公开(公告)号：US06272835B1

公开(公告)日：2001-08-14

申请号：US09698792

申请日：2000-10-27

申请人： Hiroshi Horie ,  Kazumasa Matsuno ,  Masao Maruyama ,  Shigekazu Fukuda ,  Yoshinori Iwasaki ,  Takayuki Funamoto ,  Hitoshi Ohara ,  Makoto Kanehira

发明人： Hiroshi Horie ,  Kazumasa Matsuno ,  Masao Maruyama ,  Shigekazu Fukuda ,  Yoshinori Iwasaki ,  Takayuki Funamoto ,  Hitoshi Ohara ,  Makoto Kanehira

IPC分类号： F16G1304

CPC分类号： F16G13/04

摘要： A silent chain is constituted by a number of articulately connected link plates each having an engagement surface for meshing engagement with teeth of a sprocket. The link plates are press-formed so that the engagement surface includes a smooth sheared surface. All of the link plates have respective sheared surfaces along not more than 60% of the thickness of the link plates. In order to reduce noises produced when the link plates mesh with the sprocket teeth, more than 50% of the link plates have respective sheared surfaces along 7 to 15% of the thickness of the link plates and are arranged randomly in the silent chain.

摘要翻译： 无声链由多个铰接连接的链板构成，每个连接板具有用于与链轮的齿啮合的接合表面。 连接板被压制成使得接合表面包括平滑的剪切表面。 所有链板均具有不大于连接板厚度的60％的各自的剪切表面。 为了减少链板与链轮齿啮合时产生的噪音，超过50％的链板具有相对于链板厚度的7至15％的相应的剪切表面，并且随机地布置在无声链中。

公开(公告)号：US06325735B1

公开(公告)日：2001-12-04

申请号：US09586310

申请日：2000-06-02

申请人： Makoto Kanehira ,  Kazumasa Matsuno ,  Hitoshi Ohara ,  Shigekazu Fukuda ,  Hiroshi Horie ,  Takayuki Funamoto ,  Yoshihiro Kusunoki ,  Masao Maruyama

发明人： Makoto Kanehira ,  Kazumasa Matsuno ,  Hitoshi Ohara ,  Shigekazu Fukuda ,  Hiroshi Horie ,  Takayuki Funamoto ,  Yoshihiro Kusunoki ,  Masao Maruyama

IPC分类号： F16G1304

CPC分类号： F16G13/04 ,  F16H7/06

摘要： A silent chain includes guide links and articular links arranged in the longitudinal direction of the chain. The guide links each include one or more guide link plates, and the articular links each include two or more articular link plates. When the chain is in the straight-line state, the inside flank of each meshing tooth of any one of the link plates projects outwardly from the outside flank of each meshing tooth of another laterally adjacent one of the link plates. The projecting length of the inside flank relative to the outside flank is allowed to vary between the adjacent links, either in a random fashion or in a regular alternate fashion, along the length of the chain. By thus providing different projecting lengths of the chain's inside tooth flanks, the sliding engagement start time of sprocket teeth relative to the inside tooth flanks of the individual link plates is allowed to vary between the adjacent links, so that the periodic meshing sounds can be prevented from resonating to get louder, with the result that the overall noise level can be minimized.

摘要翻译： 无声链包括沿链条纵向布置的导向连杆和关节连杆。 引导连杆各自包括一个或多个引导连接板，并且关节连接件各自包括两个或更多个关节连杆板。 当链条处于直线状态时，任何一个连接板的每个啮合齿的内侧面从另一横向相邻的一个连接板的每个啮合齿的外侧面向外突出。 允许内侧面相对于外侧面的突出长度在相邻链节之间沿着链的长度以随机方式或以规则的交替方式变化。 通过这样提供链的内侧齿面的不同突出长度，链轮齿相对于各个链板的内侧齿面的滑动接合开始时间被允许在相邻链节之间变化，从而可以防止周期性啮合声音 从共鸣到更大声，结果可以将整体噪声水平降至最低。

