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- the invention relates to both nut assemblies and methods for producing the same.
- the nut assemblies consist of a nut body and a pressure disk.
- the nut body has a drive portion, e.g., a polygonal portion, for engagement with a tool and an abutment region, which can be brought into contact with the supporting surface of the pressure disk arranged captively on the nut body when the nut is tightened.
- the pressure disk has a central opening into which a neck integrally formed on the nut body extends axially at least in part.
- the neck has a projection for forming a captive connection, which projection partially radially overlaps or engages the thrust ring.
- the pressure disk is produced by cold forming, subsequent turning and then hardening and tempering prior to assembly with the nut body.
- the nut body itself has a hexagonal drive portion, as specified in the DIN standard for nuts.
- One object of the present invention is to make the nut assemblies cheaper to manufacture, to reduce and optimize the number of manufacturing steps and, in addition, to reduce the use of material.
- a further object is to increase the transmittable torques while at the same time maintaining or improving the other essential performance characteristics.
- this object is attained at least in part by eliminating the cold forming, turning and hardening and tempering in the manufacture of the pressure disk and instead bringing the pressure disk into its final form by a single forming process prior to assembly with the nut body.
- the forming process is a hot pressing process, which can be carried out in a progressive die.
- the hot pressing process according to the present invention is further characterized in that it includes only a single heating process. It can be particularly advantageous if cooling of the pressure disk after hot forming is defined or controlled, so that the pressure disk is cooled according to a specified time/temperature profile. This makes it possible to produce a microstructure of the pressure disk that is comparable to that obtained by a separate heat treatment, such as “hardening and tempering,” by simultaneous cooling from the heating temperature used in the forming process.
- cooling may be accomplished by air and/or at least a partial use of a liquid medium.
- cooling imparts properties similar to those obtained by hardening and tempering, i.e., material strength comparable to the tempering strength of the conventional production method, which includes a separate hardening and tempering process, as well as the corresponding microstructure. These properties, which are at least approximately equivalent to hardening and tempering, are thus not achieved by an additional heating process but during cooling from a hot forming process, which is required for shaping in any case.
- the nut assembly according to the invention is characterized in that it is not cold-formed, not machined in a chip removing process and not subjected to a separate tempering process.
- the pressure disk is made of steel with a higher carbon content than the 34 CrMo 4 conventionally used for such pressure disks, i.e., 42 CrMo 4 , for example, which is not much more expensive than the former.
- nut assemblies can be improved and at least some of the aforementioned objects of the invention attained, i.e., for example, increasing the transmittable torques, obtaining a more uniform contact pattern as the nut is tightened and improving moment distribution, e.g., by distributing the material more uniformly across the polygon. Costs may also be reduced by reducing the use of material.
- such nut assemblies can have fewer than six, six or more than six force application elements, such as application projections or surfaces.
- the drive portion i.e., the nut body
- these elements differ, according to one inventive feature, from a standard hexagon specified by DIN for such nuts.
- the drive portion is a round external profile, e.g., a hexagonal, octagonal or some other round external profile.
- These round external profiles of the nut member may also take the form of a Torx® profile or a Torx®-like profile.
- Torx® profiles or Torx®-like profiles have thus far been used only in combination with screws, i.e., with internal or external profiles on the screw heads.
- the invention therefore also relates to nuts with a round external profile, e.g., a Torx® or Torx®-like profile, in general and nut assemblies in particular.
- Nuts according to the invention with a round external profile or a Torx® or Torx®-like profile are characterized in that they do not have straight sides connecting the individual axially extending corner edges but round edges with radial indentations or axially extending grooves therebetween.
- these profiles offer substantially greater torque transmission, reduce the radial forces and improve the engagement of tools because the resulting contact pattern during tightening is substantially more uniform.
- This shape improves centering of the tool because e.g., all six elements are actually bearing elements. This is not the case in a standard hexagon configuration where the tool is usually centered along only two or three surfaces.
- a nut assembly especially one of the above-described type, has a dodecagonal configuration.
- FIG. 1 through 8 The invention will now be described in greater detail with reference to FIG. 1 through 8 , in which:
- FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a nut assembly according to the prior art taken along line I-I of FIG. 2 ;
- FIG. 2 is a top view of the nut assembly of FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a nut assembly according to the invention taken along line of FIG. 4 ;
- FIG. 4 is a top view of the nut assembly of FIG. 3 ;
- FIG. 5 illustrates another nut assembly according to the invention in a sectional view taken along line V-V of FIG. 6 ;
- FIG. 6 is a top view of the nut of FIG. 5 ;
- FIG. 7 shows another exemplary embodiment according to the invention in a sectional view taken along line VII-VII of FIG. 8 .
