Fluid driving device, motor assembly and friction clutch thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10240644-B2
Application number	US-201615361798-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 28, 2016
Priority date	Nov 27, 2015
Publication date	Mar 26, 2019
Grant date	Mar 26, 2019

Abstract

A fluid driving device, a motor assembly and a friction clutch thereof are disclosed. The friction clutch includes: a fixing member fixed on a rotary shaft; a connecting member slidable disposed on the rotary shaft, wherein when the rotary shaft starts rotating, an axial distance between the connecting member and the fixing member changes such that a friction force between the fixing member and the connecting member increases until the connecting member rotates synchronously with the fixing member; a loading member slidable disposed on the rotary shaft, the loading member and the connecting member being circumferentially positioned; and a restoring member configured to reduce an amount of change of the axial distance between the fixing member and the connecting member when the rotary shaft stops rotating.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A friction clutch comprising:
a fixing member fixed on a rotary shaft;
a connecting member disposed on the rotary shaft, the connecting member being slidable with respect to the rotary shaft, wherein when the rotary shaft starts rotating, an axial distance between the connecting member and the fixing member changes such that a friction force between the fixing member and the connecting member increases until the connecting member rotates synchronously with the fixing member;
a loading member disposed on the rotary shaft, the loading member being slidable with respect to the rotary shaft, the loading member and the connecting member being circumferentially positioned; and
a restoring member configured to reduce an amount of change of the axial distance between the fixing member and the connecting member when the rotary shaft stops rotating;
wherein the friction clutch further comprises a plurality of sliding posts, one of the connecting member and the loading member is fixedly connected with the sliding posts, and the other is slidably engaged with the sliding posts.

2. The friction clutch of claim 1 , wherein the fixing member and the connecting member are connected through thread engagement.

3. The friction clutch of claim 1 , wherein the restoring member is a resilient member.

4. The friction clutch of claim 3 , wherein the loading member includes a first positioning plate in contact with the resilient member, and a load connecting portion for connecting with a load.

5. The friction clutch of claim 4 , wherein the first positioning plate and the load connecting portion are integrally formed.

6. The friction clutch of claim 4 , wherein the connecting member includes a second positioning plate in contact with the restoring member, and a first thread connecting member for threadingly engaging with the fixing member.

7. The friction clutch of claim 6 , wherein the second positioning plate and the first thread connecting portion are integrally formed.

8. The friction clutch of claim 6 , wherein the fixing member includes a positioning stop plate for positioning and contacting an end face of the connecting member, and a second thread connecting portion for threadingly engaging with the connecting member.

9. The friction clutch of claim 8 , wherein the positioning stop plate and the second thread connecting portion are integrally formed.

10. The friction clutch of claim 9 , wherein threads on the second threading connecting portion are male threads.

11. The friction clutch of claim 1 , wherein the restoring member includes a through hole for allowing the rotary shaft to pass through.

12. The friction clutch of claim 11 , wherein the restoring member is an annular corrugated sheet, a claw-shaped spring sheet, or a ring of resilient material.

13. The friction clutch of claim 1 , wherein the sliding posts are symmetrically arranged with respect to an axis of rotation.

14. A motor assembly comprising a motor and the friction clutch according to claim 1 .

15. The motor assembly of claim 14 , wherein the motor assembly further comprises a position-limiting member disposed on the rotary shaft to limit axial movement of the loading member, the position-limiting member is disposed at one side of the friction clutch opposite from the motor.

16. The motor assembly of claim 14 , wherein the restoring member is a compressive resilient member.

17. A fluid driving device comprising a load part and the motor assembly according to claim 14 .

Assignees

• Johnson Electric Int Ag

Inventors

• Li Yue
• Liu li sheng
• Wang Yong
• Zhang Ya Ming

Classifications

• F16D13/04 Primary

  with means for actuating or keeping engaged by a force derived at least partially from one of the shafts to be connected (automatic clutches F16D43/00) · CPC title

• F16D43/02

  actuated entirely mechanically · CPC title

• H02K7/108

  with friction clutches · CPC title

• F16D2023/123

  Clutch actuation by cams, ramps or ball-screw mechanisms · CPC title

• F16D43/202

  of the ratchet type (slip couplings of the ratchet type F16D7/04) · CPC title