Connection concept of a multipart rotor for a hydraulic camshaft adjuster

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9982574-B2
Application number	US-201415039216-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 22, 2014
Priority date	Dec 18, 2013
Publication date	May 29, 2018
Grant date	May 29, 2018

Abstract

A multipart rotor ( 1 ) for a hydraulic camshaft adjuster, including a rotor main body ( 2 ) which is connected to a first rotor auxiliary body ( 3 ) for conjoint rotation and in an axially fixed manner, the rotor main body ( 2 ) and the first rotor auxiliary body ( 3 ) together forming at least one hydraulic medium guide channel ( 5 ). A second ring-shaped rotor auxiliary body ( 4 ) is arranged concentric to the rotor main body ( 2 ) and the first rotor auxiliary body ( 3 ) on the radially inner side of both components, the second rotor auxiliary body ( 4 ) being fastened to the rotor main body ( 2 ) and/or to the first rotor auxiliary body ( 3 ) for conjoint rotation and in an axially fixed manner.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A multipart rotor for a hydraulic camshaft adjuster, the multipart rotor comprising:
a rotor main body connected to a first rotor secondary body in a rotatably fixed and axially fixed manner, the rotor main body and the first rotor secondary body together forming at least one hydraulic medium-conducting channel, and
a ring-shaped second rotor secondary body being situated concentrically with respect to the rotor main body and the first rotor secondary body on a radially inner side of the rotor main body and the first rotor secondary body,
the second rotor secondary body being secured to the rotor main body or to the first rotor secondary body in an axially fixed and rotatably fixed manner.

2. The rotor as recited in claim 1 wherein the axially fixed and rotatably fixed manner is achieved via a press fit or caulking.

3. The rotor as recited in claim 1 wherein the axially fixed and rotatably fixed manner is achieved via a longitudinal press fit.

4. The rotor as recited in claim 1 wherein the second rotor secondary body is designed as an oil-conducting ring conducting oil supplied axially from first and second sides of the oil-conducting ring to first and second hydraulic medium-conducting channels of the at least one hydraulic medium-conducting channel, oil from the first side of the oil-conducting ring being supplied only to the first hydraulic medium-conducting channel, and oil from the second side of the oil-conducting ring being supplied only to the second hydraulic medium-conducting channel.

5. The rotor as recited in claim 4 wherein the first hydraulic medium-conducting channel and the second hydraulic medium-conducting channel are for filling first and second working chambers of a vane cell extending in a shared separating plane oriented perpendicularly with respect to an axial direction and defined by abutment of end faces of the rotor main body and of the first rotor secondary body.

6. The rotor as recited in claim 4 wherein the oil-conducting ring includes oil-conducting pockets open in opposite directions.

7. The rotor as recited in claim 1 wherein at least one member of a group consisting of the rotor main body, the first rotor secondary body, and the second rotor secondary body is made of a different material or is made of a same material and has different densities, hardnesses, or porosities than another member of the group.

8. The rotor as recited in claim 7 wherein the one member is made of a metallic or ceramic sintered material and the other member is made of a plastic, a steel alloy, or a light alloy pure or permeated with sintered material.

9. The rotor as recited in claim 1 wherein at least two members of a group consisting of the rotor main body, the first rotor secondary body, and the second rotor secondary body are pinned together.

10. The rotor as recited in claim 1 wherein the rotor main body or the first rotor secondary body has integral projections and recesses engaging with one another in a form-fit or force-fit manner.

11. The rotor as recited in claim 1 wherein the second rotor secondary body includes an anti-twist section cooperating with a corresponding anti-twist counter section for preventing twisting of the second rotor secondary body relative to the rotor main body or the first rotor secondary body.

Assignees

• Schaeffler Technologies Ag

Inventors

• Weber Juergen

Classifications

• F01L2001/3445

  Details relating to the hydraulic means for changing the angular relationship · CPC title

• F01L2001/34423

  Details relating to the hydraulic feeding circuit · CPC title

• F01L1/3442 Primary

  using hydraulic chambers with variable volume to transmit the rotating force · CPC title

• F01L2303/00

  Manufacturing of components used in valve arrangements · CPC title

• F01L2301/00

  Using particular materials · CPC title