US 5,295,925 AGranted

Planetary gear transmission

AssigneeHarmonic Drive Systems Inc.

InventorKazumori Hirabayashi

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Abstract

A two-stage planetary gear transmission having a first-stage planetary gear transmission and a second-stage planetary gear transmission is disclosed, wherein the carrier of the second-stage planetary gear transmission comprises first and second carrier parts integrally connected with each other. A hollow pinion shaft formed thereon with the sun gear of the second stage is rotationally supported on the first carrier part via a deep-channel ball bearing in a cantilevered condition. A carrier of the first stage for supporting planetary gears of the first stage is integrally formed on the end of the hollow pinion shaft of the second stage. A lubricant layer of about 15 .mu.m to about 20 .mu.m in width is formed between an inner race member of a planetary bearing and a planetary shaft for each of the planetary gears of the second stage. In addition, the gear ratio u1 of the first-stage planetary gear transmission is larger than the gear ratio u2 of the second-stage planetary gear transmission, and which is equal to or larger than about 5. According to the present invention, misalignment or improper meshing of the gears of the first stage can be adjusted by movement of the cantilevered pinion shaft of the second stage. Improper meshing of the planetary gears of the second stage can be adjusted by the lubricant layer. In addition, the noise from the planetary gear transmission can be reduced by setting the the gear ratios of the first and second stage as mentioned above.

A two-stage planetary gear transmission having a first-stage planetary gear transmission and a second-stage planetary gear transmission, each of said first and second planetary gear transmissions comprising a sun gear, a plurality of planetary gears meshed with said gun gears, a carrier for supporting said planetary gears rotationally, and an internal gear meshed with said planetary gears, wherein,

said carrier of the second-stage planetary gear transmission comprises first and second carrier parts integrally connected so that they sandwich said planetary gears and said sun gear of the second stage from both sides in an axial direction, said first carrier part positioned at the opposite side to said first planetary gear transmission is rotationally supported on a casing formed thereon with said internal gear of the second stage, and a hollow pinion shaft formed thereon with said gun gear of the second stage is rotationally supported on said first carrier part via a ball bearing in a cantilevered condition, wherein,
said internal gear of the first stage is integrally formed on said carrier of the second-stage, said carrier of the first stage is integrally formed on the end of said hollow pinion stage of the second stage, and said sun gear of the first stage is formed on a projected end of a pinion shaft of the first stage arranged extending through a hollow portion of said hollow pinion shaft of the second stage;
wherein said ball bearing is arranged so as to support said hollow pinion shaft of the second stage to prevent it from moving axially,
wherein an annular gap of about 15 .mu.m to about 20 .mu.m in width is formed between an inner race member of a planetary bearing and a planetary shaft for each of said planetary gears of the second stage, and a lubricant is filled in said annular gap to form a lubricant layer between said inner race member and said planetary shaft,
wherein a gear ratio u1 between an input and output of said first-stage planetary gear transmission is larger than a gear ratio u2 between an input and output of said second-stage planetary gear transmission, and wherein said gear ratio u1 is equal to or larger than about 5,
wherein the reduction gear ratio i of the two-stage planetary gear transmission thereof is defined by
(u1+1).multidot.u2+1
and which is equal to or less than about 16.

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