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Granted Patent B2
US 11,043,874 · App. 16/190,349 · Granted Jun 22, 2021

Motor and robot

Inventors: Yoshiteru Nishimura (Shiojiri, JP); Hiroshi Makino (Chino, JP)
H02K7/102B25J9/0009H02K5/1732H02K7/083H02K11/22H02P3/04H02K2201/18
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Patent No.
US 11,043,874
App. No.
16/190,349
Granted
Jun 22, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a motor according to an aspect of the invention, a brake includes a first clamp and a second clamp, a member to be clamped disposed between the first clamp and the second clamp, a first fixing member configured to fix the member to be clamped to a shaft, and a driving section configured to bring the first clamp and the second clamp into contact with the member to be clamped. The first clamp includes a first contact section. The second clamp includes a second contact section. A first housing hole is provided in a housing. The driving section includes a power cable drawn out to the outside of the housing via the first housing hole. The first housing hole overlaps the first contact section, the second contact section, the member to be clamped, and the first fixing member in a plan view from a first radial direction.

Claims (53)

1. A motor comprising:

a housing;

a stator fixed to the housing and including a coil;

a rotor including a shaft and configured to rotate relative to the stator around an axis extending in a predetermined direction; and

a brake disposed in the housing apart from the stator in the predetermined direction and capable of braking rotation of the shaft, wherein

the brake includes:

a first clamp and a second clamp disposed side by side in the predetermined direction;

a member to be clamped fixed to the shaft and disposed between the first clamp and the second clamp;

a first fixing member configured to fix the member to be clamped to the shaft; and

a driving section configured to move at least one of the first clamp and the second clamp in the predetermined direction and bring the first clamp and the second clamp into contact with the member to be clamped,

the first clamp includes a first contact section configured to come into contact with the member to be clamped,

the second clamp includes a second contact section configured to come into contact with the member to be clamped,

a first housing hole piercing through the housing in a first radial direction in a radial direction of the shaft is provided in the housing,

the driving section includes a power cable drawn out to an outside of the housing via the first housing hole, and

the first housing hole overlaps the first contact section of the first clamp, the second contact section of the second clamp, the member to be clamped, and the first fixing member in a plan view from the first radial direction, wherein

the brake further includes a second fixing member configured to fix the member to be clamped to the shaft,

a second housing hole piercing through the housing in a second radial direction in the radial direction is provided in the housing, and

the second housing hole overlaps the first contact section of the first clamp, the second contact section of the second clamp, the member to be clamped, and the second fixing member in a plan view from the second radial direction.

2. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein

the housing includes:

a first lid configured to close a portion other than a portion through which the power cable is inserted in the first housing hole; and

a second lid configured to close the second housing hole, and

the first lid and the second lid have a same shape.

3. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein the first radial direction and the second radial direction are directions orthogonal to each other.

4. The motor according to claim 1 , wherein

the housing includes a first lid configured to close a portion other than a portion through which the power cable is inserted in the first housing hole,

a portion drawn out to the outside of the housing in the power cable is fixed to the housing by a potting material, and

the potting material closes the portion through which the power cable is inserted in the first housing hole.

5. A robot comprising the motor according to claim 1 .

6. A motor comprising:

a housing;

a stator fixed to the housing and including a coil;

a rotor including a shaft and configured to rotate relative to the stator around an axis extending in a predetermined direction;

a brake disposed in the housing apart from the stator in the redetermined direction and capable of braking rotation of the shaft;

a detector configured to detect a rotating position of the rotor;

a holder disposed between the stator and the detector in the predetermined direction; and

a bearing held by the holder and configured to rotatably support the shaft, wherein

the brake includes:

a first clamp and a second clamp disposed side by side in the predetermined direction;

a member to be clamped fixed to the shaft and disposed between the first clamp and the second clamp;

a first fixing member configured to fix the member to be clamped to the shaft; and

a driving section configured to move at least one of the first clamp and the second clamp in the predetermined direction and bring the first clamp and the second clamp into contact with the member to be clamped,

the first clamp includes a first contact section configured to come into contact with the member to be clamped,

the second clamp includes a second contact section configured to come into contact with the member to be clamped,

a first housing hole piercing through the housing in a first radial direction in a radial direction of the shaft is provided in the housing,

the driving section includes a power cable drawn out to an outside of the housing via the first housing hole, and

the first housing hole overlaps the first contact section of the first clamp, the second contact section of the second clamp, the member to be clamped, and the first fixing member in a plan view from the first radial direction, wherein

a recess opened toward the stator and configured to house the bearing and an injection hole including a first opening opened toward the outside of the housing, the injection hole communicating with the recess, are provided in the holder,

a groove into which an adhesive is injected is provided on an inner surface of the recess, and an outer circumferential surface of the bearing is fixed to the inner surface via the adhesive, and

the injection hole includes a second opening opened in an inner circumferential surface of the recess and connected to the groove.

7. The motor according to claim 6 , wherein the injection hole linearly extends in the radial direction.

8. The motor according to claim 7 , wherein the first opening of the injection hole is disposed further on the detector side in the predetermined direction than the second opening.

9. The motor according to claim 6 , wherein a direction in which the first housing hole is opened and a direction in which the first opening is opened are a same direction in the radial direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2018
From: NISHIMURA, YOSHITERU; MAKINO, HIROSHI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-219722 · Nov 15, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190149016A1 · May 16, 2019
Cited By (1)
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