JPH1172121A - Key connecting structure, manufacture thereof and engine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent dislocation of a woodruff key, inserted in a woodruff key seat of a rotary shaft, from a normal insertion position according to action of a rotor, in a key connecting structure. SOLUTION: In a key connecting structure 12 connecting a rotor 10 to a rotary shaft 1 unable to relatively rotate, in the rotary shaft 1, a first woodruff key seat 15 is formed, a second key seat 16 inserted through in an axial direction is formed in the rotor 10, and over the first/second key seats 15, 16, a woodruff key 17 as viewed by side surface is inserted. In a part positioned in the first key seat 15 in the woodruff key 17 at least one side surface, a punch hole 19 is engraved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a key connecting structure for connecting a rotating body to a rotating shaft so that they cannot rotate relative to each other, and a method of manufacturing the same.
And an engine having the key connection structure.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a key connecting structure for connecting a rotating body to a rotating shaft such that the rotating body cannot be relatively rotated, a half-moon keyway is formed on the outer periphery of the rotating shaft, and a keyway penetrating in the axial direction is provided on the inner periphery of the rotating body. It is known that a half-moon-shaped key is formed and a semi-moon-shaped key is inserted in a side view over the half-moon-shaped keyway on the rotating shaft side and the straight through-type keyway on the rotating body side.

[0003]

In such a conventional key connection structure, a key is provided with a half space between the half-moon key and the inner surface of the half-moon key groove. This facilitates the work of fitting into Therefore, when the rotating body is fitted in the axial direction with respect to the rotating shaft, the half-moon key is rubbed on the inner surface of the keyway on the rotating body side, and from a predetermined insertion position in the half-moon keyway on the rotating shaft side. It may be shifted in the axial direction. Therefore, fitting the half-moon key at a predetermined position is a time-consuming operation.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has as its object to prevent a half-moon key inserted into a half-moon key groove of a rotating shaft from deviating from a predetermined insertion position. .

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a key connecting structure for connecting a rotating body to a rotating shaft such that the rotating body cannot rotate relative to the rotating shaft. One keyway is formed, a second keyway penetrating the rotating body in the axial direction is formed, and over the first and second keyways,
A half-moon key is inserted in a side view, and a punch hole is stamped in at least one side surface of the half-moon shape of the key located in the first keyway. According to this key connection structure, since the return of the periphery of the punch hole stamped on the side surface of the half-moon key is caught by the first key groove of the rotating shaft, the half-moon key moves in the first key groove in the axial direction. As a result, it is possible to prevent the half-moon key from deviating from the predetermined insertion position in the first key groove due to the operation of the rotating body.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the punch hole is formed at a central portion in the longitudinal direction of the side surface of the half-moon key, that is, at a central portion in the axial direction of the rotating shaft or the rotating body. ing. According to this key connection structure, even if the half-moon key is inserted in the first key groove with the front-rear direction reversed, the state in which the half-moon key is engaged with the first key groove is the same, so the insertion direction should be considered. And the half-moon key can be inserted into the first key groove, and the assembling work of the key connecting structure becomes easy.

A third aspect of the present invention is directed to a method of manufacturing a key connecting structure for connecting a rotating body to a rotating shaft so that the rotating body cannot rotate relative to each other. Forming a second keyway penetrating the rotating body in the axial direction, inserting a half-moon shaped key across the first and second keyways in a side view, and at least one side of the half-moon shape of the key A punch hole is formed by a punch stamping machine at a portion located in the first key groove in the above. According to the method of manufacturing the key connection structure, it is possible to prevent the position of the half-moon key from the first keyway in the key connection structure only by forming the punch hole on the side surface of the half-moon key with a punch stamping machine.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the end of the crankshaft of the engine and a rotating body fixed thereto are connected by the key connecting structure according to the first or second aspect. According to this engine, the half-moon key that connects the rotating body fixed to the end of the crankshaft of the engine with the key is formed on the first end of the crankshaft.
It is possible to prevent displacement from the keyway.

