US20040237707A1 - System for coupling a toothed starter ring to a support connected to the output shaft of an internal combustion engine - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a system for coupling a toothed starter ring to a support connected to the output shaft of an internal combustion engine, in which system the support has a substantially cylindrical peripheral surface adapted to receive the ring and the ring has a substantially cylindrical inside peripheral surface complementary to the substantially cylindrical peripheral surface of the support and is adapted to cooperate with a rotor of a starter motor of the internal combustion engine.
- the starter toothed ring is conventionally shrink-fitted, screwed or welded to its support, without leaving the ring any degree of freedom, in accordance with standard practice in the gearing art.
- the support of the starter ring is generally the flywheel, or a member forming part of an assembly serving as a flywheel, of the internal combustion engine, and rotates with the latter.
- a ring fixed to its support in this way is of satisfactory reliability. It is capable of withstanding and providing a number of engine starts of the order of 20 000 to 60 000, which is generally sufficient given the service life and average conditions of use of a vehicle.
- FR-A-788 061 discloses a coupling system of the aforementioned type in which the ring is slidably mounted on an annular soundproofing material facing fixed to the cylindrical peripheral surface of the flywheel. Forces are transmitted between the ring and the flywheel either by a radial rubber ring glued to respective complementary radial faces of the ring and the flywheel or by rubber fingers engaged in notches on respective cylindrical peripheral surfaces of the flywheel and the ring.
- a coupling system of the above kind in which the whole of the ring can turn on its axis relative to the flywheel, cannot increase the service life of the aforementioned conventional system and does not have the required reliability.
- the objects of the present invention are to remedy the drawbacks of conventional coupling systems known in the art and to propose a coupling system of the aforementioned type in which the ring is capable of withstanding a number of engine starts corresponding to the new figures indicated hereinabove, combined if possible with a significant reduction in noise level.
- the invention provides a system for coupling a starter toothed ring to the peripheral part of a support connected to the output shaft of an internal combustion engine, the support including a substantially cylindrical peripheral surface adapted to receive the ring and the ring including a substantially cylindrical inside peripheral surface complementary to the peripheral surface of the support and adapted to cooperate with a rotor of a starter motor of the internal combustion engine, the axial faces of each tooth of the ring including, if necessary, a self-lubricating coating, wherein the complementary substantially cylindrical peripheral surface of the ring is fixed over at least part of its extent to the substantially cylindrical peripheral surface of the support in such a manner that the ring can deform slightly in the radial direction toward the shaft to reduce the maximum stresses exerted on the ring during a starting operation.
- the damping effect spectacularly increases the service life of the starter ring and that of the gear, which service life can correspond to a minimum of approximately 200 000 engine starting cycles.
- FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic elevation view of an internal combustion engine flywheel including a starter toothed ring fixed to a peripheral part of the flywheel by a coupling system constituting one embodiment of the invention.
- FIGS. 2A, 2B and 2 C are diagrammatic views in axial section of a coupling system constituting one embodiment of the present invention, with the ring respectively shrink-fitted (FIGS. 2A and 2B) and welded (FIG. 2C) to the flywheel, the ring and the flywheel being offset axially in FIG. 2A to make the FIG. 2A clearer.
- FIGS. 3A and 3B are views respectively similar to those of FIGS. 2A and 2C but corresponding to a different embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a diagrammatic view similar to that of FIG. 2C of another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a view similar to that of FIG. 4 showing a further embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a view similar to that of FIG. 5 showing a variant of the embodiment shown in FIG. 5.
- FIG. 7 is a view similar to that of FIG. 5 showing another variant of the embodiment shown in FIG. 5.
- FIG. 8 is a view similar to that of FIG. 1 of another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 9 is a highly enlarged diagrammatic view in cross section taken along the line VII-VII in FIG. 2C, for example, of a tooth of a toothed ring fixed by a coupling system constituting an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 shows diagrammatically an internal combustion engine flywheel 1 including a starter toothed ring 2 fixed to a peripheral part 3 of the flywheel 1 .
- the flywheel 1 is conventionally mounted on an output shaft 4 of an internal combustion engine (not shown).
- the shaft has an axis 5 .
- teeth 6 on a rotor 7 of a starter motor (not shown) mesh with teeth 8 on the ring 2 to drive rotation of the ring 2 and the flywheel 1 .
- a coupling system 9 according to the invention for coupling the starter toothed ring 2 to the peripheral part 3 of the support connected to the output shaft 4 of the internal combustion engine is described hereinafter in the simple and commonest situation in which the starter ring 2 is fixed directly to the peripheral part 3 of the flywheel 1 .
