Harmonic Patent Applications

STRAIN WAVE GEARING

Granted: November 14, 2024
Application Number: 20240376972
In a strain wave gearing, a thrust force applied on an externally toothed gear during an increased-speed operation causes the externally toothed gear to move along an axis in a first direction, and the output-side end surface thereof is pressed, by a prescribed force, against a friction surface of a friction plate integrated with a rotating shaft part of a strain wave generator. Torque transmission efficiency can be reduced only during increased-speed operation, by means of a friction…

STRAIN WAVE GEARING AND ACTUATOR

Granted: September 19, 2024
Application Number: 20240309945
In the interior of a device housing of a strain wave gearing, a detection mechanism is incorporated at a site on the outer peripheral side of a hub of a wave generator. The hub of the wave generator is linked to a motor shaft so that axial force does not act thereon. The detection mechanism detects minute displacements in the axial direction that occur in the hub of the wave generator due to thrust acting on the wave generator. Thrust acting on the wave generator is obtained on the basis…

STRAIN WAVE GEARING

Granted: September 12, 2024
Application Number: 20240301944
A strain wave gearing is provided with: a rigid internally toothed gear; a flexible externally toothed gear that is arranged coaxially on the inside of the internally toothed gear; and a wave generator that is arranged coaxially on the inside of the externally toothed gear, and, on the inside of the externally toothed gear, in addition to the wave generator, a brake mechanism that constrains or prevents the rotation of the wave generator is installed. Since the empty space on the inside…

LASER WELDING METHOD

Granted: August 15, 2024
Application Number: 20240269770
In a laser welding method for welding a first metal member and a second metal member, a first wobbling process is carried out in which a first laser beam is directed in a first scanning pattern along a butt-joining line and a first welded part is formed. A second wobbling process is subsequently performed in which a second laser beam is directed in a second scanning pattern along the surface of the first welded part formed through the first wobbling process and a second welded part that…

STRAIN WAVE GEARING

Granted: August 8, 2024
Application Number: 20240263693
In a strain wave gearing, in order to regulate axial-direction movement of an externally toothed gear thereof, first balls are directly interposed between a first annular end surface and a device housing, whereby the first annular end surface and the device housing are in rolling contact with one another. Similarly, second balls, are directly interposed between a second annular end surface and an output shaft, whereby the second annular end surface and the output shaft are in rolling…

LUBRICATION METHOD FOR GEAR DEVICE

Granted: August 1, 2024
Application Number: 20240255050
A lubrication mechanism of a strain wave gearing is disposed in an interior space of an externally toothed gear and comprises a powder-accommodating bag that stores solid lubricant powder. A diaphragm of the externally toothed gear is repeatedly deflected during the driving of the strain wave gearing. Vibration or deflection is repeatedly imparted to the powder-accommodating bag and the solid lubricant powder is discharged from a powder discharge hole formed in the powder-accommodating…

SPACE ROLLING BEARING AND SPACE STRAIN WAVE GEARING DEVICE

Granted: August 1, 2024
Application Number: 20240255045
A wave bearing of a space strain wave gearing device comprises an inner ring formed from a bearing steel, an outer ring formed from a martensitic stainless steel, and balls formed from ceramics. On the inner ring formed from a bearing steel, a ceramic coating formed by an AD method is formed as a rust-preventive coating. In the space strain wave gearing device that adopts solid lubrication (powder lubrication), it is possible to reliably prevent rust from developing on the inner ring…

POWDER LUBRICATION METHOD OF STRAIN WAVE GEARING

Granted: July 11, 2024
Application Number: 20240229918
A powder supply mechanism, which is provided with a press-molded article obtained by consolidating a solid lubricant powder in advance, is incorporated into an inner-side space of an externally toothed gear of a strain wave gearing. While the strain wave gearing is operating, the press-molded article is worn down by the friction plate, whereby the powder supply mechanism can incrementally supply very small amounts of a solid lubricant abrasion powder from the press-molded article over an…

METHOD FOR LUBRICATING STRAIN WAVE GEARING

Granted: July 4, 2024
Application Number: 20240218926
A strain wave gearing is lubricated by a non-hydrophobized powder enclosed in an internal space until the strain wave gearing is fully broken in, and the non-hydrophobized powder is transferred to contact surfaces of contact parts to form a lubricating film. During operation under load, the strain wave gearing is lubricated by a hydrophobized powder enclosed in the internal space instead of the non-hydrophobized powder. Each of the powders used is a powder of an ionic crystalline…

TOOTH PROFILE DESIGNING METHOD FOR STRAIN WAVE GEARING

Granted: May 16, 2024
Application Number: 20240159305
According to a tooth profile designing method for a strain wave gear device, a first curve from a point A (?=0) to a point B (?=?/2) in a moving locus of external teeth with respect to internal teeth is extracted. A similarity curve is obtained by multiplying the first curve by (1??) using the point B as a center of similarity, and a second curve is obtained by rotating the similarity curve by 180° about a midpoint C between the point A and the point B as a center of similarity. A third…

