# US 2013/0157795 A1 · Multi-stage reduction gear

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- Number: US 2013/0157795 A1
- Document ID: US20130157795A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/819,090
- Filed: 2011-08-30
- Published: 2013-06-20
- Earliest claimed: 2010-08-31
- Assignees: Jtekt Corporation
- Inventors: Yasuharu Misada; Motoyasu Yamamori; Tsune Kobayashi; Yoshihiro Oono
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130157795A1

## CPC

- F16H 1/46: Systems consisting of a plurality of gear trains each with orbital gears, {i.e. systems having three or more central gears}
- F16H 1/32: in which the central axis of the gearing lies inside the periphery of an orbital gear
- F16H 2001/325: {comprising a carrier with pins guiding at least one orbital gear with circular holes}
- F16H 2001/327: {with the orbital gear having internal gear teeth}
- F16H: GEARING

## Abstract

The multi-stage reducer includes a first-stage reduction part to which the rotation from a motor is input and a second-stage reduction part to which the rotation having undergone speed reduction by the first-stage reduction part is input. The second-stage reduction part is disposed on an outer circumference of the first-stage reduction part.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A multi-stage reducer comprising a plurality of reduction parts each comprising an input shaft to which a rotation from a drive source is input, a cam provided on the input shaft, an external gear which is supported by an outer periphery of the cam and which revolves around a rotation center of the input shaft, a carrier which is coupled with the external gear and which is linked with a rotation movement of the external gear, and an internal gear which is meshed with the external gear and which rotates around the rotation center of the input shaft, the multi-stage reducer being configured to reduce the rotation from the drive source at a predetermined reduction ratio based on a difference between a number of gear teeth of the external gear and a number of gear teeth of the internal gear and to output the rotation having undergone speed reduction from either one of the internal gear and the carrier, wherein
the plurality of reduction parts includes:
a first-stage reduction part to which the rotation from the drive source is input; and
a second-stage reduction part to which the rotation having undergone speed reduction by the first-stage reduction part is input, and
the second-stage reduction part is disposed on an outer circumference of the first-stage reduction part.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The multi-stage reducer according to claim 1, wherein
the first-stage reduction part comprises a first input shaft, a first cam, a first external gear, a first carrier, and a first internal gear,
the second-stage reduction part comprises a second input shaft, a second cam, a second external gear, a second carrier, and a second internal gear,
the second cam is provided on an outer periphery of the first internal gear, and
the first internal gear is utilized as the second input shaft.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The multi-stage reducer according to claim 2, wherein the second cam is provided as a cylindrical surface offset from a rotation center of the first internal gear.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The multi-stage reducer according to claim 2, wherein
a pair of the second cams are provided on the first internal gear, and
the pair of the second cams are disposed at respective positions shifted by 180 degrees to a rotation center of the first internal gear.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The multi-stage reducer according to claim 2, wherein the second cam has a dimension in an axial direction set to be larger than a dimension in the axial direction of the first cam.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The multi-stage reducer according to claim 1, further comprising a housing that retains thereinside the plurality of reduction parts, wherein
the carrier comprises a pin that fastens the external gear to the housing, and
a number of the pins fastening the second external gear is larger than a number of the pins fastening the first external gear.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The multi-stage reducer according to claim 1, wherein each reduction part is configured to output the rotation input to the input shaft from the internal gear.