Coupling device and rotational phase adjustment method for coupling device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11906003-B2
Application number	US-202017606980-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 29, 2020
Priority date	May 29, 2019
Publication date	Feb 20, 2024
Grant date	Feb 20, 2024

Abstract

A coupling device configured to transmit a rotational force between a first shaft and a second shaft, the device including a first coupling member mounted on the first shaft, a second coupling member mounted on the second shaft, and an intermediate member disposed between the first coupling member and the second coupling member, and configured to allow misalignment between the first shaft and the second shaft. The second coupling member includes a base member configured to be fixed to the intermediate member by a first fastening device, and a shaft mounting member configured to relatively non-rotatably be mounted on the second shaft, the shaft mounting member having a long hole extending along a circumferential direction of the above-described axis and being configured to detachably be fixed to the base member by a second fastening device inserted through the long hole.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A coupling device comprising:
a first coupling member configured to relatively non-rotatably be mounted on a first shaft;
a second coupling member configured to relatively non-rotatably be mounted on a second shaft; and
an intermediate member disposed between the first coupling member and the second coupling member in an extension direction of an axis of the coupling device, the intermediate member being fixed to each of the first coupling member and the second coupling member, and being configured to allow misalignment between the first shaft and the second shaft,
wherein the second coupling member includes:
a base member configured to be fixed to the intermediate member by a first bolt; and
a shaft mounting member configured to relatively non-rotatably be mounted on the second shaft, the shaft mounting member having a slot extending along a circumferential direction of the axis and being configured to detachably be fixed to the base member by a second bolt inserted through the slot,
wherein the first coupling member includes a first flange portion extending along a direction intersecting with the axis, and
wherein the first flange portion includes a first coupling-side fastened portion configured to be fastened to the intermediate member by a third bolt, and a first escape recess formed on an end surface on a side of the intermediate member and configured to allow a head portion of the first bolt to be housed in the first escape recess.

2. The coupling device according to claim 1 ,
wherein one member of the base member and the shaft mounting member includes a protruding shaft portion which protrudes from an end surface facing another end surface to be coaxial with the axis in the extension direction of the axis and is formed to have a circular cross-section orthogonal to the axis; and
wherein the other member of the base member and the shaft mounting member includes a fitting hole portion which is disposed in the another end surface and is configured to be fitted with the protruding shaft portion, the other member having an inner circumferential surface formed to have a circular cross-section orthogonal to the axis.

3. The coupling device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the end surface facing the another end surface of the one member includes a shaft portion-side end surface located on an outer circumferential side of the protruding shaft portion and extending along a direction intersecting with the axis,
wherein the another end surface of the other member includes a hole portion-side end surface located on an outer circumferential side of the fitting hole portion and extending along the direction intersecting with the axis, and
wherein the one member and the other member are configured such that the shaft portion-side end surface and the hole portion-side end surface are disposed in contact with each other.

4. The coupling device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the intermediate member includes at least one plate spring member which extends along a direction intersecting with the axis and is configured to be flexible along the direction intersecting with the axis.

5. The coupling device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the at least one plate spring member includes a first fastened portion configured to be fastened to the first coupling member, and a second fastened portion configured to be fastened to the base member.

6. The coupling device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the base member includes a second flange portion extending along the direction intersecting with the axis, and
wherein the second flange portion includes a second coupling-side fastened portion configured to be fastened to the intermediate member by the first bolt, and a second escape recess formed on the end surface on the side of the intermediate member and configured to allow a head portion of the third bolt to be housed in the second escape recess.

7. The coupling device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the intermediate member is configured to be fixed to the first coupling member and the base member with a gap in the extension direction of the axis.

8. The coupling device according to claim 1 ,
wherein one of the first shaft and the second shaft includes a driving shaft of a diesel engine, and
wherein the other of the first shaft and the second shaft includes a driven shaft of a fuel injection pump configured to pump liquid fuel to the diesel engine.

9. A rotational phase adjustment method for a coupling device configured to transmit a rotational force between a first shaft and a second shaft,
the coupling device including:
a first coupling member configured to relatively non-rotatably be mounted on the first shaft;
a second coupling member configured to relatively non-rotatably be mounted on the second shaft; and
an intermediate member disposed between the first coupling member and the second coupling member in an extension direction of an axis of the coupling device, and configured to allow misalignment between the first shaft and the second shaft,
the second coupling member including:
a base member configured to be fixed to the intermediate member by a first bolt; and
a shaft mounting member configured to relatively non-rotatably be mounted on the second shaft, the shaft mounting member having a slot extending along a circumferential direction of the axis and being configured to detachably be fixed to the base member by a second bolt inserted through the slot,
wherein the first coupling member includes a first flange portion extending along a direction intersecting with the axis, and
wherein the first flange portion includes a first coupling-side fastened portion configured to be fastened to the intermediate member by a third bolt, and a first escape recess formed on an end surface on a side of the intermediate member and configured to allow a head portion of the first bolt to be housed in the first escape recess,
the rotational phase adjustment method for the coupling device, comprising:
a relative rotation step of relatively rotating the shaft mounting member to the base member; and
a fixing step of fixing the shaft mounting member to the base member by the second bolt, after the relative rotation step.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Engine & Turbocharger Ltd

Inventors

• Ogawa Hisao
• Kinoshita Satoshi

Classifications

• F16D3/79 Primary

  the disc or ring being metallic · CPC title

• F16D1/0864

  due to tangential loading of the hub, e.g. a split hub · CPC title

• F16D1/092

  the pair of conical mating surfaces being provided on the coupled hub and shaft · CPC title

• F16D1/076 Primary

  by clamping together two faces perpendicular to the axis of rotation, e.g. with bolted flanges · CPC title

• F16D3/78

  shaped as an elastic disc or flat ring, arranged perpendicular to the axis of the coupling parts, different sets of spots of the disc or ring being attached to each coupling part, e.g. Hardy couplings · CPC title