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US 12,392,378 · App. 16/645,787 · Granted Aug 19, 2025

Assembly for connecting an adapter shaft to a shaft in a force-fitting manner using a clamping ring

Inventors: Jens Schillinger (Rastatt, DE); Sascha Haller (Karlsruhe, DE); Markus Wöppermann (Karlsbad, DE)
Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
F16D1/04F16D1/0847
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Patent No.
US 12,392,378
App. No.
16/645,787
Granted
Aug 19, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

In an assembly for connecting an adapter shaft to a shaft in a force-fitting manner using a clamping ring, the clamping ring is mounted on the adapter shaft, the shaft is inserted into the adapter shaft, the clamping ring has a radially continuous threaded bore into which a screw part is screwed, in particular a threaded pin, which exerts pressure on the adapter shaft, at least one insertion ring is inserted in an annular groove introduced into the clamping ring, in particular in an annular groove introduced into the inner wall, i.e. in particular the hollow side of the clamping ring, and/or is at least partially accommodated therein, and the insertion ring, or each insertion ring, has a nose region that projects radially inward and which projects at least partially into a slot of the adapter shaft.

Claims (29)

1. An assembly for connecting an adapter shaft to a shaft in a force-fitting manner, the adapter shaft including an outer circumference and a flattened region arranged on the outer circumference of the adapter shaft, comprising:

a clamping ring adapted to be mounted on the adapter shaft, the shaft insertable into the adapter shaft, the clamping ring including a radially uninterrupted threaded bore and an annular groove;

a screw part screwed into the radially uninterrupted threaded bore and adapted to exert pressure on the flattened region of the adapter shaft;

at least one insertion ring at least partially arranged in the annular groove and including a nose region that projects radially inward and is adapted to project at least partially into a slot of the adapter shaft.

2. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the screw part includes a threaded pin.

3. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the annular groove is provided in an inner wall and/or a hollow side of the clamping ring.

4. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the slot is axially continuous and/or continues through a wall of the adapter shaft, the adapter shaft being hollow; and

wherein the slot is arranged as an axial slot extending in an axial direction in relation to a shaft axis of the adapter shaft and/or the slot is arranged as a transverse slot extending transversely to the axial direction in relation to the shaft axis of the adapter shaft and/or in a circumferential direction in relation to the shaft axis of the adapter shaft.

5. The assembly according to claim 4 , wherein the transverse slot passes through an axial slot.

6. The assembly according to claim 4 , wherein the adapter shaft includes additional axial slots, and the axial slots of the adapter shaft are set apart from one another at regular intervals in the circumferential direction.

7. The assembly according to claim 4 , wherein axial slots are open toward an axial end of the adapter shaft and lead into the environment and/or into the ambient air.

8. The assembly according to claim 4 , wherein the insertion ring includes a radially inwardly projecting web region that is set apart from the nose region in the circumferential direction, the web region at least partially projecting into the transverse slot.

9. The assembly according to claim 8 , wherein the web region projects radially inward and includes a radially inward edge that is aligned tangentially.

10. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the insertion ring is arranged as a plastic injection molding part.

11. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the shaft is insertable into a hollow shaft region of the adapter shaft and/or is coaxially arranged coaxially with the adapter shaft.

12. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the adapter shaft includes a chamfer and/or a lead-in bevel in an axial end region.

13. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the clamping ring includes a lead-in bevel in an axial end region.

14. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the adapter shaft includes, in an axial end region, a bead that is raised in a radially outward direction and that covers a circumferential angular range in a circumferential direction, which includes a circumferential angular range covered by the screw part in the circumferential direction and/or which is similar to a circumferential angular range covered by the flattened region in the circumferential direction.

15. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the flattened region is arranged diametrically opposite the slot.

16. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the slot is arranged as an axial slot extending in an axial direction in relation to a shaft axis of the adapter shaft, and the slot is arranged as a transverse slot extending transversely to the axial direction in relation to the shaft axis of the adapter shaft and/or in a circumferential direction in relation to the shaft axis of the adapter shaft.

17. A device, comprising:

an adapter shaft including a slot, an outer circumference, and a flattened region arranged on the outer circumference;

a shaft inserted into the adapter shaft;

an assembly connecting the adapter shaft to the shaft in a force-fitting manner, the assembly including:

a clamping ring mounted on the adapter shaft and including a radially uninterrupted threaded bore and an annular groove;

a screw part screwed into the radially uninterrupted threaded bore and exerting pressure on the flattened region of the adapter shaft; and

at least one insertion ring at least partially arranged in the annular groove and including a nose region that projects radially inward and projects at least partially into the slot of the adapter shaft.

18. The device according to claim 17 , wherein the flattened region is arranged diametrically opposite the slot.

19. The device according to claim 17 , wherein the slot is arranged as an axial slot extending in an axial direction in relation to a shaft axis of the adapter shaft, and the slot is arranged as a transverse slot extending transversely to the axial direction in relation to the shaft axis of the adapter shaft and/or in a circumferential direction in relation to the shaft axis of the adapter shaft.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2020
From: SCHILLINGER, JENS; HALLER, SASCHA; WÖPPERMANN, MARKUS
To: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 052059/0202 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2017 008 437.8 · Sep 8, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200271164A1 · Aug 27, 2020
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