WO2012094686A2 - Système d'entraînement à moteur et à pédales combiné pour un véhicule, en particulier un véhicule marin - Google Patents

Système d'entraînement à moteur et à pédales combiné pour un véhicule, en particulier un véhicule marin Download PDF

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WO2012094686A2
WO2012094686A2 PCT/AT2011/000456 AT2011000456W WO2012094686A2 WO 2012094686 A2 WO2012094686 A2 WO 2012094686A2 AT 2011000456 W AT2011000456 W AT 2011000456W WO 2012094686 A2 WO2012094686 A2 WO 2012094686A2
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clutch
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pedal drive
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control member
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Sandor PALVÖLGYI
Bernhard Maier
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Bionx Europe Gmbh
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63H—MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING
    • B63H21/00—Use of propulsion power plant or units on vessels
    • B63H21/20—Use of propulsion power plant or units on vessels the vessels being powered by combinations of different types of propulsion units
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63H—MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING
    • B63H16/00—Marine propulsion by muscle power
    • B63H16/08—Other apparatus for converting muscle power into propulsive effort
    • B63H16/18—Other apparatus for converting muscle power into propulsive effort using sliding or pivoting handle or pedal, i.e. the motive force being transmitted to a propelling means by means of a lever operated by the hand or foot of the occupant
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63H—MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING
    • B63H16/00—Marine propulsion by muscle power
    • B63H16/08—Other apparatus for converting muscle power into propulsive effort
    • B63H16/20—Other apparatus for converting muscle power into propulsive effort using rotary cranking arm

