US3656409A - Tilting head axial piston hydraulic machines - Google Patents

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US3656409A
US3656409A US16860A US3656409DA US3656409A US 3656409 A US3656409 A US 3656409A US 16860 A US16860 A US 16860A US 3656409D A US3656409D A US 3656409DA US 3656409 A US3656409 A US 3656409A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01B—MACHINES OR ENGINES, IN GENERAL OR OF POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT TYPE, e.g. STEAM ENGINES
    • F01B3/00—Reciprocating-piston machines or engines with cylinder axes coaxial with, or parallel or inclined to, main shaft axis
    • F01B3/0032—Reciprocating-piston machines or engines with cylinder axes coaxial with, or parallel or inclined to, main shaft axis having rotary cylinder block
    • F01B3/0044—Component parts, details, e.g. valves, sealings, lubrication
    • F01B3/0064—Machine housing
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04B—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
    • F04B1/00—Multi-cylinder machines or pumps characterised by number or arrangement of cylinders
    • F04B1/12—Multi-cylinder machines or pumps characterised by number or arrangement of cylinders having cylinder axes coaxial with, or parallel or inclined to, main shaft axis
    • F04B1/20—Multi-cylinder machines or pumps characterised by number or arrangement of cylinders having cylinder axes coaxial with, or parallel or inclined to, main shaft axis having rotary cylinder block
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  • the present invention relates to axial piston hydraulic machines of the so-called bent axis or tilting head type, in which the cylinder block and other parts are arranged to tilt about a transverse axis inside a casing, to generate or vary the effective piston stroke and thus adjust the volumetric capacity of the machine.
  • the tilting body is usually supported by two lateral tilting trunnions mounted in the casing, and in order to avoid over-stressing or breakage of the connecting rods, it is important that the tilting axis, and the axis of the trunnions, should be situated accurately within a plane containing the centers of the spherical heads of the connecting rods.
  • the casing is usually provided with tilting bearings for supporting the trunnions, but it is difficult in practice to assemble the trunnions into these bearings.
  • One known solution is to provide suitable slots or openings in the tilting bearings, through which the trunnions can be passed during assembly. However, this weakens the support for the bearings, and limits the maximum allowable piston forces, by reducing the tilting bearing area.
  • Another known solution is to provide relatively small trunnions that can be easily slipped into the casing. These small trunnions are connected, after assembly, with large bearing caps, having sufficient bearing area, but this construction involves a complicated assembly system, and is relatively bulky and expensive to manufacture.
  • the invention consists broadly in an axial piston hydraulic machine comprising a tilting body supporting the cylinders of the machine and mounted in a casing, the casing being divided on a plane containing the tilting axis, with tilting bearings disposed partly in one and partly in the other section of the casing.
  • each trunnion bearing is in the form of two half cylinders, one half being situated in each of both sections of the casing.
  • the interior of the casing is usually filled with oil under low pressure. It is therefore desirable that the interfaces of the two parts of the casing on the plane of the tilting axis should be accurate and smooth in order to avoid leakage of the oil.
  • a groove may be provided in one of these surfaces, and a sealing ring such as an O-ring.
  • This sealing ring is preferably formed with two circular portions, arranged to surround the two tilting bearings.
  • the transmission of oil between the tilting body and the lateral covers on the trunnion bearings is normally achieved by a connecting sleeve having a cylindrical sealing surface.
  • the sleeve may be relatively long and the sealing portions relatively short in order to accommodate certain errors in the alignment of the tilting axis.
  • the sleeve may be replaced by a connecting member which has at one end a cylindrical portion located within a bore in a trunnion of the tilting body.
  • the other end of the connecting member is plane and bears against a fixed plane surface on a cover for the bearing such that small radial compensating movements can occur.
  • at least one of them is preferably provided with a circular draining groove, which may accommodate a small circular sealing ring.
  • FIG. 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of a tilting head machine according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a plan view of the machine of FIG. 1, partly in sectlon,
  • FIG. 3 is a sectional end view as shown by the arrows III III in FIG. 1, and
  • FIG. 4 is a detailed side elevation through a modified trunnion construction, on an enlarged scale.
  • the tilting head hydraulic pump or motor illustrated in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, is basically of known type and the basic components thereof will not be described in detail.
  • the machine has a rotary cylinder block 2, able to be tilted about a transverse tilting axis 3 passing through two hollow trunnions 4.
