IP Library Granted Patent US 8,690,174
Granted Patent B2
US 8,690,174 · App. 12/694,621 · Granted Apr 8, 2014

Geared motor for an active roll stabilizer

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Patent No.
US 8,690,174
App. No.
12/694,621
Granted
Apr 8, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A slewing motor for an active roll stabilizer, which can be connected by its drive to one stabilizer half, and which can be connected on the stator side to another stabilizer half of a divided stabilizer. A torsion element, whose rotational rigidity is lower than the rotational rigidity of the stabilizer, is effectively arranged between the drive and the one stabilizer half.

Claims (21)

1. An active roll stabilizer with a slewing motor, which can be connected by a drive to one stabilizer half, and which can be connected on a stator side to another stabilizer half of a divided stabilizer,

wherein a torsion element, which has a rotational rigidity that is lower than the rotational rigidity of the stabilizer, is arranged between the drive and the one stabilizer half,

wherein the torsion element has a drive part, which is connected to the drive and a connecting part, which can be connected to the one stabilizer half,

wherein a spring element is effectively arranged between the drive part and the connecting part, for spring-elastic relative rotation between the drive part and the connecting part,

wherein the connecting part is rotatably mounted on a motor housing of the slewing motor by a bearing which is provided for transmitting tilting moments, and

wherein the slewing motor is arranged such that rotation of the drive of the slewing motor is transmitted to the one stabilizer half through the drive part, the spring element, and the connecting part.

2. The active roll stabilizer of claim 1 , wherein the torsion element is accommodated inside a motor housing of the slewing motor.

3. The active roll stabilizer of claim 1 , wherein the bearing has angular contact ball bearings in an O-arrangement.

4. The active roll stabilizer of claim 1 , wherein the spring element is accommodated radially inside the bearing.

5. An active roll stabilizer with a slewing motor, which can be connected by a drive to one stabilizer half, and which can be connected on a stator side to another stabilizer half of a divided stabilizer,

wherein a torsion element, which has a rotational rigidity that is lower than the rotational rigidity of the stabilizer, is arranged between the drive and the one stabilizer half,

wherein the torsion element has a drive part, which is connected to the drive and a connecting part, which can be connected to the one stabilizer half,

wherein a spring element is effectively arranged between the drive part and the connecting part, for spring-elastic relative rotation between the drive part and the connecting part,

wherein the connecting part if rotatably mounted on a motor housing of the slewing motor by a bearing which is provided for transmitting tilting moments, and

wherein the connecting part and the drive part are provided with webs, which are arranged one behind the other and engage one in the other on a circumference about a rotational axis, wherein the spring elements are arranged between webs which engage one in the other.

6. The active roll stabilizer of claim 5 , wherein the spring elements, which are embodied as molded pieces, which can be deformed spring-elastically, are arranged free of play in circumferential directions between the webs, which engage one in the other.

7. The active roll stabilizer of claim 6 , wherein the pockets, which are formed by the webs, which engage one in the other, have deflection spaces for accommodating material of the molded pieces which is deformed spring-elastically.

8. The active roll stabilizer of claim 1 , wherein the spring element is a molded piece.

9. The active roll stabilizer of claim 5 , wherein the webs are claws or lamellas.

10. The active roll stabilizer of claim 1 , wherein the spring element is deformed in a spring-elastic manner and is loaded under torsion.

11. The active roll stabilizer of claim 5 , wherein the slewing motor is arranged such that rotation of the drive of the slewing motor is transmitted to the one stabilizer half through the drive part, the spring element, and the connecting part.

Assignments (5)
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 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 11, 2012
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 028533/0036 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2012
From: SCHAEFFLER KG
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
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