Gear mechanism and gear

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12013013-B2
Application number	US-202117514535-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 29, 2021
Priority date	Nov 2, 2020
Publication date	Jun 18, 2024
Grant date	Jun 18, 2024

Abstract

A gear mechanism includes a gear including external teeth, the external teeth including a plurality of tooth parts defined by a cycloid curve, a plurality of contacting members disposed on an outer side and in a circumferential direction of the external teeth, the external teeth being brought into pressure contact with the plurality of contacting members, and a mechanism configured to eccentrically move the gear. A plurality of through holes penetrating the gear in a thickness direction of the gear are formed in the gear in the circumferential direction of the gear, the cycloid curve extends outward from an ideal cycloid curve without the external teeth interfering with the plurality of contacting members, the plurality of contacting members being in contact with the ideal cycloid curve.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A gear mechanism comprising:
a gear including external teeth, the external teeth including a plurality of tooth parts defined by a cycloid curve;
a plurality of contacting members disposed on an outer side and in a circumferential direction of the external teeth, the external teeth being brought into pressure contact with the plurality of contacting members; and
an input shaft configured to eccentrically move the gear, wherein
in order to elastically deform the gear by the pressure contact, a plurality of through holes penetrating the gear in a thickness direction of the gear are formed in the gear in the circumferential direction of the gear, the plurality of through holes include first through holes and second through holes, the second through holes formed in tooth bottom parts between the tooth parts adjacent to each other,
the cycloid curve extends without the external teeth interfering with the plurality of contacting members, and
the gear is eccentrically rotated while being elastically deformed in a state in which the external teeth are always pressed against the plurality of contacting members.

2. The gear mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein
the through holes are formed at the external teeth.

3. The gear mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein
the through holes are such that stress generated by the elastic deformation becomes substantially constant regardless of positions of the external teeth which are brought into contact with the contacting members while the gear is eccentrically rotated.

4. The gear mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein
the first through holes are formed in the tooth parts.

5. The gear mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein
the second through hole includes a first hole part and a second hole part communicating with each other,
the first hole part is formed in the tooth bottom part, and
in a radial direction of the gear, the second hole part is located at an inner side than the first through hole, and in the circumferential direction of the gear, the second hole part extends toward a center of the first through hole formed on both sides of the first hole part in the circumferential direction of the gear.

6. A gear comprising external teeth, the external teeth including a plurality of tooth parts defined by a cycloid curve and the external teeth being brought into pressure contact with a plurality of contacting members disposed on an outer side and in a circumferential direction of the external teeth, wherein
a plurality of through holes penetrating the gear in a thickness direction of the gear are formed in the gear in the circumferential direction of the gear in order to elastically deform the gear by the pressure contact, the plurality of through holes include first through holes and second through holes, the second through holes formed in tooth bottom parts between the tooth parts adjacent to each other, and
the cycloid curve extends without the external teeth interfering with the plurality of contacting members.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sugata Hikaru

Classifications

• F16H55/0833

  Flexible toothed member, e.g. harmonic drive · CPC title

• F16H55/16

  relating to teeth only · CPC title

• F16H55/17

  Toothed wheels (worm wheels F16H55/22; chain wheels F16H55/30) · CPC title

• F16H1/32 Primary

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