WO1997017550A1 - Securing an elongate member in a two-piece housing - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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- F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
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- This invention relates to the securing of an elongate member in a housing; more specifically to a housing for securing an elongate member and to a method of securing an elongate member.
- the elongate member may be secured so that it can rotate about its axis after having been secured (ie the member may be secured in a bearing housing) or the member may be secured so that it is clamped against any movement.
- Bearing housings provide bearing surfaces or bearing supports for rotating shafts, in particular rotating shafts in internal combustion engines.
- One typical application to which the present invention may be suitable is the assembly of a bearing housing for the cam-shaft of a motor vehicle engine. The invention is not however limited to this application.
- a bearing housing comprises two parts. Each part has a semi-circular bearing surface, and the two parts when connected together form a circular surface. Bearing shells can be fitted within the circular surface if required, the circular surface can directly form the bearing surface. A shaft journal rotates within the bearing surface.
- One of the housing parts is normally formed in a larger component, for example a cylinder head or an engine block.
- the other part is a bearing cap which is initially separate from the mating part, but will be attached thereto by suitable bolts or other threaded fasteners.
- FIG. 1 An example of such a traditional bearing housing assembly is shown in Figure 1 where a bearing cap 10 is fitted above a mating part 12, in the form of a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine.
- Figure 1 shows only the centre and one side of the bearing cap.
- the cap 10 has a semi-circular recess 14 and the mating part 12 also has a similar recess 15.
- the two semi-circular recesses 14,15 form a single circular recess.
- a shaft 16 with a cylindrical journal region is to be carried in the bearing housing.
- the shaft 16 is placed in the recess 15 of the mating part 12, and the cap 10 is then placed over it.
- bolts 18 are passed through bores 19 in the cap and are screwed into threaded holes 20 in the mating part 12. Only one bolt and its associated bore and threaded hole are shown in Figure 1. In practice, there will be two such bolts, spaced equidistantly either side of the axis of the shaft 16. When these bolts have been tightened, a bearing housing is formed.
- the shaft 16 can be, for example, a camshaft for a motor vehicle engine.
- a bearing cap 16 is usually manufactured by casting. The casting then requires machining on the semi-circular bearing surface 14, on the joint face 23 which will mate with the mating part 12 and on the surface 24 against which the head 26 of the bolt will abut. In addition, the bores 19 have to be drilled. On the mating part 12 which is also likely to be formed by casting, the surface the joint face 23 has to be machined, and the threaded hole 20 has to be drilled and tapped. There is therefore a significant quantity of machining to be done before the bearing housing can be assembled.
- the invention can also clamp an elongate member so that it cannot move.
- the elongate member may be a small elongate part of a larger member which is not itself generally elongate; for example the elongate member can be a spigot or trunnion attached to a larger body which is to be secured.
- a housing for securing an elongate member comprising a cap and a mating part, wherein the cap and the mating part are secured together, with the elongate member between them, by a sliding joint assembled by relative movement between the cap and mating part in a direction parallel to the axis of the elongate member.
- the sliding joint is preferably a dovetail tenon arrangement.
- the mating part preferably has an undercut track produced in the forming/casting/machining of the mating part, and the cap then has a correspondingly shaped tenon which slides into the undercut track to a position where the cap is securely held in place and radial movement of the cap cannot take place.
- the housing preferably includes means for securing the cap and mating part against further sliding movement. These means may take the form of matching axial tapering forms on the mating part and the cap, so that these parts jam together when the desired extent of sliding movement has taken place. It may however be appropriate for manufacturing cost reasons to make one of the parts (eg the mating part) with a parallel-sided undercut track, with the other part having a tapered form which will jam in the parallel track.
- the mating part and the cap of this assembly require machining on their semi-circular faces and on their faces adjacent and on either side of the semi-circular faces. Further machining is however not required, and at least one of the dovetail faces can be 'as cast' . No holes are required for the fitting of securing bolts.
