Power transmission device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9429223-B2
Application number	US-201414457672-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 12, 2014
Priority date	Mar 19, 2012
Publication date	Aug 30, 2016
Grant date	Aug 30, 2016

Abstract

A power transmission device in which a motor and a reduction gear are connected through a fluid coupling, includes: a fan for reduction gear cooling provided at an input shaft of the reduction gear; and a protective cover configured to cover the fluid coupling, wherein the protective cover is provided with an air intake for the fan, and a guide unit that guides air drawn in from the air intake to the fan.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A power transmission device in which a motor and a reduction gear are connected through a fluid coupling, comprising:
a fan for reduction gear cooling provided at an input shaft of the reduction gear;
a fan hood configured to cover the fan; and
a protective cover configured to cover the fluid coupling,
wherein the protective cover includes a partition plate configured to partition a fan-side space which includes the fan from a coupling-side space which includes the fluid coupling, and a first air intake which opens to the fan-side space,
wherein the partition plate is disposed at a position separated in an axial direction from the fan hood and includes a through-hole for the passage of an input shaft of the reduction gear or an output shaft of the fluid coupling,
wherein the protective cover is provided with a second air intake and an air outlet which open to the coupling-side space, and
wherein the protective cover is provided with a third air intake which opens to the coupling-side space at a position closer to the partition plate than the second air intake.

2. The power transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the partition plate is disposed at a position separated in an axial direction from the fan hood by a distance greater than or equal to ⅓ of a diameter of the fan.

3. The power transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the air outlet opens at a vertical position in a vertical direction of the protective cover.

4. The power transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the partition plate is provided from a vicinity of an upper surface to a vicinity of a lower surface of the protective cover.

5. The power transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein
the protective cover includes a reduction gear connection surface which faces the reduction gear and is perpendicular to the input shaft, and
the reduction gear connection surface has an enlarged portion larger in a radial direction than an outer shape of a casing of the reduction gear, and an air outlet which opens to the enlarged portion.

6. A power transmission device in which a motor and a reduction gear are connected through a fluid coupling, comprising:
a protective cover configured to cover the fluid coupling,
wherein an air intake is disposed at a position close to the reduction gear of the protective cover,
an air outlet is disposed at a position away from the reduction gear of the protective cover,
air drawn in from the air intake by rotation of the fluid coupling is discharged from the air outlet,
the protective cover includes a reduction gear connection surface which faces the reduction gear and is perpendicular to an input shaft of the reduction gear,
the reduction gear connection surface has an enlarged portion larger in a radial direction than an outer shape of a casing of the reduction gear,
the air intake opens to the enlarged portion,
the power transmission device further includes a bearing housing configured to accommodate a bearing which supports the input shaft, and
a part of the bearing housing is disposed in the protective cover.

7. The power transmission device according to claim 6 , wherein the reduction gear has no cooling fan.

8. The power transmission device according to claim 6 , wherein the protective cover has, at a surface facing the reduction gear, an enlarged portion larger in a radial direction than an outer shape of a casing of the reduction gear, and an air intake or an air outlet close to the reduction gear is opened at the enlarged portion of the protective cover.

9. The power transmission device according to claim 6 , further comprising:
a hood extending along a casing of the reduction gear from the air intake or the air outlet.

10. The power transmission device according to claim 6 , wherein the air outlet or the air intake at a position away from the reduction gear is located further to the motor side than the fluid coupling.

11. A power transmission device in which a motor and a reduction gear are connected through a fluid coupling, comprising:
a protective cover configured to cover the fluid coupling,
wherein an air intake is disposed at a position close to the reduction gear of the protective cover,
an air outlet is disposed at a position away from the reduction gear of the protective cover,
air drawn in from the air intake by rotation of the fluid coupling is discharged from the air outlet,
the protective cover includes a reduction gear connection surface which faces the reduction gear and is perpendicular to an input shaft of the reduction gear,
the reduction gear connection surface has an enlarged portion larger in a radial direction than an outer shape of a casing of the reduction gear,
the air intake opens to the enlarged portion,
the protective cover is formed into the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped-shaped box, and
the fluid coupling is located closer to the motor than a center in the axial direction of the protective cover, and in the protective cover, a space closer to the reduction gear than the fluid coupling is wider than a space closer to the motor than the fluid coupling.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Heavy Industries

Inventors

• Abe Kazuhisa

Classifications

• Y10T74/2189

  Cooling · CPC title

• F16H2057/02073

  Reduction gearboxes for industry · CPC title

• F16H57/0416

  Air cooling or ventilation · CPC title

• F16H41/30 Primary

  relating to venting, lubrication, cooling, circulation of the cooling medium · CPC title

• F16D2300/26

  Cover or bell housings; Details or arrangements thereof · CPC title