- the coupling system 9 according to the invention can be mounted and used identically on any support connected to the output shaft 4 of an internal combustion engine.
- the peripheral part 3 of the flywheel 1 adapted to receive the ring 2 has a shape in radial section in any radial plane corresponding substantially to an inside angle that is substantially a right angle, with a substantially cylindrical peripheral surface 10 for fixing the ring 2 to the flywheel 1 and a radial surface 11 of contact between the ring 2 and the flywheel 1 ;
- the inside peripheral part 12 of the ring 2 adapted to be fixed to the flywheel 1 has a shape in radial section complementary to the shape of the peripheral part 3 of the flywheel 1 , corresponding substantially to an outside angle that is substantially a right angle, with a substantially cylindrical inside peripheral surface 13 complementary to the peripheral surface 10 and adapted to be fixed over at least a part of its extent to the peripheral surface 10 of the flywheel 1 , and a radial surface 14 complementary to the radial surface 11 and adapted to be at least partly in contact with the radial surface 11 of the flywheel 1 ;
- the complementary peripheral surface 13 of the ring 2 is fixed over at least a part of its extent to the peripheral surface 10 of the flywheel 1 , at least in the region of the complementary peripheral surface 13 at the greatest distance from the radial surface 14 of the ring 2 , in such a manner that the ring 2 can deform slightly in the radial direction toward the shaft 4 when starting the engine and the complementary radial surface 14 of the ring 2 can slide slightly along the radial surface 11 of the flywheel 1 .
- the ring 2 has an annular part 15 extending axially beyond the teeth 8 in the axial direction 16 away from the complementary radial surface 14 and toward the rotor 7 and the ring 2 is fixed to the flywheel 1 at the axial end 17 of the annular part 15 .
- the axial end 17 includes an inner flange 18 projecting radially inward toward the axis 5 and delimited internally by a cylindrical internal peripheral surface 23 adapted to be in contact with the peripheral surface 10 of the flywheel 1 and to be fixed thereto.
- This embodiment is preferably shrink-fitted to the flywheel 1 , as shown in FIG. 2B.
- peripheral surface 23 of the axial end 17 of the annular part 15 is fixed to the peripheral surface 10 of the flywheel 1 by a weld 19 .
- the remainder of the complementary substantially cylindrical surface 13 is shaped so that it is radially spaced from the cylindrical surface 10 of the flywheel 1 to impart the required radial flexibility to the ring 2 .
- the region 14 a of the complementary radial surface 14 of the ring 2 adapted to be in contact with the radial surface 11 of the flywheel 1 extends radially a short distance from the circular edge 20 constituting the corresponding corner of the axial section of the ring as shown in the figures, i.e. the bottom right-hand corner.
- the region 11 a of the radial surface 11 of the flywheel 1 adapted to be in contact with the region 14 a of the ring extends radially a short distance from the peripheral surface 10 so that it comes into sliding contact with the region 14 a of the complementary radial surface 14 of the ring 2 which has a small radial dimension.
- the radial surface 11 is therefore extended by a widely flared conical surface 21 which has the same axis 5 . This facilitates fitting the ring 2 to the flywheel 1 .
- a thin coating 22 of a material facilitating sliding contact between the radial surface 11 and the complementary radial surface 14 , for example an elastomer or a plastomer, fixed to the radial surface 11 of the flywheel 1 is shown diagrammatically in FIG. 2A, in which its axial dimension is greatly exaggerated to make the figure clearer.
- the complementary inside peripheral surface 13 of the ring 2 has an axial dimension that preferably corresponds substantially to that of the teeth 8 .
- the ring 2 is fixed, for example welded or shrink-fitted, to the flywheel 1 in the region 23 of the complementary peripheral surface 13 at the greatest distance from the complementary radial surface 14 .
- the ring 2 further includes an annular groove 24 starting from the surface 25 delimiting the ring 2 in the axial direction 16 toward the rotor 7 , away from the complementary radial surface 14 , and extending axially toward the complementary radial surface 14 over a part of the axial dimension of the ring 2 .
- the region 23 shown in FIG. 3A has an axial dimension sufficient to enable the ring 2 to be shrink-fitted to the surface 10 of the flywheel 1 .
- the ring 2 is fixed to the flywheel 1 by a weld 19 at the axial end of the region 23 opposite the complementary radial surface 14 .
