TORSIONAL VIBRATION DAMPER WITH A ROTATIONAL AXIS FOR A POWERTRAIN

Abstract

A torsional vibration damper includes an input side and an output side, first and second rolling bodies, an intermediate element for torque transmission between the input and output sides, and an energy storage element for supporting the intermediate element in an oscillating manner. The intermediate element has a first transmission path for rolling the first rolling body, and a second transmission path for rolling the second rolling body. The input side has a first counter path complementary to the first transmission path. The output side has a second counter path complementary to the second transmission path. The first rolling body is guided between the first transmission path and the first counter path, and the second rolling body is guided between the second transmission path and the second counter path. The energy storage element is arranged with a vector component that acts circumferentially on the intermediate element in a circumferential direction.

Claims

1.-8. (canceled)

9. A torsional vibration damper with a rotational axis for a powertrain of a motor vehicle, comprising: an input side for receiving a torque; an output side for outputting the torque; a first rolling body; a second rolling body; an intermediate element arranged for torque transmission between the input side and the output side, the intermediate element comprising: a first transmission path for rolling the first rolling body; and a second transmission path for rolling the second rolling body; and a first energy storage element for supporting the intermediate element in an oscillating manner, wherein: the input side comprises a first counter path complementary to the first transmission path; the output side comprises a second counter path complementary to the second transmission path; the first rolling body is guided in a rolling manner between the first transmission path and the first counter path; the second rolling body is guided in a rolling manner between the second transmission path and the second counter path; and the first energy storage element is arranged with a vector component that acts on the intermediate element in a circumferential direction.

10. A torsional vibration damper with a rotational axis for a powertrain of a motor vehicle, comprising: an input side for receiving a torque; an output side for outputting the torque; a first rolling body; a second rolling body; a third rolling body; a fourth rolling body; a first intermediate element arranged for torque transmission between the input side and the output side; the first intermediate element comprising: a first transmission path for rolling the first rolling body; a second transmission path for rolling the second rolling body; a second intermediate element arranged for torque transmission between the input side and the output side, the second intermediate element comprising: a third transmission path for rolling the third rolling body; a fourth transmission path for rolling the fourth rolling body; wherein: the input side comprises: a first counter path complementary to the first transmission path; and a second counter path complementary to the third transmission path; the output side comprises: a third counter path complementary to the second transmission path; and a fourth counter path complementary to the fourth transmission path; the first rolling body is guided in a rolling manner between the first transmission path and the first counter path; the second rolling body is guided in a rolling manner between the second transmission path and the third counter path; the third rolling body is guided in a rolling manner between the third transmission path and the second counter path; the fourth rolling body is guided in a rolling manner between the fourth transmission path and the fourth counter path; a first energy storage element for supporting the first intermediate element and another intermediate element in an oscillating manner; a second energy storage element for supporting the second intermediate element and another intermediate element in an oscillating manner; the first rolling body and the second rolling body are the only rollable bodies for the first intermediate element; and the third rolling body and the fourth rolling body are the only rollable bodies for the second intermediate element.

11. The torsional vibration damper of claim 10, further comprising: a fifth rolling body; a sixth rolling body; a third intermediate element arranged for torque transmission between the input side and the output side, the third intermediate element comprising: a fifth transmission path for rolling the fifth rolling body; and a sixth transmission path for rolling the sixth rolling body; and a third energy storage element for supporting the third intermediate element and another intermediate element in an oscillating manner, wherein: the first intermediate element and the second intermediate element are supported on each other by means of the first energy storage element; the second intermediate element and the third intermediate element are supported on each other by means of the second energy storage element; and the first intermediate element and the third intermediate element are supported on each other by means of the third energy storage element.

12. The torsional vibration damper of claim 9, wherein the intermediate element is mounted solely by means of the first energy storage element, the first rolling body, and the second rolling body.

13. The torsional vibration damper of claim 9, wherein the first rolling body and the second rolling body are arranged: radially spaced apart from each other; or spaced apart from each other in the circumferential direction.

