EP2914878A1 - Engrenage épicycloïdal - Google Patents

Engrenage épicycloïdal

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Publication number
EP2914878A1
EP2914878A1 EP13812180.1A EP13812180A EP2914878A1 EP 2914878 A1 EP2914878 A1 EP 2914878A1 EP 13812180 A EP13812180 A EP 13812180A EP 2914878 A1 EP2914878 A1 EP 2914878A1
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Prior art keywords
sun gear
planet
epicyclic gearing
shaft
gear
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German (de)
English (en)
Inventor
Santhosh RAMAKRISHNAN
Thangavelu CHINNAMUTHU
Gopinath NEELAKANTAN
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Valeo India Pvt Ltd
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Valeo India Pvt Ltd
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16H—GEARING
    • F16H57/00—General details of gearing
    • F16H57/08—General details of gearing of gearings with members having orbital motion
    • F16H57/082—Planet carriers
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02N—STARTING OF COMBUSTION ENGINES; STARTING AIDS FOR SUCH ENGINES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F02N15/00—Other power-operated starting apparatus; Component parts, details, or accessories, not provided for in, or of interest apart from groups F02N5/00 - F02N13/00
    • F02N15/02—Gearing between starting-engines and started engines; Engagement or disengagement thereof
    • F02N15/04—Gearing between starting-engines and started engines; Engagement or disengagement thereof the gearing including disengaging toothed gears
    • F02N15/043—Gearing between starting-engines and started engines; Engagement or disengagement thereof the gearing including disengaging toothed gears the gearing including a speed reducer
    • F02N15/046—Gearing between starting-engines and started engines; Engagement or disengagement thereof the gearing including disengaging toothed gears the gearing including a speed reducer of the planetary type
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02N—STARTING OF COMBUSTION ENGINES; STARTING AIDS FOR SUCH ENGINES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F02N11/00—Starting of engines by means of electric motors

