Ntn Corporation

Ogura Clutch Company, Ltd.

Naotsugu Kitayama

Koji Sato

Takahide Saito

Koji Akiyoshi

Masahiro Kawai

Kyohei Sasanuma

Marina Fukunari

Shintaro Ishikawa

Yoshihiro Kurosu

Kouji Isoda

Haruhiko Ushirode

Masafumi Nakakoji

Motohiro Tada

Makoto Tokuda

Kenji Mizushiri

An electric oil pump 1 includes: a pump unit 2 that generates hydraulic pressure; a motor unit 3 that drives the pump unit; a substrate 4 on which a control circuit for controlling the motor unit 3 is formed by a plurality of electronic components 41; and a housing 5 equipped with a pump accommodation unit 53 that houses the pump unit, a motor accommodation unit 54 that houses the motor unit, and a substrate accommodation unit 55 that houses the substrate. The substrate 4 is disposed along the tangential direction of a circle about the axis of the motor unit 3. The pump accommodation unit 53, the motor accommodation unit 54, and the substrate accommodation unit 55 are integrally formed.

Electric oil pump

A clutch unit includes a lever-side clutch part to control transmission and interruption of rotational torque input through a lever operation and a brake-side clutch part to transmit the rotational torque from the lever-side clutch part to the output side and interrupt rotational torque reversely input from the output side. The brake-side clutch part includes an outer ring constrained in rotation, an output shaft to output the rotation, cylindrical rollers to control interruption of the rotational torque reversely input from the output shaft and transmission of the rotational torque input from the lever-side clutch part through engagement and disengagement between the outer ring and the output shaft, a friction ring to apply a rotational resistance to the output shaft, and a variable part to change the rotational resistance applied to the output shaft between the transmission and the interruption of the rotational torque.

Clutch unit

A rotation transmission device is provided in which a collision sound by an armature and a rotor is less likely to occur, and further the armature is stably attracted to the rotor. A buffer is provided between the armature and the rotor. The buffer is constituted by a metal annulus axially movably supported by the armature, and a rubber annulus configured such that as the armature approaches the rotor, the rubber annulus is axially compressed by the metal annulus and the armature. The rubber annulus has different axial thicknesses at different circumferential locations thereof such that when the degree of axial compression of the rubber annulus is large, the rubber annulus is axially compressed in its longer circumferential area than when the degree of axial compression of the rubber annulus is small.

Rotation transmission device

A rotation transmission device is provided in which leakage of magnetism from an armature to a control retainer is reduced, and of which a two-way clutch can be operated accurately and reliably. This device includes a restricting arrangement for restricting the fitting amount between a coupling tube of the armature and a tubular portion of the control retainer such that a gap is defined between a back surface of the armature, with respect to its surface to be attracted to a rotor, and an end surface of the tubular portion, to prevent leakage of magnetism from the back surface of the armature to the end surface of the tubular portion when an electromagnet is energized and the armature is pulled to the rotor.

A rotation transmission device includes an electromagnetic clutch including an armature, a rotor having an outer tubular portion and an inner tubular portion, and an electromagnet. A bearing support tube is provided at the outer end surface of a core supporting an electromagnetic coil of the electromagnet. A bearing is mounted in the bearing support tube so as to be axially fixed in position and not to be pulled out of the bearing support tube. The small-diameter tubular portion is provided at the end of the inner tubular portion of the rotor, and press-fitted in the bearing such that the rotor and the electromagnet form a unit.

An electromagnetic connection device includes an armature (), a rotor (), an electromagnetic coil (), and a spring member () that biases the armature () in a direction in which the armature () is separated from the rotor (). The electromagnetic connection device includes a damping member () mounted on the armature () so as to face the rotor (). The armature () includes a flat portion () and a tubular portion (). The damping member () includes a damper cover () including an abutment portion along the flat portion () and an engaging portion along the tubular portion (), and an elastic member () sandwiched between the abutment portion and the flat portion (). The damper cover () is put on the armature () from the side of the rotor () and movably held on the tubular portion (). The flat portion () includes a concave portion () configured to store the abutment portion of the damper cover (). There is provided an electromagnetic connection device capable of obtaining a high damping effect and raising the productivity while preventing the elastic member from being exposed to a friction surface.

Electromagnetic connection device

A rotation transmission device includes torque cams provided between opposed surfaces of a flange of a control retainer and a flange of a rotary retainer and configured to convert an axial movement of the control retainer to relative rotational motion between the two retainers. All of the torque cams are circumferentially offset from all of the pillars of the control retainer and all of the pillars of the rotary retainer, and a pair of cam grooves forming each torque cam are heat-treated only at their areas that are brought into contact with a ball of the torque cam, to increase the hardness of these areas, thus improving the durability of the retainers.

