Transmission device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11047467-B2
Application number	US-201816483573-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 1, 2018
Priority date	Feb 8, 2017
Publication date	Jun 29, 2021
Grant date	Jun 29, 2021

Abstract

A transmission device is provided in which a support shaft is supported by a carrier, has planetary gears, supports the planetary gears, and is provided with an oil hole and a discharge hole communicating with the oil hole and having an outer end opening on the support shaft, wherein the support shaft has the oil hole, a discharge hole having an inner end communicating with the oil hole and having an outer end opening on the support shaft, and an engagement part provided on one end portion of the support shaft, the other end portion of the support shaft is fixed to the carrier, and a to-be-engaged part is provided on the transmission member, the engagement part engaging with the to-be-engaged part for positioning the support shaft at a position in which the outer end of the discharge hole faces outward in a radial direction of the carrier.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A transmission device comprising a planetary gear mechanism having a plurality of planetary gears that each mesh with a sun gear and a ring gear, a plurality of support shafts that rotatably extend through and support the plurality of planetary gears respectively, and a carrier that supports the plurality of support shafts, a transmission member that is adjacent to the carrier being joined to the carrier so as to rotate integrally therewith,
wherein each of the support shafts has an oil hole that extends in an axial direction of the support shaft, a discharge hole that has an inner end communicating with the oil hole and has an outer end opening on an outer peripheral face of the support shaft, and an engagement part that is provided on one end portion of the support shaft, the other end portion of the support shaft is fixed to the carrier, and a to-be-engaged part is provided on the transmission member, the engagement part engaging with the to-be-engaged part so as to be capable of positioning the support shaft at a position in which the outer end of the discharge hole faces outward in a radial direction of the carrier,
wherein the oil hole extends through the support shaft in the axial direction thereof,
and wherein an open end portion of the oil hole, on the transmission member side, is blocked by mutual engagement between the engagement part and the to-be-engaged part.

2. The transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the carrier and the transmission member are formed from separate components and integrally joined to each other,
the carrier and the transmission member abut against each other on a periphery of the engagement part and the to-be-engaged part, and
an abutment face between the carrier and the transmission member has a bent portion, in a cross section including a rotational axis of the carrier, on the outside of the support shaft in the radial direction.

3. A transmission device comprising a planetary gear mechanism having a plurality of planetary gears that each mesh with a sun gear and a ring gear, a plurality of support shafts that rotatably extend through and support the plurality of planetary gears, respectively, and a carrier that supports the plurality of support shafts, a transmission member that is adjacent to the carrier being joined to the carrier so as to rotate integrally therewith,
wherein each of the support shafts has an oil hole that extends in an axial direction of the support shaft, a discharge hole that has an inner end communicating with the oil hole and has an outer end opening on an outer peripheral face of the support shaft, and an engagement part that is provided on one end portion of the support shaft, the other end portion of the support shaft is fixed to the carrier, and a to-be-engaged part is provided on the transmission member, the engagement part engaging with the to-be-engaged part so as to be capable of positioning the support shaft at a position in which the outer end of the discharge hole faces outward in a radial direction of the carrier, wherein the to-be-engaged part is formed from an annular step part that is provided on a face, opposing the carrier, of the transmission member and is coaxial with the transmission member,
and wherein the engagement part has a shape such that the carrier can be positioned coaxially with the transmission member via the support shaft due to engagement between the engagement part and the step part.

4. The transmission device according to claim 3 , wherein the oil hole extends through the support shaft in the axial direction, and
an open end portion, on the transmission member side, of the oil hole is blocked by mutual engagement between the engagement part and the to-be-engaged part.

5. The transmission device according to claim 2 , wherein the carrier and the transmission member are formed from separate components and integrally joined to each other,
the carrier and the transmission member abut against each other on a periphery of the engagement part and the to-be-engaged part, and
an abutment face between the carrier and the transmission member has a bent portion, in a cross section including a rotational axis of the carrier, on the outside, in the radial direction, of the support shaft.

Assignees

• Musashi Seimitsu Kogyo Kk

Inventors

• Matsuoka Shinya

Classifications

• F16H1/28

  with gears having orbital motion · CPC title

• F16H37/0813

  with only one input shaft · CPC title

• F16H57/082

  Planet carriers · CPC title

• F16H57/0479

  Gears or bearings on planet carriers · CPC title

• F16H2702/02

  Mechanical transmissions with planetary gearing combined with one or more other mechanical transmissions · CPC title