[0009]

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a partial longitudinal sectional view of an engine having a key connection structure according to an embodiment of the present invention. A crankshaft 1 to which a piston (not shown) is connected is rotatably supported by a crankcase 2 via a bearing 3 (only one bearing in the axial direction is shown). One end of the crankshaft 1 is an end face of the crankcase 2. Projecting from. A clutch mounting part 4 and a tapered part 5 following the clutch mounting part 4 are formed at one end of the crankshaft 1, and a screw hole 6 extending in the axial direction is formed at the shaft end.

A starter driving gear 9 integrally formed with an inner ring 8a of a cam type one-way clutch 8 is mounted on the clutch mounting portion 4 via a needle bearing 7, and a taper portion 5 rotates a balancer (not shown). A boss 11 of the driven balancer driving gear 10 is non-rotatably connected via a key connection structure 12, and the boss 11 is connected to a bolt 14 screwed into the screw hole 6 via a washer 13.
It is pressed by the tapered portion 5 and is prevented from falling off. The balancer is for suppressing vibration caused by reciprocation of the piston, and is rotatably supported by the crankcase 2. The outer race 8c of the one-way clutch 8 is formed integrally with the boss 11 of the balancer drive gear 10.

The starter drive gear 9 is driven to rotate by an electric starter (not shown).
From the inner ring 8a of the one-way clutch 8, the clutch element 8
and transmitted to the balancer drive gear 10 via the outer ring 8c and from the boss 11 to the crankshaft 1 via the key connection structure 12. When the rotation speed of the crankshaft 1 becomes equal to or higher than the release rotation speed by starting the engine, the engagement of the one-way clutch 8 with the starter drive gear 9 is released.

As shown in FIG. 2A, the key connection structure 12 has a half-moon-shaped first keyway formed on the outer periphery of one end of the crankshaft 1 serving as a rotation shaft. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2B, a second keyway 16 is formed in the inner periphery of the boss 11 of the balancer driving gear 10 as a rotating body so as to penetrate linearly in the axial direction. When,
As shown in FIG. 2C, the half-moon shaped key 1 inserted over the first key groove 15 and the second key groove 16 in a side view.
7 is provided. As shown in FIG. 3, a punch hole 19 is stamped in a portion of one half-moon-shaped side surface of the key 17 located in the first key groove 15 at a central portion in the length direction L. The punch holes 19 may be stamped on both sides of the key 17 as necessary.

FIG. 2 shows an assembling procedure for connecting the boss 11 of the balancer driving gear 10 to one end of the crankshaft 1 via the key connecting structure 12. That is, first, as shown in FIG. 2A, the half-moon-shaped key 17 is inserted into the first keyway 15 of the crankshaft 1. Next, FIG.
As shown in (B), the boss 11 of the balancer driving gear 10
The boss of the balancer drive gear 10 is externally fitted to one end of the crankshaft 1 in a state where the second keyway 16 on the inner periphery of the shaft and the key 17 partially projecting from the outer periphery of the crankshaft 1 are aligned in the circumferential direction. As a result, the key 17 is inserted over the first and second key grooves 15 and 16 as shown in FIG.

The punch hole 19 is formed in the key 17 by using a punch stamping machine 18 shown in FIG. The punch stamping machine 18 is provided with a work holding member 21 for positioning the key 17 in a position in which the side surface thereof faces upward on the upper surface 20a of the base 20, and the work holding member 21 and the upper surface 20a of the base are provided. A work holding recess 22 is formed therebetween. The upper surface 20a is provided with a pusher 24 for pushing the key 17 into the work holding recess 22. High-pressure air for operation is supplied to the pusher 24 from a high-pressure air source (not shown) via a pipe 25. I have. The key 17 is manually fed from the standby position 26 of the unprocessed key 17 provided on the side of the work holding recess 22 to the front side of the pusher 24 in the direction of the arrow P, and the arc surface of the key 17 is moved backward (backward). ), And pusher 24 is used to hold the work holding recess 2
Pushed into 2.

A support frame 28 is erected on the base 20, and an air cylinder 29 is vertically supported by the support frame 28. A punch 30 is attached to a lower end of a piston rod 29a of the air cylinder 29. Have been. High-pressure air for operation is supplied to the air cylinder 29 from a high-pressure air source (not shown) via a pipe 32. As shown in FIG. 6, the operation of the air cylinder 29 causes the punch 30 to descend through the guide hole 33 provided in the work holding member 21, and punches the punch hole 19 on the side surface of the key 17.

