WO2005026583A1 - Non-circular rotary component - Google Patents
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- Non-Circular Rotary Component The present invention relates to a non-circular rotary component in particular but not exclusively for a synchronous drive apparatus, and to a method of constructing such a component.
- the component may comprise a non-circular sprocket component which may be used for the elimination or reduction of mechanical vibrations, in particular but not exclusively in internal combustion engines.
- Synchronous drive systems such as timing belt based systems
- Synchronous drive systems are widely used in motor vehicles, as well as in industrial applications.
- timing belts or chains are used to drive the camshafts that open and close the engine intake and exhaust valves.
- other devices such as water pumps, fuel pumps etc. can be driven by the same belt or chain.
- Internal combustion engines produce many types of mechanical vibrations during their operation, and these vibrations are usually transmitted through the timing belt or chain in the synchronous drive system.
- a particularly intense source of mechanical vibrations is given by the intake and exhaust valves and the camshafts that open and close those intake and exhaust valves. Opening and closing the intake and exhaust valves leads to a type of vibration known as torsional vibration.
- a rotary component comprising a rotor having a plurality of teeth arranged around the perimeter of the rotor, each tooth having a crown, and each pair of adjacent teeth having a valley therebetween, the crowns of the teeth lying on a curved envelope forming the perimeter of the rotor, the perimeter of the rotor having a non-circular profile having at least two protruding portions alternating with receding portions, in which the distance between the midpoints of the crowns of each pair of adjacent teeth is substantially the same, the profile of the valley between each pair of adjacent teeth is substantially the same, and the distance between the midpoint of each crown and the axis of the rotor varies around the perimeter to produce the said non-circular profile.
- a rotary component comprising a rotor having a plurality of teeth arranged around the perimeter of the rotor, each tooth having a crown, and each pair of adjacent teeth having a valley therebetween, the crowns of the teeth lying on a curved envelope forming the perimeter of the rotor, the perimeter of the rotor having a non-circular profile having at least two protruding portions alternating with receding portions, in which for each tooth the orientation of the valley on one side of the tooth relative to the valley on the other side of the tooth taken about the midpoint of the crown of the tooth varies around the perimeter to produce the said non-circular profile.
- a rotary component comprising a rotor having a plurality of teeth arranged around the perimeter of the rotor, each tooth having a crown, and each pair of adjacent teeth having a valley therebetween, the crowns of the teeth lying on a curved envelope forming the perimeter of the rotor, the perimeter of the rotor having a non-circular profile having at least two protruding portions alternating with receding portions, in which the midpoints of the crowns of the teeth are positioned respectively at intersections of adjacent sides of a non-regular polygon with equal sides arranged in a non-circular configuration, the position of an intersection V n of two adjacent sides of the polygon being given by the formula:
- R n distance from an intersection V n to the centre A of the rotor
- L the average distance from an intersection V n to the centre A of the rotor
- B the desired out-of-round factor defined as the difference between the average distance L and the actual distance R n when taken either at the greatest value of R n or at the least value of R n
- N the number of teeth required on the rotor
- M the number of protruding portions of the rotor profile.
- a synchronous drive apparatus comprising: a continuous- loop elongate drive structure having a plurality of engaging sections; a plurality of rotors comprising at least a first and a second rotor, the first rotor having a plurality of teeth for engaging the engaging sections of the elongate drive structure, and the second rotor having a plurality of teeth for engaging the engaging section of the elongate drive structure; a rotary load assembly coupled to the second rotor; the elongate drive structure being engaged about the first and second rotors, the first rotor being arranged to drive the elongate drive structure and the second rotor being arranged to be driven by the elongate drive structure, the rotary load assembly being such as to present a periodic fluctuating load torque when driven in rotation.
- one of the said first and second rotors is a non-circular rotary component
- non-circular profile may be provided in many different locations within the drive apparatus.
- a non-circular profile may be provided on the first rotor (which drives the elongate drive structure), and/or on the second rotor (which is driven by the elongate drive structure), and/or may be provided on a third rotor, for example an idler rotor urged into contact with the continuous loop elongate drive structure.
