Geared motor and manufacturing method therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9054562-B2
Application number	US-201213587116-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 16, 2012
Priority date	Aug 22, 2011
Publication date	Jun 9, 2015
Grant date	Jun 9, 2015

Abstract

A geared motor may include a motor and a gear mechanism for transmitting rotation of the motor. The gear mechanism includes an output gear which outputs rotation of the motor and a gear in a preceding stage which is connected with the output gear through another gear and the output gear is formed with a first positioning part showing an angular position of the output gear and the gear in the preceding stage is formed with a second positioning part showing an angular position of the gear in the preceding stage. After an assembling angular position of the output gear and an assembling angular position of the gear in the preceding stage have been determined, another gear is assembled.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A geared motor comprising:
a motor; and
a gear mechanism which transmits rotation of the motor;
wherein the gear mechanism comprises an output gear which outputs rotation of the motor and a gear in a preceding stage which is connected with the output gear through another gear;
wherein the output gear is provided with a teeth formation part in which a plurality of tooth parts are formed in a circumferential direction and a teeth non-formation part in which a tooth part is not formed, the output gear being formed with a first positioning part showing an angular position of the output gear, the first positioning part being formed in the teeth non-formation part;
wherein the gear in the preceding stage is formed with a second positioning part showing an angular position of the gear in the preceding stage, the gear in the preceding stage being formed with a teeth formation part in which tooth parts are formed and a teeth non-formation part in which a tooth part is not formed; and
wherein a stopper mechanism for determining an angular range of the output gear which is driven and turned by the motor is formed at an end part of the teeth non-formation part of the gear in the preceding stage.

2. The geared motor according to claim 1 , wherein
the first positioning part is a first hole whose inner peripheral contour shape is a complete round shape, and
the second positioning part is a second hole whose inner peripheral contour shape is an elliptic or oval shape in which its major axis is directed in a circumferential direction of the gear in the preceding stage.

3. The geared motor according to claim 2 , wherein the first hole is formed with an inner peripheral wall part over an angular range of 180° or more.

4. The geared motor according to claim 1 , wherein the second positioning part is formed on an inner peripheral side of the teeth non-formation part of the gear in the preceding stage.

5. The geared motor according to claim 1 , wherein
grease is applied to the teeth formation part of the output gear, and
an angular range of the teeth formation part of the output gear is larger than the angular range of the output gear which is driven and turned by the motor.

6. The geared motor according to claim 1 , wherein the gear in the preceding stage is an input gear of the gear mechanism into which rotation of the motor is firstly inputted.

7. The geared motor according to claim 1 , further comprising a case which accommodates the motor and the gear mechanism,
wherein the teeth non-formation part of the output gear is provided with a small diameter part which is located on an inner side in a radial direction with respect to a tooth tip circle of the tooth part of the output gear, and
wherein the output gear is disposed to be located at a nearer position to an inner face of the case than other gears of the gear mechanism and, when the output gear is driven and turned by the motor, the small diameter part always faces the inner face of the case.

8. The geared motor according to claim 7 , wherein
grease is applied to the teeth formation part of the output gear, and
an angular range of the teeth formation part of the output gear is larger than the angular range of the output gear which is driven and turned by the motor.

9. The geared motor according to claim 1 ,
wherein the gear in the preceding stage is a gear having a large diameter gear part which is directly engaged with a motor pinion of the motor, and
an outer peripheral part of the large diameter gear part of the gear is formed with the teeth formation part and the teeth non-formation part.

Assignees

• Yamaoka Mamoru
• Nidec Sankyo Corp

Inventors

• Yamaoka Mamoru

Classifications

• H02K7/116 Primary

  with gears · CPC title

• Y10T74/19642

  Directly cooperating gears · CPC title

• Y10T29/49464

  Assembling of gear into force transmitting device · CPC title

• F16H19/04

  comprising a rack · CPC title

• F16H1/06

  with parallel axes · CPC title