Alternator damper pulley for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9556948-B2
Application number	US-201414559814-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 3, 2014
Priority date	Sep 30, 2014
Publication date	Jan 31, 2017
Grant date	Jan 31, 2017

Abstract

An alternator damper pulley for a vehicle includes a pulley body connected to an engine to receive a rotational power from an engine. A shaft connection portion is provided within the pulley body such that a rotational shaft of an alternator is insertedly coupled therein. A torsion spring is installed on an outer circumferential surface of the shaft connection portion to reduce a variation of the rotational power transmitted from the pulley body. A clutch is interposed between the torsion spring and the pulley body to connect or disconnect the shaft connection portion and the pulley body. A friction damper is installed to apply frictional damping force to the shaft connection portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An alternator damper pulley for a vehicle, the alternator damper pulley comprising:
a pulley body connected to an engine to receive a rotational power from the engine;
a shaft connection portion provided within the pulley body such that a rotational shaft of an alternator is insertedly coupled therein;
a torsion spring installed on an outer circumferential surface of the shaft connection portion to reduce a variation of the rotational power transmitted from the pulley body;
a clutch interposed between the torsion spring and the pulley body to connect or disconnect the shaft connection portion and the pulley body; and
a friction damper installed to apply a frictional damping force to the shaft connection portion,
wherein the friction damper comprises: a friction plate configured to generate the frictional damping force to be tightly attached to the shaft connection portion; and a diaphragm spring pressing the friction plate toward the shaft connection portion, and
wherein when a thickness of the diaphragm spring is t and a deflection possibility amount thereof is h, h/t=1.3−1.4 and an initial installation deflection ranges from 1.1t to 1.3t.

2. The alternator damper pulley of claim 1 , wherein the friction plate is tightly installed on an upper surface of the shaft connection portion, and the diaphragm spring is fastened to an upper surface of the pulley body by a plurality of fastening bolts.

3. The alternator damper pulley of claim 1 , wherein the friction plate is tightly coupled to an upper surface of the shaft connection portion, an installation recess is formed on an upper portion of the pulley body, and the diaphragm spring is press-fit to the installation recess.

4. The alternator damper pulley of claim 1 , wherein the friction damper is integrally and rotatably coupled in the pulley body, and the diaphragm spring is integrally and rotatably coupled in the shaft connection portion.

5. The alternator damper pulley of claim 4 , wherein the pulley body includes a plurality of installation recesses in an upper surface thereof in an axial direction and spaced apart from one another by a predetermined interval along a circumferential direction, and the friction plate includes:
an annular plate body; and
a plurality of fixed protrusions outwardly extending from the plate body in a radial direction and fixedly inserted into the installation recesses.

6. The alternator of claim 5 , wherein the diaphragm spring includes:
an annular spring body pressing the plate body in the axial direction; and
a press-fit installation portion press-fit to the shaft connection portion in the axial direction.

7. The alternator damper pulley of claim 1 , wherein the pulley body has belt recesses formed on an outer circumferential surface thereof to receive a power from the engine.

8. The alternator damper pulley of claim 1 , further comprising a bush interposed between an upper portion of the shaft connection portion and the pulley body.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yun Jeyong

Classifications

• F16H55/36

  Pulleys (with features essential for adjustment F16H55/52) · CPC title

• F16H2055/366

  with means providing resilience or vibration damping · CPC title

• F16D41/06

  with intermediate wedging coupling members between an inner and an outer surface (F16D41/02, F16D41/24 take precedence) · CPC title

• F16H55/49 Primary

  Features essential to V-belts pulleys · CPC title

• F16D2041/0605

  Spring details · CPC title