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Granted Patent B2
US 11,493,366 · App. 16/934,351 · Granted Nov 8, 2022

Rotary motion detecting device

Inventor: Miaomiao Wang (Yamanashi-ken, JP)
Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
G01D5/34738G01D5/34707
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Patent No.
US 11,493,366
App. No.
16/934,351
Granted
Nov 8, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a rotary motion detecting device that outputs a signal corresponding to rotary motion of a rotary disk coupled to a shaft, a boss is fixed to the shaft, the boss is fixed to one surface of the rotary disk, and one of the boss and the shaft is a hole member having a hole formed therein and the other is an inserted member that is inserted in the hole. The hole member has an inner periphery (inner diameter) that is larger than an outer periphery (outer diameter) of the inserted member so that the shaft can be vertical to the rotary disk without being restricted by the boss.

Claims (44)

1. A rotary motion detecting device that outputs a signal corresponding to a rotary motion of a rotary disk coupled to a shaft,

wherein a boss is fixed to the shaft,

the boss is fixed to one surface of the rotary disk, and

one of the boss and the shaft is a hole member including a hole formed therein and another is an inserted member that is inserted in the hole, and

wherein the hole member has an inner periphery that is larger than an outer periphery of the inserted member so that the shaft is vertical to the rotary disk without being restricted by the boss,

further comprising a fixing member that fixes the hole member and the inserted member together without an inner peripheral surface of the hole member and an outer peripheral surface of the inserted member being in contact with each other along a depth direction of the hole.

2. The rotary motion detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the fixing member fixes the hole member and the inserted member together without the inner peripheral surface of the hole member and the outer peripheral surface of the inserted member being in contact with each other.

3. The rotary motion detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the fixing member is a thermoset resin filled in a space between the hole member and the inserted member.

4. The rotary motion detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the fixing member comprises screws or pins that are inserted from an outer peripheral side to an inner peripheral side of the hole member to abut on the outer peripheral surface of the inserted member.

5. A rotary motion detecting device that outputs a signal corresponding to a rotary motion of a rotary disk coupled to a shaft,

wherein a boss is fixed to the shaft,

the boss is fixed to one surface of the rotary disk, and

one of the boss and the shaft is a hole member including a hole formed therein and another is an inserted member that is inserted in the hole, and

wherein the hole member has an inner periphery that is larger than an outer periphery of the inserted member so that the shaft is vertical to the rotary disk without being restricted by the boss,

further comprising a positioning member interposed between a bottom surface located at a bottom of the hole and an end surface of the inserted member that faces the bottom surface,

wherein the positioning member abuts on a first portion of the bottom surface and a second portion of the end surface and respective axis lines of the rotary disk and the shaft coincide with each other.

6. The rotary motion detecting device according to claim 5 , wherein

the positioning member is a spherical body, and

a first hollow in which the spherical body is fitted is formed in the first portion of the bottom surface and a second hollow in which the spherical body is fitted is formed in the second portion of the end surface.

7. A rotary motion detecting device that outputs a signal corresponding to a rotary motion of a rotary disk coupled to a shaft,

wherein a boss is fixed to the shaft,

the boss is fixed to one surface of the rotary disk, and

one of the boss and the shaft is a hole member including a hole formed therein and another is an inserted member that is inserted in the hole, and

wherein the hole member has an inner periphery that is larger than an outer periphery of the inserted member so that the shaft is vertical to the rotary disk without being restricted by the boss,

wherein one of a bottom surface located at a bottom of the hole and an end surface of the inserted member that faces the bottom surface has a hollow and another has a protrusion, and

the hollow and the protrusion abut on each other and respective axis lines of the rotary disk and the shaft coincide with each other.

8. The rotary motion detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the fixing member is filled in a space between the hole member and the inserted member, and

wherein the fixing member is filled in the space to set a position of the inserted member with respect to the hole member.

9. The rotary motion detecting device according to claim 3 , wherein the fixing member is filled in a space between the hole member and the inserted member, and

wherein the fixing member is filled in the space to set a position of the inserted member with respect to the hole member.

10. The rotary motion detecting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the inserted member is angularly adjusted with respect to an axis of the hole member after the fixing member is filled in the space, thereby changing a shape of a space between the hole member and the inserted member.

11. The rotary motion detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the fixing member is filled in a space between the hole member and the inserted member after the inserted member is inserted in the hole member, and

wherein the inserted member is angularly adjusted with respect to an axis of the hole member to align an axis of the fixing member to an axis of the rotary disk.

12. The rotary motion detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein a space between the hole member and the inserted member is sized to allow for an angular movement of the inserted member with respect to an axis of the hole member.

13. The rotary motion detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the fixing member is positioned on all sides the inner periphery of the hole member.

14. The rotary motion detecting device according to claim 3 , wherein the fixing member is positioned on all sides the inner periphery of the hole member.

15. The rotary motion detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the fixing member is positioned between an end surface of the inserted member and a bottom surface of the hole member.

16. The rotary motion detecting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of fixing members equally spaced around the inserted member, each fixing member of the plurality of fixing member penetrates through the boss into the hole member to fix the inserted member in place with respect to the rotary disk.

17. The rotary motion detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein a bottom surface of the hole member includes a protrusion,

wherein an end surface of the inserted member includes a hollow portion, and

wherein the protrusion fits into the hallow portion.

18. The rotary motion detecting device according to claim 17 , wherein a height of the protrusion is greater than a depth of the hallow portion such that the protrusion abuts the hallow portion.

19. The rotary motion detecting device according to claim 17 , wherein the protrusion is positioned on the hole member to align with an axis of the rotary disk.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2020
From: WANG, MIAOMIAO
To: FANUC CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-138652 · Jul 29, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210033429A1 · Feb 4, 2021