- the contact region 11 a of the radial surface 11 of the flywheel 1 is radially outside the peripheral surface 10 , and extends a short distance in the radial direction. It carries a thin elastomer or plastomer coating 22 enabling sliding contact with the region 14 a of the complementary radial surface 14 of the ring 2 .
- the flywheel 1 does not extend radially outward beyond the region 11 a , and the ring is therefore entirely free to deform when starting the engine.
- the flywheel includes an intermediate annular metal member 26 to which the ring 2 is fixed in any conventional way, for example screwed, shrink-fitted or welded.
- the intermediate annular member 26 includes the complementary inside peripheral surface 13 and the complementary radial surface 14 .
- the intermediate annular member 26 is fixed to the flywheel 1 at its axial end at a distance from the complementary radial surface 14 as if the intermediate member 26 were an integral part of the ring 2 . It is fixed to the flywheel 1 in any manner known in the art.
- the intermediate member 26 has a greater length in the axial direction than the ring 2 . It is fixed to the flywheel 1 by a weld 19 at its axial end 17 at a distance from the complementary radial surface 14 .
- the flywheel 1 includes an annular ring 27 of a deformable material, for example an elastomer or plastomer, extending axially along the complementary peripheral surface 13 of the ring 2 .
- the ring 27 is glued or stuck by any means known in the art to the peripheral surface 10 of the flywheel 1 on one side and to the peripheral surface 13 of the ring 2 on the other side.
- the annular ring 27 necessarily has sufficient thickness to impart to the ring 2 sufficient freedom of deformation relative to the flywheel 1 to obtain the effects sought by the present invention.
- an elastomer or plastomer coating 22 is fixed to the radial surface 11 , for example, to enable sliding contact with the complementary radial surface 14 of the ring 2 .
- the annular ring 27 a has an L-shaped radial section and includes a radial wall 32 stuck to the radial surface 11 of the support 1 on one side and to the complementary radial surface 14 of the ring 2 on the other side.
- the ring 27 a can therefore be easily made by pressurized injection of the elastomer into the L-shaped space between the support 1 and the ring 2 .
- the peripheral part 3 of the flywheel 1 comprises only the cylindrical surface 10 , with no radial wall.
- the conventional radial wall 11 serves both to locate the ring 2 accurately on the flywheel 1 during fabrication of the flywheel and to absorb some of the axial force transmitted by the rotor 7 of the starter motor to the ring 2 when starting the engine. This is known in the art.
- the ring 2 In the absence of the conventional wall 11 , the ring 2 must be fixed to the support by means adapted to absorb all of the axial force.
- a visco-elastic material annular ring 27 is stuck to the peripheral surface 10 of the flywheel 1 on one side and to the peripheral surface 13 of the ring 2 on the other side.
- the ring 2 includes the annular groove 24 described above.
- the annular ring 27 can also be made of metal in the embodiment described below with reference to FIG. 8.
- the ring 2 is preferably fixed to the flywheel 1 only in peripheral sectors 28 (FIG. 1) regularly distributed about the axis 5 of the flywheel 1 , leaving free the diametrally opposite sectors 29 corresponding to the compression stroke of an internal combustion engine equipped with the flywheel concerned and/or the diametrally opposite sectors 30 corresponding to the expansion stroke of the engine, the sectors 29 and 30 being readily identified relative to the top dead center position conventionally marked on every flywheel. This applies especially in the case of welding (see FIG. 1) or shrink-fitting (see FIG. 6).
- FIG. 1 embodiment relates to a four-cylinder engine and this figure shows four fixing sectors 28 at the ends of two perpendicular axes, each compression or expansion sector 29 , 30 being situated between two adjacent fixing sectors 28 .
- a different number of sectors 28 could be used, for example six sectors 28 for a three-cylinder engine or a V6 engine.
- the peripheral surface of the flywheel 1 has a recess 31 level with each of the two sectors 29 corresponding to the two compression areas and/or with each of the two sectors 30 corresponding to the two expansion areas.
- the recesses 31 are formed by any manner known in the art, and take the form of flats, for example which are formed during molding or by milling, or grooves of any peripheral shape.
- the ring 2 which is not locked to the flywheel at the level of the recesses 31 , has an additional radial flexibility which reduces the stresses and the wear to which the ring is usually exposed in the sectors 29 and 30 corresponding to the compression and expansion areas.
- All the embodiments described impart flexibility to the ring in the radial direction toward the axis 5 , without excluding flexibility in other directions.
