Dynamic damper device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9482305-B2
Application number	US-201013381672-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 4, 2010
Priority date	Nov 4, 2010
Publication date	Nov 1, 2016
Grant date	Nov 1, 2016

Abstract

A dynamic damper device includes a planetary gear mechanism including plural differentially rotatable rotating elements, an elastic member that couples a rotating shaft rotated by being transmitted with a power with a first rotating element of the planetary gear mechanism, and a rotation control device that is coupled with a rotating element different from the first rotating element of the planetary gear mechanism and controls a rotation of the planetary gear mechanism by adjusting torque acting on the first rotating element. Accordingly, the dynamic damper device achieves an effect that vibration can be appropriately reduced.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A dynamic damper device comprising:
a rotating shaft that is coupled with an output shaft of a drive system of a vehicle via a drive gear and a driven gear and that is rotated integrally with the output shaft;
a planetary gear mechanism including a plurality of differentially rotatable rotating elements and rotation centers of the rotating elements are disposed coaxially with a rotation center of the rotating shaft;
an elastic member that couples the rotating shaft with a first rotating element of the planetary gear mechanism and a rotation center of the elastic member is disposed coaxially with the rotation center of the rotation shaft;
a rotation control device that is coupled with a second rotating element different from the first rotating element of the planetary gear mechanism, controls a rotation of the planetary gear mechanism by adjusting torque acting on the first rotating element, and a rotation center of the rotation control device is disposed coaxially with the rotation center of the rotating shaft; and
a controller, that controls the rotation control device to execute vibration damping control, wherein
the rotation control device includes a speed control device that is coupled with the second rotating element different from the first rotating element of the planetary gear mechanism and controls a rotation speed of the second rotating element, and a torque control device that is coupled with a third rotating element different from the first rotating element and the second rotating element of the planetary gear mechanism and controls torque acting on the third rotating element, and
the controller executes the vibration damping control by speed control by the speed control device and torque control by the torque control device.

2. The dynamic damper device according to claim 1 , wherein when a torque change of the rotating shaft is less than a predetermined change, the vibration damping control is executed by a speed control of the speed control device, and when a torque change of the rotating shaft is equal to or more than a predetermined change, the vibration damping control is executed by a torque control of the torque control device.

3. The dynamic damper device according to claim 2 , wherein when the vibration damping control is executed, the torque control is switched to the speed control via a period in which the torque control is overlapped with the speed control of the speed control device.

4. The dynamic damper device according to claim 2 , wherein the torque control device is configured to include a brake device or a rotary electric machine coupled with the third rotating element.

5. The dynamic damper device according to claim 1 , wherein when the vibration damping control is executed, the torque control is switched to the speed control via a period in which the torque control is overlapped with the speed control of the speed control device.

6. The dynamic damper device according to claim 1 , wherein the torque control device is configured to include a brake device or a rotary electric machine coupled with the third rotating element.

7. The dynamic damper device according to claim 1 , wherein the speed control device is configured to include a rotary electric machine coupled with the second rotating element.

8. The dynamic damper device according to claim 1 , wherein a power that rotates the rotating shaft is transmitted from an internal combustion engine.

9. The dynamic damper device according to claim 1 , wherein a vibration damping control is executed by a speed control by the speed control device and a torque control by the torque control device.

10. The dynamic damper device according to claim 1 , wherein the second rotating device includes a ring gear in mesh with a plurality of pinion gears, the first rotating device includes a carrier that holds the pinion gears, and the third rotating device includes a sun gear in mesh with the pinion gears.

11. The dynamic damper device according to claim 1 , wherein the torque control device includes an electromagnetic brake.

12. The dynamic damper device according to claim 1 , wherein the drive gear is coaxial with the output shaft, the driven gear is coaxial with the rotating shaft, and the drive gear is in mesh with the driven gear.

13. A dynamic damper device comprising:
a rotating shaft that is coupled with an output shaft of a drive system of a vehicle via a drive gear and a driven gear and that is rotated integrally with the output shaft;
a planetary gear mechanism including a plurality of differentially rotatable rotating elements and rotation centers of the rotating elements are disposed coaxially with a rotation center of the rotating shaft;
an elastic member that couples the rotating shaft with a first rotating element of the planetary gear mechanism and a rotation center of the elastic member is disposed coaxially with the rotation center of the rotation shaft;
a rotation control device that is coupled with a second rotating element different from the first rotating element of the planetary gear mechanism, controls a rotation of the planetary gear mechanism by adjusting torque acting on the first rotating element, the second rotating element rotating integrally with the rotating shaft, and a rotation center of the rotation control device is disposed coaxially with the rotation center of the rotating shaft; and
a controller, that controls the rotation control device to execute vibration damping control, wherein
the rotation control device includes a speed control device that is coupled with the second rotating element different from the first rotating element of the planetary gear mechanism and controls a rotation speed of the second rotating element, and a torque control device that is coupled with a third rotating element different from the first rotating element and the second rotating element of the planetary gear mechanism and controls torque acting on the third rotating element, and
the controller executes the vibration damping control by speed control by the speed control device and torque control by the torque control device.

14. The dynamic damper device according to claim 13 , wherein the torque control device includes an electromagnetic brake.

15. The dynamic damper device according to claim 13 , wherein the drive gear is coaxial with the output shaft, the driven gear is coaxial with the rotating shaft, and the drive gear is in mesh with the driven gear.

16. A dynamic damper device comprising:
a planetary gear mechanism including a plurality of differentially rotatable rotating elements and rotation centers of the rotating elements are disposed coaxially with a rotation center of an output shaft of a drive system of a vehicle;
an elastic member holding mechanism that couples the output shaft with a first rotating element of the planetary gear mechanism and a rotation center of the elastic member holding mechanism is disposed coaxially with the rotation center of the output shaft;
a rotation control device that is coupled with a second rotating element different from the first rotating element of the planetary gear mechanism, controls a rotation of the planetary gear mechanism by adjusting torque acting on the first rotating element, and a rotation center of the rotation control device is disposed coaxially with the rotation center of the output shaft; and
a controller that controls the rotation control device to execute vibration damping control, wherein
the rotation control device includes a speed control device that is coupled with the second rotating element different fr

Assignees

• Murata Kiyohito
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Murata Kiyohito

Classifications

• F16F15/1206 Primary

  with a planetary gear system · CPC title

• F16F15/31

  characterised by means for varying the moment of inertia · CPC title