Torque filter having impact spring constant and auxiliary-machinery belt system using the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9726253-B2
Application number	US-201514788348-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 30, 2015
Priority date	Dec 1, 2014
Publication date	Aug 8, 2017
Grant date	Aug 8, 2017

Abstract

A torque filter having an impact spring constant includes a pair of left and right arc springs arranged at left and right sides and having spring constant values set based on a torque of a crank shaft which transfers a driving force of an engine as the torque. An impact spring is disposed in which the pair of the left and right arc springs face each other and has a spring constant value set with a threshold torque based on an instant speed change of the crank shaft.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A torque filter having an impact spring constant, comprising:
an end stop, which is pressurized by a hub and which pushes a clutch spring;
a pair of left and right arc springs arranged at left and right sides of the torque filter and having spring constant values set based on a torque of a crank shaft which transfers a driving force of an engine as the torque; and
an impact spring disposed in which the pair of the left and right arc springs face each other and having a spring constant value set with a threshold torque based on an instant speed change of the crank shaft,
wherein the impact spring is disposed between the hub and the end stop and is elastically supported against a lateral surface of the hub so that the hub and the end stop face each other at the lateral surface, and
wherein when the threshold torque is transferred through the hub, the end stop is pushed back while keeping contact with the hub so that the clutch spring, which generates a frictional force against the crank shaft, expands.

2. The torque filter of claim 1 , further comprising:
a hub fixed at the crank shaft, in which the pair of the left and right arc springs face each other;
wherein the impact spring is disposed between the hub and the end stop.

3. The torque filter of claim 1 , wherein the hub includes a hub pressing unit extending from a center of the hub to upper and lower sides at the lateral surface of the hub and contacting the impact spring.

4. The torque filter of claim 2 , wherein the impact spring is a coil spring.

5. The torque filter of claim 1 , wherein each of the left and right arc springs includes a large wire diameter spring and a small wire diameter spring which is inserted into an inner diameter of the large wire diameter spring, and
the large wire diameter spring and the small wire diameter spring have different spring constant values.

6. The torque filter of claim 1 , wherein each of the left and right arc springs is one arc spring.

7. An auxiliary-machinery belt system, comprising:
a torque filter including: a hub fixed at a crank shaft which receives, as a torque, a driving force of an engine; a pair of left and right arc springs each having a spring constant value set based on the torque of the crank shaft and arranged at left and right sides of the hub; and an impact spring disposed between the hub and an end stop which is pressurized by the hub and pushes a clutch spring and having a spring constant value set with a threshold torque based on an instant speed change of the crank shaft;
a crank pulley connected with the torque filter;
an auxiliary-machinery pulley connected to each other; and
a belt interconnecting the crank pulley and the auxiliary-machinery pulley to transfer the torque of the crank pulley,
wherein the impact spring is disposed between the end stop and the hub, and
wherein when the threshold torque is transferred through the hub, the end stop is pushed back while keeping contact with the hub so that the clutch spring, which generates a frictional force against the crank shaft, expands.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein each of the pair of the left and right arc springs includes a large wire diameter spring and a small wire diameter spring which is inserted into the inner diameter of the large wire diameter of spring, and
the large wire diameter spring and the small wire diameter spring have different spring constant values.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein each of the left and right arc springs is one arc spring.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yoon Ki-Bong

Classifications

• F16H7/02 Primary

  with belts; with V-belts · CPC title

• F16H2055/366

  with means providing resilience or vibration damping · CPC title

• F16H55/36

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

• F16F15/123 Primary

  Wound springs {(F16F15/1213, F16F15/1216, F16F15/127 take precedence)} · CPC title

• F16H7/12

  of an idle pulley · CPC title