Drive arrangement for a motor vehicle door or hatch which can be moved by a motor

• US 20050277512A1
• Filed: 06/03/2005
• Published: 12/15/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brose Schließsysteme Gmbh & Co. Kg
• Original Assignee: Brose Schließsysteme Gmbh & Co. Kg
• Inventors: Kamberg, Axel, Kortyrba, Slawomir, Heinrich, Andreas, Gueler, Mehmet, Bartel, Peter
• Granted Patent: US 7,244,213 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 475/317
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/603 using rotary electromotors
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/21 Brakes
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/218 Holders
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/236 using force or torque
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/246 by auxiliary motors, magnets, springs or weights
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/462 Electromagnets
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/68 Handles, cranks
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/72 Planetary gearing
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2400/3013 during manual wing operation
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2400/854 Switches
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2400/86 by hand
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/50 for vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/531 Doors
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/546 Tailboards, tailgates or sideboards opening upwards
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 2121/20 using electromagnets
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 2121/24 using motors
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 2129/065 Permanent magnets
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 292/1079 Gear

Abstract

A drive arrangement for a motor vehicle door or hatch which can be moved by a motor with a planet gear and a brake device with a brake. The brake device has a brake drive which is separate from the drive which drives the drive shaft and the brake is able to be moved at least from one of two positions into the other of the two positions by the brake drive. The brake can be an arc-shaped clip pivotally supported by a pivot axle with an inner periphery which is matched to an outer periphery of an element of the planet gear. The brake can be combined with the brake drive as an eddy current brake or can be operated by a further gearing or use of a permanent magnet with which an electromagnet is able to interact.

Claims

1. Drive arrangement for a motor vehicle, comprising

a door or hatch which is movable by a motor,

a planet gear, the planet gear having a drive shaft for coupling to the motor so as to be driven thereby, a driven shaft coupled to the motor vehicle door or hatch, a sun wheel, a planet carrier with planet wheels and a ring gear and

a brake device with a brake,

wherein one of the elements which include the sun wheel, planet carrier and ring gear is coupled to the drive shaft, a second of the elements which include the sun wheel, planet carrier and ring gear is coupled to the driven shaft and the brake device acting on a third of the elements which include the sun wheel, planet carrier and ring gear for braking or blocking the third element in a braking position thereof and the brake device enabling the third of the elements and thereby the motor vehicle door or hatch to be movable by hand unhindered by the drive arrangement in a release position of the braking device;

wherein the drive shaft is coupled to the driven shaft in said braking position for enabling the motor vehicle door or hatch is able to be moved by the motor,

wherein the brake device has a brake drive which is separate from said motor and which is operable for moving the brake device between said braking and release positions,

wherein on one end the brake is pivotally supported by a pivot axle, and

wherein the brake has an arc-shaped clip with an inner periphery which is matched to an outer periphery of said third of the elements which include the sun wheel, planet carrier and ring gear.

2. Drive arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the inner periphery of the brake is matched to an outer periphery of the ring gear.

3. Drive arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the third of the elements which include the sun wheel, planet carrier and ring gear has an outer jacket or side surface which, at least in part, comprises a brake lining.

4. Drive arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first of the elements which include the sun wheel, planet carrier and ring gear is the sun wheel, wherein the second of the elements which include the sun wheel, planet carrier and ring gear is the planet carrier, and wherein said third of the elements which include the sun wheel, planet carrier and ring gear is the ring gear.

5. Drive arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the gearing comprises a worm gear.

6. Drive arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the brake drive comprises a solenoid.

7. Drive arrangement for a motor vehicle, comprising

a door or hatch which is movable by a motor,

a planet gear, the planet gear having a drive shaft for coupling to the motor so as to be driven thereby, a driven shaft coupled to the motor vehicle door or hatch, a sun wheel, a planet carrier with planet wheels and a ring gear and