- FIG. 8 is a top view of the nut of FIG. 7 .
- FIGS. 1 and 2 which are also described in German Laid Open Publication 196 50 453, have a nut body 1 with a captive pressure member 2 attached thereto.
- the nut body has a drive portion configured as a hexagon 3 for engagement with a tool.
- the nut body 1 furthermore has an abutment surface 4 , which is brought into contact with the supporting surface 5 of the captive pressure disk 2 on the nut body when the nut is tightened.
- This pressure disk has a central opening 6 into which a neck 7 integrally formed on the nut body extends axially, at least in part.
- the neck has a projection 8 in the form of an expansion 11 , which partly radially overlaps or engages the thrust ring.
- the pressure disk 2 is produced by cold forming prior to assembly with the nut body 1 . Subsequently, at least the supporting surface 5 and the abutment region 9 , with which the pressure disk contacts the rim, are turned. Finally, the pressure disk, which in the prior art consists of 34 CrMo 4 , is hardened and tempered. After assembly of the pressure disk 2 and the nut body 1 , the neck 8 , which initially has a smaller diameter than the central opening, is widened radially outwardly and the pressure disk is thereby secured to the nut body.
- FIGS. 3 to 8 Identical or equivalent parts or contours shown in FIGS. 3 to 8 are provided with the same basic reference numerals.
- the pressure disk 2 a , 2 b and 2 c shown in FIGS. 3 to 8 are formed of steel having a higher carbon content, preferably 42 CrMo 4 , than the pressure disk according to the prior art depicted in FIGS. 1 and 2 .
- These pressure disks 2 a , 2 b and 2 c are brought into their final form using a single forming process, preferably a hot pressing process, and preferably in a progressive die.
- the hot pressing process includes a single heating step.
- the pressure disk is cooled in a defined or controlled manner according to a predetermined time-temperature profile. This defined cooling from the heating temperature used in the forming process produces a microstructure of the pressure disk which is comparable to that obtained by “hardening and tempering.” This can be achieved by controlled cooling by air or by at least partial use of a liquid medium.
- the present contours of the pressure disk i.e.,
- the nut body 1 according to FIG. 3 is formed with six force application elements 12 a in the form of a round external profile. This is a “Torx”®-type or a modified or similar profile.
- the nut body according to FIGS. 5 and 6 has eight force application elements 12 b in the form of a round external profile.
- the ratio of outside diameter A b to core diameter B b is smaller than the ratio in the embodiment depicted in FIGS. 3 and 4 , i.e., less than 1.3. In FIGS. 3 and 4 , the ratio of outside diameter A a to core diameter B a is approximately 1.35.
- the force application elements 12 c are configured as a dodecagon and the ratio of outside diameter A c to core diameter B c is less than 1.2.
- the pressure disk is calibrated in a tool, or directly in front of an assembly tool, at least along edge 13 of the central opening which could come into contact with the nut body when the nut is tightened, but at least a bur that may have been created there is deformed.
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Abstract
A nut assembly comprised of a nut body (1 a) and a pressure disk (2 a) and a method for producing the same. The nut body has a drive portion, such as a polygonal portion, for engaging with a tool and an abutment region that can be brought into contact with the supporting surface of the pressure disk arranged on the nut body in a non-releasable manner. The pressure disk has a central opening into which a neck formed on the nut extends axially at least in part, and the neck has a projection which radially overlaps or engages the thrust ring in order to form the non-releaseable connection.
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- This application is a division of application Ser. No. 11/547,674, now U.S. Pat. No. ______, which is the US national stage of international patent application no. PCT/DE05/000612, filed Apr. 6, 2005, and published in German on Oct. 20, 2005 as WO 2005/098246, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. Priority is claimed based on Federal Republic of Germany patent application no. DE 10 2004 016,979.9, filed Apr. 7, 2004.
