RECIPROCATING-PISTON MACHINE, COMPRESSED-AIR SUPPLY INSTALLATION, COMPRESSED-AIR SUPPLY SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE HAVING A COMPRESSED-AIR SUPPLY INSTALLATION

• US 20190032647A1
• Filed: 01/19/2017
• Published: 01/31/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ZF CV Systems Europe BV
• Original Assignee: Wabco Europe BVBA (Wabco Holdings Incorporated)
• Inventors: Bredbeck, Klaus, Kloos, Eugen, Stabenow, Uwe
• Granted Patent: US 10,641,257 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: F04B 27/005 with two cylinders
• CPC Class Codes: F04B 27/02 having cylinders arranged oppositely relative to main shaft
• CPC Class Codes: F04B 39/0005 adaptations of pistons
• CPC Class Codes: F04B 39/0022 piston rods
• CPC Class Codes: F04B 39/0044 with vibration damping supports
• CPC Class Codes: F04B 53/145 Rod shock absorber

Abstract

A reciprocating piston machine includes a first cylinder and a first piston assigned to the first cylinder and a second piston assigned to the first cylinder or a second cylinder. The reciprocating piston machine further includes a crankshaft having an eccentric crankshaft journal and a drive shaft coupling configured for coupling a drive shaft of a drive motor for driving the crankshaft, a first connecting rod configured to deflect the first piston and configured to be moved by the eccentric crankshaft journal, and a second connecting rod configured to deflect the second piston and configured to be moved by a bearing pin. The reciprocating piston machine additionally includes at least one of a first elastomer element arranged between the bearing pin and the first connecting rod and a second elastomer element arranged between the bearing pin and the second connecting rod.

Claims

1. A reciprocating-piston machine comprising:

a first cylinder and a first piston assigned to the first cylinder and a second piston assigned to the first cylinder or a second cylinder, wherein the first piston and the second piston are configured, during operation, to be deflected in a respective cylinder displacement chamber;

a crankshaft configured, during operation, to be driven, the crankshaft having an eccentric crankshaft journal and a drive shaft coupling configured for coupling a drive shaft of a drive motor for driving the crankshaft;

a first connecting rod configured to deflect the first piston and configured to be moved by the eccentric crankshaft journal;

a second connecting rod configured to deflect the second piston configured to be moved by a bearing pin about which the first connecting rod and the second connecting rod are rotationally movable; and

at least one of;

a first elastomer element arranged between the bearing pin and the first connecting rod, the first elastomer element mounting the bearing pin and the first connecting rod elastically with respect to one another, and

a second elastomer element arranged between the bearing pin and the second connecting rod the second elastomer element mounting the bearing pin and the second connecting rod elastically with respect to one another.

2. The reciprocating-piston machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the eccentric crankshaft journal and/or the drive shaft coupling are/is aligned parallel to a shaft axis running perpendicular to a cylinder axis.

3. The reciprocating-piston machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the first and second connecting rods is mounted by at least one connecting-rod bearing directly or indirectly on the crankshaft journal, and/or at least one of the first and second pistons is integrally formed on, fixedly connected to, or held by a piston holder on the or on at least one connecting rod.

4. The reciprocating-piston machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first connecting rod is configured to be moved directly by the eccentric crankshaft journal and the second connecting rod is configured to be moved indirectly by the eccentric crankshaft journal.

5. The reciprocating-piston machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the first elastomer element and the second elastomer element is a rubber element or is introduced as a rubber coating between the bearing pin and connecting rod.

6. The reciprocating-piston machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the first elastomer element and the second elastomer element is a separate part, in particular inserted or clamped between the bearing pin and the connecting rod, and/or wherein at least one of the first elastomer element and the second elastomer element serves for mounting rotational movements of the connecting rods about the bearing pin and for generating a dampening action.

7. The reciprocating-piston machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the first elastomer element and the second elastomer element is an applied layer to a connecting-rod inner surface of the first connecting rod and/or to a connecting-rod inner surface of the second connecting rod, and/or wherein at least one of the first elastomer element and the second elastomer element serves for mounting rotational movements of the connecting rods about the bearing pin and for producing damping.

