AU7214500A - Gear drive for an electric motor - Google Patents
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- AU7214500A AU7214500A AU72145/00A AU7214500A AU7214500A AU 7214500 A AU7214500 A AU 7214500A AU 72145/00 A AU72145/00 A AU 72145/00A AU 7214500 A AU7214500 A AU 7214500A AU 7214500 A AU7214500 A AU 7214500A
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16H—GEARING
- F16H57/00—General details of gearing
- F16H57/02—Gearboxes; Mounting gearing therein
- F16H57/021—Shaft support structures, e.g. partition walls, bearing eyes, casing walls or covers with bearings
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16H—GEARING
- F16H1/00—Toothed gearings for conveying rotary motion
- F16H1/02—Toothed gearings for conveying rotary motion without gears having orbital motion
- F16H1/20—Toothed gearings for conveying rotary motion without gears having orbital motion involving more than two intermeshing members
- F16H1/203—Toothed gearings for conveying rotary motion without gears having orbital motion involving more than two intermeshing members with non-parallel axes
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16H—GEARING
- F16H57/00—General details of gearing
- F16H57/02—Gearboxes; Mounting gearing therein
- F16H57/021—Shaft support structures, e.g. partition walls, bearing eyes, casing walls or covers with bearings
- F16H2057/0213—Support of worm gear shafts
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- Air-Conditioning For Vehicles (AREA)
Description
Regulation 3.2
AUSTRALIA
Patents Act 1990 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION FOR A STANDARD PATENT
(ORIGINAL)
Name of Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH of ZGE/ZGM Central Postfach 30 02 D-70442 Stuttgart Germany Actual Inventor(s): Address for Service: Invention Title: The following statement is performing it known to us: DAVIES COLLISON CAVE, Patent Attorneys, 1 Little Collins Street, Melbourne 3000, Victoria, Australia "Gear drive for an electric motor" a full description of this invention, including the best method of -1- Q:\OPER\DH\DEC '00\CONNECTOR PIR0019 CAP.DOC 12/12/00 P:\PER\D11\piWI9 cp.doc-12/12/00 -2- GEAR DRIVE FOR AN ELECTRIC MOTOR Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gear drive assembly for use with an electric motor and, more generally, to an axle of the drive assembly.
Background of the Invention i It is known to provide a heater, ventilator and air-conditioning system in a vehicle.
Such a system utilises flap actuators which are controlled from a central controller to drive S: 10 flaps via associated electric motors and gears. The flap actuators are generally individually constructed and separately housed for wiring to the central controller.
Object of the Invention It is an object of the invention to provide a gear drive assembly and axle which "15 allow for a more modular and simplified construction of the flap actuators.
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Summary of the Invention •In accordance with the invention, there is provided a gear drive assembly for use with an electric motor, including two support bearings and an axle mounted to the bearings, to be driven by the motor, wherein the bearings are constructed to allow for relative movement therebetween to receive the axle in snap-fit engagement, characterised in that: the axle includes a radial stabiliser structure; and the assembly further includes a stabiliser fitting fixed substantially rigidly relative to the bearings for cooperation with the structure during rotation of the axle, to restrict axial displacement of the axle during operation of the motor.
Preferably, the stabiliser structure includes a disc. More preferably, the axle and P:\OPER\I) npirf19 p.doc-FI2/1O -3disc are unitarily moulded.
Preferably, the fitting includes a main body with two arms extending either side of the structure.
Preferably, the bearings and fitting are mounted to a base portion of a housing which includes a cover to which a second fitting of the assembly is attached, to cooperate with the first fitting to capture the structure therebetween when the cover is fitted to the housing.
•ag: •Preferably, the axle includes circumferentially spaced blades and the assembly further includes a photoelectric sensor device for sensing the relative positioning of the 10 blades to determine the associated rotational position of the axle.
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Preferably, the blades project from the stabiliser structure. More preferably, the blades are integrally moulded with the stabiliser structure.
In another aspect, there is provided a method for controlling a motor, for actuation of a flap of a heater, ventilator and air-conditioning system, characterised in that: the motor drives the flap via a gear drive assembly, as described above; and the method includes monitoring the rotational position of the axle using the sensing device, storing end positions of the flap in a memory and controlling the motor to position the flap at a desired location by reference to the rotational position of the axle.
