IP Library Granted Patent US 8,850,911
Granted Patent B2
US 8,850,911 · App. 12/745,124 · Granted Oct 7, 2014

Preload unit module

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Patent No.
US 8,850,911
App. No.
12/745,124
Granted
Oct 7, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A preload unit module, which has at least one ramp disk and a cage, which carries a plurality of rolling bodies that are held axially against one another in a positively locking fashion. The cage is rotationally pivotable relative to the at least one ramp disk.

Claims (20)

1. A preload unit module, comprising:

a first ramp disk;

a cage which carries a plurality of rolling bodies;

a second ramp disk, the cage disposed between the first ramp disk and the second ramp disk, the second ramp disk comprising a sleeve extending away from the cage;

a bearing arranged on the side of the second ramp disk facing away from the cage and mounted on the sleeve; and,

a thrust disk mounted on the sleeve, the bearing arranged between the thrust disk and the second ramp disk;

the cage having a radial disk, a first retaining tab with a first retaining lug, and a second retaining tab with a second retaining lug, the first retaining tab and the second retaining tab extending in opposing axial directions from the radial disk, the cage axially holding the first ramp disk in a positively locking manner using the first retaining lug on the first retaining tab, the cage being rotationally pivotable with respect to the first ramp disk and/or the second ramp disk, the cage axially holding at least one of the second ramp disk and the bearing using the second retaining lug on the second retaining tab;

each of the first and second ramp disks having inclined ramps, the rolling bodies rolling along the inclined ramps during relative rotation of the first and second ramp disks such that the ramp disks are displaced relative to each other in the direction of an axis of relative rotation; and

the thrust disk being held on the bearing in a positively locking manner and axially held relative to the second ramp disk by protrusions on the sleeve.

2. The preload unit module recited in claim 1 , the cage securing the first ramp disk, the rolling bodies in the cage, the second ramp disk and the bearing to form a self-contained unit.

3. The preload unit module recited in claim 1 , wherein the thrust disk is held on the bearing in a positively locking manner by guide humps that connect with the complementary elements.

4. The preload unit module recited in claim 1 , wherein the cage is a bent sheet metal part or a drawn or punched bent component made of sheet metal.

5. The preload unit module recited in claim 1 , wherein formed in the radial disk of the cage are a plurality of pockets which guide and hold the rolling bodies.

6. The preload unit module recited in claim 5 , wherein the plurality of pockets have resilient mountings formed, into which the rolling bodies snap.

7. The preload unit module recited in claim 1 , wherein the rolling bodies are balls.

8. The preload unit module recited in claim 1 , wherein the rolling bodies are rollers.

9. The preload unit module recited in claim 8 , wherein at least three and at most five rollers are arranged between the first ramp disk and the second ramp disk, distributed with equal angular spacing on the cage.

10. The preload unit module recited in claim 9 , wherein three rollers are distributed equally between the first ramp disk and the second ramp disk, the first ramp disk and the second ramp disk each having three ramp contours.

11. The preload unit module recited in claim 1 , wherein the thrust disk includes guide elements on a side facing the bearing such that the bearing is centered radially relative to the thrust disk by the guide elements.

12. The preload unit module recited in claim 1 , wherein the cage axially holds the bearing in a positively locking manner using the second retaining lug, the second ramp disk being held between the bearing and the cage.

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 →