IP Library Granted Patent US 12686116
Granted Patent B2
US 12686116 · App. 18/741,374 · Granted Jul 21, 2026

Conveyance device

Inventor: Keisuke Takeda (Sagamihara, JP)
Assignee: AIDA ENGINEERING, LTD.
B25J9/102B25J19/0029B25J19/0062
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12686116
App. No.
18/741,374
Granted
Jul 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A conveyance device includes a fixed base having a large gear, a turning body supported by the fixed base via a bearing, two or more servomotors, a conveyance arm, and two or more speed reducers. The speed reducer includes a housing integrated with the turning body, a planetary carrier rotatably supported inside the housing, an internal gear provided inside the housing, a sun gear connected to an output shaft of the servomotor, a plurality of planetary gears arranged around the sun gear and rotatably supported by the planetary carrier, and an output gear rotating integrally with the planetary carrier. The planetary gear meshes with the sun gear and meshes with the internal gear. The output gear has a smaller diameter than that of the large gear and meshes with the large gear outside the large gear.

Claims (26)

1 . A conveyance device comprising:

a fixed base including a first gear serving as an external gear;

a turning body supported by the fixed base via a bearing;

two or more servomotors configured to rotate the turning body relative to the fixed base;

a conveyance arm configured to be able to convey a workpiece by turning in conjunction with the turning body; and

two or more speed reducers fixed to the turning body and respectively connected to the two or more servomotors, wherein:

the two or more servomotors are fixed to the turning body;

the conveyance arm is fixed to the turning body;

each of the speed reducers includes a housing integrated with the turning body, wherein the housing has a cylindrical shape that opens at its top and bottom, and has a lower end placed and fixed to the turning body, and the servomotor is placed on an upper end of the housing and fixed to the upper end, a planetary carrier rotatably supported inside the housing, an internal gear provided inside the housing, a sun gear connected to an output shaft of the servomotor, a plurality of planetary gears arranged around the sun gear and rotatably supported by the planetary carrier, and an output gear configured to rotate integrally with the planetary carrier;

the planetary gear meshes with the sun gear and with the internal gear; and

the output gear has a smaller diameter than a diameter of the first gear and meshes with the first gear outside the first gear.

2 . The conveyance device according to claim 1 , wherein:

a seal member is provided between an outer peripheral surface of the planetary carrier and an inner peripheral surface of the housing; and

lubricating oil is sealed in the housing by the seal member.

3 . The conveyance device according to claim 1 , wherein the workpiece is a metal plate for press working or a product after the press working.

4 . The conveyance device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the fixed base has an annular end portion having an annular shape and protruding from the fixed base;

the first gear having an annular shape is fixed to an outer peripheral surface of the annular end portion, and an outer ring of the bearing fixed to an inner peripheral surface of the annular end portion;

the turning body comprises an annular fixing portion having an annular shape and disposed along an inner side of the annular end portion;

an inner ring of the bearing is fixed to an outer peripheral surface of the annular fixing portion;

the fixed base and the turning body jointly have an opening formed inside the annular fixing portion along a rotation axis of the turning body; and

a wiring extends from the fixed base to the servomotor so as to pass through the opening.

5 . The conveyance device according to claim 4 , wherein:

the conveyance arm comprises a first arm and a first drive mechanism, the first arm having one end rotatably connected to the turning body; and

the first drive mechanism is configured to turn the first arm upwards and downwards so as to raise and lower the other end of the first arm.

6 . The conveyance device according to claim 5 , wherein the wiring passing through the opening comprises a power line connected to the first drive mechanism.