- an embodiment of the invention finds particular use when installed in an internal combustion engine and when the first rotor comprises a crankshaft sprocket.
- the internal combustion engine is a diesel engine
- the rotary load assembly comprises a rotary fuel pump.
- the internal combustion engine may be a petrol or gasoline engine and the rotary load assembly may be a camshaft assembly.
- non-circular profile may be provided, for example a generally oval profile, or a profile having three or four protruding portions arranged regularly around the rotor.
- the choice of profile will depend upon other components of the synchronous drive apparatus.
- the internal combustion engine is a 4-cylinder inline combustion engine and the crankshaft sprocket has an oval contoured profile
- the internal combustion engine is a 4-cylinder inline combustion engine and the camshaft sprocket has a generally rectangular contoured profile
- the internal combustion engine is a 4-cylinder inline combustion engine, and the camshaft sprocket has a generally rectangular contoured profile and the crankshaft sprocket has an oval contoured profile
- the internal combustion engine is a 3-cylinder inline combustion engine and the camshaft sprocket has a generally triangular contoured profile
- the internal combustion engine is a 6-cylinder inline combustion engine and the crankshaft sprocket has a generally triangular contoured profile
- the internal combustion engine is a 6-cylinder V6 combustion engine and the camshaft sprocket has a generally triangular contoured profile
- the internal combustion engine is an 8- cylinder V8 combustion engine and the camshaft sprocket
- the protruding portions and receding portions will be generally of the same magnitude, giving a regular non-circular profile. However depending upon the circumstances a non- regular profile may be provided.
- the protruding portions referred to above may constitute major protruding portions and the receding portions constitute major receding portions, and the non-circular profile may include additional minor protruding portions of lesser extent than the major protruding portions. These minor protruding portions may be adapted for the purpose of reducing or substantially cancelling vibration from subsidiary order fluctuating load torque presented by the rotary load assembly, in particular for example from fourth order fluctuating load torques presented by the rotary load assembly.
- a synchronous drive apparatus as previously set out, and having the following features, namely that the said protruding portions constitute major protruding portions and the said receding portions constitute major receding portions, and the non-circular profile includes additional minor protruding portions of lesser extent than the major protruding portions; the said non-circular rotary component having the midpoints of the crowns of the teeth positioned respectively at intersections of adjacent sides of a non-regular polygon with equal sides arranged in a non-circular configuration, the position of an intersection V n of two adjacent sides of the polygon being given by the formula:
- R quarant distance from an intersection V n to the centre A of the rotor
- L the average distance from an intersection V n to the centre A of the rotor
- B ⁇ a first desired out-of-round factor defined as the difference between the average distance L and the actual distance R n when taken either at the greatest value of R n at a major protruding portion or at the least value of Rn at a major receding portion, the first out-of-round factor being such as to reduce or eliminate vibration arising from 2nd order harmonics of the rotary load assembly
- B4 a second desired out-of-round factor defined as the difference between the average distance L and the actual distance R n when taken either at the greatest value of R n at a minor protruding portion or at the least value of R n at a minor receding portion, the second out-of-round factor being such as to reduce or eliminate vibration arising from 4th
- N the number of teeth required on the rotor
- ⁇ an angle representing a desired phase shift between 2nd and 4th order vibrations.
