Adjusting device for axial and radial piston machines

Claim 1

A motorized adjusting device for an axial and radial piston machine wherein a cylinder block is reciprocated by a setting element to control a charge delivered by the machine, said adjusting device comprising; (a) a housing having a threaded output shaft journaled for rotation therein, said output shaft being substantially parallel to the reciprocating axis of a cylinder block to be adjusted; said housing and said axial and radial piston machine providing a defined enclosure surrounding said output shaft and a setting means; (b) said setting means mounted on said threaded shaft to be reciprocated along said shaft as said shaft is rotated, said setting means engaging a cylinder block to be adjusted; (c) a servo motor removably mounted outside said housing and said enclosure at one end of said output shaft to provide for replacement of only the servo motor without disturbing the setting of said setting means in said shaft; (d) an input shaft journaled for coaxial rotation within said output shaft, said input shaft being connected to said servo motor at one end thereof; (e) a planetary transmission and overload protection means removably mounted outside said housing and said enclosure at the other end of said output shaft, opposite said servo motor, said overload coupling means connected between said output shaft and a cage member for said planetary transmission, said planetary transmission also having a sun gear connected to said input shaft, said transmission mounted to provide for a replacement of only the transmission and overload coupling without disturbing the setting means on said shaft; wherein rotation of the servo motor rotates said input shaft, said transmission and said overload protection device to power the rotation of said output shaft and thereby reciprocate said setting means mounted on said output shaft; whereby either the servo motor or the transmission means may be separately removed from the housing without disturbing the enclosure surrounding said shaft and said setting element.