- the cap can have a head with a domed contour which approximately follows the contour of the semi-circular recess, subject to sufficient material being present between the recess and the head to provide the required stiffness. As a result, the height of the head above the joint face can be less than that of the prior art design which can assist in engine bay packaging.
- the cap can be manufactured as a conventional metal forming or casting.
- the cap could be a plastic moulding or a powder metal sinter formed componen .
- the cap may fit inside or outside the mating part.
- the invention also extends to a method of assembling a housing for securing an elongate member, wherein the elongate member is positioned between a cap and a mating part and the cap is slid axially of the elongate member axis into an undercut region of the mating part, to form a housing between the cap and the mating part.
- the cap or caps can be bearing caps and a set of bearing caps can be positioned relative to the shaft to be journalled by bearings, with the help of a jig, and the whole subassembly can then be offered up to the respective mating parts, for example on an engine block, and assembled in one operation.
- Figure l is a section through a bearing housing assembly in accordance with the prior art
- Figure 2 is a section through a bearing housing assembly in accordance with the invention,-
- FIG. 3 is an exploded view of a housing assembly in accordance with the invention.
- Figures 4, 5 and 6 are views, corresponding to Figure 2, but showing alternative embodiments of the invention.
- Figure 7 shows an embodiment where the housing assembly clamps a shaft.
- Figures 2 and 3 show an engine cylinder head 112 in which a camshaft 116 is to be mounted, for rotation.
- the cylinder head is formed with a semi-circular recess 115, a joint face 123 and an undercut groove or track 130 which has inwardly sloping faces 132.
- the track 130 cooperates with a bearing cap 110 which has side faces 134 corresponding to the sloping faces 132, a semi-circular recess 114 and a joint face 136.
- Both the bearing cap 110 and the cylinder head 112 with which the cap mates are formed by any suitable metal or plastics forming process; die casting is particularly suitable.
- a machining operation takes place on the semi-cylindrical surfaces and on the joint faces. This machining operation is not essential.
- the machining on the cylinder head track 130 can be carried out by any suitable machining process, and broaching or milling are particularly suitable.
- the sliding faces 132,134 are not necessarily machined.
- a shaft 116 is placed in the recess 115 and the cap 110 is lined up with one end of the track 130 and moved in a direction parallel to the coincident shaft and bearing axes to take up the position shown in Figure 2 where the two semi-circular recesses 114,115 form a cylindrical bearing surface.
- the dovetail joint will usually have a taper in the axial direction which will limit axial movement of the cap along the track 130.
- This taper (which can be that provided by the diecaster's draft angle) may appear both on the walls 132 of the track and on the walls 134 of the cap, or on only one of the walls. Because of this taper, the cap will have to be introduced into the track from the correct (wider) end, with the correct (narrower) end of the cap leading. As the cap moves along the track, the taper will force the joint faces 123,136 into contact. Both these faces will be machined flat.
- the surfaces 132,134 may fit together through an interference fit.
- Figure 4 shows an alternative form of dovetail engagement where the walls 232,234 are no longer flat but have a curved form, and where the top edges of the track 230 are relieved at 231.
- shape changes are the sorts of changes which can be considered to relieve stresses arising in use, and to ease manufacturing.
- Figures 5 and 6 show two possible alternative arrangements which provide housings for pedestal mounted camshafts.
- the cap 310,410 fits over the pedestal 312,412 which forms the mating part of the housing, in the manner shown.
- the dovetails are reversed as compared with the arrangements shown in Figures 2 and 4.
- Figure 7 shows a housing similar to that of Figure l but set up to clamp a square section bar 516.
- the cap 510 fits into a mating part 512 in the same manner as already described with reference to Figures 2 and 3, but when the cap is fully home in the housing, it binds on and grips the bar 516. The bar is then clamped against any movement.
- the same arrangement may be used to camp a circular section rod, or any other 'elongate' component.
- the proportion of the clamped part which is elongate may be very small; only just enough to fit in the housing and to allow axial insertion of the cap 510.
- the figures show a single housing assembly.