- the shape of the radial section of the ring is designed to enable the ring to withstand the stresses caused by the fixing mode adopted. In any event, those stresses are exerted in a non-hardened stress area because the hardened area which includes the teeth extends inward only approximately 1 millimeter below the teeth.
- the coupling system connects the ring to the flywheel or its support, that coupling concerning at least partly the outside peripheral surface 10 of the flywheel 1 and the inside peripheral surface 13 of the ring 2 .
- the coating 37 can obviously also coat the surface 38 between two adjacent teeth 8 (see FIG. 1) or be limited to the faces 35 and 36 .
- a coating of the above kind is known in the art. It can, for example, be a sliding varnish of the SDA® type sold by TECHNIQUES SURFACES® and applying solid lubricants to the surface of the treated parts, such as molybdenum bisulfide, in a thermosetting matrix based on epoxy, phenolic, silicone, etc. resins, alone or in a mixture.
- a coating of the above kind can be formed by spraying, for example, or by dipping or by centrifugal means on surfaces that have received an appropriate surface treatment beforehand.
- a coating of the above kind can instead be the result of a surface treatment known as SULF BT® from TECHNIQUES SURFACES TS®, carried out by anodic electrolysis in a bath of molten salts based on alkaline thiocyanates.
- the treatment forms a microlayer of iron sulfide totally interleaved with the base metal on the treated surfaces and having a thickness from approximately 7 microns to approximately 8 microns.
- a self-lubricating coating of the above kind can obviously be associated with lubrication with an appropriate oil or grease applied by any appropriate lubrication means known in the art, as symbolized at 39 in FIG. 9, for example a nozzle for spraying droplets of oil 40 .
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In a system for coupling a toothed starter ring to a support connected to the output shaft of an internal combustion engine, a complementary substantially cylindrical peripheral surface of the ring is fixed over at least a part of its extent to a substantially cylindrical peripheral surface of the support in such a manner that the ring can deform slightly in the radial direction toward the shaft to reduce the maximum stresses exerted on the ring during a starting operation.
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- 1. Field of the Invention
- The present invention relates to a system for coupling a toothed starter ring to a support connected to the output shaft of an internal combustion engine, in which system the support has a substantially cylindrical peripheral surface adapted to receive the ring and the ring has a substantially cylindrical inside peripheral surface complementary to the substantially cylindrical peripheral surface of the support and is adapted to cooperate with a rotor of a starter motor of the internal combustion engine.
- 2. Description of the Prior Art
- The starter toothed ring is conventionally shrink-fitted, screwed or welded to its support, without leaving the ring any degree of freedom, in accordance with standard practice in the gearing art.
- The support of the starter ring is generally the flywheel, or a member forming part of an assembly serving as a flywheel, of the internal combustion engine, and rotates with the latter.
- A ring fixed to its support in this way is of satisfactory reliability. It is capable of withstanding and providing a number of engine starts of the order of 20 000 to 60 000, which is generally sufficient given the service life and average conditions of use of a vehicle.
- However, starting an engine by the starter motor driving the starter ring and its support generates noise at an overall level greater than 90 decibels, and all parties involved, manufacturers and users, want a significant reduction in that level.
- What is more, in the short- or medium-term, the fight against atmospheric pollution caused by the operation of internal combustion engines runs the risk of imposing the “stop/go” practice of stopping the engine of a vehicle when the vehicle is stopped, either at a red traffic light or because of a traffic jam.
- In the case of vehicles used intensively in towns, this practice runs the risk of increasing the aforementioned number by a factor of at least four to six. In this case, a starter ring would have to withstand at least 200 000 engine starts, if not 250 000 or 300 000, and perhaps many more.
- FR-A-788 061 discloses a coupling system of the aforementioned type in which the ring is slidably mounted on an annular soundproofing material facing fixed to the cylindrical peripheral surface of the flywheel. Forces are transmitted between the ring and the flywheel either by a radial rubber ring glued to respective complementary radial faces of the ring and the flywheel or by rubber fingers engaged in notches on respective cylindrical peripheral surfaces of the flywheel and the ring.
- A coupling system of the above kind, in which the whole of the ring can turn on its axis relative to the flywheel, cannot increase the service life of the aforementioned conventional system and does not have the required reliability.
- The objects of the present invention are to remedy the drawbacks of conventional coupling systems known in the art and to propose a coupling system of the aforementioned type in which the ring is capable of withstanding a number of engine starts corresponding to the new figures indicated hereinabove, combined if possible with a significant reduction in noise level.
