Automobile reducer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10054194-B2
Application number	US-201614988679-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 5, 2016
Priority date	Jan 12, 2015
Publication date	Aug 21, 2018
Grant date	Aug 21, 2018

Abstract

The present disclosure provides an automobile reducer including a worm shaft bearing coupled to an end of a worm shaft meshing with a worm wheel, the end lying opposite a portion of the worm shaft coupled to a motor shaft; a bush coupled to an outer peripheral surface of the worm shaft bearing, the bush having an incision formed by incising one side of the bush; a damper coupled to an outer peripheral surface of the bush inside a housing so as to force the bush against the worm shaft bearing and to elastically support between the housing and the worm shaft bearing; and a clearance compensation mechanism penetrating the damper and pressurizing the bush towards the worm wheel. The automobile reducer can accurately assist the driver's steering wheel manipulation.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An automobile reducer, comprising:
a housing;
a worm shaft bearing coupled to an end of a worm shaft meshing with a worm wheel, the end lying opposite a portion of the worm shaft coupled to a motor shaft;
a bush coupled to an outer peripheral surface of the worm shaft bearing, the bush having an incision formed by incising one side of the bush;
a damper coupled to an outer peripheral surface of the bush inside the housing so as to elastically support between the housing and the bush; and
a clearance compensation mechanism penetrating the damper and pressurizing the bush towards the worm wheel,
wherein the clearance compensation mechanism comprises:
an adjustment member including a receiving groove;
an elastic member being inserted into the receiving groove; and
a pressurization member coupled with the elastic member, and elastically supported by the elastic member towards the worm wheel,

wherein a longitudinal centerline of the pressurization member passes through a cylindrical center of the worm shaft bearing and damper,
wherein the bush has a groove formed in the shape of a recess along an outer circumferential periphery between one side end and the other side end, and the damper is arranged inside of the groove, and
wherein the damper has slits formed in the shape of recesses on both of outer and inner peripheral surfaces so as to extend from one axial end to the opposite axial end while being spaced from each other in a circumferential direction.

2. The automobile reducer of claim 1 , wherein
the housing has a penetration hole formed such that the clearance compensation mechanism penetrates and is installed, and
the adjustment member is screw-coupled to the penetration hole so as to adjust an elastic force of the elastic member.

3. The automobile reducer of claim 2 , wherein the damper has a communication hole formed in a position corresponding to the penetration hole, the communication hole communicating with the penetration hole.

4. The automobile reducer of claim 2 , wherein the pressurization member comprises:
a first cylindrical part having a first diameter, and being inserted into the inside of the elastic member;
a second cylindrical part having a second diameter, and being directly contacted with the inner peripheral surface of the receiving groove; and
a third cylindrical part having a third diameter, and pressurizing the bush towards the worm wheel by a head end of the third cylindrical part, the head end directly contacts with the bush,
wherein the second diameter is greater than the first diameter, and the first diameter is greater than the third diameter,
wherein the worm shaft bearing comprises an inner race coupled to the end of the worm shaft, an outer race coupled to the inner surface of the housing, and a ball coupled between the inner race and the outer race, and
wherein a cylindrical axis of the head end passes through the cylindrical center of the worm shaft bearing.

5. The automobile reducer of claim 1 , wherein the slits formed on the inner peripheral surface are positioned between respective slits formed on the outer peripheral surface.

6. The automobile reducer of claim 1 , wherein a coupling groove is formed on an inner peripheral surface of the housing in the shape of a recess along a periphery, and an outer peripheral surface of the damper is supported in the coupling groove and damped.

7. The automobile reducer of claim 1 , wherein an inner peripheral surface of the housing in a position, in which the worm shaft bearing, the bush, and the damper are coupled, is formed in the shape of an ellipse elongated towards or away from the worm wheel such that the worm shaft bearing can move towards or away from the worm wheel.

Assignees

• Mando Corp

Inventors

• Kwon Hyun Bi

Classifications

• F16H55/24 Primary

  Special devices for taking up backlash · CPC title

• F16H2057/0213

  Support of worm gear shafts · CPC title

• F16H1/16 Primary

  comprising worm and worm-wheel · CPC title

• B62D3/04

  of worm type · CPC title

• H02K7/1166

  comprising worm and worm-wheel (structural association with bearings specially adapted for worm gear drives H02K7/081) · CPC title