CN1769731A - Clutch with adjustable pack clearance - Google Patents
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The present invention allows for the pack clearance of a clutch pack to be adjusted during the manufacturing process to the proper amount, even if there are variations in friction disc thickness and steel disc thickness. The present invention is an electromagnetic clutch having an adjustable pack clearance arrangement, comprising an output shaft, a pressure plate, and a clutch pack actuated by the pressure plate. The pressure plate and the clutch pack are splined to the output shaft. There is also a clutch housing splined to the clutch pack, which also receives force from the clutch pack when the pressure plate is applied. The pressure plate defines a pack clearance for the clutch pack, and the pack clearance is adjustable by a pack clearance adjusting arrangement.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to the adjusting of the pack clearance of a kind of clutch pack of use in various automobiles are used.
Background technique
The wet clutch friction system is widely used in self shifter and gearbox field.Moment of torsion transmission when several friction disks that most of clutches adopt and several steel disk is alternately arranged provide friction engagement.This structure also is used for brake system.This friction engagement is to realize by the friction engagement that the piston that is arranged in the housing is strengthened between friction disk and the steel disk.This piston in housing engaging position (for example, when exerting pressure) and the cavity neutral line between the disengaging configuration (for example, when release pressure and Returnning spring return piston) move.So-called pack clearance of amount of movement between engaging position and disengaging configuration or " RUN " gap.
When assembly does not mesh, described gap make and each friction disk element of hand over arranging of steel disk elements bonded together between have spacing.This has two effects, and the first makes the friction disk element can be independent of steel disk elements bonded together ground rotation, and it two is the spin losses that reduce in the transmission device.When not having enough spaces between the element that separates, spin loss can cause drag torque.Reduce the efficient of transmission device (or gearbox) like this, and may influence fuel economy.Pack clearance is also influential to engagement time, meshes and occur the length in the necessary moving assembly gap of the secondary piston of moment of torsion transmission completely fully at assembly.Excessive pack clearance causes engagement time longer, and according to the used occasion difference of clutch, it also may influence the performance of transfer unit or gearbox.Along with transmission device and gearbox improvement technically, the minimizing of displacement time can realize.
A recurrent problem is that varied in thickness may appear in used friction disk of clutch pack and steel disk in manufacture process.In case clutch pack is assembled, the variation of two elements thickness may cause the variation of running clearance, influences displacement time and spin loss characteristic.In typical case, realize the pack clearance adjusting by using pad.These pads occupy the exceptional space on the clutch pack, thereby used piston moves a controlled distance to mesh this assembly.
Summary of the invention
The invention enables can be in manufacture process the adjusting part gap to particular value, even if friction disk thickness and steel disk thickness change.The present invention relates to a kind of magnetic clutch with adjustable pack clearance device, it comprises a driven shaft, a pressure plate, and a clutch pack that is triggered by pressure plate.Pressure plate and clutch pack are connected to driven shaft by spline.Described device also has the clutch housing that spline is connected to clutch pack, and when bearing active force on the pressure plate, it accepts the pressure from clutch pack.Pressure plate move axially the pack clearance that has defined clutch pack, and this pack clearance can be regulated by the pack clearance controlling device.
Pack clearance controlling device among first embodiment comprises the pedestal cam with thread inner surface, and it is by the bearings on the driven shaft.This pedestal cam is screwed on the thread plate.When thread plate rotates clockwise or counterclockwise, this pedestal cam will move axially to change the pack clearance of clutch pack along driven shaft.
Pack clearance controlling device among second embodiment comprises the pressure plate with two elements, and wherein first element comprises a series of adjusting backstops, and second element comprises a series of corresponding recesses that hold described backstop.When relative second element is adjusted described first element, skew takes place to regulate described pack clearance between the two elements.
Pack clearance controlling device among the 3rd embodiment is included in the cam disk that first side has the spiral slideway surface, and the pressure plate with the spiral slideway surface that contacts with the spiral slideway surface of described cam disk.Described cam disk can be adjusted on driven shaft, thereby described pressure plate is moved to increase or to reduce pack clearance in the spiral slideway surface.
By following detailed description, more applications of the present invention field will become apparent.Should be appreciated that when describing the preferred embodiments of the present invention, the detailed description and specific examples only are used for illustrative purposes rather than are used for limiting scope of the present invention.
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Can understand the present invention better by following detailed description and accompanying drawing, wherein:
Fig. 1 is the cross sectional view of first preferred embodiment of the invention, and wherein the pedestal cam is screwed in spline not and is connected on the volution of axle, regulates the gap by adjustable spanner.
