Charging mechanism for charging a stored-energy spring of a stored-energy spring mechanism

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11152162-B2
Application number	US-201816956679-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 22, 2018
Priority date	Dec 20, 2017
Publication date	Oct 19, 2021
Grant date	Oct 19, 2021

Abstract

A charging mechanism charges a stored-energy spring of a stored-energy spring mechanism. The charging mechanism contains a charging gear coupled to the stored-energy spring, an intermediate shaft coupled to the charging gear, an idler gear driven by a charging motor, a freewheel coupled to the idler gear, and a dog clutch that couples the freewheel to the intermediate shaft to charge the stored-energy spring and uncouples same from the intermediate shaft in the charged state. The dog clutch contains a first clutch block that is non-rotatably coupled to the intermediate shaft, a second clutch block connected to the freewheel, and a synchronizer ring arranged between the clutch blocks and is non-rotatably coupled to the first clutch block. During a rotation relative to the second clutch block, the synchronizer ring couples in a form-fitting manner to the second clutch block in a first direction of rotation about the axis of rotation.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A tensioning mechanism for tensioning an accumulator spring of a spring stored energy mechanism, the tensioning mechanism comprising:
a tensioning gear coupled to the accumulator spring;
an intermediate shaft coupled to said tensioning gear;
an intermediate gear to be driven by a tensioning motor;
a freewheel coupled to said intermediate gear;
a dog clutch with a first clutch block coupled fixedly to said intermediate shaft so as to rotate with said intermediate shaft, a second clutch block connected to said freewheel, and a synchronizer ring disposed between said first and second clutch blocks and is coupled fixedly to said first clutch block so as to rotate with said first clutch block, said synchronizer ring being displaceable parallel to a rotational axis of said intermediate shaft relative to said first clutch block, and is pressed onto said second clutch block;
it being possible for said first clutch block to be displaced parallel to the rotational axis between a first end position, in which said first clutch block bears against said second clutch block and in the first end position a tensioning of the accumulator spring occurs, and a second end position, in which said first clutch block is disconnected from the second clutch block and in the second end position it is assumed that the accumulator spring is in a tensioned state; and
said synchronizer ring coupling in a form-locking manner to said second clutch block in a case of a rotation relative to said second clutch block in a first rotational direction about the rotational axis, and, in a case of an open said dog clutch, it being possible for said synchronizer ring to be rotated relative to said second clutch block in a second rotational direction about the rotational axis, the second rotational direction being opposed to the first rotational direction.

2. The tensioning mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein said synchronizer ring has a plurality of ramp-shaped projections which face said second clutch block and are disposed around said intermediate shaft, and said second clutch block has a plurality of coupling teeth which are disposed around said intermediate shaft and against which in each case one of said ramp-shaped projections of said synchronizer ring bears in a case of a rotation of said synchronizer ring relative to said second clutch block in the first rotational direction about the rotational axis, and over said coupling teeth said ramp-shaped projections of said synchronizer ring can slide in a case of a rotation of said synchronizer ring relative to said second clutch block in the second rotational direction about the rotational axis.

3. The tensioning mechanism according to claim 2 , wherein said coupling teeth are directed toward an outside radially with respect to the rotational axis in a plane which is perpendicular with respect to the rotational axis.

4. The tensioning mechanism according to claim 2 , wherein said ramp-shaped projections of said synchronizer ring and said coupling teeth of said second clutch block are disposed equidistantly along a circle about the rotational axis in each case in a plane which is perpendicular with respect to the rotational axis.

5. The tensioning mechanism according to claim 2 , wherein said synchronizer ring has four said ramp-shaped projections, and said second clutch block has four said coupling teeth.

6. The tensioning mechanism according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one spring element which couples said synchronizer ring to said first clutch block and presses said synchronizer ring onto said second clutch block.

7. The tensioning mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein said first and second clutch blocks have dogs which correspond to one another and, in the first end position of said first clutch block, couple said first and second clutch blocks to one another in a form-locking manner in a case of rotations of said first clutch block relative to said second clutch block in the second rotational direction.

8. The tensioning mechanism according to claim 1 ,
wherein said intermediate shaft has a transverse opening formed therein; and
further comprising a coupling element connected to said first clutch block, said coupling element is guided through said transverse opening in said intermediate shaft, said transverse opening running perpendicularly with respect to the rotational axis of said intermediate shaft, said coupling element being displaced parallel to the rotational axis of said intermediate shaft in said transverse opening between a first position which defines the first end position of said first clutch block and a second position which defines the second end position of said first clutch block.

9. The tensioning mechanism according to claim 8 , wherein:
said first clutch block has recesses formed therein; and
said coupling element having ends and is configured as a tube or bolt, said coupling element having a longitudinal axis disposed perpendicularly with respect to the rotational axis of said intermediate shaft and said ends of said coupling element protrude into said recesses in said first clutch block.

10. The tensioning mechanism according to claim 8 ,
wherein said intermediate shaft having a longitudinal opening formed therein; and
further comprising a switching pin mounted displaceably in said intermediate shaft in said longitudinal opening running along the rotational axis of said intermediate shaft, and is coupled to said coupling element.

11. The tensioning mechanism according to claim 10 ,
wherein said switching pin has a resetting end which protrudes out of said longitudinal opening;
further comprising a resetting element disposed on said tensioning gear, said resetting element displaces said resetting end of said switching pin toward said longitudinal opening in the tensioned state of the accumulator spring, with the result that said coupling element is displaced from the first position into the second position.

12. The tensioning mechanism according to claim 11 , wherein said resetting element has a contact end which projects radially from said tensioning gear and a contact face which bears against said resetting end of said switching pin in a case of a displacement of said switching pin.

13. The tensioning mechanism according to claim 1 , further comprising a restoring spring coupled to said first clutch block and exerts a spring force in a direction of said second clutch block on said first clutch block.

14. The tensioning mechanism according to claim 13 , further comprising a locking mechanism for releasably locking said tensioning gear in the tensioned state of the accumulator spring.

15. A spring stored energy mechanism, comprising:
a tensioning mechanism according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Siemens Ag

Inventors

• Loebner Friedrich
• Binner Lukas

Classifications

• H01H3/3021

  using unidirectional coupling · CPC title

• H01H3/30

  using spring motor · CPC title

• H01H33/40

  using spring motor · CPC title

• H01H3/3031

  Means for locking the spring in a charged state · CPC title

• F16D41/04

  combined with a clutch for locking the driving and driven members (F16D41/02, F16D41/24 take precedence) · CPC title