- a bearing housing set up there are likely to be at least two and possible more bearing housings to provide the bearings for a single shaft.
- camshaft bearings for motor vehicle internal combustion engines
- the invention is not limited to this bearing application.
- the invention can be used with other bearing assemblies, although it is likely to be necessary to have sufficient space in an axial direction to one side of the track 130 to allow the cap to be lined up and introduced into the track.
- the invention can be used with similar or dissimilar metals for the cap and mating part, and results in a good bearing housing assembly which requires considerably less machining/drilling of components before assembly than was hitherto necessary.
- the invention also makes it possible to reduce the space occupied by a bearing housing assembly.
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Abstract
A housing, for example a bearing housing, has a bearing cap (110) which, together with a mating part (e.g. a cylinder head (112)) forms a cylindrical bearing surface (123) for a shaft (116). The cap and its mating part have a dovetail form which allows the parts to be assembled by an axial sliding movement, and to be then secured in their correct relative positions so that a shaft bearing is formed.
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SECURING AN ELONGATE MEMBER IN A TWO-PIECE HOUSING
This invention relates to the securing of an elongate member in a housing; more specifically to a housing for securing an elongate member and to a method of securing an elongate member. The elongate member may be secured so that it can rotate about its axis after having been secured (ie the member may be secured in a bearing housing) or the member may be secured so that it is clamped against any movement.
Bearing housings provide bearing surfaces or bearing supports for rotating shafts, in particular rotating shafts in internal combustion engines. One typical application to which the present invention may be suitable is the assembly of a bearing housing for the cam-shaft of a motor vehicle engine. The invention is not however limited to this application.
Traditionally, a bearing housing comprises two parts. Each part has a semi-circular bearing surface, and the two parts when connected together form a circular surface. Bearing shells can be fitted within the circular surface if required, the circular surface can directly form the bearing surface. A shaft journal rotates within the bearing surface. One of the housing parts is normally formed in a larger component, for example a cylinder head or an engine block. The other part is a bearing cap which is initially separate from the mating part, but will be attached thereto by suitable bolts or other threaded fasteners.
An example of such a traditional bearing housing assembly is shown in Figure 1 where a bearing cap 10 is fitted above a mating part 12, in the form of a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine. Figure 1 shows only the centre and one side of the bearing cap. The cap 10 has
a semi-circular recess 14 and the mating part 12 also has a similar recess 15. When the cap and the mating part are assembled, the two semi-circular recesses 14,15 form a single circular recess.
A shaft 16 with a cylindrical journal region is to be carried in the bearing housing. In assembly, the shaft 16 is placed in the recess 15 of the mating part 12, and the cap 10 is then placed over it. To hold the cap in place and to complete the assembly of the bearing housing, bolts 18 are passed through bores 19 in the cap and are screwed into threaded holes 20 in the mating part 12. Only one bolt and its associated bore and threaded hole are shown in Figure 1. In practice, there will be two such bolts, spaced equidistantly either side of the axis of the shaft 16. When these bolts have been tightened, a bearing housing is formed.
The shaft 16 can be, for example, a camshaft for a motor vehicle engine.
A bearing cap 16 is usually manufactured by casting. The casting then requires machining on the semi-circular bearing surface 14, on the joint face 23 which will mate with the mating part 12 and on the surface 24 against which the head 26 of the bolt will abut. In addition, the bores 19 have to be drilled. On the mating part 12 which is also likely to be formed by casting, the surface the joint face 23 has to be machined, and the threaded hole 20 has to be drilled and tapped. There is therefore a significant quantity of machining to be done before the bearing housing can be assembled.
The invention can also clamp an elongate member so that it cannot move. The elongate member may be a small elongate part of a larger member which is not itself generally elongate; for example the elongate member can
be a spigot or trunnion attached to a larger body which is to be secured.
According to the present invention, there is provided a housing for securing an elongate member, the housing comprising a cap and a mating part, wherein the cap and the mating part are secured together, with the elongate member between them, by a sliding joint assembled by relative movement between the cap and mating part in a direction parallel to the axis of the elongate member.