- a method of constructing a rotary component comprising a rotor having a plurality of teeth arranged around the perimeter of the rotor, each tooth having a crown, and each pair of adjacent teeth having a valley therebetween, the crowns of the teeth lying on a curved envelope forming the perimeter of the rotor, the perimeter of the rotor having a non-circular profile having at least two protruding portions alternating with receding portions; the method comprising the steps of: generating a template of a non-regular polygon with equal sides arranged in a non-circular configuration, the position of an intersection V n of two adjacent sides of the polygon being given by the first formula set out hereinbefore; generating an outline of the teeth to be positioned around the perimeter of the rotor by positioning the centre points of the crowns of the teeth at the points of intersection of the sides of the non-regular polygon; and constructing the rotary component to have an outer perimeter corresponding to
- a method of constructing a rotary component comprising a rotor having a plurality of teeth arranged around the perimeter of the rotor, each tooth having a crown, and each pair of adjacent teeth having a valley therebetween, the crowns of the teeth lying on a curved envelope forming the perimeter of the rotor, the perimeter of the rotor having a non-circular profile having at least two major protruding portions alternating with major receding portions, and the non-circular profile includes additional minor protruding portions and minor receding portions of lesser extent than the major protruding portions and major receding portions, the method comprising the steps of: generating a template of a non-regular polygon with equal sides arranged in a non-circular configuration, the position of an intersection V n of two adjacent sides of the polygon being given by the second formula set out hereinbefore; generating an outline of the teeth to be positioned around the perimeter of the rotor by positioning the centre
- the importance of keeping the valley shape constant on the rotary component is that it allows better mating with the teeth of the drive belt.
- the belt and the sprocket have to match each other as perfectly as possible for performance and durability.
- Belt manufacturers have endeavoured for years to design exacting shapes for a belt tooth profile and matching sprocket tooth profile. Creating equivalent conditions on non-circular sprockets generates a challenge.
- Specific formulas are provided to deliver a design solution providing geometric directives of how the sprocket teeth have to be constructed, positioned and oriented.
- the main feature, in preferred embodiments is that the valley width is kept substantially constant while the tooth width varies.
- there are additional preferred features For a non- circular sprocket to act efficiently in cancelling vibrations of a particular order, the distance of the teeth from the sprocket center, and the teeth orientation, play important roles.
- Figure 1 is a schematic illustration of a non-circular sprocket component embodying the invention, which may be used for example in a motor vehicle internal combustion engine
- Figure 2 is a schematic illustration of a non-circular polygon template used in a method embodying the invention for constructing a non-circular sprocket component
- Figure 3 is another view of the diagrammatic representation of the non- circular sprocket component of Figure 1 , illustrating dimensions of various parts of the sprocket component;
- Figure 4 is a schematic representation of another non-circular sprocket component embodying the invention, again illustrating dimensions of various portions of the sprocket component, the sprocket component having a profile which is generally oval, but modified to include additional minor protruding portions to give a generally rectangular formation;
- Figure 5 is an enlargement of part of the perimeter of the sprocket component shown in Figure 3;
- Figures 5a and 5b show greatly enlarged schematic views of teeth of the sprocket component shown in Figure 5 in one exemplary form, and
- Figures 5c and 5d show similar enlarged schematic illustrations of the corresponding teeth, but in another alternative form;
- Figure 6 shows a view similar to Figure 5of part of the perimeter of a known, circular, sprocket component, given for comparison purposes;
- Figure 7 is a schematic illustration of a synchronous drive apparatus for a motor vehicle internal combustion engine, incorporating a non-circular sprocket component embodying the invention
- Figures 8a to 8d show different configurations of crankshaft and camshaft sprockets embodying the invention in 4-cylinder and 3-cylinder engines; and Figures 9a to 9d show different combinations of crankshaft and camshaft sprockets embodying the invention in 6-cylinder, 8-cylinder and 2-cylinder engines. Description of the Invention
- FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of a non-circular sprocket component embodying the invention, which may be used for example in a motor vehicle internal combustion engine.
- a non-circular sprocket component 10 comprises a rotor 11 having a plurality of teeth 16 arranged around the perimeter of the rotor, each tooth having a crown 9 and each pair of adjacent teeth having a valley 8 therebetween.
- the crowns of the teeth lie on a curved envelope 7 forming the perimeter of the rotor, the perimeter of the rotor having a non-circular profile having two protruding portions 22 and 23 and two receding portions 24 and 25.
- the rotor 11 has an axis A about which the rotor is rotated in operation.
- each crown 9 of each tooth 16 is indicated by the reference letter V, each midpoint being labelled individually as V1 , V2, V3 and so on up to V20. It is known to construct a sprocket component having a non-circular profile.
