Plate-link chain for a motor vehicle drive system

US8057342B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• LuK Lamellen und Kupplungsbau Beteiligungs KG · DE

Inventors

• Marcus Junig · Frebershausen, DE
• Anton Simonov · Bogen, DE
• Olga Ispolatova · Bogen, DE
• Michael Pichura · Bogen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 26, 2006
• Grant date: Nov 15, 2011
• Expiry date: May 4, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16G5/18
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A plate-link chain for a motor vehicle drive system. The chain includes a plurality of link plates hingedly connected with each other by rocker members that extend transversely to the longitudinal direction of the plate-link chain and are positioned in openings of the link plates. The rocker members and link plates each have curved contact surfaces. The rocker members also have curved rolling surfaces along which the rocker members roll against each other. The rocker members are shaped asymmetrically in the height direction, and the contact surfaces are provided on upper and lower contact surface regions. The rocker members also have at least two regions with different curvatures in the regions of their rolling surfaces.