As shown in the sectional view of FIG. 4, an annular return 19a protrudes from the side of the key 7 where the punch hole 19 is stamped, as shown in the sectional view of FIG. This return 19
a, the key 17 is hooked on the first key groove 15 in a state of being inserted into the first key groove 15, so that
The movement of the key 17 in the first key groove 15 is suppressed. Therefore, even if the key 17 is rubbed against the key groove 16 when the balancer drive gear 10 is fitted into the crankshaft 1, the key 17 is not displaced in the axial direction from the first key groove 15.

Further, since the punch hole 19 is formed at the center in the longitudinal direction of the side surface of the half-moon key 17, even if the punch hole 19 is inserted into the first key groove 15 in the front-rear direction, the first key groove is formed. 1
The meshing state for No. 5 is the same. Therefore, it is possible to assemble the key connection structure without considering the direction of the half-moon key 17, and the workability is improved.

[0018]

According to the key connection structure of the present invention, a half-moon-shaped first keyway is formed on the rotating shaft, and a second keyway penetrating in the axial direction is formed on the rotating body. Since a half-moon shaped key is inserted across the two keyways in a side view, and a punch hole is stamped in at least one side face of the half-moon shape of the key located in the first keyway,
Due to the return of the punch hole stamped on the side surface of the half-moon key, the half-moon key is hooked on the first key groove of the rotating shaft, and the movement of the half-moon key in the first key groove is suppressed, It is possible to prevent the half-moon key from deviating from the predetermined insertion position of the first key groove with the operation of the rotating body.

According to the method of manufacturing a key connection structure of the present invention, a half-moon-shaped first keyway is formed on the rotating shaft, and a second keyway penetrating in the axial direction is formed on the rotating body. Insert a half-moon shaped key in a side view over the first and second keyways,
A punch hole is formed on at least one side surface of the half-moon key in the first keyway by a punch engraving machine. Therefore, a punch hole is formed on a side surface of the half-moon key by a punch engraving machine. Just by doing so, it is possible to prevent the half-moon key from being displaced from the first keyway in the key connection structure.

Further, according to the engine of the present invention, since the first keyway is formed at the end of the crankshaft of the engine, the key connecting structure of the invention is provided. It is possible to prevent the half-moon key that unnecessarily connects the rotating body from the key from being displaced from the first keyway formed at the end of the crankshaft.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a part of an engine having a key connection structure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows an assembling procedure of the key connection structure.
(A) and (B) are exploded perspective views of main parts, and (C) is a cross-sectional view.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a half-moon key constituting the key connection structure.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a main part of the half-moon key.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a punch stamping machine used to stamp a punch hole.

FIG. 6 is a schematic side view of the punch stamping machine of FIG. 5;

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Crankshaft (rotating shaft), 10 ... Balancer drive gear (rotary body), 12 ... Key connection structure, 15 ... First keyway, 16 ... Second keyway, 17 ... Key, 18 ... Punching machine, 19: punch hole, 19a: return, L: length direction

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A key connection structure for connecting a rotating body to a rotating shaft such that the rotating body cannot be relatively rotated, wherein the rotating shaft has a first half-moon keyway formed therein, and a second keyway penetrating the rotating body in an axial direction. Is formed, and a half-moon shaped key is inserted in a side view over the first and second keyways, and at least one side surface of the half-moon shape of the key is located in the first keyway. Key connection structure with punched holes. 2. The key connection structure according to claim 1, wherein the punch hole is formed at a longitudinally central portion of a side surface of the half-moon key. 3. A method of manufacturing a key connection structure for connecting a rotating body to a rotating shaft such that the rotating body cannot rotate relative to each other, wherein a first semi-lunar keyway is formed on the rotating shaft, and the first keyway penetrates the rotating body in an axial direction. Forming a two-keyway, inserting a half-moon shaped key in a side view over the first and second keyways, a portion located in the first keyway on at least one side surface of the half-moon shape of the key And a method for manufacturing a key connection structure in which a punch hole is formed by a punch stamping machine. 4. An engine in which an end of a crankshaft and a rotating body fixed thereto are connected by the key connection structure according to claim 1.