Definitions

  • the invention relates to an epicyclic gearing, in particular for use in an engine starter for a motor vehicle. It is known to use epicyclic gearings to adapt the rotational speed of one load shaft as a function of a driving or motor shaft.
  • the epicyclic gearing comprises a sun gear for example attached to an electric motor, three or four planet gears, regularly placed around the sun gear and meshing with said sun gear, and & ⁇ circular ring gear, surrounding the precedent gears and meshing with the planet gears, which lay be attached to the load.
  • the invention has for object an epicyclic gearing, in particular for a combustion starter, comprising:
  • a ring gear surrounding the sun gear, characterized in that it further comprises two planet gears meshing with the sun gear, spaced from their neighbour by an approximately 180° rotation around the sun gear, and meshing with the ring gear.
  • the epicyclic gearing according to the invention may also present one or more of the following characteristics, taken separately and/or in combination.
  • the planet gears rotate each around a planet shaft carried by a common planet shaft carrier, and in that said planet shaft carrier comprises a central plate featuring an elongated central portion, two circular holes at the far ends of the central plate and two ring portions delimiting at least the radially most outward half of the circular holes.
  • Said central portion may have an elliptic shape, a convex polygonal shape, a rectangular shape, or a hexagonal shape. It may be made of a cut metal plate.
  • the planet gears comprise a cylindrical axis housing in which an axis shaft of the planet gear is destined to be inserted, and the axis housing comprises on its inner peripheral wall a lubricant guiding groove, extending axially from one side of the planet gear to the other.
  • the lubricant guiding groove may tilted so as to form an Archimedes' screw to increase lubricant circulation.
  • the planet shafts may then be solidly bound to the planet shaft carrier and the planet gears placed directly on said planet shafts so as to rotate on the planet shafts.
  • the invention also has for object the associated starter for a combustion engine, comprising an electric motor configured to set a first shaft in motion, characterized in that it comprises an epicyclic gearing as previously described.
  • the invention also has for object an epicyclic gearing, in particular for a combustion motor starter, comprising- '
  • a ring gear surrounding the sun gear, characterized in that it further comprises two planet gears meshing with the sun gear, spaced from their neighbour by an approximately 180° rotation around the sun gear, and meshing with the ring gear.
  • FIG. 1 is a partial exploded view of a starter comprising an epicyclic gearing according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 shows a planet shaft carrier according to the invention
  • FIG. 3 is an axial view of a central plate for the shaft carrier of figure 2
  • FIG. 4 is an axial view of a planet gear for an epicyclic gearing according to the invention.
  • FIG 1 is partially depicted an exploded view of a starter for a combustion engine comprising an epicyclic gearing 1.
  • the shown epicyclic gearing 1 comprises a sun gear 3, a ring gear 5, and two planet gears 7.
  • the sun gear 3 is placed in the centre of the epicyclic gearing 1, and bound to a first shaft 8, for most encased in an electric motor 9 of the starter and hence only partially visible on figure 1.
  • This first shaft 8 is set in motion by the electric motor 9.
  • the two planet gears 7 are placed on opposite sides of the sun gear 3, at an angle of approximately 180° one from the next around the sun gear 3.
  • the two planet gears 7 mesh with the sun gear 3, so that the rotation of the first shaft 8 causes rotation of the planet gears 7.
  • the planet gears 7 are in particular only two, with an angle of approximately 180° between each in rotation around the sun gear 3.
  • the ring gear 5 surrounds the meshing sun gear 3 and planet gears 7. It possesses gear teeth on the inside of the ring it forms, which mesh with the planet gears 7 on their side opposite to the region meshing with the sun gear 3, which is the radially most outward part of said planet gears 7.
  • the reduction factor of the rotational speed is given by the ratio between the radii of the sun 3 and planet 7 gears.
  • the planet 7 gears may be fashioned bigger in radius than in the state of art epicyclic gearings with three or more planet gears 7, since more free space is available per planet gear in the gearing 1. A larger range of reduction factors is thus available.
  • the planet gears 7 feature each a housing 11 in which is inserted a planet shaft 13.
  • the planet shaft 13 is cylindrical and the corresponding housing 11 matches its form and dimensions.
  • the planet shafts 13 are carried by a planet shaft carrier 15.
  • a planet shaft carrier 15 is shown in more detailed fashion in figure 2, shown in perspective view.
  • the carrier 15 comprises a central plate 17, at the extremities of which are placed the planet shafts 13, inserted in holes 23 and protruding so that at assembling the planet shafts 13 merge in the housing 11 of the planet gears 7.
  • the planet shaft > carrier 15 is bound in rotation with a second shaft 19 which is in this particular example the load shaft, as the motor shaft is the first shaft 8 connected on one hand to the sun gear 3 and on the other to the electric motor 9.
  • Said motor 9 drives the first shaft 8 at a relatively high rotating speed, and the gearing 1 transmits the rotational movement with a reduced speed to the second shaft 19, but with an increased torque, for example to start a combustion engine.
  • the second shaft 19 is the motor 'shaft, while the first shaft 8, bound to the sun gear 3, is the load shaft.
  • FIG 3 is represented a particular embodiment of the central plate 17 for the planet shaft carrier 15.
  • the central plate 17 of the planet shaft carrier 15 essentially comprises an elongated central portion 21, here in elliptic shape. At the far ends of the central portion 21, two circular holes 23 are made, in which the planet shafts 13 merge.
  • convex elongated forms such as convex polygons, such as rectangles, hexagons and the like.
  • an important part, at least the radially further part, of the perimeter of the circular holes 23 is delimited by a ring portion 25, said ring portion 25 having a roughly constant thickness.
  • Such a central plate can in particular be easily obtained by cutting or stamping a metal sheet or plate with the appropriate contour.
  • FIG. 4 shows a particular embodiment of a planet gear 7 according to a particular aspect of the invention.
  • the pianet gear 7 compri s ⁇ s_ here_a_s_et__ of peripheral grooves -27- on the inner peripheral wall of the housing 11 for the planet shafts 13.
  • the peripheral grooves 27 are here of triangular section, pointing outwards in radial direction. They extend on the whole axial length, from one side of the gear 7 to the other.
  • Said peripheral grooves act as lubricant pathway so as to allow a better lubrication of both the planet shafts 13 and the planet shaft carrier 15, which can otherwise, as experiments showed, block and damage the gearing 1.
  • the grooves 27 act as an Archimedes' screw to increase lubricant circulation.

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Abstract

L'invention porte sur un engrenage épicycloïdal (1), destiné en particulier à un démarreur de moteur à combustion, comprenant : un pignon planétaire (3), un premier arbre (8), fixé au pignon planétaire (3) et tournant avec ledit pignon planétaire (3), une couronne (5), entourant le pignon planétaire (3), caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend en outre deux pignons satellites (7) engrenés avec le pignon planétaire (3), espacés de leur voisin par une rotation d'environ 180° autour du pignon planétaire (3), et engrenés avec la couronne (5).
EP13812180.1A 2012-11-01 2013-10-31 Engrenage épicycloïdal Withdrawn EP2914878A1 (fr)

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PCT/IN2013/000674 WO2014068598A1 (fr) 2012-11-01 2013-10-31 Engrenage épicycloïdal

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