IP Library Granted Patent US 8,161,740
Granted Patent B2
US 8,161,740 · App. 12/800,961 · Granted Apr 24, 2012

Force transmission device with a rotational speed adaptive damper and method for improving the damping properties

Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
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Patent No.
US 8,161,740
App. No.
12/800,961
Granted
Apr 24, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a force transmission device for power transmission between an input and an output, comprising at least an input and an output, and a vibration damping device disposed in a cavity that can be filled at least partially with an operating medium, in particular oil, the vibration damping device coupled with a rotational speed adaptive absorber, wherein the rotational speed adaptive absorber is tuned as a function of an oil influence to an effective order q eff , which is greater by an order shift value q F than an order q of an exciting vibration of a drive system.

Claims (20)

1. A force transmission device for power transmission between an input and an output, comprising:

at least an input (E) and an output (A); and

a vibration damping device disposed in a cavity that can be filled at least partially with an operating medium, the vibration damping device coupled with a rotational speed adaptive absorber,

wherein the rotational speed adaptive absorber is tuned as a function of an oil influence to an effective order q eff , which is greater by an order shift value q F than an order q of an exciting vibration of a drive system.

2. The force transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the order shift value q F is selected, so that a resonance of the rotational speed adaptive absorber does not coincide with the order q of the exciting vibration.

3. The force transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the effective order q eff of the rotational speed adaptive absorber exceeds the order q of the exciting vibration of the drive by the order shift value q F in the range of >0.05 to 0.5.

4. The force transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the rotational speed adaptive absorber is configured as a centrifugal force pendulum device, comprising an inertial mass support device with inertial masses disposed thereon and movable relative thereto, configured and designed, so that a center of gravity distance S of a particular inertial mass is determined as a function of an order q of the exciting vibration of the drive and the order shift by q f to an effective order q eff defines a change of the center of gravity distance as a function of the order shift value q f .

5. The force transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein a size of the order shift value q f changes proportional to a change of the order q of the excitation of the drive.

6. The force transmission device according to claim 1 , comprising a hydrodynamic component with at least a primary shell functioning as a pump shell (P) and a secondary shell functioning as turbine shell (T) jointly forming an operating space (AR), wherein the turbine shell (T) is connected at least indirectly torque proof with the output (A) of the force transmission device and a device for bridging the hydrodynamic components, which are respectively disposed in a power path, and the device for damping vibrations is connected with the rotational speed adaptive absorber at least in series with one of the power paths, wherein a cavity which can be at least partially filled with an operating medium, is formed by an inner cavity of the force transmission device which inner cavity is flowed through by the operating medium of the hydrodynamic component.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the operating medium is oil.

8. The force transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the effective order q eff of the rotational speed adaptive absorber exceeds the order q of the exciting vibration of the drive by the order shift value q F in the range of >0.05 to 0.4.

9. The force transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the effective order q eff of the rotational speed adaptive absorber exceeds the order q of the exciting vibration of the drive by the order shift value q F in the range of >0.05 to 0.3.

10. The force transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the effective order q eff of the rotational speed adaptive absorber exceeds the order q of the exciting vibration of the drive by the order shift value q F in the range of >0.14 to 0.3.

11. A method for improving the damping properties of a force transmission device for power transmission between an input and an output, comprising at least an input (E) and an output (A), and a vibration damping device disposed in a cavity that can be filled at least partially with an operating medium, the cavity in particular flowed through by an operating medium of a hydrodynamic component, the vibration damping device coupled with a rotational speed adaptive absorber, wherein the rotational speed adaptive absorber is tuned as a function of an oil influence to an effective order q eff , which is greater by an order shift value q F than an order q of an exciting vibration of a drive system.

12. The method for improving the damping properties of a force transmission device according the claim 11 , comprising the following method steps:

determining the order of excitation q of a drive engine;

defining a geometry of the rotational speed adaptive absorber for the order of excitation q;

determining the required order shift value q F ; and

determining the geometry of the absorber as a function of the order shift value q F .

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the operating medium is oil.

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 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2012
From: LUK LAMELLEN UND KUPPLUNGBAU BETEILIGUNGS KG
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 027942/0747 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 26, 2010
From: KRAUSE, THORSTEN; ENGELMANN, DOMINIQUE
To: LUK LAMELLEN UND KUPPLUNGSBAU BETEILIGUNGS KG
Reel/Frame 024491/0174 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2007 057 447 · Nov 29, 2007 · national
Continuity (2)
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