JP2009079727A - Power transmission chain and power transmission device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a power transmission chain and a power transmission device improved in not only noise but also durability by eliminating an unfavorable bending angle by taking into account the bending angle from a random array of pitch lengths and pin shapes. <P>SOLUTION: As to the pitch length, there are two kinds of a link L1 of a small pitch length and a link L2 of a large pitch length. As to the pin shape, there are two kinds of a pin P1 having a large curvature of a rolling contact surface and a pin P2 having a small curvature of a rolling contact surface. Relations between link elements and relative rotary angles in relation to various kinds of arrays are analyzed, and the arrays having extremely small relative rotary angles are eliminated. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a power transmission chain, and more particularly to a power transmission chain and a power transmission device suitable for a continuously variable transmission (CVT) of a vehicle such as an automobile.

  As a continuously variable transmission for an automobile, as shown in FIG. 8, a drive pulley (2) provided on the engine side having a fixed sheave (2a) and a movable sheave (2b), a fixed sheave (3b) and a movable sheave (3a) and a driven pulley (3) provided on the drive wheel side and an endless power transmission chain (1) spanned between them, and a movable sheave (2b) (3a) by a hydraulic actuator The chain (1) is clamped with hydraulic pressure by moving it toward and away from the fixed sheave (2a) (3b), and this clamping force makes contact between the pulley (2) (3) and the chain (1). It is known that a load is generated and torque is transmitted by the frictional force of the contact portion.

As a power transmission chain, in Patent Document 1, a plurality of links having front and rear insertion portions through which pins are inserted, a front insertion portion of one link, and a rear insertion portion of another link correspond to the chain width direction. A plurality of first pins and a plurality of second pins that connect the links arranged in a row in a longitudinal direction so as to be fixed to the front insertion portion of one link and movable to the rear insertion portion of another link The first pin that is fitted and the second pin that is movably fitted to the front insertion portion of one link and fixed to the rear insertion portion of the other link are relatively rolled and moved in contact with each other. It is possible to bend in the length direction, and to reduce noise and vibration, two or more types of link pitch length, pin rolling contact surface shape, pin pulley contact position (offset amount), etc. It is proposed that It is.
JP 2006-242374 A

  In the power transmission chain shown in Patent Document 1 above, noise can be reduced by combining a plurality of links having different pitch lengths and pins having different shapes, but the combination of pitch length random and pin shape random Along with this, various sizes of bending angles between adjacent links appear. In general, those having a large bending angle can be disadvantageous in terms of durability, and thus attention has been paid, and it has been considered that there is no disadvantage when the bending angle is small.

  An object of the present invention is to eliminate a undesirable arrangement from a random arrangement of pitch length and pin shape by paying attention to the minimum value of the bending angle, and a power transmission chain that has improved durability as well as noise. It is to provide a power transmission device.

The power transmission chain according to the present invention includes a plurality of links having front and rear insertion portions through which pins are inserted, and links arranged in the chain width direction so that a front insertion portion of one link and a rear insertion portion of another link correspond to each other. A plurality of first pins and a plurality of second pins arranged before and after connecting each other are provided, and the first pin and the second pin are relatively rolled and brought into contact with each other, whereby the links can be bent in the length direction. In addition, in a power transmission chain in which links having different pitch lengths and pins having different pin shapes are combined and randomly arranged, there are two types of pitch lengths, a link L1 having a small pitch length and a link L2 having a large pitch length. Yes, with regard to the pin shape, the long pin (or the pin with a large curvature of the rolling contact surface) P1 and the short pin (or the rolling contact surface with a small curvature) There are two types of emissions) P2, at least one of the sequences shown below but characterized in that it is eliminated, to be excluded sequence,
When the combination of (L1, P1) comes immediately after the chain traveling direction of the combination of (L2, P2), an arrangement followed by (L1, P2), immediately after the chain traveling direction of the combination of (L2, P2) (L1, An arrangement in which the combination of (L1, P2) continues when two combinations of P1) come in succession, and a combination of (L1, P1) comes immediately after the chain traveling direction of the combination of (L2, P2) ( An array followed by a combination of (L2, P2) and an array followed by a combination of (L1, P2) when three (L1, P1) combinations come immediately after the direction of chain travel of the combination of (L2, P2) Has been.

