Planetary roller screw

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11994191-B2
Application number	US-202117798196-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 1, 2021
Priority date	Feb 11, 2020
Publication date	May 28, 2024
Grant date	May 28, 2024

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a planetary roller screw having: a nut arranged on a threaded spindle and divided crosswise to a spindle axis into two nut parts; planetary rollers arranged between the threaded spindle and the nut distributed over the circumference, the planetary rollers intermeshing with the nut parts and with the threaded spindle; a rotatingly driven planetary roller carrier arranged on the threaded spindle, in pockets of which, arranged distributed over the circumference, the planetary rollers are mounted, held at a distance in the circumferential direction, so as to be rotatable about the planetary roller axis; and a housing in which the planetary roller carrier is rotatably mounted. A pre-loading device is provided in order to adjust an axial pre-load between the housing and the planetary rollers.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A planetary roller screw, comprising;
a nut arranged on a threaded spindle, the nut including two nut parts,
planetary rollers arranged between the threaded spindle and the nut, the planetary rollers distributed around the circumference of the threaded spindle such that the planetary rollers intermesh with the two nut parts and with the threaded spindle,
a rotatingly driven planetary roller carrier arranged around the threaded spindle, the planetary roller carrier having pockets arranged around the circumference of the planetary roller carrier, the pockets configured to mountably receive the planetary rollers, the planetary roller carrier further comprises two carrier flanges arranged to be axially spaced apart from one another, and the two carrier flanges are arranged to be axially displaceable relative to each other and include the pockets configured for receiving the planetary rollers, and
a housing configured to rotatably to rotatably receive the planetary roller carrier, and
a pre-loading device configured to adjust an axial pre-load or an axial play between the housing and the planetary rollers.

2. The planetary roller screw according to claim 1 , wherein each of the planetary rollers have a center groove profile configured to intermesh with a thread profile of the threaded spindle, and each of the planetary rollers have outer groove profiles arranged on each side of the center groove profile, and one of the outer groove profiles intermeshes with one of the two nut parts, and another one of the outer groove profiles intermeshes with a remaining one of the two nut part.

3. The planetary roller screw of claim 1 , wherein the planetary roller carrier is supported via inner support bearings and outer support bearings, and
one of the outer support bearings is arranged between one of the two nut parts and the housing, and
another one of the outer support bearings is arranged between a remaining one of the two nut parts and the housing, and
another one of the inner support bearing is arranged between the remaining one of the two nut parts and the other carrier flange.

4. The planetary roller screw of claim 3 , wherein the inner support bearings are axial roller bearings, and the outer support bearings are angular contact bearings.

5. The planetary roller screw of claim 1 , wherein the carrier flanges are each configured with a conically shaped support surface.

6. The planetary roller screw of claim 4 , wherein the pre-loading device has a screw part screwed to the housing, and an end face of the screw part facing the angular contact bearing is configured as a housing-side bearing seat of one of the outer support bearings.

7. The planetary roller screw according claim 6 , wherein the screw part is configured as a threaded ring arranged coaxially with the threaded spindle and screwed into a threaded hole of the housing.

8. An actuator of a rear-axle steering system of a motor vehicle, the actuator having:
the planetary roller screw of claim 1 ,
a longitudinally displaceable push rod configured with steering heads, the push rod engaging through housing openings of the housing, and the threaded spindle fixed to the push rod.

9. A method of adjusting a pre-load of a planetary roller screw according to claim 1 , the method comprising:
inserting the planetary roller screw into the housing, and
adjusting the pre-loading device until the axial pre-load or the axial play is set between the housing and the planetary rollers.

10. A planetary roller screw configured to be received by a housing, the planetary roller screw comprising:
a nut arranged on a threaded spindle, the nut including a first nut part and a second nut part,
planetary rollers arranged radially between the threaded spindle and the nut, the planetary rollers intermeshing with the first and second nut parts and with the threaded spindle,
a rotatingly driven planetary roller carrier arranged around the threaded spindle, the planetary roller carrier having circumferentially arranged pockets configured to mountably receive the planetary rollers,
a pre-loading device configured to adjust an axial pre-load or axial play between the planetary rollers and the housing, and
wherein the pre-loading device is a threaded ring configured to be screwed into a threaded hole of the housing, the threaded ring is arranged coaxially with the threaded spindle, and the threaded ring has a conically shaped end face configured to move axially toward the planetary rollers to adjust the axial pre-load or the axial play.

11. The planetary roller screw of claim 10 , wherein the planetary roller carrier further comprises two carrier flanges arranged to be axially spaced apart from one another, and at least one of the two carrier flanges includes a conically shaped support surface.

12. The planetary roller screw of claim 11 , further comprising an angular contact bearing arranged between the conically shaped end face and the conically shaped support surface.

13. The planetary roller screw of claim 10 , wherein the first nut part includes a first sleeve-shaped projection and the second nut part includes a second sleeve-shaped projection, and the first sleeve-shaped projection axially overlaps with the second sleeve-shaped projection.

14. The planetary roller screw of claim 13 , wherein when the axial pre-load or the axial play is adjusted the first nut part moves closer to the second nut part.

15. The planetary roller screw of claim 13 , wherein the first sleeve-shaped projection is: i) arranged coaxially to the second sleeve-shaped projection, and ii) disposed at least partially within the second sleeve-shaped projection.

16. The planetary roller screw of claim 13 , wherein the first sleeve-shaped projection forms a radial gap with the second sleeve-shaped projection.

Assignees

• Schaeffler Technologies Ag

Inventors

• Weis Sebastian
• Heier Waldemar
• Keller Peter

Classifications

• F16H25/2252 Primary

  Planetary rollers between nut and screw · CPC title

• F16H25/2006

  with more than one nut or with nuts consisting of more than one bearing part · CPC title

• F16H2025/2081

  Parallel arrangement of drive motor to screw axis · CPC title

• F16H2025/2096

  using endless flexible members · CPC title

• F16H2025/2257

  with means for shifting planetary rollers axially, e.g. into central position · CPC title