Motor for suppressing entry of foreign matter

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10519968-B2
Application number	US-201816127312-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 11, 2018
Priority date	Sep 13, 2017
Publication date	Dec 31, 2019
Grant date	Dec 31, 2019

Abstract

A motor includes a facing member having a part facing a rotary shaft, a seal member having elasticity, and an annular member supporting the seal member. Magnets are disposed on the outer circumferential surface of the rotary shaft. Coil units are disposed on the inner circumferential surface of the annular member. The annular member is rotated by a magnetic force in the same direction as the rotary shaft when the rotary shaft rotates. The seal member rotates with the annular member at a rotation speed that is lower than a rotation speed of the rotary shaft.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A motor comprising:
a rotor including a rotary shaft;
a housing supporting the rotary shaft;
a facing member that is fixed to the housing and includes a part facing the rotary shaft;
a first bearing that is formed so as to support an end part of the rotary shaft and is supported by the housing;
a second bearing that is supported by the housing and is arranged coaxially with the first bearing;
a seal member that has elasticity and is formed in an annular shape; and
an annular member supporting the seal member, wherein
the seal member has an inner end part and an outer end part, wherein the inner end part in a radial direction comes in contact with the rotary shaft and the outer end part in the radial direction comes in contact with the facing member,
the annular member is formed so as to rotate about the same rotation axis as the rotary shaft,
the annular member is fixed to an inner ring of the second bearing,
the inner ring of the second bearing, the annular member, and the seal member are integrally rotated,
first magnetism generating members that generate magnetism are arranged on an outer circumferential surface of the rotary shaft,
second magnetism generating members that generate magnetism are arranged on an inner circumferential surface of the annular member so as to face the first magnetism generating members,
the first magnetism generating members and the second magnetism generating members are formed such that the annular member is rotated by magnetic force in the same direction as the rotary shaft when the rotary shaft rotates, and
the seal member rotates with the annular member at a rotation speed that is lower than a rotation speed of the rotary shaft.

2. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein the first magnetism generating members are a plurality of permanent magnets that are arranged apart from each other in a circumferential direction, and
the second magnetism generating members are a plurality of coil units that are arranged apart from each other in the circumferential direction so as to face the permanent magnets.

3. The motor according to claim 2 , wherein the coil unit includes a coil in which a conductive wire is wound and a resistance element connected to the conductive wire.

Assignees

• Fanuc Corp

Inventors

• Kamiya Yohei

Classifications

• H02K5/124

  Sealing of shafts · CPC title

• H02K5/10 Primary

  with arrangements for protection from ingress, e.g. water or fingers · CPC title

• F16J15/3208

  provided with tension elements, e.g. elastic rings · CPC title

• F16J15/54

  Other sealings for rotating shafts · CPC title

• F16J15/3464

  Mounting of the seal · CPC title