US20080116758A1 - Electric actuator and a motor used therein - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an electric actuator and a motor used in the actuator, and especially to an electric actuator used in a power tailgate and a power sliding door of an automobile.
- an electric actuator comprises a motor casing of a motor part and a gear casing of an actuator part which can be separated from each other.
- a worm of a shaft in the motor part is engaged with a worm wheel of the actuator part.
- a rotor fixed to the base end of the shaft faces a permanent magnet as stator bonded on the inner circumferential surface of the motor casing.
- the magnet is put into the motor casing and heated with drying while adhesive is applied on the outer circumferential surface of the permanent magnet.
- the three steps make assembling time prolonged.
- FIG. 1 is a partially sectional side view of an electric actuator according to the present invention
- FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a motor part and an actuator part
- FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional view seen from the line III-III to show the connection of a motor casing with an actuator casing;
- FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line IV-IV in FIG. 3 to show the connection of the motor casing with the actuator casting.
- an electric actuator 1 comprises a motor part 2 A and an actuator part 2 B which can be detached from each other.
- the motor part 2 A comprises a motor casing 3 also used as yoke made of Al alloy deep-drawn bottom-having cylinder; a stator 4 fixed on the inner circumferential surface of the motor casing 3 ; a rotor 7 comprising an iron core 5 on which a coil 6 is wound, inside the stator 4 ; a shaft 6 to which the rotor 7 is fixed; a commutator 9 fixed to the shaft 8 ; and a brush unit 10 that charges the commutator 9 .
- the stator 4 comprises a permanent magnet made of Nd—Fe—B magnet which Nd, Fe and B are mixed with binder resin to form a ring having the inner circumferential surface on which N- and S-poles are equally spaced alternately in a circumferential direction.
- the Nd—Fe—B magnet is known to provide high magnetism and used as field magnet which is thin and small, but provide high torque.
- the external diameter of the annular permanent magnet made of Nd magnet as the stator 4 is slightly larger than the internal diameter of the inner circumferential surface of the motor casing 3 .
- both are disposed under high-temperature atmosphere and the magnet is pressingly fitted into the inner circumferential surface of the motor casing 3 with a suitable jig to allow them to be constructed together without adhesive.
- Assembling of the permanent magnet within the motor casing renders time shorter than known methods where an adhesive is applied to a permanent magnet and does not produce contamination or odor within a working room to improve working condition. Neither bonding edge nor deviation thereof significantly improves concentricity and roundness of the internal diameter of the permanent magnet with respect to the center of the rotation after assembling thereby reducing a gap between the permanent magnet and the rotor 7 to enable high output power.
- the rotor 7 is fixed to the base end 8 a of the shaft 8 and the commutator 9 is fixed to the shaft 8 at the opening end of the motor casing 3 .
- the base end 8 a of the shaft 8 is relatively thick to provide rigidity enough to bear the weight of the fixed rotor 7 .
- the brush unit 10 comprises a circuit board 10 a and a brush 10 c connected to the circuit board 10 a via a brush holder 10 b .
- a brush 10 c is disposed perpendicular to an axis of the commutator 9 to be in sliding contact with the commutator 9 .
- the circuit board 10 a has a through-hole 10 d through which the shaft passes at the center; and a pair of upper and lower holes 10 e , 10 e corresponding to a pair of upper and lower female-thread holes 27 , 27 of a gear casing 16 later described.
- the opening end of the motor casing 3 is bent radially outwards at almost right angles to form an outward flange 3 a circumferentially and an inner corner 3 b is rounded.
- a pair of ears 11 , 11 is projected outwards on a diagonal line symmetrically with respect to an axis of the shaft 8 and a hole 12 are formed in the ears 11 .
- a wheel casing 15 which includes a worm wheel 14 mounted to an output shaft 13 via a bearing 13 a is molded of Al together with a gear casing 16 including the shaft 8 which extends from the motor part 2 A.
- a through-hole 13 a At the center of the wheel casing 15 , there are formed a through-hole 13 a and a bearing-receiving portion 15 b surrounding the through-hole 13 a.
- the bearing 13 a pressingly fits in the bearing-receiving portion 13 a .
- the shaft 8 extends through an axial hole 17 of the gear casing 16 .
- a worm gear 18 is formed and meshes with a worm wheel 14 in the wheel casing 15 .
- first and second ball bearings 21 , 22 receives axial and radial load of the shaft 8 .
- the first ball bearing 21 has an inner race 21 a in which the shaft 8 is pressingly fitted, and an outer race 21 b is fitted in a larger-diameter hole 19 to support an intermediate part 8 c of the shaft 8 or between the base end 8 a and the worm gear 18 .