公开(公告)号：US06416436B1

公开(公告)日：2002-07-09

申请号：US09620551

申请日：2000-07-21

申请人： Makoto Kanehira ,  Kazumasa Matsuno ,  Hitoshi Ohara ,  Shigekazu Fukuda ,  Hiroshi Horie ,  Takayuki Funamoto ,  Yoshihiro Kusunoki ,  Masao Maruyama

发明人： Makoto Kanehira ,  Kazumasa Matsuno ,  Hitoshi Ohara ,  Shigekazu Fukuda ,  Hiroshi Horie ,  Takayuki Funamoto ,  Yoshihiro Kusunoki ,  Masao Maruyama

IPC分类号： F16G1304

CPC分类号： F16H7/06 ,  F16G13/04

摘要： A silent chain power transmitting device includes a driving sprocket and at least one drive sprocket, and a silent chain stretched over the driving and driven sprockets to provide a tension run and a slack run on opposite sides of the driving sprocket. The driving and driven sprockets have a sprocket pitch (chordal pitch) designed to become substantially equal to a chain pitch of the tension run of the silent chain while operating under load. By thus designing the sprocket pitch relative to the chain pitch, toothed link plates of the silent chain are smoothly guided into sliding contact with teeth of the sprockets without causing objectionable interference or collision. The sprockets and silent chain are substantially free from abnormal wear and hence have an increased degree of durability.

摘要翻译： 无声链动力传递装置包括驱动链轮和至少一个驱动链轮，以及在驱动链轮和从动链轮上延伸的无声链，以在驱动链轮的相对侧上提供张力运行和松弛运行。 驱动链轮和从动链轮具有链轮间距（弦节距），设计成在负载下工作时基本上等于无声链的张力运行的链节距。 通过这样设计相对于链节距的链轮节距，无声链的齿形链条被平滑地引导到与链轮的齿滑动接触，而不会引起令人不快的干扰或碰撞。 链轮和无声链基本上没有异常磨损，因此具有增加的耐久性。

公开(公告)号：US06260345B1

公开(公告)日：2001-07-17

申请号：US09593614

申请日：2000-06-13

申请人： Makoto Kanehira ,  Kazumasa Matsuno ,  Hitoshi Ohara ,  Shigekazu Fukuda ,  Hiroshi Horie ,  Takayuki Funamoto ,  Yoshihiro Kusunoki ,  Masao Maruyama

发明人： Makoto Kanehira ,  Kazumasa Matsuno ,  Hitoshi Ohara ,  Shigekazu Fukuda ,  Hiroshi Horie ,  Takayuki Funamoto ,  Yoshihiro Kusunoki ,  Masao Maruyama

IPC分类号： F16G1304

CPC分类号： F16G13/04

摘要： A silent chain includes double rocker joint pins articulately connecting together adjacent links of the chain. The double rocker joint pins are each composed of a longer pin and a shorter pin. The longer pin has a cross-sectional shape different from that of the shorter pin, and the thickness of the longer pin as measured in a direction parallel to a chain pitch line is made greater than the corresponding thickness of the shorter pin. By thus designing the longer pin relative to the shorter pin, the longer pin has a large mechanical strength sufficient to withstand not only an impact force applied when the longer pin is swaged or riveted at opposite ends thereof, but also a shear force and a bending force applied at one time to opposite end portions of the longer pin during power-transmitting operation of the chain.

摘要翻译： 无声链包括铰链连接在一起的链条相邻链节的双摇臂关节销。 双摇臂接头销由较长的销和较短的销组成。 较长的销具有不同于较短销的横截面形状，并且在平行于链节距线的方向上测量的较长销的厚度大于较短销的相应厚度。 通过相对于较短的销设计较长的销，较长的销具有足够的机械强度，足以抵抗当较长的销在其相对端被铆接或铆接时施加的冲击力，而且还承受剪切力和弯曲 在链条的动力传递操作期间一次施加到较长销的相对端部的力。

公开(公告)号：US06494800B1

公开(公告)日：2002-12-17

申请号：US09630822

申请日：2000-08-02

申请人： Makoto Kanehira ,  Hitoshi Ohara ,  Kazumasa Matsuno ,  Masao Maruyama ,  Hiroshi Horie ,  Yoshihiro Kusunoki ,  Shigekazu Fukuda ,  Takayuki Funamoto