BRAKE FOR MOTOR

Granted: March 28, 2024
Application Number: 20240102522
A brake for a motor includes a fixed-side engaging plate fixed to a motor shaft; a movable-side engaging plate coaxially opposed to the fixed-side engaging plate along the direction of a center axis; and a self-holding type solenoid that moves, in the direction of the center axis, the movable-side engaging plate to a halt cancelation position separated from the fixed-side engaging plate and a halt position where engagement with the fixed-side engaging plate occurs. When the motor is…

STRAIN WAVE GEARING

Granted: February 15, 2024
Application Number: 20240052920
A strain wave gearing includes an internally toothed gear integrated with an inner ring. A bolt hole is formed in the internally toothed gear. The bolt hole includes a bolt passage hole part, and a screw hole part extending in the direction of an axial line, continuously from the bolt passage hole part. The screw hole part, to which a bolt-fastening force is applied, is formed at a location away in the direction of the axial line from a location adjacent to a radially outer side of an…

STRAIN WAVE GEARING

Granted: February 8, 2024
Application Number: 20240044401
A strain wave gearing has three components and a temporary-fixing jig, three components being an internally toothed gear, a cup-shaped externally toothed gear, and a wave generator. The temporary-fixing jig is securely fastened to an output shaft fixed to the externally toothed gear by a temporary-fixing bolt and is securely fastened to an input shaft fixed to a cam plate of the wave generator by a temporary-fixing bolt. The temporary-fixing jig engages with the output shaft and the…

STRAIN WAVE GEARING

Granted: February 8, 2024
Application Number: 20240044400
In a strain wave gearing, both of a pulley for transmitting rotation in a direction orthogonal to a rotation central axis and an output shaft are arranged on an axial-direction first side relative to a cup-shaped externally toothed gear. The input shaft, which transmits input rotation from the pulley to the wave generator, functions as a support shaft for both the pulley and the wave generator and is supported at both ends by the first and second bearings. A mechanism for transmitting…

STRAIN WAVE GEARING

Granted: February 8, 2024
Application Number: 20240044401
A strain wave gearing has three components and a temporary-fixing jig, three components being an internally toothed gear, a cup-shaped externally toothed gear, and a wave generator. The temporary-fixing jig is securely fastened to an output shaft fixed to the externally toothed gear by a temporary-fixing bolt and is securely fastened to an input shaft fixed to a cam plate of the wave generator by a temporary-fixing bolt. The temporary-fixing jig engages with the output shaft and the…

STRAIN WAVE GEARING

Granted: February 8, 2024
Application Number: 20240044400
In a strain wave gearing, both of a pulley for transmitting rotation in a direction orthogonal to a rotation central axis and an output shaft are arranged on an axial-direction first side relative to a cup-shaped externally toothed gear. The input shaft, which transmits input rotation from the pulley to the wave generator, functions as a support shaft for both the pulley and the wave generator and is supported at both ends by the first and second bearings. A mechanism for transmitting…

STRAIN WAVE GEARING PROVIDED WITH THREE-DIMENSIONAL TOOTH PROFILE

Granted: November 9, 2023
Application Number: 20230358304
A three-dimensional tooth profile of internal teeth in a strain wave gearing is a basic internal-teeth tooth profile at an internal-teeth outer end, and is a reduced tooth profile, in which the basic internal-teeth tooth profile is proportionally reduced only in the lateral direction, at other tooth-trace-direction positions. A three-dimensional tooth profile of external teeth is a basic external-teeth tooth profile at an external-teeth outer end, and is an increased tooth profile, in…

STRAIN WAVE GEARING PROVIDED WITH THREE-DIMENSIONAL TOOTH PROFILE

Granted: November 2, 2023
Application Number: 20230349458
A three-dimensional tooth profile of internal teeth in a strain wave gearing is a basic internal-teeth tooth profile at an internal-teeth outer end, and is a reduced tooth profile, in which the basic internal-teeth tooth profile is proportionally reduced only in the lateral direction, at other tooth-trace-direction positions. A three-dimensional tooth profile of external teeth is a basic external-teeth tooth profile at an external-teeth outer end, and is an increased tooth profile, in…

GEAR SKIVING PROCESS METHOD

Granted: October 19, 2023
Application Number: 20230330763
In a gear skiving process method, a tooth-cutting process is performed on a surface to be cut of a workpiece using a first skiving cutter disposed at a first processing position on the surface to be cut and a second skiving cutter disposed at a second processing position set apart by 180° in a circumferential direction from the first processing position. Parts that are to be right tooth flanks of internal teeth to be created in the surface to be cut of the workpiece are cut mainly by…

SPEED RATIO SWITCHING TYPE STRAIN WAVE GEARING

Granted: May 18, 2023
Application Number: 20230151881
A speed ratio switching type strain wave gearing can switch the speed ratio of output rotation with respect to one input rotation into two states or multiple states with a simple configuration. The speed ratio switching type strain wave gearing includes first and second internally toothed gears, an externally toothed gear having first and second external teeth formed on the external peripheral surface thereof, a wave generator that causes the first and second external teeth to partially…