IP Library Granted Patent US 7,291,951
Granted Patent B2
US 7,291,951 · App. 11/075,262 · Granted Nov 6, 2007

Actuator including intermediate wall

Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,291,951
App. No.
11/075,262
Granted
Nov 6, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

An actuator has a housing that accommodates a motor, an output shaft for rotating a lamp unit that radiates light, a drive mechanism portion formed from a transmission gear system for transmitting rotation from the motor to the output shaft, and a control circuit portion for controlling the drive of the motor, the drive mechanism portion and the control circuit portion being disposed in a separated state due to an intermediate wall.

Claims (10)

1. An actuator comprising:

a housing that accommodates a motor;

an output shaft for rotating a lamp unit that radiates light;

a drive mechanism portion including a transmission gear system for transmitting rotation from the motor to the output shaft;

and a control circuit portion for controlling drive of the motor, wherein the drive mechanism portion and the control circuit portion are disposed in a separated state due to an intermediate wall

wherein the output shaft is rotatably mounted around the outside of a shaft support tube and transmission gears of the transmission gear system are rotatably mounted around an outside of support shafts and further wherein the shaft support tube and support shafts are in the intermediate wall.

2. The actuator according to claim 1 , wherein the intermediate wall is formed to divide space inside of the housing in a thickness direction of a control circuit use board, and the drive mechanism portion is disposed in one side of the divided space, and the control circuit portion is disposed in the other side of the divided space.

3. The actuator according to claim 1 , wherein the support shaft tube for the output shaft and/or the support shafts for the transmission gear system are formed in the intermediate wall.

4. The actuator according to claim 1 , wherein the motor is a brushless motor, and a magnetically sensitive element provided on the control circuit use board faces an end surface of a rotor magnet of the motor via a hole formed in the intermediate wall.

5. The actuator according to claim 1 , wherein the support shaft tube for the output shaft and/or the support shafts for the transmission gear system are integrally formed with the intermediate wall.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 8, 2005
From: TAKIGUCHI, TSUTOMU; TAJIMA, KEIICHI; MOCHIZUKI, KAZUMA; TAKII, NAOKI
To: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP P. 2004-067084 · Mar 10, 2004 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20050213339A1 · Sep 29, 2005