发明人： Makoto Kanehira ,  Hitoshi Ohara ,  Kazumasa Matsuno ,  Masao Maruyama ,  Hiroshi Horie ,  Yoshihiro Kusunoki ,  Shigekazu Fukuda ,  Takayuki Funamoto

IPC分类号： F16G1304

CPC分类号： F16G13/04

摘要： A wear-resistant silent chain includes a large number of link plates articulately connected together in an endless fashion by rocker joint pins each composed of a long pin and a short pin. The long and short pins have an outer peripheral surface formed by, at least, a convexly arcuate rocker surface which is adjacent to the convexly arcuate rocker surface of another pin, a load-bearing surface on the side opposite to the rocker surface and being seated on an inner peripheral surface of each of a pair of pin holes formed in each link plate, and a pair of lubricant guide surfaces each extending substantially linearly from one circumferential end of the load-bearing surface to an adjacent circumferential end of the rocker surface while extending divergently with respect to the inner peripheral surface of each of said pin holes. The lubricant guide surface provides a large lubricant collecting area which is sufficient to lubricate the load-bearing surface with an enough amount of lubricating oil and thereby prevents local wear caused between the inner peripheral surface of each pin hole and the load-bearing surface of each pin.

摘要翻译： 耐磨无声链包括大量连接板，它们通过各自由长销和短销组成的摇臂接头销以无限制的方式连接在一起。 长销和短销具有外周表面，该外周表面至少形成为凸形弓形的摇杆表面，其与另一销的凸弧形摇臂表面相邻，在与摇臂表面相对的一侧上的承载表面并且坐着 在每个链板中形成的一对销孔的每一个的内周面上，以及一对润滑剂引导表面，每个润滑引导表面基本上从承载表面的一个周向端部延伸到相对的摇臂表面的周向端部， 相对于每个所述销孔的内周表面发散。 润滑导向面提供了大量的润滑剂收集区域，其足以用足够量的润滑油润滑承载表面，从而防止每个销孔的内周表面和每个销孔的承载表面之间引起的局部磨损 销。

公开(公告)号：US06432011B1

公开(公告)日：2002-08-13

申请号：US09599073

申请日：2000-06-22

申请人： Makoto Kanehira ,  Kazumasa Matsuno ,  Hitoshi Ohara ,  Shigekazu Fukuda ,  Hiroshi Horie ,  Takayuki Funamoto ,  Yoshihiro Kusunoki ,  Masao Maruyama

发明人： Makoto Kanehira ,  Kazumasa Matsuno ,  Hitoshi Ohara ,  Shigekazu Fukuda ,  Hiroshi Horie ,  Takayuki Funamoto ,  Yoshihiro Kusunoki ,  Masao Maruyama

IPC分类号： F16G1304

CPC分类号： F16G13/04

摘要： A silent chain include a number of link modules articulately connected together in an endless fashion by rocker joint pins. The rocker joint pins include a first rocker joint pin composed of a first longer pin and a first shorter pin each having a different first thickness in a direction of pitch of the rocker joint pins, and a second rocker joint composed of a second longer pin and a second shorter pin each having a different second thickness in the direction of pitch of the rocker joint pins. The second thickness of the second longer or shorter pin is different from the first thickness of a corresponding one of the first longer and shorter pins. The first joint rocker pin and the second rocker joint pin are arranged in a random pattern along the length of the silent chain so as to suppress generation of periodic noise when teeth of the silent chain and teeth of a sprocket engage with each other.

摘要翻译： 无声链包括许多通过摇臂接头销以无止尽的方式连接在一起的连杆模块。 摇臂接头销包括第一摇臂接头销，第一摇臂接头销由第一较长销和第一较短销组成，每个第一较短销在摇臂关节销的节距方向上具有不同的第一厚度，第二摇臂接头由第二较长销和 第二较短的销，每个在所述摇臂关节销的节距方向上具有不同的第二厚度。 第二较长或较短销的第二厚度不同于第一较长和较短销中对应的一个的第一厚度。 第一关节摇杆和第二摇臂接头销沿着无声链的长度布置成随机图案，以便当无声链齿和齿轮的齿相互啮合时，抑制周期性噪声的产生。