14. The torsional vibration damper of claim 9, wherein: the first transmission path and the first counter path comprise a first traction torque pairing with a first transmission curve and a first thrust torque pairing with a second transmission curve, different that the first transmission curve; the second transmission path and the second counter path comprise a second traction torque pairing with a third transmission curve and a second thrust torque pairing with a fourth transmission curve, different than the third transmission curve; the first traction torque pairing and the second traction torque pairing are arranged for torque transmission from the input side to the output side; and the first thrust torque pairing and the second thrust torque pairing are arranged for torque transmission from the output side to the input side.

15. The torsional vibration damper of claim 9 further comprising a second energy storage element, wherein: the intermediate element is preloaded by the first energy storage element and the second energy storage element; the first energy storage element exerts a first force and a first direction of force on the intermediate element; the second energy storage element exerts a second force and a second direction of force on the intermediate element; and the first force and the second force differ from each other in a rest position; or the first direction of force and the second direction of force differ from each other in the rest position.

16. The torsional vibration damper of claim 9, wherein the first energy storage element is a helical compression spring with a straight spring axis.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0062] The above disclosure is explained in detail below based on the relevant technical background with reference to the associated drawings, which show example embodiments. The disclosure is in no way restricted by the purely schematic drawings, wherein it should be noted that the drawings are not dimensionally accurate and are not suitable for defining proportions. The figures show the following:

[0063] FIG. 1 shows a principle sketch of a torsional vibration damper in a first embodiment;

[0064] FIG. 2 shows a principle sketch of a torsional vibration damper in a second embodiment;

[0065] FIG. 3 shows a diagram of the forces applied to an intermediate element;

[0066] FIG. 4 shows a polygon of forces of the applied forces according to FIG. 3;

[0067] FIG. 5 shows a moment-angle of rotation diagram with a first transmission curve:

[0068] FIG. 6 shows a moment-angle of rotation diagram with a second transmission curve;

[0069] FIG. 7 shows a moment-angle of rotation diagram with a third transmission curve; and

[0070] FIG. 8 shows a moment-angle of rotation diagram with a fourth and fifth transmission curve.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0071] By way of example, FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 each show in a principle sketch different embodiments of a torsional vibration damper 1, which for the sake of clarity are depicted largely in the same manner and insofar as the descriptions for the respective figures of the same components are cross-referenced. Here, an annular disk forms an input side 4. In the center of the common rotational axis 2, a further disk element is designed, for example, as an output side 5. Alternatively, the annular disk is the output side 5 and the disk element is the input side 4. The variant mentioned above is described below, wherein the terms are interchangeable.

[0072] As indicated by the arrows, a traction torque 45 can be transmitted from the input side 4 to the output side 5 and a thrust torque 46 can be transmitted from the output side 5 to the input side 4. In one embodiment, the torque direction is set up in reverse.

[0073] Interposed between the input side 4 and the output side 5, are three intermediate elements 6, 7, 8. The respective intermediate element 6, 7, 8 of paired energy storage elements 15, 16, 17 is connected in a force-transmitting manner to the respective adjacent intermediate element 6, 7, 8. The respective intermediate element 6, 7, 8 is supported on the input side 4 by means of a first rolling body 9 and the respective intermediate element 6, 7, 8 is supported on the output side 5 by means of a second rolling body 10. The first rolling body 9 is supported in a rolling manner on a first transmission path 11 on the intermediate element side and a first complementary counter path 13 on the input side 4 in a force-transmitting and thus torque-transmitting manner. The second rolling body 10 is supported in a rolling manner on a second transmission path 12 on an intermediate element side and a second complementary counter path 14 on the output side 5 in a force-transmitting and thus torque-transmitting manner. The rolling bodies 9, 10 are here pretensioned by means of the energy storage elements 15, 16, 17 against the transmission path 11, 12 and against the counter path 13, 14 and are thus guided on them in a rollable manner. The energy storage elements 15, 16, 17 hold the intermediate element 6, 7, 8 acting antagonistically to each other in a rest position in the position shown.