- the present invention is concerned with the manner of arrangement of the teeth around the perimeter, and the configuration of the teeth, so as to achieve the required non-circular profile in a particularly advantageous manner.
- Figure 1 which combines a number of preferred features, it is arranged that the distance between the midpoints V of the crowns 9 of each pair of adjacent teeth is substantially the same.
- the profile of the valley 8 between each pair of adjacent teeth is also substantially the same.
- the midpoints V of the crowns 9 of the teeth are positioned respectively at intersections of adjacent sides of a non-regular polygon 27 shown in Figure 2, having equal sides 28 arranged in a non-circular configuration, in this case in a generally oval configuration.
- the position of an intersection V1 or V2 or V3 (referred to generally as an intersection V n ) of two adjacent sides of the polygon is given by the formula:
- R n distance from an intersection V n to the centre A of the rotor
- L the average distance from an intersection V n to the centre A of the rotor
- B the desired out-of-round factor defined as the difference between the average distance L and the actual distance R n when taken either at the greatest value of R n or at the least value of R n
- N the number of teeth required on the rotor
- M the number of poles, i.e. protruding portions of the rotor profile (for example two for oval, three for triangular, four for square, etc.).
- the vertices V1 to V20 represent the positions of the midpoints V1 to V20 of the teeth 16 shown in Figure 1.
- the distances between the points V1 to V20 are all equal (or substantially equal) but the distances from these points to the centre of the polygon A vary.
- the points V1 to V20 form a non-regular polygon with all sides equal, but not being inscribed onto a circle.
- An example of calculation for a typical non-circular sprocket may be as follows. The formula for distance from an intersection V n to the centre A of the rotor states:
- R1 and R11 are 1.2 mm larger than L. This represents the long axis of the sprocket in Figure 1.
- R6 and R16 are 1.2 mm shorter than L. This represents the short axis of the sprocket in Figure 1.
- a method of constructing the sprocket component shown in Figure 1 also embodies the present invention.
- Such a method may comprise the steps of firstly generating a template in the form of a non-regular polygon as shown in Figure 2 using the formula given above. Once all the vertices of the polygon are calculated, the desired profile of tooth and valley is placed between points V1 and V2, V2 and V3, and so on. Next there is generated an outline of a valley with adjacent tooth sides. The valleys are then positioned around the perimeter of the rotor by positioning the centre points of the crown tooth crowns at the points of intersection of the sides of the non-regular polygon. The outline of each tooth and valley is provided such that the profile of the valley between each pair of adjacent teeth is substantially the same.
- the required non-circular profile of the perimeter being obtained by varying the orientation of the valley on one side of a tooth relative to the valley on the other side of the tooth.
- the sprocket component is then constructed by reference to the outline of the teeth which has been generated by reference to the non-regular polygon.
- the method allows the construction of a sprocket in which all valleys have the same width (measured at some particular given depth) but the teeth will have a varying width.
- This arrangement is illustrated in Figure 3 where the width of each valley, at some arbitrarily selected depth, is constant at 4.06mm, whereas the width of each tooth, selected at the same depth, varies between 4.35mm at V1 , to 4.55mm at V6.
- the factors in the equation are arrived at in the following way.
- the number N of teeth, and the average distance L from the axis A to the tooth crown will be defined by the use envisaged for the sprocket.
- the desired out-of-round factor B will also be determined by the use envisaged for the sprocket, for example by the form of vibration to be alleviated in use.
- the number of protruding portions or poles M will also be determined by the use to which the sprocket is to be put, for example two for an oval profile, three for a triangular profile, four for a square profile, and so on. Where the sprocket component is to be used in an automotive engine, for example, the number of poles has to match the engine configuration. For example two poles (oval) are suitable for the camshaft sprocket of a 4-cylinder inline engine, three poles (triangular) are suitable for the crankshaft sprocket of a 3-cylinder inline engine or as a camshaft sprocket of a 6-cylinder V6 engine.
- Figure 5 is an enlargement of part of the perimeter of the sprocket component shown in Figure 3.
- Figure 6 shows a similar view of part of the perimeter of a known, circular, sprocket component, given for comparison purposes.
