US 10,483,825 B2 · Rotary actuator

Abstract

A rotary actuator includes a connector housing with a hollow tube, a separate motor housing clipped to one side of the connector housing, and a separate gear and sensor housing clipped to an opposed side of the connector housing. At least a first gear and a first gear carrier are located within the interior of the hollow tube. A motor shaft extends from the motor through the connector housing into the tube and into engagement with the first gear. A sensor is seated on an exterior surface of the hollow tube and a magnet is housed in the interior of the first gear carrier. The sensor is adapted to change changes in the magnetic field generated by the magnet in response to movement of the magnet.

Claims6

Dependent claims

A rotary actuator comprising:

a connector housing including a frame;
a separate motor housing secured and extending outwardly from a first side of the frame of the connector housing and defining an interior adapted to house a motor;
and
a separate gear and sensor housing secured and extending outwardly from a second side of the frame of the connector housing opposed to the first side of the frame of the connector housing and defining an interior adapted to house a plurality of gears, a sensor, and an output shaft;
and
clips on the respective motor housing and the gear and sensor housing for securing the motor housing and the gear and sensor housing to the frame of the connector housing.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/189,142Filed 22 Jun 2016 · us provisional application

Priority

24 Jun 2015

Published

US 2016/0380509 A129 Dec 2016

Granted

19 Nov 2019

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

H02K 7/116
Structural association with clutches, brakes, gears, pulleys or mechanical starters: with gears
H02K 5/04
Casings; Enclosures; Supports: casings or enclosures characterised by the shape, form or construction thereof
H02K 5/225
Auxiliary parts of casings not covered by groups H02K5/06-H02K5/20, e.g. shaped to form connection boxes or terminal boxes: terminal boxes or…
H02K 11/215
Devices for sensing speed or position, or actuated thereby: magnetic effect devices, e.g. Hall-effect or magneto-resistive elements

Rotary actuator

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Rotary actuator

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Abstract

Claims6