- The invention provides a system for coupling a starter toothed ring to the peripheral part of a support connected to the output shaft of an internal combustion engine, the support including a substantially cylindrical peripheral surface adapted to receive the ring and the ring including a substantially cylindrical inside peripheral surface complementary to the peripheral surface of the support and adapted to cooperate with a rotor of a starter motor of the internal combustion engine, the axial faces of each tooth of the ring including, if necessary, a self-lubricating coating, wherein the complementary substantially cylindrical peripheral surface of the ring is fixed over at least part of its extent to the substantially cylindrical peripheral surface of the support in such a manner that the ring can deform slightly in the radial direction toward the shaft to reduce the maximum stresses exerted on the ring during a starting operation.
- Some flexibility and some possibility of radial deformation are therefore imparted to the starter ring, which goes against gearing design rules.
- In a manner that is entirely surprising, this damps the effect of impact on the teeth of the ring exposed to the pressure exerted by the teeth of the rotor of the starter motor on starting the engine.
- The damping effect spectacularly increases the service life of the starter ring and that of the gear, which service life can correspond to a minimum of approximately 200 000 engine starting cycles.
- The noise generated by the support and the starter ring when the rotor of the starter motor meshes with the ring is also reduced by an amount of the order of 5 to 7 decibels.
- Other features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent in the course of the following detailed description, which is given with reference to the accompanying drawings, which are given by way of non-limiting example only.
- FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic elevation view of an internal combustion engine flywheel including a starter toothed ring fixed to a peripheral part of the flywheel by a coupling system constituting one embodiment of the invention.
- FIGS. 2A, 2B and2C are diagrammatic views in axial section of a coupling system constituting one embodiment of the present invention, with the ring respectively shrink-fitted (FIGS. 2A and 2B) and welded (FIG. 2C) to the flywheel, the ring and the flywheel being offset axially in FIG. 2A to make the FIG. 2A clearer.
- FIGS. 3A and 3B are views respectively similar to those of FIGS. 2A and 2C but corresponding to a different embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a diagrammatic view similar to that of FIG. 2C of another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a view similar to that of FIG. 4 showing a further embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a view similar to that of FIG. 5 showing a variant of the embodiment shown in FIG. 5.
- FIG. 7 is a view similar to that of FIG. 5 showing another variant of the embodiment shown in FIG. 5.
- FIG. 8 is a view similar to that of FIG. 1 of another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 9 is a highly enlarged diagrammatic view in cross section taken along the line VII-VII in FIG. 2C, for example, of a tooth of a toothed ring fixed by a coupling system constituting an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 shows diagrammatically an internal
combustion engine flywheel 1 including astarter toothed ring 2 fixed to aperipheral part 3 of theflywheel 1. - The
flywheel 1 is conventionally mounted on anoutput shaft 4 of an internal combustion engine (not shown). The shaft has anaxis 5. To start an internal combustion engine (not shown),teeth 6 on arotor 7 of a starter motor (not shown) mesh withteeth 8 on thering 2 to drive rotation of thering 2 and theflywheel 1. - A
coupling system 9 according to the invention for coupling thestarter toothed ring 2 to theperipheral part 3 of the support connected to theoutput shaft 4 of the internal combustion engine is described hereinafter in the simple and commonest situation in which thestarter ring 2 is fixed directly to theperipheral part 3 of theflywheel 1. - Of course, the
coupling system 9 according to the invention can be mounted and used identically on any support connected to theoutput shaft 4 of an internal combustion engine. - As shown in FIGS. 2A to6, in the
coupling system 9 according to the invention: - the
peripheral part 3 of theflywheel 1 adapted to receive thering 2 has a shape in radial section in any radial plane corresponding substantially to an inside angle that is substantially a right angle, with a substantially cylindricalperipheral surface 10 for fixing thering 2 to theflywheel 1 and aradial surface 11 of contact between thering 2 and theflywheel 1; - the inside
peripheral part 12 of thering 2 adapted to be fixed to theflywheel 1 has a shape in radial section complementary to the shape of theperipheral part 3 of theflywheel 1, corresponding substantially to an outside angle that is substantially a right angle, with a substantially cylindrical insideperipheral surface 13 complementary to theperipheral surface 10 and adapted to be fixed over at least a part of its extent to theperipheral surface 10 of theflywheel 1, and aradial surface 14 complementary to theradial surface 11 and adapted to be at least partly in contact with theradial surface 11 of theflywheel 1; - the complementary