- the end 8 b of the shaft 8 is pressingly fitted in an inner race 22 a .
- An outer race 22 b fits in a larger-diameter axial hole 20 which opens outwards of the gear casing 16 opposite to the motor casing 3 to allow the end 8 b of the shaft 8 to be rotatably held, so that the shaft 8 is held only at each end of the worm gear 18 in the gear casing 16 like a cantilever.
- the part near the base end 8 a of the shaft 8 is axially short avoiding necessity for creating a space for a bearing at the end of the motor casing 3 and reducing the axial length of the motor casing 3 to make the whole size reduced and lightened and to reduce the number of parts, whereby the structure is simplified and the cost is reduced.
- the end 8 b comprises a smaller-diameter shaft of which the outer circumferential surface is threaded.
- the smaller-diameter shaft is pressingly fitted in the inner race 22 a of the second ball bearing 22 which engages in the outer larger-diameter hole 20 of the axial hole 17 to make It projected outwards.
- a nut 23 engages on the projection to allow the shaft 8 to be fixed to the inner race 22 a , thereby preventing the shaft 8 from moving axially.
- the outer race 22 b of the ball bearing 22 engaged in the outer larger-diameter hole 20 is fixed by a cap 24 engaged in the axial hole 17 thereby fixing the inner race with the nut 23 and preventing the end 8 b of the shaft 8 from moving axially and radially.
- the end 8 b of the shaft 8 is prevented from bending due to engagement reaction force of the worm gear 18 with the worm wheel 14 , so that the worm wheel 14 is prevented from being damaged.
- An annular projection 25 is formed around an axis on an end face 16 a of the gear casing 16 contacting the opening end of the motor casing 2 .
- An annular groove 26 is formed in the annular projection 25 .
- the annular groove 26 has a pair of upper and lower female bores 27 , 27 corresponding to a pair of holes 10 e , 10 e of the circuit board 10 a of the brush unit 10 .
- the brush unit 10 which holds the brush 10 a slidably contacting the commutator 9 engages in the annular groove 26 and mounted with the bolts 28 , 28 in the female bores 27 , 27 through the holes 10 e, 10 e of the circuit board 10 a.
- a vertical seat face 29 is circumferentially formed on an outer base portion 25 a of the annular projection 25 to receive the outward flange 3 a at the opening end of the motor casing 3 .
- a pair of mounting ears 30 , 30 is formed to project outwards on a diagonal line symmetrical with the axis of the shaft 8 on the outer circumferential surface of the end face 29 corresponding to the mounting ears 11 , 11 formed on the opening end of the motor casing 3 .
- a female bore, 31 is formed in the mounting ear 30 .
- an elastic rubber O-ring 32 is fitted and has slightly smaller diameter than the external diameter of the annular projection 25 .
- the O-ring 32 is stretched and expanded to allow it to fit on the outer circumferential surface 25 b tightly.
- the O-ring 32 is deformably inserted in a space “S” created by the inner rounded corner 3 b of the opening end of the motor casing 3 , the outer circumferential surface 25 b of the annular projection 26 and the seat face 29 of the gear casing 16 .
- the O-ring 32 has a circular cross-section slightly greater than the area of the space “S”.
- the O-ring 32 is elastically collapsed and deformed by pressing force onto the inner rounded corner 3 b of the motor casing 3 .
- the O-ring 32 comes into a gap “a” between the inner circumferential surface of the motor casing 3 and the outer circumferential surface 25 b of the annular projection 25 of the gear casing 16 .
- reaction force acts uniformly to press the inner rounded corner of the motor casing 3 outwards in a radial direction to make alignment to allow the gap “a” to become constant in a circumferential direction thereby achieving suitable alignment of the axes of the motor casing 3 and the gear casing 16 .
- the first bearing 21 which axially supports the intermediate part of the shaft 8 is disposed close to the commutator 9 fixed to the motor casing 3 .
- a collar 33 is put on the shaft 8 and comprises an elastic rubber ring having a vertical cross-section of trapezoid. Its end face pressingly contacts the inner race 21 a of the first ball bearing 21 to apply axially outward force to the inner race 21 a.
- the collar 33 comprises an elastic rubber ring having trapezoidal cross-section gradually expanding towards the axis of the shaft 8 to increase absorption owing to axial stretching of the shaft 8 and to cope well with unevenness in accuracy of parts in axial size of the commutator pressingly fitted in the shaft 8 and depth-size direction of the motor casing 3 thereby reducing high cost for improving accuracy of parts.
