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US 12,480,349 B2Granted
Drivetrain
AssigneeBrose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft
InventorsStephan Henzler, Markus Först
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Abstract
A drivetrain for the motorized movement of a motor vehicle closure including at least one friction lock mechanism to provide a friction torque, the friction lock mechanism being part of a coupling mechanism of the drivetrain for coupling two drive components of the drivetrain for conjoint rotation, including a coupling piece on the motor side to a drive component on the motor side and via a coupling piece remote from the motor to a drive component remote from the motor, and including multiple friction lock elements which can be rotated about a drive axis, are situated coaxially to one another and form the friction lock mechanism, a middle one of the friction lock elements being concentric to one another and in frictional engagement with two others of the friction lock elements.
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A drivetrain of a drive for motorized displacement of a closure element of a motor vehicle, wherein the drive comprises a drive motor, the drivetrain comprising:
- a coupling mechanism configured to couple two drive components of the drivetrain in a rotationally secure manner,
- a friction engagement mechanism configured to provide a friction torque between a motor-side component of the drive components and a motor-averted component of the drive components,
- wherein the friction engagement mechanism is a component of a coupling mechanism of the drivetrain,
- wherein the coupling mechanism is coupled in a rotationally secure manner to the motor-side component of the drive components via a motor-side coupling piece of the coupling mechanism and to the motor-averted component of the drive components via a motor-averted coupling piece of the coupling mechanism,
- wherein the motor-side component of the drive components of the drivetrain is a drive shaft formed by a gear shaft of an intermediate gear mechanism,
- wherein the motor-averted component of the drive components of the drivetrain is a gear mechanism component of a gear mechanism provided with a spindle and spindle nut,
- wherein the coupling mechanism includes a plurality of friction engagement elements, including at least a central element and two additional elements, configured to be rotated about a drive axle and are arranged coaxially relative to each other in the drivetrain and which form the friction engagement mechanism, wherein the central element of the friction engagement elements is in frictional engagement with the two additional elements of the plurality of friction engagement elements,
- wherein the plurality of friction engagement elements are arranged concentrically relative to each other at least in portions,
- wherein the central friction engagement element is a tolerance ring clamped radially between the two additional elements of the friction engagement elements in order to provide a friction engagement connection, and
- wherein the motor-averted coupling piece of the coupling mechanism includes a plurality of radial or axial protrusions received within associated recesses formed in the motor-averted component of the drive components to form an axial, rotationally interlocked plug connection between the motor-averted coupling piece of the coupling mechanism and the motor-averted component of the drive components.
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A drivetrain of a drive for motorized displacement of a closure element of a motor vehicle, wherein the drive comprises a drive motor, the drivetrain comprising:
- a coupling mechanism configured to couple two drive components of the drivetrain in a rotationally secure manner,
- a friction engagement mechanism configured to provide a friction torque between a motor-side component of the drive components and a motor-averted component of the drive components,
- wherein the friction engagement mechanism is a component of the coupling mechanism of the drivetrain,
- wherein the coupling mechanism is coupled in a rotationally secure manner to the motor-side component of the drive components via a motor-side coupling piece of the coupling mechanism and to the motor-averted component of the drive components via a motor-averted coupling piece of the coupling mechanism,
- wherein the motor-side component of the drive components of the drivetrain is a drive shaft formed by a gear shaft of an intermediate gear mechanism,
- wherein the motor-averted component of the drive components of the drivetrain is a gear mechanism component of a gear mechanism provided with a spindle and spindle nut,
- wherein the coupling mechanism includes a plurality of friction engagement elements, including at least a central element and two additional elements, configured to be rotated about a drive axle and are arranged coaxially relative to each other in the drivetrain and which form the friction engagement mechanism, wherein the central element of the friction engagement elements is in frictional engagement with the two additional elements of the plurality of friction engagement elements,
- wherein the friction engagement elements are arranged concentrically relative to each other at least in portions, and
- wherein the central friction engagement element is a tolerance ring clamped radially between the two additional elements of the friction engagement elements in order to provide a friction engagement connection,
- wherein one of the motor-averted coupling piece of the coupling mechanism and the motor-averted component of the drive components includes axially protruding flanges received within associated notches formed in the other one of the motor-averted coupling piece of the coupling mechanism and the motor-averted component of the drive components, to form a claw type coupling between the motor-averted coupling piece of the coupling mechanism and the motor-averted component of the drive components.
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A drivetrain of a drive for motorized displacement of a closure element of a motor vehicle, wherein the drive comprises a drive motor, the drivetrain comprising:
- a coupling mechanism configured to couple two drive components of the drivetrain in a rotationally secure manner,
- a friction engagement mechanism configured to provide a friction torque between a motor-side component of the drive components and a motor-averted component of the drive components,
- wherein the friction engagement mechanism is a component of the coupling mechanism of the drivetrain,
- wherein the coupling mechanism is coupled in a rotationally secure manner to the motor-side component of the drive components via a motor-side coupling piece of the coupling mechanism and to the motor-averted component of the drive components via a motor-averted coupling piece of the coupling mechanism,
- wherein the motor-side component of the drive components of the drivetrain is a drive shaft formed by a gear shaft of an intermediate gear mechanism,
- wherein the motor-averted component of the drive components of the drivetrain is a gear mechanism component of a gear mechanism provided with a spindle and spindle nut,
- wherein the coupling mechanism includes a plurality of friction engagement elements, including at least a central element and two additional elements, configured to be rotated about a drive axle and are arranged coaxially relative to each other in the drivetrain and which form the friction engagement mechanism, wherein the central element of the friction engagement elements is in frictional engagement with the two additional elements of the plurality of friction engagement elements,
- wherein the friction engagement elements are arranged concentrically relative to each other at least in portions, and
- wherein the central friction engagement element is a tolerance ring clamped radially between the two additional elements of the friction engagement elements in order to provide a friction engagement connection,
- wherein one of the motor-averted coupling piece of the coupling mechanism and the motor-averted component of the drive components includes radially inner teeth engaging with associated radially outer teeth formed in the other one of the motor-averted coupling piece of the coupling mechanism and the motor-averted component of the drive components, to form a multiple-toothed connection between the motor-averted coupling piece of the coupling mechanism and the motor-averted component of the drive components.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.