  When two types of link pitch lengths (L1 and L2) and two types of pin shapes (P1 and P2) are combined, (L1, P1), (L1, P2), (L2, P1) and (L2, P2) There are four types of combinations, and the conventional random array was considered to be an array in which all four types appear after each combination because of “random”. However, considering the bend angle between adjacent links, simply making a random arrangement may cause an arrangement that is disadvantageous for durability.

  In the power transmission chain according to the present invention, paying attention to the minimum value of the bending angle, and eliminating the undesirable combination follows, not only the noise is reduced but also the durability is improved. When the bend angle between adjacent links is small, the fact that the deformation is small is advantageous for durability, but the entire rolling contact surface between the pins does not come into contact, so that a load is always applied to a part of the pins. This is disadvantageous for durability. Further, if a combination with a small bending angle continues, a pin that does not bear the clamping force even if it is between the sheave surfaces of the pulley will be disadvantageous in terms of durability.

  Therefore, regarding the pitch length, the link having a small pitch length is L1, the link having a large pitch length is L2, and the pin shape is a long pin or a pin having a large curvature of the rolling contact surface P1, a short pin or a rolling contact surface. When the pin having a small curvature is P2, and the links and pins are randomly arranged, the relative rotation angle (bending angle) between adjacent links is obtained, and when the portion where the bending angle is smaller than a predetermined value is examined, When the combination of (L1, P1) comes immediately after the chain travel direction of the combination of (L2, P2), the sequence followed by (L1, P2), immediately after the chain travel direction of the combination of (L2, P2) ( An array in which the combination of (L1, P2) continues when two combinations of L1, P1) come in succession, and the combination of (L1, P1) immediately after the chain traveling direction of the combination of (L2, P2) (L1, P2) when the combination of (L2, P2) and three (L1, P1) combinations come immediately after the chain traveling direction of the combination of (L2, P2) It is understood that the minimum value of the bending angle can be increased by extracting these sequences and excluding these sequences.

  There are a total of four combinations to be excluded here, and it is best that all four of these are excluded, but if at least one combination is excluded, compared to the conventional one, Durability can be improved. Of course, it is more preferable to exclude not only one of the four combinations but also at least two or at least three.

  In order to eliminate the sequence to be excluded, the combination of (L2, P2) may be replaced with (L1, P1) or the like. However, by changing only the order, the sequence may be excluded from the sequence to be excluded. can do.

  By using two types of link pitch lengths, the period of sound generation is shifted, and the peak of the sound pressure level is reduced. As for the length of the pin, by setting this to two levels, the position in contact with the pulley becomes two levels, and the peak of the sound pressure level is reduced. In addition, the rolling contact surface shape of the first pin and the second pin is such that the locus of the contact position between the first pin and the second pin is an involute curve, and the basic circle radius of the involute is set to two levels. Pressure level peaks are reduced. Regarding pins, the same effect is obtained when the long pin is P1 and the short pin is P2, and when the pin having a large curvature on the rolling contact surface is P1 and the pin having a small curvature on the rolling contact surface is P2. Can do. The first pin and the second pin are usually formed in an involute curved surface in which one of the rolling contact surfaces is a flat surface and the other rolling contact surface is relatively rolling and movable. However, the contact surfaces of the first pin and the second pin may be formed as required curved surfaces.

  One of the first pin and the second pin is fixed to a pin fixing portion provided at a front portion of a front insertion portion of one link and is movable at a front portion of a rear insertion portion of another link The other side is movably fitted into a pin movable part provided on the rear part of the front insertion part of one link and the rear part of the rear insertion part of the other link. It is preferable that it is fixed to a pin fixing part provided in.