公开(公告)号：US06589127B1

公开(公告)日：2003-07-08

申请号：US09711624

申请日：2000-11-13

申请人： Hiroshi Horie ,  Kazumasa Matsuno ,  Masao Maruyama ,  Shigekazu Fukuda ,  Yoshinori Iwasaki ,  Takayuki Funamoto ,  Hitoshi Ohara

发明人： Hiroshi Horie ,  Kazumasa Matsuno ,  Masao Maruyama ,  Shigekazu Fukuda ,  Yoshinori Iwasaki ,  Takayuki Funamoto ,  Hitoshi Ohara

IPC分类号： F16G1304

CPC分类号： B21L15/005 ,  F16G13/04

摘要： A silent chain includes guide link rows and joint link rows arranged alternately and articulately connected in an endless fashion by rocker joint pins each composed of a longer pin and a shorter pin. In each guide link row, the longer pin is fitted with two guide plates and also inserted through link plates disposed between the guide plates. In each joint link row, the shorter pin is inserted through link plates. The longer pin and the shorter pin are initially formed in a straight configuration and have the same cross-sectional shape. When the silent chain is stretched substantially straight after having been subjected to a proof load, the pitch of the guide plates is made slightly greater than the pitch of adjacent contact points between the longer pins and the shorter pins of the rocker joint pins in the guide link rows so that the longer pins are elastically deformed into a bow-like configuration bent toward the mating shorter pins. The rocker joint pins having the elastically deformed longer pins acquire spring or cushioning properties which are effective to improve the strength of the chain and reduce the operation noise of the silent chain.

摘要翻译： 无声链包括交替地布置的引导链节排和关节链节列，并且通过每个由较长销和较短销构成的摇臂关节销以无限制的方式铰接连接。 在每个导向连杆列中，较长的销装配有两个导板，并且还通过布置在导向板之间的连接板插入。 在每个接头连接列中，较短的销通过链板插入。 较长的销和较短的销最初形成为直的构造并且具有相同的横截面形状。 当无声链在受到证明载荷之后大致直线地拉伸时，引导板的间距略大于引导件中的较长销和摇臂接头销的较短销之间的相邻接触点的间距 连接行，使得较长的销弹性变形成向配合的较短销弯曲的弓状构造。 具有弹性变形的更长销的摇臂接头销获得弹簧或缓冲性能，这有助于提高链条的强度并降低无声链的操作噪音。

公开(公告)号：US06383105B1

公开(公告)日：2002-05-07

申请号：US09721630

申请日：2000-11-24

申请人： Kazumasa Matsuno ,  Hitoshi Ohara ,  Shigekazu Fukuda ,  Masao Maruyama ,  Hiroshi Horie ,  Takayuki Funamoto ,  Yoshihiro Kusunoki

发明人： Kazumasa Matsuno ,  Hitoshi Ohara ,  Shigekazu Fukuda ,  Masao Maruyama ,  Hiroshi Horie ,  Takayuki Funamoto ,  Yoshihiro Kusunoki

IPC分类号： F16G1304

CPC分类号： F16G13/04 ,  F16H7/06

摘要： A guide plate a for silent chain is substantially arch-shaped and has a pair of pin holes formed therein at a position adjacent to opposite free ends of the arch-shaped guide plate. The arch-shaped guide plate further has an arcuate inner peripheral surface and an arcuate outer peripheral surface both extending arcuately about a center located at the midpoint of a pitch line segment interconnecting the pair of pin holes. The arcuate inner peripheral surface has a radius of curvature which is in the range of 35 to 45% of the chain pitch, and the arcuate outer peripheral surface is blended with the opposite free ends of the arch-shaped guide plate.

