System for connecting a shaft to a joint

• US 8,070,376 B2
• Filed: 07/02/2004
• Issued: 12/06/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Shaft-Form-Engineering GmbH
• Original Assignee: Shaft-Form-Engineering GmbH
• Inventors: Disser, Claus, Niederhüfner, Manfred
• Primary Examiner(s): MacArthur, Victor
• Application Number:
  US10/571,355
• Publication Number:
  US 20070032303A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,713 Days
• Field of Search: 403/282, 403/359.1, 403/359.2, 403/359.5, 403/359.6, 403/313, 403/DIG.7, 464/179
• US Class Current: 403/282
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 1/116 the interengaging parts including a continuous or interrupted circumferential groove in the surface of one of the coupling parts circlips for retaining hubs on shafts F16B21/18
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 2300/12 Mounting or assembling
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 3/223 the rolling members being guided in grooves in both coupling parts
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 3/845 allowing relative movement of joint parts due to the flexing of the cover
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 403/07 Split ring stop or abutment
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/4966 Deformation occurs simultaneously with assembly
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/7026 Longitudinally splined or fluted rod

Abstract

A system for connecting a shaft to a joint, and a corresponding method are provided, wherein a shaft journal embodied on the end of the shaft that is to be connected to the joint can be inserted into a recess of a joint connection. The aim of the invention is to be able to pre-assemble and axially align the shaft and the recess in a simple manner. To this end, the shaft journal and the recess are adapted to each other in such a way that the shaft journal can be displaced in the recess in an essentially weak manner in a first section T1 of the insertion path E, and a large amount of force is expended for the displacement of the shaft journal in the recess in a section T2 of the insertion path E.

Claims

1. A connection system comprising a shaft and a joint, said shaft comprising a shaft journal configured on an end of the shaft to be connected with the joint, and said joint comprising an inner hub having a recess for insertion of said shaft journal, and an outer hub, wherein the shaft journal and the recess are adapted to one another in such a manner that in a first part of an insertion path, the shaft journal is displaced in the recess essentially with a force which is comparatively low in regard to a great expenditure of force, which must be applied in a second part of the insertion path for displacement of the shaft journal in the recess for connecting said shaft to said joint, and wherein the system further comprises a sleeve nut for locking the shaft journal in place in the recess, against axial displacement and

wherein radial play exists between a front section of the shaft journal and an entry section of the recess, in the first part of the insertion path, and that in the second part of the insertion path, the shaft journal and the recess are configured to fit precisely with one another, and

wherein a radial play between the shaft journal and the recess decreases over the second part of the insertion path by means of a conical configuration of at least one of an outer surface of the shaft journal and an inner surface of the recess, and

wherein a profiling for a transfer of torque is provided on the outer surface of the shaft journal and the inner surface of the recess, said profiling provided on the outer surface of the shaft journal being provided on the front section of the shaft journal corresponding to the first part of the insertion path, the profiling provided on the front section of the shaft journal corresponding to and engaging a respective profiling of the recess, and

wherein the sleeve nut is provided with a thread which engages in a thread formed on an outside of the inner hub.

2. Connection system according to claim 1, wherein the first part of the insertion path amounts to at least 50% of the total insertion path.

3. Connection system according to claim 1, wherein the inner hub has an end stop.

4. Connection system according to claim 1, wherein the recess is a central recess and an end stop comprising a flange is provided on the shaft at a transition to the shaft journal, wherein the flange rests against a face of the inner hub if the shaft journal is inserted into the central recess of the inner hub.

5. Connection system according to claim 1, wherein a placement point for a tool is provided on the shaft and/or on the joint.

6. A connection system comprising a shaft and a joint, said shaft comprising a shaft journal configured on an end of the shaft to be connected with the joint and said joint comprising an inner hub having a recess for insertion of said shaft journal and an outer hub, wherein the shaft journal and the recess are adapted to one another in such a manner that in a first part of an insertion path, the shaft journal is displaced in the recess essentially with a force which is comparatively low in regard to a great expenditure of force which must be applied in a second part of the insertion path for displacement of the shaft journal in the recess for connecting said shaft to said joint and wherein the system further comprises a split ring for locking the shaft journal in place in the recess, against axial displacement and wherein radial play exists between a front section of the shaft journal and an entry section of the recess, in the first part of the insertion path, and that in the second part of the insertion path, the shaft journal and the recess are configured to fit precisely with one another, and

wherein a radial play between the shaft journal and the recess decreases over the second part of the insertion path by means of a conical configuration of at least one of an outer surface of the shaft journal and an inner surface of the recess, and

wherein a profiling for a transfer of torque is provided on the outer surface of the shaft journal and the inner surface of the recess, said profiling provided on the outer surface of the shaft journal being provided on the front section of the shaft journal corresponding to the first part of the insertion path, said profiling provided on the front section of the shaft journal corresponding to and engaging a respective profiling of the recess, and

wherein the inner hub has on an outside a groove for receiving said split ring, and wherein the inner hub is partially perforated in a region of the groove so that said split ring engages through a perforation, into the shaft journal.