Geared motor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9097311-B2
Application number	US-201314098360-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 5, 2013
Priority date	Dec 7, 2012
Publication date	Aug 4, 2015
Grant date	Aug 4, 2015

Abstract

A geared motor reduces a speed of rotation of a DC motor with a gear train and outputs the rotation to the outside. The gear train includes a second gear including a cylindrical portion a third gear a first insertion portion that is inserted in the cylindrical portion the second gear. The second gear and the third gear are made of a resin material. A projecting-and-recessed portion is provided on an inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion of the second gear. The projecting-and-recessed portion extends continuously in a circumferential direction over the entire circumference of the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion. Pressing portions are evenly arranged in the circumferential direction on an outer peripheral surface of the first insertion portion of the third gear. The pressing portions are configured enter recesses in the projecting-and-recessed portion and press wall surfaces of the recesses.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A geared motor that reduces a speed of rotation of a motor with a plurality of gears and outputs the rotation to the outside, the geared motor comprising:
the plurality of gears including
a first gear unit including a cylindrical portion, and
a second gear unit including a first insertion portion that is inserted in the cylindrical portion of the first gear unit,
wherein the first gear unit and the second gear unit are made of a resin material,
wherein an inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion of the first gear unit includes a projecting-and-recessed portion that extends continuously in a circumferential direction over the entire circumference of the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion,
wherein pressing portions are evenly arranged in the circumferential direction on an outer peripheral surface of the first insertion portion of the second gear unit, the pressing portions being configured to enter recesses included in the projecting-and-recessed portion and press wall surfaces of the recesses,
wherein the second gear unit includes
a second insertion portion that projects from an inner region of the first insertion portion in an axial direction, and
a circular base that is provided on the second gear unit in the axial direction,

wherein an outer peripheral surface of the second insertion portion contacts a wall surface of a center hole of the first gear unit,
wherein an outer peripheral surface of the circular base contacts the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion of the first gear unit, and
wherein the pressing portions of the first insertion portion are provided in the axial direction between the outer peripheral surface of the second insertion portion and the outer peripheral surface of the circular base.

2. The geared motor according to claim 1 , wherein an engagement projection is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the second insertion portion, the engagement projection being engaged with an engagement recess in a wall surface of the center hole in the axial direction.

3. The geared motor according to claim 2 , wherein each of the pressing portions is a projection having a curved end, and
wherein the wall surface of each of the recesses in the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion of the first gear unit is curved between two reference lines, which are tangent lines of the wall surface, when viewed in the axial direction, the two reference lines forming an obtuse angle.

4. The geared motor according to claim 1 , wherein each of the pressing portions is a projection having a curved end, and
wherein the wall surface of each of the recesses in the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion of the first gear unit is curved between two reference lines, which are tangent lines of the wall surface, when viewed in the axial direction, the two reference lines forming an obtuse angle.

Assignees

• Nidec Copal Corp

Inventors

• Fujisawa Keisuke

Classifications

• Y10T74/19679

  Spur · CPC title

• F16H1/06 Primary

  with parallel axes · CPC title

• F16D7/002

  the torque being transmitted and limited by yielding of an elastomeric race · CPC title

• F16D7/048

  with parts moving radially between engagement and disengagement (F16D7/10 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F16H35/10

  Arrangements or devices for absorbing overload or preventing damage by overload · CPC title