Cycloidal reducer with backlash self-adjustment and power steering system with such a reducer
AssigneeJtekt Europe
InventorLaurent REY
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AssigneeJtekt Europe
InventorLaurent REY
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A cycloidal gear pair reducer including an input shaft, mounted in a reducer casing such that it rotates about an axis referred to as “main axis”, an eccentric member carried by the input shaft and rotated by the latter, at least one cycloidal disc rotatably mounted on the eccentric member and having a cycloidal toothing, at least one ring gear provided with a receiving toothing with which the cycloidal toothing of the cycloidal disc meshes, and an output shaft; wherein the reducer comprises a suspension device arranged to return elastically the cycloidal toothing of the cycloidal disc and the receiving toothing of the ring gear towards one another such that the meshing backlash between the cycloidal disc and the ring gear is self-adjusted along at least one radial component relative to the main axis.
A cycloidal gear reducer comprising an input shaft, mounted in rotation in a reducer casing according to an axis called main axis, an eccentric member carried by the input shaft and driven in rotation by the latter, at least one cycloidal disk which is mounted in rotation on the eccentric member and which is provided with a cycloidal toothing, at least one rim provided with a receiving toothing on which the cycloidal toothing of the cycloidal disk meshes, and an output shaft, distinct from the input shaft, which is arranged so as to be driven in rotation by the cycloidal disk, the reducer being wherein it comprises a suspension device which is arranged to elastically bias the cycloidal toothing of the cycloidal disk and the receiving toothing of the rim against each other, so as to provide an automatic adjustment of the backlash between the cycloidal disk and the rim according to at least one component radial to the main axis.
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