Crank-driven arrangement for a piston compressor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10041486-B2
Application number	US-201414765235-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 11, 2014
Priority date	Feb 14, 2013
Publication date	Aug 7, 2018
Grant date	Aug 7, 2018

Abstract

A crank drive arrangement of a piston compressor with a rolling bearing arranged on a crank pin of a crank shaft and to which a connecting rod is attached via an intermediate ring which interacts with apparatus for securing against rotation in relation to the connecting rod, wherein the apparatus for securing against rotation have a pin arrangement fastened in a play-free manner in the connecting rod by a thread and which comes into engagement in an interlocking manner in the intermediate ring via a play-exhibiting fit.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A crank drive arrangement of a piston compressor, the crank drive arrangement comprising:
a rolling bearing arranged on a crankpin of a crankshaft and to which a connecting rod is attached by way of an intermediate ring; and
a means for securing against relative rotation with respect to the connecting rod which interacts with the intermediate ring,
wherein the means for securing against relative rotation includes a pin arrangement fastened in in the connecting rod by a thread,
wherein the pin arrangement engages into the intermediate ring, to positively lock into the intermediate ring with a clearance fit.

2. The crank drive arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the pin arrangement is comprised of two parts including a cylindrical pin for insertion into a bushing equipped with an external thread for screwing into the connecting rod.

3. The crank drive arrangement of claim 2 , wherein the cylindrical pin is composed of a hardened and tempered tempering steel, whereas the bushing is composed of less hardened, pre-tempered steel material.

4. The crank drive arrangement of claim 2 , wherein the pin arrangement is screwed, by way of the external thread, into the connecting rod and the pin is secured by way of a screw securing adhesive.

5. The crank drive arrangement of claim 2 , wherein the bushing is provided with a radius at the point at which the pin projects out of the bushing.

6. The crank drive arrangement of claim 2 , wherein that part of the pin which is pressed into the bushing is of at least equal length to that part of the pin which projects out of the bushing.

7. The crank drive arrangement of claim 2 , wherein a portion of the intermediate ring is surface-hardened, that portion corresponding to the pin of the pin arrangement, wherein the hardness of the surface corresponds to the hardness of the pin.

8. The crank drive arrangement of claim 7 , wherein the intermediate ring is composed of a steel material.

9. The crank drive arrangement of claim 1 , further comprising a bushing having a radially outer collar which axially adjoins the external thread and which forms a stop for limiting a screwing-in depth into the connecting rod.

10. A crank drive arrangement of a piston compressor, the crank drive arrangement comprising:
a rolling bearing arranged on a crankpin of a crankshaft;
an intermediate ring;
a connecting rod attached to the rolling bearing by the intermediate ring; and
a pin arrangement that secures against relative rotation with respect to the connecting rod's interaction with the intermediate ring,
wherein pin arrangement is fastened to the connecting rod by a thread and the pin arrangement engages into the intermediate ring, to positively lock into the intermediate ring with a clearance fit.

11. The crank drive arrangement of claim 10 , wherein the pin arrangement is comprised of two parts including a cylindrical pin for insertion into a bushing equipped with an external thread for screwing into the connecting rod.

12. The crank drive arrangement of claim 11 , wherein the cylindrical pin is composed of a hardened and tempered tempering steel, whereas the bushing is composed of less hardened, pre-tempered steel material.

13. The crank drive arrangement of claim 11 , wherein the pin arrangement is screwed, by way of the external thread, into the connecting rod and the pin is secured by way of a screw securing adhesive.

14. The crank drive arrangement of claim 11 , wherein the bushing is provided with a radius at the point at which the pin projects out of the bushing.

15. The crank drive arrangement of claim 11 , wherein that part of the pin which is pressed into the bushing is of at least equal length to that part of the pin which projects out of the bushing.

16. The crank drive arrangement of claim 11 , wherein a portion of the intermediate ring is surface-hardened, that portion corresponding to the pin of the pin arrangement, wherein the hardness of the surface corresponds to the hardness of the pin.

17. The crank drive arrangement of claim 16 , wherein the intermediate ring is composed of a steel material.

18. The crank drive arrangement of claim 10 , further comprising a bushing having a radially outer collar which axially adjoins the external thread and which forms a stop for limiting a screwing-in depth into the connecting rod.

Assignees

• Knorr Bremse Systeme

Inventors

• Hartl Michael
• Schneider Stefan

Classifications

• F16C2360/42

  Pumps with cylinders or pistons · CPC title

• F16C35/077 Primary

  between housing and outer race ring · CPC title

• F16C9/04

  Connecting-rod bearings; Attachments thereof · CPC title

• F04B53/006

  Crankshafts · CPC title

• F16C2226/50

  Positive connections · CPC title