IP Library Granted Patent US 7,784,393
Granted Patent B2
US 7,784,393 · App. 11/638,914 · Granted Aug 31, 2010

Drive unit with an interior drive unit and an exterior drive unit

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Patent No.
US 7,784,393
App. No.
11/638,914
Granted
Aug 31, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A drive unit with a radial interior drive element and a radial exterior drive element as well as a free-wheel arranged between the interior drive element and the exterior drive element. The interior drive element and the exterior drive element are axially displaceable in reference to each other.

Claims (14)

1. A drive unit comprising a radial interior drive element ( 1 ) and a radial exterior drive element ( 18 ) as well as a free-wheel ( 15 ) arranged between the interior drive element ( 1 ) and the exterior drive element ( 18 ), wherein the interior drive element ( 1 ) and the exterior drive element ( 18 ) are axially displaceable in reference to one another, wherein the free-wheel ( 15 ) is for connecting the interior and exterior drive elements such that relative rotation between the interior and exterior elements is possible in a first rotational direction, wherein the free-wheel ( 15 ) is for rotationally locking the interior and exterior drive elements in a second rotational direction opposite the first rotational direction, and wherein at least one spring element ( 11 ), which is elastic in the axial direction, is fixedly connected to the side of the free-wheel ( 15 ) and to the radial interior drive element ( 1 ) at a first axial end of the drive unit.

2. The drive unit recited in claim 1 , wherein the interior drive element is a hub ( 1 ) and the exterior drive element is a belt pulley ( 18 ).

3. The drive unit recited in claim 2 , wherein the free-wheel ( 15 ) comprises a free-wheel bracket ( 8 ), which is connected to the hub ( 1 ) via the spring element ( 11 ).

4. The drive unit recited in claim 3 , wherein the free wheel bracket ( 15 ) comprises at least one protrusion ( 9 ) and the hub ( 1 ) comprises at least one protrusion ( 6 ), with a spring element ( 11 ) being arranged there between.

5. The drive unit recited in claim 4 , wherein the spring element ( 11 ) is a flat spring.

6. The drive unit recited in claim 5 , wherein in the level of the disk the flat spring ( 11 ) is rotationally connected to the hub ( 1 ) and/or the free-wheel bracket ( 8 ).

7. The drive unit recited in claim 6 , further comprising a moveable bearing.

8. The drive unit recited in claim 7 , wherein the moveable bearing comprises a swivel joint ( 7 , 10 , 12 ).

9. The drive unit recited in claim 8 , wherein the swivel joint comprises a bolt ( 12 ), in particular a rivet.

10. The drive unit recited in claim 3 , wherein a rotary bearing ( 14 ) is arranged between the hub ( 1 ) and the free-wheel bracket ( 8 ).

11. The drive unit recited in claim 10 , wherein the rotary bearing ( 14 ) is a friction bearing.

12. The drive unit recited in claim 10 , wherein the rotary bearing ( 14 ) is a roller bearing.

13. The drive unit recited in claim 1 , wherein at the side of the disk the free-wheel ( 15 ) is connected to the disk by at least one spring element ( 11 ), which is elastically connected to a spring in the axial direction.

14. The drive unit recited in claim 13 , further comprising a free-wheel bracket ( 8 ) connected to the disk ( 18 ) via a spring element ( 11 ).

Assignments (6)
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 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 5, 2016
From: LUK VERMÖGENSVERWALTUNGS GESELLSCHAFT MBH
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 037731/0748 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 5, 2016
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 037731/0834 →
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 →
MERGER Recorded Feb 3, 2016
From: LUK LAMELLEN UND KUPPLUNGSBAU BETEILIGUNGS KG
To: LUK VERMÖGENSVERWALTUNGS GESELLSCHAFT MBH
Reel/Frame 037740/0589 →