  • the trunnions communicate respectively through passages 5 and ports (not shown) with the individual cylinders in the block 2.
  • Pistons 7 in the cylinders each have a spherical head or ball-joint 8 which engages in a rotary driving flange 9 attached to a drive shaft 10, and the centers of these spherical heads lie on a plane containing the tilting axis 3.
  • the volumetric capacity of the machine i.e. the effective working stroke of each piston 7 is altered.
  • each part is formed with a pair of semi-cylindrical bearing surfaces 11 which combine, when the two casing parts 10 and 1b are secured together, to form cylindrical bearing housings for the trunnions 4.
  • Each trunnion is located by a bearing sleeve 12, and a bearing ring 13, the sleeve 12 providing radial location while the ring 13 provides axial location.
  • the ring 13 is held in place by a cover plate 14, secured by bolts 15, each cover plate having a central passage through which fluid is supplied to or delivered from the machine, via a pair of inter connecting sleeves 16.
  • the radial forces acting on the bearing sleeves 12 are produced by the fluid pressure exerted on the pistons 7, while the axial forces acting on the rings 13 are produced by the connecting sleeves 16 between the trunnions 4 and the end covers 14, particularly when working under high oil pressure.
  • the two parts la, lb of the divided casing are connected together by longitudinal screws or bolts 20. These screws are required to transmit the piston forces and, therefore, must be of considerable strength and correspondingly well fastened during assembly.
  • the effective sealing between the parts In and 1b at the interface of the casing can be achieved simply by close contact between suitably well machined surfaces.
  • a sealing ring is provided within a machined groove 21 in one or other of the mating surfaces.
  • the sealing ring has two auxiliary circular portions 22 lying respectively in grooves 23 formed in the bearing surfaces 11.
  • trunnions 4 are supported by plain bearing sleeves l2 and thrust bearing rings 13, but it will be understood that roller or needle type bearings may be used instead, in which case it is particularly important that the bearing races should be well supported in the half-cylindrical bearing seats 1 1.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates on an enlarged scale an alternative trunnion bearing construction.
  • a special connecting sleeve is used. This sleeve has at its inner end a cylindrical portion 30 which seats in a cooperating bore in the trunnion 4 such that sealing is obtained in known manner.
  • the connecting sleeve is formed with a plane surface 31. This face cooperates with a plane face on the interior of the cover 14, such that small radial movements are possible to compensate for tolerance errors.
  • a draining groove 32 is provided in the face 31, this draining groove having the same or a slightly smaller diameter than the cylindrical portion 30 of the connecting sleeve in order to limit the oil pressure field.
  • This draining groove 32 may contain a small sealing ring, in order to improve the limitation of the oil pressure field and avoid leakage at high pressure.
  • Another sealing ring in the groove 23 provides a seal around the cylindrical extension of the cover M.
  • An important feature of the invention is the division of the casing in the planeof the tilting axis. Nevertheless, it is possible to provide further divisions of the casing, depending on the constructional requirements and the method of assembly.
  • the axial piston machine described provides the trunnion tilting bearings with very good support and is nevertheless extremely compact.
  • An axial piston hydraulic machine of the tilting head type comprising a two-part casing, one part of the casing having an aperture through which extends a rotary drive shaft, a tilting head assembly mounted within said casing and including a multiple-cylinder rotary member operatively connected to said drive shaft, said tilting head assembly being mounted for pivotal movement on a pair of trunnions lying on a transverse tilting axis, one trunnion on each side of the axis of said rotary drive shaft, said casing being divided into two parts on a plane containing said tilting axis, the said two sections of the casing being formed to provide between them a pair of cylindrical bearing seats respectively for said two trunnions, and means for supplying operating fluid to and from said cylinders of the machine when the rotary member rotates, including supply and discharge ducts passing through the wall of said casing and situated on said tilting axis one on each side of the axis of said rotary drive shaft, and corresponding internal passages formed within said
  • each of said two bearing seats provided by said two casing sections surrounds the whole periphery of the respective trunnion and extends over substantially the whole axial length of the said trunnion.
  • a hydraulic machine including a hollow connecting sleeve providing fluid communication between the internal passage of each trunnion and the respective supply or discharge duct, each said sleeve being arranged to permit small relative movements between the said trunnion and duct in directions transverse to said tilting axis.
  • each sleeve is of appreciable length and has limited external annular contact areas at opposite ends, such that the sleeve can tilt to accommodate misalignment between the respective trunnion and the associated duct.

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