Cycloid speed reducer

• US 10,520,062 B2
• Filed: 04/27/2018
• Issued: 12/31/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Delta Electronics Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Delta Electronics Incorporated
• Inventors: Tsai, Ching-Hsiung, Wu, Jia-Ming, Huang, Yu-Xian
• Primary Examiner(s): Dang, Tinh T
• Application Number:
  US15/964,362
• Publication Number:
  US 20180320759A1
• Time in Patent Office: 613 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 1/32 in which the central axis of the gearing lies inside the periphery of an orbital gear
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2001/325 comprising a carrier with pins guiding at least one orbital gear with circular holes
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2057/0224 using eccentric bushes
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 55/34 Non-adjustable friction discs
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 57/022 Adjustment of gear shafts or bearings for compensating misalignment of axes of toothed gearings without orbital motion F16H1/26; for compensating misalignment of axes of planetary gears F16H1/48

Abstract

A cycloid speed reducer includes two rotating disc assemblies. Each rotating disc assembly includes two cycloid discs. In other words, the cycloid speed reducer has four cycloid discs to be contacted with the corresponding rollers. Consequently, the load withstood by each cycloid disc is reduced. Since the cycloid speed reducer has stronger structural strength, the cycloid speed reducer can be applied to the high-load circumstance. Moreover, an eccentric assembly of the eccentric device includes plural eccentric cylinders. The eccentric cylinders are installed within the axle holes of the corresponding cycloid discs. Due to the plural eccentric cylinders, the eccentric direction of two cycloid discs is opposite to the eccentric direction of the other two cycloid discs. Consequently, it is not necessary to install an additional weight compensation device in the cycloid speed reducer to compensate the dynamic equilibrium.

Claims

1. A cycloid speed reducer, comprising:

an eccentric device comprising a rotating shaft and an eccentric assembly, wherein the eccentric assembly is eccentrically fixed on the rotating shaft and arranged between a first end and a second end of the rotating shaft, wherein as the rotating shaft is rotated, the eccentric assembly is eccentrically rotated relative to an axle center of the rotating shaft;

a first roller assembly comprising a first wheel disc and plural first rollers, wherein the plural first rollers are disposed on the first wheel disc;

a second roller assembly comprising a second wheel disc and plural second rollers, wherein the plural second rollers are disposed on the second wheel disc;

a first rotating disc assembly installed on the eccentric assembly and rotated with the eccentric assembly, and comprising a first cycloid disc and a second cycloid disc, wherein the first cycloid disc is arranged beside the first wheel disc, the first cycloid disc comprises at least one first outer tooth, and the at least one first outer tooth is contacted with the at least one corresponding first roller, wherein the second cycloid disc is arranged beside the first cycloid disc, the second cycloid disc and the first wheel disc are located at two opposite sides of the first cycloid disc, the second cycloid disc comprises at least one second outer tooth, and the at least one second outer tooth is contacted with the at least one corresponding first roller; and

a second rotating disc assembly installed on the eccentric assembly and rotated with the eccentric assembly, and comprising a third cycloid disc and a fourth cycloid disc, wherein the third cycloid disc is arranged between the second cycloid disc and the second wheel disc, the third cycloid disc comprises at least one third outer tooth, and the at least one third outer tooth is contacted with the at least one corresponding second roller, wherein the fourth cycloid disc is arranged between the third cycloid disc and the second wheel disc, the fourth cycloid disc comprises at least one fourth outer tooth, and the at least one fourth outer tooth is contacted with the at least one corresponding second roller.

2. The cycloid speed reducer according to claim 1, wherein the rotating shaft receives an input power, the rotating shaft and the eccentric assembly are synchronously rotated in response to the input power, and the first roller assembly is not rotated about the axle center of the rotating shaft, wherein the at least one third outer tooth and the at least one fourth outer teeth are pushed against the second rollers such that the second roller assembly is rotated, and the second wheel disc of the second roller assembly is rotated and generates an output power.

3. The cycloid speed reducer according to claim 1, wherein the first roller assembly further comprises a casing, and the casing is assembled with the first wheel disc and has a hollow structure, wherein a portion of the eccentric device, the second roller assembly and the second rotating disc assembly are accommodated within the hollow structure of the casing, and the first rotating disc assembly is accommodated within the first wheel disc or the hollow structure of the casing.

4. The cycloid speed reducer according to claim 1, wherein the first cycloid disc further comprises plural first connecting parts, the second cycloid disc further comprises plural second connecting parts and plural first perforations, and the third cycloid disc further comprises plural second perforations, wherein the first connecting parts are penetrated through the corresponding first perforations, so that the first cycloid disc and the third cycloid disc are connected with each other, wherein the second connecting parts are penetrated through the corresponding second perforations, so that the second cycloid disc and the fourth cycloid disc are connected with each other.

5. The cycloid speed reducer according to claim 4, wherein the second connecting parts are separated from peripheries of the corresponding second perforations, and the first connecting parts are separated from peripheries of the corresponding first perforations, wherein the first connecting parts and the second connecting parts are trapezoidal prisms, and the first perforations and the second perforations have trapezoidal profiles, or the first connecting parts and the second connecting parts are cylindrical posts, and the first perforations and the second perforations have circular profiles.

