Radial piston engine with brake

Abstract

A radial piston motor comprises cylinder-piston units arranged in a star shape, a housing, an output shaft, an inner axial housing collar, an outer axial shaft collar, an output flange, an output shaft, and a brake positioned at least in certain sections between the inner axial housing collar and the outer axial shaft collar. The output flange is attached to the output shaft. The output flange is attached to the shaft collar radially outside the shaft collar.

Claims

1. A radial piston motor, comprising: cylinder-piston units arranged in a star shape; a housing having a radially inner axially-extending housing collar; an output shaft including an axially extending shaft collar located radially outside the housing collar; an output flange configured to support a wheel, the output flange arranged and attached to on an outer circumference of the shaft collar; and a brake positioned at least partially between the housing collar and the shaft collar in a radial direction; wherein two bearings rotatably supporting the output shaft in the housing, wherein at least one of the two bearings is accommodated in the housing collar; and wherein an axial position of the output flange is entirely between an axial position of the two bearings.

2. The radial piston motor according to claim 1, wherein the shaft collar is formed in one piece with the output shaft.

3. The radial piston motor according to claim 1, wherein the output flange is formed in one piece with the shaft collar.

4. The radial piston motor according to claim 1, wherein the brake is a multiplate brake with housing-collar-side plates and shaft-collar-side plates.

5. The radial piston motor according to claim 4, wherein, to activate the brake, the housing-collar-side plates and the shaft-collar-side plates are configured to be pressed by a disk spring, via a circular-disk-shaped piston, against a retaining ring attached to an end side of the housing collar.

6. The radial piston motor according to claim 5, wherein, to release the brake, the disk spring is configured to be tensioned, via an annular pressure space and via the piston, in a direction away from the housing-collar-side plates and the shaft-collar-side plates.

7. The radial piston motor according to claim 6, further comprising a circular-disk-shaped sealing ring by which the pressure space is bounded and sealed with respect to a brake space, wherein the housing-collar-side plates and the shaft-collar-side plates are positioned in the brake space.

8. The radial piston motor according to claim 1, wherein the radial piston motor is configured as a multi-stroke motor with a stroke ring that surrounds the cylinder-piston units.

9. The radial piston motor according to claim 8, wherein: the housing includes a first housing part and a second housing part; the stroke ring is clamped in between the first housing part and the second housing part; a first seal bears against the first housing part and is attached to the stroke ring; and a second seal bears against the stroke ring and is positioned on the second housing part.

10. The radial piston motor according to claim 1 wherein; the two bearings circumferentially surround a first axial portion of the output shaft; the housing collar circumferentially surrounds at least one of the two bearings; the brake circumferentially surrounds a second axial portion of at least a portion of the housing collar; the shaft collar circumferentially surrounds at least a third axial portion of the brake; and the output flange circumferentially surrounds at least a fourth axial portion of the shaft collar.

11. The radial piston motor according to claim 1, wherein the output flange is located axially between an end face of the output shaft and the cylinder-piston units.

12. The radial piston motor according to claim 1, wherein the output flange is directly connected to the outer circumference of the shaft collar.

13. A radial piston motor comprising: cylinder-piston units arranged in a star shape; a housing; an output shaft; an inner axial housing collar; an outer axial shaft collar; an output flange attached to the output shaft; and a brake positioned at least in certain sections between the housing collar and the shaft collar, wherein: the output flange is attached to the shaft collar radially outside the shaft collar to activate the brake, the housing-collar-side plates and the shaft-collar-side plates are configured to be pressed by a disk spring, via a circular-disk-shaped piston, against a retaining ring attached to an end side of the housing collar; to release the brake, the disk spring is configured to be tensioned, via an annular pressure space and via the piston, in a direction away from the housing-collar-side plates and the shaft-collar-side plates; the radial piston motor further comprises a circular-disk-shaped sealing ring by which the pressure space is bounded and sealed with respect to a brake space, wherein the housing-collar-side plates and the shaft-collar-side plates are positioned in the brake space; the pressure space and the sealing ring are penetrated by a plurality of stepped pins which bear against the piston and against a spacer bushing; the pins each have a seal; and the spacer bushing bears against one of the housing-collar-side plates.

14. The radial piston motor according to claim 7, further comprising a double-cone seal configured to seal the brake space with respect to surroundings and positioned between the output flange or the shaft collar and the housing.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING

(1) The FIGURE shows an embodiment of a radial piston motor in a longitudinal section through the center axis.

(2) In the text which follows, an exemplary embodiment of a radial piston motor according to the disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the FIGURE.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

(3) In the FIGURE, the radial piston motor is shown in a longitudinal section through the center axis. The radial piston motor has a first housing part 8a and a second housing part 8b, between which a stroke ring 1 is attached by means of screws 2. A corrugated stroke cam 3 is provided on the internal circumference of the stroke ring 1, which therefore forms a third housing part. In the interior of the stroke ring 1, a multiplicity of pistons 5 are supported on the stroke cam 3 via a respective roller 17, wherein the pistons 5 are stepped and are guided in a respective cylinder 18, which is also stepped. In this context, the cylinders 18 are arranged in a star shape in a rotor 20 which is driven in rotation via the pistons 5 which are expelled radially outward, and in the context said rotor 20 entrains an output shaft 7. For this purpose, the cylinders 18 are connected alternately to a high-pressure port and a low-pressure port (neither shown) of the radial piston motor via a commutator 24 and via respective radial ducts 22 which are formed in the rotor 20.

