Gear box, driving device, and electronic apparatus

• US 10,670,134 B2
• Filed: 05/30/2018
• Issued: 06/02/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seiko Instruments Incorporated (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Precision Incorporated (Seiko Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Masuzawa, Koichi, Kudo, Kenichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Cicchino, Patrick
• Application Number:
  US15/992,581
• Publication Number:
  US 20180347682A1
• Time in Patent Office: 734 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 1/06 with parallel axes
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 1/20 involving more than two intermeshing members
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2057/0216 Intermediate shaft supports, e.g. by using a partition wall
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 57/021 Shaft support structures, e.g. partition walls, bearing eyes, casing walls or covers with bearings
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 57/023 Mounting or installation of gears or shafts in the gearboxes, e.g. methods or means for assembly
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 57/0493 Gearings with spur or bevel gears differentials with spur or bevel gears F16H57/0483

Abstract

A gear box includes a casing having a partition portion, a supporting shaft fixed to the partition portion, and an output shaft supported so as to be rotatable around the supporting shaft and to which a pinion gear is fixed. The casing has a division wall that is positioned in the −Z direction with respect to the partition portion and is capable of abutting against the supporting shaft. The division wall constitutes a portion of a motor accommodation portion for accommodating a motor.

Claims

1. A gear box comprising:

a casing that has a shaft supporting wall;

a supporting shaft that is fixed to the shaft supporting wall; and

a rotation shaft that is disposed on a first side of the supporting shaft in an axial direction with respect to the shaft supporting wall and rotatably supported around the supporting shaft and to which an output member is fixed,

wherein the casing has a division wall that is positioned on a second side in the axial direction with respect to the shaft supporting wall, extends in the axial direction, and is capable of abutting against the supporting shaft, and

wherein the division wall constitutes a portion of an accommodation wall in which an actuator to which power is transmitted is accommodated.

2. The gear box according to claim 1,

wherein the division wall includes a restriction portion that is disposed on the second side with respect to the shaft supporting wall in the axial direction so as to be opposed to the shaft supporting wall and protrudes from a portion overlapping the supporting shaft in the plan view seen in the axial direction to the first side in the axial direction.

3. The gear box according to claim 1,

wherein the supporting shaft is formed as a separate member from the casing.

4. The gear box according to claim 3,

wherein the supporting shaft is formed of a metal material.

6. The gear box according to claim 1,

wherein the output member is press-fitted and fixed to the rotation shaft.

7. The gear box according to claim 1,

wherein the output member is a gear.

8. A driving device comprising:

the gear box according to claim 1; and

an actuator that is connected to the gear box.

9. The driving device according to claim 8,

wherein the casing includes

a first case that is positioned on the first side of the supporting shaft in the axial direction with respect to the shaft supporting wall;

a second case that has the shaft supporting wall and defines a gear accommodation portion between the first case and the second case; and

a third case that is positioned on the second side in the axial direction with respect to the shaft supporting wall and accommodates the actuator, and

wherein the division wall is formed in the third case.

10. An electronic apparatus comprising:

the driving device according to claim 8; and

an output device that is connected to the driving device and driven by the driving device.

5. A gear box comprising:

a casing that has a shaft supporting wall; and

a rotation shaft that is rotatably supported by the shaft supporting wall and to which an output member is fixed,

wherein the casing has a division wall that is positioned on a side opposite to the output member with respect to the shaft supporting wall, extends in an axial direction of the rotation shaft, and is capable of abutting against the rotation shaft.