CN87104856A

CN87104856A - Generator of bicycle

Info

Publication number: CN87104856A
Application number: CN87104856.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 迪特尔·许尔曼; 贝尔恩德·古德赖特
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1986-07-12
Filing date: 1987-07-11
Publication date: 1988-02-03
Also published as: CS262694B2; JPH0427071B2; JPH01500260A; CS515687A2; WO1988000549A1; HUT46871A; CN1011010B; BR8707380A

Abstract

Bicycle dynamo has a housing of fixing and hold stator and rotor onboard, and rotor can rotate with the driving member of wheel drive.Driving member is rotatably installed in around the wheel shaft, dynamically is connected with crop rotation, but the part of the generator gear group of formation clutch, gear train is not subjected to the rotor that influences of wheel.The driving member and the wheel shaft of generator are concentric, the installation that work does not twist on wheel shaft, and stator and rotor are eccentric relation to wheel shaft.Driving member is made the lid of shell of revolution, and the clutch of tape drive is arranged, and driver can be shifted onto and do transmission between the spoke.

Description

The present invention is relevant with generator of bicycle, and generator has one to hold a stator and the housing that rotor also can be fixed on bicycle, and a driving member that promotes the rotor rotation and driven by cycle wheel is arranged.

This known class generator is stuck installation and is had a steamboat to make driving member at the bicycle car, leans against on the tire and rolls.The shortcoming of such generator is because earth is arranged, or because of ice and snow is arranged, steamboat does not often rotate, and slides on tire, thereby does not have electric current to produce.This possibility also results from generator when the fastening pine that wheel is stuck, so generator is stuck between the spoke, causes accident.

And, have that a wide pressure that is pressed on the tire rolls, also lean against the generator that rolls on the tire and also belong to known.Such generator equally also has the shortcoming of sliding and not producing electric current.

In addition, when using for a long time, the driving member of tire rolling can damage tire.

The basis of problem of the present invention is to propose a kind of generator simple in structure and economic, and its can firmly be installed on bicycle on the one hand, and is can be from cycle wheel on the other hand, but not tire, obtains one all the time and motion transmission the best, produces electric current.

This problem can be installed in driving member on the wheel shaft in mode rotatably, thereby can dynamically be connected and form a part with the wheel work with the gear train of generator clutch, thereby be not subjected to the influence of wheel rotation and drive rotor and produce electric current and be resolved, and be understood that substantive features of the present invention are covered by accompanying whole claim.

The simple structure of generator of the present invention and economy, simple installation on bicycle and firmly.Generator is installed on the wheel shaft by a desirable mode, is preferably on the front axle of bicycle, effectively becomes shaft type (being commonly called as Decorative drum) generator.

For rotatablely moving from wheel to the rotor transmission, a driving member preferably gear or rotation cap driving member are arranged, in wheel shaft, install also in the heart and fixedly connected with crop rotation, or utilize a clutch, do dynamically to be connected with spoke, this driving member depends on the action of wheel, by geared system, to the rotor transferring rotational motion, rotor and wheel shaft have concentric relation or eccentric relation, thereby the transmission that rotatablely moves, betide beyond the tire, thereby can not be subjected to such as earth the infringement of ectocines such as ice and snow, because being connected of the nothing of driving member and wheel twisting, can not produce slip.

Driving member, gear train, stator and rotor are placed on interior and and compact structure of housing formation of shell of an outside seal.

Generator can be by pitching installation on the wheel shaft that links to each other and doing not have fixing of twisting on bicycle with car.And, can also with generator and wheel shaft separately stick and be installed in wheel, then with its gear train, be connected with driving member on being installed in wheel shaft.

This generator can there be difficulty ground easy installation on any bicycle.

Embodiment for example of the present invention hereinafter is described in detail with reference to accompanying drawing, in the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is for being contained in generator the oblique view of the bicycle on the front axle.

Fig. 2 is by being contained in the vertical sectional view of the generator on the wheel shaft.

Fig. 3 is the horizontal cross by same generator.

Fig. 4 is the end view that is installed in another embodiment of generator on the front axle.

Fig. 5 is the front view of generator among Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is the vertical half sectional view by same generator.

Fig. 7 is the end view of generator in the additional embodiment.