The sliding joint is preferably a dovetail tenon arrangement. The mating part preferably has an undercut track produced in the forming/casting/machining of the mating part, and the cap then has a correspondingly shaped tenon which slides into the undercut track to a position where the cap is securely held in place and radial movement of the cap cannot take place.
The housing preferably includes means for securing the cap and mating part against further sliding movement. These means may take the form of matching axial tapering forms on the mating part and the cap, so that these parts jam together when the desired extent of sliding movement has taken place. It may however be appropriate for manufacturing cost reasons to make one of the parts (eg the mating part) with a parallel-sided undercut track, with the other part having a tapered form which will jam in the parallel track.
The mating part and the cap of this assembly require machining on their semi-circular faces and on their faces adjacent and on either side of the semi-circular faces. Further machining is however not required, and at least one of the dovetail faces can be 'as cast' . No holes are required for the fitting of securing bolts.
The cap can have a head with a domed contour which approximately follows the contour of the semi-circular recess, subject to sufficient material being present between the recess and the head to provide the required stiffness. As a result, the height of the head above the joint face can be less than that of the prior art design which can assist in engine bay packaging.
The cap can be manufactured as a conventional metal forming or casting. Alternatively, the cap could be a plastic moulding or a powder metal sinter formed componen .
The cap may fit inside or outside the mating part.
The invention also extends to a method of assembling a housing for securing an elongate member, wherein the elongate member is positioned between a cap and a mating part and the cap is slid axially of the elongate member axis into an undercut region of the mating part, to form a housing between the cap and the mating part.
Where the elongate member is a shaft which is to be secured in a manner which allows rotation of the shaft about the shaft axis, the cap or caps can be bearing caps and a set of bearing caps can be positioned relative to the shaft to be journalled by bearings, with the help of a jig, and the whole subassembly can then be offered up to the respective mating parts, for example on an engine block, and assembled in one operation.
The invention will now be further described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Figure l is a section through a bearing housing assembly in accordance with the prior art;
Figure 2 is a section through a bearing housing assembly in accordance with the invention,-
Figure 3 is an exploded view of a housing assembly in accordance with the invention;
Figures 4, 5 and 6 are views, corresponding to Figure 2, but showing alternative embodiments of the invention; and
Figure 7 shows an embodiment where the housing assembly clamps a shaft.
The housing shown in Figure 1 has already been described in the introductory part of this specification.
Figures 2 and 3 show an engine cylinder head 112 in which a camshaft 116 is to be mounted, for rotation. The cylinder head is formed with a semi-circular recess 115, a joint face 123 and an undercut groove or track 130 which has inwardly sloping faces 132. The track 130 cooperates with a bearing cap 110 which has side faces 134 corresponding to the sloping faces 132, a semi-circular recess 114 and a joint face 136.
Both the bearing cap 110 and the cylinder head 112 with which the cap mates (the cylinder head is also referred to as the mating part) are formed by any suitable metal or plastics forming process; die casting is particularly suitable. Before assembly, a machining operation takes place on the semi-cylindrical surfaces and on the joint faces. This machining operation is not essential. The machining on the cylinder head track 130 can be carried out by any suitable machining process, and broaching or milling are particularly suitable. However the sliding faces 132,134 are not necessarily machined.
To assemble the bearing housing, a shaft 116 is placed in the recess 115 and the cap 110 is lined up with one end of the track 130 and moved in a direction parallel to the coincident shaft and bearing axes to take up the position shown in Figure 2 where the two semi-circular recesses 114,115 form a cylindrical bearing surface.