a brake device with a brake,

wherein one of the elements which include the sun wheel, planet carrier and ring gear is coupled to the drive shaft, a second of the elements which include the sun wheel, planet carrier and ring gear is coupled to the driven shaft and the brake device acting on a third of the elements which include the sun wheel, planet carrier and ring gear for braking or blocking the third element in a braking position thereof and the brake device enabling the third of the elements and thereby the motor vehicle door or hatch to be movable by hand unhindered by the Drive arrangement in a release position of the braking device;

wherein the drive shaft is coupled to the driven shaft in said braking position for enabling the motor vehicle door or hatch is able to be moved by the motor,

wherein the brake device has a brake drive which is separate from said motor and which is operable for moving the brake device between said braking and release positions, and

wherein the brake and the brake drive are made jointly as an eddy current brake.

8. Drive arrangement as claimed in claim 7, wherein the first of the elements which include the sun wheel, planet carrier and ring gear is the sun wheel, wherein the second of the elements which include the sun wheel, planet carrier and ring gear the planet carrier, and wherein the third of the elements which include the sun wheel, planet carrier and ring gear is the ring gear.

9. Drive arrangement for a motor vehicle, comprising

a door or hatch which is movable by a motor,

a planet gear, the planet gear having a drive shaft for coupling to the motor so as to be driven thereby, a driven shaft coupled to the motor vehicle door or hatch, a sun wheel, a planet carrier with planet wheels and a ring gear and

a brake device with a brake,

wherein one of the elements which include the sun wheel, planet carrier and ring gear is coupled to the drive shaft, a second of the elements which include the sun wheel, planet carrier and ring gear is coupled to the driven shaft and the brake device acting on a third of the elements which include the sun wheel, planet carrier and ring gear for braking or blocking the third element in a braking position thereof and the brake device enabling the third of the elements and thereby the motor vehicle door or hatch to be movable by hand unhindered by the Drive arrangement in a release position of the braking device;

wherein the drive shaft is coupled to the driven shaft in said braking position for enabling the motor vehicle door or hatch is able to be moved by the motor,

wherein the brake device has a brake drive which is separate from said motor and which is operable for moving the brake device between said braking and release positions, and

wherein the brake device is coupled via a further gearing to the third of the elements which include the sun wheel, planet carrier and ring gear to produce said braking or blocking.

10. Drive arrangement as claimed in claim 9, wherein the first of the elements which include the sun wheel, planet carrier and ring gear is the sun wheel, wherein the second of the elements which include the sun wheel, planet carrier and ring gear the planet carrier, and wherein the third of the elements which include the sun wheel, planet carrier and ring gear is the ring gear.

11. Drive arrangement as claimed in claim 9, wherein the brake is a frictional engagement brake for frictionally engaging said third of the elements which include the sun wheel, planet carrier and ring gear.

12. Drive arrangement as claimed in claim 9, wherein the brake drive of the brake has an electric motor and gearing.

13. Drive arrangement as claimed in claim 9, wherein the gearing comprises a worm gear.

14. Drive arrangement as claimed in claim 9, wherein the brake drive comprises a solenoid.

15. Drive arrangement as claimed in claim 9, wherein the further gearing is one of a spur gear, a planet gear, a toothed belt, and a gear chain.

16. Drive arrangement for a motor vehicle, comprising

a door or hatch which is movable by a motor,

a planet gear, the planet gear having a drive shaft for coupling to the motor so as to be driven thereby, a driven shaft coupled to the motor vehicle door or hatch, a sun wheel, a planet carrier with planet wheels and a ring gear and

a brake device with a brake,

wherein one of the elements which include the sun wheel, planet carrier and ring gear is coupled to the drive shaft, a second of the elements which include the sun wheel, planet carrier and ring gear is coupled to the driven shaft and the brake device acting on a third of the elements which include the sun wheel, planet carrier and ring gear for braking or blocking the third element in a braking position thereof and the brake device enabling the third of the elements and thereby the motor vehicle door or hatch to be movable by hand unhindered by the Drive arrangement in a release position of the braking device;

wherein the drive shaft is coupled to the driven shaft in said braking position for enabling the motor vehicle door or hatch is able to be moved by the motor,

wherein the brake device has a brake drive which is separate from said motor and which is operable for moving the brake device between said braking and release positions, and

wherein the brake drive comprises a permanent magnet which generates a magnetic field that causes a force to act on the brake in a direction toward the braking position, and an electromagnet which is triggerable for producing a magnetic field that acts to weaken or intensify the magnetic field generated by the permanent magnet depending on the polarity of the electromagnet when triggered.

