Toothed belt comprising running surfaces provided on opposite sides and having tooth systems, the helix angles of the tooth systems being oriented in opposite directions, and associated toothed belt gear

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11674569-B2
Application number	US-201917253069-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 18, 2019
Priority date	Jul 5, 2018
Publication date	Jun 13, 2023
Grant date	Jun 13, 2023

Abstract

The invention relates to a toothed belt (10a, 10b) with two mutually oppositely arranged running surfaces (2, 4), wherein, on the running surfaces (2, 4), there are arranged toothings (12, 14) arranged obliquely with respect to the axial direction (X), wherein the obliquity is defined in each case by helix angles (16, 18) between the axial direction (X) and the direction of the tooth flanks of the respective toothings (12, 14). It is provided that the helix angle (16) of the first toothing (12) is oriented oppositely to the helix angle (18) of the second toothing (14).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A toothed belt comprising;
two mutually oppositely arranged running surfaces, wherein, on the running surfaces there are arranged teeth arranged obliquely with respect to the axial direction (X), wherein the obliquity is defined in each case by helix angles between the axial direction (X) and the direction of the tooth flanks of the respective teeth, and wherein a first helix angle of a first toothing is oriented opposite to a second helix angle of a second toothing;
at least one first toothed-belt pulley, which is in engagement with the first toothing of the toothed belt, and at least one second toothed-belt pulley, which is in engagement with the second toothing of the toothed belt, and wherein a helix angle of the toothing of the toothed-belt pulleys in each case corresponds to the helix angle of the teeth of the toothed belt;
the at least one second toothed-belt pulley is arranged so as to be situated directly opposite the at least one first toothed-belt pulley; and
the spacing between the at least one first toothed-belt pulley and the at least one second toothed-belt pulley is smaller than the thickness of the toothed belt arranged between the at least one first toothed-belt pulley and the at least one second toothed-belt pulley.

2. The toothed belt as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first helix angle of the first toothing and the second helix angle of the second toothing have an equal or different magnitude of helix angle.

3. The toothed belt as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the first helix angle and the second helix angle each have an angle value between >0 degrees and 20 degrees.

4. The toothed belt as claimed in claim 3 wherein the first helix angle and the second helix angle each have an angle value of from 2 degrees to 10 degrees.

5. The toothed belt as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the first helix angle and the second helix angle each have an angle value of 5 degrees.

6. The toothed belt as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the teeth of the toothed belt are of similar or non-similar design in particular with regard to tooth height, tooth pitch (tooth spacing Z) and tooth shape.

7. The toothed-belt transmission as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one first toothed-belt pulley has an external toothing and the at least one second toothed-belt pulley as an internal gear has an internal toothing, wherein respective helix angle of the teeth of the respective toothed-belt pulley corresponds to the helix angle of the respective toothing of the toothed belt which engages into the teeth of the respective toothed-belt pulley.

8. The toothed-belt transmission as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the first toothed-belt pulleys are arranged rotatably in planet carriers of a planetary transmission relative to one another, and wherein the planet carriers with the first toothed-belt pulleys are arranged in the second toothed-belt pulleys designed as internal gears and are thus formed as planetary transmissions.

9. A toothed belt comprising:
two mutually oppositely arranged running surfaces, wherein, on the running surfaces there are arranged teeth arranged obliquely with respect to the axial direction (X), wherein the obliquity is defined in each case by helix angles between the axial direction (X) and the direction of the tooth flanks of the respective teeth, and wherein a first helix angle of a first toothing is oriented opposite to a second helix angle of a second toothing;
at least one first toothed-belt pulley, which is in engagement with the first toothing of the toothed belt, and at least one second toothed-belt pulley, which is in engagement with the second toothing of the toothed belt, and wherein a helix angle of the toothing of the toothed-belt pulleys in each case corresponds to the helix angle of the teeth of the toothed belt;
a transmission arrangement comprising at least the toothed belt and having two planetary transmissions, wherein the first toothed-belt pulleys of the first planetary transmission are, with the first toothed-belt pulleys of the second planetary transmission, arranged in each case pairwise on a shaft rotatably in the planet carriers, and the drive of the shafts and of the toothed-belt pulleys arranged on the shafts is performed via the rotatable planet carriers, wherein a second toothed-belt pulley of the first planetary transmission is arranged so as to be static, and a second toothed-belt pulley of the second planetary transmission is arranged so as to be rotatable relative to the second toothed-belt pulley of the first planetary transmission, wherein the second rotatable toothed-belt pulley of the second planetary transmission forms the output of the transmission arrangement, and wherein the toothed belts are arranged as damping elements between the first toothed-belt pulleys and the second toothed-belt pulleys.

10. The transmission arrangement as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the first toothed-belt pulleys of the first planetary transmission and, correspondingly thereto, the toothing of the second toothed-belt pulley have a different diameter and/or a different tooth pitch than the first toothed-belt pulleys of the second planetary transmission and the corresponding toothing of the second toothed-belt pulley, whereby a transmission ratio of the transmission arrangement between the drive and the output is adjustable.

11. The transmission arrangement as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the toothed belt and the toothed-belt pulleys of the first planetary transmission have an opposite helix angle in relation to the helix angle of the toothed belt of the toothed-belt pulleys of the second planetary transmission.

12. The use of a transmission arrangement as claimed in claim 9 as a steering transmission, a servo steering transmission, a differential transmission, or a force feedback actuator of a steer-by-wire steering system.

Assignees

• Contitech Antriebssysteme Gmbh

Inventors

• Konya Alexander
• Melz Thomas
• Marx Peter
• Traue Mirko
• Knopp Thomas
• Wilske Ernst
• Rulf Eberhard

Classifications

• F16H9/26 Primary

  with members having orbital motion · CPC title

• F16H2001/2881

  comprising two axially spaced central gears, i.e. ring or sun gear, engaged by at least one common orbital gear wherein one of the central gears is forming the output · CPC title

• F16G1/28 Primary

  with a contact surface of special shape, e.g. toothed · CPC title