Fig. 8 is the cutaway view of Fig. 7 generator along I-I line.

To the generator housing of installing on the cycle wheel, represent with the number of marking on a map 1, dress is preferably on the front axle and wheel shaft 6 a concentric or eccentric stator 2 and rotors 3 in the housing, and rotor 3 is by driving member 4 rotations, and this driving member 4 rotatablely moves from cycle wheel 5 acquisitions.

Driving member 4 be rotatably installed in wheel shaft 6 around, fixing with wheel 5 is connected or not removable connection, forms the part of the clutch gear group 7 of generator, gear train 7 can not be subjected to the vehicle rotation to influence rotary rotor 3.

Hereinafter reference is embodiment in Fig. 2 and 3, in the scheme with generator and its stator 2, rotor 3 and driving member 4, with wheel shaft 6 concentric settings, the whole generating machine is installed on the wheel shaft 6.

Gear train 7 can be provided in a side of the spur gear wheels in the housing 1, and bevel gear group or stroke gear train, driving member 4 must form the part of this gear train and in the scope of axle 6, with take turns 5 do to twist be connected.

In this embodiment, driving member 4 forms a gear, is installed in one heart on the wheel shaft 6, is connected with wheel 5 by driver 8; Driver can be a screw as an example, is screwed on the propeller boss edge 9, or hook and the engagement of propeller boss edge are set on driving member 4, or be inserted between the spoke 10.

In the embodiment of Fig. 2 and 3, in housing 1, be provided with spur gear 7, also have the bearing bracket stand 11 of a U-shaped to install around wheel shaft 6, two leg 11a of U-shaped, 11c length difference, at least one leg, what preferably long leg 11a and housing 1 were done to twist fixes, as an example, the web 11b with U-shaped bearing bracket stand 11 is placed between two horizontal stripes 12 that form on the housing 1.

The short-leg 11c that has a driven gear 13 to be rotatably installed in bearing bracket stand 11 goes up and and driving member 4 engagements.The axle 14 of driven gear 13 reaches on the long leg 11a always, near leg 11a, on the axle 14 travelling gear 15 is set, with gear 16 engagements on the rotor 3 or on every side, so gear 16 and rotor 3 are driven by driven gear 13 and travelling gear 15 by driving member 4, by specific transmission velocity ratio rotation.

Driven gear 13 is done rotatable installation by axle 14, simultaneously can translation on axle 14, thereby it and driving member 4 engagements on a translation position time, and separate with it on another translation position the time, the translation of driven gear 13 makes the gear train 7 can clutch, thereby will take turns 5 rotatablely move and transmit, or stop to transmit to rotor 3.The translation of driven gear 13 is carried out by swingle that stretches out from housing 1 top or swing arm 17, and for example at swing arm 17 shown in Fig. 2 and 3, inclined to one side tab plate 17a of swing arm 17 usefulness is connected with driven gear 13.Realize the translation of gear 13 during hyoplastron 17a rotation.

A startup button 17b is located on the swingle 17, is positioned at the outside of housing 1.

Compression springs 18 that are enclosed within outside the axle 14 are supported between two

gears

13 and 15, and gear 13 is meshed on the transmission position, or keep engagement.

Housing 1 the most handy plastic material is made two parts and streamline shape is arranged.The plastic casing top is porose 19, the pole of wheel fork 20 put in the generator by this hole and and wheel shaft fix.Pole is between driving member 4 and rotor 3.

Cable is represented with the number of marking on a map 21, draws generator from generator unit stator 2, preferably by hole 19, is connected with dynamo lighting set, powers to car light.

Because wheel fork 20 stretches in the shell 1, thereby can make fixing that the whole generating machine does to twist on wheel shaft.

Generator being left wheel shaft 6 install, for example be installed on the wheel fork 20, also is scope of the present invention, so driving member 4 is installed on the wheel shaft 6, driven gear 13 still is connected with driving member 4.In this embodiment, stator 2, rotor 3 and gear 16, discord wheel shaft 6 is concentric, and eccentric with it.