peripheral surface 13 of thering 2 is fixed over at least a part of its extent to theperipheral surface 10 of theflywheel 1, at least in the region of the complementaryperipheral surface 13 at the greatest distance from theradial surface 14 of thering 2, in such a manner that thering 2 can deform slightly in the radial direction toward theshaft 4 when starting the engine and the complementaryradial surface 14 of thering 2 can slide slightly along theradial surface 11 of theflywheel 1. - In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 2A, 2B and2C, the
ring 2 has anannular part 15 extending axially beyond theteeth 8 in theaxial direction 16 away from the complementaryradial surface 14 and toward therotor 7 and thering 2 is fixed to theflywheel 1 at theaxial end 17 of theannular part 15. - In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B the
axial end 17 includes aninner flange 18 projecting radially inward toward theaxis 5 and delimited internally by a cylindrical internalperipheral surface 23 adapted to be in contact with theperipheral surface 10 of theflywheel 1 and to be fixed thereto. - This embodiment is preferably shrink-fitted to the
flywheel 1, as shown in FIG. 2B. - In the embodiment shown in FIG. 2C the
peripheral surface 23 of theaxial end 17 of theannular part 15 is fixed to theperipheral surface 10 of theflywheel 1 by aweld 19. - Outside the regions in which the
ring 2 is fixed to theflywheel 1, the remainder of the complementary substantiallycylindrical surface 13 is shaped so that it is radially spaced from thecylindrical surface 10 of theflywheel 1 to impart the required radial flexibility to thering 2. - In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 2A to2C the
region 14 a of the complementaryradial surface 14 of thering 2 adapted to be in contact with theradial surface 11 of theflywheel 1 extends radially a short distance from thecircular edge 20 constituting the corresponding corner of the axial section of the ring as shown in the figures, i.e. the bottom right-hand corner. - Correspondingly, the
region 11 a of theradial surface 11 of theflywheel 1 adapted to be in contact with theregion 14 a of the ring extends radially a short distance from theperipheral surface 10 so that it comes into sliding contact with theregion 14 a of the complementaryradial surface 14 of thering 2 which has a small radial dimension. Theradial surface 11 is therefore extended by a widely flaredconical surface 21 which has thesame axis 5. This facilitates fitting thering 2 to theflywheel 1. - A
thin coating 22 of a material facilitating sliding contact between theradial surface 11 and the complementaryradial surface 14, for example an elastomer or a plastomer, fixed to theradial surface 11 of theflywheel 1 is shown diagrammatically in FIG. 2A, in which its axial dimension is greatly exaggerated to make the figure clearer. - In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the complementary inside
peripheral surface 13 of thering 2 has an axial dimension that preferably corresponds substantially to that of theteeth 8. Thering 2 is fixed, for example welded or shrink-fitted, to theflywheel 1 in theregion 23 of the complementaryperipheral surface 13 at the greatest distance from the complementaryradial surface 14. Thering 2 further includes anannular groove 24 starting from thesurface 25 delimiting thering 2 in theaxial direction 16 toward therotor 7, away from the complementaryradial surface 14, and extending axially toward the complementaryradial surface 14 over a part of the axial dimension of thering 2. - The
region 23 shown in FIG. 3A has an axial dimension sufficient to enable thering 2 to be shrink-fitted to thesurface 10 of theflywheel 1. - In the FIG. 3B example, the
ring 2 is fixed to theflywheel 1 by aweld 19 at the axial end of theregion 23 opposite the complementaryradial surface 14. - In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the
contact region 11 a of theradial surface 11 of theflywheel 1 is radially outside theperipheral surface 10, and extends a short distance in the radial direction. It carries a thin elastomer orplastomer coating 22 enabling sliding contact with theregion 14 a of the complementaryradial surface 14 of thering 2. - In this embodiment the
flywheel 1 does not extend radially outward beyond theregion 11 a, and the ring is therefore entirely free to deform when starting the engine. - In the embodiment shown diagrammatically in FIG. 4 the flywheel includes an intermediate
annular metal member 26 to which thering 2 is fixed in any conventional way, for example screwed, shrink-fitted or welded. - The intermediate
annular member 26 includes the complementary insideperipheral surface 13 and the complementaryradial surface 14. The intermediateannular member 26 is fixed to theflywheel 1 at its axial end at a distance from the complementaryradial surface 14 as if theintermediate member 26 were an integral part of thering 2. It is fixed to theflywheel 1 in any manner known in the art. - In the embodiment shown, the