A rotation transmission device is configured such that when an electromagnet of an electromagnetic clutch is energized, an armature is attracted toward a rotor, so that a control retainer defining a two-way clutch is moved in an axial direction, whereby the control retainer and a rotary retainer are rotated relative to each other in a direction in which circumferential widths of pockets decrease, thereby disengaging pairs of rollers from an inner periphery of an outer ring and an outer periphery of an inner ring. The rotation transmission device includes a shock absorbing member on a surface of the armature facing the rotor, the shock absorbing member being configured to absorb impact force when the armature is attracted to the rotor by being elastically deformed.

A rotation transmission device includes an inner ring provided on an input shaft, an outer ring provided on an output shaft, rollers mounted between the inner periphery of the outer ring and the outer periphery of the inner ring, an electromagnet as a driving source for moving a roller retainer mounted at the end portion of the housing on the side of the input shaft, a first bearing mounted between the electromagnet and the input shaft, a second bearing mounted between the end portion of the housing on a side of the output shaft and the output shaft, and a third bearing mounted between the inner ring and the outer ring. The rotation transmission device further includes a fourth bearing configured to prevent inclination of the axes of the input shaft and the output shaft relative to each other.

When a control retainer and a rotary retainer rotate relative to each other, a plurality of pairs of rollers received in respective pockets are pushed by pillars so as to move to their disengaged position. An anti-rotation arrangement is provided between an outer ring and the control retainer. The anti-rotation arrangement prevents the control retainer from rotating relative to the outer ring when the rollers are engaged, so that that the rollers does not move to their neutral position. This increases reliability. The anti-rotation arrangement includes a plurality of first protrusions formed on the surface of the outer ring, and a plurality of second protrusions formed on the surface of the control retainer axially opposed to the surface of the outer ring. Heat treatment is performed to the first and second protrusions so as to increase the hardness thereof.

A rotation transmission device includes an electromagnetic clutch which selectively engages and disengages a two-way clutch configured to selectively perform and stop transmission of torque between an input shaft and an output shaft. A spring holder fitted on the input shaft prevents rollers from axially moving. Spring holding pieces mounted to the spring holder are formed with respective engagement surfaces engaging with cam surfaces of an outer periphery of an inner ring such that the spring holder is rotationally fixed.

A rotation transmission device includes a two-way clutch which is selectively engaged and disengaged by an electromagnetic clutch. The two-way clutch includes a control retainer and a rotary retainer. The control retainer and the rotary retainer have flanges and bars formed on outer peripheral portions of the respective flanges and arranged so as to circumferentially alternate with each other with pockets defined between adjacent bars. Two rollers are received in each pocket. When the control retainer and the rotary retainer are rotated relative to each other, the rollers are adapted to be pushed by the bars to the disengaged position. An anti-rotation arrangement is provided on opposed surfaces of an outer ring and the control retainer member. The anti-rotation arrangement is adapted to prevent the control retainer from rotating relative to the outer ring while the rollers are in engagement, thereby preventing the rollers from moving to the neutral position.

A rotation transmission device is configured such that when an electromagnet of an electromagnetic clutch is energized, a control retainer of a two-way clutch is moved in the axial direction, so that the control retainer and a rotary retainer rotate relative to each other in the direction in which the circumferential widths of pockets decrease, thereby disengaging pairs of rollers from an outer ring and an inner ring. A spring holder is provided which is fixed to an input shaft and kept in abutment with an axial end surface of the inner ring to prevent relative rotation between the control retainer and the rotary retainer in the direction in which the circumferential widths of the pockets decrease, from the neutral position of the rollers. The spring holder is prevented from axial movement to prevent untimely engagement of the two-way clutch. The inner ring is integral with the input shaft.

A rotation transmission device includes a control retainer and a rotary retainer having bars arranged circumferentially alternating with each other such that pockets are defined between the adjacent pairs of bars. A pair of rollers are mounted in each pocket with an elastic member disposed between the pair of rollers such that the pair of rollers are pushed by the respective bars to their respective disengaged positions when the control retainer and the rotary retainer rotate relative to each other. A spring holder is fitted on an input shaft while abutting one axial end surface of an inner ring. The spring holder has spring support pieces on the outer periphery thereof to prevent radially outward movement of the elastic members. The spring support pieces are plate-shaped members disposed radially outwardly of the elastic members to extend in the axial direction in parallel to the outer periphery of the inner ring.

A brake-side clutch section on an output side transmits rotational torque input from a lever-side clutch section on an input side, for controlling transmission and interruption of the rotational torque to the output side through lever operation, to the output side, and interrupts rotational torque reversely input from the output side.

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Shizuoka, Japan

Naotsugu Kitayama