Rotation detector detecting rotation of rotating machine and system provided with rotation detector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9784556-B2
Application number	US-201414288459-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 28, 2014
Priority date	May 29, 2013
Publication date	Oct 10, 2017
Grant date	Oct 10, 2017

Abstract

A rotation detector which can improve the manufacturing efficiency of a rotating machine. The rotation detector is provided with a connecting part which is fastened in contact with a rotating part of the power part, an output shaft which extends from the connecting part to one side in the axial direction, and a moving part which is comprised of a connecting part and output shaft and, further, has a detected region which is formed at a maximum outer circumferential surface of the connecting part and output shaft, and a fixed part which is fastened to the connecting part at the outside in the radial direction and which detects a change in magnetic field which is generated along with rotation of the detected region.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A rotation detector for detecting rotation of a rotating machine, comprising:
a moving part including:
a connecting part fastened in contact with a rotating part of the rotating machine;
an output shaft separate from the rotating part, the output shaft being formed integrally with the connecting part so as to

extend from the connecting part to one side in the axial direction;
a first detected part formed at a first outer circumferential surface which has a maximum outside diameter in the connecting part and the output shaft; and
a fixed part separated from the first outer circumferential surface at the outside in the radial direction, the fixed part having magnetoresistance elements and detecting a change in a magnetic field which occurs with rotation of the first detected part.

2. The rotation detector according to claim 1 , wherein an end face of the output shaft at the one side in the axial direction and an end face of the connecting part at the other side in the axial direction positioned opposite to the end face of the output shaft are provided with a hole or a projection which is concentric with the center of the output shaft and the first outer circumferential surface.

3. The rotation detector according to claim 1 , wherein the rotation detector further comprises a ring-shaped second moving part made as a separate member from the moving part, and fastened to the moving part, wherein
the second moving part has a second detected part at a second outer circumferential surface of the second moving part, wherein
the first detected part includes a plurality of recesses or projections which are formed at the first outer circumferential surface so as to be arranged at equal intervals in the circumferential direction, wherein
the second detected part includes a single recess or projection which is formed at the second outer circumferential surface, and wherein
the fixed part detects a change in the magnetic field which occurs with rotation of the first detected part and second detected part.

4. The rotation detector according to claim 1 wherein the moving part has a second detected part integrally formed with the first detected part so as to adjoin the first detected part in the axial direction, wherein
the first detected part includes a plurality of recesses or projections which are formed at the first outer circumferential surface so as to be arranged at equal intervals in the circumferential direction, wherein
the second detected part includes a single recess or projection which is formed at the first outer circumferential surface, and wherein
the fixed part detects a change in the magnetic field which occurs with rotation of the first detected part and second detected part.

5. The rotation detector according to claim 3 , wherein a groove is formed between the first detected part and the second detected part so as to extend in the circumferential direction over the entire circumference of the first outer circumferential surface.

6. The rotation detector according to claim 4 , wherein a groove is formed between the first detected part and the second detected part so as to extend in the circumferential direction over the entire circumference of the first outer circumferential surface.

7. A system comprising a rotating machine and a rotation detector according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Fanuc Corp

Inventors

• Kariya Isao

Classifications

• G01B7/14 Primary

  for measuring distance or clearance between spaced objects or spaced apertures (G01B7/30 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G01D5/24442 Primary

  by mounting means · CPC title

• G01D2205/60

  Means for precisely aligning or centering the disk of a rotary encoder, e.g. fitting jigs · CPC title