17. Drive arrangement as claimed in claim 16, wherein the first of the elements which include the sun wheel, planet carrier and ring gear is the sun wheel, wherein the second of the elements which include the sun wheel, planet carrier and ring gear the planet carrier, and wherein the third of the elements which include the sun wheel, planet carrier and ring gear is the ring gear.

18. Drive arrangement as claimed in claim 16, wherein the brake is a frictional engagement brake for frictionally engaging said third of the elements which include the sun wheel, planet carrier and ring gear.

19. Drive arrangement as claimed in claim 16, wherein the braking position of the brake is produced by a first braking force resulting from the action of the magnetic field generated by the permanent magnet when the electromagnet is not triggered, and wherein the braking position of the brake is produced by a second braking force that is intensified relative to the first braking force when the electromagnet is triggered with a first polarity, and wherein the released position of the brake is produced when the electromagnet is triggered with a second polarity.

20. Drive arrangement as claimed in claim 19, wherein in the first braking force is roughly 50% of a maximum braking force and wherein in the second braking force is roughly 100% of the maximum braking force.

21. Drive arrangement as claimed in claim 16, wherein the permanent magnet is accommodated in a housing, the magnetic field generated by the permanent magnet at least partially penetrating the housing, and wherein the electromagnet is accommodated in the housing, the magnetic field generated by the electromagnet at least partially penetrating the housing.

22. Drive arrangement as claimed in claim 21, wherein the brake is in braking engagement with the housing in said braking position.

23. Drive arrangement as claimed in claim 16, wherein the brake is at least partially magnetic or magnetizable and wherein the magnetic field generated by the permanent magnet at least partially penetrates the brake when the brake is in said braking position.

24. Drive arrangement as claimed in claim 16, wherein a magnetic circuit of the permanent magnet an air gap is formed between the brake and the housing when the brake is in the released position, said air gap being closed when the brake is in the braking position.

25. Drive arrangement as claimed in claim 16, wherein the brake device has a spring element which pretensions the brake toward the released position, and wherein the permanent magnet and the spring element exert forces such that, when the brake is in the braking position, the force exerted on the brake by the permanent magnet prevails over the force exerted on the brake by the spring element, and when the brake is in the released position, the force exerted on the brake by the spring element prevails over the force exerted by the permanent magnet.

26. Drive arrangement as claimed in claim 25, wherein the spring element is a cup spring and wherein the brake is suspended on the brake device via the spring element.

27. Drive arrangement as claimed in claim 16, wherein the brake is coupled via a further gearing to the third of the elements which include the sun wheel, planet carrier, and ring gear, said further gearing having a gear wheel element that is connected to the brake and which engages said third of the elements which include the sun wheel, planet carrier, and ring gear.

28. Drive arrangement as claimed in claim 16, wherein the brake is adapted to execute a linear movement of roughly 0.6 mm between the released position and the brake position.

29. Drive arrangement as claimed in claim 21, wherein the housing is stationary and the brake is dynamically coupled to the third of the elements which include the sun wheel, planet carrier, and ring gear.

30. Drive arrangement as claimed in claim 16, wherein the brake is located on the third of the elements which include the sun wheel, planet carrier, and ring gear.

31. Drive arrangement as claimed in claim 21, wherein the housing is located on the third of the elements which include the sun wheel, planet carrier, and ring gear and wherein the brake is stationary with respect to motion of the third of the elements which include the sun wheel, planet carrier, and ring gear.

32. Drive arrangement as claimed in claim 16, wherein the permanent magnet is composed of several permanent magnets.

33. Drive arrangement as claimed in claim 16, further comprising an actuating element and wherein the braking device is adapted to moved into the released position when the actuating element is actuated.