In another typical embodiment of Fig. 4 to 6, basic principle conforms to first embodiment with running, the housing 1 of gear train 7 is done similar fixed installation on wheel shaft 6, stator 2 and rotor 3, in housing, eccentric relation is arranged with wheel shaft 6, driving member 4 is formed by the rotation cap, can do dynamically to be connected or to separate with wheel 5 by clutch part 22.

Housing 1 forms the holding shell of stator 2 and rotor 3, makes the housing of geared system 7 simultaneously again.In addition, this housing 1 has a jewel 23, is located at accepting on the sleeve pipe 24 on the wheel shaft 6 in order to be installed in, and the most handy compression fit is installed, with fixing that axle nut 25 is done to twist.

Have one and wheel shaft 6 that the basic circular disc-shaped housing portion 26 of concentric relation is arranged, stretch around jewel 23, and have a cup-shaped shell portion 27 that is attached thereto, cup-shaped portion have a lid 28 and and wheel shaft 6 eccentric the relation arranged.

In cup-shaped shell portion 27, put stator 2 and the rotor 3 of band winding 2a, rotor 3 is rotatably installed on the one hand, and its rotating shaft 29 is on the one hand in the lid 28 that shell portion is closed of shell portion, on the other hand in shell portion 27.

Driving member 4 has oval basic configuration, rotatably be enclosed within and accept on the sleeve pipe 24, the bearing 30 that antifriction and/or slip are arranged is therebetween used the rotating seal 31 such as rubber seal or labyrinth, and shell portion 26 is made tightening seal.

There is the ring gear 32 to be installed on the driving member 4 and straight-tooth preferably.

There is an axle 34 to be installed in the shell portion 26, in interleave the bearing 33 of antifriction and/or slip, this rotatably supports to be preferably the gear 35 of straight-tooth on 34, gear 35 and gear ring 32 engagements, one second gear 36 is arranged, by and gear 35 concentric relations place this second bigger gear 36 and be installed in gear 37 engagements on the axle 29 of rotor 3.This two

gear

36,37 is helical tooth preferably.

Clutch part 22 is arranged in the top or the inside of the oval-shaped longitudinal end regions of driving member 4, a bolt shape driver 38 and wheel shaft 6 almost parallels are arranged, be fixed on and be installed on the driving member 4 on the conversion swing arm 39, and clutch button E arranged, A preferably will connect button E and be placed on away from the place of changing the swing arm swinging axle.

Driver 38 is carried out driving member 4 and is connected with the dynamic of spoke 10, thus rotatablely moving with rotation driving member 4 starter receiver groups 7.With finger wheel shaft 6 axially on push and connect button E, just driver 38 is shifted onto between the spoke 10, just drive driver 38 during wheel 5 rotations, so driving member 4 rotations.

Gear ring 32 with driving member 4 rotations drives fixed gear 35, thereby by common axle 34, driven wheel 36, gear 36 are rotatably installed in the gear 37 on the armature spindle 29, so rotary rotor 3.

Gear train 7 is by two level works, and it is total that transmission velocity ratio is exemplified as R()=31.

When press...withing one's finger separate button A, driver 38 retreats between spoke 10, so the spoke 10 of generator and front-wheel 5() separate fully.

" company " and " branch " two are shifted one's position, and by spring-loaded bouncing pilotage 40 and so on, lock in lockhole.

A reflective mirror 41 is arranged, the oval longitudinal end relative that is arranged on driving member 4 with clutch 22.This reflective mirror and conversion swing arm 39 that preferably also can be reflective form two rotation luminous points, and this safety to the cyclist is favourable.

The lead of generator is with the form of two plugs 42, is inserted in static shell 1(shell portion 27) in, output line connection headlight and taillight is connected with output line 21.

The effect of accepting sleeve pipe 24 is with generator location on the axle of front-wheel 5, in do in the heart to twist fixing.

During assembling, the action of available minority is installed the sleeve pipe 24 of accepting of generator or insertion on wheel shaft 6, can car pitch 20 and dashboard lower support bar 43 between adjusting, then the specialized nut on the front axle 6 25 is tightened.So just generator is installed in the zone that protection is arranged between car fork 20 and the spoke 10, and does not contact (see figure 4) with car fork and spoke.

The ledge of stationary housings 1, the shell portion 27 of stator 2 and rotor 3 just is in the length of reserving when remaining on the manufacturing on the front axle.

