Hydraulic orbital machine and method for adjusting an orbital machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11598332-B2
Application number	US-201917272198-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 2, 2019
Priority date	Aug 31, 2018
Publication date	Mar 7, 2023
Grant date	Mar 7, 2023

Abstract

Provided is a hydraulic orbital machine and a method of adjusting a hydraulic orbital machine comprising a first and a second lobed disk which rotate eccentrically about a rotation axis and within respective rotors; the machine is characterized by the fact that it has adjustment means designed to mutually angularly offset the angles at which, when the machine is at a standstill, the chambers defined between the lobed disks and the stator have minimum volume.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A hydraulic orbital machine, comprising:
a first stator case portion, which delimits a first internal contoured volume; and
a first lobed disk configured to rotate eccentrically about a rotation axis in the first stator case portion so as to form a plurality of first chambers which have a volume that varies with rotation of the first lobed disk, wherein at least one first chamber of the plurality of first chambers has a minimum volume at a first angle of the first stator case portion,
the machine further comprising:
a second stator case portion, which delimits a second internal contoured volume;
at least one second lobed disk configured to rotate together with the first lobed disk eccentrically about the rotation axis in the second stator case portion so as to form a plurality of second chambers having a volume that varies with rotation of the at least one second lobed disk, wherein at least one second chamber of the plurality of second chambers has a minimum volume at a second angle of the second stator case portion, and
adjustment means designed to mutually angularly offset the first and second angles;

wherein the first and second stator case portions comprise rolling bodies configured to directly interact with the first and second lobed disks in order to partly delimit a respective chamber of the plurality of first chambers and plurality of second chambers with variable volume.

2. The hydraulic orbital machine according to claim 1 , wherein the adjustment means are connected to at least one between the first or second stator case portion, wherein the at least one between the first or second stator case portion are rotatable about the rotation axis.

3. The hydraulic orbital machine according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second lobed disks are coupled to a same shaft.

4. The hydraulic orbital machine according to claim 1 , wherein the machine further comprises a distribution assembly configured to send/receive a flow rate of a hydraulic fluid to the respective chambers of the plurality of first and second chambers.

5. The hydraulic orbital machine according to claim 1 , wherein the machine further comprises an external enclosure of the machine, wherein the first and second stator case portions are inside the external enclosure.

6. The hydraulic orbital machine according to claim 5 , wherein the adjustment means are kinematically coupled to the second stator case portion, which rotates with respect to the enclosure, the first stator case portion being fixed with respect to the enclosure.

7. The hydraulic orbital machine according to claim 5 , wherein the adjustment means comprise at least one hydraulic cylinder arranged inside the external enclosure or integrated in the external enclosure.

8. The hydraulic orbital machine according to claim 5 , wherein the second stator case portion has N protrusions or rolling bodies to cooperate with the second lobed disk to partially delimit the at least one second chamber with variable volume, where the second stator case portion is rotatable about the rotation axis relative to the external enclosure, and where the second stator case portion is connected to the adjustment means and where the second stator case portion is accommodated inside of the external enclosure so that the adjustment means are configured to rotate the second stator case portion relative to the external enclosure by an angle φ with φ≥360°/(2·N).

9. The hydraulic orbital machine according to claim 5 , wherein the first stator case portion and the second stator case portion are accommodated inside of the external enclosure and are rotatable about the rotation axis relative to the external enclosure.

10. The hydraulic orbital machine according to claim 1 , wherein the adjustment means comprise an actuation shaft coupled to a pivot which engages in a seat of the second stator case portion.

11. The hydraulic orbital machine according to claim 1 , wherein the adjustment means include at least an actuation shaft configured to move in a plane perpendicular to the rotation axis.

12. The hydraulic orbital machine according to claim 1 , wherein the adjustment means include a second actuation shaft connected with the first stator case portion to rotate the first stator case portion about the rotation axis, and a first actuation shaft connected with the second stator case portion to rotate the second stator case portion about the rotation axis.

13. A method for adjusting a hydraulic orbital machine comprising a first stator case portion which delimits a first internal contoured volume, a first lobed disk configured to rotate eccentrically about a rotation axis in the first stator case portion in order to form a plurality of first chambers which have a volume that varies in the rotation of the first lobed disk, at least one of the first chambers having a minimum volume at a first angle of the first stator case portion, wherein the first chambers are between the first stator case and the first lobed disk;
the method comprising the following steps:
providing a second stator case portion which delimits a second internal contoured volume;
providing at least one second lobed disk configured to rotate together with the first lobed disk eccentrically about the rotation axis in the second stator case portion in order to form a plurality of second chambers which have a volume that varies in the rotation of the second lobed disk, wherein the second chambers are between the second stator case and the at least one second lobed disk;
at least one of the second chambers having a minimum volume at a second angle of the second stator case portion; and
mutually angularly offsetting the first and second angles.

Assignees

• Dana Motion Sys Italia Srl

Inventors

• Franzoni Federica
• Sassi Alessandro

Classifications

• F04C2240/30

  Casings or housings · CPC title

• F04C2240/60

  Shafts · CPC title

• F03C2/30

  having the characteristics covered by two or more of groups F03C2/02, F03C2/08, F03C2/22, F03C2/24 or having the characteristics covered by one of these groups together with some other type of movement between co-operating members · CPC title

• F04C2/104 Primary

  having an articulated driving shaft · CPC title

• F04C15/0065

  for eccentric movement · CPC title