Lock control device of drive gear and lock control device of actuator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10781902-B2
Application number	US-201815940363-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 29, 2018
Priority date	Mar 29, 2017
Publication date	Sep 22, 2020
Grant date	Sep 22, 2020

Abstract

For a gear train GL including a drive gear 33 and an idler gear 34 engaged with each other and a lock gear 35 , provided are a first drive means 3 A configured to linearly drive the lock gear 35 in forward and backward directions, a second drive means 3 B configured to rotationally drive the drive gear 33 in normal and reverse directions, and a controller C configured to control the both drive means 3 A and 3 B. The controller C starts driving the lock gear 35 at the time of an unlocking operation, from an engagement position toward the disengagement position through the first drive means 3 A, and when the drive is started, the controller C drives the drive gear 33 into one of normal and reverse directions and into the other direction through the second drive means 3 B with a polarity reversal in a predetermined cycles T 1 and T 2.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A lock control device of a drive gear, the drive gear being applied in a gear train,
the gear train having: the drive gear and an idler gear engaged with each other; and a lock gear capable of moving along an axis parallel to axes of the both gears, the gear train being configured so that the drive gear is locked when the lock gear is simultaneously engaged with the both gears and the drive gear is unlocked when the lock gear is disengaged from at least any one of the both gears,
the lock control device, comprising: a first drive means configured to linearly drive the lock gear in forward and backward directions; a second drive means configured to rotationally drive the drive gear or the lock gear in normal and reverse directions; and control means configured to control the both drive means, wherein
the control means is configured to drive the lock gear at a time of unlocking operation, from an engagement position toward a disengagement position through the first drive means and when the drive is started, drives the drive gear or the lock gear toward one of normal and reverse directions and toward the other direction through the second drive means, with a polarity reversal in a predetermined cycle.

2. The lock control device of the drive gear according to claim 1 , wherein the control means controls the first and second drive means to satisfy an operation condition that a time required by the gear train to operate in the backlash is longer than a time required by the lock gear in a predetermined engaged state to move to a disengagement position.

3. The lock control device of the drive gear according to claim 2 , wherein the drive gear is driven by a main drive mechanism including a main motor and a main feedback circuit of a PI control system configured to generate, in response to an operation command, a current command from a sum of a proportional term and an integration term to input to the main motor, wherein
the control means controls the main drive mechanism as the second drive means and sets an integration gain obtained at this time to a value larger than a value obtained when the gear cannot move and a current command reaches a limit value through the proportional term and the integration term throughout the predetermined cycle.

4. A lock control device of an actuator according to claim 3 , wherein the drive gear is driven by the main motor and configures an actuator configured to take out rotation of the drive gear to an output axis, and uses the lock control device to lock or unlock the output axis of the actuator through the drive gear.

5. The lock control device of the drive gear according to claim 2 , wherein the drive gear is driven by a main drive mechanism including a main motor and a main feedback circuit of a PI control system configured to generate, in response to an operation command, a current command from a sum of a proportional term and an integration term to input to the main motor, wherein
the control means controls the main drive mechanism as the second drive means and sets an integration gain obtained at this time to zero while setting the proportional gain to a value larger than a value when the gear cannot move and the current command reaches a limit value through the proportional term and the integration term throughout the predetermined cycle.

6. A lock control device of an actuator according to claim 5 , wherein the drive gear is driven by the main motor and configures an actuator configured to take out rotation of the drive gear to an output axis, and uses the lock control device to lock or unlock the output axis of the actuator through the drive gear.

7. A lock control device of an actuator according to claim 2 , wherein the drive gear is driven by the main motor and configures an actuator configured to take out rotation of the drive gear to an output axis, and uses the lock control device to lock or unlock the output axis of the actuator through the drive gear.

8. A lock control device of an actuator according to claim 1 , wherein the drive gear is driven by the main motor and configures an actuator configured to take out rotation of the drive gear to an output axis, and uses the lock control device to lock or unlock the output axis of the actuator through the drive gear.

Assignees

• Sinfonia Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tsujimura Masaharu
• Saito Katsuaki

Classifications

• F16H1/02 Primary

  without gears having orbital motion · CPC title

• F16H1/20

  involving more than two intermeshing members · CPC title

• F16H2061/0474

  by smoothing engagement or release of positive clutches; Methods or means for shock free engagement of dog clutches · CPC title

• F16H35/00 Primary

  Gearings or mechanisms with other special functional features · CPC title

• F16D11/10

  with clutching members movable only axially · CPC title