Housing 1 and driving member 4, and

gear

32,35,36,37 usefulness plastic materials are made.

In Fig. 6, the driving member 4 of demonstration, its driver 38 are on position of rotation, and driver 38 promptly rotates 270 ° with respect to Fig. 4 in the scope of stator 2 and rotor 3.

Generator shown in Fig. 7 and 8 replenish the 3rd embodiment, identical with the basic principle of the generator of Fig. 4 and 6, so same parts is represented with the identical number of marking on a map with structure.

Here make an amendment, mainly be to use belt pulley transmission (44 to 47) to replace gear drive.

The basic carriage (basicconsole) that housing 1 best form is the steel body is fixed on the wheel shaft 6 with jewel 23 equally.In housing 1, there is a big toothed belt that has to take turns 45, on armature spindle 29, has a little toothed belt that has to take turns 46 around this jewel 23.There is one toothed belt 44 is arranged, two

toothed belt wheel

45,46 arranged, have an idler roller 47 to keep belt tensions around this.

Driving member 4 has oval basic configuration, is placed with 28 the shell portion 27 of cover on less oval part, wherein places stator 2, and rotor 3 and toothed belt wheel 46 and idler roller 47 are arranged is equipped with the output connection sheet 48 alive of the copper binding post 49 that is used for output line 21.

Clutch part 22 is placed on the pallet of fixing with shell portion 27, establishes drive rod 52 on it, can rotate on an axle, and spring connector 53 is arranged on the drive rod 52.

Big have a toothed belt wheel 45, on the jewel 21 in the plastics system geosphere 54, continue reach, thereby geosphere 54 enters in the shell portion 27, with unit of 27 formation of shell portion.

By clutch part 22, driver 52 is shifted onto between the spoke 10, bicycle dynamo is started.When generator cut out, wheel 5 rotated freely and without any additional burden by normality.

Clutch part 22 is pressed on the compression spring 53, by two positions of indicating, only can enter the state of " company " or " branch ".Driver pallet 50 is connected with clutch part earlier, is connected with the toothed belt wheel then, and driver pallet 50 is by clutch part and toothed belt wheel decision rotation is arranged.

There is toothed belt 44 to drive toothed belt wheel 46 is arranged, thereby promote rotor 3.Transmission velocity ratio becomes i=10 as a result.

Lead to the output line 21 of headlight and taillight,, be connected with the generator circuit by the power supply wiring that hinge is arranged sheet 48 alive.

Earlier counter nut and packing ring are pulled down from axletree 6, thereby generator can be installed on the bicycle.So whole bicycle dynamo can be shifted onto on the wheel shaft 6.With the former counter-sunk screw of having dismantled that generator and wheel shaft 6 is fixing.When bicycle dynamo installs, by fastening nut, with wheel 5 normal mounting on wheel fork 20.

Claims

1, the generator of bicycle use has the housing that can fix and hold a stator and a rotor on bicycle, the driving member driven rotary that rotor is driven by cycle wheel, it is characterized by driving member 4 rotatably be installed in wheel shaft 6 around, thereby can do dynamically to be connected with wheel 5, formation is with the part of the gear train 7 of generator clutch, and gear train is not subjected to the influence of wheel rotation to drive rotor 3 rotations.

2,, it is characterized by and arrange to have stator 2, rotor 3 and the driving member 4 concentric with wheel shaft 6 as the generator in the claim 1.

3, as the generator in claim 1 or 2, it is characterized by driving member 4 is commutating tooth wheels, the part of bevel gear group or planetary gearsets.

4, as any one generator in the claim 1 to 3, it is characterized by that driving member 4 usefulness install with one heart that gear on the wheel shaft 6 forms and be connected with propeller boss edge 9 with the actuator 8 of screw and so on, or on propeller boss edge 9, clamp with hook, or between spoke 10, clamp, with being connected that wheel 5 is done to twist.

