IP Library Granted Patent US 9,593,720
Granted Patent B2
US 9,593,720 · App. 14/640,443 · Granted Mar 14, 2017

Motor

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Patent No.
US 9,593,720
App. No.
14/640,443
Granted
Mar 14, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A motor includes a motor body, a pin, a core, and an input cam. The motor body includes a housing and an output shaft. The pin is arranged in the output shaft to extend in a direction orthogonal to a rotation axis of the output shaft. The core is pivotally supported by the pin and rotates coaxially with the output shaft. The input cam is annular and surrounds an outer circumference of the core. The input cam rotates integrally with the core. An end surface of the core closer to the housing includes a first deviated surface. The core includes an insertion portion into which the pin is inserted. When a center axis of the core is coaxial to the rotation axis of the output shaft, the first deviated surface is located at a position farther from the housing than the insertion portion.

Claims (26)

1. A motor comprising:

a motor body that includes a housing and an output shaft that projects from the housing;

a pivot shaft arranged in the output shaft, wherein the pivot shaft extends in a direction orthogonal to a rotation axis of the output shaft;

a core pivotally supported by the pivot shaft, wherein the core rotates coaxially with the output shaft; and

an annular driven rotary body that surrounds an outer circumference of the core and rotates integrally with the core, wherein:

an end surface of the core closer to the housing includes a housing-side deviated surface;

the core includes an insertion portion into which the pivot shaft is inserted; and

when a center axis of the core is coaxial to the rotation axis of the output shaft, the housing-side deviated surface is located at a position farther from the housing than the insertion portion.

2. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein:

the housing-side deviated surface is a first deviated surface;

an end surface of the core that is located at a side opposite to the first deviated surface includes a second deviated surface; and

when the center axis of the core is coaxial to the rotation axis of the output shaft, the second deviated surface is located at a position closer to the first deviated surface than an end surface of the insertion portion farther from the housing.

3. The motor according to claim 2 , wherein when the first deviated surface is in contact with a contact portion of the housing, the second deviated surface extends straight in a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the output shaft.

4. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein:

when the center axis of the core is coaxial to the rotation axis of the output shaft, the housing-side deviated surface is configured to extend straight and incline relative to the rotation axis of the output shaft; and

when the core is inclined relative to the output shaft, the housing-side deviated surface is configured to be in planar contact with a contact portion of the housing.

5. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein the core is supported by the pivot shaft so that the core is relatively movable in an axial direction of the pivot shaft.

6. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein:

a gap between the core and the driven rotary body extends in a radial direction; and

an axial direction of the pivot shaft is inclined relative to the direction in which the gap extends.

7. A motor comprising:

a motor body that includes a housing and an output shaft that projects from the housing;

a pivot shaft arranged in the output shaft, wherein the pivot shaft extends in a direction orthogonal to a rotation axis of the output shaft;

a core pivotally supported by the pivot shaft, wherein the core rotates coaxially with the output shaft; and

an annular driven rotary body that surrounds an outer circumference of the core and rotates integrally with the core, wherein

an end surface of the core closer to the housing is V-shaped or U-shaped to project toward the housing at a position corresponding to the pivot shaft as viewed in an axial direction of the pivot shaft.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Sep 18, 2018
From: ASMO CO., LTD.
To: DENSO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047570/0538 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 22, 2015
From: INOUE, YOSHIYASU; MATSUMOTO, NOBUHIRO; OZAKI, MASANORI; TAJIMA, HIROKAZU; IRIE, MASARU; SUGIURA, TAEI
To: ASMO CO., LTD.; DENSO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 035701/0477 →