Oil collecting bushing for bearing and transmission

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12264708-B2
Application number	US-202018032833-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 21, 2020
Priority date	Oct 21, 2020
Publication date	Apr 1, 2025
Grant date	Apr 1, 2025

Abstract

An oil collecting bushing for a bearing. The bushing is used for guiding lubricating oil into a roller path of a bearing, and includes a cylindrical bushing main body and a plurality of oil claws. An oil collecting groove for collecting the lubricating oil is formed on an inner circumferential part of the bushing main body, and the bushing main body is provided with a plurality of openings which penetrate the bushing main body and which are in communication with the oil collecting groove. The plurality of oil claws are arranged at the parts of the bushing main body where the openings are formed, and each oil claw is formed so as to warp radially outwards from the bushing main body. Therefore, under the centrifugal force generated during the rotation of an oil collecting bushing the lubricating oil from the oil collecting groove can be guided into the roller path by the oil claws via the corresponding openings. With the oil collecting bushing, the bearing is not only effectively lubricated, but is also cooled down. Further provided is a transmission comprising the oil collecting bushing.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An oil collecting bushing for a bearing arranged for guiding lubricating oil into a roller path of the bearing, the oil collecting bushing having an axial direction, a radial direction and a circumferential direction and comprising:
a cylindrical bushing main body, wherein an oil collecting groove for collecting the lubricating oil is formed on an inner circumferential part of the bushing main body, and the bushing main body is provided with a plurality of openings which penetrate the bushing main body and which are in communication with the oil collecting groove; and
a plurality of oil claws arranged at parts of the bushing main body where the openings are formed, wherein each oil claw is formed so as to warp radially outwards from the bushing main body, therefore, under a centrifugal force generated during rotation of the oil collecting bushing, the lubricating oil from the oil collecting groove is guided into the roller path by the corresponding oil claws via the openings.

2. The oil collecting bushing for the bearing according to claim 1 , wherein the bushing main body comprises an axial central portion and two axial side end portions, the axial central portion is connected to the two axial side end portions and is located between the two axial side end portions, and the axial central portion protrudes radially outwardly with respect to the two axial side end portions, so that the inner circumferential part of the axial central portion is formed into a shape that is recessed radially outwardly to form the oil collecting groove.

3. The oil collecting bushing for the bearing according to claim 2 , wherein, in a cross section of the bushing main body taken along the radial direction, the two axial side end portions of the bushing main body extend linearly in the axial direction, and the axial central portion of the bushing main body is formed into an arc shape.

4. The oil collecting bushing for the bearing according to claim 2 , wherein, a base end portion of each of the oil claws that is connected to the bushing main body is connected to a radially outermost part of the axial central portion.

5. The oil collecting bushing for the bearing according to claim 1 , wherein the oil collecting groove extends continuously along the circumferential direction over an entire circumference of the bushing main body, and the plurality of openings are uniformly distributed in the circumferential direction at intervals.

6. The oil collecting bushing for the bearing according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of oil claws correspond to the plurality of openings in a one-to-one manner, and the oil claws are formed into a flat plate shape or an arc plate shape extending obliquely radially outwards while extending from the bushing main body towards one axial side.

7. The oil collecting bushing for the bearing according to claim 1 , wherein the oil collecting bushing is formed by integrated stamping.

8. A transmission, comprising:
a bearing; and
an oil collecting bushing arranged for guiding lubricating oil into a roller path of the bearing, the oil collecting bushing having an axial direction, a radial direction and a circumferential direction and comprising:
a cylindrical bushing main body, wherein an oil collecting groove for collecting the lubricating oil is formed on an inner circumferential part of the bushing main body, and the bushing main body is provided with a plurality of openings which penetrate the bushing main body and which are in communication with the oil collecting groove; and
a plurality of oil claws arranged at parts of the bushing main body where the openings are formed, wherein each oil claw is formed so as to warp radially outwards from the bushing main body, therefore, under centrifugal force generated during rotation of the oil collecting bushing, the lubricating oil from the oil collecting groove is guided into the roller path by the corresponding oil claws via the openings.

9. The transmission according to claim 8 , wherein the oil collecting bushing and the bearing are fitted on a shaft of the transmission, an inner ring of the bearing is fixed on the shaft, the oil collecting bushing is fixed relative to the inner ring in such a manner that it is pressed against the inner ring in an axial direction of the shaft, and the bushing main body of the oil collecting bushing is configured to have a predetermined amount of elastic deformation in the axial direction of the shaft.

10. The transmission according to claim 9 , wherein free end portions of the oil claws of the oil collecting bushing extend into an area between the inner ring and an outer ring of the bearing, so that lubricating oil is guided into the roller path between the inner ring and the outer ring.

Assignees

• Schaeffler Technologies Ag

Inventors

• Chen Da

Classifications

• F16C2361/61

  Toothed gear systems, e.g. support of pinion shafts · CPC title

• F16C33/6666 Primary

  from an oil bath in the bearing housing, e.g. by an oil ring or centrifugal disc · CPC title

• F16C33/6637

  with liquid lubricant · CPC title

• F16H57/0427

  on rotary parts, e.g. using baffles for collecting lubricant by centrifugal force · CPC title

• F16H57/0471

  Bearing · CPC title