Hinge mounting with wedge clearance compensation

#This application claims priority to German Application No. DE 10 2005 001 798.3, filed Jan. 13, 2005, the contents of which are expressly incorporated by reference in their entirety as part of the present disclosure.

#The invention relates to a hinge mounting according to the preamble of patent claim 1.

#Such a hinge mounting is known from the document DE 195 41 938 A1 of the applicant. On this prior art hinge mounting the first ring gear is formed on a first hinge arm and the second ring gear is likewise formed on a second hinge arm. Both ring gears are internal ring gears. The drive gear is configured to be an externally toothed, disc-shaped gear wheel in the central recess of which there is located the driver member, also known as the eccentric.

#Other features and advantages of the invention will become more apparent upon reviewing the appended claims and the following non restrictive description of two embodiments of the invention, given by way of example only with reference to the drawing. In said drawing:

#FIG. 1 is a perspective illustration in the form of an assembly drawing for a hinge mounting which is configured to be a round plate inside of which there is provided an elastic means, and

#FIG. 2: is an illustration like FIG. 1, but now in an embodiment in which the elastic means is located outside the ring gears.

#The hinge mounting has a first ring gear 20 and a second ring gear 22. They are both centered about an axis 24 and rotatable relative to each other about this axis 24. For this purpose, they have one hole 26 each through which a shaft 28 extends freely. The shaft 28 is centered on the axis 24.

#The shaft 28 is part of a driver unit which further includes a driver wheel 30, a driver member 32 and a compensating unit. The driver wheel 30 is configured to be an externally toothed gear wheel; it meshes with the internally toothed first ring gear 20 and with the internally toothed second ring gear 22. The driver wheel 30 is configured so as to be capable of wobbling inside the internal ring gears 20, 22.

#In the embodiment shown, the driver wheel 30 is equipped with a toothed surface that is common to the two ring gears 20, 22 and is the same for the two ring gears 20, 22. It is absolutely possible to also have the driver wheel 30 made from two different gear wheels that are solidly connected together, the one gear wheel engaging the first ring gear 20 and the other gear wheel cooperating with the second ring gear 22. The driver wheel 30 has a recess 34 that is centered in its toothed surface and that is moreover circular.