Vibration damping device and electrically driven actuator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11444511-B2
Application number	US-201917274863-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 15, 2019
Priority date	Sep 14, 2018
Publication date	Sep 13, 2022
Grant date	Sep 13, 2022

Abstract

An electrically driven actuator includes a vibration damping device; and an electrically driven unit operated by using electricity. The vibration damping device includes a vibration absorbing unit provided between a first support and a second support provided to face the first support, and expanding and contracting by using electricity, a measurement unit that measures vibrations of the second support, and a control unit that electrically controls the vibration absorbing unit to cancel the vibrations of the second support which are measured by the measurement unit. The electrically driven unit includes a housing provided on a fixed side, a shaft movable in an axial direction which is a direction toward a movable side opposite to the fixed side with respect to the housing, and a drive unit provided between the housing and the shaft, and driving the shaft with respect to the housing.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electrically driven actuator between a fixed side and a movable side of an aircraft and moving linearly in an axial direction which is a direction toward the movable side opposite to the fixed side comprising:
a vibration damping device; and
an electrically driven unit operated by using electricity,
wherein the vibration damping device includes
a vibration absorbing unit provided between a first support and a second support provided to face the first support, and expanding and contracting by using electricity,
a measurement unit that measures vibrations of the second support, and
a control unit that electrically controls the vibration absorbing unit to cancel the vibrations of the second support which are measured by the measurement unit, and

wherein the electrically driven unit includes
a housing provided on a fixed side,
a shaft movable in the axial direction which is a direction toward a movable side opposite to the fixed side with respect to the housing, and
a drive unit provided between the housing and the shaft, and driving the shaft with respect to the housing.

2. The electrically driven actuator according to claim 1 ,
wherein the drive unit includes
a screw shaft connected to the housing, and rotating around an axis,
a nut attached to the screw shaft, and
a drive source that drives rotation of the screw shaft, and

the shaft is fixed to the nut, and linearly moves in the axial direction via the nut by the rotation of the screw shaft.

3. The electrically driven actuator according to claim 1 ,
wherein the shaft includes a first shaft and a second shaft movable in the axial direction with respect to the first shaft,
the first support includes the first shaft,
the second support includes the second shaft, and
the vibration absorbing unit is provided between the first shaft and the second shaft.

4. The electrically driven actuator according to claim 1 ,
wherein the shaft includes a first shaft and a second shaft movable in the axial direction with respect to the first shaft,
the first support includes the drive unit,
the second support includes the second shaft, and
the vibration absorbing unit includes the first shaft provided between the drive unit and the second shaft.

5. The electrically driven actuator according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first support includes the housing,
the second support includes the drive unit, and
the vibration absorbing unit is provided between the housing and the drive unit.

6. The electrically driven actuator according to claim 1 ,
wherein the vibration absorbing unit includes
a magnetostrictive member that connects the first support and the second support to each other, and
at least one coil provided on an outer periphery of the magnetostrictive member whose axial direction is set to a direction in which the first support and the second support face each other, and

the control unit controls a current flowing through the coil.

7. The electrically driven actuator according to claim 6 ,
wherein a plurality of the coils are provided to be aligned in the axial direction.

8. The electrically driven actuator according to claim 1 ,
wherein the vibration absorbing unit includes an electrostrictive member that connects the first support and the second support to each other, and
the control unit controls a voltage applied to the electrostrictive member.

9. The electrically driven actuator according to claim 8 ,
wherein the electrostrictive member is a laminate obtained by laminating a plurality of the electrostrictive members in a direction in which the first support and the second support face each other.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Morisaki Yuki
• Saiki Yasuhiro
• Oyama Kenichi

Classifications

• F16H25/20

  Screw mechanisms (with automatic reversal F16H25/12) · CPC title

• B06B1/045 Primary

  using vibrating magnet, armature or coil system · CPC title

• F16F15/005

  using electro- or magnetostrictive actuation means (generating of mechanical vibrations operating with electrostriction B06B1/06, with magnetostriction B06B1/08; vehicle suspension arrangements characterised by use of piezoelectric elements B60G17/01941; piezoelectric, electrostrictive and magnetostrictive devices per se H10N30/00) · CPC title

• F16H25/24

  Elements essential to such mechanisms, e.g. screws, nuts (F16H25/22 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02K5/24 Primary

  specially adapted for suppression or reduction of noise or vibrations · CPC title