Driving unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9885402-B2
Application number	US-201515114000-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 23, 2015
Priority date	Jan 27, 2014
Publication date	Feb 6, 2018
Grant date	Feb 6, 2018

Abstract

A ring gear ( 82 ) of a planetary gear speed reducer ( 80 ) is fixed to a casing ( 31 ) provided with a core metal ( 31 ) fixed to a vehicle panel via a rubber damper ( 92 ). Therefore, the driving unit can be reduced in size through adoption of a speed reducer ( 80 ) formed of gears ( 82 ) made of spur gears, and the rubber dumper ( 92 ) can suppress low frequency vibrations which are transmitted from the speed reducer ( 80 ) to the vehicle panel. Therefore, the vehicle body of the vehicle having a low characteristic frequency is prevented from resonating with the incoming low frequency vibrations to generate noises which are transmitted to the vehicle interior, and which give an occupant an unpleasant feeling.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A driving unit for opening and closing an opening and closing unit incorporated in a vehicle, comprising:
a casing in which a rotating shaft is rotatably supported and housed;
a planetary gear speed reducer having a ring gear fixed to the casing; and
at least one fitting bush having: a fixed member attached to the casing and fixed to the vehicle, and a buffering member disposed between the casing and the fixed member,
wherein the buffering member is formed with a through hole in which the fixing member is received,
the fixed member has: a first flange which is disposed on one end side in an axial direction of the through hole, and a second flange which is disposed on the other end side in the axial direction of the through hole, thereby preventing the fixed member from dropping off from the through hole of the buffering member,
the second flange of the fixed member is integrally formed with a retainer claw extending from the second flange in a direction of the first flange,
the casing is integrally formed with: a fitting portion to which the fitting bush is fixed; and a hooking recess in which the retainer claw is received with the fitting bush fixed to the fitting portion,
with the retainer claw received in the hooking recess of the case, the retainer claw prevents the fitting bush from dropping off from the fitting portion of the casing.

2. The driving unit according to claim 1 , wherein
the casing has: a first casing in which an electric motor for rotating the rotating shaft is housed; and a second casing to which the fixed member is attached,
the ring gear is fixed to the first casing, and
the second casing has a contact portion which is in contact with the ring gear.

3. The driving unit according to claim 1 , wherein
the casing has: a first casing in which an electric motor for rotating the rotating shaft is housed; and a second casing to which the fixed member is attached,
the ring gear is fixed to the second casing.

4. The driving unit according to claim 1 , wherein
the hooking recess in which the retainer claw is inserted is composed of a slotted hole.

Assignees

• Mitsuba Corp

Inventors

• Urano Yoshitaka
• Yoshida Yasushi
• Sekine Yoshitaka

Classifications

• E05Y2400/36

  Speed control, detection or monitoring · CPC title

• H02K5/00

  Casings; Enclosures; Supports · CPC title

• E05Y2900/531

  Doors · CPC title

• F16H1/28

  with gears having orbital motion · CPC title

• F16H57/028

  characterised by means for reducing vibration or noise · CPC title