TORSIONAL VIBRATION DAMPER WITH TORQUE LIMITER

Abstract

A torsional vibration damper (10) with a torque limiter, in particular for a clutch plate within a drive train of a motor vehicle, includes an input part (14) which is mounted such that it can be rotated about a rotational axis (12), an output part (18) which is arranged such that it can be rotated counter to the action of a spring device (16) to a limited extent about the rotational axis (12) with respect to the input part (14), and at least two torque-transmitting intermediate elements (20) arranged between the input part (14) and the output part (18) so as to move radially by cam mechanisms (22) in the case of a relative rotation of the input part (14) and the output part (18). In the case of a relative rotation between the input part and the output part, a torsional characteristic curve (32) of a drive torque over the rotary angle is configured by way of the configuration of the cam mechanisms (22) and/or a configuration of the spring device (16), so the torsional characteristic curve (32) has a damper stage (34) and an end stage (36) which adjoins the damper stage (34), he damper stage (34) specifies a damper capacity of the drive torque over the rotary angle, and the end stage (36) includes a torque limitation of the drive torque over the rotary angle.

Claims

1-9. (canceled)

10. A torsional vibration damper for a drive train of a motor vehicle, the torsional vibration damper comprising: an input part mounted so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis; an output part arranged so as to be rotatable to a limited extent about the rotation axis relative to the input part against an effect of a spring device; and at least two torque-transmitting intermediate elements arranged between the input part and the output part so as to be moved radially by cam mechanisms upon a relative rotation of the input part and the output part, the cam mechanisms and/or the spring device being configured such that, on a relative rotation between the input part and the output part, a torsion curve of a drive moment over a twist angle is formed which has a damper stage and an end stage adjoining the damper stage, the damper stage specifying a damping capacity of the drive moment over the twist angle, and the end stage comprising a torque limitation of the drive moment over the twist angle.

11. The torsional vibration damper as claimed in claim 10, wherein the torsion curve of the end stage has a moment curve which falls, remains constant and/or rises slightly over the twist angle.

12. The torsional vibration damper as claimed in claim 10, wherein the cam mechanisms are each formed by radially acting ramp devices, the ramp devices each having two mutually adjacent and differing contours in a traction direction and in a thrust direction.

13. The torsional vibration damper as claimed in claim 12, wherein the two mutually adjacent and differing contours have a linear, convex and/or concave form, and or are configured in free form.

14. The torsional vibration damper as claimed in claim 12, wherein a transition between the two mutually adjacent and differing contours in the traction direction and/or the thrust direction forms a release moment.

15. The torsional vibration damper as claimed in claim 12, further comprising a roller body arranged between the two mutually adjacent and differing contours.

16. The torsional vibration damper as claimed in claim 12, wherein the two mutually adjacent and differing contours are formed differently from each other in the traction and thrust directions.

17. An assembly comprising: the torsional vibration damper as claimed in claim 10; and a clutch plate in arrangement with the torsional vibration damper.

18. An assembly comprising: the assembly as recited in claim 17; and a flywheel, the input part of the torsional vibration damper being connected rotationally fixedly to the flywheel.

19. A method of constructing a torsional vibration damper for a drive train of a motor vehicle, the method comprising: arranging at least two torque-transmitting intermediate elements between an input part and an output part so as to be movable radially by cam mechanisms coupling the at least two torque-transmitting intermediate elements to the input part and output part upon a relative rotation of the input part and the output part about a rotation axis against an effect of at least one spring, the cam mechanisms and/or the at least one spring being configured such that, on a relative rotation between the input part and the output part, a torsion curve of a drive moment over a twist angle is formed which has a damper stage and an end stage adjoining the damper stage, the damper stage specifying a damping capacity of the drive moment over the twist angle, and the end stage comprising a torque limitation of the drive moment over the twist angle.

