Coaxial transmission with plain bearing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12228200-B2
Application number	US-202118030395-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 5, 2021
Priority date	Oct 6, 2020
Publication date	Feb 18, 2025
Grant date	Feb 18, 2025

Abstract

Gearbox ( 1 ) having a tooth carrier ( 40 ) for receiving teeth ( 7 ) of a gear ring that are disposed about a rotation axis ( 5 ) of the gearbox, wherein the teeth ( 7 ) are disposed in the tooth carrier ( 11 ) so as to be displaceable and guided in the radial direction, a cam disk ( 20 ) which is rotatable about the rotation axis ( 5 ) and for driving the teeth ( 7 ) in the radial direction has a cam curvature that is variable over the circumference, wherein bearing segments ( 24 ) which are mounted so as to slide on the cam disk ( 20 ) are disposed between the teeth ( 7 ) and the cam disk ( 20 ), and wherein the bearing segments ( 24 ) have a contact region which has a concave curvature and is disposed so as to be centric on a running surface that faces the cam disk ( 20 ), wherein the concave curvature is larger than the smallest cam curvature of the cam disk, and smaller than the largest cam curvature of the cam disk.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. Gearbox having
a tooth carrier for receiving teeth of a gear ring that are disposed about a rotation axis of the gearbox, wherein the teeth are disposed in the tooth carrier so as to be displaceable and guided in the radial direction,
a cam disk which is rotatable about the rotation axis and for driving the teeth in the radial direction and which has a cam curvature that is variable over the circumference,
wherein bearing segments which are mounted so as to slide on the cam disk are disposed between the teeth and the cam disk, and
wherein the bearing segments have a contact region which has a concave curvature and is disposed so as to be centric on a running surface that faces the cam disk, wherein the concave curvature is larger than the smallest cam curvature of the cam disk and smaller than the largest cam curvature of the cam disk, and
wherein the cam disk has at least two peaks having a maximum radial spacing from the rotation axis, and at least two troughs which lie in each case between peaks and have a minimal radial spacing from the rotation axis, and wherein the concave curvature is smaller than the smallest cam curvature within an angular range, proceeding from a first one of the peaks, of 5% to 35% of the overall angular range, up to a second one of the peaks.

2. Gearbox according to claim 1 , wherein the concave curvature is at most 1% smaller than the smallest cam curvature within the angular range of 5% to 35%.

3. Gearbox according to claim 1 , wherein the running surface of the bearing segments in a peripheral region of the running surface is in each case curved convexly in the circumferential direction.

4. Gearbox according to claim 3 , wherein the convex peripheral region is disposed between the contact region and a flat sub-face.

5. Gearbox according to claim 1 , wherein the running surface of the bearing segments comprises a plain bearing material.

6. Gearbox according to claim 1 , wherein a bead having a tooth-bearing face is in each case configured on a surface of the bearing segments that faces away from the cam disk, wherein the tooth-bearing face has a partially cylindrical shape of which the axis lies at least substantially in the region of the running surface.

7. Gearbox according to claim 1 , wherein the bearing segments, when viewed in the revolving direction, have in each case one straight front edge and one straight rear edge.

8. Gearbox according to claim 1 , wherein a hydrodynamic mounting by plain bearing is in each case configured between the running surfaces of the bearing segments and the cam disk during the operation of the gearbox.

9. Gearbox having
a tooth carrier for receiving teeth of a gear ring that are disposed about a rotation axis of the gearbox, wherein the teeth are disposed in the tooth carrier so as to be displaceable and guided in the radial direction,
a cam disk which is rotatable about the rotation axis and for driving the teeth in the radial direction and which has a cam curvature that is variable over the circumference,
wherein bearing segments which are mounted so as to slide on the cam disk are disposed between the teeth and the cam disk,
wherein the bearing segments have a contact region which has a concave curvature and is disposed so as to be centric on a running surface that faces the cam disk, wherein the concave curvature is larger than the smallest cam curvature of the cam disk and smaller than the largest cam curvature of the cam disk, and
wherein the cam disk has exactly one peak having a maximum radial spacing from the rotation axis, and exactly one trough having a minimum radial spacing from the rotation axis, and wherein the concave curvature is smaller than the smallest cam curvature within an angular range, proceeding from the peak, of 5% to 35% of the overall angular range of the cam disk.

10. Gearbox according to claim 9 , wherein the concave curvature is at most 1% smaller than the smallest cam curvature within the angular range of 5% to 35%.

11. Gearbox according to claim 9 , wherein the running surface of the bearing segments in a peripheral region of the running surface is in each case curved convexly in the circumferential direction.

12. Gearbox according to claim 11 , wherein the convex peripheral region is disposed between the contact region and a flat sub-face.

13. Gearbox according to claim 9 , wherein the running surface of the bearing segments comprises a plain bearing material.

14. Gearbox according to claim 9 , wherein a bead having a tooth-bearing face is in each case configured on a surface of the bearing segments that faces away from the cam disk, wherein the tooth-bearing face has a partially cylindrical shape of which the axis lies at least substantially in the region of the running surface.

15. Gearbox according to claim 9 , wherein the bearing segments, when viewed in the revolving direction, have in each case one straight front edge and one straight rear edge.

16. Gearbox according to claim 9 , wherein a hydrodynamic mounting by plain bearing is in each case configured between the running surfaces of the bearing segments and the cam disk during the operation of the gearbox.

17. Gearbox having
a tooth carrier for receiving teeth of a gear ring that are disposed about a rotation axis of the gearbox, wherein the teeth are disposed in the tooth carrier so as to be displaceable and guided in the radial direction,
a cam disk which is rotatable about the rotation axis and for driving the teeth in the radial direction and which has a cam curvature that is variable over the circumference,
wherein bearing segments which are mounted so as to slide on the cam disk are disposed between the teeth and the cam disk, and
wherein the bearing segments have a contact region which has a concave curvature and is disposed so as to be centric on a running surface that faces the cam disk, wherein the concave curvature is larger than the smallest cam curvature of the cam disk and smaller than the largest cam curvature of the cam disk, and
wherein the running surface of the bearing segments in a peripheral region of the running surface is in each case curved convexly in the circumferential direction.

Assignees

• Wittenstein Se

Inventors

• Schreiber Heiko
• Schmidt Michael
• Bayer Thomas

Classifications

• F16H57/021

  Shaft support structures, e.g. partition walls, bearing eyes, casing walls or covers with bearings · CPC title

• F16H1/10

  one of the members being internally toothed · CPC title

• F16C33/06

  Sliding surface mainly made of metal (F16C33/24 - F16C33/28 take precedence; {casting metal bearing surfaces B22D15/02, B22D19/08}) · CPC title

• F16C2240/50

  Crowning, e.g. crowning height or crowning radius · CPC title

• F16H55/088 Primary

  with corrections on tip or foot of the teeth, e.g. addendum relief for better approach contact · CPC title