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US 10,830,423 · App. 15/479,606 · Granted Nov 10, 2020

Angle adjustment device and lighting device

Inventor: Shinichi Fujisawa (Akiruno, JP)
Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
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Patent No.
US 10,830,423
App. No.
15/479,606
Granted
Nov 10, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An angle adjustment device of an embodiment includes a first rotational unit and a spring member. The first rotational unit is supported by a frame body, and rotationally moves around a first rotating shaft that passes through the frame body and that is disposed along an opening surface of the frame body, by a driving force of a driving source with an object to be operated. The spring member urges the first rotational unit in a single direction of a rotational direction.

Claims (28)

1. An angle adjustment device, comprising:

a first rotational unit that is supported by a frame body, and that rotationally moves around a first rotating shaft passing through the frame body by a driving force of a motor, the first rotating shaft being disposed along a horizontal direction;

a second rotational unit that rotationally moves around a second rotating axis by a driving force of another motor, and that rotatably supports the first rotational unit around the first rotating shaft, the second rotating axis being different from a first rotating axis of the first rotating shaft; and

a spring member that is fixed to the second rotational unit, wherein:

torque applied to the first rotational unit by the spring member changes as an inclination angle of the first rotational unit changes and increases as the first rotational unit rotates in a single direction of the first rotational unit,

the inclination angle of the first rotational unit is limited by an electromechanical device, and

the spring member comprises

a bracket unit to which the another motor is fixed, and

an urging unit that is formed as a spring that (i) urges the first rotational unit in a rotational direction of the first rotational unit and (ii) continues to a lower end of the bracket unit.

2. The angle adjustment device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the spring member urges the first rotational unit within a rotationally movable range of the first rotational unit.

3. The angle adjustment device according to claim 2 , wherein

the rotationally movable range is a predetermined rotation range including a neutral point that is a point at which a gravity moment of a portion is balanced, the portion being pivotally supported by the first rotating shaft around the first rotating shaft.

4. The angle adjustment device according to claim 3 , wherein

the first rotational unit is inclined relative to a horizontal plane that is perpendicular to a gravity direction, in a state that is placed on the neutral point.

5. The angle adjustment device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the spring member rotationally moves around the second rotating axis with the first rotational unit.

6. The angle adjustment device according to claim 1 , wherein:

a sectional surface of the frame body perpendicular to the second rotating axis has an annular shape;

a sectional surface of the second rotational unit perpendicular to the second rotating axis has an annular shape;

the second rotational unit rotationally moves along an inner periphery of the frame body;

a sectional surface of the first rotational unit perpendicular to the second rotating axis has an annular shape; and

the first rotational unit rotationally moves inside the second rotational unit.

7. The angle adjustment device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the first rotating axis passes through the first rotational unit in a position other than a center of the first rotational unit in a plan view.

8. A lighting device, comprising:

the angle adjustment device according to claim 1 , and

a light source serving as an object to be operated of the angle adjustment device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 5, 2017
From: FUJISAWA, SHINICHI
To: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
Reel/Frame 041857/0898 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-078625 · Apr 11, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170292687A1 · Oct 12, 2017
Cited By (1)
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