20. A torsional vibration damper for a drive train of a motor vehicle, the torsional vibration damper comprising: an input part mounted so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis; an output part; a first torque-transmitting intermediate element and a second torque-transmitting intermediate element arranged between the input part to the output part; at least one spring connecting the first torque-transmitting intermediate element and the second torque-transmitting intermediate element such that the output part is arranged so as to be rotatable to a limited extent about the rotation axis relative to the input part against an effect of the at least one spring; a first cam mechanism coupling the first torque-transmitting intermediate element to the input part; a second cam mechanism coupling the second torque-transmitting intermediate element to the input part; a third cam mechanism coupling the first torque-transmitting intermediate element to the output part; and a fourth cam mechanism coupling the second torque-transmitting intermediate element to the output part.

21. The torsional vibration damper as claimed in claim 20, wherein each of the first, second, third and fourth cam mechanisms are identical.

22. The torsional vibration damper as claimed in claim 20, wherein each of the first, second, third and fourth cam mechanisms includes two ramp device and a roller body provided radially between the two ramp devices.

23. The torsional vibration damper as claimed in claim 20, wherein the first cam mechanism includes first contours on the input part, first counters on the first torque-transmitting intermediate element and a first roller body held between the first contours on the input part and the first counters on the torque-transmitting intermediate element; and wherein the second cam mechanism includes second contours on the input part, first contours on the second torque-transmitting intermediate element and a second roller body held between the second contours on the input part and the first counters on the second torque-transmitting intermediate element.

24. The torsional vibration damper as claimed in claim 23, wherein the first and second contours on the input part, the first contours on the first torque-transmitting intermediate element and the first contours on the second torque-transmitting intermediate element each are two mutually opposing contours.

25. The torsional vibration damper as claimed in claim 23, wherein the third cam mechanism includes second contours on the first torque-transmitting intermediate element, first counters on the output part and a third roller body held between the second contours on the first torque-transmitting intermediate element and the first counters on the output part; and the fourth cam mechanism includes second contours on the second torque-transmitting intermediate element, second counters on the output part and a fourth roller body held between the second contours on the second torque-transmitting intermediate element and the second counters on the output part.

26. The torsional vibration damper as claimed in claim 20 wherein the first, second, third and fourth cam mechanisms and/or the spring device are configured such that, on a relative rotation between the input part and the output part, a torsion curve of a drive moment over a twist angle is formed which has a damper stage and an end stage adjoining the damper stage, the damper stage specifying a damping capacity of the drive moment over the twist angle, and the end stage comprising a torque limitation of the drive moment over the twist angle.

27. The torsional vibration damper as claimed in claim 20 further comprising: a fifth cam mechanism coupling the first torque-transmitting intermediate element to the input part, the fifth cam mechanism being circumferentially offset from the third cam mechanism; and a sixth cam mechanism coupling the second torque-transmitting intermediate element to the input part, the sixth cam mechanism being circumferentially offset from the fourth cam mechanism.

28. The torsional vibration damper as claimed in claim 20 wherein the at least one spring includes a first spring extending from the first torque-transmitting intermediate element to the second torque-transmitting intermediate element and a second spring extending from the first torque-transmitting intermediate element to the second torque-transmitting intermediate element.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0029] FIG. 1 shows a torsional vibration damper 10 with torque limiter in a diagrammatic depiction. The torsional vibration damper 10 comprises an input part 14 mounted so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis 12, and an output part 18 arranged so as to be rotatable to a limited extent about the rotation axis 12 relative to the input part 14 against the effect of a spring device 16. Two torque-transmitting intermediate elements 20 are arranged between the input part 14 and the output part 18, each coupled to the input part 14 and output part 18 via cam mechanisms 22, and are configured so as to move radially on a relative rotation of the input part 14 and the output part 18. The spring device 16 is arranged between the intermediate elements 20 and comprises at least two spring elements 24 or energy stores arranged spaced apart from each other. As shown schematically in FIG. 1, torsional vibration damper 10 is for a clutch plate 42 that may be arranged between a flywheel 44, which is arranged on a crankshaft 46, and a transmission drive shaft 48.

[0030] The input part 14 is thus coupled to the output part 18 via the intermediate elements 20, wherein two cam mechanisms 22 are formed between the input part 14 and the respective intermediate element 20, and the output part is coupled to the respective intermediate element 20 via a cam mechanism 22. The respective cam mechanisms 22 are constructed identically, wherein as an example a cam mechanism 22 between the input part 14 and the intermediate element 20 is described in detail and shown in FIG. 2.

