Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lubricant sealing structure, strain wave gearing, and actuator
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Application No.: US17759290Application Date: 2020-04-10
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Publication No.: US11885403B2Publication Date: 2024-01-30
- Inventor: Daisuke Orii , Syuhei Kobayashi
- Applicant: HARMONIC DRIVE SYSTEMS INC.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: HARMONIC DRIVE SYSTEMS INC.
- Current Assignee: HARMONIC DRIVE SYSTEMS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: BUCHANAN INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC
- International Application: PCT/JP2020/016208 2020.04.10
- International Announcement: WO2021/205666A 2021.10.14
- Date entered country: 2022-07-22
- Main IPC: F16H57/029
- IPC: F16H57/029 ; F16H49/00 ; F16H57/04

Abstract:
A strain wave gearing has a lubricant sealing structure that prevents a lubricant from leaking to the outside through a gap portion between a hollow input shaft and an end plate. The lubricant sealing structure includes an oil-repellent surface formed on the surface portion facing the gap portion, an oil seal that seals the gap portion, and an oil film forming surface formed at a lip tip surface of the oil seal. The oil-repellent surface has a surface texture in which first fine grooves are formed in a predetermined pattern so that an oil-repellent effect can be obtained with respect to the lubricant. The oil film forming surface has a surface texture in which second fine grooves are formed in a predetermined pattern so that an oil film forming effect of a seal lip grease can be obtained.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230093559A1 LUBRICANT SEALING STRUCTURE, STRAIN WAVE GEARING, AND ACTUATOR Public/Granted day:2023-03-23
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