  The pin is fixed to the pin fixing portion by, for example, fitting and fixing the inner edge of the pin fixing portion and the outer peripheral surface of the pin by mechanical press-fitting. Alternatively, shrink fitting or cold fitting may be used. The fitting and fixing is preferably performed at the edges (upper and lower edges) of the portion orthogonal to the length direction of the pin fixing portion. After the fitting and fixing, a pre-tension is applied in the pre-tension applying step, so that an appropriate and residual compressive stress is equally applied to the pin fixing portion (pin press-fitting portion) of the link.

  In the power transmission chain according to the present invention, at least one of the first pin and the second pin comes into contact with the pulley to transmit power by frictional force. In a chain in which one of the pins contacts the pulley, one of the first pin and the second pin is a pin that contacts the pulley when the chain is used in a continuously variable transmission ( In the following, the pin is referred to as “first pin” or “pin”, and the other is referred to as the pin that does not contact the pulley (interpiece or strip). "Peace").

  For example, the link is made of spring steel or carbon tool steel. The material of the link is not limited to spring steel or carbon tool steel, and may of course be other steel such as bearing steel. In the link, the front and rear insertion portions may be independent through holes (links with columns), and the front and rear insertion portions may be one through holes (links without columns). Appropriate steel such as bearing steel is used as the material of the pin.

  In this specification, one end side in the length direction of the link is front and the other end side is rear, but this front and rear are for convenience, and the length direction of the link always coincides with the front and rear direction. It doesn't mean that.

  In the above power transmission chain, one of the pins (interpiece) is shorter than the other pin (pin), the end surface of the longer pin contacts the conical sheave surface of the pulley of the continuously variable transmission, It is preferable that power is transmitted by the frictional force due to this contact. Each pulley includes a fixed sheave having a conical sheave surface and a movable sheave having a conical sheave surface facing the sheave surface of the fixed sheave. The chain is sandwiched between the sheave surfaces of both sheaves, and the movable sheave. Is moved by a hydraulic actuator, the distance between sheave surfaces of the continuously variable transmission, that is, the wrapping radius of the chain is changed, and a continuously variable transmission can be performed with a smooth movement.

  The power transmission device according to the present invention includes a first pulley having a conical sheave surface, a second pulley having a conical sheave surface, and power transmission spanned between the first and second pulleys. And a power transmission chain as described above.

  This power transmission device is suitable for use as a continuously variable transmission for a vehicle such as an automobile.

  According to the power transmission chain and the power transmission device of the present invention, the arrangement is optimized from the viewpoint of durability by focusing on the bending angle and excluding the undesired combination following the random arrangement. As a result, noise is reduced and durability is improved only by changing the arrangement without changing the shapes of the links and pins to be used.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the top and bottom refer to the top and bottom of FIG.

  FIG. 1 shows a part of a power transmission chain according to the present invention. The power transmission chain (1) has front and rear insertion portions (12) and (13) provided at predetermined intervals in the chain length direction. A plurality of links (11) (21) and a plurality of pins (first pins) (14) and interpieces (first ones) linking the links (11) (21) arranged in the chain width direction so as to be bendable in the length direction 2 pins) (15). The interpiece (15) is made shorter than the pin (14), and both are opposed to each other with the interpiece (15) disposed on the front side and the pin (14) disposed on the rear side.

  In the power transmission chain (1) of the present invention, as the links (11) and (21), two types of links (11) shown in FIG. 2 and links (21) shown in FIG. 3 are used. As for the cross-sectional shape of the pin (14), two types are used, one shown in FIG. 4 (a) and one shown in FIG. 4 (b).

  In the chain (1), three link rows composed of a plurality of links having the same phase in the width direction are arranged in the traveling direction (front-rear direction) to form one link unit, and the link unit composed of the three rows of link rows is the traveling direction. Are connected to each other. In this embodiment, one link unit includes a link row having nine links and two link rows having eight links.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the front insertion part (12) of the links (11) and (21) has a pin movable part (16) and an interpiece (15) to which the pin (14) is movably fitted. The interpiece fixing part (17) is fixed, and the rear insertion part (13) is an interpiece in which the pin fixing part (18) to which the pin (14) is fixed and the interpiece (15) are movably fitted. It consists of a movable part (19).