Fig. 2 is the cross sectional view of second preferred embodiment of the invention, and wherein pressure plate comprises two elements, respectively has the groove of variable depth, by the degree of depth is adjusted with the adjusting part gap.
Fig. 3 is the perspective exploded view according to the pressure plate of second embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 4 is the cross sectional view of third embodiment of the invention, and wherein cam disk is adjusted with the adjusting part gap on driven shaft.
Fig. 4 a is the isometric view on pressure plate overhead cam surface.
Embodiment
Following description of preferred embodiments only is example in itself, rather than intention limits the present invention and application or purposes.
Fig. 1,3 and 4 has described a kind of magnetic clutch or clutch component 10, and it has a ball slideway assembly 12, a pressure plate 14 and is included in clutch pack 16 in the gearbox of vehicle driveline.Can imagine, be shown in other field that the embodiment of the invention among Fig. 1-4a can be used for using clutch.For example, the present invention can be used for manually or automaitc shfit and axletree differential mechanism.The present invention also may be used for other field of the necessary adjusting play of assembly process.For example, must set in the brake and drive system for vehicle with tow of piston stroke in the disk type braker.Adjustable cam described herein promptly can be used for this purpose.
In the trigger process, pressure plate 14 moves to complete trigger position from disengaging configuration.The distance that pressure plate 14 moves is exactly usually said pack clearance or " RUN " gap.When clutch pack 16 did not engage, it was necessary alternately having the pack clearance of appropriate intervals between steel disk of arranging 18 and the friction disk 20.Be necessary to exist this gap reducing or eliminating rotational loss, and the too early wearing and tearing of prevention friction disk 20.
A kind of pack clearance controlling device 11 shown in Figure 1 has a pedestal cam 34 with inner threaded surface, and it is screwed on the thread plate 35.Thread plate 35 is not connected with elementary driven shaft 36, but leans against on the bearing 39, thus and rotation independently of each other between the elementary driven shaft 36.This pack clearance can use adjustable spanner 41 to regulate.When using adjustable spanner 41 to rotate thread plates 35, pedestal cam 34 will in axial direction move, according to the direction difference that thread plate 35 is rotated, between this pedestal cam and the pressure plate 14 or close or further away from each other.Pedestal cam 34 also has the groove 37 that holds the adjustment instrument, when described adjustment instrument is used for thread plate 35 rotations pedestal cam 34 is remained on the appropriate location.Move this pedestal cam 34 and will cause that whole ball slideway assembly 12 in axial direction moves with pressure plate 14.Pressure plate 14 in axial direction moves will change pack clearance.Present embodiment makes just can the adjusting part gap as long as assembled clutch pack 16 and ball slideway assembly 12, and remedies the tolerance of whole system.
A kind of pack clearance controlling device 13 shown in Fig. 2-3 has the pressure plate 14 of being used as two resolution elements; First element 15 comprises that a series of first regulates stop A, B, and C, D and E, its inner circumference around first element 15 is connected repeatedly.Each is regulated stop and has different length each other, from the beginning the shortest A to the longest E, stop length progressively increases.This series first is regulated stop A, B, C, D and E and is leaned against respectively on corresponding recesses A ', B ', C ', D ' and the E ' on second element 17.Corresponding recesses A ', B ', C ', D ' and E ' also connect repeatedly around the excircle of second element 17, and have the different depth that is suitable for holding first element, 15 the above adjusting stop.First element 15 leans against on the clutch pack 16, and second element 17 leans against on the cam disk 30.Because relative first element 15 is adjusted second element 17 in the assembling process, described first regulates stop A, B, C, D and E and corresponding grooves A ', B ', C ', D ' and E ' skew mutually.Element adjustment has each other changed the axial position of first element 15 with respect to second element 17, thereby has changed the pack clearance of clutch pack 16.Because regulate the change in depth of stop, the change amount of pack clearance depends on and adjusts first element 15 and second element 17 how relatively.In the present embodiment, pedestal cam 34 is parts, and pressure plate 14 has identical surface 29 and 31 respectively with cam disk 30, as shown in Figure 1.
Pack clearance controlling device 19 among the 3rd embodiment is shown among Fig. 4 and Fig. 4 a, and the pressure plate 14 that wherein acts on the clutch pack 16 has a helical surface 28, and this surface engages with helical surface 26 on the cam disk 30.