[0074] On the third intermediate element 8 in the first rolling body 9 and the second rolling body 10 (according to the designation for the first intermediate element 6) it is shown (for the sake of clarity pars-pro-toto) that to the side of the rest position, a traction torque pairing 21 is formed from the respective complementary ramp portion of the transmission path 11, 12 and the counter path 13, 14, and a thrust torque pairing 23 is formed on the respective other side from the complementary ramp portions of the transmission path 11, 12 and the counter path 13, 14. Again, solely for the sake of clarity, the traction torque pairing 21 is shown pars-pro-toto only on the first rolling body 9 and, accordingly, the thrust torque pairing 23 is shown only on the second rolling body 10. However, these pairings are formed respectively on each of the rolling bodies 9, 10 by the transmission path 11, 12 on the intermediate element side and the complementary counter path 13, 14. Their mode of action is explained in detail below. In the embodiments shown, the intermediate elements 6, 7, 8 are supported solely via the respective rolling bodies 9, 10 on the input side 4 and on the output side 5, and the intermediate elements 6, 7, 8 are supported among each other by means of the energy storage elements 15, 16, 17. An additional guide may not be provided.

[0075] In FIG. 1, the first rolling body 9 and the second rolling body 10 of a respective intermediate element 6, 7, 8 are arranged radially spaced apart from each other and are in the rest position on a common radius. In the rest position, therefore, they are not spaced apart in the circumferential direction 19. FIG. 2 shows an alternative embodiment with regard to the arrangement of the two rolling bodies 9, 10 of a respective intermediate element 6, 7, 8 with respect to each other, wherein the two rolling bodies 9, 10 are not radially spaced apart, but are spaced apart from each other in the circumferential direction 19. In the embodiments shown, for the sake of better comparability, the energy storage elements 15, 16, 17 are designed and arranged identically.

[0076] FIG. 3 shows a diagram of the moment equilibrium and FIG. 4 shows a polygon of forces over the first intermediate element 6, the second intermediate element 7 or the third intermediate element 8 with a first rolling body 9 and the second rolling body 10 according to the embodiment in FIG. 1. Here, the intermediate element 6, 7, 8 is led out of its rest position and is deflected at an angle of deflection to the rest position inclined to the rest line 35. The rest line 35 always runs through the moment balance point 3 of the intermediate element 6, 7, 8, but only in the rest position through the rolling axes of both rolling bodies 9, 10, but always through one of the two rolling axes (here the second rolling body 10). At this moment balance point 3 of the intermediate element 6, 7, 8, there must be a moment equilibrium if it is required that no additional (forced) guidance is provided for the intermediate element 6, 7, 8. The resulting directions of force 30, 32 over the rolling bodies 9, 10, i.e. the first pressure line 37 of the first rolling body 9 and the second pressure line 38 of the second rolling body 10, must always be aligned perpendicular to the adjacent (theoretically infinitesimal) section of the transmission path 11, 12 and run through moment balance point 3. To ensure that this rule is always adhered to, a parallel of the first action line 33 of the first force 25, starting from the first energy storage element 15, with a second parallel, which is at an equal distance or is spaced apart in proportion to the force, of the second action line 34 of the second force 26, intersect with the two pressure lines 37, 38 in the moment balance point 3, starting from the other (for example third) energy storage element 16, so that no (effective) lever arm arises.

[0077] For a suitable contact pressure of the rolling bodies 9, 10, the first force 25 and the second force 26 (shown here only on the second force 26) are divided into a tangential vector component 18 (functionally effective component) and a radial vector component 44 (contact pressure component for the rolling bodies 9, 10). The orientation of the tangential vector component 18 results from the tangent at the point of force application to the intermediate element 6, 7, 8 on the circumferential direction 19 on a radius of the circle 36 on which this point of force application lies. Furthermore, it is required that the first force 25, the second force 26 and the resulting forces 29, 31 form a self-canceling polygon of forces, as shown in FIG. 4. For this purpose, the first direction of force 27, the second direction of force 28 and the resulting directions of force 30, 32 of the two rolling bodies 9, 10 must be present as shown.

