Elastomer coupling and associated roll stabilizer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10377201-B2
Application number	US-201515524464-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 4, 2015
Priority date	Nov 12, 2014
Publication date	Aug 13, 2019
Grant date	Aug 13, 2019

Abstract

An elastomer coupling for an electromechanical actuator, having a drive part and a driven part, wherein either the drive part or the driven part has multiple radially outwardly extending webs arranged so as to be distributed about an axis of rotation, and the respective other part has radially inwardly extending webs arranged on the inner side of a tubular body, wherein a radially inwardly and a radially outwardly extending web engage into one another and form a pocket in which there is received an elastic molded body produced from an elastomer, wherein, in at least one pocket, there is received a spring element which generates a pretensioning force, which spring element is attached either to an inwardly extending or to an outwardly extending web and is spring-loaded against an adjacent web.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An elastomer coupling for an electromechanical actuator, comprising:
a drive part and a driven part,
one of the drive part or the driven part has multiple webs that are arranged distributed about a rotational axis and extend radially outward and the other of the drive part or the driven part has webs that are arranged on an inner side of a tubular body and extend radially inward,
radially inward extending ones of the webs and radially outward extending one of the webs engage with each other and form pockets in at least a respective one of which an elastic molded body produced from an elastomer is held,
in at least one of the pockets, a spring element generating a pretensioning force is attached to one of the radially inward extending webs or to one of the radially outward extending webs and is spring mounted against an adjacent one of the webs.

2. The elastomer coupling according to claim 1 , wherein the spring element is spring-mounted against both of the adjacent webs.

3. The elastomer coupling according to claim 1 , wherein the spring element is placed on one of the webs.

4. The elastomer coupling according to claim 3 , wherein the web having the spring element has on a free end thereof a recess in which the spring element is held in a positive or non-positive locking connection.

5. The elastomer coupling according to claim 1 , wherein the spring element extends axially at least across one part of a length of the web on which it is arranged.

6. The elastomer coupling according to claim 1 , wherein the spring element is produced from a spring steel material.

7. A roll stabilizer that is connectable to torsion bars of a split stabilizer and has an electromechanical actuator with a drive part and a driven part between which an elastomer coupling according to claim 1 is arranged.

8. The elastomer coupling according to claim 1 , wherein the spring element contacts opposing circumferential faces of the one of the radially inward extending webs or the one of the radially outward extending webs.

9. An elastomer coupling for an electromechanical actuator, comprising a drive part and a driven part, one of the drive part or the driven part has multiple webs that are arranged distributed about a rotational axis and extend radially outward and the other of the drive part or the driven part has webs that are arranged on an inner side of a tubular body and extend radially inward, radially inward extending ones of the webs and radially outward extending one of the webs engage with each other and form pockets in at least a respective one of which an elastic molded body produced from an elastomer is held, in at least one of the pockets, a spring element generating a pretensioning force is attached to one of the radially inward extending webs or to one of the radially outward extending webs and is spring mounted against an adjacent one of the webs, wherein the spring element has at least one convex curved part.

10. The elastomer coupling according to claim 9 , wherein the spring element is spring-mounted against both of the adjacent webs.

11. The elastomer coupling according to claim 9 , wherein the spring element is placed on one of the webs.

12. The elastomer coupling according to claim 11 , wherein the web having the spring element has on a free end thereof a recess in which the spring element is held in a positive or non-positive locking connection.

13. The elastomer coupling according to claim 9 , wherein the spring element extends axially at least across one part of a length of the web on which it is arranged.

14. A roll stabilizer that is connectable to torsion bars of a split stabilizer and has an electromechanical actuator with a drive part and a driven part between which an elastomer coupling according to claim 9 is arranged.

15. An elastomer coupling for an electromechanical actuator, comprising a drive part and a driven part, one of the drive part or the driven part has multiple webs that are arranged distributed about a rotational axis and extend radially outward and the other of the drive part or the driven part has webs that are arranged on an inner side of a tubular body and extend radially inward, radially inward extending ones of the webs and radially outward extending one of the webs engage with each other and form pockets in at least a respective one of which an elastic molded body produced from an elastomer is held, in at least one of the pockets, a spring element generating a pretensioning force is attached to one of the radially inward extending webs or to one of the radially outward extending webs and is spring mounted against an adjacent one of the webs, wherein the spring element has a convex curved part and a concave curved part that transition continuously into each other.

16. The elastomer coupling according to claim 15 , wherein the spring element is spring-mounted against both of the adjacent webs.

17. The elastomer coupling according to claim 15 , wherein the spring element is placed on one of the webs.

18. The elastomer coupling according to claim 17 , wherein the web having the spring element has on a free end thereof a recess in which the spring element is held in a positive or non-positive locking connection.

19. The elastomer coupling according to claim 15 , wherein the spring element extends axially at least across one part of a length of the web on which it is arranged.

20. A roll stabilizer that is connectable to torsion bars of a split stabilizer and has an electromechanical actuator with a drive part and a driven part between which an elastomer coupling according to claim 15 is arranged.

Assignees

• Schaeffler Technologies Ag

Inventors

• Holzberger Markus
• Breton Wilfried
• Jurjanz Ramon
• Seubert Manuel
• Kruger Sebastian

Classifications

• F16F1/54

  loaded in compression and shear · CPC title

• B60G2206/427

  Stabiliser bars or tubes · CPC title

• F16D3/68

  the elements being made of rubber or similar material · CPC title

• F16F2224/0208

  Alloys · CPC title

• F16F15/085

  Use of both rubber and metal springs · CPC title