IP Library Granted Patent US 7,993,226
Granted Patent B2
US 7,993,226 · App. 11/575,880 · Granted Aug 9, 2011

Clamping drive with mechanical damping for a traction mechanism drive

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Patent No.
US 7,993,226
App. No.
11/575,880
Granted
Aug 9, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A clamping device with mechanical damping for a traction mechanism drive is provided. The device includes a clamping arm which carries a tension roller on one end thereof and is rotatably mounted in a housing at the other end thereof via a shaft connected thereto in a rotationally fixed manner, and is elastically supported on the housing by a torsion spring. A free end of the shaft is connected to a friction disk in a rotationally fixed manner, and a friction lining is arranged between the friction disk and an axial abutment surface of the housing. The invention reduces the friction lining wear and increases the damping capacity thereof. To accomplish this, a separate friction disk ( 7 ″″) is connected to a separate friction lining ( 8 ″″) in a positively locked manner without play, and the separate friction lining (( 8 ″″) is in frictional contact with the axial abutment surface ( 10 ) of the housing ( 1 ).

Claims (10)

1. Clamping device with mechanical damping for a traction mechanism drive, comprising a clamping arm, which carries a tension roller on one end, which is rotatably mounted to a housing via a shaft connected in a rotationally fixed manner on its other end, and which is elastically supported on the housing by a torsion and compression spring, a free end of the shaft is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a friction disk, and a friction lining is arranged between the friction disk and an axial abutment surface of the housing, the friction disk is connected to the friction lining, which is a separate part, in a positively locking manner without play and the friction lining is frictionally engaged with the axial abutment surface of the housing.

2. Clamping device according to claim 1 , wherein the positive locking is realized via mating contact surfaces of the friction disk and the friction lining, wherein the contact surfaces are arranged around an entire peripheral area of the friction disk and the friction lining.

3. Clamping device according to claim 2 , wherein the mating contact surfaces of the friction disk and the friction lining overlap, which leads to a play-free positive locking through pressing together.

4. Clamping device according to claim 3 , wherein the contact surfaces have a rotationally symmetric construction.

5. Clamping device according to claim 4 , wherein the friction disk has a flat countersunk region with a circular basic shape for the friction lining, which has four semi-elliptical recesses distributed uniformly about a periphery thereof with the contact surfaces, which engage with the contact surfaces of corresponding raised sections of the friction disk.

6. Clamping device according to claim 5 , wherein deformable mini fixing teeth are provided, which are connected integrally to the contact surfaces and are arranged radially.

7. Clamping device according to claim 4 , wherein the contact surface, which defines a flat countersunk region of the friction disk and the contact surface of the mating separate friction lining have a polygonal shape.

8. Clamping device according to claim 4 , wherein the contact surface of a flat countersunk region of the friction disk and the contact surface of the mating separate friction lining have a dodecagonal shape.

9. Clamping device according to claim 4 , wherein the friction disk and the friction lining have identical spur gearing, with tooth flanks that are used as the contact surfaces.

10. Clamping device according to claim 4 , wherein axial gearing is arranged on a periphery of the friction disk and the friction lining, respectively, or radial gearing is arranged on the periphery of the friction disk and the friction lining, respectively, wherein the gearing comprises tooth couplings and tooth flanks of the gearing are used as contact surfaces.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE PROPERTY NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 037732 FRAME 0347. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE APP. NO. 14/553248 SHOULD BE APP. NO. 14/553258. Recorded Oct 11, 2016
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 040404/0530 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 5, 2016
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG; SCHAEFFLER VERWALTUNGS 5 GMBH
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 037732/0228 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 5, 2016
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 037732/0347 →