IP Library Granted Patent US 8,568,268
Granted Patent B2
US 8,568,268 · App. 13/784,906 · Granted Oct 29, 2013

Wrap-around braking device for planetary gear trains and planetary gear train having a wrap-around braking device

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Patent No.
US 8,568,268
App. No.
13/784,906
Granted
Oct 29, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wrap-around braking device for a planetary gear train, having at least one wrap-around element, with first and second cam devices, and is designed to wrap around at least one ring gear of the planetary gear train for braking engagement. A shift fork, which can be moved in the axial direction of the shift fork and which has first and second actuating elements that act oppositely in the axial direction and which is mounted in a rotationally fixed manner in a housing that has at least first and second stops in the axial direction. For braking engagement on the ring gear, which rotates in a first rotational direction, the shift fork can be moved in a first axial direction such that the first actuating element interacts with the first cam device, while the second stop opposite the first actuating element in the axial direction interacts with the second cam device.

Claims (15)

1. A wrap-around braking device for a planetary gear train, comprising

at least one wrap-around element that has at least one first and at least one second cam device and is constructed to wrap around at least one ring gear of the planetary gear train for braking engagement,

at least one shift fork that can move in an axial direction (A) thereof and has at least one first and one second actuation element that lie opposite each other in the axial direction (A), and is mounted locked in rotation in a housing,

the housing has at least one first and one second stop that lie opposite each other in the axial direction (A), and

for the braking engagement on the ring gear that rotates in a first rotational direction, the shift fork is moveable in a first axial direction such that the first actuation element interacts with the first cam device, while the second stop ( 9 b ) lying opposite the first actuation element in the axial direction (A) interacts with the second cam device.

2. The wrap-around braking device according to claim 1 , wherein for the braking engagement on the ring gear that rotates in a second rotational direction (R) that is opposite the first rotational direction, the shift fork is moveable in a second axial direction that is opposite the first axial direction, such that the second actuation element interacts with the second cam device, while the first stop lying opposite the second actuation element in the axial direction (A) interacts with the first cam device.

3. The wrap-around braking device according to claim 2 , wherein the first cam device has a first pressing element with which the first actuation element of the shift fork interacts or is brought into contact with the first stop.

4. The wrap-around braking device according to claim 1 , wherein the second cam device has a second pressing element with which the second actuation element of the shift fork interacts or is brought into contact with the second stop.

5. The wrap-around braking device according to claim 1 , wherein the shift fork is connected to at least one axial actuator.

6. The wrap-around braking device according to claim 5 , wherein the axial actuator has at least one drive motor and one ball screw that is driveable by the drive motor and is connected to the shift fork.

7. The wrap-around braking device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first stop or the second stop has a bolt-shaped construction.

8. The wrap-around braking device according to claim 1 , wherein the wrap-around element has a friction lining.

9. A planetary gear train with a wrap-around braking device according to claim 1 , wherein the wrap-around element of the wrap-around braking device wraps around a ring gear of the planetary gear train.

10. The planetary gear train according to claim 9 , wherein the ring gear has a friction lining on an outer periphery thereof.

11. The planetary gear train according to claim 9 , wherein the planetary gear train is a 2-gear planetary gear train.

Assignments (4)
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 5, 2013
From: RUDER, WILLI; SCHNEIDER, MATTHIAS
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 029921/0645 →