Wheel fixture

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11298797-B2
Application number	US-201816223361-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 18, 2018
Priority date	Apr 19, 2018
Publication date	Apr 12, 2022
Grant date	Apr 12, 2022

Abstract

A wheel fixture is disclosed. A main shaft drives a first positioning pull rod on a chuck body to extend and contract in the radial direction via a tightening screw, a clamping jaw is at a position within the travel range of extension and contraction, a wheel is positioned and clamped by the fixture, airtight support blocks are pressed down by the wheel and flush with the support plane of the clamping jaw, at this time, airtight ejector rods press second O rings to prevent air from flowing out of the airtight detection position, a detection system of a machine tool detects a preset air pressure value which indicate that the wheel has been placed correctly, and if the wheel is not placed correctly on the fixture, the machine tool will alarm through the detected pressure feedback.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A wheel clamp comprising
a main shaft;
a base connected to the main shaft by a fifth screw;
a chuck body fixed to the base by a third screw, the chuck body has a toothed surface;
a tightening screw connects the chuck body with the main shaft;
a protection ring pressing a first O ring to a gap between the chuck body and the base, the first O ring plays a sealing role and the protection ring is tightened with a sixth screw;
second positioning pull rods, the lower surfaces of which are engaged with the toothed surface of the chuck body, and each second positioning pull rod is tightened with two second screws respectively;
six first positioning pull rods respectively connected and fixed to the six second positioning pull rods by two pins;
six clamping jaws respectively connected and fixed to the six first positioning pull rods by two first screws and two first pins;
a balance block housing connected and fixed to the base by seventh screws, the balance block housing has a through hole, two bottom holes and two threaded holes;
a first guide shaft passing through the through hole of the balance block housing and passing through a deflection block, two ends of the balance block housing restrict the axial movement of the first guide shaft;
a balance block mounted in an inner groove of the balance block housing, the balance block has two through holes;
two second guide shafts respectively passing through the two through holes of the balance block and entering the two bottom holes of the balance block housing, wherein the second guide shafts are respectively tightened on the two threaded holes of the balance block housing via two first hexagon head hole screws, and the axial movement of the two second guide shafts is restricted;
a spring arranged in a bottom hole of the balance block;
a second hexagon head hole screw tightened on a corresponding threaded hole of the balance block housing to restrict the axial movement of the spring;
two pressure plates mounted at the two ends of the first positioning pull rod, wherein the pressure plates are connected and fixed to the balance block housing by a group of eighth screws to restrict the movement of the first positioning pull rod in the axial direction of the main shaft;
three airtight mechanisms are uniformly distributed in the circumferential direction of the upper surface of the base, wherein each of the airtight mechanisms includes:
an airtight base connected and fixed to the base by a group of ninth screws;
a third O ring mounted in a lower groove of the airtight base;
an airtight ejector rod mounted in a circular hole of the airtight base;
two slotted pan head set screws used to restrict the rotation of the airtight ejector rod;
a second O ring mounted between the airtight base and the airtight ejector rod;
an airtight support block connected and fixed to the upper surface of the airtight ejector rod by a fourth screw; and
an airtight cover sealing an air passage inside the base.

2. The wheel fixture according to claim 1 , wherein
the two slotted pan head set screws are kept horizontal in the slotted direction during use,
hole directions corresponding to the two first hexagon head hole screws and the second hexagon head hole screw are kept identical during use.

3. The wheel fixture according to claim 1 , wherein weight reduction pits are disposed in the lower surface of the base.

4. The wheel fixture according to claim 1 , wherein the balance block is restricted to a fixed height by the second guide shafts such that sufficient clearances are reserved between the upper and lower surfaces of the balance block and the balance block housing and the base.

Assignees

• Citic Dicastal Co Ltd

Inventors

• Liu Xiao
• Xu Zuo
• Guo Jiandong
• Chen Xiaopeng

Classifications

• B23Q17/005 Primary

  by measuring a force, a pressure or a deformation · CPC title

• B23B31/16229

  using mechanical transmission through the spindle (B23B31/1622 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B23B31/141 Primary

  To counterbalance the jaws · CPC title

• B24B41/061 Primary

  axially supporting turning workpieces, e.g. magnetically, pneumatically · CPC title

• B23B2215/08

  Automobile wheels · CPC title