindrical shell 1 is provided with being used for holding guide sleeves cylindrical shell 1 connects mutually by keeping structure UR1, UR2, wherein, this maintenance structure UR1, UR2 construct in the following way, promptly, this maintenance structure UR1, UR2 provide down chimeric wall S respectively, guide sleeves cylindrical shell 1 by the chimeric wall S of this time by from down chimeric and supported radially outwardly.
Among the embodiment who goes out shown here, in the scope of end face edge region S 1, ring edge R1 is configured on the guide sleeves cylindrical shell 1, and this ring edge R1 forms the annular convex shoulder that exceeds sleeve edges area B 1.By this annular convex shoulder, the end face edge region S 1 of guide sleeves cylindrical shell 1 is suspending in the radial direction.
In this embodiment, the end face edge region S 2 of guide sleeves cylindrical shell supports by ring-type element R2.Ring-type element R2 comprises outer wall 3 and inwall 4, and this inwall 4 forms chimeric wall S down.Two walls 3,4 of ring-type element 2 are connected to each other by the end-face wall 5 of front portion.Ring-type element R2 is provided with position structure 6 in outer wall area, ring-type element R2 by this position structure 6 on the sleeve edges area B 2 at rear portion by stop.
Here shown guide sleeves cylindrical shell 1 by by sleeve edges area B 1 ring of front portion by front port be pushed in the contained structure 2.In this embodiment, the axially locating of guide sleeves cylindrical shell 1 in that contained structure 2 realizes by screens structure 7, this screens structure 7 forms by annular convex shoulder in this embodiment, this annular convex shoulder is in the end section that the step shape ground of contained structure 2 extends, and on pull-out direction the end-face wall of chimeric this step from behind.By ring-type element R2, be positioned in the end face edge region S at the rear portion of guide sleeves cylindrical shell 12 chimeric status that goes out shown here.
Tensioning radially in the make described here of maintenance structure UR2 also is suitable for guide sleeves cylindrical shell 1 fore end face edge region S 1 zone under the situation of using ring-type element R2.The surface of contact that forms between end face edge region S 2 and ring-type element R2 can also be constructed on its geometric shape as follows, promptly, ring-type element R2 realizes on the end face edge region S 2 of guide sleeves cylindrical shell 1 promptly, such as here for example by the detailed view Z1 that includes in diagram institute image illustrates.
In this embodiment, be embodied as the integrated assembly of the holding mechanism 2 formation clutch separation flanges of tolerance sleeve.Casing member 8 is on the contained structure 2, and this casing member 8 is preferably made by composite, and molding and forming is to contained structure 2.Annular claw 9 is on the shell construction 8, by this annular claw 9 clutch release bearing K is connected on shell construction 8 and the contained structure 2.Clutch release bearing K realizes in the following way that to the connection on the shell construction 8 promptly, clutch release bearing K can be with respect to contained structure 2 mobile a certain amount of in the radial direction.To this, spring shackle 10 is in the annular claw 9, by this spring shackle 10, and the end face that the outer loop member of clutch release bearing K 11 provides by annular claw 9 relatively and clamped.In addition, ring 12, rolling element 13 and seal arrangement 14,15 in clutch release bearing K comprises.Among the clutch release bearing K shown here, interior ring 12 is constructed in the following way, that is, interior ring 12 comprises ridge 12a, and this ridge 12a forms end face, and perhaps this end face can directly place on the clutch spring sheet C.
Located to form fit in the following way in the zone of sleeve edges area B 1, B2 by the guide sleeves cylindrical shell 1 that composite is made, that is, this guide sleeves cylindrical shell 1 can not or not be allowed to far lift from the internal surface that is limited by contained structure 2.
On side away from clutch, be used for to the composite sliding sleeve carry out radial and axial define run through the extending portion that position (Durchstellung) is shaped to steel flange cylindrical body section.Axial fixingly realize by the kayser bump of moulding on the end regions of composite sliding sleeve being engaged at the recess that runs through moulding on the position.For the bore dia that also can guarantee the composite sliding sleeve on away from the side of clutch in very narrow diameter range, end regions radially is forced in the bore edges zone of running through the position by means of prestressing force in other words by end ring.
In other make, propose the composite sliding sleeve is embodied as half housing.In order to make Matching Error keep as much as possible little, propose: in the plastic-blasting process, connect half housing of composite sliding sleeve by so-called film hinge.
Advantage is:
-on peripheral direction, can realize overlapping the length change of shell based on temperature fluctuation;
-thus, only also inquire into the cross section tolerance of composite housing and the very little diameter tolerance of steel flange as the tolerance that is used for guide clearance;
The thermal expansion that occurs when the different temperatures of-housing be made up of composite is compensated on peripheral direction by axial grooving (straight or corrugated);
The relatively little manufacturing tolerances of-composite housing bore is possible;
Guide clearance between-housing bore and the guide sleeves can help better guiding the product quality reduced;
Aforesaid mode of execution is applicable to second embodiment (especially being fit to basically about clutch release bearing) shown in Fig. 2.Especially be different from aforesaid embodiment about the maintenance structure UR of structure in end face edge region S 2 in the embodiment shown in this diagram.This maintenance structure UR is at maintenance structure UR1 described in conjunction with Fig. 1 corresponding to the front basically aspect its design that suspends, that end face edge region S 1 is radially suspended.
