Nippon Thompson Co., Ltd.

Chiba Institute of Technology

Satoshi Sasaki

Takayuki Furuta

Eiji Ida

Hideaki Yamato

Tsuguyoshi Nara

Masashi Matsui

Ryota Nakanishi

A speed reducer includes: ring-shaped external gear including outer teeth and through holes arranged circumferentially; input shaft penetrating space surrounded by an external gear inner circumferential surface; bearing between the external gear and input shaft; ring-shaped internal gear surrounding an external gear outer circumferential surface; inner pins penetrating the through holes axially; and inner pin holder holding both ends of each inner pin. The inner pin holder includes: first holder portion including a ring-shaped holding portion holding a first end of each inner pin; second holder portion including a ring-shaped holding portion holding a second end of each inner pin; and pillars connecting the first and second holder portion and penetrating the through holes. The speed reducer further includes fixing members that fix pillar end surfaces to the first holder portion or the second holder portion and are inserted in the pillars from the end surfaces of the pillars.

Speed reducer

A speed reducer includes: ring-shaped external gear including outer teeth, first through hole and multiple second through holes circumferentially surrounding the first; input shaft penetrating the first through hole; first bearing holding the input shaft rotatable to the external gear circumferentially; multiple inner pins penetrating the second through holes axially; inner pin holder surrounding the input shaft outer circumferential surface; second bearing surrounding the external gear outer circumferential surface; and internal tooth pins meshing with outer teeth. The second bearing includes an inner pin holder outer ring, inner ring inside the outer ring radially and output shaft rotating slower than the input shaft, a roller contacting an outer ring inner circumferential surface and an inner ring outer circumferential surface. The inner ring includes a ring shape pin holding portion surrounding the external gear outer circumferential surface, holding the internal tooth pin, and extending along an inner ring inner circumferential surface.

A cycloid speed reducer has a housing for accommodating a piece of equipment. Outer pins in meshing engagement with cycloid gears of a reduction gear portion are incorporated into the housing as a sliding bearing. A lubrication ring for lubricating the outer pins is slidably incorporated into the housing. The outer pins are lubricated by the outer pin lubricating ring. Inner pins are lubricated by a lubricating ring. The pair of cycloid gears are lubricated via the outer pins and the inner pins. As a result, friction between components is reduced, whereby frictional resistance decreases and durability is enhanced. In addition, the cycloid speed reducer can be manufactured as a small, compact unit.

Cycloid speed reducer

In a cross roller bearing, an outer ring and an inner ring have respective mounting portions formed thereon in such a manner as to reduce the radial thickness of the bearing to thereby reduce weight. The cross roller bearing has rollers and separators disposed in a load-carrying race formed between the outer ring and the inner ring. The outer ring and the inner ring have the respective mounting portions located axially away from respective raceway surfaces. The outer circumferential surface of the outer ring and the inner circumferential surface of the inner ring are flat. The mounting portion of the outer ring does not radially protrude from the inner circumferential surface of the inner ring, and the mounting portion of the inner ring does not radially protrude from the outer circumferential surface of the outer ring.

Cross roller bearing

A reduction gear of the present invention is compact and light and can be used for tire portions of an apparatus for travelling, etc. Each of outer and inner pins is formed by a rolling bearing. The reduction gear includes block-shaped lubricating members which supply a lubricant to the outer rings of the outer pins to thereby lubricate them, and a ring-shaped lubricating member which supplies the lubricant to the outer rings of the inner pins to thereby lubricate them. The lubricant can be supplied to a pair of cycloid gears through the outer pins and the inner pins for lubrication. Since the cycloid gears, the outer pins, and the inner pins are lubricated by the lubricating members, the reduction gear can enhance its durability, reduce the friction between components to thereby lower the frictional resistance, and realize a light and compact structure.

Reduction gear

A sliding system with onboard moving-coil linear motor is disclosed in which an armature assembly is a printed-circuit board, armature windings of flat configuration and coil stay having a stay and any number of cores made integral with the stay. The armature assembly is held by virtue of the stay at a preselected location inside an interval defined between field magnet arrays and, therefore, is small and compact in height in transverse section. A bed formed in an angled hook-like configuration in a transverse section contributes to shrinkage of the sliding system in either of height and width in transverse section or most compactness of the sliding system in transverse dimension. Moreover, the bed can be selected in length at discretion according to the purpose of usage to provide any desirable stroke length for a single table of a preselected length, getting the sliding system convenient for usage.

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Mino, Japan

Satoshi Sasaki