Claw coupling for interlockingly connecting a first rotatable component to a second rotatable component

US11739798B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG · DE

Inventors

• Martin Ruider · Schwarzhofen, DE
• Patrick Isele · Cologne, DE
• Kim Führer · Gettorf, DE
• Marcel Müller · Chesterfield, US
• Matthias Winkel · Weingarten, DE
• Werner Brandwitte · Eschweiler, DE
• Klaus Ventzke · Pier, DE
• Fernando Jesus Ramos Zuniga · Stolberg, DE
• Stephan Demmerer · Bubesheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 5, 2020
• Grant date: Aug 29, 2023
• Expiry date: Apr 29, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16D2300/22
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a claw coupling for interlockingly connecting a first rotatable component to a second rotatable component, wherein a sliding sleeve is non-rotatably and axially slidably arranged on the first rotatable component and a coupling body is non-rotatably arranged on the second rotatable component, the sliding sleeve being axially movable for interlocking connection to the coupling body in order to connect the first component to the second component, at least one spring-loaded shifting ring being movably mounted, non-rotatably and axially relative to the sliding sleeve, on the sliding sleeve, and a damping chamber, formed in dependence on the relative motion, is provided in order to delay the axial motion. The disclosure further relates to an electrical drive axle of a vehicle having at least the claw coupling. In addition, the disclosure relates to a method for interlockingly connecting the first rotatable component to the second rotatable component via a claw coupling.