Nidec-shimpo Corporation

Shinpo Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Nidec Corporation

Kikuo Okamura

Hitoshi Inoue

Norio Deguchi

Guo-Jhih Yan

Keng-Chang Wu

Hsiu-Ying Lin

Takuro Yonemura

Kyohei Haizumi

Tadashi Kashihara

Yoshihisa Iida

Yasushi Kitazaki

Shizuo Yamano

Shigeo Mizusawa

Manabu Kashihara

Yoshikata Muguruma

Jiro Sakai

A strain wave gear speed reducer unit includes: a casing extending in the axial direction; an internal gear disposed to be rotatable relative to the casing and having internal teeth on the inner circumference; a flexible external gear disposed to the inside of the internal gear in the radial direction, an end of which is fixed to the casing on one side in the axial direction, and which has external teeth on the outer circumference for meshing with the internal teeth; a cam disposed to the inside of the external gear in the radial direction and deforming the external gear in the radial direction by rotating together with a rotating shaft of a motor unit; a connecting part formed integrally with the cam and connected to the rotating shaft on the inside of the external gear; and a support connected to the casing and rotatably supporting the connecting part.

Strain wave gear speed reducer unit and power unit

A power unit comprises: a wave gear speed reducer, a rotary shaft extending in the axial direction; a rotor unit that rotates integrally with the rotary shaft; a stator unit disposed facing the rotor unit; and a motor casing to which the stator unit is secured. The motor casing has a second cover that covers the rotor unit and the stator unit from the other side in the axial direction. The rotary shaft extends toward the other side in the axial direction, penetrates the second cover, and is connected to a cam. The second cover has a support part that extends toward the other side in the axial direction, supports the rotary shaft in a rotatable manner, and is positioned in a flexible cylindrical part of an external gear.

Power unit and motor unit for wave gear speed reducer

A continuously variable transmission includes an input rotor, an output rotor, a plurality of planetary rollers, a guide member, a movable ring, and an elastic member. The input rotor is arranged to rotate about a main axis at a rotation rate before a speed change. The output rotor is arranged to rotate about the main axis at a rotation rate resulting from the speed change. The planetary rollers are arranged around the main axis, and each planetary roller is capable of rotating about a rotation shaft. The guide member is arranged to restrict positions of both end portions of the rotation shaft. The movable ring is capable of rotating about the main axis between the main axis and the planetary rollers. The movable ring is annular, and is capable of moving in an axial direction. The elastic member is capable of expanding and contracting in the axial direction. Each planetary roller includes a first slanting surface, a second slanting surface, and an annular recessed portion or annular projecting portion. The guide member is arranged to hold the end portions of the rotation shaft at different circumferential positions such that each end portion of the rotation shaft is capable of shifting a position thereof in a radial direction with respect to the main axis. The elastic member is arranged to apply a pressure to the movable ring in the axial direction.

Continuously variable transmission and bicycle

A friction-type continuously variable transmission includes first to third rolling elements of which are annular and is centered on a principal axis, planetary rollers arranged in a circumferential direction about the principal axis, support pins arranged to rotatably support the planetary rollers, and a planetary roller support portion arranged to support each support pin such that the support pin is capable of inclining in a section including the principal axis. Each planetary roller includes a recessed portion in the shape of a circular ring in an outer circumference thereof centered on the support pin. The first rolling element is arranged to make contact with a rolling contact surface of the planetary roller from one side in a radial direction axially below the recessed portion. The first rolling element is arranged to make contact with the rolling contact surface of the planetary roller from the one side in the radial direction axially above the recessed portion. The third rolling element is arranged to make contact with the recessed portion of the planetary roller from an opposite side in the radial direction, and is supported to be capable of moving in a vertical direction relative to the planetary roller support portion.

Friction-type continuously variable transmission

A stepless speed change traction gear includes a plurality of conical rollers, each having a conical surface frictionally engaging with an internal surface of a speed changing ring, a flat surface perpendicular to the axis of the conical surface frictionally engaging a non-rotating track ring, and an annular concave surface coaxial with the conical surface and frictionally engaging a bearing ring. The speed changing ring is longitudinally adjustable between limits so that a speed ratio range from 0 to nearly 1.0 is developed. This traction gear is not provided any additional gearing or speed increasing device to widen the speed range. A clutch, brake, and operator can permit a direct drive condition between the input and output shafts.

Stepless speed change traction gear

A type of a stepless speed change gear has a plurality of conical rollers each of which has a conical surface frictionally and internally engaging a ring-member moved axially by a speed changing device, a first annular surface frictionally engaging a disc of small diameter on an input shaft and a second annular surface frictionally engaging with a disc or large diameter arranged coaxially with the input shaft, and a contact pressure generating device of cam-type for generating contact pressures at three frictionally engaging points on each of the conical rollers. An assembly in which thrusting due to the friction-drive does not act onto the casing is provided. In the assembly, the disc of small diameter, the disc of large diameter and the contact pressure generating device are supported by a single shaft prohibiting running-out of them in axial direction. In addition, the conical rollers are bundled by the ring-member so that they will not drop out of the assembly.

Assembly for constituting a stepless speed change gear of friction-drive

A stepless speed change gear has an axially movable speed changing ring that is frictionally engaged with a plurality of conical rollers. The stepless gear has improved durability and reduced weight due to a flat annular power transmitting surface and an annular power transmitting surface of arcuate cross-sectional contour on the bottom portion of each conical roller. A force caused by a contact pressure generating device is applied to the conical rollers at the annular power transmitting surface of arcuate cross-sectional contour, so as to advance the conical rollers into a space between the speed changing ring and another frictionally engaging member as a wedge so that required contact pressures are applied on the frictionally engaging points.

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Kikuo Okamura