6. The cycloid speed reducer according to claim 4, wherein the eccentric assembly comprises a first eccentric cylinder, a second eccentric cylinder, a third eccentric cylinder and a fourth eccentric cylinder, which are eccentrically fixed on the rotating shaft and arranged side by side, wherein the first cycloid disc is sheathed around the first eccentric cylinder, the second cycloid disc is sheathed around the second eccentric cylinder, the third cycloid disc is sheathed around the third eccentric cylinder, and the fourth cycloid disc is sheathed around the fourth eccentric cylinder, wherein an eccentric direction of the first eccentric cylinder and an eccentric direction of the third eccentric cylinder are identical, an eccentric direction of the second eccentric cylinder and an eccentric direction of the fourth eccentric cylinder are identical, and the eccentric directions of the first eccentric cylinder and the third eccentric cylinder are opposite to the eccentric directions of the second eccentric cylinder and the fourth eccentric cylinder.

7. The cycloid speed reducer according to claim 6, wherein the first eccentric cylinder, the second eccentric cylinder, the third eccentric cylinder and the fourth eccentric cylinder of the eccentric assembly are integrally formed with the rotating shaft, wherein a radius of the second eccentric cylinder is larger than a radius of the first eccentric cylinder, and a radius of the third eccentric cylinder is larger than a radius of the fourth eccentric cylinder.

8. The cycloid speed reducer according to claim 6, wherein at least two eccentric cylinders of the first eccentric cylinder, the second eccentric cylinder, the third eccentric cylinder and the fourth eccentric cylinder are assembled with the rotating shaft, and the other eccentric cylinders are integrally formed with the rotating shaft.

9. The cycloid speed reducer according to claim 8, wherein the at least two eccentric cylinders of the first eccentric cylinder, the second eccentric cylinder, the third eccentric cylinder and the fourth eccentric cylinder are assembled with and fixed on the rotating shaft through corresponding coupling pins, and the other eccentric cylinders are integrally formed with the rotating shaft.

10. The cycloid speed reducer according to claim 4, wherein the number of the at least one first outer tooth of the first cycloid disc is equal to the number of the at least one second outer tooth of the second cycloid disc, and the number of the at least one third outer tooth of the third cycloid disc is equal to the number of the at least one fourth outer tooth of the fourth cycloid disc, wherein a tooth profile of the at least one first outer tooth of the first cycloid disc matches a tooth profile of the at least one second outer tooth of the second cycloid disc, and a tooth profile of the at least one third outer tooth of the third cycloid disc matches a tooth profile of the at least one fourth outer tooth of the fourth cycloid disc.

11. The cycloid speed reducer according to claim 1, wherein the second cycloid disc and the third cycloid disc are fixed on each other, the first cycloid disc further comprises plural connecting parts, the second cycloid disc further comprises plural first perforations, and the third cycloid disc further comprises plural second perforations, wherein the connecting parts are penetrated through the corresponding first perforations and the corresponding second perforations, so that the first cycloid disc and the fourth cycloid disc are connected with each other.

12. The cycloid speed reducer according to claim 11, wherein the connecting parts are separated from peripheries of the corresponding first perforations and second perforations, wherein the connecting parts are trapezoidal prisms, and the first perforations and the second perforations have trapezoidal profiles, or the connecting parts are cylindrical posts, and the first perforations and the second perforations have circular profiles.

13. The cycloid speed reducer according to claim 11, wherein the eccentric assembly comprises a first eccentric cylinder, a second eccentric cylinder, a third eccentric cylinder and a fourth eccentric cylinder, which are eccentrically fixed on the rotating shaft and arranged side by side, wherein the first cycloid disc is sheathed around the first eccentric cylinder, the second cycloid disc is sheathed around the second eccentric cylinder, the third cycloid disc is sheathed around the third eccentric cylinder, and the fourth cycloid disc is sheathed around the fourth eccentric cylinder, wherein an eccentric direction of the second eccentric cylinder and an eccentric direction of the third eccentric cylinder are identical, an eccentric direction of the first eccentric cylinder and an eccentric direction of the fourth eccentric cylinder are identical, and the eccentric directions of the second eccentric cylinder and the third eccentric cylinder are opposite to the eccentric directions of the first eccentric cylinder and the fourth eccentric cylinder.

14. The cycloid speed reducer according to claim 13, wherein the first eccentric cylinder, the second eccentric cylinder, the third eccentric cylinder and the fourth eccentric cylinder of the eccentric assembly are integrally formed with the rotating shaft, wherein a radius of the second eccentric cylinder is larger than a radius of the first eccentric cylinder, and a radius of the third eccentric cylinder is larger than a radius of the fourth eccentric cylinder.

15. The cycloid speed reducer according to claim 11, wherein the number of the at least one first outer tooth of the first cycloid disc is equal to the number of the at least one second outer tooth of the second cycloid disc, and the number of the at least one third outer tooth of the third cycloid disc is equal to the number of the at least one fourth outer tooth of the fourth cycloid disc, wherein a tooth profile of the at least one first outer tooth of the first cycloid disc matches a tooth profile of the at least one second outer tooth of the second cycloid disc, and a tooth profile of the at least one third outer tooth of the third cycloid disc matches a tooth profile of the at least one fourth outer tooth of the fourth cycloid disc.

16. The cycloid speed reducer according to claim 1, wherein the eccentric directions of two eccentric cylinders of the first eccentric cylinder, the second eccentric cylinder, the third eccentric cylinder and the fourth eccentric cylinder are opposite to the eccentric directions of the other two eccentric cylinders.