Motor unit and conveyance device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12371268-B2
Application number	US-202218279144-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 7, 2022
Priority date	Mar 8, 2021
Publication date	Jul 29, 2025
Grant date	Jul 29, 2025

Abstract

Provided are a motor unit and a conveyance device. In a motor unit having a motor portion and a gear portion, the motor portion is formed by accommodating a most part of a drive motor in a housing member. The gear portion is formed by arranging at least a part of a drive gear and a plurality of small gear portions in a space surrounded by an inner tooth train portion, and the plurality of small gear portions is positioned around the drive gear in the space. Each of the plurality of small gear portions meshes with one of the drive gear and the inner tooth train portion, and each of the plurality of small gear portions rotates by rotation of the drive gear. At least a part of the gear portion is at a position overlapping the motor portion in plan view.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A motor unit that can be used in a conveyance device, comprising:
a drive motor;
a drive gear;
an inner tooth train portion having a continuously annular shape; and
a plurality of small gear portions,
the drive gear being provided on an output shaft of the drive motor,
wherein the motor unit further includes: a motor portion; and a gear portion,
the motor portion including a housing member accommodating at least a majority of the drive motor therein,
the gear portion including:
a space surrounded by the inner tooth train portion;
at least a part of the drive gear in the space; and
the plurality of small gear portions in the space, the plurality of small gear portions being positioned around the drive gear in the space,
wherein each of the plurality of small gear portions meshes with the drive gear as well as the inner tooth train portion, thereby rotation of the drive gear causing rotation of each of the plurality of small gear portions, and
wherein at least a part of the gear portion is at a position overlapping the motor portion in plan view,
wherein the housing member includes a gear accommodation portion that accommodates at least a part of the drive gear and the plurality of small gear portions, and
wherein the inner tooth train portion is provided on an inner peripheral surface of the gear accommodation portion.

2. The motor unit according to claim 1 , further comprising an output member that outputs rotational force transmitted from the drive motor,
wherein the output member includes:
a plate-shaped portion; and
an output shaft portion that protrudes outward from one end portion of the plate-shaped portion in a thickness direction,
an output tooth train portion for output being formed on a protruding end side of the output shaft portion,
the plurality of small gear portions each being attached to the plate-shaped portion via a shaft member,
wherein with rotation of the drive gear, the plurality of small gear portions each rotates around the shaft member while revolving around the drive gear, thereby this revolution of the small gear portions causing movement of the shaft member that generates rotation of the plate-shaped portion and the output shaft portion.

Assignees

• Itoh Denki Co Ltd

Inventors

• Itoh Kazuo
• Nakamura Tatsuhiko
• Ueda Koji
• Takeuchi Tomoya
• Naiki Hideo
• Mitsuyoshi Makoto
• MIKI Kazuwo

Classifications

• B65G2207/34

  Omni-directional rolls · CPC title

• B65G2207/30

  Modular constructions · CPC title

• B65G13/065

  with displacement of the roller · CPC title

• B65G47/54

  at least one of which is a roller-way · CPC title

• B65G13/10 Primary

  Switching arrangements · CPC title