US 6,070,482 AGranted

Gear module

AssigneeNidec Copal Corporation

InventorsMitsuyasu Kugio, Takashi Kasahara, Toshinori Hijiya, Masaaki Takagi

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Abstract

There is disclosed a gear module comprising an output gear pivotally fitted to a base, a transmission gear rotated by a driving force from a driving motor to transmit the driving force to the output gear, a power actuating lever having a base end pivotally fitted to the base to be rotated around the base end; an actuated lever having a top end pivotally fitted to the transmission lever and a base end pivotally fitted to the base; and a connection bar connecting the top end of the power actuating lever and the top end of the actuated lever, the connection bar allowing the actuated lever to rotate in accordance with a rotation of the power actuating lever and allowing the transmission gear and the output gear to be engaged with each other, wherein the link axises of the power actuating lever and the connection bar form approximately a straight line when the transmission lever is engaged with the output gear.

Claims3

Dependent claims

A gear module comprising:

an outputting gear pivotally fitted to a base;
a transmission gear rotated by a driving force from a driving motor to transmit the driving force to the outputting gear,
a power actuating lever having a first rotational center pivotally fitted to said base to be rotated around the first rotational center and a second rotational center;
an actuated lever having a third rotational center pivotally fitted to said transmission gear and a fourth rotational center pivotally fitted to said base;
and
a connection bar rotatably connected around said second rotational center of said power actuating lever and said third rotational center of said actuated lever, said connection bar allowing said actuated lever to rotate in accordance with a rotation of said power actuating lever and allowing said transmission gear and said outputting gear to be engaged with each other,
wherein said first, second and third rotational centers are substantially on a straight line when said transmission gear is engaged with said outputting gear.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 09/061,938Filed 17 Apr 1998
Priority: JP 9-10347021 Apr 1997
Granted: 6 Jun 2000
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

F16H 3/34
Exclusively or essentially using gears that can be moved out of gear: with gears shiftable otherwise than only axially
F16H 63/304
Constructional features of the final output mechanisms: the final output mechanisms comprising elements moved by electrical or magnetic force
F16H 2063/305
The final output mechanisms comprising elements moved by electrical or magnetic force: using electromagnetic solenoids
Y10T 74/19367
Laterally slidable gears: swinging carriage