(4) Adjacent to the rotor 20, a first tapered roller bearing 26 is mounted on the output shaft 7. A second tapered roller bearing 28 is mounted in the region of a radial extension of the output shaft 7. The output shaft 7 is mounted in the first housing part 8a by means of the two tapered roller bearings 26, 28, wherein the second tapered roller bearing 28 is arranged in an axially protruding housing collar 30 of the first housing part 8a.

(5) A shaft sealing ring 9, which bears against a further radial extension of the output shaft 7, is attached to an end section of the housing collar 30. As a result, the shaft sealing ring 9 separates a bearing region formed between the housing collar 30 and the output shaft 7, from a brake space 10 which is formed on the outer circumference of the housing collar 30. Said brake space 10 is bounded radially on the inside by the housing collar 30, while it is bounded radially on the outside by a shaft collar 32 which is formed in one piece on the output shaft 7 via a disk section 34. The brake space 10 is therefore bounded in the axial direction, on the one hand, by the disk section 34 of the output shaft 7 and, on the other hand, by the first housing part 8a.

(6) Arranged in the brake space 10 is a plate stack 36 of a multiplate brake, wherein the plate stack 36 has a multiplicity of individual plates which are alternately formed as shaft-collar-side plate 4 and housing-collar-side plate 6. In this context, the shaft-collar-side plates 4 are attached at their outer circumference to the shaft collar 32 in a rotationally fixed fashion, while the housing-collar-side plates 6 are attached via their internal circumference to the housing collar 30 in a rotationally fixed fashion. On its left-hand side in FIG. 1, the plate stack 36 is supported on the first housing part 8a via a retaining ring 11 and via the housing collar 30. For this purpose, the retaining ring 11 is attached to the housing collar 30 via a plurality of screws 11a. On its right-hand side in FIG. 1, a spacer bushing 15 bears against the plate stack 36 or against the first housing-collar-side plate 6 thereof. The spacer bushing 15 is pretensioned in the “braking” direction (from right to left in FIG. 1) by a disk spring 29 via an annular piston 14 and via pins 12 which are distributed uniformly on the circumference.

(7) Via an annular pressure space 13b, the piston 14 can be moved in the “release brake” direction (from left to right in FIG. 1) counter to the force of the disk spring 29, as a result of which pressure of the plate stack 36 is cancelled out. In this context, the pressure space 13b is bounded and separated from the pressure space 10 by means of a sealing ring 13a, wherein the sealing ring 13a is supported on the housing collar 30 via a circlip 13. The pins 12 bear against the piston 14 and extend therefrom through the pressure space 13b and through the sealing ring 13a and bear against the spacer sleeve 15 on its side facing away from the plate stack 36. In order to seal the pressure space 13b, the pins 12 have respective seals 12a.

(8) The disk spring 29, the piston 14, the pressure space 13b, the sealing ring 13a, the circlip 13 and the pins 12 are accommodated completely in a recess in the first housing part 8a, which is bounded radially on the inside by the housing collar 30 and radially on the outside by a further housing collar. The brake space 10 is surrounded on its outer side by the rotatable shaft collar 32. A double-cone seal 16, which permits the shaft collar 32 to rotate with respect to the further housing collar of the first housing part 8a and at the same time seals the brake space 10 with respect to the surroundings, is arranged on the outer circumference of the spacer bushing 15 in a radially spaced-apart fashion.

(9) According to the disclosure, an output flange 38 is arranged in one piece on the shaft collar 32 and therefore on the output shaft 7, on the outer circumference of the shaft collar 32 in its region facing away from the disk section 34. The output flange 38 is embodied as a disk-like, radial extension and has drilled through-holes 40 distributed over its circumference, via which, for example, a wheel (not shown) can be attached to the radial piston motor.

(10) As a result, the shaft collar 32 extends, when viewed in the axial direction, from the disk element 34 as far as the output flange 38, wherein in order to provide optimum support the output flange 38 is arranged, when viewed in the axial direction, between the two tapered roller bearings 26, 28. High radial forces can therefore be absorbed by the output flange 38 via the shaft collar 32, via the disk element 34 and via the output shaft 7 and conducted away into the two bearings 26, 28. In this context, the axial installation space of the two bearings 26, 28, of the brake and of the output flange 38 are minimized by virtue of the fact that these components are arranged on one side of the cylinder-piston units 5, 18 (on the left in FIG. 1) in an axially minimum installation space. This minimization of the installation space occurs according to the disclosure by virtue of the fact that the output flange 38 engages around the brake viewed in the radial direction, and that the brake engages around the two bearings 26, 28, viewed in the radial direction.

(11) In contrast to the exemplary embodiments shown, the plate stack 36 can be tensioned by the disk spring 29, via the spacer bushing 15, against the disk section 34 of the output shaft 7. In this context, the retaining ring 11 is eliminated. As a result, the number of plates 4, 6 can be increased, and therefore relatively high braking torque can be transmitted with the same force of the disk spring 29.

(12) A radial piston motor a cylinder-piston units arranged in a star shape, a housing and an output shaft is disclosed. A brake—in particular the plates thereof—is arranged at least in certain sections between an inner axial sleeve-like collar of the housing and an outer axial sleeve-like collar of the output shaft. An output flange, for example for attachment of a wheel driven by the motor, is attached to the output shaft. The output flange is attached to the axial shaft collar radially outside said shaft collar. The output flange can have a ring of drilled holes which is correspondingly also arranged on the axial shaft collar, radially outside said shaft collar.