Preferably, the end positions represent mechanical limits of the flap and the method includes stopping the motor before the flap reaches the end positions.
In another aspect, there is provided an axle for use in the above assembly, the axle including a radial stabiliser structure.
Preferably, the stabiliser structure includes a disc. More preferably, the disc is unitarily moulded with the axle.
Preferably, the axle includes circumferentially space blades.
PAOPER\DIpiXH9 cap.doc--12112A -4- Preferably, the blades project from the stabiliser structure. More preferably, the blades are integrally moulded with the stabiliser structure.
Brief Description of the Drawings The invention is more fully described, by way of example only, with reference to the drawing, in which: Figure 1 is perspective view of a gear drive of the present invention.
Detailed Description 10 A gear drive 1 is shown in Figure 1 as providing driving engagement between a motor 2 and a gear 3. The gear drive comprises an axle 4 which forms part of a gear oo*•e drive assembly 5. The assembly includes two support bearings 6, 7 which are mounted to a base portion 8 of a housing 30 to receive respective ends 9, 10 of the axle 4 in :associated recesses 11, 12. The bearings 6, 7 are constructed, such as from resilient plastics material, to allow for relative movement therebetween so that the axle can be received in snap-fit engagement therebetween, into the recesses 11, 12.
see*e •When engaged between the bearings 6, 7, the axle is arranged so that teeth 13 can engage with worm drive 14 of the motor 2 to cause rotation of the axle 4 and transmission of that rotational movement to the gear 3 via worm gear 15, extending along the length of the axle 4. Since the bearings 6, 7 are constructed for relative movement therebetween, driving engagement between the axle 4, the gear 3 and motor 2 may result in moments being applied to the axle which could lead to the axle 4 being dislodged from the bearings. To avoid that problem, the axle is provided with a radial stabiliser structure 16 which is shown in the form of a disc 17, integrally moulded with the remainder of the axle 4. The disc 17 is received between arms 18 of a stabiliser fitting 19 which is mounted to the base portion 8 via a main body 20. The fitting 19 serves to restrict axial displacement of the axle 4 during operation of the motor. A PAOPER\DI Rpir(]OI9 c p.docI2/I2X) corresponding second fitting may be provided on a cover (not shown) which is fitted over the housing 30, to fully capture the structure 16 therebetween.
The axle 4 may also be provided with circumferentially spaced blades 21 which are shown as being integrally formed and projecting radially from the structure 16, although the blades may, of course, be provided at any other suitable location along the length of the axle 4. The blades interact with a photoelectric sensing device 22 of the assembly which may be arranged on a printed circuit board 23 overlying the base portion 8. The sensor device 22 serves to sense the number of times the blades 21 are rotated in front of it to determine the associated rotational position of the axle 4.
10 As may be appreciated then, the gear drive 1 may be quickly and easily assembled by having the bearings 6, 7 and fitting 19 pre-moulded with the base portion 8, for snap fitting to the board 23. The sensor device 22 and associated components such as connectors 24, for electrically connecting the motor 2 to the board, can then be soldered in place. The motor 2 may then be appropriately positioned and the axle 4 15 simply snap fitted into the bearings 6, 7 to complete the assembly 5, to provide a neat, oooo unitary construction. The printed circuit board 24 also allows the gear drive 1 and motor 2 to be readily integrated, with other like gear drives and motors, on the same board within the housing 30, for convenient control by a microprocessor.
In that regard, the microprocessor may be used to control the motor for positioning a flap (not shown), driven by the gear 3, in a heater, ventilator and airconditioning system (HAVC) by monitoring output from the sensor 22. The microprocessor may also have a learn routine to learn Zero and Max end positions of the flap. The routine can be executed during factory testing and after a uP reset. It can include the switching off of fans and turning the motor to its uttermost left and right positions in two similar processes. During each process the routine waits for the flap to reach its mechanical limit and switches off the motor. For this purpose the duration and number of light pulses detected by the sensor device 22, as the blades 21 pass in front thereof, may be measured so as to execute a time out or motor stop function, as
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p iMIl9 mp.doc12/WO -6appropriate. A plausibility check and error recovery propagation routine may also be included in case the HVAC jams.