- The invention relates to both nut assemblies and methods for producing the same. The nut assemblies consist of a nut body and a pressure disk. The nut body has a drive portion, e.g., a polygonal portion, for engagement with a tool and an abutment region, which can be brought into contact with the supporting surface of the pressure disk arranged captively on the nut body when the nut is tightened. The pressure disk has a central opening into which a neck integrally formed on the nut body extends axially at least in part. The neck has a projection for forming a captive connection, which projection partially radially overlaps or engages the thrust ring.
- In this type of nut assemblies, disclosed, for example, in German Laid Open Publications DE-OS 43 07 090 and 196 50 453 and used particularly to fix wheels or rims to the axles of motor vehicles, especially commercial vehicles, the pressure disk, is produced by cold forming, subsequent turning and then hardening and tempering prior to assembly with the nut body. The nut body itself has a hexagonal drive portion, as specified in the DIN standard for nuts.
- One object of the present invention is to make the nut assemblies cheaper to manufacture, to reduce and optimize the number of manufacturing steps and, in addition, to reduce the use of material. A further object is to increase the transmittable torques while at the same time maintaining or improving the other essential performance characteristics.
- According to the invention, this object is attained at least in part by eliminating the cold forming, turning and hardening and tempering in the manufacture of the pressure disk and instead bringing the pressure disk into its final form by a single forming process prior to assembly with the nut body. According to another feature of the invention, the forming process is a hot pressing process, which can be carried out in a progressive die. The hot pressing process according to the present invention is further characterized in that it includes only a single heating process. It can be particularly advantageous if cooling of the pressure disk after hot forming is defined or controlled, so that the pressure disk is cooled according to a specified time/temperature profile. This makes it possible to produce a microstructure of the pressure disk that is comparable to that obtained by a separate heat treatment, such as “hardening and tempering,” by simultaneous cooling from the heating temperature used in the forming process.
- In a manufacturing process of this type, particularly when the process according to the present invention is used to produce a pressure disk, it is possible not only to eliminate cold forming and turning but also hardening and tempering, which provides substantial cost savings overall compared to conventional manufacturing processes. Defined cooling may be accomplished by air and/or at least a partial use of a liquid medium.
- Defined cooling imparts properties similar to those obtained by hardening and tempering, i.e., material strength comparable to the tempering strength of the conventional production method, which includes a separate hardening and tempering process, as well as the corresponding microstructure. These properties, which are at least approximately equivalent to hardening and tempering, are thus not achieved by an additional heating process but during cooling from a hot forming process, which is required for shaping in any case. As already mentioned, the nut assembly according to the invention is characterized in that it is not cold-formed, not machined in a chip removing process and not subjected to a separate tempering process.
- Thus, according to the invention, after a heating process, the following contours of the pressure disk:
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- outside diameter,
- the abutment region facing away from the nut body; this region may also be concave and serves to contact the rim,
- the central opening, including the contour thereof; the contour serves to hold the pressure disk on the nut and may be radially expanded, e.g., conically flared, toward the abutment region of the pressure disk or may be formed as an undercut,
- the supporting surface provided for contacting the nut body; the supporting surface may be conical—convex—and the conicity thereof may be steeper than that of the abutment region,
- the junction area between the supporting surface and the outside diameter,
are obtained in a single forming process, i.e., by means of a single heating step, in a progressive die, and defined cooling achieves properties comparable to those obtained by hardening and tempering.
- It may be particularly advantageous if the pressure disk is made of steel with a higher carbon content than the 34 CrMo4 conventionally used for such pressure disks, i.e., 42 CrMo4, for example, which is not much more expensive than the former.
- According to other features of the invention, nut assemblies can be improved and at least some of the aforementioned objects of the invention attained, i.e., for example, increasing the transmittable torques, obtaining a more uniform contact pattern as the nut is tightened and improving moment distribution, e.g., by distributing the material more uniformly across the polygon. Costs may also be reduced by reducing the use of material.
