# US 10,865,855 B2 · Variable-speed speed-up gear > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,865,855 B2 - Document ID: US10865855B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/314,823 - Filed: 2016-08-29 - Published: 2020-08-13 - Granted: 2020-12-15 - Earliest claimed: 2016-08-29 - Assignees: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor Corporation - Applicants: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor Corporation - Inventors: Yoshiyuki Okamoto; Masahiro Kobayashi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10865855B2 ## CPC - F16H 3/725: {with means to change ratio in the mechanical gearing} - F16H 3/724: {using externally powered electric machines} - H02K 7/02: Additional mass for increasing inertia, e.g. flywheels - H02K 7/116: with gears - H02K 16/00: Machines with more than one rotor or stator {(machines for transmitting mechanical power from a driving shaft to a driven shaft and comprising structurally interrelated motor and generator parts H02K51/00; permanent magnet machines with multiple rotors or stators relatively rotated for vectorially combining the excitation fields or the armature voltages H02K21/029)} - H02K 2213/09: Machines characterised by the presence of elements which are subject to variation, e.g. adjustable bearings, reconfigurable windings, variable pitch ventilators - F16H: GEARING - H02K: DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power {H03K3/53}) ## Abstract The present invention provides a variable-speed speed-up gear including an electric driving device (50) that generates a rotational driving force, and a planetary gear transmission device (10) that changes the speed of the rotational driving force generated by the electric driving device (50) and transmit the changed rotation driving force to a driving target, wherein a sun gear shaft (12) forms an output shaft (Ao) connected to the driving target, an internal gear carrier shaft (37) configures a constant-speed input shaft (Ac), and a planetary gear carrier shaft (27) configures a variable-speed input shaft (Av), the electric driving device (50) includes a constant-speed motor (51) having a constant-speed rotor (52) which is configured to rotate a constant-speed input shaft of the transmission device, and a variable-speed motor (71) having a variable-speed rotor (72) which is configured to rotate the variable-speed input shaft of the transmission device, the variable-speed rotor (72) and the planetary gear carrier shaft (27) have a shaft insertion hole (74) which is formed in a cylindrical shape around the axis and passes therethrough in the axial direction, and the constant-speed rotor (52) is inserted through the shaft insertion hole (74) and has an inertia body (3) which is configured to rotate in conjunction with the output shaft (Ao). ## Claims ### Claim 1 A variable-speed speed-up gear comprising: an electric driving device that generates a rotational driving force; and a transmission device that changes the speed of the rotational driving force generated by the electric driving device and transmit the changed rotation driving force to a driving target, wherein the transmission device comprises: a sun gear that rotates about an axis; a sun gear shaft which is fixed to the sun gear and extends in an axial direction around the axis; a planetary gear that meshes with the sun gear, revolve around the axis and rotate about its own center line; an internal gear which has a plurality of teeth aligned annularly around the axis and meshes with the planetary gear; a planetary gear carrier which has a planetary gear carrier shaft extending in the axial direction around the axis and supports the planetary gear to revolve around the axis and to be rotatable around a center line of the planetary gear itself; and an internal gear carrier which has an internal gear carrier shaft extending in the axial direction around the axis and supports the internal gear to be rotatable about the axis, wherein the sun gear shaft acts as an output shaft connected to the driving target, the internal gear carrier shaft acts as a constant-speed input shaft, and the planetary gear carrier shaft acts as a variable-speed input shaft, wherein the electric driving device includes a constant-speed motor having a constant-speed rotor that rotates the constant-speed input shaft of the transmission device, and a variable-speed motor having a variable-speed rotor which is configured to rotate the variable-speed input shaft of the transmission device, wherein the variable-speed rotor and the planetary gear carrier shaft have a shaft insertion hole which is formed in a cylindrical shape around the axis and passes therethrough in the axial direction, wherein the constant-speed rotor is inserted through the shaft insertion hole, and wherein an inertia body is installed on the output shaft of the transmission device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The variable-speed speed-up gear according to claim 1, further comprising a bearing disposed on both axial sides of the inertia body and in the vicinity of the inertia body. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The variable-speed speed-up gear according to claim 1, wherein the inertial body is a flywheel installed on the output shaft of the transmission device.