# US 2019/0173356 A1 · Electric actuator > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0173356 A1 - Document ID: US20190173356A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/209,971 - Filed: 2018-12-05 - Published: 2019-06-06 - Earliest claimed: 2017-12-06 - Assignees: Nidec Tosok Corporation - Applicants: Nidec Tosok Corporation - Inventors: Hiroshi SHIRAI; Toshiaki NAKAMURA; Yutaka UEMATSU - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190173356A1 ## CPC - H02K 7/116: with gears - F16H 57/02: Gearboxes; Mounting gearing therein - H02K 5/225: {Terminal boxes or connection arrangements (specially adapted for submersible motors H02K5/132)} - H02K 11/215: Magnetic effect devices, e.g. Hall-effect or magneto-resistive elements - H02K 11/33: Drive circuits, e.g. power electronics (H02K11/38 takes precedence) - F16H 2057/02034: {Gearboxes combined or connected with electric machines} - H02K: DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power {H03K3/53}) - F16H: GEARING ## Abstract There is provided an electric actuator including a motor, a first case having a first opening, a second case having a second opening that opens to the other side in the axial direction, a rotation sensor, and a plurality of bus bars which are electrically connected to a plurality of sensor terminals that extend from the rotation sensor and are held in the second case. The first and second cases are fixed to each other while the first opening and the second opening face each other in the axial direction, and parts connecting the plurality of bus bars and the plurality of sensor terminals are disposed at positions shifted from each other in a circumferential direction and radially outward from the rotation sensor. Among the plurality of connecting parts, at least one pair of adjacent connecting parts are disposed at positions different from each other in the radial direction. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electric actuator comprising: a motor having a motor shaft that extends in an axial direction; a first case in which the motor is accommodated and which has a first opening that opens to one side in the axial direction; a second case in which a deceleration mechanism connected to the motor is accommodated and which has a second opening that opens to the other side in the axial direction; a rotation sensor which is accommodated in the second case and detects rotation of an output shaft of the deceleration mechanism; and a plurality of bus bars which are electrically connected to a plurality of sensor terminals that extend from the rotation sensor and are held in the second case, wherein the first case and the second case are fixed to each other while the first opening and the second opening face each other in the axial direction, wherein a plurality of connecting parts that connect the plurality of bus bars and the plurality of sensor terminals are disposed at positions shifted from each other in a circumferential direction and radially outward from the rotation sensor, and wherein, among the plurality of connecting parts, at least one pair of adjacent connecting parts are disposed at positions different from each other in the radial direction. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electric actuator according to claim 1, wherein the three bus bars and the three sensor terminals are provided, and wherein, among the three connecting parts that connect the three bus bars and the three sensor terminals, the connecting part positioned at a center in the circumferential direction is disposed at a position away from and radially outward from the rotation sensor relative to the other two connecting parts. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The electric actuator according to claim 2, wherein, among the three bus bars, the bus bar positioned at the center in the circumferential direction is disposed at a position away from and radially outward from the rotation sensor relative to the other two bus bars. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electric actuator according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of bus bars are partially embedded in an inner wall of the second case, and wherein one end of the bus bar protrudes from an inner wall surface of the second case into the second case and is connected to the sensor terminal. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The electric actuator according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of bus bars are partially embedded in an inner wall of the second case, and wherein one end of the bus bar protrudes from an inner wall surface of the second case into the second case and is connected to the sensor terminal. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The electric actuator according to claim 3, wherein the plurality of bus bars are partially embedded in an inner wall of the second case, and wherein one end of the bus bar protrudes from an inner wall surface of the second case into the second case and is connected to the sensor terminal. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The electric actuator according to claim 4, wherein the other end of the bus bar protrudes from an inner wall surface of the second case, extends to the second opening, and is connected to a wiring member held in the first case. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The electric actuator according to claim 1, wherein the bus bar is an elongated plate-like metal member and has a notch at one end positioned at the connecting part, and wherein, in the connecting part, a plate surface of the bus bar is disposed in the circumferential direction, and the sensor terminal is held by the notch. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The electric actuator according to claim 2, wherein the bus bar is an elongated plate-like metal member and has a notch at one end positioned at the connecting part, and wherein, in the connecting part, a plate surface of the bus bar is disposed in the circumferential direction, and the sensor terminal is held by the notch. ### Claim 10 (depends on 3) The electric actuator according to claim 3, wherein the bus bar is an elongated plate-like metal member and has a notch at one end positioned at the connecting part, and wherein, in the connecting part, a plate surface of the bus bar is disposed in the circumferential direction, and the sensor terminal is held by the notch. ### Claim 11 (depends on 4) The electric actuator according to claim 4, wherein the bus bar is an elongated plate-like metal member and has a notch at one end positioned at the connecting part, and wherein, in the connecting part, a plate surface of the bus bar is disposed in the circumferential direction, and the sensor terminal is held by the notch. ### Claim 12 (depends on 5) The electric actuator according to claim 5, wherein the bus bar is an elongated plate-like metal member and has a notch at one end positioned at the connecting part, and wherein, in the connecting part, a plate surface of the bus bar is disposed in the circumferential direction, and the sensor terminal is held by the notch.