Actuator for shift-by-wire system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11255431-B2
Application number	US-202016890426-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 2, 2020
Priority date	Dec 12, 2019
Publication date	Feb 22, 2022
Grant date	Feb 22, 2022

Abstract

An acuator for a shift-by-wire system includes a drive motor installed inside a motor housing, the drive motor having a drive shaft, and a decelerator inside a decelerator housing coupled with the motor housing, the decelerator coupled to the drive shaft. The decelerator includes a sun gear connected to a first side of an eccentric part of the drive shaft, a ring gear engaged with the sun gear and fixed to the decelerator housing, an output shaft connected to a second side of the eccentric part, a first bearing coupled to one side of the eccentric part and supporting the sun gear, a second bearing coupled to the other side of the eccentric part and supporting the output shaft, and a power delivery unit coupled to the sun gear and the output shaft in a center region between the first and second bearings.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An actuator for a shift-by-wire system comprising:
a drive motor installed inside a motor housing, the drive motor having a drive shaft; and
a decelerator inside a decelerator housing coupled with the motor housing, the decelerator eccentrically coupled to the drive shaft, the decelerator including:
a sun gear rotatably connected to a first side of an eccentric part of the drive shaft;
a ring gear engaged with the sun gear and fixed to the decelerator housing;
an output shaft rotatably connected to a second side of the eccentric part, wherein the output shaft integrally forms a flange part orthogonal to a shaft direction;
a first bearing coupled to one side of the eccentric part and supporting the sun gear;
a second bearing coupled to another side of the eccentric part and supporting the output shaft; and
a power delivery unit coupled to the sun gear and the output shaft in a center region between the first bearing and the second bearing, wherein the power delivery unit includes radial groove parts radially formed along a radial direction at an edge part of one surface of the sun gear corresponding to the output shaft and radial protrusions formed to be protruded along a radial direction at an edge part of the flange part of the output shaft and coupled to the radial groove parts with a predetermined gap and wherein the sun gear further includes a supporting part connected to the radial groove parts and supporting the flange part of the output shaft.

2. The actuator for the shift-by-wire system of claim 1 , wherein the radial groove parts and radial protrusions are disposed to be mutually overlapped in the center region between the first bearing and the second bearing.

3. The actuator for the shift-by-wire system of claim 1 , wherein the power delivery unit further includes crown parts formed radially along a radial direction between the radial groove parts of the sun gear.

4. The actuator for the shift-by-wire system of claim 3 , wherein the crown parts form an arc surface of a predetermined curvature at a part in contact with the radial protrusion in the radial groove.

5. The actuator for the shift-by-wire system of claim 4 , wherein the radial protrusion is in contact in a normal direction to the arc surface along a rotating direction of the output shaft.

6. The actuator for the shift-by-wire system of claim 5 , wherein the radial groove and the radial protrusion are configured to transmit a rotation torque of a normal direction to the output shaft through the sun gear in the center region between the first bearing and the second bearing.

7. The actuator for the shift-by-wire system of claim 1 , wherein a lubricant filled part filled with a lubricant is provided between the flange part and the supporting part.

8. The actuator for the shift-by-wire system of claim 7 , wherein:
the sun gear includes crown parts formed between the radial groove parts; and
a lubricant flow groove connected with the lubricant filled part is formed in the crown parts.

9. The actuator for the shift-by-wire system of claim 1 , wherein the output shaft further includes a cover part integrally connected with the flange part and the radial protrusion.

10. An actuator for a shift-by-wire system comprising:
a drive motor installed inside a motor housing, the drive motor having a drive shaft; and
a decelerator inside a decelerator housing coupled with the motor housing, the decelerator eccentrically coupled to the drive shaft, the decelerator including:
a sun gear rotatably connected to a first side of an eccentric part of the drive shaft;
a ring gear engaged with the sun gear and fixed to the decelerator housing;
an output shaft rotatably connected to a second side of the eccentric part, wherein the output shaft integrally forms a flange part orthogonal to a shaft direction; and
radial groove parts radially formed along a radial direction at an edge part of one side surface of the sun gear corresponding to the output shaft and radial protrusions formed to be protruded along a radial direction at an edge part of the output shaft and coupled to the radial groove parts with a predetermined gap and wherein the sun gear further includes a supporting part connected to the radial groove parts and supporting the flange part of the output shaft.

11. The actuator for the shift-by-wire system of claim 10 , wherein the radial groove parts and the radial protrusions are provided to be in contact along a rotating direction of the output shaft in a normal direction.

12. The actuator for the shift-by-wire system of claim 10 , wherein the sun gear further includes crown parts radially formed along a radial direction between the radial groove parts of the sun gear.

13. The actuator for the shift-by-wire system of claim 12 , wherein:
the radial groove forms a first circular arc of a first predetermined curvature extending from an inner wall to an end side of the crown parts; and
the crown parts form a second circular arc of a second predetermined curvature from the end side toward an edge end side of the sun gear.

14. The actuator for the shift-by-wire system of claim 13 , wherein:
the crown parts form an arc surface in which the first circular arc and the second circular arc meet each other; and
the radial protrusion is in contact with the arc surface in a normal direction along the rotating direction of the output shaft.

15. The actuator for the shift-by-wire system of claim 10 , further comprising a bearing coupled to one side of the eccentric part and supporting the sun gear.

16. The actuator for the shift-by-wire system of claim 10 , further comprising a bearing coupled to one side of the eccentric part and supporting the output shaft.

17. The actuator for the shift-by-wire system of claim 10 , further comprising a first bearing coupled to one side of the eccentric part and supporting the sun gear and a second bearing coupled to another side of the eccentric part and supporting the output shaft.

18. An actuator for a shift-by-wire system comprising:
a drive motor installed inside a motor housing, the drive motor having a drive shaft; and
a decelerator inside a decelerator housing coupled with the motor housing, the decelerator eccentrically coupled to the drive shaft, the decelerator including:
a sun gear rotatably connected to a first side of an eccentric part of the drive shaft;
a ring gear engaged with the sun gear and fixed to the decelerator housing;
an output shaft rotatably connected to a second side of the eccentric part; and
radial groove parts radially formed along a radial direction at an edge part of one side surface of the sun gear corresponding to the output shaft and radial protrusions formed to be protruded along a radial direction at an edge part of the output shaft and coupled to the radial groove parts with a predetermined gap;

wherein the sun gear further includes crown parts radially formed along a radial direction between the radial groove parts of the sun gear;
wherein the radial groove forms a first circular arc of a first predetermined curvature extending from an inner wall to an end side of the crown parts; and
wherein the crown parts form a second circular arc of a second predetermined curvature from the end side toward an edge end side of the sun gear.

19. The actuator for the shift-by-wire system of claim 18 , wherein the radial groove parts and the radial protrusions are provided to be in contact along a rotating direction of the output shaft in a normal direction.

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Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp
• Kyung Chang Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Cho Yang Rae
• Lee Byoung Hyuk
• Jeong Wonjin
• Kim Kyu-Jung
• Hyun Ki Cheol
• Kim Dae Yeon

Classifications

• F16H61/0204

  for gearshift control, e.g. control functions for performing shifting or generation of shift signal · CPC title

• H02K5/1732

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

• F16H57/021 Primary

  Shaft support structures, e.g. partition walls, bearing eyes, casing walls or covers with bearings · CPC title

• F16H1/32

  in which the central axis of the gearing lies inside the periphery of an orbital gear · CPC title

• F16H57/0482

  Gearings with gears having orbital motion · CPC title