  Each pin (14) is wider in the front-rear direction than the interpiece (15), and the upper and lower edges of the interpiece (15) have protruding edges (15a) extending to the respective pins (14) side. ) (15b).

  When connecting the links (11) (21) arranged in the chain width direction, the front insertion part (12) of one link (11) (21) and the rear insertion part (13) of the other links (11) (21) ) And the links (11) and (21) are overlapped so that the pin (14) is fixed to the rear insertion part (13) of one link (11) (21) and the other link (11) (21) is movably fitted to the front insertion part (12), and the interpiece (15) is movably fitted to the rear insertion part (13) of one link (11) (21) and the other It is fixed to the front insertion part (12) of the links (11) (21). Then, the pin (14) and the interpiece (15) are relatively rolled and brought into contact with each other, whereby the links (11) and (21) can be bent in the length direction (front-rear direction).

  At the boundary between the pin fixing part (18) of the link (11) (21) and the interpiece movable part (19), the upper and lower concave arcuate guide parts (19a) (19b) of the interpiece movable part (19) Are provided with upper and lower convex arc-shaped holding portions (18a) and (18b) for holding the pin (14) fixed to the pin fixing portion (18). Similarly, at the boundary between the interpiece fixing part (17) and the pin movable part (16), the upper and lower concave arcuate guide parts (16a) and (16b) of the pin movable part (16) are connected to the interpiece fixed part. Upper and lower convex arc-shaped holding portions (17a) and (17b) for holding the interpiece (15) fixed to the portion (17) are provided.

  The locus of the contact position between the pin (14) and the interpiece (15) with respect to the pin (14) is an involute of the circle, and in this embodiment, the rolling contact surface (14a) of the pin (14) Is an involute curve having a base circle of radius Rb and center M in the cross section, and the rolling contact surface (15c) of the interpiece (15) is a flat surface (the cross-sectional shape is a straight line). As a result, when each link (11) (21) moves from the straight region to the curved region of the chain (1) or from the curved region to the straight region, the pin (14) is fixed at the front insertion portion (12). The rolling contact surface (14a) is in contact with the rolling contact surface (15c) of the interpiece (15) while the rolling contact surface (15a) is in contact (including some sliding contact) with respect to the interpiece (15) in the state. In the rear insertion portion (13), the rolling contact surface (15c) is connected to the pin (14) with respect to the pin (14) in a state where the interpiece (15) is fixed in the interpiece movable portion (19). It moves while rolling (including some sliding contact) on the rolling contact surface (14a).

  In this power transmission chain (1), polygonal vibration occurs due to repeated vertical movement of the pin, which causes noise, but the pin (14) and the interpiece (15) move relatively in rolling contact. When the contact position of the pin (14) and the interpiece (15) with respect to the pin (14) is an involute of the circle, both the contact surfaces of the pin and the interpiece are arcuate surfaces As compared with the above, vibration can be reduced and noise can be reduced.

  In order to further reduce noise and vibration, it is preferable to randomly arrange two or more types of links (11) (21) and pins (14) with different shapes. As a result, the sound energy is distributed to different frequency bands, and the peak of the sound pressure level is reduced.

  2 and 3, the portions indicated by reference signs A and B are lines (dots in the cross section) where the pin (14) and the interpiece (15) are in contact with each other in the linear region of the chain (1). The distance between them is the pitch length. The link (11) in FIG. 2 with a larger distance between AB (pitch length) is the link (21) in FIG. 3, and the links (11) and (21) have a smaller pitch length. And large ones are used.

