BEARING ASSEMBLY UNIT AND MOTOR

• US 20190032706A1
• Filed: 07/30/2018
• Published: 01/31/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nidec Sankyo Corporation (Nidec Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nidec Sankyo Corporation (Nidec Corporation)
• Inventors: ISAJI, Naoya, KUROSAWA, Hironori
• Granted Patent: US 10,641,322 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 19/16 with a single row of balls
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 2226/76 with tongue and groove or key and slot
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 2229/00 Setting preload
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 2300/54 high-temperature
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 25/083 with resilient means acting axially on a race ring to preload the bearing
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 33/58 Raceways; Race rings
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 35/077 between housing and outer race ring
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 5/1732 radially supporting the rotary shaft at both ends of the rotor H02K5/1737 takes precedence

Abstract

A bearing assembly unit (5) includes an outer holder (10) configured with a cylindrical member; an inner holder (20) that is configured with a cylindrical member, and inserted into an inner circumferential surface of the outer holder (10) so as to be movable in an axial direction; and a rolling bearing element (30) which is inserted into an inner circumferential section of the inner holder (20) so as to be fixed at least in a circumferential direction, and into which a shaft (40) is inserted so as to be fixed there; wherein, between the outer holder (10) and the inner holder (20), there is provided a rotation restriction mechanism (12, 22) that prevents a relative rotation between the outer holder (10) and the inner holder (20).

Claims

1. A bearing assembly unit comprising:

an outer holder configured with a cylindrical member;

an inner holder that is configured with a cylindrical member, and inserted into an inner circumferential section of the outer holder so as to be movable in an axial direction; and

a rolling bearing element which is inserted into an inner circumferential section of the inner holder so as to be fixed at least in a circumferential direction, and into which a shaft is inserted so as to be fixed there;

wherein, a rotation restriction mechanism that prevents a relative rotation between the outer holder and the inner holder is disposed between the outer holder and the inner holder.

2. The bearing assembly unit according to claim 1;

wherein, the rotation restriction mechanism includes;

a first engagement part shaped in the outer holder, and a second engagement part that is shaped in the inner holder so as to engage with the first engagement part in the circumferential direction.

3. The bearing assembly unit according to claim 2;

wherein, the first engagement part is either of a protrusion or a recess, shaped along the axial direction on an inner circumferential surface of the outer holder; and

meanwhile the second engagement part is either of a recess or a protrusion, shaped along the axial direction on an outer circumferential surface of the inner holder.

4. The bearing assembly unit according to claim 2;

wherein, the bearing assembly unit includes a pre-compression force applying unit configured with a disc component, and the pre-compression force applying unit is disposed between a bottom surface of the outer holder and the rolling bearing element, for providing a pre-compression force to the rolling bearing element.

5. The bearing assembly unit according to claim 2;

wherein, the rolling bearing element is press-fitted into the inner circumferential section of the inner holder.

6. The bearing assembly unit according to claim 1;

wherein, the rotation restriction mechanism includes a first engagement part shaped in the outer holder, a second engagement part shaped in the inner holder, and an engagement member that is provided between the outer holder and the inner holder so as to engage the first engagement part and the second engagement part with each other in the circumferential direction.

7. The bearing assembly unit according to claim 6;

wherein, the first engagement part is a protrusion that protrudes from a bottom surface of the outer holder in the axial direction, and the second engagement part is a protrusion that protrudes from an inner circumferential surface of the inner holder in a radial direction, and the engagement member is a disc component disposed between the bottom surface of the outer holder and the inner holder, and the engagement member includes either an opening part or a slit for engaging with the first engagement part, and a protrusion that protrudes toward the inner holder in the axial direction so as to engage with the second engagement part.

8. The bearing assembly unit according to claim 7;

wherein, the engagement member serves as a pre-compression force applying unit that provides a pre-compression force to the rolling bearing element.

9. The bearing assembly unit according to claim 6;

wherein, the rolling bearing element is fixed to the inner holder by an intermediary of an O-ring disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the rolling bearing element.

10. A motor comprising:

the bearing assembly unit according to claim 1;

a rotor fixed to either one of the outer holder and the shaft; and

a stator fixed to the other one of the outer holder and the shaft.