Gearwheel pairing for a helical gearing, a helical gearing with such a gearwheel pairing, and a use of such a gearwheel pairing in helical gearings

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11041543-B2
Application number	US-201815987671-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 23, 2018
Priority date	May 24, 2017
Publication date	Jun 22, 2021
Grant date	Jun 22, 2021

Abstract

A gearwheel pairing for a helical gearing, comprising a helical gear with a first toothing segment, and a worm with a second toothing segment, wherein the first toothing segment and the second toothing segment can be brought into intermeshing and form an involute toothing when intermeshed, the materials of the first and the second toothing segments are chosen such that when intermeshed there results a plastic-metal material pairing, and the toothing segment made of plastic has a first normal tooth thickness and the toothing segment made of metal has a second normal tooth thickness, wherein the ratio of the first normal tooth thickness to the second normal tooth thickness is increased by 10 to 200% with respect to a reference profile.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A gearwheel pairing for a helical gearing, comprising:
a helical gear with a first toothing segment;
a worm with a second toothing segment;
wherein the first toothing segment and the second toothing segment are arranged to intermesh and form an involute toothing when intermeshed;
wherein materials of the first toothing segment and the second toothing segment are selected such that when the first toothing segment and the second toothing segment are intermeshed a plastic-metal material pairing results, and
wherein one of the first toothing segment and the second toothing segment is made of plastic and has a first normal tooth thickness and another of the first toothing segment and the second toothing segment is made of metal and has a second normal tooth thickness, wherein a ratio of the first normal tooth thickness to the second normal tooth thickness is increased by a range with respect to a reference profile, wherein the range is 10 to 200% with respect to a reference profile,
wherein the worm of the reference profile has a normal tooth thickness (sn) of 1.3096 mm and a profile shift coefficient (x) of −0.3053, and
wherein the helical gear of the reference profile has a normal tooth thickness (sn) of 1.6633 mm and a profile shift coefficient (x) of 0.1647, resulting in a ratio Vsn of 0.7874.

2. The gearwheel pairing according to claim 1 , wherein the toothing segment made of plastic has a root circle diameter which is increased by 5 to 40% with respect to the reference profile.

3. The gearwheel pairing according to claim 1 , wherein the toothing segment made of plastic has a root circle diameter which is increased by 6 to 20% with respect to the reference profile.

4. The gearwheel pairing according to claim 1 , wherein a normal meshing angle of the involute toothing differs by ±5° from the reference profile.

5. The gearwheel pairing according to claim 1 , wherein a normal meshing angle of the involute toothing is reduced by 1 to 4° relative to the reference profile.

6. The gearwheel pairing according to claim 1 , wherein the worm is connected to a drive shaft and the first toothing segment of the helical gear and the second toothing segment of the worm are intermeshed.

7. The gearwheel pairing according to claim 6 , wherein the helical gear consists of metal, and is formed as a spindle nut and interacts with a spindle and the worm consists of plastic.

8. The gearwheel pairing according to claim 1 , wherein the range is 15 to 120% with respect to the reference profile.

9. A method for using the gearwheel pairing as claimed in claim 1 , comprising activating the gearwheel pairing to adjust a seat-length of a vehicle seat, wherein the gearwheel pairing is coupled to the vehicle seat.

10. A gear pairing, comprising:
a helical gear with a helical toothing segment, the helical toothing segment comprising either a plastic toothing segment or a metal toothing segment;
a worm with a worm toothing segment, wherein:
the worm toothing segment comprises the plastic toothing segment if the helical toothing segment comprises the metal toothing segment;
the worm toothing segment comprises the metal toothing segment if the helical toothing segment comprises the plastic toothing segment; and

wherein the helical toothing segment and the worm toothing segment are arranged to intermesh with a plastic-metal material pairing and form an involute toothing when intermeshed;
wherein the plastic toothing segment has a plastic normal tooth thickness;
wherein the metal toothing segment having a metal normal tooth thickness, wherein a ratio of the plastic normal tooth thickness to the metal normal tooth thickness is increased by a range with respect to a reference profile, wherein the range is 10 to 200% with respect to a reference profile,
wherein the worm of the reference profile has a normal tooth thickness (sn) of 1.3096 mm and a profile shift coefficient (x) of −0.3053, and
wherein the helical gear of the reference profile has a normal tooth thickness (sn) of 1.6633 mm and a profile shift coefficient (x) of 0.1647 resulting in a ratio Vsn of 0.7874.

11. The gear pairing according to claim 10 , wherein the plastic toothing segment has a root circle diameter which is increased by 5 to 40% with respect to the reference profile.

12. The gear pairing according to claim 10 , wherein the plastic toothing segment has a root circle diameter which is increased by 6 to 20% with respect to the reference profile.

13. The gear pairing according to claim 10 , wherein a normal meshing angle of the involute toothing differs by ±5° from the reference profile.

14. The gear pairing according to claim 10 , wherein a normal meshing angle of the involute toothing is reduced by 1 to 4° relative to the reference profile.

15. The gear pairing according to claim 10 , wherein the worm is arranged to be connected to a drive shaft.

16. The gear pairing according to claim 10 , wherein the helical gear is formed as a metal spindle nut and interacts with a spindle and the worm is formed of plastic.

17. The gear pairing according to claim 10 , wherein the range is 15 to 120% with respect to the reference profile.

18. A gear pairing, comprising:
a helical gear with a helical toothing segment, the helical toothing segment comprising either a plastic toothing segment or a metal toothing segment;
a worm with a worm toothing segment, wherein:
the worm toothing segment comprises the plastic toothing segment if the helical toothing segment comprises the metal toothing segment;
the worm toothing segment comprises the metal toothing segment if the helical toothing segment comprises the plastic toothing segment; and

wherein the helical toothing segment and the worm toothing segment are arranged to intermesh with a plastic-metal material pairing and form an involute toothing when intermeshed;
wherein the plastic toothing segment has a plastic normal tooth thickness;
wherein the metal toothing segment having a metal normal tooth thickness, wherein a ratio of the plastic normal tooth thickness to the metal normal tooth thickness is increased by a range with respect to a reference profile, wherein the range is 15 to 120% with respect to a reference profile;
wherein a normal meshing angle of the involute toothing is reduced by 1 to 4° relative to the reference profile; and
wherein the plastic toothing segment has a root circle diameter which is increased by 6 to 20% with respect to the reference profile,
wherein the worm of the reference profile has a root circle diameter d f of 5.950 mm, and
wherein the gear of the reference provide has a root circle diameter d f of 10.950 mm.

Assignees

• Ims Gear Se & Co Kgaa

Inventors

• Aberle Steffen
• Melnikov Egor
• Schlude Sebastian
• Koop Matthias

Classifications

• F16H55/0806

  Involute profile · CPC title

• F16H55/06

  Use of materials; Use of treatments of toothed members or worms to affect their intrinsic material properties · CPC title

• B60Y2400/70

  Gearings · CPC title

• F16H55/0846

  Intersecting-shaft arrangement of the toothed members (F16H55/0813, F16H55/0826, F16H55/0833, F16H55/084 take precedence) · CPC title

• F16H1/08 Primary

  the members having helical, herringbone, or like teeth · CPC title