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Granted Patent B2
US 6,882,073 · App. 10/961,853 · Granted Apr 19, 2005

Linear type actuator

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Patent No.
US 6,882,073
App. No.
10/961,853
Granted
Apr 19, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

In order to reduce cost through reduction in material cost and improvement of productivity, in a linear type actuator comprising: a stator unit having coils consisting of wound magnet wires and housed inside stator sub-assemblies and pole teeth arranged on the inner circumference thereof; a rotor unit having a field magnet arranged on the outer circumference thereof and rotatably disposed so as to oppose the pole teeth with a given gap; an output shaft attached to a center portion of the rotor unit and movable in the axial direction thereof; and converting means provided on the innermost diametral circumferential surface of the rotor unit and adapted to convert rotary motion of the rotor unit into linear motion of the output shaft, the converting means is made of a material different from that of the rotor unit.

Claims (32)

1. A linear actuator comprising:

a stator unit having coils obtained by a winding of a magnet wire arranged on a stator yoke, and pole teeth arranged on an inner periphery of the stator unit;

a rotor unit rotatably disposed in a central portion of said stator unit with a given gap opposing said pole teeth, said rotor unit including a field magnet arranged on an outer periphery of a resin portion made of a resin material and conversion means arranged on a portion of an inner periphery of said resin portion;

said conversion means being made of a material having a small friction coefficient and sufficient abrasion resistance, and said rotor unit being integrally constituted by insert molding said filed magnet and said conversion means;

magnet stoppers arranged on both end faces of said field magnet by an insert molding process; and,

an output shaft having a screw thread on at least a portion of an outer periphery of said output shaft for engaging with said conversion means, said output shaft disposed in the central portion of said rotor unit so as to be slidable in an axial direction thereof.

2. The linear actuator as set forth in claim 1 , wherein said conversion means is configured with a plurality of straight sides and has corners thereof rounded.

3. The linear actuator as set forth in claim 1 , wherein said conversion means comprises a hexagon shaped nut.

4. The linear actuator as set forth in claim 1 , wherein said conversion means comprises a square shaped nut.

5. The linear actuator as set forth in claim 1 , wherein said conversion means comprises a spline shaped nut.

6. A linear actuator, comprising:

a stator unit having coils, obtained by a winding of a magnet wire arranged on a stator yoke, and pole teeth arranged on an inner periphery of the stator unit;

a rotor unit rotatably disposed in a central portion of said stator unit with a given gap opposing said pole teeth, said rotor unit including a field magnet arranged on an outer periphery of a resin portion made of a first resin material and conversion means made of a second resin material arranged on a portion of an inner periphery of said resin portion, wherein said second resin material is different from said first resin material; and;

an output shaft having a screw thread on at least a portion of an outer periphery of said output shaft for engaging with said conversion means, said output shaft disposed in the central portion of said rotor unit so as to be slidable in an axial direction thereof;

wherein said rotor unit is integrally constituted by insert molding said field magnet and said conversion means.

7. The linear actuator as set forth in claim 6 , wherein said first resin material comprises polybutylene telephthalate, and said second resin material comprises polyphenylene sulfide.

8. The linear actuator as set forth in claim 6 , wherein said conversion means is made of a material having a small friction coefficient and sufficient abrasion resistance.

9. A linear actuator comprising:

a stator unit having coils, obtained by a winding of a magnet wire arranged on a stator yoke, and pole teeth arranged on an inner periphery of the stator unit;

a rotor unit rotatably disposed in a central portion of said stator unit with a given gap opposing said pole teeth, said rotor unit including a field magnet arranged on an outer periphery of a resin portion made of a first resin material and conversion means made of a second resin material arranged on at least a portion of an inner periphery of said resin portion, said second resin material being different from said first resin material;

an output shaft having a screw thread on at least a portion of an outer periphery of said output shaft for engaging with said conversion means, said output shaft disposed in the central portion of said rotor unit so as to be slidable in an axial direction thereof;

said conversion means being made of a material having a small friction coefficient and sufficient abrasion resistance, said rotor unit being integrally constituted by insert molding said field magnet and said conversion means; and

magnet stoppers arranged on both end faces of said field magnet by the insert molding process.

10. A linear actuator comprising:

a stator unit having coils, obtained by a winding of a magnet wire arranged on a stator yoke, and pole teeth arranged on an inner periphery of the stator unit and filled with a first resin material therebetween;

a rotor unit rotatably disposed in a central portion of said stator unit with a given gap opposing said pole teeth, said rotor unit including a field magnet arranged on an outer periphery of a resin portion made of a second resin material and conversion means arranged on a portion of an inner periphery of said resin portion, wherein said second resin material is the same as said first resin material;

said conversion means being made of a material having a small friction coefficient and sufficient abrasion resistance, said rotor unit being integrally constituted by insert molding said field magnet and said conversion means; and

an output shaft having a screw thread on at least a portion of an outer periphery of said output shaft for engaging with said conversion means, said output shaft disposed in the central portion of said rotor unit so as to be slidable in an axial direction thereof.

11. The linear actuator as set forth in claim 10 , wherein said conversion means comprises a nut.

12. The linear actuator as set forth in claim 10 , wherein said conversion means comprises a hexagon shaped nut.

13. The linear actuator as set forth in claim 10 , wherein said conversion means comprises a square shaped nut.

14. The linear actuator as set forth in claim 10 , wherein said conversion means comprises a spline shaped nut.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 5, 2020
From: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
To: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
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