Gear assembly for a geared motor of an electrically operable brake, geared motor, parking brake system, and service brake system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11639165-B2
Application number	US-201816957103-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 18, 2018
Priority date	Dec 22, 2017
Publication date	May 2, 2023
Grant date	May 2, 2023

Abstract

The gear assembly can be operatively connected on the input side to a drive machine and on the output side preferably to an actuating element of the electrically operable brake and comprises at least one gear stage. The at least one gear stage comprises at least two intermeshing gear wheels, of which at least one gear wheel is rotatably mounted on an axle element by engagement of the axle element in a receptacle of the at least one gear wheel. The receptacle and the axle element have mutually corresponding peripheral surfaces, of which, in the axial direction, at least one peripheral surface has an outwardly curved contour and the other peripheral surface has a contour designed such that the peripheral surfaces roll against one another on the contours in order to bring the at least one gear wheel and the axle element into an oblique position relative to one another.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A gear assembly for a geared motor of an electrically operable brake, wherein the gear assembly can be actively connected on the input side to an engine and on the output side to an operating element of the electrically operable brake, and comprises at least one gear stage, the gear assembly being supported in a housing, wherein the at least one gear stage comprises at least two intermeshing toothed wheels, at least one toothed wheel of which is rotatably mounted on an axle element, by the axle element engaging in a socket of the at least one toothed wheel, the axle element being retained on at least one of the housing and a support structure in the housing, wherein the socket and the axle element have mutually corresponding circumferential surfaces, at least one circumferential surface of which comprises an axially outwardly curved contour and the other circumferential surface of which comprises a contour with a form such that the circumferential surfaces roll relative to each other on the contours in order to bring the at least one toothed wheel and the axle element into an inclined position relative to each other when the at least one of the housing and the support structure on which the axle element is retained is deformed.

2. The gear assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the contour of the other circumferential surface extends in a straight line in the axial direction.

3. The gear assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the contour of the other circumferential surface is curved outward in the axial direction.

4. The gear assembly as claimed in claim 3 , wherein it is provided that at least one of the contours is circumferential.

5. The gear assembly as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the socket forms a passage through the at least one toothed wheel, and the contour of the circumferential surface of the socket extends into at least one end region of the passage.

6. The gear assembly as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the at least one toothed wheel is a constituent part of a double or multiple toothed wheel which comprises at least one further toothed wheel, wherein the at least one toothed wheel and the at least one further toothed wheel are provided on a common base body.

7. The gear assembly as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the at least one toothed wheel is a spur wheel.

8. The gear assembly as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the at least one gear stage is a planetary wheel stage and the at least one toothed wheel is a sun wheel or at least one planetary wheel of the planetary wheel stage.

9. The gear assembly as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the at least one axle element is retained on the support structure and the housing.

10. The gear assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one gear stage is a spur wheel stage.

11. The gear assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the support structure is arranged loosely in the housing and is supported against the housing.

12. The gear assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the support structure is fastened against the housing.

13. The gear assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the two intermeshing toothed wheels include first and second toothed wheels, the first toothed wheel being rotatably mounted on the axle element, the axle element being retained on the support structure, the second toothed wheel being rotatably mounted on a second axle element, the second axle element engaging in a second socket of the second toothed wheel, the second axle element being retained on the a second support structure in the housing, the second socket and the second axle element having mutually corresponding circumferential surfaces, at least one circumferential surface of the second socket and second axle element comprising an axially outwardly curved contour and the other circumferential surface of the second socket and second axle element comprising a contour with a form such that the circumferential surfaces roll relative to each other on the contours in order to bring the second toothed wheel and the second axle element into an inclined position relative to each other when at least one of the housing and the second support structure is deformed.

14. The gear assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the housing and the support structure has a curved configuration when deformed.

15. A gear assembly for a geared motor of an electrically operable brake, wherein the gear assembly can be actively connected on the input side to an engine and on the output side to an operating element of the electrically operable brake, and comprises at least one gear stage, the at least one gear stage being a planetary wheel stage and comprising at least two intermeshing toothed wheels, at least one of the toothed wheels being a sun wheel of the planetary wheel stage, the sun wheel being a spur wheel, the sun wheel being rotatably mounted on an axle element, by the axle element engaging in a socket of the sun wheel, the axle element being retained on at least one of a support structure and a housing, the support structure being fastened against the housing, wherein the socket and the axle element have mutually corresponding circumferential surfaces, at least one circumferential surface of which comprises an axially outwardly curved contour and the other circumferential surface of which comprises a contour with a form such that the circumferential surfaces roll relative to each other on the contours in order to bring the sun wheel and the axle element into an inclined position relative to each other.

16. The gear assembly as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the contour of the other circumferential surface extends in a straight line in the axial direction.

17. The gear assembly as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the contour of the other circumferential surface is curved outward in the axial direction.

18. The gear assembly as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the sun wheel is a constituent part of a double or multiple toothed wheel which comprises at least one further toothed wheel, wherein the sun wheel and the at least one further toothed wheel are provided on a common base body.

Assignees

• Zf Active Safety Gmbh

Inventors

• Baer Jan Niklas

Classifications

• F16D2125/48

  with parallel stationary axes, e.g. spur gears · CPC title

• F16D2121/24

  using motors · CPC title

• F16D2125/50

  with parallel non-stationary axes, e.g. planetary gearing · CPC title

• F16H1/2845

  by allowing limited movement of the sun gear · CPC title

• B60T13/741 Primary

  acting on an ultimate actuator · CPC title