Planetary gear device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11078991-B2
Application number	US-201916521048-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 24, 2019
Priority date	Feb 10, 2017
Publication date	Aug 3, 2021
Grant date	Aug 3, 2021

Abstract

A planetary gear device includes: a first internal gear and a second internal gear, a first external gear which meshes with the first internal gear, a second external gear which meshes with the second internal gear, and an eccentric body which circumferentially moves the first external gear and the second external gear. The first external gear and the second external gear each independently have external teeth and are connected to each other to integrally rotate with each other, the first internal gear and the second internal gear each independently have internal teeth, one of the first internal gear and the second internal gear is connected to a stationary side, and the other thereof is connected to an output side, and each of the first internal gear and the second internal gear has internal teeth which are constituted by a support body, and a rotating body rotatable to the support body.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A planetary gear device comprising:
a first internal gear and a second internal gear;
external gears comprising:
a first external gear which meshes with the first internal gear;
a second external gear which meshes with the second internal gear; and

an eccentric body which circumferentially moves the first external gear and the second external gear,
wherein the first external gear and the second external gear each independently have external teeth and are connected to each other so as to integrally rotate with each other,
wherein each of the first internal gear and the second internal gear comprises a support body and internal teeth which are constituted by rotating bodies rotatable with respect to the support body and are formed independently of each other, and
wherein the support body of one of the first internal gear and the second internal gear is connected to a stationary side, and the support body of the other thereof is connected to an output side.

2. The planetary gear device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the rotating body comprises a pin member which is supported by the support body, a roller member which is externally fitted to the pin member, and a rolling element which is disposed between the pin member and the roller member.

3. The planetary gear device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the pin member is supported on a radially outer side of the external gears.

4. The planetary gear device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the pin member includes two flanges protruding in a radial direction, and
wherein the roller member is disposed between the flanges.

5. The planetary gear device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the rotating body comprises a holder for disposing the rolling elements at a predetermined interval.

6. The planetary gear device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the rotating body comprises a pin member which is supported by the support body and a rolling element which is disposed between the support body and the pin member.

7. The planetary gear device according to claim 6 ,
wherein the pin member is supported on a radially outer side of the external gears and is rotatable with respect to the support body.

8. The planetary gear device according to claim 6 ,
wherein the rotating body comprises a holder for disposing the rolling elements at a predetermined interval.

9. The planetary gear device according to claim 1 ,
wherein at least some of bearings used in the planetary gear device are a seal bearing or a bearing in which thermally solidified grease is disposed between the rolling elements.

10. The planetary gear device according to claim 1 ,
wherein a holding member which holds a lubricant in an exuding manner is provided so as to be in contact with the rotating body.

11. The planetary gear device according to claim 1 ,
wherein each of the first external gear and the second external gear comprises a tooth shape formed in an epitrochoid parallel curve.

12. The planetary gear device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the rotating body rotates around a center axis of the rotating body.

13. The planetary gear device according to claim 12 ,
wherein the rotating body comprises a pin member which is supported by the support body and a roller member which is externally fitted to the pin member, and
wherein the roller member rotates around the pin member.

14. The planetary gear device according to claim 12 ,
wherein the rotating member comprises a pin member which is supported by the support body, and
wherein the pin member rotates around the center axis.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Heavy Industries

Inventors

• Nagumo Toshiya

Classifications

• F16C19/06 Primary

  with a single row or balls · CPC title

• F16H55/08

  Profiling · CPC title

• F16C33/66

  Special parts or details in view of lubrication · CPC title

• F16H2001/324

  comprising two axially spaced, rigidly interconnected, orbital gears · CPC title

• F16H57/0471

  Bearing · CPC title