intermediate member 26 has a greater length in the axial direction than thering 2. It is fixed to theflywheel 1 by aweld 19 at itsaxial end 17 at a distance from the complementaryradial surface 14. - In the embodiment shown diagrammatically in FIG. 5 the
flywheel 1 includes anannular ring 27 of a deformable material, for example an elastomer or plastomer, extending axially along the complementaryperipheral surface 13 of thering 2. Thering 27 is glued or stuck by any means known in the art to theperipheral surface 10 of theflywheel 1 on one side and to theperipheral surface 13 of thering 2 on the other side. - The
annular ring 27 necessarily has sufficient thickness to impart to thering 2 sufficient freedom of deformation relative to theflywheel 1 to obtain the effects sought by the present invention. - Furthermore, an elastomer or
plastomer coating 22 is fixed to theradial surface 11, for example, to enable sliding contact with the complementaryradial surface 14 of thering 2. - In the embodiment shown in FIG. 6, the
annular ring 27 a has an L-shaped radial section and includes aradial wall 32 stuck to theradial surface 11 of thesupport 1 on one side and to the complementaryradial surface 14 of thering 2 on the other side. - The
ring 27 a can therefore be easily made by pressurized injection of the elastomer into the L-shaped space between thesupport 1 and thering 2. - In the embodiment shown in FIG. 7 the
peripheral part 3 of theflywheel 1 comprises only thecylindrical surface 10, with no radial wall. - The conventional
radial wall 11 serves both to locate thering 2 accurately on theflywheel 1 during fabrication of the flywheel and to absorb some of the axial force transmitted by therotor 7 of the starter motor to thering 2 when starting the engine. This is known in the art. - In the absence of the
conventional wall 11, thering 2 must be fixed to the support by means adapted to absorb all of the axial force. - In the embodiment shown in FIG. 7 a visco-elastic material
annular ring 27 is stuck to theperipheral surface 10 of theflywheel 1 on one side and to theperipheral surface 13 of thering 2 on the other side. - In this embodiment, the
ring 2 includes theannular groove 24 described above. - The
annular ring 27 can also be made of metal in the embodiment described below with reference to FIG. 8. - The
ring 2 is preferably fixed to theflywheel 1 only in peripheral sectors 28 (FIG. 1) regularly distributed about theaxis 5 of theflywheel 1, leaving free the diametrallyopposite sectors 29 corresponding to the compression stroke of an internal combustion engine equipped with the flywheel concerned and/or the diametrallyopposite sectors 30 corresponding to the expansion stroke of the engine, thesectors - This makes it possible to impart additional flexibility to the ring in the
compression sectors 29 andexpansion sectors 30, increasing the damping of the impact effect and of the pressure peak to which theteeth 8 of thering 2 are subjected in thecompression sectors 29 andexpansion sectors 30. - The FIG. 1 embodiment relates to a four-cylinder engine and this figure shows four fixing
sectors 28 at the ends of two perpendicular axes, each compression orexpansion sector sectors 28. A different number ofsectors 28 could be used, for example sixsectors 28 for a three-cylinder engine or a V6 engine. - In the embodiment shown in FIG. 8 the peripheral surface of the
flywheel 1 has arecess 31 level with each of the twosectors 29 corresponding to the two compression areas and/or with each of the twosectors 30 corresponding to the two expansion areas. - The
recesses 31 are formed by any manner known in the art, and take the form of flats, for example which are formed during molding or by milling, or grooves of any peripheral shape. - Accordingly, the
ring 2, which is not locked to the flywheel at the level of therecesses 31, has an additional radial flexibility which reduces the stresses and the wear to which the ring is usually exposed in thesectors - Thus various systems for coupling a
ring 2 to aflywheel 1 have been described. Some of these coupling systems include fixing means as far as possible from the complementaryradial surface 14 of the ring, imparting to the ring 2 a radial flexibility relative to theflywheel 1 which is facilitated by sliding contacts over a generally small radial distance between the complementaryradial surface 14 of thering 2 and theradial surface 11 of theflywheel 1. - All the embodiments described impart flexibility to the ring in the radial direction toward the
axis 5, without excluding flexibility in other directions. - Of course, for each coupling system described, the shape of the radial section of the ring is designed to enable the ring to withstand the stresses caused by the fixing mode adopted. In any event, those stresses are exerted in a non-hardened stress area because the hardened area which includes the teeth extends inward only approximately 1 millimeter below the teeth.