5, as any one generator in the claim 1 to 4, it is characterized by gear train 7 is placed on the bearing bracket stand 11, it is fixing and around wheel shaft 6 that bearing bracket stand 11 is done to twist in housing 1, gear train 7, one and driving member 4 engagements are arranged, an and available activation members 17 driven gear 13 that it is separated with driving member 4, a travelling gear 15 and driven gear 13 coaxial arrangement are arranged, can be with driven gear 13 rotations, travelling gear 15 and on rotor 3 or hard-wired on every side gear 16 engagement, driven gear 13 and travelling gear 15 are rotatably installed on common axle 14, these 14 two leg 11a at the different bearing bracket stand 11 of two leg lengths, install between the 11c, its long leg 11a was around wheel shaft 6 when bearing bracket stand 11 was installed, and its U-shaped web 11b is fixed between two horizontal stripes 12 that form on the shell 1.

6, as the generator in the claim 5, it is characterized by driven gear 13 can be installed in to translation on the axle 14, and the starting component 17 that can form with swingle or swing arm, on the position that moves to engagement or separate, there is one driven gear 13 moved on on the gear engagement position, and keep the compression spring 18 of engagement, and be enclosed within on the axle 14, be placed between driven gear 13 and the travelling gear 15.

7, as any one generator in the claim 1 to 6, it is characterized by generator and shell 1 and be installed on the wheel fork 20 that separates with wheel shaft 6, driven gear 13 is connected with driving member 4 on the wheel shaft 6.

8,, it is characterized by stator 2 and rotor 3 and wheel shaft 6 and be installed in prejudicially in 1 shell as the generator in the claim 1.

9, as the generator in the claim 8, it is characterized by shell 1 has the shell portion 26 of a dish shape and is installed in the centre bearing lining 23 of accepting 24 sides of sleeve pipe and do the installation that can not twist, a cup-shaped shell portion 27 that puts stator 2 and rotor 3 is arranged, off-centre forms and covers 28 in disc-shaped housing portion 26, driving member 4 is formed by cap, can and use rotating seal 31 such as rubber seal and labyrinth around wheel shaft 6 rotation, the bearing that has antifriction and/or a slip comes hermetically enclosed disc-shaped housing portion 26.

10, as the generator in claim 8 or 9, it is characterized by in driving member 4 and shell portion 26, have one multistage, the gear train 7 of two-stage preferably, there is a ring gear 32 to be fixed in the driving member 4, axle 34 utilizes and slides and/or antifriction bearing 33, is rotatably installed in the disc-shaped housing portion 26 first gear 35 of one of installation and gear ring 32 engagements and second gear 36 that is installed in gear 37 engagements on the armature spindle 29 on the axle 34.

11, as any one generator in the claim 8 to 10, it is characterized by rotor 3 and on the one hand its axle 29 is rotatably installed on the cap 28, on the other hand with gear 37, be placed in the shell portion 26, electric solderless wrapped connection the end of a thread has two plugs 42 that are inserted in 27 li in shell portion.

12, as any one generator in the claim 8 to 11, it is characterized by driving member 4 an oscillating rod type clutch part 22 is arranged, the bolt shape driver 38 of doing transmission between the spoke 10 that can shift wheel 5 onto is arranged above, locking device 40 of clutch part 22 usefulness is locking driver on the position of engagement or on the position of separating.

13, as any one generator in the claim 8 to 12, it is characterized by the basic configuration that driving member 4 has an ellipse, in a longitudinal end regions of ellipse, a clutch part 22 is set, a reflective mirror 41 is set in the zone of the other end.

14, as any one generator in the claim 1 to 13, it is characterized by the housing 1 that puts stator 2, rotor 3 and gear train 7 and constitute with two parts at least, shell is with the plastic material manufacturing and streamlined is arranged.

15, as claim 1,2, generator in 8 and 9, it is characterized by a contact driver, be arranged in shell 1, shell 1 has big toothed belt wheel 45 being arranged and have a little toothed belt that has that is placed on the armature spindle 29 to take turns 46 that forms in a geosphere 54, and geosphere 54 and shell portion 27 form a unit, there is one to have the tooth driving-belts 44 that have of toothed belt wheel 45,46 rotations to be in the influence of a regulating wheel 47 around two.

16, as the generator in the claim 15, it is characterized by in shell portion 27, have one with tooth belt wheel 45 pallets that are connected 50 are arranged, a clutch 22 is installed on the pallet, is formed also and can on an axle 51, rotate by the drive rod 52 under 53 effects of compression spring system.