- a pair of mounting ears 11 , 11 at the opening end of the motor casing 3 contacts a pair of mounting ears 30 , 30 of the seat face 29 of the gear casing 16 , and a pair of bolts 34 , 34 are inserted into bores 12 , 12 of the ears 11 , 11 from the side of the motor casing 3 , so that the bolts 34 , 34 are engaged in the female bores 34 , 34 of the ears 30 , 30 of the gear casing 16 .
- the motor casing 3 is connected to the gear casing 16 at two points.
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Abstract
A motor comprises a rotor fixed to a shaft and a stator comprising a permanent magnet on the inner circumferential surface of a motor casing. The shaft extends from the opening end of the motor casing and has a worm wheel in a gear casing. The end face of the gear casing has an annular projection. The motor casing has an outward flange at the opening end. When the motor casing is connected with the gear casing, an elastic O-ring is fitted between a space formed by the outer circumferential surface of the annular projection, an outer vertical seat face of the gear casing and a corner of the outward flange thereby achieving suitable alignment of the motor casing with the gear casing. The permanent magnet is made of Nd magnet which is pressingly fitted on the inner circumferential surface of the motor casing.
Description
- The present invention relates to an electric actuator and a motor used in the actuator, and especially to an electric actuator used in a power tailgate and a power sliding door of an automobile.
- It is required for such an electric actuator to be small and light with increased output power since space and weight of the car body are limited.
- As shown in JP2005-30545A, an electric actuator comprises a motor casing of a motor part and a gear casing of an actuator part which can be separated from each other. A worm of a shaft in the motor part is engaged with a worm wheel of the actuator part.
- A rotor fixed to the base end of the shaft faces a permanent magnet as stator bonded on the inner circumferential surface of the motor casing.
- However, when the motor casing is connected to the gear casing in the electric actuator, both are made of Al alloy to make press-fit difficult. So it is necessary to provide a slight clearance between them, which is likely to cause vibration in the motor casing.
- Errors in accuracy of the motor casing with respect to the gear casing promotes unevenness in accuracy of the connection of them, making it impossible to keep the clearance between the permanent magnet and rotor constant. Such misalignment makes motor performance decreased.
- To improve connection accuracy between the gear casing and motor casing, it is necessary to increase accuracy in working of each casing significantly, which causes not only high cost but also decrease in productivity.
- Meanwhile, to fix the permanent magnet as stator on the inner circumferential surface of the motor casing, the magnet is put into the motor casing and heated with drying while adhesive is applied on the outer circumferential surface of the permanent magnet. The three steps make assembling time prolonged.
- A working room becomes likely to be contaminated with the adhesive. Also, odor peculiar to the adhesive makes the environment worse, which requires sufficient air conditioning. The edges for the adhesive are likely to cause a gap between the motor casing and permanent magnet or between the permanent magnet and rotor. So balance in motion of the rotor gets poorer.
- Furthermore, concentricity of the internal diameter of the permanent magnet to the center is poor after the connection of the motor casing, making it impossible to reduce the gap between the permanent magnet and rotor. Magnetic force of the permanent magnet is not able to efficiently act, which is obstacle against the improvement in motor performance.
- In view of the disadvantages, it is an object of the invention to provide a small high-output electric actuator in which a motor casing is accurately aligned with a gear casing without increasing working accuracy of each part to improve motor performance together with less vibration of the motor casing, easier and simpler assembling and increased productivity at low cost.
- It is another object of the invention to provide an electric motor in which a permanent magnet is provided as stator on a motor casing without adhesive.
- The features and advantages of the invention will become more apparent from the following description with respect to an embodiment as shown in appended drawings wherein:
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FIG. 1 is a partially sectional side view of an electric actuator according to the present invention; -
FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a motor part and an actuator part; -
FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional view seen from the line III-III to show the connection of a motor casing with an actuator casing; and -
FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line IV-IV inFIG. 3 to show the connection of the motor casing with the actuator casting. - In an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in
FIGS. 1 and 2 , anelectric actuator 1 comprises amotor part 2A and anactuator part 2B which can be detached from each other. Themotor part 2A comprises amotor casing 3 also used as yoke made of Al alloy deep-drawn bottom-having cylinder; astator 4 fixed on the inner circumferential surface of themotor casing 3; arotor 7 comprising aniron core 5 on which acoil 6 is wound, inside thestator 4; ashaft 6 to which therotor 7 is fixed; acommutator 9 fixed to theshaft 8; and abrush unit 10 that charges thecommutator 9. - The
stator 4 comprises a permanent magnet made of Nd—Fe—B magnet which Nd, Fe and B are mixed with binder resin to form a ring having the inner circumferential surface on which N- and S-poles are equally spaced alternately in a circumferential direction. - The Nd—Fe—B magnet is known to provide high magnetism and used as field magnet which is thin and small, but provide high torque.