In addition to the angle of inclination of the surfaces 132,134 to the joint faces 123,136, the dovetail joint will usually have a taper in the axial direction which will limit axial movement of the cap along the track 130. This taper (which can be that provided by the diecaster's draft angle) may appear both on the walls 132 of the track and on the walls 134 of the cap, or on only one of the walls. Because of this taper, the cap will have to be introduced into the track from the correct (wider) end, with the correct (narrower) end of the cap leading. As the cap moves along the track, the taper will force the joint faces 123,136 into contact. Both these faces will be machined flat. As the cap moves into the track, there will also be increasing contact between the walls 132 and 134 and ultimately the engagement will be such that the cap can move no further along the track. At this point, the joint faces 123,136 will be in close contact and the walls 132,134 will jam against one another to secure the cap in place. The engagement between the walls 132 and 134 will be in the nature of an interference fit, and an unmachined (eg as-cast) finish to one or both of these surfaces will be adequate to locate and lock the cap. The two semi-circular bearing surfaces will thus be aligned properly, not only on original assembly, but also after removal and subsequent reassembly.
Instead of a taper, the surfaces 132,134 may fit together through an interference fit.
Figure 4 shows an alternative form of dovetail engagement
where the walls 232,234 are no longer flat but have a curved form, and where the top edges of the track 230 are relieved at 231. These shape changes are the sorts of changes which can be considered to relieve stresses arising in use, and to ease manufacturing.
Figures 5 and 6 show two possible alternative arrangements which provide housings for pedestal mounted camshafts. The cap 310,410 fits over the pedestal 312,412 which forms the mating part of the housing, in the manner shown. In these embodiments, the dovetails are reversed as compared with the arrangements shown in Figures 2 and 4.
Figure 7 shows a housing similar to that of Figure l but set up to clamp a square section bar 516. The cap 510 fits into a mating part 512 in the same manner as already described with reference to Figures 2 and 3, but when the cap is fully home in the housing, it binds on and grips the bar 516. The bar is then clamped against any movement. The same arrangement may be used to camp a circular section rod, or any other 'elongate' component.
As discussed above, the proportion of the clamped part which is elongate may be very small; only just enough to fit in the housing and to allow axial insertion of the cap 510.
The figures show a single housing assembly. In a bearing housing set up, there are likely to be at least two and possible more bearing housings to provide the bearings for a single shaft.
Although this description of the invention makes specific reference to camshaft bearings for motor vehicle internal combustion engines, the invention is not limited to this bearing application. The invention can be used with other bearing assemblies, although it is likely to be necessary to have sufficient space in an axial direction to one side
of the track 130 to allow the cap to be lined up and introduced into the track.
The invention can be used with similar or dissimilar metals for the cap and mating part, and results in a good bearing housing assembly which requires considerably less machining/drilling of components before assembly than was hitherto necessary. The invention also makes it possible to reduce the space occupied by a bearing housing assembly.
Claims
1. A housing for securing an elongate member, the housing comprising a cap and a mating part, wherein the cap and the mating part are secured together, with the elongate member between them, by a sliding joint assembled by relative movement between the cap and mating part in a direction parallel to the axis of the elongate member.
2. A bearing housing comprising a bearing cap and a mating part, wherein the cap and the mating part are secured together by a sliding joint assembled by relative movement between the cap and mating part in a direction parallel to the bearing axis.
3. A housing as claimed in Claim 1 or Claim 2, wherein the sliding joint is a dovetail tenon arrangement.
4. A housing as claimed in Claim 3, wherein the mating part has an undercut track formed in the casting of the mating part, and the cap has a correspondingly shaped tenon which slides into the undercut track.
5. A housing as claimed in any preceding claim, including means for securing the cap and mating part against further sliding movement.
6. A housing as claimed in Claim 5, wherein the cap and the mating part have matching axial tapering forms, so that they jam together when the desired extent of sliding movement has taken place.
7. A housing as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the mating part and the cap are castings which are machined on their semi-circular faces and on their faces adjacent and on either side of the semi-circular faces, but are otherwise 'as-cast' .
8. A housing as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the cap has a head with a domed contour which approximately follows the contour of the semi-circular recess.
9. A method of assembling a housing for securing an elongate member, wherein the elongate member is positioned between a cap and a mating part and the cap is slid axially of the elongate member axis into an undercut region of the mating part, to form a housing between the cap and the mating part.
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