DOOR OPENING AND CLOSING DEVICE

• US 20140144261A1
• Filed: 11/27/2013
• Published: 05/29/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitsui Kinzoku Act Corporation (Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Mitsui Kinzoku Act Corporation (Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: SASAKI, Kazuyuki
• Granted Patent: US 9,062,488 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 74/89
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/611 for swinging wings
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/646 allowing or involving a secondary movement of the wing, e.g. rotational or transversal
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/636 Universal or ball joints
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/72 Planetary gearing
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2800/232 of motors and transmissions
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/531 Doors
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/546 Tailgates
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/18568 Reciprocating or oscillating to or from alternating rotary

Abstract

A door opening and closing device includes: a motor; an output shaft configured to output power of the motor; a transmission mechanism configured to transmit the power of the motor to the output shaft; and an accommodation member configured to accommodate the motor and the transmission mechanism. The door opening and closing device is installed in a vehicle main body or a door supported by the vehicle main body in an openable and closable manner, thereby opening and closing the door by the power that is output from the output shaft. The accommodation member is cylindrical in shape, and the motor and the transmission mechanism are accommodated in the accommodation member so that the motor, the transmission mechanism, and the output shaft are arranged in an axial direction of a rotary shaft of the motor.

Claims

1. A door opening and closing device comprising:

a motor;

an output shaft configured to output power of the motor;

a transmission mechanism configured to transmit the power of the motor to the output shaft; and

an accommodation member configured to accommodate the motor and the transmission mechanism, the door opening and closing device being installed in any one of a vehicle main body and a door supported by the vehicle main body in an openable and closable manner, thereby opening and closing the door by the power that is output from the output shaft,

wherein the accommodation member is cylindrical in shape, and the motor and the transmission mechanism are accommodated in the accommodation member so that the motor, the transmission mechanism, and the output shaft are arranged in an axial direction of a rotary shaft of the motor.

2. The door opening and closing device according to claim 1, wherein

the rotary shaft of the motor and the output shaft can be fitted in the state in which the power is transmitted, the transmission mechanism has an input member configured to input the power, and an output member configured to output the power, the input member and the output member are configured so as to rotate at the same rotary axis, the input member of the transmission mechanism and the rotary shaft of the motor are fitted in the state in which the power is transmitted, the output member of the transmission mechanism and the output shaft are fitted in the state in which the power is transmitted, and a fitting portion with the rotary shaft of the motor in the input member of the transmission mechanism is capable of being fitted to a fitting portion with the output shaft in the output member of the transmission mechanism.

3. The door opening and closing device according to claim 1, wherein

the transmission mechanism includes a speed reduction mechanism that decelerates and outputs the power of the motor.

4. The door opening and closing device according to claim 1, wherein

the transmission mechanism includes:

a cycloid speed reduction mechanism that decelerates and outputs the power of the motor; and

a clutch mechanism that switches a state in which the output shaft is connected to the motor via the cycloid speed reduction mechanism, and a state in which the output shaft is disconnected from the motor, wherein

the clutch mechanism is provided between the cycloid speed reduction mechanism and the output shaft, and when the output shaft is rotated at least in a state in which the motor is not operated, the output shaft enters a state of being disconnected from the cycloid speed reduction mechanism.

5. The door opening and closing device according to claim 1, wherein

the transmission mechanism includes a clutch mechanism that switches a state in which the output shaft is connected to the motor and a state in which the output shaft is disconnected from the motor.

6. The door opening and closing device according to claim 5, wherein

the transmission mechanism includes a speed reduction mechanism that decelerates and outputs the power of the motor, and the speed reduction mechanism is provided between the clutch mechanism and the output shaft.

7. The door opening and closing device according to claim 1, wherein

the transmission mechanism includes a brake mechanism that maintains the position of the opened door.

8. The door opening and closing device according to claim 1, wherein

the transmission mechanism includes an opening and closing state detecting unit that detects the opened or closed state of the door.

9. The door opening and closing device according to claim 1, wherein

a portion of the accommodation member that accommodates the transmission mechanism is connected to a plurality of cylindrical cases in the axial direction of the rotary shaft of the motor.

10. The door opening and closing device according to claim 1, wherein

a fixing member configured to fix the accommodation member to any one of the vehicle main body and the door is attached to the accommodation member.