- In all of the foregoing description, the coupling system according to the present invention connects the ring to the flywheel or its support, that coupling concerning at least partly the outside
peripheral surface 10 of theflywheel 1 and the insideperipheral surface 13 of thering 2. - The examples described above show that the term “partly” must be interpreted geometrically and means that the coupling surface extends along a part or over a part at least of the
peripheral surfaces - The coupling systems and the systems for damping the mechanical stresses to which the
teeth 8 of thetoothed ring 2 are subjected described above effectively achieve the stated objective of 200 000 to 300 000 engine starts, and where necessary many more. - We have continued our research and our efforts to make the toothed ring stronger whilst reducing the noise level generated by an engine start.
- We have therefore combined one of the above coupling and damping systems with lubrication of the teeth of the toothed ring by a film of oil or grease deposited in any manner known in the art, for example by sprinkling, by spraying a pressurized jet or by simple contact of the teeth with a contact member coated with oil or grease of any appropriate quality known in the art. Systematic tests of a combination of the above kind of a coupling system and a lubrication system have enabled a toothed ring to achieve more than 800 000 engine starts without the ring or any tooth breaking.
- Alternatively, and as shown diagrammatically in FIG. 9, we have applied a self-lubricating
coating 37 at least to the twoaxial faces tooth 8. The thickness of the coating is greatly exaggerated in the figure to make it clearer. - The
coating 37 can obviously also coat thesurface 38 between two adjacent teeth 8 (see FIG. 1) or be limited to thefaces - A coating of the above kind is known in the art. It can, for example, be a sliding varnish of the SDA® type sold by TECHNIQUES SURFACES® and applying solid lubricants to the surface of the treated parts, such as molybdenum bisulfide, in a thermosetting matrix based on epoxy, phenolic, silicone, etc. resins, alone or in a mixture. A coating of the above kind can be formed by spraying, for example, or by dipping or by centrifugal means on surfaces that have received an appropriate surface treatment beforehand.
- A coating of the above kind can instead be the result of a surface treatment known as SULF BT® from TECHNIQUES SURFACES TS®, carried out by anodic electrolysis in a bath of molten salts based on alkaline thiocyanates. The treatment forms a microlayer of iron sulfide totally interleaved with the base metal on the treated surfaces and having a thickness from approximately 7 microns to approximately 8 microns.
- A self-lubricating coating of the above kind can obviously be associated with lubrication with an appropriate oil or grease applied by any appropriate lubrication means known in the art, as symbolized at39 in FIG. 9, for example a nozzle for spraying droplets of
oil 40. - Of course, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments that have just been described, to which many changes and modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention.
- For example, other means known in the art can be used to facilitate sliding contact between the
regions coating 22. The two regions could also be polished, or a metal or plastics anti-friction material deposited on them. Such means could also be dispensed with. - Instead of having a
peripheral surface 10 of thesupport 1 and aperipheral surface 13 of the ring separated over a part of thesurface 10, there could be a cylindricalperipheral surface 13 on thering 2 and aperipheral surface 10 on thesupport 1 conformed to be radially separated from thesurface 13 over a part of its extent. - Finally, the various embodiments described hereinabove can be combined with each other in any manner.
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1-12 (cancelled)
13. An internal combustion engine flywheel comprising:
a support connected to an output shaft of an internal combustion engine and a starter toothed ring adapted to cooperate with a rotor of a starter motor of said internal combustion engine,
said support having a substantially cylindrical peripheral surface for fixing said ring to said support,
said ring being fixed to said substantially cylindrical peripheral surface of said support over a part of an extent of a substantially cylindrical inside peripheral surface complementary to said peripheral surface of said support,
wherein said complementary substantially cylindrical inside peripheral surface is one of a substantially cylindrical surface of said ring and of a substantially cylindrical inside peripheral surface of an intermediate annular metal member to which said ring is fixed, the remainder of the complementary substantially cylindrical inside peripheral surface being shaped in such a manner that it is radially separated from said substantially cylindrical peripheral surface of said support in order that said ring is deformable in the radial direction toward said shaft to reduce the maximum stresses exerted on said ring during a starting operation.
14. The internal combustion engine flywheel claimed in claim 13 , wherein:
said peripheral part of said support with said substantially cylindrical peripheral surface and a radial surface of contact between said ring and said support has a shape so as to form in radial section an inside angle that is substantially a right angle,
said inside peripheral part of said ring with said complementary substantially cylindrical inside peripheral surface and a complementary radial surface in contact over at least a part of its extent with said radial surface of said support has a complementary shape so as to form in radial section an outside angle that is substantially a right angle, and
said complementary peripheral surface of said ring is fixed over at least a part of its extent to said peripheral surface of said support in such a manner that said complementary radial surface of said ring is slidable along said radial surface of said support.
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