摘要翻译： 用于无声链的引导板a基本上是拱形的，并且在与拱形引导板的相对的自由端相邻的位置处形成有一对销孔。 拱形引导板还具有弧形的内周面和弧形的外周面，两者均围绕位于连接该对销孔的节线部分的中点的中心弧形延伸。 弧形内周面的曲率半径在链节距的35〜45％的范围内，并且弓形外周面与拱形导板的相对的自由端共混。

公开(公告)号：US06393819B1

公开(公告)日：2002-05-28

申请号：US09689485

申请日：2000-10-12

申请人： Kazumasa Matsuno ,  Shigekazu Fukuda ,  Takayuki Funamoto ,  Yoshinori Iwasaki ,  Hiroshi Horie ,  Masao Maruyama

发明人： Kazumasa Matsuno ,  Shigekazu Fukuda ,  Takayuki Funamoto ,  Yoshinori Iwasaki ,  Hiroshi Horie ,  Masao Maruyama

IPC分类号： F16G1304

CPC分类号： F16G13/04 ,  Y10S59/901

摘要： A rocker pin for use in a power transmission chain has an identifying mark for distinguishing the rocker pin from another rocker pin having a different thickness or a different rocker surface. The identifying mark may include a groove, ridge, colored mark, lustrous streak or the like provided on a peripheral surface except a rocker surface in the longitudinal direction of the rocker pin. The rocker pin having such identifying mark can be visually identified with ease so that the rocker pin is prevented from being mixed with a different kind of rocker pins. This enables easy and confusion-free storage of the rocker pin and prevents incorrect combination of a longer pin and a shorter pin, which may occur when they are used in combination to form a single rocker joint.

摘要翻译： 用于动力传递链的摇杆具有用于区分摇杆与另一个具有不同厚度或不同摇杆表面的摇杆的识别标记。 识别标记可以包括设置在摇摆销的纵向方向上的摇摆表面之外的外围表面上的凹槽，脊，彩色标记，光泽条纹等。 具有这种识别标记的摇杆可以容易地目视识别，从而防止摇杆与不同种类的摇杆相混合。 这样可以容易地且无混乱地存储摇杆，并防止较长的销和较短销的错误组合，当它们组合用于形成单个摇臂接头时可能发生。

公开(公告)号：US06159122A

公开(公告)日：2000-12-12

申请号：US345388

申请日：1999-06-30

申请人： Makoto Kanehira ,  Kenshi Suzuki ,  Masao Maruyama ,  Takayuki Funamoto ,  Shigekazu Fukuda ,  Hitoshi Ohara

发明人： Makoto Kanehira ,  Kenshi Suzuki ,  Masao Maruyama ,  Takayuki Funamoto ,  Shigekazu Fukuda ,  Hitoshi Ohara

IPC分类号： F16G13/04 ,  F16G13/06

CPC分类号： F16G13/04

摘要： Link plates connected together by connecting members to form an endless silent chain each include a pair of teeth and a pair of connecting holes each receiving therein one of the connecting members. The teeth each have an outer flank, an arcuate tip end portion, and an inner flank. The outer flank has a rectilinear tooth face having an intermeshing point, and a tooth length extending from the intermeshing point toward a tip end of each tooth. The tooth length is 5 to 15% of a pitch between the connecting members. The tip end portion has a first arc adjacent to the outer flank and a second arc adjacent to the inner flank, the second arc having a smaller radius of curvature than the first arc. The shortest distance from a junction between the first and second arcs of the arcuate tip end portion to a face angle forming line of the outer flank is 0.5 to 3.0% of the pitch between the connecting members. With this construction, the silent chain can decrease a collision speed with respect to the tooth face of a sprocket at the time of intermeshing to thereby reduce noises, and provide a smooth and positive intermeshing with the sprocket.

摘要翻译： 通过连接构件连接在一起以形成无声无声链的连接板各自包括一对齿和一对连接孔，每个连接孔在其中容纳连接构件中的一个。 齿各自具有外侧面，弓形末端部分和内侧面。 外侧面具有具有相互啮合点的直线齿面和从啮合点朝向每个齿的末端延伸的齿长。 齿长为连接部件间距的5〜15％。 前端部分具有邻近外侧面的第一弧形部分和与内侧面相邻的第二弧形部分，第二弧形部分具有比第一弧形部分更小的曲率半径。 从弓形末端部的第一弧和第二弧之间的接合处到外侧面的面角成形线的最短距离为连接部件之间的间距的0.5〜3.0％。 利用这种结构，无缝链可以减少啮合时相对于链轮齿面的碰撞速度，从而减少噪音，并提供与链轮的平滑和积极的啮合。