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  • the present invention relates to a combined engine and pedal drive for a vehicle, in particular watercraft, with a common output shaft for the engine and the pedal drive.
  • Combination drives of this type form the basis of a new type of hybrid propulsion watercraft, in which an electric motor is used in particular as the engine.
  • the motor drive is mainly used as an auxiliary motor to support the muscle power for the pedal drive, similar to an electric bike with auxiliary engine ("pedelec").
  • the combination of engine and pedal drive on a watercraft places new demands on the coupling of the two drives, especially with regard to undisturbed pedal operation when engine assistance is not desired or possible.
  • the invention has the object to provide such a combination drive, which meets these requirements.
  • a combined motor and pedal drive of the aforementioned type which is characterized according to the invention in that the motor drive via at least a first clutch and the pedal drive via at least one freewheel and a parallel second clutch acts on the output shaft, wherein a control device is provided for the clutches, which has three positions, namely a first position in which the first clutch is closed and the second clutch is open, a second position in which the first and the second clutch are open, and a third position in which the first clutch is opened and the second clutch is closed.
  • the interconnection of clutches and freewheels for the pedal drive according to the invention makes it possible in the Position a motor-assisted pedal drive, the user can pedal, but does not have to.
  • the freewheel comes into play to prevent the pedals from turning faster than the user desires.
  • the engine is disengaged and the user can pedal forward as supported on a bicycle, without having to drive the idling engine.
  • the pedals are rigidly connected to the output shaft so that the user can now reverse to move the vessel in reverse.
  • the engine is also disengaged to prevent inadvertent deployment of the engine drive and a corresponding disturbance of the pedal movement, which could also lead to injury.
  • Actuator i. the motor drive position in the one edge position, the rigid pedal clutch in the other edge position and the freewheeling pedal drive position in the middle between these provides additional security against accidental and dangerous engagement of the motor drive in the rigid coupled position, because these only on the bike-like freewheeling position can be achieved.
  • the adjusting device has a mechanically adjustable control member which controls the first clutch via a first spring connection, wherein the first spring connection opens the first clutch in the adjustment of the control member from the first to the second position and in the adjustment of the second in the third position keeps the first clutch open under compression of the spring connection.
  • the clutch travel for engaging and disengaging the motor drive can be kept short, which saves installation space in the clutch housing of the motor drive.
  • overcoming the spring force of the first spring derharm required which counteracts an accidental insertion of the third, rigidly coupled pedal drive position.
  • the mechanically adjustable control member via a second spring connection, the second clutch, wherein the second spring connection springs in the adjustment of the control member from the first to the second position against the force of the second clutch biasing in the opening direction preload spring and in the adjustment from the second to the third position overcomes the force of the biasing spring and the second clutch closes.
  • the movement path for the pedal drive clutch is kept short, which also saves installation space there.
  • the biasing spring in the pedal drive clutch also ensures a safe opening of the clutch in any position other than said third position, whereby the risk of unintentional rigid Mitkoppelns the pedal drive in the first and second positions are reliably prevented by operating errors or malfunctions can.
  • two pedal drives each with a freewheel and a respective second clutch are provided and the actuator supports a two-armed lever, at the ends of each a second spring connection for controlling a second clutch is articulated.
  • Two pedal drives offer two users the opportunity to pedal.
  • the said two-armed lever, which controls the pedal drive clutches via a respective spring connection, therefore makes possible a self-adjusting balancing or force distribution from the actuator to the two clutches, which increases the operational reliability.
  • the control member can be latched in its three positions by means of a releasable latch, so that unintentional adjustments can be avoided.
  • the freewheel comprises a shaft as output and a unidirectionally coupled ring gear for the pedal drive and the second clutch is a claw plate clutch, one claw disc rotationally fixed to the shaft and the other claw plate rotatably connected to the ring gear is particularly advantageous , whereby the freewheel and the clutch for the pedal drive can be assembled or integrated very compact.
  • FIGS. 2 to 4 a mechanical functional diagram of the combination drive of FIG. 1 in three different Be ⁇ operating positions.
  • Fig. 1 shows a combined motor and pedal drive 1 for the drive of a (not shown) watercraft, such as a pedal boat with auxiliary engine.
  • the combination drive 1 comprises for this purpose a motor drive 2, for example egg ⁇ ne small internal combustion engine or in particular an E lektromotor, and one or - as shown - preferably two or more pedal actuators 3, 4, 5, with pedals of the motor drive 2 and the Pedal drives 3, 4 act on a common output shaft 6 of the combination drive 1 with the interposition of clutches and freewheels, which will be discussed in more detail later.
  • a propulsion unit (not shown) for the watercraft can be flanged to the output shaft 6 in a conventional manner. eg a propeller, a paddle wheel or the like.
  • the combination drive 1 could in principle also be used for other types of vehicles than watercraft, for example a land vehicle or aircraft, but the control circuit described below is particularly suitable for use with watercraft, which by means of the pedal drives 3, 4 optionally also backward (in the reverse gear) to be driven.
  • Fig. 2 shows the operation of the combination drive 1 of Fig. 1 in detail.
  • the motor drive 2 of which only its output shaft 7 is shown in FIG. 2, acts via a clutch 8 and a summation gear 9 on the output shaft 6 of the combination drive 1.
  • the pedal drives 3, 4 in FIG. 2 only the output belt 10, 11, which are driven by the pedals 5 via cranks 12 and pulleys 13 (FIG. 1).
  • the driven belts 10, 11 are guided over one-way clutches ("freewheels") 14, 15 and intermediate shafts 16, 17 to the summation gear 9 and thereby also act on the common output shaft 6 of the combination drive. 1