[0078] It follows from the position shown that both the first energy storage element 15 (see FIG. 1) and the second energy storage element 16 (see FIG. 1) are more strongly tensioned, as a result of which an increased pre-tensioning force acts on the intermediate element 6, 7, 8. In this embodiment, the stronger tensioning follows from a movement of the intermediate element 6, 7, 8 radially inward, so that the energy storage elements 15, 16, 17 are also moved radially inward and are compressed between the adjacent intermediate elements 6, 7, 8 like a screw clamp. The intermediate elements 6, 7, 8 are thus moved in such a way that the resulting distance along the spring axes 41, 42, 43 of the energy storage elements 15, 16, 17 between the intermediate elements 6, 7, 8 is shortened compared to the rest position, provided that there is increased rigidity a higher torque is desired (compare FIGS. 5 to 8). For the correct alignment of the pressure lines 37, 38, i.e. the action lines of the resulting forces 29, 31 on the rolling bodies 9, 10, it is necessary that the pressure lines 37, 38, which intersect the rolling axis of the assigned rolling body 9, 10 and the moment balance point 3 respectively, are always perpendicular to the transmission path 11, 12, here the first transmission curve 22, which is assigned to the traction torque 45. The respective amount of the resulting force 29, 31 and the resulting direction of force 30, 32 then result intrinsically from the applied first force 25 and second force 26.

[0079] In FIGS. 5 to 8, torque-rotation angle diagrams are shown in which the torque axis 39 forms the ordinate and the rotation angle axis 40 forms the abscissa. In this example, to the right of the ordinate is a traction torque curve with a positive torque and angle of rotation, and to the left of the ordinate is a thrust torque curve with a negative torque and angle of rotation.

[0080] FIG. 5 shows a first transmission curve 22, then assigned to the traction torque pairing 21, and a second transmission curve 24, then assigned to the thrust torque pairing 23, in a two-part progressive form, so that at low torque amounts, there is a flat increase in the curve and at high torque amounts, there is a steep increase in the curve.

[0081] In FIG. 6, a two-part degressive variant is correspondingly shown, in which there is a steep curve increase at low torque levels and a flattened curve increase at high torque levels.

[0082] FIG. 7 shows a variant in which a progressive and degressive course alternate and in FIG. 8, a stiff system with a steep curve course with a solid line is shown in comparison with a system with a flat curve course shown with dashed line.

[0083] For the embodiment in FIGS. 1 and 2 without additional guidance of the intermediate element 6, 7, 8, such a transmission curve 22, 24 is to be observed in accordance with the equilibrium of moments and forces as explained in FIGS. 3 and 4. The illustrated transmission curve 22, 24 is therefore to be executed superimposed with the requirement for the transmission path 11, 12 according to the description of FIG. 1 (and FIG. 2). Furthermore, in one embodiment, the force 25 or the rigidity of the first energy storage element 15 is different from the second energy storage element 16 in the rest position and is not designed symmetrically as indicated in FIGS. 1 and 2. This must also be taken into account for the superimposition in order to achieve the desired transmission curve 22, 24.

[0084] With the torsional vibration damper proposed here, an inexpensive and efficient influencing of the natural frequency can be achieved with just a few components.

REFERENCE NUMERALS

[0085] 1 Torsional vibration damper [0086] 2 Rotational axis [0087] 3 Moment balance point [0088] 4 Input side [0089] 5 Output side [0090] 6 First intermediate element [0091] 7 Second intermediate element [0092] 8 Third intermediate element [0093] 9 First rolling body [0094] 10 Second rolling body [0095] 11 First transmission path [0096] 12 Second transmission path [0097] 13 First counter path [0098] 14 Second counter path [0099] 15 First energy storage element [0100] 16 Second energy storage element [0101] 17 Third energy storage element [0102] 18 Tangential vector component [0103] 19 Circumferential direction [0104] 20 Radial direction [0105] 21 Traction torque pairing [0106] 22 First transmission curve [0107] 23 Thrust torque pairing [0108] 24 Second transmission curve [0109] 25 First force [0110] 26 Second force [0111] 27 First direction of force [0112] 28 Second direction of force [0113] 29 First resulting force [0114] 30 First resulting direction of force [0115] 31 Second resulting force [0116] 32 Second resulting direction of force [0117] 33 First action line [0118] 34 Second action line [0119] 35 Rest line [0120] 36 Circle of the force application point [0121] 37 First pressure line [0122] 38 Second pressure line [0123] 39 Torque axis [0124] 40 Rotation angle axis [0125] 41 First spring axis [0126] 42 Second spring axis [0127] 43 Third spring axis [0128] 44 Radial vector component [0129] 45 Traction torque [0130] 46 Thrust torque