- Figures 5a and 5b show greatly enlarged schematic views of teeth of the sprocket component shown in Figure 5, in one exemplary form
- Figures 5c and 5d show similar enlarged schematic illustrations of the same teeth, but in another alternative form.
- the width of each tooth at the given depth varies from 4.35mm to 4.55mm, while the width of each valley at that depth remains at 4.06mm.
- Figure 6 it is shown that on a circular sprocket component, the tooth width would remain constant at 4.45mm and the valley width would remain constant at 4.05mm.
- FIGs 5a and 5b One particular example of the resulting tooth shapes is given in Figures 5a and 5b.
- the crown 9 having the midpoint V1 is shown, merely by way of example, as having a substantially flat crown, shown as a straight line in outline, perpendicular to the diameter 20 of the rotor.
- Figure 5a there is shown in greatly exaggerated form, how the positioning of the constant valley shape produces at the midpoint V6 an indentation in the crown.
- the flat crown portion 9 is inclined slightly to the diameter 21 , with the result that the tooth width is slightly increased to 4.55mm compared with the tooth width of 4.35mm in Figure 5b.
- FIG. 5c and 5d An alternative form of positioning of the constant valley profiles is shown in Figures 5c and 5d.
- the crown at the midpoint V6 is a flat surface shown by a straight line in the outline of Figure 5c, substantially perpendicular to the diameter 21.
- the construction of the rotor is commenced by arranging that tooth with its midpoint at the point V6 on the polygon of Figure 2, and the same constant valley shapes are arranged around the profile from V6 to V1 , the result at the midpoint V1 is shown in Figure 5d.
- each half portion of the crown 9 on either side of the midpoint V1 is inclined to the diameter 20 at an angle slightly less than 90°, so that there appears a slight cusp or vertex at the midpoint V1.
- the required non-circular profile is obtained by varying the orientation of the valley on one side of a tooth relative to the valley on the other side of the tooth by a variation about the midpoint of the crown of the tooth.
- the examples described with reference to Figures 5a to 5d are merely examples of one form of tooth crown shape which may be provided.
- the surface of the crown may be rounded or flattened, whilst maintaining the varying orientation of the valleys on either side of the tooth, to achieve the required non-circular profile.
- FIG. 7 is a diagrammatic representation of a synchronous drive apparatus for a motor vehicle internal combustion engine, embodying the invention.
- the apparatus comprises a continuous loop elongate drive structure 10, first and second rotors 11 and 12, and further rotors 13, 14 and 17.
- the continuous loop elongate drive structure 10 is provided by a conventional timing belt having teeth 15 together with intervening valleys which constitute a plurality of engaging sections of the continuous loop elongate drive structure.
- Each rotor 11 and 12 is provided by a sprocket having a plurality of teeth 16 for engaging the valleys between the teeth 15 of the timing belt 10.
- the sprocket 11 is coupled to the crankshaft (not shown) of an internal combustion engine, and the sprocket 12 is coupled to a rotary load assembly (not shown) which is constituted by a camshaft 26 of the internal combustion engine.
- the timing belt 10 is engaged about the first and second rotors 11 and 12, the first rotor 11 being arranged to drive the belt 10 and the second rotor 12 being arranged to be driven by the belt 10.
- the rotor 14 also has teeth 16 and consists of a sprocket for driving other elements of the internal combustion engine, such as a water pump, and the rotor 13 is preferably for a belt tensioner bearing on a non-toothed side of the timing belt 10, to tension the belt in known manner.
- Rotor 17 is preferably for a fixed idler pulley bearing on the non-toothed side of timing belt 10.
- the crankshaft sprocket would have a circular profile.
- the synchronous drive apparatus is prone to vibrations, known as torsional vibrations, which arise from the opening and closing of the intake and exhaust valves of the internal combustion engine by the overhead camshaft.
- crankshaft sprocket 11 has a non-circular profile (as described previously) indicated generally by reference numeral 19.
- the non- circular profile 19 is, in the particular embodiment described, an oval having the major axis 20 and the minor axis 21 shown in Figure 1.
