US 2024/0300611 A1Published application

Centering Ring; Method for Reducing the Risk of Breakage of at Least One Thin-Walled Region of a Centering Ring

OwnerSven Breitfeld, Florian Brennerinventors

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Abstract

A centring ring (5) and a method for reducing the risk of breakage of at least one thin-walled area of a centring ring (4) are proposed, the centring ring (5) having at least two thick-walled segments, i.e. at least one first thick-walled segment (15) and one second thick-walled segment (16), said first thick-walled segment (15) having a side surface (23) which faces a side surface (31) of the second thick-walled segment (16), said side surfaces (23, 31) touching each other at least partially or being separated from each other by a gap (37) having a given clearance B (38), and said centring ring (5) including at least one movement limiter (24, 48) which allows the side surfaces (23,31) to merely drift apart under the application of force and/or drift towards each other under the application of force until a certain clearance B (38) is reached.

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A centring ring (5) for two-wheeled and three-wheeled vehicles,

having at least two thick-walled segments, i.e. at least one first thick-walled segment (15) and one second thick-walled segment (16), said first thick-walled segment (15) having a side surface (23) facing a side surface (31) of said second thick-walled segment (16),
having at least one thin-walled segment which adjoins the first thick-walled segment (15) and/or the second thick-walled segment (16),
characterised in that
said side surfaces (23, 31) have a gap (37) arranged therebetween which has a given clearance B (38), wherein said clearance B (38) is variable between a minimum clearance and a maximum clearance,
wherein the side surfaces (23, 31) touch each other at least partially or are spaced apart from each other by the gap (37) having a clearance B (38)
and
the centring ring (5) has at least one movement limiter (24, 48) which has at least one contact surface (32, 33, 41, 49, 50) and/or at least one end face (40) and by means of which a drifting apart of the side surfaces (23, 31) under the application of force is merely possible until the maximum clearance is reached and/or by means of which a drifting of the side surfaces (23, 31) towards each other under the application of force is merely possible until the minimum clearance is reached.

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A method for reducing the risk of breakage of at least one thin-walled segment of a centring ring (5) for two-wheeled and three-wheeled vehicles, said centring ring (5) having at least two thick-walled segments, i.e. at least one first thick-walled segment (15) and one second thick-walled segment (16), said first thick-walled segment (15) having a side surface (23) which faces a side surface (31) of the second thick-walled segment (16),

characterised in that
said side surfaces (23, 31) have a gap (37) arranged therebetween which has a given clearance B (38), wherein said clearance B (38) is variable between a minimum clearance and a maximum clearance,
wherein the side surfaces (23, 31) touch each other at least partially or are spaced apart from each other by the gap (30) having a clearance B (38)
and
the centring ring (5) has at least one movement limiter (24, 48) which has at least one contact surface (32, 33, 41, 49, 50) and/or at least one end face (40) and by means of which a drifting apart of the side surfaces (23, 31) under the application of force is merely enabled until the maximum clearance is reached and/or by means of which a drifting of the side surfaces (23, 31) towards each other under the application of force is merely enabled until the minimum clearance is reached.

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