- The external diameter of the annular permanent magnet made of Nd magnet as the
stator 4 is slightly larger than the internal diameter of the inner circumferential surface of themotor casing 3. To mount the permanent magnet on the inside of themotor casing 3, both are disposed under high-temperature atmosphere and the magnet is pressingly fitted into the inner circumferential surface of themotor casing 3 with a suitable jig to allow them to be constructed together without adhesive. - Assembling of the permanent magnet within the motor casing renders time shorter than known methods where an adhesive is applied to a permanent magnet and does not produce contamination or odor within a working room to improve working condition. Neither bonding edge nor deviation thereof significantly improves concentricity and roundness of the internal diameter of the permanent magnet with respect to the center of the rotation after assembling thereby reducing a gap between the permanent magnet and the
rotor 7 to enable high output power. - The
rotor 7 is fixed to thebase end 8 a of theshaft 8 and thecommutator 9 is fixed to theshaft 8 at the opening end of themotor casing 3. Thebase end 8 a of theshaft 8 is relatively thick to provide rigidity enough to bear the weight of thefixed rotor 7. - As shown in
FIG. 3 , thebrush unit 10 comprises acircuit board 10 a and abrush 10 c connected to thecircuit board 10 a via abrush holder 10 b. Abrush 10 c is disposed perpendicular to an axis of thecommutator 9 to be in sliding contact with thecommutator 9. Thecircuit board 10 a has a through-hole 10 d through which the shaft passes at the center; and a pair of upper andlower holes thread holes gear casing 16 later described. - As shown in
FIG. 4 , the opening end of themotor casing 3 is bent radially outwards at almost right angles to form anoutward flange 3 a circumferentially and aninner corner 3 b is rounded. - On the outer circumference of the
outward flange 3 a, a pair ofears shaft 8 and ahole 12 are formed in theears 11. - In the
actuator part 2B, awheel casing 15 which includes aworm wheel 14 mounted to anoutput shaft 13 via abearing 13 a is molded of Al together with agear casing 16 including theshaft 8 which extends from themotor part 2A. - At the center of the
wheel casing 15, there are formed a through-hole 13 a and a bearing-receivingportion 15 b surrounding the through-hole 13 a. - The bearing 13 a pressingly fits in the bearing-receiving
portion 13 a. Theshaft 8 extends through anaxial hole 17 of thegear casing 16. On theend 8 b of theshaft 8 in thegear casing 16, aworm gear 18 is formed and meshes with aworm wheel 14 in thewheel casing 15. - At the inner and outer ends of the
axial hole 17, there are larger-diameteraxial holes second ball bearings 21,22 receives axial and radial load of theshaft 8. - The first ball bearing 21 has an
inner race 21 a in which theshaft 8 is pressingly fitted, and anouter race 21 b is fitted in a larger-diameter hole 19 to support anintermediate part 8 c of theshaft 8 or between thebase end 8 a and theworm gear 18. - In the second ball bearing 22, the
end 8 b of theshaft 8 is pressingly fitted in aninner race 22 a. Anouter race 22 b fits in a larger-diameteraxial hole 20 which opens outwards of thegear casing 16 opposite to themotor casing 3 to allow theend 8 b of theshaft 8 to be rotatably held, so that theshaft 8 is held only at each end of theworm gear 18 in thegear casing 16 like a cantilever. - Thus, the part near the
base end 8 a of theshaft 8 is axially short avoiding necessity for creating a space for a bearing at the end of themotor casing 3 and reducing the axial length of themotor casing 3 to make the whole size reduced and lightened and to reduce the number of parts, whereby the structure is simplified and the cost is reduced. - The
end 8 b comprises a smaller-diameter shaft of which the outer circumferential surface is threaded. The smaller-diameter shaft is pressingly fitted in theinner race 22 a of the second ball bearing 22 which engages in the outer larger-diameter hole 20 of theaxial hole 17 to make It projected outwards. Anut 23 engages on the projection to allow theshaft 8 to be fixed to theinner race 22 a, thereby preventing theshaft 8 from moving axially. - The
outer race 22 b of the ball bearing 22 engaged in the outer larger-diameter hole 20 is fixed by acap 24 engaged in theaxial hole 17 thereby fixing the inner race with thenut 23 and preventing theend 8 b of theshaft 8 from moving axially and radially. Thus, when theshaft 8 rotates, theend 8 b of theshaft 8 is prevented from bending due to engagement reaction force of theworm gear 18 with theworm wheel 14, so that theworm wheel 14 is prevented from being damaged. - An
annular projection 25 is formed around an axis on anend face 16 a of thegear casing 16 contacting the opening end of the motor casing 2. Anannular groove 26 is formed in theannular projection 25. Theannular groove 26 has a pair of upper and lowerfemale bores holes circuit board 10 a of thebrush unit 10. - The
