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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2007
Wolfgang Gantner, Sinzheim, DE;
Andreas Götz, Rastatt, DE;
Eugen Kremer, Bühl, DE;
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Abstract
A torque sensor for a belt-driven conical-pulley transmission. A first ramp surface is rigidly connected to a shaft of a conical disk pair, and a second ramp surface is rigidly connected to a sensing piston surrounding the shaft and axially and rotatably movable relative to the shaft. Balls are positioned between and in contact with the ramp surfaces and with a guide surface rigidly connected with an axially movable disk. The guide surface is so configured that the contact points of a particular ball with the ramp surfaces, the contact point of that ball with the guide surface, and the center point of that ball lie in a radially oriented plane.