- According to advantageous further refinements of the invention, such nut assemblies can have fewer than six, six or more than six force application elements, such as application projections or surfaces. However, if the drive portion, i.e., the nut body, has six force application elements, these elements differ, according to one inventive feature, from a standard hexagon specified by DIN for such nuts. Regardless whether fewer than six, six or more than six force application elements are used, it may be advantageous if the drive portion is a round external profile, e.g., a hexagonal, octagonal or some other round external profile. These round external profiles of the nut member may also take the form of a Torx® profile or a Torx®-like profile. Torx® profiles or Torx®-like profiles have thus far been used only in combination with screws, i.e., with internal or external profiles on the screw heads. The invention therefore also relates to nuts with a round external profile, e.g., a Torx® or Torx®-like profile, in general and nut assemblies in particular. Nuts according to the invention with a round external profile or a Torx® or Torx®-like profile are characterized in that they do not have straight sides connecting the individual axially extending corner edges but round edges with radial indentations or axially extending grooves therebetween. Compared to comparable polygonal profiles, these profiles offer substantially greater torque transmission, reduce the radial forces and improve the engagement of tools because the resulting contact pattern during tightening is substantially more uniform. This shape improves centering of the tool because e.g., all six elements are actually bearing elements. This is not the case in a standard hexagon configuration where the tool is usually centered along only two or three surfaces.
- If, for instance, an octagonal round external profile is used instead of a hexagonal round external profile, it is possible not only to achieve the above-described advantages but also to save on the cost of material because in that case the outside diameter can be further reduced while maintaining at least approximately identical characteristics, since the ratio of outside diameter to inside diameter of the drive portion may be set at less than 1.3 according to the invention, e.g., between less than 1.3 and 1.18, so that even less material is required than for the standard comparable Torx®.
- It may be particularly advantageous if a nut assembly, especially one of the above-described type, has a dodecagonal configuration.
- The invention will now be described in greater detail with reference to
FIG. 1 through 8 , in which: -
FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a nut assembly according to the prior art taken along line I-I ofFIG. 2 ; -
FIG. 2 is a top view of the nut assembly ofFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a nut assembly according to the invention taken along line ofFIG. 4 ; -
FIG. 4 is a top view of the nut assembly ofFIG. 3 ; -
FIG. 5 illustrates another nut assembly according to the invention in a sectional view taken along line V-V ofFIG. 6 ; -
FIG. 6 is a top view of the nut ofFIG. 5 ; -
FIG. 7 shows another exemplary embodiment according to the invention in a sectional view taken along line VII-VII ofFIG. 8 , and -
FIG. 8 is a top view of the nut ofFIG. 7 . - Conventional nut assemblies corresponding to
FIGS. 1 and 2 , which are also described in German Laid Open Publication 196 50 453, have anut body 1 with acaptive pressure member 2 attached thereto. The nut body has a drive portion configured as ahexagon 3 for engagement with a tool. Thenut body 1 furthermore has an abutment surface 4, which is brought into contact with the supportingsurface 5 of thecaptive pressure disk 2 on the nut body when the nut is tightened. This pressure disk has acentral opening 6 into which aneck 7 integrally formed on the nut body extends axially, at least in part. To form a captive connection, the neck has aprojection 8 in the form of anexpansion 11, which partly radially overlaps or engages the thrust ring. - First, the
pressure disk 2 is produced by cold forming prior to assembly with thenut body 1. Subsequently, at least the supportingsurface 5 and theabutment region 9, with which the pressure disk contacts the rim, are turned. Finally, the pressure disk, which in the prior art consists of 34 CrMo4, is hardened and tempered. After assembly of thepressure disk 2 and thenut body 1, theneck 8, which initially has a smaller diameter than the central opening, is widened radially outwardly and the pressure disk is thereby secured to the nut body. - Identical or equivalent parts or contours shown in
FIGS. 3 to 8 are provided with the same basic reference numerals. - The
pressure disk FIGS. 3 to 8 are formed of steel having a higher carbon content, preferably 42 CrMo4, than the pressure disk according to the prior art depicted inFIGS. 1 and 2 . Thesepressure disks - During the forming process, the present contours of the pressure disk, i.e.,
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- the
outside diameter 10, - the
abutment region 9 facing away from the nut body, with which the pressure disk contacts the rim and which may also be conical, i.e., concave, - the
central opening 6 including itscontour 11, which is radially expanded toward theabutment region 9 of thepressure disk 2 to hold the pressure disk on the nut, - the supporting
surface 5 provided for contact with the nut body, which is conical or convex and the conicity of which is steeper than the conicity that may be provided on theabutment region 9, - the junction area between the supporting
surface 5 and theoutside diameter 10,
are produced in a single forming process, i.e., by means of a single heating step, and in a progressive die. By defined cooling after or even in the forming die, it is possible to achieve performance characteristics that are comparable to those obtained by hardening and tempering.
