Instrumental unit
View Patent ↗An instrumental unit includes: a step motor; a gear including: a gear body rotated by torque of the step motor, the gear body including a first surface formed with a recess and a second surface opposite to the first surface; and a rotary shaft projecting from the first and second surfaces; a controlling spring accommodated in the recess, a center of the controlling spring through which the rotary shaft projects, the controlling spring having lengths in long and short axis directions orthogonal to each other and having a line-symmetric shape with respect to each of the long and short axis directions; and a case accommodating the step motor, the gear body and the controlling spring, an inner surface of the case including: a first portion supporting the second surface; and a second portion pressing the controlling spring in the recess of the first surface.
1. An instrumental unit comprising:
a step motor;
a gear including:
a gear body configured to be rotated by torque of the step motor, the gear body including a first surface formed with a recess and a second surface opposite to the first surface; and
a rotary shaft projecting from the first and second surfaces of the gear body;
a controlling spring accommodated in the recess of the first surface of the gear body, having a center through which the rotary shaft projects, the controlling spring having lengths in a long axis direction and in a short axis direction which are orthogonal to each other and having a line-symmetric shape with respect to each of the long and short axis directions; and
a case accommodating the step motor, the gear body and the controlling spring, an inner surface of the case including:
a first portion supporting the second surface of the gear body; and
a second portion configured to press the controlling spring in the recess of the first surface of the gear body.
2. The instrumental unit according to claim 1 , wherein
the controlling spring has an oval shape or an elliptic shape and a hole through which the rotary shaft projects is formed through the controlling spring, and
the second portion includes a spring pressing member which projects from the inner surface of the case toward the controlling spring and an end surface of which is configured to be in contact with the controlling spring.
3. The instrumental unit according to claim 2 , wherein
the controlling spring is a leaf spring in which: a cross section along the long axis direction has a shape curved in substantially a U shape toward the first portion of the inner surface of the case; a cross section along the short axis direction has a shape curved in substantially a U shape toward the second portion of the inner surface of the case; and both end portions in the long axis direction have folded shapes warped in a direction apart from the recess of the first surface of the gear body.
4. The instrumental unit according to claim 2 , wherein
the inner surface of the case includes a stopper member an end surface of which is capable of being in contact with the first surface of the gear body, and
a distance between the end surface of the stopper member and the first surface of the gear body is less than a distance between the end surface of the spring pressing member and a bottom surface of the recess of the first surface of the gear body.
5. The instrumental unit according to claim 1 , wherein
the first portion of the inner surface of the case includes a bearing which supports the rotary shaft projecting from the second surface of the gear body, and
the second portion of the inner surface of the case includes a shaft hole which supports the rotary shaft projecting from the first surface of the gear body.