Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Worm speed reducer
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Application No.: US14836034Application Date: 2015-08-26
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Publication No.: US09657811B2Publication Date: 2017-05-23
- Inventor: Jun Hamakita , Arata Kikuchi
- Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka-shi
- Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka-shi
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: JP2014-182565 20140908
- Main IPC: F16H1/16
- IPC: F16H1/16 ; B62D5/04 ; F16H55/24

Abstract:
A center axis of a worm shaft is offset in an offset direction with respect to a plane that is orthogonal to a center axis of a worm wheel and that passes through a central position of the worm wheel in a tooth width direction. A bias member biases a second end of the worm shaft in a preloading direction in which a center distance between the worm shaft and the worm wheel decreases. When the worm shaft is configured like a right-hand thread, in a left-handed coordinate system, a direction toward a first end of the worm shaft in an axial direction (a direction toward an electric motor) corresponds to a thumb direction. The preloading direction corresponds to an index finger direction. The offset direction corresponds to a middle finger direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160069423A1 WORM SPEED REDUCER Public/Granted day:2016-03-10
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