This keeps structure UR2 to form outer wall 3, and this outer wall 3 is on the sleeve edges area B 2.In order to realize that this guide sleeves cylindrical shell 1 is encased in the contained structure 2, guide sleeves cylindrical shell 1 is embodied as at first separated member.Just in this point, guide sleeves cylindrical shell 1 is made up of the first guide sleeve section 1a and the second guide sleeve section 1b.These two guide sleeve section 1a, 1b engage one another in 16 zones, joint.Two guide sleeve section 1a, 1b can be implemented in these joint 16 zones and connect (especially being connected to each other by welding or technique for sticking) with material means mutually.On guide sleeve section 1a, 1b, also can realize constructing linkage structure (especially promptly structure), promptly structure is carried out chimericly mutually when arriving here shown engagement positio, and makes guide sleeve section 1a, 1b location in the assembling condition that goes out shown here.
In addition, be provided with support ring 17 among the embodiment who goes out shown here, guide sleeves cylindrical shell 1 also is being supported by this support ring 17 in its center region between end face edge region S 1, S2 in the radial direction.This support ring 17 can be constructed in the following way,, provides promptly section by this support ring 17 that is, firmly grasps section by this and two guide sleeve section 1a, 1b can be connected mutually equally.In the change scheme of guide sleeves cylindrical shell, also can be implemented in by means of the axial length that obviously surpasses the internal diameter of guide sleeves cylindrical shell in the inner region of guide sleeves cylindrical shell 1 and arrange a plurality of support rings 17.
Propose at change scheme: guide sleeves cylindrical shell 1 axial separated into two parts ground is implemented according to Fig. 2.The cylindrical ridge of the composite flanged structure by moulding in the end regions that axially, radially is fixed on cylindrical sector of composite sliding sleeve and the integrated molding of composite flanged structure carries out.For axial retention proposes: on joint 28 with two composite sliding sleeve form fit ground, power ordinatedly or material fit ground connect.The kayser of particularly advantageous moulding on peripheral direction, form fit connects.
In the other make of the present invention, alternatively propose: the metallic support cover is set in the zone line of composite sliding sleeve.This metallic support cover can be manufactured to coils band, for example by rolling volume and welding and/or making by clenching interlock (Chlichin), and the end regions with the composite sliding sleeve after engaging is pressed on the hole wall of steel flange closely, realizes the as far as possible little hole tolerance of composite sliding sleeve thus.
According to the additional embodiments of clutch release bearing-guiding device of the present invention, in this embodiment, contained structure 2 forms by inserting cover shown in Fig. 3, and this insertion cover is presented in the clutch separation flange 18.The insertion cover that is used to form contained structure 2 and is provided with is made (especially coiled and form) by sheet material.Be similar to foregoing embodiment, this inserts cover and forms sleeve edges area B 1, B2, on this sleeve edges area B 1, B2 by keeping structure UR1, UR2 suspend end face edge region S 1, the S2 of guide sleeves cylindrical shell 1.
Inserting on the cover 2 chimeric pawl 19,20 under the structure, by the chimeric pawl 19,20 of this time also at chimeric guide sleeves cylindrical shell 1 on the center region inner radial direction between end face edge region S 1, the S2.In addition, inserting structure screens pawl 21 on the cover 2, engagement positio shown here is located in the insertion mouth that provides by clutch separation flange 18 by this screens pawl 21.
Inserting cover 2 is preferably made by steel.Insert cover 2 and can be made for the plate of coiling, wherein, preferably the joint of this plate is connected to each other.This connection can realize by melting welding seam or solder joint.This connection also can realize by the linkage structure (especially firmly grasp structure or clench occlusion structure in addition) of constructing other.
Be similar in conjunction with the embodiment of Fig. 2 describedly, guide sleeves cylindrical shell 1 can be divided into two ring-type element ground structure.The ring-type element 1a on the left side and the ring-type element 1b on the right can be connected to each other by weld or abutting edge mutually.Also may be as described herein, overlap the 2 incompatible realization screens structures that match with inserting, in this screens structure engagement positio that two guide sleeve element 1a, 1b maintenances is shown here.
Can in the zone line of composite sliding sleeve, be provided with the metallic support cover.This metallic support cover can be manufactured to the coiling band, for example by roll the volume and the welding and/or by clenching interlock manufacturing, and the end regions with the composite sliding sleeve after engaging is pressed on the hole wall of steel flange closely, realizes the as far as possible little hole tolerance of composite sliding sleeve thus.
Possible in addition is wherein, can realize and will fix by engaging on steel flange by means of the composite sliding sleeve 31 and 32 of steel bushing 31 engagings.
The 4th embodiment according to clutch release bearing-guiding device of the present invention shown in Figure 4.Be similar to aforesaid embodiment, guide sleeves cylindrical shell 1 is chimeric from descending by following chimeric wall S respectively in the zone of end face terminal part S1, the S2 of guide sleeves cylindrical shell 1 in this embodiment.In this embodiment, the chimeric wall S of this time keeps structure UR1, UR2 to provide by sleeve edges area B 1, B2 are deformed into.