- the profile 19 has the two protruding portions 22 and 23 and the two receding portions 24 and 25.
- Figures 8a to 8d show different combinations of crankshaft and camshaft sprockets for 4-cylinder and 3-cylinder engines.
- Figures 9a to 9d show different combinations of crankshaft and camshaft sprockets for 6-cylinder, 8-cylinder and 2-cylinder engines.
- one or more of the sprocket components can be of a form embodying the present invention, generally as has been described hereinbefore.
- the non-circular profile of the sprocket component is generally oval, but also includes minor protruding portions positioned around the rotor.
- Figure 4 there is indicated the width of each valley as a constant width of 4.07mm.
- the width of each tooth is shown to vary from a minimum of 4.18mm at the midpoint V1 , to a maximum of 4.62mm at the midpoint V4, and back down to a lesser amount of 4.42mm at V6.
- a similar pattern is repeated through the remaining three quarters of the rotor.
- the non-circular profile shown in Figure 4 is particularly useful when used in a synchronous drive apparatus for an internal combustion engine, such as is shown in Figure 7.
- the midpoints V1 to V20 of the teeth are positioned on a non-circular polygon which differs from that shown in Figure 2, and which is provided by a modified formula, modified from the formula for Figure 2.
- the vertices V1 to V20 are provided on a non-circular polygon given by the formula:
- R n distance from an intersection V n to the centre A of the rotor
- L the average distance from an intersection V n to the centre A of the rotor
- 2 a first desired out-of-round factor defined as the difference between the average distance L and the actual distance R n when taken either at the greatest value of R n at a major protruding portion or at the least value of R n at a major receding portion, the first out-of-round factor being such as to reduce or eliminate vibration arising from 2nd order harmonics of the rotary load assembly
- 04 a second out-of-round factor defined as the difference between the average distance L and the actual distance R n when taken either at the greatest value of R n at a minor protruding portion or at the least value of R n at a minor receding portion, the second out-of-round factor being such as to reduce or eliminate vibration arising from 4th order harmonics of the rotary load assembly
- N the number of teeth required on the rotor
- ⁇ an angle representing a desired phase shift between 2nd and 4th order vibrations.
- the first formula given above with reference to Figures 1 , 2 and 3 allows the construction of a noncircular sprocket that can reduce a main order of torsional vibrations.
- Many engines for example Diesel engines
- a modified embodiment of the present invention allows the removing or reducing of multiple orders of torsional vibrations simultaneously.
- the first formula given above takes a somewhat different form as shown in the second formula, given with reference to Figure 4.
- B 2 is a desired out-of-round factor for 2nd order vibrations
- B is a desired out-of- round factor for 4th order.
- the angle ⁇ is a desired phase shift between 2nd for 4th order.
- the angle ⁇ is the phase difference between the harmonic orders as defined by the Fourier equations. In the second formula, in particular, it is the phase difference between the second order and the fourth order. This angle depends on engine characteristics. For example for gasoline engines it is usually small when compared to the Diesel engines.
- the noncircular sprocket created using the second formula is mostly oval but also slightly square as is shown in Figure 4. Removing or reducing multiple orders of torsional vibrations simultaneously is also possible by using more than one noncircular sprocket in the same drive. For example for a 4-cylinder inline engine making the camshaft sprocket square and the crankshaft sprocket also square will reduce 2nd and 4th order simultaneously.
- Internal combustion engines come in many different configurations with varying cylinder count, single or double camshafts, with or without the fuel pump, etc. It is possible to apply modified formulas for a given configuration, based on the arrangements already described. It is, for example, widely known that a 4- cylinder engine generates predominantly second order vibrations. This means that one may choose the value of 2 for M (number of protruding portions of the rotor profile). In a case of a non-typical configuration the engine has to be tested and the engine vibration has to be measured in order to find an appropriate formula.
- the tooth at Vi has a width of 4.35mm (measured at the given depth) but the tooth at V 6 as a width of 4.5mm.
- the tooth at V has the same width of 4.45mm as the tooth at V 6 .
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