- the
- According to a further refinement of the invention, for which
FIGS. 3 to 8 are shown as an example, thenut body 1 according toFIG. 3 is formed with six force application elements 12 a in the form of a round external profile. This is a “Torx”®-type or a modified or similar profile. - The nut body according to
FIGS. 5 and 6 has eightforce application elements 12 b in the form of a round external profile. The ratio of outside diameter Ab to core diameter Bb is smaller than the ratio in the embodiment depicted inFIGS. 3 and 4 , i.e., less than 1.3. InFIGS. 3 and 4 , the ratio of outside diameter Aa to core diameter Ba is approximately 1.35. - In
FIGS. 7 and 8 the force application elements 12 c are configured as a dodecagon and the ratio of outside diameter Ac to core diameter Bc is less than 1.2. - In a further step according to the invention, prior to assembly with the nut body the pressure disk is calibrated in a tool, or directly in front of an assembly tool, at least along
edge 13 of the central opening which could come into contact with the nut body when the nut is tightened, but at least a bur that may have been created there is deformed. - The foregoing description and examples have been set forth merely to illustrate the invention and are not intended to be limiting. Since modifications of the described embodiments incorporating the spirit and substance of the invention may occur to persons skilled in the art, the invention should be construed broadly to include all variations within the scope of the appended claims and equivalents thereof.
Claims (16)
1. A nut assembly comprising an assembled nut body and a pressure plate which are rotatable relative to each other, said nut assembly having a drive portion for engaging a tool, and a contact region which can be brought into contact with a support surface of a pressure plate non-releasably arranged on the nut body, said pressure plate having a central aperture into which a neck formed integrally on the nut body axially extends at least partially, wherein in order to form the non-releasable connection the neck has an extension which partially overlaps or engages behind the pressure ring, and wherein the pressure plate is formed of a steel having a higher carbon content than 34 CrMo4.
2. A nut assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure plate has been brought to its final form by a single forming operation before assembly with the nut body.
3. A nut assembly according to claim 1 , wherein said drive portion comprises a polygonal body.
4. A nut assembly comprising an assembled nut body and a pressure plate which are rotatable relative to each other, said nut assembly having a drive portion for engaging a tool, and a contact region which can be brought into contact with a support surface of a pressure plate non-releasably arranged on the nut body, said pressure plate having a central aperture into which a neck formed integrally on the nut body axially extends at least partially, wherein in order to form the non-releasable connection the neck has an extension which partially overlaps or engages behind the pressure ring, and wherein the pressure plate is composed of 42 CrMo4.
5. A nut assembly according to claim 4 , wherein the pressure plate has been brought to its final form by a single forming operation before assembly with the nut body.
6. A nut assembly according to claim 4 , wherein said drive portion comprises a polygonal body.
7. A nut assembly assembled from a nut body and a pressure plate which are rotatable relative to each other, said nut assembly having a drive portion for engaging a tool and a contact region which can be brought into contact with the pressure plate arranged un-releasably on the nut body, said pressure plate having a central aperture into which a neck formed integrally on the nut body axially extends at least partially, wherein the neck comprises an extension which partially radially overlaps or engages behind the pressure ring, and wherein the drive portion of the nut body comprises fewer than six or six or more than six force engaging elements, and insofar as the drive portion has six force engaging elements, these deviate from a standard hex.
8. A nut assembly according to claim 7 , wherein said drive portion comprises a polygonal body.
9. A nut assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the drive portion is a round exterior profile.
10. A nut assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the drive portion comprises eight force engaging elements.
11. A nut assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the drive portion comprises twelve force engaging elements.
12. A nut assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the drive portion has a Torx® profile.
13. A nut assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the drive portion of the nut assembly has an outer diameter and an inner diameter, and the ratio of the outer diameter to the inner diameter is less than 1.3.
14. A nut assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the drive portion of the nut assembly has an outer diameter and an inner diameter, and the ratio of the outer diameter to the inner diameter of the drive portion is less than 1.2.
15. A nut assembly according to claim 7 , wherein before assembly of the pressure plate with the nut body, the pressure plate is deformed in a calibrated manner in a tool or immediately before an assembly tool at least at the edge of the central opening which during assembly could come into contact with the nut body.
16. A nut assembly according to claim 15 , wherein a burr formed at the edge of the central opening of the pressure plate is removed in the calibrated deformation of the plate.
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