8. The reciprocating-piston machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the first elastomer element and the second elastomer element is of ring-shaped, bushing-shaped, or sleeve-shaped form.

9. The reciprocating-piston machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the first elastomer element and the second elastomer element is plate-shaped.

10. The reciprocating-piston machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the first elastomer element and the second elastomer element is connected to or in contact with a metal support, a metal sleeve, a metal ring, or a plurality of metal plates.

11. The reciprocating-piston machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the first elastomer element and the second elastomer element has at least two elastomer rings which are arranged parallel and with a spacing to one another around the bearing pin.

12. The reciprocating-piston machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the first elastomer element and the second elastomer element has at least one elastomer plate arranged only at one side or at least two mutually oppositely situated elastomer plates arranged at a bearing pin top side and at a bearing pin bottom side.

13. The reciprocating-piston machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the first elastomer element and the second elastomer element is arranged between an inner and an outer metal support, and wherein the inner metal support is connected to the bearing pin and the outer metal support is connected to at least one of the connecting rods.

14. The reciprocating-piston machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the first elastomer element and the second elastomer element is arranged between an inner metal support and at least one of the connecting rods, and the inner metal support is connected to the bearing pin and at least one of the first elastomer element and the second elastomer element is connected to at least one of the connecting rods.

15. The reciprocating-piston machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the first elastomer element and the second elastomer element is arranged between the bearing pin and an outer metal support and is connected to the bearing pin, and wherein the outer metal support is connected to at least one of the connecting rods.

16. The reciprocating-piston machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the first elastomer element and the second elastomer element has at least two mutually separate ring segments.

17. The reciprocating-piston machine as claimed in claim 16, wherein of the at least two separate ring segments, at least a first ring segment is arranged on a bearing pin top side between the bearing pin and the connecting rod and at least a second ring segment is arranged on a bearing pin bottom side between the bearing pin and the connecting rod.

18. The reciprocating-piston machine as claimed in claim 16, wherein the mutually separate ring segments of the elastomer element enclose at most one-quarter of a circumference on the bearing pin top side and at most one-quarter of a circumference on the bearing pin bottom side, so that at least half of the circumference of the bearing pin top side of the bearing pin is free of the elastomer element.

19. The reciprocating-piston machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein a maximum deflection angle of the deflection of the connecting rods between respective longitudinal axes of the connecting rods amounts to at most 14°

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20. The reciprocating-piston machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the first connecting rod is mounted by a connecting-rod bearing directly on the crankshaft journal, and the first piston is held on the first connecting rod by a piston holder, and

the second piston is formed integrally on the second connecting rod.

21. The reciprocating-piston machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the piston compressor a two-stage or multi-stage compressor with at least a first and second compressor stage or is designed as a twin-cylinder or multi-cylinder compressor;

the first connecting rod of the second compressor stage is formed, the first connecting rod is mounted by a connecting-rod bearing directly on the crankshaft journal, and/or

the second connecting rod of the first is formed.

22. A compressed-air feed installation for operating a pneumatic installation of a vehicle with a compressed-air flow, the compressed-air feed installation comprising:

an air dryer arrangement in a pneumatic main line which pneumatically connects a compressed-air supply from an air compressor and a compressed-air connection to the pneumatic installation;

a valve arrangement which is pneumatically connected to the pneumatic main line and which serves for controlling the compressed-air flow; and

an air dryer in the pneumatic main line,

wherein an air compressor with a reciprocating-piston machine as claimed in claim 1 is connected to the compressed-air supply.

23. A compressed-air feed system having a pneumatic installation and a compressed-air feed installation according to claim 22 for operating the pneumatic installation with a compressed-air flow,

wherein the pneumatic main line pneumatically connects a compressed-air supply from an air compressor with the reciprocating-piston machine as claimed in claim 1 and a compressed-air connection to the pneumatic installation.

24. A vehicle having a pneumatic installation and having a compressed-air feed installation as claimed in claim 22 for operating the pneumatic installation with a compressed-air flow.