Power transmission device and engagement adjusting device for gear mechanism

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11754166-B2
Application number	US-202217729160-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 26, 2022
Priority date	Apr 28, 2021
Publication date	Sep 12, 2023
Grant date	Sep 12, 2023

Abstract

A power transmission device according to one aspect of the disclosure includes a first gear, a base member, a second gear, a support block, a position adjusting unit, and a fixing unit. The base member rotatably supports the first gear. The second gear engages with the first gear so as to be able to transmit power. The support block rotatably supports the second gear. The position adjusting unit adjusts relative positions of the support block and the base member in a direction in which an engagement depth between the second gear and the first gear varies. The fixing unit fixes the relative positions of the support block and the base member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A power transmission device comprising:
a first gear;
a base member configured to rotatably support the first gear;
a second gear configured to engage with the first gear so as to be able to transmit power;
a support block configured to rotatably support the second gear;
a position adjusting unit configured to adjust relative positions of the support block and the base member in a direction in which an engagement depth between the second gear and the first gear varies; and
a fixing unit configured to fix the relative positions of the support block and the base member,
wherein the position adjusting unit comprises a screw mechanism that includes an adjustment screw having a screw shaft extending in the direction in which the engagement depth between the second gear and the first gear varies, and
wherein the support block includes:
a housing case of a speed reducer, the speed reducer being configured to transmit decelerated power to the second gear; and
an adapter block fitted on an outer peripheral surface of the housing case,

wherein the screw mechanism is rotatably retained on the base member at one end side in the axial direction of the screw shaft, and the screw mechanism is screwed into the adapter block at an other end side in the axial direction.

2. The power transmission device of claim 1 , wherein the fixing unit includes:
a fastening member configured to be fastened in an intersection direction intersecting with the direction in which the engagement depth between the second gear and the first gear varies, the fastening member being configured to fix the support block to the base member; and
a shaft hole provided in the support block along the intersection direction and penetrated by a shaft of the fastening member, and
wherein the shaft hole has such an inner shape or a size as to allow displacement of the support block in the direction in which the engagement depth between the second gear and the first gear varies.

3. The power transmission device of claim 2 , wherein the shaft of the fastening member has such an outer diameter as to form a gap between the shaft and the shaft hole, and the gap is formed to allow the displacement.

Assignees

• Nabtesco Corp

Inventors

• Kito Tetsuya
• Uchihara Masato

Classifications

• F16H1/06 Primary

  with parallel axes · CPC title

• F16H1/006 Primary

  the driving and driven axes being designed to assume variable positions relative to one another during operation · CPC title

• F16H1/32 Primary

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

• F16H57/022 Primary

  Adjustment of gear shafts or bearings (for compensating misalignment of axes of toothed gearings without orbital motion F16H1/26; for compensating misalignment of axes of planetary gears F16H1/48) · CPC title

• F16H57/12

  Arrangements for adjusting or for taking-up backlash not provided for elsewhere · CPC title