When assembling ball slideway 12 in the manufacture process, can come the adjusting part gap by the cam disk of adjusting on the elementary driven shaft 36 30.Helical surface 28 on the cam disk 30 engages with helical surface 26 on the pressure plate 14.Owing to adjusted cam disk 30, the helical surface 28 on the cam disk 30 is also corresponding to be adjusted.This has changed the position of pressure plate 14 with respect to cam disk 30 and clutch pack 16.Cam disk 30 can be adjusted, thus pressure plate 14 near or described further away from each other clutch pack 16 to increase or to reduce pack clearance.The adjustment of cam disk 30 causes the pack clearance incremental variations, and the incremental variations in gap is based on the quantity of elementary driven shaft 36 upper splines.More spline makes that cam disk can be with littler increment adjustment, thereby more narrow pack clearance becomes possibility.Have the ability of regulating the gap make can friction compensation dish 20 and steel disk 18 manufacture processes in the varied in thickness that may occur.
Description of the invention only is exemplary in essence, and therefore, the variation that does not break away from main idea of the present invention should comprise within the scope of the present invention.This class changes should not be counted as having broken away from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Claims (18)
1. magnetic clutch (10) with adjustable pack clearance device (11,13,23) comprising:
One driven shaft (36);
One pressure plate (14);
Can be at first side and described pressure plate (14) oncoming clutch assembly (16), wherein said pressure plate (14) and clutch pack (16) are connected to described driven shaft (36) by spline;
Be connected to the clutch housing (24) of described clutch pack (16) by spline, it engages on second side with described clutch pack (16), and wherein said pressure plate (14) defines the pack clearance of clutch pack (16); And
One pack clearance controlling device (11,13,19), wherein, described pack clearance is regulated the position of clutch pack (16) relatively by regulate pressure plate (14) in the manufacture process of magnetic clutch (10).
2. magnetic clutch as claimed in claim 1 (10) also comprises:
One pedestal cam (34), it has the thread inner surface that cooperates with thread plate (35), and thread plate (35) is by the bearings on the driven shaft (36); And
Wherein when described thread plate (35) when rotating clockwise or counterclockwise, described pedestal cam (34) will move axially along driven shaft (36), to change the pack clearance of clutch pack (16).
3. magnetic clutch as claimed in claim 1 (10) also comprises:
Described pressure plate (14) has first element (15), its have a series of adjustable stops (A, B, C, D, E); And
Described pressure plate (14) has second element (17), and it has the adjustable stop of holding (A, B, C, D, and a series of corresponding recesses E) (A ', B ', C ', D ', E '), wherein when adjusting first element (15) by relative second element of this pressure plate (17), between first element (15) and second element (17), produce and move, thereby regulate described pack clearance.
4. magnetic clutch as claimed in claim 1 (10) also comprises:
One cam disk (30), it has spiral slideway surface (26) on first side; And
Described pressure plate (14) has the spiral slideway surface (28) that contacts with the spiral slideway surface (26) of cam disk (30), wherein cam disk (30) can be gone up at described driven shaft (36) and adjust, thereby spiral slideway surface (26) movement pressure plate (14) is to increase or to reduce pack clearance.
5. magnetic clutch (10) with variable component gap comprising:
One driven shaft (36);
Be positioned at the clutch pack with pressure plate (14) (16) on the described driven shaft (36);
One ball slideway assembly (12), it operationally links together with the driven shaft (36) with pedestal cam (34) and cam disk (30), described pedestal cam has one or more cam faces (40) in first side, described cam disk (30) has one or more cam faces (40) in first side, and its second side leans against on the described pressure plate (14);
One or more balls (32) remain on the appropriate location by the cam face (40) of pedestal cam (34) and cam disk (30), wherein, when between pedestal cam (34) and the cam disk (30) during relative movement, described pedestal cam (34) and cam disk (30) will be opened along described driven shaft (36) axial separation, build-up of pressure plate (14) is gone up stressed, and engage with clutch pack (16), the pack clearance of wherein said clutch pack (16) can pass through the pack clearance controlling device (11 of combination in the magnetic clutch (10), 13,23) in manufacture process, regulated.
6. magnetic clutch as claimed in claim 5 (10) also comprises:
Described pedestal cam (34) with thread inner surface;
Thread plate (35) by the support of the bearing (39) on the driven shaft (36); And
Described pedestal cam (34) is screwed on the thread plate (35), and wherein when thread plate (35) rotates, pedestal cam (34) will move axially along described driven shaft (36), makes the pack clearance of clutch pack (16) increase or reduce.
