Planetary gear bearing arrangement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10047792-B2
Application number	US-201415030411-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 20, 2014
Priority date	Oct 21, 2013
Publication date	Aug 14, 2018
Grant date	Aug 14, 2018

Abstract

A planetary gear bearing arrangement, including a planet carrier provided with a fixed bearing axis on which a planet gear is rotatably mounted via a sliding bearing that has a first antifriction layer on the axis side and a second antifriction layer on the gear side, wherein one of the two antifriction layers (8, 11) is created on a surface (10, 19) which is at least partially domed in the sliding region to reduce the edge pressure.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A planetary gear bearing system comprising
a planet carrier on which is provided a fixed bearing axis;
a planet wheel rotatably mounted on the bearing axis via a friction bearing;

the friction bearing including a first antifriction layer provided on a bearing axis side of the friction bearing and a second antifriction layer provided on a planet wheel side of the friction bearing;
wherein one of the first and second antifriction layers is produced on a surface having a dome profile, at least in sections, in a sliding area of said one of the first and second antifriction layers, one of the first antifriction layer and the second antifriction layer being a deposited hard material layer having a hardness of at least 800 HV, the other of the first antifriction layer and the second antifriction layer being a hardened surface layer having a hardness of at least 45 HRC, the hardened surface layer being at least as thick as the hard material layer and softer than the hard material layer.

2. The planetary gear bearing system as recited claim 1 , wherein
the surface is formed directly on the bearing axis or the planet wheel, or on at least one sleeve situated on the axis side or the wheel side.

3. The planetary gear bearing system as recited in claim 2 , wherein
two or more sleeves are provided axially one after the other, which are spaced a distance apart to form at least one lubricant receiving space, and/or which have a section with a reduced wall thickness.

4. The planetary gear bearing system as recited in claim 3 ,
wherein multiple sleeves of the two or more sleeves are situated on the bearing axis,
wherein the bearing axis has an axial bore and a radial bore, and wherein the radial bore opens into the at least one lubricant receiving space.

5. The planetary gear bearing system as recited in claim 1 ,
wherein at least one axial friction bearing is provided, via which the planet wheel is supported against the planet carrier, the axial friction bearing including at least one axial disk,
wherein the at least one axial disk is either connected to the planet wheel and runs on the planet carrier or is connected to the planet carrier and runs on the planet wheel,
wherein the at least one axial disk includes a surface having a domed profile, at least in sections, on its side facing the planet carrier or the planet wheel.

6. The planetary gear bearing system as recited in claim 5 ,
wherein the at least one the axial disk has an antifriction layer in the form of a deposited hard material layer, which runs on an antifriction layer formed on the planet carrier or the planet wheel in the form of a hardened surface layer.

7. The planetary gear bearing system as recited in claim 1 , wherein one or more front surfaces of the planet wheel include a surface having a dome profile, at least in sections.

8. The planetary gear bearing system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the surface having the dome profile is a homogeneous dome, or has a logarithmic profile.

9. A planetary gearset, including a planetary gear bearing system as recited in claim 1 .

10. The planetary gear bearing system as recited in claim 1 , wherein an outer surface of the first antifriction layer contacts an inner surface of the second antifriction layer.

Assignees

• Schaeffler Technologies Ag

Inventors

• GUETTLER Alexander
• Plogmann Michael
• Forstner Christian
• Claus Sven

Classifications

• F16C2202/04

  Hardness · CPC title

• F05B2260/40311

  of the epicyclic, planetary or differential type · CPC title

• F16C2361/61

  Toothed gear systems, e.g. support of pinion shafts · CPC title

• F05B2240/50

  Bearings · CPC title

• F16C17/26

  Systems consisting of a plurality of sliding-contact bearings · CPC title