Abstract:
A linear DC motor having first and second drive coils and first and second drive magnets arranged in a symmetrical state in relation to a motor central axis that passes through a sliding member in which a lens is mounted. The first and second coils on a moveable side are positioned to both the left and right sides of the sliding member. The first and second drive coils are designed to be independent without being affected by the shape, size, arrangement position, and the like of the sliding member, a linear guide, and a detection part. The first and second drive coils have high rigidity and do not deform when the sliding member slides. Accordingly, it is possible to obtain a linear DC motor that has a highly rigid moveable part and performs positioning action with high responsiveness and high precision.
Abstract:
A first shaft end of a hollow shaft of a hollow strain wave gearing is supported by a first support bearing with a collar interposed therebetween which is mounted to the outer-circumferential surface of the first shaft end. A second shaft end on the other end of the hollow shaft is supported by a second support bearing. A wave plug of a wave generator is integrally formed with the hollow shaft, and a wave bearing is mounted on the elliptical outer-circumferential surface thereof from the first-shaft-end side. It is possible to use a first support bearing having an inner diameter larger than the outer diameter of the first shaft end as the first support bearing for supporting the first shaft end.
Abstract:
In a wave gear device, the inner race and the boss are fixed together by a laser welded part formed along the entire periphery thereof. The laser welded part also functions as an oil seal for sealing the inner race and the boss. The boss and the inner race are fixed together in a manner that a required axial length is short, and that machining and assembling steps are reduced. Oil seal members are not required to seal the boss and the inner race.
Abstract:
A wave gear unit has an input shaft positioned along a center axis by first and second input bearings. A first unit end plate at the first-input-bearing side is a composite member in which a bearing housing member of an iron-based material is integrated with an end plate main body member of a lightweight material. A second unit end plate at the second-input-bearing side is integrated with a rigid internally toothed gear, and is a composite member in which a second member of a lightweight material is integrated with a first member of a lightweight material. The first member has an end plate main body portion of the second unit end plate and a gear main body portion of the rigid internally toothed gear, while the second member has a bearing housing portion of the second unit end plate and a teeth formation portion of the rigid internally toothed gear.
Abstract:
In a self-calibration method of an angle detector, an angle interval between first and second scale reader heads are set, so that a single rotation is not equally divided into an integer number of potions by a value of the angle interval and that a plurality of rotations N are equally divided into M equal portions by the value of the angle interval. Readings by the scale reader heads during N rotations of the divided circle are obtained at a pre-set data sampling interval. From differences in readings by these scale reader heads, data of the sequential two-point method relating to an angle scale error of the divided circle are obtained at the data sampling interval. The scale error of the divided circle at the data sampling interval is calculated by synthesizing the data using the fact that an average of the data for the rotations N reaches approximately zero.
Abstract:
A planetary gear drive includes a thin, elastically resilient internal gear arranged within an annular housing, in which there is also a carrier that is rotatably supported by a pair of tapered roller bearings. A sun gear located concentrically within a cylindrical portion of the carrier is arranged so that the sun gear is capable of floating movement perpendicular to the drive axis. Any uneven meshing caused by error in the assembly or manufacture of the gears is automatically cancelled by radial elastic deformation of the internal gear and the floating movement of the sun gear, reducing backlash. Moreover, the use of two tapered roller bearings makes it possible to increase the moment capacity of the planetary gear drive.
Abstract:
A projection-type rotary encoder is provided which has a light source, an object grating plate in which a substantially fan-shaped object grating for transmitting light is arranged at constant angular intervals in the circumferential direction, a rotary scale plate in which a substantially fan-shaped scale grating for transmitting light is arranged at constant angular intervals in the circumferential direction, and a photodiode grating plate in which a substantially fan-shaped photodiode photosensitive surface grating is arranged at constant angular intervals in the circumferential direction. A scale grating 32A is formed in the rotary scale plate with a shape and size that correspond to a light image of the object grating 31A incident on the surface thereof. A photodiode photosensitive surface grating 33A is formed in the photodiode grating plate with a shape and size that correspond to a light image of the scale grating 32A incident on the surface thereof.
Abstract:
A toroidal core automatic winding apparatus has a winding ring positioned concentrically around a supply ring. The rings are C-shaped, by virtue of a through-slit on each ring. Wire wound on the supply ring is drawn out towards a toroidal core, via a wire guide on the winding ring. A ring rotation mechanism rotates the supply ring and winding ring in the same direction as that in which the supply ring was rotated when being loaded with the wire, but at mutually different speeds, to wind the wire around the toroidal core. The difference in the rotation amounts of the supply ring and winding ring equals the length of the wire that is wound on the toroidal core.
Abstract:
In a strain wave gearing, both of a pulley for transmitting rotation in a direction orthogonal to a rotation central axis and an output shaft are arranged on an axial-direction first side relative to a cup-shaped externally toothed gear. The input shaft, which transmits input rotation from the pulley to the wave generator, functions as a support shaft for both the pulley and the wave generator and is supported at both ends by the first and second bearings. A mechanism for transmitting rotation from the pulley to the wave generator, and a mechanism for supporting the rotation-transmitting mechanism, can be made compact, and support strength can also be ensured.
Abstract:
A strain wave gearing includes a wave generator that creates a state in which a flexible externally toothed gear is flexed into a non-circular shape and partially meshes with a rigid internally toothed gear, and that includes a wave plug having a non-circular outer peripheral surface and a wave bearing attached to the non-circular outer peripheral surface of the wave plug. The wave bearing includes an outer ring having an inner peripheral surface and an outer-ring-side raceway surface formed on the inner peripheral surface, an inner ring having an outer peripheral surface and an inner-ring-side raceway surface formed on the outer peripheral surface, and a plurality of rolling elements rotatably inserted between the outer-ring-side raceway surface and the inner-ring-side raceway surface,