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US 11,578,784 · App. 17/157,012 · Granted Feb 14, 2023

Reduction gear and geared motor

Inventors: Masakazu Suwa (Matsudo, JP); Takao Mitsumizo (Matsudo, JP)
Assignee: MABUCHI MOTOR CO., LTD.
F16H1/32F16H57/031F16H2001/327F16H2057/02034F16H2200/2007
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Patent No.
US 11,578,784
App. No.
17/157,012
Granted
Feb 14, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A reduction gear configured to decelerate and output rotation of a motor includes two-stage planetary gear mechanisms that are provided side by side in an axial direction of the motor and are each configured of helical gears, and a case made of resin and formed into a cylindrical shape, the case incorporating the two-stage planetary gear mechanisms. At least one of an inner engagement ratio of a sun gear and a pinion gear of the planetary gear mechanism in a first stage and an outer engagement ratio of the pinion gear and a ring gear of the planetary gear mechanism in the first stage is 3.0 or more, and both the inner engagement ratio and the outer engagement ratio are larger than an engagement ratio of the planetary gear mechanism in a second stage.

Claims (21)

1. A reduction gear configured to decelerate and output rotation of a motor, the reduction gear comprising:

two-stage planetary gear mechanisms that are provided side by side in an axial direction of the motor and are each configured of helical gears; and

a case made of resin and formed into a cylindrical shape, the case incorporating the two-stage planetary gear mechanisms,

wherein at least one of an inner engagement ratio of a sun gear and a pinion gear of the planetary gear mechanism in a first stage and an outer engagement ratio of the pinion gear and a ring gear of the planetary gear mechanism in the first stage is 3.0 or more, and both the inner engagement ratio and the outer engagement ratio are larger than an engagement ratio of the planetary gear mechanism in a second stage.

2. The reduction gear according to claim 1 , wherein both the inner engagement ratio and the outer engagement ratio are 3.0 or more.

3. The reduction gear according to claim 2 , wherein a torsion angle of the ring gear of the planetary gear mechanism in the first stage is larger than a torsion angle of a ring gear of the planetary gear mechanism in the second stage.

4. The reduction gear according to claim 2 , wherein the case has a bottomed cylindrical shape having a bottom portion at one axial end and a lid portion at another axial end, and is attached to the motor in a direction in which the bottom portion is located on a motor side.

5. The reduction gear according to claim 1 , wherein a torsion angle of the ring gear of the planetary gear mechanism in the first stage is larger than a torsion angle of a ring gear of the planetary gear mechanism in the second stage.

6. The reduction gear according to claim 1 , wherein the case has a bottomed cylindrical shape having a bottom portion at one axial end and a lid portion at another axial end, and is attached to the motor in a direction in which the bottom portion is located on a motor side.

7. The reduction gear according to claim 6 , wherein the lid portion is press-fitted into an opening at the other axial end of the case.

8. The reduction gear according to claim 5 , wherein the case has a bottomed cylindrical shape having a bottom portion at one axial end and a lid portion at another axial end, and is attached to the motor in a direction in which the bottom portion is located on a motor side.

9. A geared motor comprising:

a reduction gear configured to decelerate and output rotation of a motor, the reduction gear comprising:

two-stage planetary gear mechanisms that are provided side by side in an axial direction of the motor and are each configured of helical gears; and

a case made of resin and formed into a cylindrical shape, the case incorporating the two-stage planetary gear mechanisms,

wherein at least one of an inner engagement ratio of a sun gear and a pinion gear of the planetary gear mechanism in a first stage and an outer engagement ratio of the pinion gear and a ring gear of the planetary gear mechanism in the first stage is 3.0 or more, and both the inner engagement ratio and the outer engagement ratio are larger than an engagement ratio of the planetary gear mechanism in a second stage; and

the motor having a shaft integrally rotating with the sun gear of the planetary gear mechanism in the first stage of the reduction gear.

10. The geared motor according to claim 9 , wherein both the inner engagement ratio and the outer engagement ratio are 3.0 or more.

11. The geared motor according to claim 9 , wherein a torsion angle of the ring gear of the planetary gear mechanism in the first stage is larger than a torsion angle of a ring gear of the planetary gear mechanism in the second stage.

12. The geared motor according to claim 9 , wherein the case has a bottomed cylindrical shape having a bottom portion at one axial end and a lid portion at another axial end, and is attached to the motor in a direction in which the bottom portion is located on a motor side.

13. The geared motor according to claim 12 , wherein the lid portion is press-fitted into an opening at the other axial end of the case.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 25, 2021
From: SUWA, MASAKAZU; MITSUMIZO, TAKAO
To: MABUCHI MOTOR CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-014719 · Jan 31, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210239187A1 · Aug 5, 2021
Cited By (1)
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