Reduction motor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9856943-B2
Application number	US-201314422682-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 20, 2013
Priority date	Sep 25, 2012
Publication date	Jan 2, 2018
Grant date	Jan 2, 2018

Abstract

A speed reducer ( 20 ) of a reduction motor ( 1 ) includes a first internal gear ( 22 ) attached to the housing, an input shaft ( 21 ) having an eccentric shaft portion ( 21 d ), a first external gear ( 24 ) having a pitch circle diameter smaller than a pitch circle diameter of the first internal gear ( 22 ), and an output member ( 27 ) connected to the first external gear ( 24 ). The input shaft ( 21 ) is configured to be rotated by a rotation input from the electric motor ( 10 ). The first external gear ( 24 ) is configured to be placed inside of the first internal gear ( 22 ) under a state that a part of an external teeth ( 24 a ) of the first external gear ( 24 ) engages with an internal teeth ( 22 d ) of the first internal gear ( 24 a ). A holding member ( 28 ) fixes the first internal gear ( 22 ) in the axial direction of the input shaft ( 21 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A reduction motor comprising:
a housing having a holding portion;
an electric motor housed inside the housing; and
a speed reducer as a hypocycloidal mechanism, the speed reducer being housed inside the housing and connected to the electric motor,
wherein the speed reducer comprises:
a first internal gear having a ring shape, the first internal gear being attached to the holding portion of the housing such that at least a part of the first internal gear is inserted into the inside of the holding portion;
an input shaft having a rod shape and having an eccentric shaft portion, the input shaft configured to be rotated by a rotation input from the electric motor;
a first external gear having a pitch circle diameter smaller than a pitch circle diameter of the first internal gear, rotatably mounted on the eccentric shaft portion via a bearing, the first external gear configured to be placed inside of the first internal gear under a state that a part of an external teeth of the first external gear engages with an internal teeth of the first internal gear;
an output member connected to the first external gear and configured to be rotated by a rotation output reduced compared with the rotation input of the input shaft;
a holding member fastening the output member to the housing by screwing a screw; and
an outer race for a bearing, the outer race being disposed between the first internal gear and the holding member,
wherein the outer diameter of the first internal gear is set to have a tolerance so as to be the same with or slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the holding portion of the first housing, and
wherein, by screwing the screw, the holding member fixes the first internal gear on the housing in the axial direction of the input shaft via the outer race.

2. The reduction motor according to claim 1 ,
wherein the speed reducer further comprises:

a second internal gear having a ring shape and integrally provided with the first external gear; and
a second external gear having a pitch circle diameter smaller than a pitch circle diameter of the second internal gear, the second external gear configured to be placed inside of the second internal gear under a state that a part of an external teeth of the second external gear engages with an internal teeth of the second internal gear, and
wherein the second external gear is attached to the output member, and the output member is connected to the first external gear via the second internal and the second external gear.

3. The reduction motor according to claim 1 ,
wherein the speed reducer has a rotation member having a disc shape and to which the first external gear is attached, the rotation member is provided with a plurality of oscillation holes concentrically arranged in the circumferential direction,
the output member is attached with a plurality of output pins, a number of the output pins is the same as a number of the oscillation holes, and the output pins are configured to be inserted into the oscillation holes, and
the output member is connected to the first external gear by the output pins.

4. The reduction motor according to claim 3 ,
wherein the plurality of output pins has a sliding contact surface configured to slidingly contact with the plurality of oscillation holes, and the sliding contact surface is applied with a surface treatment of HV3000 Vickers hardness or higher.

5. The reduction motor according to claim 4 , wherein the surface treatment is DLC treatment.

6. The reduction motor according to claim 1 , further comprising a rotation prevention mechanism provided on an interface between the first internal gear and the housing, the rotation prevention mechanism having a chamfered portion and associated projecting portion.

Assignees

• Mitsuba Corp

Inventors

• Saito Tatsuyuki
• Watanabe Tetsuya
• MATOBA Naofumi
• Tsukamoto Hitoshi

Classifications

• F16H1/32 Primary

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

• F16H2001/324

  comprising two axially spaced, rigidly interconnected, orbital gears · CPC title

• H02K7/085

  radially supporting the rotary shaft at only one end of the rotor (H02K7/086, H02K7/09 take precedence) · CPC title

• F16H2001/327

  with the orbital gear having internal gear teeth · CPC title

• H02K7/116

  with gears · CPC title