Fastening structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11384686-B2
Application number	US-201816966107-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 31, 2018
Priority date	Jan 31, 2018
Publication date	Jul 12, 2022
Grant date	Jul 12, 2022

Abstract

A fastening structure (105) includes a pair of fastening members (105A) joined to each other, which is coupled with a bolt. The fastening member (105) is made of steel. A surface other than joint surfaces (Sa) has a Rockwell hardness of 50 HRC or more. The joint surfaces (Sa) have a Rockwell hardness of 30 HRC or more and less than 50 HRC. The joint surfaces (Sa) have an arithmetic mean roughness (Ra) of 0.2 μm or more and 0.5 μm or less. Production cost is suppressed, and at the same time, bending fatigue strength is secured and secondary damage due to abrasion powder generated by fretting is prevented.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A fastening structure,
wherein
the fastening structure is used in a variable-compression-ratio engine that continuously varies a compression ratio by varying a top dead center of a piston in accordance with a rotational position of a control shaft arranged below a crankshaft,
wherein
the fastening structure has a structure in which one and another fastening members joined to each other with a crankpin of the crankshaft sandwiched between are coupled with a bolt,
a lower end portion of a first link including an upper end portion coupled to the piston is coupled to be rotatable to the one of the fastening members, and
an upper end portion of a second link including a lower end portion coupled to an eccentric shaft portion of the control shaft is coupled to be rotatable to the another of the fastening members, and
wherein
the fastening members are made of steel,
a surface other than joint surfaces has a Rockwell hardness of 50 HRC or more,
the joint surfaces have a Rockwell hardness of 30 HRC to less than 50 HRC, and
the joint surfaces have an arithmetic mean roughness Ra of 0.2 μm to 0.5 μm.

2. The fastening structure according to claim 1 , wherein a surface layer of the joint surfaces of the fastening members has a martensitic structure, and contains 5% to 15% of retained austenite.

3. A method of producing a fastening structure, in which the fastening structure is the fastening structure according to claim 2 , comprising a step of performing carburizing the fastening members,
wherein the carburizing is vacuum carburizing.

4. The fastening structure according to claim 1 , wherein a hardness of the joint surfaces of the fastening members decreases inward from a surface, and has a falling gradient in which a Vickers hardness at a position of 0.5 mm to 0.6 mm away from the surface is 550 HV.

5. A method of producing a fastening structure, in which the fastening structure is the fastening structure according to claim 4 , comprising a step of performing carburizing the fastening members,
wherein the carburizing is vacuum carburizing.

6. The fastening structure according to claim 2 , wherein a hardness of the joint surfaces of the fastening members decreases inward from a surface, and has a falling gradient in which a Vickers hardness at a position of 0.5 mm to 0.6 mm away from the surface is 550 HV.

7. A method of producing a fastening structure, in which the fastening structure is the fastening structure according to claim 6 , comprising a step of performing carburizing the fastening members,
wherein the carburizing is vacuum carburizing.

8. The fastening structure according to claim 1 , wherein an axial force of fastening the fastening members to each other with the bolt is 1,300 MPa to 1,800 MPa.

9. A method of producing a fastening structure, in which the fastening structure is the fastening structure according to claim 8 , comprising a step of performing carburizing the fastening members,
wherein the carburizing is vacuum carburizing.

10. The fastening structure according to claim 8 , wherein the fastening members include recess portions provided in an insertion portion for the bolt in the joint surfaces.

11. A method of producing a fastening structure, in which the fastening structure is the fastening structure according to claim 10 , comprising a step of performing carburizing the fastening members,
wherein the carburizing is vacuum carburizing.

12. The fastening structure according to claim 1 , wherein the joint surfaces of the fastening members have a carbon concentration of 0.4 wt % to 0.6 wt %.

13. A method of producing a fastening structure, in which the fastening structure is the fastening structure according to claim 12 , comprising a step of performing carburizing the fastening members,
wherein the carburizing is vacuum carburizing.

14. A method of producing a fastening structure, in which the fastening structure is the fastening structure according to claim 1 , comprising a step of performing carburizing the fastening members,
wherein the carburizing is vacuum carburizing.

Assignees

• Nissan Motor

Inventors

• Sugimoto Tsuyoshi
• Hamada Takahiro

Classifications

• C23C8/20

  Carburising · CPC title

• F16C2360/22

  Internal combustion engines · CPC title

• F16C5/00

  Crossheads; Constructions of connecting-rod heads or piston-rod connections rigid with crossheads (piston-rods, i.e. rods rigidly connected to the piston, F16J7/00) · CPC title

• F02B75/045 Primary

  by means of a variable connecting rod length · CPC title

• F01L1/34

  characterised by the provision of means for changing the timing of the valves without changing the duration of opening {and without affecting the magnitude of the valve lift} · CPC title