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US 12,435,759 B2Granted
Bearing device and electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft
AssigneeNtn Corporation
InventorsTakashi Koike, Yusuke Shibuya
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Abstract
A first seal and a second seal seal an annular space between an outer ring and an inner ring by sandwiching a retainer. A stator including a coil is supported by the first seal and is opposed to a magnetic ring. A sensor, a wireless communication circuit, and a power supply circuit are supported by the second seal. A wire electrically connects the coil and the power supply circuit. The wire includes a part disposed in a groove extending in an axial direction of a bearing on an outer peripheral surface of the outer ring.
Claims9
A bearing device comprising:
- a bearing that includes an outer ring, an inner ring disposed on a radially inside of the outer ring, a plurality of rolling elements rollably disposed in an annular space between the outer ring and the inner ring, a retainer that holds the plurality of rolling elements at intervals in a circumferential direction, and a first seal and a second seal that seal the annular space by sandwiching the retainer with the first seal and the second seal;
- a magnetic ring that is supported by the retainer and has N poles and S poles alternately arranged;
- a stator that is supported by the first seal and has a coil opposite to the magnetic ring;
- at least one sensor that is supported by the second seal and detects a physical property of the bearing;
- a wireless communication circuit that is supported by the second seal and wirelessly transmits output of the at least one sensor to the outside;
- a power supply circuit that is supported by the second seal and supplies DC power generated by performing rectification processing of power generated by a generator including the magnetic ring and the stator to the at least one sensor and the wireless communication circuit;
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- a wire that electrically connects the coil and the power supply circuit,
- wherein the wire is disposed in a first groove provided on either an outer peripheral surface of the outer ring or an inner peripheral surface of the inner ring.
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