Angular positioning arrangement

• US 9,279,458 B2
• Filed: 06/20/2013
• Issued: 03/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Goodrich Control Systems (Rtx Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Goodrich Control Systems (Rtx Corporation)
• Inventors: Nixon, John Edward
• Primary Examiner(s): Binda, Gregory
• Assistant Examiner(s): Amiri, Nahid
• Application Number:
  US13/922,390
• Publication Number:
  US 20130343816A1
• Time in Patent Office: 992 Days
• Field of Search: 403/1, 403/280, 403/281, 403/282, 403/358, 403/359.1, 403/359.5, 403/359.6, 403367-369, 403/373, 403/374.1, 403/374.3, 403/374.4, 403/379.3
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 1/072 involving plastic deformation plastic welding F16D1/068
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 1/08 with clamping hub; with hub and longitudinal key
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 1/0858 due to the elasticity of the hub (including shrink fits)
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 2001/062 characterised by adaptors where hub bores being larger than the shaft
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 2001/103 the torque is transmitted via splined connections
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 2205/60 Means for precisely aligning or centering the disk of a rotary encoder, e.g. fitting jigs
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 1/30 using intermediate parts, e.g. spiders
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/7035 Specific angle or shape of rib, key, groove, or shoulder

Abstract

A positioning arrangement for positioning a rotor relative to a shaft includes a collar provided with a formation cooperable with a corresponding formation provided upon the shaft to resist relative angular movement between the collar and the shaft, the collar being provided with an external, generally axially extending rib cooperable with a part of the rotor to deform the said part of the rotor to resist relative rotation between the collar and the rotor.

Claims

1. A positioning arrangement for positioning a rotor relative to a shaft, the positioning arrangement comprising:

a rotor;

a shaft positioned in the rotor;

a collar provided with a formation cooperable with a corresponding formation provided upon the shaft to resist relative angular movement between the collar and the shaft, the collar being provided with an external, generally axially extending rib cooperable with the rotor to deform the rotor to resist relative rotation between the collar and the rotor; and

a clamp arrangement to secure the collar to the shaft, the clamp arrangement comprising;

a clamp member keyed to the collar; and

a lock nut threadingly engaged with the shaft and serving to clamp the clamp member to the collar to prevent or resist axial movement thereof.

2. The positioning arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the formation provided on the collar comprises a spline formation cooperable with a corresponding spline formation provided upon the shaft.

3. The positioning arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the generally axially extending rib is one of a plurality of ribs or serrations provided upon the collar.

4. The positioning arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the rotor includes a bore and the rib on the collar engages and deforms an inner diameter of the bore of the rotor.

5. The positioning arrangement according to claim 4, wherein the inner diameter of bore of the rotor is provided with one or more grooves to aid deformation by the rib.

6. The positioning arrangement according to claim 5, wherein the grooves are substantially annular grooves.

7. The positioning arrangement according to claim 5, wherein the rib has a reduced height part and a full height part.

8. The positioning arrangement according to claim 7, wherein the inner diameter of the bore of the rotor is approximately equal to or larger than the diameter of the reduced height part of the rib.

9. The positioning arrangement according to claim 7, wherein the inner diameter of the bore of the rotor is smaller than the full height part of the rib.

10. The positioning arrangement according to claim 7, wherein when the collar is in an assembled position, the full height part of the rib lies adjacent to the grooves in the inner diameter of the rotor.

11. The positioning arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the rib extends over only part of the axial length of the collar.

12. The positioning arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the collar has a pocket into which a projection on the clamp member extends to key the clamp member to the collar.

13. The positioning arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the lock nut is provided with at least one slot into which part of the clamp member is capable of being deformed, after tightening of the lock nut, to resist rotation of the clamp member relative to the lock nut.