  In FIG. 4, the radius Rb of the involute curve of the pin (14) is 2 between the radius Rb of the involute curve shown in FIG. 4 (a) and the radius Rb of the involute curve shown in FIG. 4 (b). Types are used. These two types of pins (14) can be inserted into either the link (11) with a small pitch length in FIG. 2 or the link (21) with a large pitch length in FIG. Combining the types (hereinafter, “L1” is a small pitch length and “L2” is a large pitch length) and two types of pin shapes (hereinafter, “Pb is a large Rb” and “P2” is a small Rb) Thus, four types of combinations (L1, P1), (L1, P2), (L2, P1) and (L2, P2) are possible.

  The conventional random array is the above-described four types of random arrays, and it was considered that an array in which all of the four types of combinations appear after each combination is good. As a result, as shown in FIG. 5, the line connecting the contact positions of the adjacent first pins (14) is represented by one arrow, and the contact position of the first pins (14) is along the circumferential direction. In contrast to those having an appropriate bending angle (indicated by a circle and a solid line), those having a small bending angle (indicated by a cross and a broken line) appear. As an example of the arrangement in which the bending angle becomes small, there is an arrangement in which (L1, P2) continues when the combination (L1, P1) comes immediately after the chain traveling direction of the combination (L2, P2). If the bending angle is too small, it may cause a decrease in durability. Therefore, it is possible that the random arrangement is not optimal when considering noise and durability. Therefore, paying attention to the minimum value of the bending angle and eliminating the undesired combination that follows, it is possible not only to reduce noise but also to improve durability.

  The array shown in FIG. 6 is obtained by analyzing the relationship between the link element and the relative rotation angle for various arrays, and extracting those having a smaller bending angle in addition to the above, and (a) shows the (L2, P2) An arrangement in which (L1, P2) combination continues when two (L1, P1) combinations come immediately after the chain traveling direction of the combination, (b) is the chain traveling direction of the combination (L2, P2) An array in which the combination of (L2, P2) follows when the combination of (L1, P1) comes immediately after, (c) is the combination of (L1, P1) immediately after the chain traveling direction of the combination of (L2, P2) Is a sequence in which the combination of (L1, P2) continues when three consecutive. All of these have bending angles as shown by broken lines in FIG. 5, and by eliminating these arrangements, it is possible to eliminate those having a bending angle that is a disadvantageous factor for durability. 5 and 6 (a), (b), and (c), the bending angle becomes smaller when continued in this order. For example, the order of the second combination and the third combination is changed. It is possible to solve the problem that the bending angle becomes too small simply by changing.

  In the above, the pin shape is exemplified by the pin P1 having a large curvature of the rolling contact surface and the pin P2 having a small curvature of the rolling contact surface, but even when using two types of long pins and short pins, By setting the long pin to P1 and the short pin to P2, the same bending angle reduction effect as described above can be obtained.

  This power transmission chain (1) is used in the V-type pulley type CVT shown in FIG. 8, and at this time, as shown in FIG. 7, the fixed sheave (2a of the pulley (2) having the pulley shaft (2e) is used. ) And the conical sheave surface of the movable sheave (2b), the end surface of the drive pin (14) is the conical sheave surface of the pulley (2) with the end surface of the interpiece (15) not in contact with the conical sheave surface (2c) (2d). (2c) (2d) is contacted, and power is transmitted by the frictional force caused by this contact.

  When the movable sheave (2b) of the drive pulley (2) at the position indicated by the solid line is moved closer to or away from the fixed sheave (2a), the winding diameter of the drive pulley (2) is indicated by a chain line in the figure. Thus, it is large when approaching and small when separating. Although not shown in the drawing of the driven pulley (3), when the movable sheave moves in the opposite direction to the movable sheave (2b) of the drive pulley (2) and the winding diameter of the drive pulley (2) increases, the driven pulley (2) When the winding diameter of (3) decreases and the winding diameter of the drive pulley (2) decreases, the winding diameter of the driven pulley (3) increases. As a result, on the basis of the state where the gear ratio is 1: 1 (initial value), the winding diameter of the drive pulley (2) is minimum and the winding diameter of the driven pulley (3) is maximum U / D. An (underdrive) state is obtained, and an O / D (overdrive) state in which the winding diameter of the drive pulley (2) is maximum and the winding diameter of the driven pulley (3) is minimum is obtained.