  • the freewheels 14, 15 are in a conventional manner as unidirectionally coupling spring ratchet ratchets or ramp-controlled pinch rollers 18, 19 in the form of sleeve freewheels between the driven belts 10, 11 driven ring gears 20, 21 and the intermediate shafts 16, 17 is formed.
  • the freewheels 14, 15 couple the pedal drives 3, 4 in the forward direction of pedaling 5 - on the belt 10, 11, the ring gears 20, 21, the ratchets 18, 19, the intermediate shafts 16, 17 and the summation 9 - rotatably with the output shaft 6 and uncouple them in the reverse rotational direction of the output shaft. 6
  • the summation 9 is in the simplest case, a rigid transmission coupling between the output of the clutch 8 and the intermediate shafts (outputs) 16, 17 of the clutches 14, 15 with their parallel-shift clutches 22, 23. Thereby acts a rotation of the motor drive 2 via the summation 9 also to the intermediate shafts 16, 17, so that the freewheels 14, 15 are also used when the motor drive 2, the shafts 16, 17 rotates faster than the pedal drives 3, 4th
  • Each of the freewheels 14, 15 functionally connected in parallel is in each case a further (“second”) clutch 22, 23.
  • the freewheel effects the freewheels 14, 15 are disabled, ie the pedal drives 3, 4 are rigidly coupled in both directions of rotation with the output shaft 6.
  • the clutches 22, 23 are, for example, claw-disc clutches each having a first claw washer 24, 25 and a second claw washer 26, 27 which are axially engageable with each other.
  • the first claw discs 24, 25 are to axially displaceable and rotatably mounted on the shafts 16, 17, whereas the second claw discs 26, 27 rotatably connected to the ring gears 20, 21 or are integral therewith.
  • the first jaw discs 24, 25 are in compression via compression springs 28, 29 in the opening direction, i. biased away from the second jaw discs 26, 27.
  • the first clutch 8, via which the motor drive 2 acts on the output shaft 6 via the summation gear 9, can be designed as a claw disk clutch with a first claw disk 34 and a second, axially displaceable claw disk 35.
  • the second claw washer is actuated by a plunger 36 to open and close the clutch 8.
  • the first and second clutches 8, 22 and 23 could alternatively be realized in any other manner known in the art, e.g. as friction clutches.
  • an adjusting device 37 is provided, which has three different operating positions, of which the first in Fig. 2, the second in Fig. 3 and the third in Fig. 4 is shown.
  • the adjusting device 37 comprises a mechanically adjustable control member 38, in the example shown in the drawings to the left and right reciprocable slide with a spring-loaded pawl 39, which can engage in detents 40 of a (only partially shown) storage rack 41 of the combination drive 1 and its watercraft.
  • a pull handle 42 is mounted on the control member 38; by lifting the pull handle 42, the pawl 39 can be temporarily disengaged. With the aid of this arrangement, the adjusting device 37 can be latched in each of its three positions (FIGS. 2, 3, 4).
  • the control member 38 is connected via a first spring connection 43 with the clutch 8, more precisely, the plunger 36, in connection. Via two further spring connections 44, 45, the control member 38 controls the clutches 22, 23, more precisely their rams 30, 31.
  • the second spring connections 44, 45 can directly on the control member 38 or preferably - as shown - at the end of a symmetrical on the control member 38 mounted two-armed lever 46 attack to divide the force evenly.
  • spring connections 43 to 45 are shown only schematically in FIGS. 2 to 4, u.zw. each with a compression spring which acts between two linkage parts, which on the one hand to the rams 30, 31, 36 and on the other hand to the control member 38 and the lever 46 attack.
  • any other mechanical drives may also be used, e.g. Bowden cables 48, optionally with steering levers 49, as shown in Fig. 1.
  • the mode of operation of the adjusting device 37 will now be explained with reference to its three operating positions shown in FIGS. 2 to 4.
  • the clutch 8 of the motor drive 2 is closed and the clutches 22, 23 of the pedal drives 3, 4 are - supported by their compression springs 28, 29 - opened.
  • the motor drive 2 can drive the output shaft 6, and the pedal drives 3, 4 can drive the output shaft 6 via the freewheels 14, 15 in the forward direction.
  • a backward pedaling 5 brings the freewheels 14, 15 are used.
  • the clutch 8 of the motor drive 2 has been opened by the spring connection 43.
  • the second clutches 22, 23 of the pedal drives 3, 4 remain overall open because the springs of the spring connections 44, 45 are so dimensioned di ⁇ that they are weaker than the Vorspannfe ⁇ countries 28, 29 of the clutches 22, 23.
  • the first spring connection 43 - to limit the Axialverschiebeweg the clutch 8 and thereby reduce their installation space - sprung, which keeps the clutch 8 of the motor drive still open.
  • the spring connection 43 produces a noticeable spring force when moving the control member 38 from the second to the third position, to make the achievement of this third position clearly noticeable to the user.
  • the second spring connections 44, 45 have now been stressed so far that they overcome the forces of the biasing springs 28, 29 of the clutches 22, 23 and these are closed.
  • the shafts 16, 17 are now rigidly coupled to the ring gears 20, 21, i. the freewheels 14, 15 disabled, and the pedal drives 3, 4 rotatably coupled in both directions with the output shaft 6.
  • the pedals 5 can now be stepped in the forward and backward directions to drive the output shaft 6 and thus the vessel both forwards and backwards by muscle power can.
  • the motor drive 2 is in this third Position remains disengaged, so that an unintentional switching on the engine has no effect on the rigidly coupled pedals 5, which could endanger the user.

Abstract

Système d'entraînement à moteur et à pédales (1) combiné pour un véhicule, en particulier un véhicule marin, comprenant un arbre de sortie commun (6) pour le dispositif d'entraînement à moteur (2) et le dispositif d'entraînement à pédales (3, 4), le dispositif d'entraînement à moteur (2) agissant sur l'arbre de sortie (6) par l'intermédiaire d'au moins un premier embrayage (8) et le dispositif d'entraînement à pédales (3, 4) agissant sur l'arbre de sortie (6) par l'intermédiaire d'au moins une roue libre (14, 15) et d'un deuxième embrayage (22, 23) parallèle à cette dernière. Un dispositif de réglage (37) destiné aux embrayages (8, 22, 23) possède trois positions : une première position dans laquelle le premier embrayage (8) est fermé et le deuxième embrayage (22, 23) est ouvert; une deuxième position dans laquelle le premier et le deuxième embrayage (8, 22, 23) sont ouverts; et une troisième position dans laquelle le premier embrayage (8) est ouvert et le deuxième embrayage (22, 23) est fermé.
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