Construct screens structure 21 once more inserting on the cover 2, can will insert stop on cover 2 rigging position shown here by this screens structure 21.In this embodiment, this screens structure is embodied as the screens pawl, and this screens pawl forms by the bending ram of the respective section of the shell of insertion cover 2.In addition, provide annular convex shoulder 22, clutch release bearing-guiding device is determined to the degree of depth of holding in the member (being clutch separation flange 18 here) that pushes by this annular convex shoulder 22 by inserting cover 2.
Guide sleeves cylindrical shell 1 can and/or also be put together by a plurality of ring-type elements by a plurality of hull shape elements.These single guide sleeve body member connect mutually by inserting cover 2.The anticreep location of the discrete component of guide sleeves cylindrical shell 1 also automatically produces when guide sleeves cylindrical shell 1 makes up in clutch system.
The 5th embodiment shown in Fig. 5, this embodiment is corresponding with the embodiment according to Fig. 4 basically in its structure.With according to the embodiment of Fig. 4 different be to provide contact pin section 22 by guide sleeves cylindrical shell 1, by these contact pin section 22 guide sleeves cylindrical shells 1 location and holding in the receiving member (being clutch separation flange 18 here) of this insertions cover 2 and locating in inserting cover 2.In order to assemble this change scheme of clutch release bearing-guiding device, at first guide sleeves cylindrical shell 1 is fabricated to the structure of multi-section fraction.Will insert the cover 2 be presented in the clutch separation flange 18 after, the portion's section that is provided with contact pin section 22 of guide sleeves cylindrical shell 1 radially is presented to internally to be inserted in the cover 2, thereby contact pin section 22 sinks to in the space of the corresponding align of inserting cover 2 and clutch separation flange 18.Thus, the guide sleeves cylindrical shell is fixed in the clutch separation flange 18 and inserts in the cover 2.Improve after the guide sleeves cylindrical shell 1 by inserting other guide sleeve body section if desired, inserting cover 2 (as shown here) in sleeve edges area B 1 or B2 deforms, keep structure UR1 or UR2 thereby produce, this maintenance structure UR1 or UR2 form down chimeric wall S respectively, end face edge region S 1, the S2 of this down chimeric wall S and radially outward supporting guide sleeve body 1 chimeric from the back.
By guide sleeves cylindrical shell 1 being divided into the structure that pieces together by at least two shell portion sections, perhaps vertically separately locate by structure at least, can avoid the internal cross section of guide sleeves cylindrical shell 1 to dwindle (especially shrinking) based on the Volume Changes that causes by temperature.Can realize on the cover 2 internal cross section of guide sleeves cylindrical shell basically by inserting cover 2 size in the portion zone and determine within it by according to the present invention the guide sleeves cylindrical shell being suspended to insert by the wall thickness of guide sleeves cylindrical shell 1.Compare with the girth of guide sleeves cylindrical shell, the obviously less absolute dimension that causes owing to temperature fluctuation of the wall thickness experience of guide sleeves cylindrical shell 1 changes.
Clutch release bearing-guiding device according to the present invention preferably includes the steel flange that is fabricated to deformation element, in this steel flange, preferably insert the composite sliding sleeve of fluting, thereby this composite sliding sleeve directly radially and axially is fixed on the columniform section of steel flange.At this, form the axial portion that defines during in assembling with steel flange distolateral at the composite flange of moulding on the side of the close clutch regulator spring of composite sliding sleeve.In order to realize the as far as possible little hole tolerance of composite sliding sleeve, on the composite flange moulding, columniform ridge is by the columniform end section of press fit around steel flange.
A kind of release bearing is proposed in Fig. 4, in this release bearing, the bottom section that steel bushing radially forms by relative configurations and the composite of slotting is slided on the hole wall that is pressed to steel bushing on the end regions by crimped neck (Boerdelkragen).For example steel bushing is by making a concerted effort ordinatedly being press-fitted on the steel flange and/or axially fixing by the engaging on steel flange.But the interconnection technique of material and/or form fit (as screw thread of laser bonding, bonding, punch riveting, roll extrusion etc.) also is admissible.Then steel bushing also can be implemented with smooth cylindrical body form to this.Steel bushing can roll volume, weld and/or form by clenching to be connected to make in deep-draw processes or by band.This is proposed as the change scheme: at the center, hole the steel supporting sleeve is set when needing.
Can realize that the composite sliding sleeve is had kayser contact pin ground to be implemented.After being positioned at steel flange on the steel bushing, seamlessly join to half housing of composite sliding sleeve in the punching press mouth (Freistanzung) of steel bushing and flange by means of its kayser contact pin, wherein, the top of kayser contact pin engages on peripheral direction with steel flange.Simultaneously, release bearing axially is fixed on the steel flange by crimping frame (Boerdelborg).So for radial compaction composite sliding sleeve, the end regions of steel bushing seamlessly is molded on the composite sliding sleeve by for example pressure crimping.