Gear device
A gear device includes a resin gear that is formed of a first resin material, and a connected member that is formed of a second resin material and that is connected to the resin gear, in which the first resin material is a fiber-reinforced resin obtained by filling a first base material resin with first reinforcement fibers, the second resin material is a fiber-reinforced resin obtained by filling a second base material resin with second reinforcement fibers, and a fiber content ratio of the second reinforcement fibers in the second resin material is higher than a fiber content ratio of the first reinforcement fibers in the first resin material.
1. A gear device comprising:
a resin gear that is formed of a first resin material; and
a connected member that is formed of a second resin material and that is connected to the resin gear,
wherein the first resin material is a fiber-reinforced resin obtained by filling a first base material resin with first reinforcement fibers,
the second resin material is a fiber-reinforced resin obtained by filling a second base material resin with second reinforcement fibers, and
a fiber content ratio of the second reinforcement fibers in the second resin material is higher than a fiber content ratio of the first reinforcement fibers in the first resin material.
2. The gear device according to claim 1 , wherein the first reinforcement fibers have higher thermal conductivity than the second reinforcement fibers.
3. The gear device according to claim 1 , wherein the first base material resin and the second base material resin are made of different materials from each other.
4. The gear device according to claim 3 , wherein the second base material resin has a lower glass transition point than the first base material resin.
5. The gear device according to claim 3 , wherein the first base material resin has a lower Young's modulus than the second base material resin.
6. The gear device according to claim 1 , wherein the resin gear and the connected member are fastened with a bolt.
7. The gear device according to claim 1 , wherein the connected member is a bearing housing that supports a bearing.
8. The gear device according to claim 7 , wherein the bearing housing includes a rotary bearing housing that supports a rotary bearing, and a main bearing housing that supports a main bearing.
9. The gear device according to claim 8 , wherein the rotary bearing includes an input side rotary bearing that is disposed on an input side, and a counter-input side rotary bearing that is disposed on a counter-input side.
10. The gear device according to claim 8 , wherein the main bearing is disposed between members having a lower relative rotation speed than a member in which the rotary bearing is disposed, and the rotary bearing is disposed between a shaft portion of a wave generator shaft constituting a rotary axis and the rotary bearing housing.
11. The gear device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the connected member includes a plurality of connected members commonly connected to the resin gear, and
a fiber content ratio of the second reinforcement fibers in each of the plurality of connected members is higher than a fiber content ratio of the first reinforcement fibers in the resin gear to which the plurality of connected members are commonly connected.
12. The gear device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a wave generator;
a bending gear that is bent and deformed following rotation of the wave generator; and
a wave generator bearing that is disposed between the wave generator and the bending gear.
13. The gear device according to claim 12 , wherein the bending gear meshes with the resin gear, the bending gear serves as an external gear, and the resin gear serves as an internal gear.
14. The gear device according to claim 13 , wherein the resin gear includes an input side gear that is disposed on an input side and a counter-input side gear that is disposed on a counter-input side, the input side gear has a first number of teeth that is different from a second number of teeth of the bending gear, and the counter-input side gear has a third number of teeth that is the same as the second number of teeth of the bending gear.