Gear with integral overcouple protection
View Patent ↗A gear including a pinion, a shaft and a disc is disclosed. The disc includes a cleavable element arranged to disengage the pinion from the shaft in case of an overcouple between the pinion and the shaft. A guiding module of the pinion is arranged to maintain the pinion in rotation in the support in case of a disengagement of the pinion from the shaft. In a turbo-machine, a gear box including such a gear allows the driving of auxiliary machines in case of a breakdown of a shaft in the gear box.
1. A gear comprising:
a pinion including a cylindrical ring with an external surface and an inner surface;
a shaft which is rotatably mounted in a support; and
a disc which is mounted between the pinion and the shaft such that the pinion and the shaft are integral, the disc including an external ring, an internal ring and a plurality of cleavable radial arms disposed between the external ring and the internal ring,
wherein an outer surface of the external ring of the disc abuts the inner surface of the cylindrical ring of the pinion and an inner surface of the inner ring of the disc is integral with the shaft,
wherein the cleavable radial arms are arranged to disengage the pinion from the shaft in case of an overcouple between the pinion and the shaft, and
wherein a guiding module of the pinion is arranged to rotatably maintain the pinion inside the support in case of a disengagement of the pinion from the shaft.
2. The gear according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of cleavable radial arms is removably mounted between the pinion and the shaft.
3. The gear according to claim 1 , wherein the guiding module comprises guiding rollers, the rotation axis of the guiding rollers is oriented perpendicular or parallel to the rotation axis of the shaft.
4. The gear according to claim 3 , wherein a portion of the pinion surface cooperates with the rollers.
5. A gear box comprising a plurality of gears, wherein at least one gear is the gear according to claim 1 .
6. The gear box according to claim 5 , wherein the gear box drives auxiliary machines in a turbo-machine.
7. A turbo-machine comprising a gear box which drives auxiliary machines according to claim 6 .
8. The gear according to claim 1 , wherein a width of the cleavable radial arm is less than a width of the external ring and a width of the internal ring in a direction parallel to an axis of the shaft.
9. The gear according to claim 1 , wherein the external surface of the cylindrical ring includes a central strip and two side strips, teeth of the pinion are disposed on the central strip and the two side strips are free of teeth.