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Granted Patent B2
US 11,268,585 · App. 17/004,343 · Granted Mar 8, 2022

Driving apparatus

Inventors: Naoki Matsunaga (Wako, JP); Tsuyoshi Yoshigasaki (Wako, JP); Kenta Kohigashi (Wako, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 11,268,585
App. No.
17/004,343
Granted
Mar 8, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A driving apparatus 100 includes a motor 20 that generates drive power and power transmission units 30, 40 , and 50 that transmit drive power of the motor 20 to an output shaft 60 . The power transmission units 30, 40 , and 50 include at least one of a clutch mechanism 30 that switches between a state where the motor 20 and the output shaft 60 are connected and a state where the motor 20 and the output shall 60 are disconnected, in accordance with movement of an operation rod 32 , and a brake mechanism 40 that brakes rotation of the output shaft 60 in accordance with movement of an operation rod 43.

Claims (15)

1. A driving apparatus comprising:

a motor that generates drive power; and

a power transmission unit that transmits drive power of the motor to an output shaft,

wherein the power transmission unit includes a clutch mechanism that switches between a state where the motor and the output shaft are connected and a state where the motor and the output shaft are disconnected, in accordance with movement of an operation rod, and a brake mechanism that brakes rotation of the output shaft in accordance with movement of an operation rod, and

wherein the motor is held in a housing and the motor includes a stator portion and a rotor potion, the stator portion being disposed on an outer circumference of the rotor portion,

a plurality of positioning holes for positioning and holding the motor in the housing are provided in an outer periphery portion of the stator portion in a circumferential direction,

the operation rod of the clutch mechanism passes through one of the plurality of positioning holes, and

the operation rod of the brake mechanism passes through another one of the plurality of positioning holes.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the operation rod of the clutch mechanism and the operation rod of the brake mechanism are arranged in an offset of 90° or more in the circumferential direction.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the operation rod of the clutch mechanism and the operation rod of the brake mechanism are arranged on opposite sides relative to a motor shaft of the motor.

4. The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the clutch mechanism switches to a connected state or a disconnected state in accordance with rotation of the operation rod about a central axis, and

the brake mechanism switches to a braking state or a non-braking state in accordance with rotation of the operation rod about the central axis.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 27, 2020
From: MATSUNAGA, NAOKI; YOSHIGASAKI, TSUYOSHI; KOHIGASHI, KENTA
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
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Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2018008056 · Mar 2, 2018
Related Publication 20200393011A1 · Dec 17, 2020
Cited By (1)
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