Motor and method of manufacturing motor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10439464-B2
Application number	US-201815890029-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 6, 2018
Priority date	Feb 23, 2017
Publication date	Oct 8, 2019
Grant date	Oct 8, 2019

Abstract

A motor includes a rotor including a shaft and a rotor body, a bearing fitted to the shaft and rotatably holding the shaft, a bearing holder arranged on the opposite side to the rotor body so as to hold the bearing, a movement regulation member arranged closer to the rotor body than the bearing and separated to regulate movement of the bearing toward the rotor body, a first engagement part provided at the rotor body to be adjacent to the movement regulation member, a first engagement target part provided at the movement regulation member to be adjacent to the rotor body to be able to be engaged with the first engagement target part, a second engagement part provided at the movement regulation member, a second engagement target part provided at the bearing holder, and a coupling member that couples the bearing holder and the movement regulation member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A motor comprising:
a rotor including a shaft arranged to extend in an axis direction and a rotor body coupled to the shaft, wherein the rotor is rotatable about the axis direction;
a bearing fitted to the shaft from outside and rotatably holding the shaft;
a bearing holder arranged on the opposite side to the rotor body with respect to the bearing so as to hold the bearing;
a movement regulation member formed in an annular shape, arranged closer to the rotor body than the bearing and separated from the rotor body, the movement regulation member having a passage hole to insert the shaft through, and a face opposing the rotor body in a state where the shaft is inserted into the passage hole, the movement regulation member regulating movement of the bearing toward the rotor body;
a first engagement part provided at the rotor body to be adjacent to the movement regulation member;
a first engagement target part provided at the movement regulation member to be adjacent to the rotor body, the first engagement target part extending inward in a radial direction from an outer edge of the movement regulation member, wherein the first engagement part can be engaged with the first engagement target part, and the first engagement target part can be separated from the first engagement part in the axis direction;
a second engagement part provided at the movement regulation member to be adjacent to the bearing holder;
a second engagement target part provided at the bearing holder to be adjacent to the movement regulation member and engaging with the second engagement part; and
a coupling member that couples the bearing holder and the movement regulation member.

2. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein when the movement regulation member is not coupled to the bearing holder with the coupling member, and the second engagement part is not engaged with the second engagement target part, the movement regulation member is rotatable about the axis direction and movable in the axis direction, and
when the rotor body rotates about the axis direction while the first engagement part is engaged with the first engagement target part, the movement regulation member rotates about the axis direction by the rotation of the rotor body to allow the second engagement part to move to a position for engagement with the second engagement target part.

3. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein the first engagement part is a projection projecting in the axis direction,
the first engagement target part is a recess recessed in the axis direction or a through part penetrating in the axis direction,
the second engagement part is a projection projecting in the axis direction, and
the second engagement target part is a recess recessed in the axis direction.

4. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein the bearing holder includes a first coupling hole,
the movement regulation member includes a second coupling hole that is in communication with the first coupling hole when the second engagement part is engaged with the second engagement target part, and
the coupling member is inserted into the first coupling hole and the second coupling hole which are in communication with each other.

5. A method of manufacturing a motor comprising:
a rotor including a shaft arranged to extend in an axis direction and a rotor body coupled to the shaft, wherein the rotor is rotatable about the axis direction;
a bearing fitted to the shaft from outside and rotatably holding the shaft;
a bearing holder arranged on the opposite side to the rotor body with respect to the bearing so as to hold the bearing;
a movement regulation member arranged closer to the rotor body than the bearing and separated from the rotor body, the movement regulation member regulating movement of the bearing toward the rotor body;
a first engagement part provided at the rotor body to be adjacent to the movement regulation member;
a first engagement target part provided at the movement regulation member to be adjacent to the rotor body, wherein the first engagement part can be engaged with the first engagement target part, and the first engagement target part can be separated from the first engagement part in the axis direction;
a second engagement part provided at the movement regulation member to be adjacent to the bearing holder;
a second engagement target part provided at the bearing holder to be adjacent to the movement regulation member and engaging with the second engagement part; and
a coupling member that couples the bearing holder and the movement regulation member, the method comprising:
a first insertion step of inserting the shaft into the movement regulation member and the bearing;
a second insertion step of inserting, into the bearing holder, the shaft which has been inserted into the movement regulation member and the bearing;
a first rotation step of rotating the rotor body about the axis direction to move the first engagement part to a position corresponding to the first engagement target part;
a first engagement step of causing the first engagement part to be engaged with the first engagement target part;
a second rotation step of rotating the rotor body about the axis direction while the first engagement part is engaged with the first engagement target part to rotate the movement regulation member about the axis direction, thereby moving the second engagement part to a position corresponding to the second engagement target part; and
a second engagement step of disengaging the first engagement part and the first engagement target part from each other and causing the second engagement part to be engaged with the second engagement target part.

Assignees

• Fanuc Corp

Inventors

• Zhi Chao
• Kamiya Yohei

Classifications

• H02K7/083

  radially supporting the rotary shaft at both ends of the rotor (H02K7/086, H02K7/09 take precedence) · CPC title

• F16C35/063

  Fixing them on the shaft (with interposition of an element F16C35/07) · CPC title

• F16C35/042

  Housings for rolling element bearings for rotary movement · CPC title

• H02K5/1732 Primary

  radially supporting the rotary shaft at both ends of the rotor (H02K5/1737 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F16C19/06

  with a single row or balls · CPC title