Spiral advancing and retreating operation device and belt member for tubular telescopic body

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12247644-B2
Application number	US-202318518603-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 24, 2023
Priority date	Dec 23, 2022
Publication date	Mar 11, 2025
Grant date	Mar 11, 2025

Abstract

The spiral advancing and retreating operation device forms a tubular telescopic body by spirally wrapping a first belt member and a second belt member around a common axis line in an overlapping manner in a state in which the first belt member and the second belt member are displaced from each other in a direction of the axis line, in which the first belt member includes a first row of engagement protrusions and a second row of engagement protrusions formed of a plurality of engagement protrusions, the second belt member includes a first row of engagement parts and a second row of engagement parts formed of a plurality of engagement parts.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A spiral advancing and retreating operation device, comprising:
a first belt member; and
a second belt member,
wherein
the first and second belt members form a tubular telescopic body by spirally wrapping the first belt member and the second belt member disposed inside the first belt member around a common axis line in an overlapping manner in a state in which the first belt member and the second belt member are displaced from each other in a direction of the axis line,
the first belt member comprises a first row of engagement protrusions and a second row of engagement protrusions formed of a plurality of engagement protrusions that are disposed in a longitudinal direction of the first belt member and are convex toward the axis line,
the second belt member comprises a first row of engagement parts and a second row of engagement parts formed of a plurality of engagement parts disposed in a longitudinal direction of the second belt member,
the engagement parts are configured in such a way that the engagement protrusions can be detachably engaged therewith in a state in which the first belt member and the second belt member are spirally wrapped in the overlapping manner,
the engagement protrusions are elliptical trapezoidal protrusions, and
each engagement protrusion of the engagement protrusions has:
a bottom and a side,
a first tilt angle which is defined between the bottom and the side of the engagement protrusion in a cross section of a first plane including the direction of the axis line, and
a second tilt angle which is defined between the bottom and the side of the engagement protrusion in a cross section of a second plane including a circumferential direction of the tubular telescopic body, wherein
the first tilt angle of the engagement protrusion is larger than the second tilt angle of the engagement protrusion.

2. The spiral advancing and retreating operation device according to claim 1 , wherein the engagement protrusions are provided in the first belt member in a state in which a long axis of each of the engagement protrusions is in line with the longitudinal direction of the first belt member.

3. The spiral advancing and retreating operation device according to claim 2 , wherein the second plane is perpendicular to the first plane.

4. The spiral advancing and retreating operation device according to claim 3 , wherein the first plane and second plane include an axis of the engagement protrusion, and the axis of the engagement protrusion is perpendicular to both the direction of the axis line and the circumferential direction of the tubular telescopic body.

5. The spiral advancing and retreating operation device according to claim 4 , wherein each of the engagement parts is an elliptical engagement through-hole.

6. The spiral advancing and retreating operation device according to claim 5 , wherein the elliptical engagement through-hole has a long axis in line with the longitudinal direction of the second belt member.

7. The spiral advancing and retreating operation device according to claim 1 , wherein the engagement protrusions are provided in the first belt member in a state in which a long axis of each of the engagement protrusions is tilted by a predetermined angle with respect to the longitudinal direction of the first belt member.

8. The spiral advancing and retreating operation device according to claim 7 , wherein the second plane is perpendicular to the first plane.

9. The spiral advancing and retreating operation device according to claim 8 , wherein the first plane and second plane include an axis of the engagement protrusion, and the axis of the engagement protrusion is perpendicular to both the direction of the axis line and the circumferential direction of the tubular telescopic body.

10. The spiral advancing and retreating operation device according to claim 9 , wherein each of the engagement parts is an elliptical engagement through-hole.

11. The spiral advancing and retreating operation device according to claim 10 , wherein the elliptical engagement through-hole has a long axis tilted by the predetermined angle with respect to the longitudinal direction of the second belt member.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Inoshita Hirofumi
• Kojima Satoshi

Classifications

• F16H19/0622 Primary

  for converting reciprocating movement into oscillating movement and vice versa, the reciprocating movement is perpendicular to the axis of oscillation · CPC title

• F16H19/0663 Primary

  with telescopic means, e.g. for supporting or shielding the reciprocating member · CPC title

• F16H19/00 Primary

  Gearings comprising essentially only toothed gears or friction members and not capable of conveying indefinitely-continuing rotary motion (with intermittently-driving members F16H27/00 - F16H31/00) · CPC title