Balancing adapter for a balancing device, balancing device and balancing adapter set

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11602794-B2
Application number	US-202017009032-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 1, 2020
Priority date	Sep 11, 2019
Publication date	Mar 14, 2023
Grant date	Mar 14, 2023

Abstract

A balancing adapter for a balancing device has a clamping device for clamping a workpiece. The clamping device has a clamping sleeve element with a clamping sleeve, and a clamping element that can be moved relative to the clamping sleeve element. The clamping sleeve has a taper, and the clamping element has a mating taper corresponding to the clamping sleeve taper. The clamping diameter of the clamping sleeve can be adjusted, and thus a workpiece can be clamped, by moving the clamping element relative to the clamping sleeve element. The clamping sleeve element is releasably connectable to a base body of the balancing adapter. Accordingly, for connection to the base body, the clamping sleeve element has an annular flange by which, in the connected state of the clamping sleeve element and the base body, the clamping sleeve element rests on an end wall of the base body.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A balancing adapter for a balancing device, the balancing adapter comprising:
a base body having an end wall;
a clamping device for clamping a workpiece, said clamping device having a clamping sleeve element with a clamping sleeve, and a clamping element that can be moved relative to said clamping sleeve element, said clamping sleeve element having a deposition surface, surrounding said clamping sleeve on an outside, for the workpiece to be clamped, or an adapter element, wherein the workpiece deposited on said deposition surface or said adapter element being clamped by means of said clamping device and bearing its weight on said deposition surface or said adapter element, wherein said clamping sleeve element and said clamping sleeve are formed as a one-piece part and said deposition surface being an exposed or free surface of said one-piece part;
said clamping sleeve having a clamping sleeve taper;
said clamping element having a mating taper corresponding to said clamping sleeve taper;
a clamping diameter of said clamping sleeve can be adjusted, and thus the workpiece can be clamped, by moving said clamping element relative to said clamping sleeve element; and
said clamping sleeve element being releasably connectable to said base body, and for a connection to said base body, said clamping sleeve element having an annular flange by means of which, in a connected state of said clamping sleeve element and said base body, said clamping sleeve element rests on said end wall of said base body.

2. The balancing adapter according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one connecting element, said clamping sleeve element is releasably connectable to said base body by means of said at least one connecting element.

3. The balancing adapter according to claim 2 , wherein:
said at least one connecting element is formed from a plurality of connecting screws; and
said annular flange has a plurality of through apertures formed therein through which said plurality of connecting screws are passed.

4. The balancing adapter according to claim 1 , wherein said clamping sleeve element has an aperture formed therein, in which said clamping element is partially or completely accommodated, said aperture forms said clamping sleeve taper as an internal taper.

5. The balancing adapter according to claim 4 , wherein:
said aperture is a through aperture; and
said clamping element has a cylindrical portion, by means of which said clamping element is guided in a linearly movable manner in said aperture.

6. The balancing adapter according to claim 1 , wherein said clamping sleeve element has a centring device to centring said clamping sleeve element.

7. The balancing adapter according to claim 6 , wherein said centring device has a centring web which projects into an interior space of said base body and rests against an inner wall of said base body.

8. The balancing adapter according to claim 1 ,
further comprising an actuating element; and
said clamping element is a rod-shaped clamping element, said rod-shaped clamping element is connected releasably in an end region to said actuating element for moving said clamping element relative to said clamping sleeve element.

9. The balancing adapter according to claim 8 , wherein said clamping element can be screwed in said end region to said actuating element.

10. The balancing adapter according to claim 8 , wherein said rod-shaped clamping element is of multi-part design, wherein said rod-shaped clamping element has a rod-shaped base part and a connecting part which is connected to said rod-shaped base part and surrounds said rod-shaped base part in a ring shape, for connecting said clamping element to said actuating element.

11. The balancing adapter according to claim 8 , wherein said actuating element is a rod-shaped actuating element.

12. The balancing adapter according to claim 1 , wherein said clamping sleeve element and said clamping element form an interchangeable module, which is releasably connectable to said base body of said balancing adapter.

13. The balancing adapter according to claim 1 , wherein the balancing adapter has a part of a driving device for a linear movement of said clamping element relative to said clamping sleeve element.

14. The balancing adapter according to claim 13 , wherein said base body has a housing part which surrounds said end wall, and an actuating module, which is connected to said housing part, and has an actuating element for moving said clamping element relative to said clamping sleeve element and/or said part of said driving device.

15. The balancing adapter according to claim 1 , wherein said clamping sleeve has slots formed therein and distributed over a sleeve circumference for adjusting a clamping diameter.

16. The balancing adapter according to claim 1 , wherein:
said clamping element is a rod-shaped clamping element;
said clamping sleeve element rests in surface contact, on said end wall; and
said end wall is an annular end wall.

17. The balancing adapter according to claim 1 , wherein said clamping sleeve element has a centring device to centring said clamping sleeve element, which is substantially rotationally symmetrical, relative to said base body.

18. A balancing device, comprising:
a balancing adapter according to claim 1 ; and
a base station with a balancing adapter receptacle for receiving said balancing adapter, said base station further having a rotary driving device for rotary driving of said balancing adapter received and/or to have at least one part of a driving device for a movement of said clamping sleeve element relative to said clamping element.

19. A balancing adapter set, comprising:
a balancing adapter according to claim 1 , wherein said clamping sleeve element is one of a plurality of clamping sleeve elements, said clamping element corresponding to said clamping sleeve elements;
wherein each of said clamping sleeve elements having said clamping sleeve, and said clamping sleeve elements differ from one another, at least in a configuration of said clamping sleeve;
wherein said clamping sleeve of each of said clamping sleeve elements having said clamping sleeve taper, and at least one said clamping element having the mating taper corresponding to the clamping sleeve taper; and
wherein each of said clamping sleeve elements is releasably connectable to said base body, wherein, for connection to said base body, each of said clamping sleeve elements has said annular flange by means of which, in the connected state of said clamping sleeve elements and said base body, said clamping sleeve elements rest on said end wall of said base body.

Assignees

• Franz Haimer Maschb Kg

Inventors

• Haimer Franz

Classifications

• G01M1/04 Primary

  Adaptation of bearing support assemblies for receiving the body to be tested · CPC title

• B23B31/263

  by means of balls · CPC title

• B23B31/4006

  Gripping the work or tool by a split sleeve (collet chucks B23B31/20) · CPC title

• B23B31/4026 Primary

  using mechanical transmission through the spindle · CPC title

• B23B2231/04

  Adapters · CPC title