Pawl freewheel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11846324-B2
Application number	US-202318305096-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 21, 2023
Priority date	Apr 23, 2022
Publication date	Dec 19, 2023
Grant date	Dec 19, 2023

Abstract

A pawl freewheel with a first race, a second race and pawls between the first and second race, which comprise at least one first pawl, which can be pivoted between a locked position in which the first race is rotationally drivingly coupled in a first direction of rotation relative to the second race via the first pawl to the second race and an open position, in which the first race is rotatable in the first direction of rotation relative to the second race wherein an actuating device is provided with an actuating pin which interacts with the first pawl which can be displaced from a first actuating position in which the first pawl is pivoted into the locked position, in the axial direction relative to the first pawl into a second actuating position, in which the first pawl is pivoted into the open position.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A pawl freewheel with a first race, a second race and pawls between the first and second race, which comprise at least one first pawl, which can be pivoted between a locked position, in which the first race is rotationally drivingly coupled in a first direction of rotation relative to the second race via the first pawl to the second race, and an open position, in which the first race is rotatable in the first direction of rotation relative to the second race,
wherein an actuating device is provided with an actuating pin which interacts with the first pawl and can be displaced from a first actuating position, in which the first pawl is pivoted into the locked position, in an axial direction relative to the first pawl, and into a second actuating position, in which the first pawl is pivoted into the open position,
wherein the actuating pin has a face pointing in an axial direction with an impinging surface which is inclined relative to a radial plane and which can be supported directly on the first pawl when the first pawl pivots, and
wherein the impinging surface has a shape that deviates from a plane and is curved in the direction of the first pawl.

2. The pawl freewheel according to claim 1 , wherein the face has a radial surface extending in the radial plane to which the impinging surface directly adjoins.

3. The pawl freewheel according to claim 2 , wherein the impinging surface has a larger surface area than the radial surface when viewing the face in the axial direction and a central axis of the actuating pin extending in the axial direction.

4. The pawl freewheel according to claim 2 , wherein the impinging surface has a larger extent in the circumferential direction and radial direction than the radial surface when viewing the face in the axial direction and a central axis of the actuating pin extending in the axial direction.

5. The pawl freewheel according to claim 2 , wherein the actuating pin extends through the impinging surface in the axial direction.

6. The pawl freewheel according to claim 1 , wherein the impinging surface is inclined at an angle (α) of between 25° and 55° with respect to the radial plane.

7. The pawl freewheel according to claim 6 , wherein the impinging surface is inclined at an angle (a) of between 30° and 50° with respect to the radial plane.

8. The pawl freewheel according to claim 6 , wherein the impinging surface is inclined at an angle (a) of between 35° and 45° with respect to the radial plane.

9. The pawl freewheel according to claim 1 , wherein the actuating pin has a front axial section, in which the impinging surface extends, and a rear axial section following the front axial section, wherein the impinging surface is arranged completely flush with the rear axial section in the axial direction and the rear axial section has a circular cross section.

10. The pawl freewheel according to claim 9 , wherein an entire face of the impinging surface is arranged completely flush with the rear axial section in the axial direction.

11. The pawl freewheel according to claim 4 , wherein the first pawl is supported on the rear axial section in the open position.

12. The pawl freewheel according to claim 1 , wherein the impinging surface has a constant radius of curvature (r) and/or is formed by a section of a casing of a circular cylinder.

13. The pawl freewheel according to claim 12 , wherein the radius of curvature (r) is at least twice as large as a radius of the rear axial section.

14. The pawl freewheel according to claim 1 , wherein the actuating device has a plurality of actuating pins each assigned to the first pawl, wherein the movement of the actuating pins is coupled to one another via a common support part on which the actuating pins are arranged distributed uniformly in a circumferential direction.

15. The pawl freewheel according to claim 14 , wherein the support part is annularly formed.

16. The pawl freewheel according to claim 1 , wherein the impinging surface, the surface of a front axial section, and the surface of a rear axial section are formed harder than the surface of a fastening section of the actuating pin following the rear axial section for fastening the actuating pin to a support part.

17. The pawl freewheel according to claim 16 , wherein the fastening section of the actuating pin is deformed to produce a fastening rivet for fastening to the support part.

18. The pawl freewheel according to claim 1 , wherein the pawls further comprise at least one second pawl which can be pivoted between a locked position, in which the first race is rotationally drivingly coupled in a second direction of rotation opposite the first direction of rotation relative to the second race via the second pawl to the second race and an open position, in which the first race can be rotated in the second direction of rotation relative to the second race wherein a second actuating device is provided with a second actuating pin which interacts with the second pawl, which can be displaced from a first actuating position, in which the second pawl is pivoted into the locked position, in the axial direction relative to the second pawl into a second actuating position, in which the second pawl is pivoted into the open position, and the second actuating pin has a face pointing in the axial direction with an impinging surface inclined with respect to a radial plane, which can be supported or is supported directly on the second pawl when the second pawl pivots.

19. The pawl freewheel according to claim 1 , wherein the first and/or second pawl is pretensioned into the locked position and/or can be pivoted in mutually opposite pivoting directions into the open position and locked position and/or is rocker-shaped with an engagement section in front of a pivot axis for rotational driving engagement in the locked position and a rear section behind the pivot axis is formed, which interacts with the actuating pin.

20. The pawl freewheel according to claim 1 , wherein the impinging surface can be supported or is supported on an edge of the first and/or second pawl and/or is arranged flush with the edge in the axial direction in the locked position.

Assignees

• Borgwarner Inc

Inventors

• Brezger Friedrich Philipp

Classifications

• F16D41/16 Primary

  the action being reversible · CPC title

• F16D41/125 Primary

  the pawl movement having an axial component · CPC title

• F16D41/14 Primary

  the effective stroke of the pawl being adjustable · CPC title

• F16D65/00 Primary

  Parts or details (similar members for clutches F16D13/58) · CPC title

• F16D65/16

  arranged in or on the brake · CPC title