The invention has been described by way of non-limiting example only and many modifications and variations may be made thereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention described.
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Claims (10)
1. A gear drive assembly for use with an electric motor including two support bearings and an axle mounted to the bearings to be driven by the motor wherein the bearings are constructed to allow for relative movement therebetween to receive the axle in snap-fit engagement, characterised in that: the axle includes a radial stabiliser structure and the assembly (15) further includes a stabiliser fitting (19) fixed substantially rigidly •relative to the bearings for cooperation with the structure (16) during rotation of the axle to restrict axial displacement of the axle during operation of the motor *see.: 10 2. A gear drive assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the stabiliser structure includes an annular disc (17). S3. A gear drive assembly as claimed in claim 2, wherein the disc (17) is unitarily moulded with the axle .i 4. A gear drive assembly as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the fitting (19) includes a main body (20) with two arms (18) extending either side of the structure (16). *oo• 5. A gear drive assembly as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the bearings and fitting (19) are mounted to a base portion of a housing (30) which includes a cover to which a second fitting of the assembly is attached, to cooperate with the first fitting (19) to capture the structure (16) therebetween when the cover is fitted to the housing
6. A gear drive assembly as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the axle includes circumferentially spaced blades (21) and the assembly further includes a photoelectric sensor device (22) for sensing relative positioning of the blades (21) to determine the associated rotational position of the axle.
7. A gear drive assembly as claimed in claim 6, wherein the blades (21) project from P:\OPER\Dl[\piMOOI9 cp.d--12I2JOG -8- the stabiliser structure (16).
8. A gear drive assembly as claimed in claim 7, wherein the blades (21) are integrally moulded with the stabiliser structure (16).
9. A method for controlling a motor for actuation of a flap of a heater, ventilator and air-conditioning system, characterised in that: the motor drives the flap via a gear drive assembly as claimed in any one of claims 6 to 8; and S:i •the method includes monitoring the rotational position of the axle using the sensing device storing end positions of the flap in a memory and controlling the o••o• motor to position the flap at a desired location by reference to the rotational position of the axle The method of claim 9, wherein the end positions represent mechanical limits of S•the flap and the method includes stopping the motor before the flap reaches the end positions.
11. An axle for use in a gear drive assembly as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8, characterised in that: the axle includes a radial stabiliser structure (16).
12. An axle as claimed in claim 11, wherein the stabiliser structure (16) includes a disc (17).
13. An axle as claimed in claim 12, wherein the disc (17) is unitarily moulded with the axle
14. An axle as claimed in any one of claims 11 to 13, wherein the axle includes circumferentially space blades (21). An axle as claimed in claim 14, wherein the blades project from the stabiliser structure (16). P:\OPER\DI \pir0019 cap.doc-12/1200 -9-
16. An axle as claimed in claim 14 or 15, wherein the blades (21) are integrally moulded with the stabiliser structure (16). DATED this 12th day of December, 2000 Robert Bosch GmbH By DAVIES COLLISON CAVE Patent Attorneys for the applicant 0S e *0e* 0* 9@o 000 S S S 000S
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AU72145/00A AU784114B2 (en) | 2000-12-12 | 2000-12-12 | Gear drive for an electric motor |
DE2001160056 DE10160056A1 (en) | 2000-12-12 | 2001-12-06 | Gear drive for electric motors for use in driving flap actuators of heaters, ventilators and air conditioning systems in vehicles through worm drive |
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AU72145/00A AU784114B2 (en) | 2000-12-12 | 2000-12-12 | Gear drive for an electric motor |
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WO2005099069A1 (en) | 2004-04-02 | 2005-10-20 | Schukra Of North America, Ltd | Actuator using spur gears |
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DE102013009224A1 (en) | 2013-05-31 | 2014-12-04 | Kathrein-Werke Kg | Modular adjusting device, in particular for HF devices |
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WO2005099069A1 (en) | 2004-04-02 | 2005-10-20 | Schukra Of North America, Ltd | Actuator using spur gears |
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