7. magnetic clutch as claimed in claim 5 (10) also comprises:
First element (15) of described pressure plate (14), its have one the cover adjustable stop (A, B, C, D, E); And
Second element (17) of described pressure plate (14), it has a cover and holds described adjustable stop (A, B, C, D, and corresponding recesses E) (A ', B ', C ', D ', E '), wherein, relative second element (17) described first element of adjustment (15) causes between first element (15) and second element (17) and axial displacement occurs, thereby regulates described pack clearance.
8. magnetic clutch as claimed in claim 5 (10) also comprises:
Described cam disk (30), it has spiral slideway surface (26); With
Described pressure plate (14), it has the spiral slideway surface (28) that contacts with the spiral slideway surface (26) of cam disk (30), wherein, adjust cam disk (30) by going up at driven shaft (36), pressure plate (14) will move axially along driven shaft (36), cause to produce between described cam disk (30) and the described pressure plate (14) and move, thereby regulate described pack clearance.
9. clutch component (10) with adjustable pack clearance comprising:
Be assemblied in the clutch pack (16) on the driven shaft (36);
Apply a pressure plate (14) of active force to described clutch pack (16);
Be connected to the cam disk (30) of described driven shaft (36) by spline, its first side has one or more cam faces (40), and second side contacts with pressure plate (14);
The pedestal cam (34) that rotates freely around driven shaft (36), it has one or more cam faces (40) in first side, cam face (40) complementation on described cam face and the cam disk (30), wherein, when clutch component (10) engaged, first side of described cam face (40) operationally engaged with described one or more cam faces (40) of cam disk (30); And
Be integrated in the pack clearance controlling device (11 in the described clutch component (10), 13,23), be used to regulate described pack clearance, wherein, when pedestal cam (34), will cause cam disk (30) and pressure plate (14) to produce axial displacement, and apply active force to clutch pack (16) when relatively rotating with respect to cam disk (30).
10. the clutch pack (16) with pack clearance controlling device (11) as claimed in claim 9, wherein, described device comprises the thread plate (35) that leans against on bearing (39) and the described pedestal cam (34), described Bearing Installation is on described driven shaft (36), and described pedestal cam has the thread inner surface that is screwed on the thread plate (35).
11. pack clearance controlling device as claimed in claim 10 (11) wherein, makes pedestal cam (34) move the pack clearance of the described clutch pack of can regulate (16) vertically by rotating basis cam (34) on described thread plate.
12. the clutch pack (16) with pack clearance controlling device (13) as claimed in claim 9, wherein, described device comprises pressure plate (14), it has first element (15) and second element (17), has a series of adjusting backstop (A, B around described first element (15) internal surface on described first element, C, D, E), have on described second element a series of grooves around described second element (17) internal surface (A ', B ', C ', D ', E ').
13. pack clearance controlling device as claimed in claim 12, wherein, the series of recesses on described second element (17) (A ', B ', C ', D ', E ') be used to hold adjusting backstop on described first element (15) (A, B, C, D, E).
14. pack clearance controlling device as claimed in claim 12 (13), wherein, adjust described first element (15) by described relatively second element (17), described first element (15) will move to regulate described pack clearance along described driven shaft (36) with respect to described second element (17).
15. the clutch pack (16) with pack clearance controlling device (23) as claimed in claim 9, wherein, described device comprises cam disk (30), and this cam disk has the corresponding spiral slideway surface (26) that contacts with the spiral slideway surface (28) of described pressure plate (14).
16. pack clearance controlling device as claimed in claim 15 (23), wherein, when described driven shaft (36) is gone up the described cam disk of adjustment (30), described spiral slideway (28) on the described pressure plate (14) and the described spiral slideway (26) on the described cam disk (30) move axially build-up of pressure plate (14) along driven shaft (36), thereby regulate described pack clearance.
17. clutch component as claimed in claim 9 (10), wherein, described pedestal cam (34) operationally engages with described cam disk (30) by a series of balls (32), and described ball is remained on the appropriate location by described one or more cam faces (40) of described one or more cam faces (40) of described cam disk (30) and described pedestal cam (34).
18. clutch component as claimed in claim 17 (10), it is characterized in that, when described pedestal cam (34) during with relative rotation of described cam disk (30), described series of balls (32) is along described one or more cam faces (40) rotation of the described one or more cam faces (40) and the described cam disk (30) of described pedestal cam (34).
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