brush unit 10 which holds thebrush 10 a slidably contacting thecommutator 9 engages in theannular groove 26 and mounted with thebolts female bores holes circuit board 10 a. - A
vertical seat face 29 is circumferentially formed on anouter base portion 25 a of theannular projection 25 to receive theoutward flange 3 a at the opening end of themotor casing 3. A pair of mounting ears 30,30 is formed to project outwards on a diagonal line symmetrical with the axis of theshaft 8 on the outer circumferential surface of theend face 29 corresponding to themounting ears motor casing 3. A female bore, 31 is formed in the mounting ear 30. - As shown in
FIGS. 2 and 4 , on the outer circumferential surface of theannular projection 25, an elastic rubber O-ring 32 is fitted and has slightly smaller diameter than the external diameter of theannular projection 25. The O-ring 32 is stretched and expanded to allow it to fit on the outercircumferential surface 25 b tightly. - The O-
ring 32 is deformably inserted in a space “S” created by the innerrounded corner 3 b of the opening end of themotor casing 3, the outercircumferential surface 25 b of theannular projection 26 and theseat face 29 of thegear casing 16. - As shown in a two-dotted line in
FIG. 4 , the O-ring 32 has a circular cross-section slightly greater than the area of the space “S”. Thus, when themotor casing 3 is connected to thegear casing 16 by pressing the innerrounded corner 3 b of themotor casing 3 onto the outercircumferential surface 25 b of theannular projection 3 b of thegear casing 16, the O-ring 32 is elastically collapsed and deformed by pressing force onto the innerrounded corner 3 b of themotor casing 3. - The O-
ring 32 comes into a gap “a” between the inner circumferential surface of themotor casing 3 and the outercircumferential surface 25 b of theannular projection 25 of thegear casing 16. By its repulsive force, reaction force acts uniformly to press the inner rounded corner of themotor casing 3 outwards in a radial direction to make alignment to allow the gap “a” to become constant in a circumferential direction thereby achieving suitable alignment of the axes of themotor casing 3 and thegear casing 16. - As shown in
FIG. 1 , the first bearing 21 which axially supports the intermediate part of theshaft 8 is disposed close to thecommutator 9 fixed to themotor casing 3. - A
collar 33 is put on theshaft 8 and comprises an elastic rubber ring having a vertical cross-section of trapezoid. Its end face pressingly contacts theinner race 21 a of the first ball bearing 21 to apply axially outward force to theinner race 21 a. - Thus, during rotation of the
shaft 8, with engagement reaction force of theworm gear 18 with theworm wheel 14, applied force of thecollar 33 prevents the inner race from moving axially toward themotor casing 3 thereby preventing vibration or noise of theinner race 21 a and preventing lubricating oil applied onto theshaft 8 and the ball bearing 21 from leaking. - The
collar 33 comprises an elastic rubber ring having trapezoidal cross-section gradually expanding towards the axis of theshaft 8 to increase absorption owing to axial stretching of theshaft 8 and to cope well with unevenness in accuracy of parts in axial size of the commutator pressingly fitted in theshaft 8 and depth-size direction of themotor casing 3 thereby reducing high cost for improving accuracy of parts. - When the
motor casing 3 is connected to thegear casing 16, a pair of mountingears motor casing 3 contacts a pair of mounting ears 30,30 of theseat face 29 of thegear casing 16, and a pair ofbolts bores ears motor casing 3, so that thebolts gear casing 16. Thus, themotor casing 3 is connected to thegear casing 16 at two points. - The foregoing merely relates to an embodiment of the invention. Various changes and modifications may be made by a person skilled in the art without departing from the scope of claims wherein:
Claims (2)
1. An electric motor comprising:
a motor casing having an inner circumferential surface;
a shaft axially extending in the casing;
a rotor fixed to the shaft; and
a stator comprising a permanent magnet pressingly fitted on the inner circumferential surface of the motor casing, said stator facing and surrounding the rotor, said permanent magnet being made of Nd—Fe—B magnet having an inner circumferential surface on which a plurality of − and S-poles are alternately spaced equally.
2. An electric motor as claimed in clam 1 wherein an external diameter of the permanent magnet is slightly larger than an internal diameter of the motor casing to achieve tight-fitting of the magnet on the inner circumferential surface of the motor casing with heating.
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