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a part of one embodiment of a power transmission chain according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is an enlarged side view showing a reference shape of a link, a pin and an interpiece. FIG. 3 is an enlarged side view showing the shapes of links having different pitch lengths. FIG. 4 is an enlarged side view showing differently shaped pins. FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the arrangement of the bending angle minimum value appearance portion which is the point of interest of the present invention. FIGS. 6A, 6B and 6C are tables showing sequences to be excluded. FIG. 7 is a front view showing a state in which the power transmission chain is attached to the pulley. FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a continuously variable transmission.

Explanation of symbols

(1) Power transmission chain
(2) (3) Pulley
(2a) (3b) Fixed sheave
(2b) (3a) Movable sheave
(2c) (2d) Conical sheave surface
(11) Link (link with small pitch length)
(12) Front insertion part
(13) Rear insertion part
(14) Pin (1st pin)
(15) Interpiece (2nd pin)
(21) Link (Pitch with long pitch)

Claims (3)

A plurality of links having front and rear insertion portions through which pins are inserted, and a plurality of links arranged before and after connecting links aligned in the chain width direction so that a front insertion portion of one link and a rear insertion portion of another link correspond to each other. The first pin and the plurality of second pins, and the first pin and the second pin are relatively in rolling contact with each other so that the links can be bent in the length direction and have different pitch lengths. In the power transmission chain in which pins with different pin shapes are combined and randomly arranged,
Regarding the pitch length, there are two types, a link L1 with a small pitch length and a link L2 with a large pitch length. Regarding the pin shape, there are two types: a long pin P1 and a short pin P2, and at least one of the following arrangements: Power transmission chain characterized in that one is excluded.
When the combination of (L1, P1) comes immediately after the chain traveling direction of the combination of (L2, P2), an arrangement followed by (L1, P2), immediately after the chain traveling direction of the combination of (L2, P2) (L1, An arrangement in which the combination of (L1, P2) continues when two combinations of P1) come in succession, and a combination of (L1, P1) comes immediately after the chain traveling direction of the combination of (L2, P2) ( An array followed by a combination of (L2, P2) and an array followed by a combination of (L1, P2) when three consecutive combinations of (L1, P1) come immediately after the chain traveling direction of the combination of (L2, P2). A plurality of links having front and rear insertion portions through which pins are inserted, and a plurality of links arranged before and after connecting links aligned in the chain width direction so that a front insertion portion of one link and a rear insertion portion of another link correspond to each other. The first pin and the plurality of second pins, and the first pin and the second pin are relatively in rolling contact with each other so that the links can be bent in the length direction and have different pitch lengths. In the power transmission chain in which pins with different pin shapes are combined and randomly arranged,
Regarding the pitch length, there are two types of link L1 with a small pitch length and a link L2 with a large pitch length. Regarding the pin shape, there are two types: a pin P1 with a large curvature of the rolling contact surface and a pin P2 with a small curvature of the rolling contact surface. And at least one of the following arrangements is excluded: a power transmission chain.
When the combination of (L1, P1) comes immediately after the chain traveling direction of the combination of (L2, P2), an arrangement followed by (L1, P2), immediately after the chain traveling direction of the combination of (L2, P2) (L1, An arrangement in which the combination of (L1, P2) continues when two combinations of P1) come in succession, and a combination of (L1, P1) comes immediately after the chain traveling direction of the combination of (L2, P2) ( An array followed by a combination of (L2, P2) and an array followed by a combination of (L1, P2) when three consecutive combinations of (L1, P1) come immediately after the chain traveling direction of the combination of (L2, P2).   A power transmission chain comprising: a first pulley having a conical surface sheave surface; a second pulley having a conical surface sheave surface; and a power transmission chain spanned between the first and second pulleys. The power transmission device according to claim 1 or 2.

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