Rotation driving device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9525321-B2
Application number	US-201314142133-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 27, 2013
Priority date	Dec 27, 2012
Publication date	Dec 20, 2016
Grant date	Dec 20, 2016

Abstract

A rotation driving device includes a motor provided in a housing, a planetary gear reducer connected to the motor coaxially with the motor, an output shaft connected to an end reduction member of the planetary gear reducer coaxially with the end reduction member, and a rotation detector located at the same position as the end reduction member in an axial direction of the planetary gear reducer and located at a different position from a center axis of the end reduction member in a radial direction of the planetary gear reducer, the rotation detector being capable of detecting a degree of rotation of the end reduction member. Accordingly, the rotation driving device can be made to be smaller and compact in the axial direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A rotation driving device comprising:
a housing;
a motor provided in the housing;
a planetary gear reducer connected to the motor, the planetary gear reducer being coaxial with the motor;
an output shaft directly connected to an end reduction member of the planetary gear reducer, the output shaft being coaxial with the end reduction member; and
a rotation detector located at the same position as the end reduction member in an axial direction of the planetary gear reducer, the rotation detector overlapping the end reduction member in a circumferential direction of the planetary gear reducer, the rotation detector being located at a different position than a center axis of the end reduction member in a radial direction of the planetary gear reducer, the rotation detector being capable of detecting a rotation angle of the end reduction member, wherein
the motor generates a torque that is transmitted from the motor to the output shaft through the planetary gear reducer and the end reduction member in this order.

2. The rotation driving device according to claim 1 , wherein the planetary gear reducer includes:
a first internal gear provided in the housing, the first internal gear being coaxial with the motor;
a first planetary gear being in contact with an inner side of the first internal gear, the first planetary gear being eccentric from the first internal gear;
a second planetary gear integrated with the first planetary gear, the second planetary gear being coaxial with the first planetary gear and smaller than the first planetary gear in outer diameter; and
the end reduction member eccentric from the second planetary gear and coaxial with the output shaft, the end reduction member forming a second internal gear, the second planetary gear being in contact with an inner side of the second internal gear.

3. The rotation driving device according to claim 2 , wherein the second internal gear is smaller than the first planetary gear in outer diameter.

4. The rotation driving device according to claim 2 , wherein the first internal gear and the housing are parts of a single member.

5. The rotation driving device according to claim 2 , wherein the first planetary gear and the second planetary gear are parts of a single member made of fluorine resin or fluorine-resin contained material.

6. The rotation driving device according to claim 1 , wherein the rotation detector includes:
a magnetism generation portion generating magnetism;
a yoke forming a closed magnetic circuit together with the magnetism generation portion; and
a magnetic detector provided in the closed magnetic circuit.

7. The rotation driving device according to claim 6 , wherein the magnetic detector includes a magnetic-flux-density detection element that outputs a signal dependent on a density of magnetic flux passing through the magnetic-flux-density detection element.

8. The rotation driving device according to claim 7 , wherein the rotation driving device is a driving source of a wastegate valve device.

9. The rotation driving device according to claim 8 , wherein
in a case where the rotation angle of the end reduction member, which corresponds to a valve aperture of the wastegate valve device at which a change rate in flow rate of exhaust gas passing through the wastegate valve device is changed, is defined as a specific rotation angle, and
the magnetic detector corrects the output signal of the magnetic-flux-density detection element such that an output change with respect to a rotation angle of the end reduction member in a range of the rotation angle smaller than the specific rotation angle becomes more drastic than an output change with respect to the rotation angle of the end reduction member in a range of the rotation angle larger than the specific rotation angle.

10. The rotation driving device according to claim 1 , wherein
the end reduction member has a through hole in which the rotation detector is provided; and
the through hole extends through the end reduction member in the axial direction of the planetary gear reducer.

11. The rotation driving device according to claim 10 , wherein
the end reduction member further includes an output-shaft connection portion connected to the output shaft, and a protrusion portion protruding from the output-shaft connection portion outward in a radial direction, and
the protrusion portion has an arc shape extending in the circumferential direction of the planetary gear reducer, the protrusion portion having the through hole.

12. The rotation driving device according to claim 10 , wherein
the through hole extends in the circumferential direction of the planetary gear reducer.

13. The rotation driving device according to claim 10 , wherein the rotation detector includes:
a magnetism generation portion generating magnetism;
a yoke forming a closed magnetic circuit together with the magnetism generation portion, the closed magnetic circuit surrounding the through hole; and
a magnetic detector provided in the closed magnetic circuit, the magnetic detector being separated from the magnetism generation portion and the yoke.

Assignees

• Denso Corp

Inventors

• Yamanaka Tetsuji
• Sato Osamu
• Kouno Naoaki

Classifications

• H02K11/215

  Magnetic effect devices, e.g. Hall-effect or magneto-resistive elements · CPC title

• F16H1/32

  in which the central axis of the gearing lies inside the periphery of an orbital gear · CPC title

• Y02T10/12

  Improving ICE efficiencies · CPC title

• F16K31/53

  with toothed gearing · CPC title

• F02B37/186

  Arrangements of actuators or linkage for bypass valves · CPC title