[0031] The cam mechanism 22 is formed by ramp devices 26 arranged complementarily to each other on the input part 14 and output part 20, wherein the respective ramp device 26 has two mutually adjacent and differing contours 28 in the traction direction and in the thrust direction, i.e. a first contour 28a and a second contour 28b, and a roller body 30 in the form of a roller-like rolling element is arranged between the ramp devices 26.

[0032] In principle, the mutually adjacent contours 28 may have a linear, convex or concave form, or be configured in free form. In the present exemplary embodiment, the mutually adjacent first contours 28a and second contour 28b each have a linear design with different gradients.

[0033] On a relative rotation between the input part 14 and output part 18, due to the configuration of the cam mechanisms 22 and the design of the spring device 16, a torsion curve 32 of a drive moment over the twist angle is formed, as shown preferably in FIGS. 3 to 5. The torsion curve 32 has a damper stage 34 and an end stage 36 adjacent to the damper stage 34, wherein the damper stage 34 specifies a damping capacity of the drive moment over the twist angle, and the end stage 36 comprises a torque limitation of the drive moment over the twist angle. This means that, due to the configuration of the cam mechanisms 22, in particular the configuration of the contours 28 of the ramp device 26 of the cam mechanisms 22, and the design of the spring device 16, on a relative rotation between the input part 14 and output part 18 in the damper stage 34, a torque transmission occurs over the twist angle according to the torsion curve 32. The end stage begins on reaching the release moment 38, wherein the torque transmission is limited as the twist angle increases, whereby preferably impacts can be absorbed.

[0034] The transition 40 between the adjacent contours 28, in particular the first contour 28a and the second contour 28b, of the ramp device 26 in the traction direction and/or the thrust direction preferably defines the release moment. The release moment 38 of the torque transmission may therefore be specified precisely by the design of the cam mechanisms 22.

[0035] FIGS. 3 to 5 show diagrams of different torsion curves 32 in which the torque or drive moment is shown over the twist angle of the input part 14 relative to the output part 18. The torsion curve 32 is effective in the thrust direction and the traction direction, and has a two-stage damping stage 34 and a single-stage end stage 36 adjoining the damping stage 34 as the twist angle increases. The thrust and traction stages of the torsion curve are established by the respective design of the ramp device 26, in particular the contours 28, and the design of the spring device 16.

[0036] The damping stage 34 has a softer first spring stage and a harder second spring stage. After reaching a threshold value of the drive moment, i.e. after the release moment 38, and a predefined twist angle, no further or significant moment increase occurs in the end stage 36. After reaching the release moment 38, i.e. on transition to the end stage 36, the cam mechanisms have a translation ratio so that, on further twist and further compression of the spring device 16, the transmitted moment is no longer increased. The transmitted torque falls back over the twist angle of the end stage 36, as indicated by the falling path of the torsion curve 32 in the end stage 36.

[0037] FIG. 4 shows a further torsion curve 32. In contrast to the torsion curve 32 shown in FIG. 3, the course in the end stage 36 is constant.

[0038] FIG. 5 shows a further torsion curve 32. In contrast to the torsion curve 32 shown in FIG. 3, the course of the torsion curve 32 in the end stage 36 shows a moment curve which rises slightly over the twist angle. In the case of a slightly rising moment curve, the moment increase is smaller than 50% of the maximum moment increase in the damping stage 34.

[0039] The torque or drive moment transmitted is thus reduced, held constant or rises slightly over the twist angle of the end stage 36, in such a manner that the energy of impacts can be absorbed in the spring elements 16 of the torsional vibration damper 10.

LIST OF REFERENCE SIGNS

[0040] 10 Torsional vibration damper [0041] 12 Rotation axis [0042] 14 Input part [0043] 16 Spring device [0044] 18 Output part [0045] 20 Intermediate element [0046] 22 Cam mechanism [0047] 24 Spring element [0048] 26 Ramp device [0049] 28 Contour [0050] 28a First contour [0051] 28b Second contour [0052] 30 Roller body [0053] 32 Torsion curve [0054] 34 Damper stage [0055] 36 End stage [0056] 38 Release moment [0057] 40 Transition