Random engagement roller chain sprocket having improved noise ch

Details Random engagement roller chain sprocket having improved noise ch Random engagement roller chain sprocket having improved noise ch

1997-07-25

1999-11-02

Hannon, Thomas R.

Endless belt power transmission systems or components

Positive drive pulley or guide roll

And additional coaxial surface for engaging same belt in...

474153, 474152, F16H 5530, F16H 702, F16H 5512

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059760451

ABSTRACT:
A unidirectional roller chain sprocket for use primarily in automotive engine chain drive applications which incorporates an asymmetrical tooth for improved noise reduction. The sprocket includes a first plurality of sprocket teeth each having a first engaging flank with a first contact point at which a roller contacts the first engaging flank, and a second plurality of sprocket teeth each having a second engaging flank with a second contact point at which a roller contacts the second engaging flank. The first engaging flanks include a flank flat which facilitates spacing the first contact point on the first engaging flank relative to the second contact point on the second engaging flank to effect a time delay between an initial roller to first sprocket tooth contact and an initial roller to second sprocket tooth contact. The flank flat is tangent to an engaging flank radius and a first root radius. The asymmetrical tooth profile may also incorporate one or more inclined root surfaces which provide tooth space clearance for maintaining the chain rollers in hard contact with the root surface in the sprocket wrap. The asymmetrical tooth profile may also incorporate added pitch mismatch wherein the sprocket chordal pitch is less than the chain link pitch to facilitate a "staged" roller-tooth contact as a roller moves into full mesh from an initial tangential impact at the flank flat.

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