IP Library Granted Patent US 12,492,744
Granted Patent B2
US 12,492,744 · App. 17/414,659 · Granted Dec 9, 2025

Rotating device

Inventor: Koichiro Hirabayashi (Kitasaku-gun, JP)
Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
F16H57/028F16H1/16H02K5/24H02K7/116F16H2057/02034
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Patent No.
US 12,492,744
App. No.
17/414,659
Granted
Dec 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A rotating device according to an embodiment includes a housing including a first housing and a second housing opposing each other; a motor accommodated in the housing; and a gear transmitting a rotation of the motor to the external device. In the first housing, a tubular protrusion part including a first through hole is formed, and in the second housing, a second through hole for fitting the protrusion part is provided.

Claims (38)

1 . A rotating device, comprising:

a housing including a first housing and a second housing opposing each other;

a motor accommodated in the housing; and

a gear configured to transmit rotation of the motor to an external device, a direction of an axis of the gear being a direction from the first housing toward the second housing, wherein

the first housing and the second housing are molded of resin,

the first housing includes a first surface part and a first side wall part provided at an outer circumferential part of the first surface part,

tubular protrusion parts are molded at corners of the first side wall part,

the tubular protrusion parts include first through holes, and

the second housing includes a second surface part and a second side wall part provided at an outer circumferential part of the second surface part,

second through holes having the second through hole are formed at corners of the second side wall part, and

the tubular protrusion parts fit into the second through holes.

2 . The rotating device according to claim 1 , wherein outer diameters of the tubular protrusion parts are larger than diameters of the second through holes.

3 . The rotating device according to claim 1 , wherein

the tubular protrusion parts are provided at a plurality of respective corners of the first side wall part, and

the second through holes are provided at a plurality of respective corners of the second side wall part.

4 . The rotating device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first housing and the second housing include a first contact surface and a second contact surface coming into contact with each other, respectively,

the first housing includes a first surface part opposing the second housing, and the tubular protrusion parts protrude from the first contact surface, and

the second housing includes a second surface part opposing the first housing, and the second through hole extends from the second contact surface to the second surface part.

5 . The rotating device according to claim 4 , wherein at the first contact surface, annular groove parts are formed, the annular groove parts surrounding the tubular protrusion parts.

6 . The rotating device according to claim 1 , wherein a protrusion length L 1 of the tubular protrusion part and a thickness H of the housing in a region satisfy a relation of 0.3*H≤L 1 ≤0.8*H, the tubular protrusion part being provided at the region.

7 . The rotating device according to claim 1 , wherein a protrusion length L 1 of the tubular protrusion part and a total length L 2 of the second through hole satisfy a relation of L 1 ≤L 2 .

8 . The rotating device according to claim 1 , wherein a protrusion length L 1 of the tubular protrusion part and a total length L 2 of the second through hole satisfy a relation of 0.3≤L 1 /L 2 ≤1.0.

9 . The rotating device according to claim 1 , wherein the housing is capable of being mounted on a predetermined mounting surface via a fastening tool to be inserted into the first through hole.

10 . The rotating device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first surface part includes a projection part,

the second surface part includes a hole part fitting the projection part.

11 . The rotating device according to claim 10 , wherein

the first housing includes a plurality of projecting parts having the projection part,

the second housing includes hole parts having the hole part.

12 . The rotating device according to claim 11 , wherein

the first housing and the second housing include a first contact surface and a second contact surface coming into contact with each other, respectively,

at the first contact surface, annular groove parts are formed, the annular groove parts surrounding the tubular protrusion parts.

13 . The rotating device according to claim 1 , wherein

the tubular protrusion parts are molded with parts of the first side wall part,

the second through holes are formed with parts of the second side wall part.

14 . The rotating device according to claim 1 , wherein

the tubular protrusion parts are press-fitted into the second through holes.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 18, 2021
From: HIRABAYASHI, KOICHIRO
To: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-235596 · Dec 17, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220056993A1 · Feb 24, 2022
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