# US 12,181,034 B2 · Driving transmission device, driving device and image forming apparatus

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- Number: US 12,181,034 B2
- Document ID: US12181034B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/054,088
- Filed: 2022-11-09
- Published: 2023-05-18
- Granted: 2024-12-31
- Earliest claimed: 2021-11-12
- Assignees: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicants: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Inventors: Naozumi Ogawa
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12181034B2

## CPC

- F16H 57/021: Shaft support structures, e.g. partition walls, bearing eyes, casing walls or covers with bearings
- G03G 15/2053: {Structural details of heat elements, e.g. structure of roller or belt, eddy current, induction heating}
- G03G 21/1685: {for the fixing unit}
- G03G 2215/00016: Special arrangement of entire apparatus
- G03G 2215/00156: by controlling drive mechanism
- F16H: GEARING
- G03G: ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY

## Abstract

A driving transmission device includes a storage part, a fixing pin and a supporting part. The storage part has a through hole. The fixing pin rotatably supports a gear. To the supporting part, the fixing pin is fixed. A hole side chamfered portion is formed at an outside opening edge of the through hole. A shaft side chamfered portion is formed at the tip end portion of the fixing pin. A lubricant is applied to a contact area between the fixing pin and the through hole. A hole side boundary portion between an inner circumferential surface of the through hole and the hole side chamfered portion is in contact with an outer circumferential surface of the fixing pin. A shaft side boundary portion between an outer circumferential surface of the fixing pin and the shaft side chamfered portion faces the hole side chamfered portion with a gap.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A driving transmission device comprising:
a storage part housing a gear and having a through hole formed corresponding to the gear;
a fixing pin which rotatably supports the gear; and
a supporting part to which the fixing pin is fixed in a state where a tip end portion of the fixing pin is inserted into the through hole, wherein
a hole side chamfered portion in which a corner is notched is formed at an outside opening edge portion of the through hole,
a shaft side chamfered portion in which a corner is notched is formed at the tip end portion of the fixing pin,
in the state where the fixing pin is inserted into the through hole, a lubricant is applied to a contact area between the fixing pin and the through hole,
a hole side boundary portion which is a boundary between an inner circumferential surface of the through hole and the hole side chamfered portion is in contact with an outer circumferential surface of the fixing pin, and
a shaft side boundary portion which is a boundary between the outer circumferential surface of the fixing pin and the shaft side chamfered portion faces the hole side chamfered portion with a gap,
the hole side chamfered portion is notched in an arc shape, and
in the state where the fixing pin is inserted into the through hole, a distance between the hole side boundary portion and the shaft side boundary portion is set in a range of not less than a half a radius of the hole side chamfer portion and not more than the radius.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The driving transmission device according to claim 1, wherein
the fixing pin is made of metal, and the storage part is made of resin.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The driving transmission device according to claim 1, wherein
a guide chamfered portion in which a corner is notched is formed at an inside opening edge portion of the through hole.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

A driving device comprising:
a driving source for driving a driven object; and
the driving transmission device according to claim 1, which transmits a driving force of the driving source to the driven object.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

An image forming apparatus comprising the driving device according to claim 4.