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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2017
Harmonic Drive Systems Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Kanayama, Azumino, JP;
HARMONIC DRIVE SYSTEMS INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A wave generator of a wave gear device flexes an externally toothed gear into a shape along an elliptical closed curve to form engaging portions of the externally toothed gear with an internally toothed gear at two places, namely at both ends of the major axis, and to move the engaging portions in the circumferential direction. The elliptical closed curve has a non-point symmetric shape. For example, the elliptical closed curve is a line symmetric closed curve that is not symmetric about the minor axis, and is symmetric about only the major axis. In the non-point symmetric state, the engaging portions are formed at both ends in the major axis direction. By selecting different shapes for the engaging portions at the two locations of the major axis, vibration attributed to a secondary angular transmission error component generated along with the rotation of the wave generator can be reduced.