JP5203876B2 - Electric actuator and switchgear - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an electric actuator and an opening / closing device used for a vehicle flip-up type electric back door system or the like.

Conventionally, an electric actuator of this type includes, for example, as shown in Patent Document 1, an electric actuator includes a motor as a drive source, a worm shaft that rotates by driving the motor, a wheel gear that meshes with the worm shaft, The wheel gear is assembled to a side surface in the axial direction of the wheel gear and includes a transmission member that engages with the wheel gear in the rotation direction, so that the rotation of the wheel gear is transmitted to the output shaft of the electric actuator via the transmission member. It has become. The output shaft of the electric actuator is connected to the back door via an opening / closing link mechanism, and the back door opens and closes based on the driving of the electric actuator. Moreover, in the flip-up type electric back door system of the vehicle, a damper is interposed between the back door and the vehicle body. The damper has a configuration of a gas piston in which high-pressure gas is sealed, and generates a force in the opening direction with respect to the back door.
JP 2004-324171 A

  By the way, in the electric back door system as described above, the load applied to the electric actuator during the opening operation of the back door is large at the beginning of the opening of the back door, and gradually decreases by the action of the damper as the back door opens. When the back door is opened to the specified position, the load applied to the electric actuator becomes zero, and when the back door is further opened from that position, the damper is urged to push up the back door, and the load applied until then. A load opposite to that is applied to the electric actuator. Note that the same can be said for the closing operation of the back door.

  As described above, as described by taking as an example the case where the back door of the vehicle is opened / closed electrically, when the opening / closing body is opened / closed by the electric actuator, the load applied to the electric actuator varies. Then, due to the fluctuation of the load, the transmission system inside the electric actuator becomes unstable, the wheel gear and the transmission member rattle in the rotation direction, and for example, abnormal noise is generated from the meshing portion of the wheel gear and the worm shaft. There was a problem.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an electric actuator and an opening / closing device capable of suppressing the generation of abnormal noise when the opening / closing body is opened / closed.

In order to solve the above-described problem, an invention according to claim 1 is an electric actuator for electrically opening and closing an opening / closing body rotatably provided on a vehicle body, and includes a motor as a drive source, A worm shaft that rotates by driving the motor; a wheel gear that meshes with the worm shaft; a transmission member that is assembled to the wheel gear and transmits the rotation of the wheel gear to the output shaft of the electric actuator; and the wheel gear And a buffer part that cushions the impact in the rotational direction between the two members by elastic deformation, and the wheel gear and the transmission member are in a state in which the buffer part is elastically deformed. And the wheel gear and the transmission member open and close the opening / closing body. When the load applied to the electric actuator exceeds a predetermined magnitude, the buffer portion is elastically deformed and directly contacts with each other in the rotation direction without the buffer portion at the contact portion. When the load applied to the electric actuator during the opening / closing operation does not exceed a predetermined magnitude, the load in the rotational direction between the wheel gear and the transmission member is separated while being separated at the contact portion. The buffer portion interposed between the two is received.

  In the present invention, since the shock absorber for buffering the impact in the rotational direction between the two members due to elastic deformation is interposed between the wheel gear and the transmission member, the transmission member when the load applied to the electric actuator fluctuates. The shock in the rotational direction between the wheel gear and the wheel gear can be absorbed by the buffer portion. Thereby, generation | occurrence | production of the noise from the meshing part etc. of a wheel gear and a worm shaft at the time of opening and closing of an opening / closing body can be suppressed.

In this invention, when the load applied to the electric actuator is large, the load in the rotational direction between the wheel gear and the transmission member can be released to the contact portion. Thereby, the load of the rotation direction which a buffer part receives is reduced, and deterioration of a buffer part can be suppressed.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the electric actuator according to the first aspect, a load applied to the electric actuator during the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing body changes based on an opening degree of the opening / closing body, When the load applied to the electric actuator exceeds a predetermined magnitude, the load in the rotational direction between the wheel gear and the transmission member is large, and the load applied to the electric actuator does not exceed the predetermined magnitude. Is a rotational direction between the wheel gear and the transmission member when the load in the rotational direction between the wheel gear and the transmission member is small and the load applied to the electric actuator exceeds a predetermined magnitude. The buffer portion and the abutting portion receive the load.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the electric actuator according to the first or second aspect, the contact portion and the buffer portion are arranged on the same circumference centered on the axis of the wheel gear. Features.

In this invention, the load of the rotation direction between a wheel gear and a transmission member can be suitably escaped to a contact part.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electric actuator for electrically opening and closing an opening / closing body provided rotatably on a vehicle body, the motor being a drive source, and a worm shaft that is rotated by driving the motor. A wheel gear meshing with the worm shaft, a transmission member assembled to the wheel gear and transmitting the rotation of the wheel gear to the output shaft of the electric actuator, and interposed between the wheel gear and the transmission member And a shock absorber that cushions the impact in the rotational direction between the two members due to elastic deformation, and one of the wheel gear and the transmission member is provided with a protrusion that protrudes in the axial direction of the wheel gear. An insertion hole into which the protrusion is inserted is formed on the other, and the buffer portion is interposed between the protrusion and the insertion hole in the rotation direction. And characterized in that it is.

In the present invention, since the shock absorber for buffering the impact in the rotational direction between the two members due to elastic deformation is interposed between the wheel gear and the transmission member, the transmission member when the load applied to the electric actuator fluctuates. The shock in the rotational direction between the wheel gear and the wheel gear can be absorbed by the buffer portion. Thereby, generation | occurrence | production of the noise from the meshing part etc. of a wheel gear and a worm shaft at the time of opening and closing of an opening / closing body can be suppressed. Further, the shock in the rotational direction between the transmission member and the wheel gear can be absorbed by the buffer portion.
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electric actuator for electrically opening and closing an opening / closing body provided rotatably on a vehicle body, the motor being a drive source, and a worm shaft that is rotated by driving the motor. A wheel gear meshing with the worm shaft, a transmission member assembled to the wheel gear and transmitting the rotation of the wheel gear to the output shaft of the electric actuator, and interposed between the wheel gear and the transmission member And a shock absorber that cushions the impact in the rotational direction between the two members due to elastic deformation, and one of the wheel gear and the transmission member is provided with a protrusion that protrudes in the axial direction of the wheel gear. One of the other is formed with an insertion hole into which the protruding portion is inserted, and the buffer portion constitutes the protruding portion itself.

In the present invention, since the shock absorber for buffering the impact in the rotational direction between the two members due to elastic deformation is interposed between the wheel gear and the transmission member, the transmission member when the load applied to the electric actuator fluctuates. The shock in the rotational direction between the wheel gear and the wheel gear can be absorbed by the buffer portion. Thereby, generation | occurrence | production of the noise from the meshing part etc. of a wheel gear and a worm shaft at the time of opening and closing of an opening / closing body can be suppressed. Further, the shock in the rotational direction between the transmission member and the wheel gear can be absorbed by the buffer portion.
A sixth aspect of the present invention is the electric actuator according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, wherein a plurality of the buffer portions are arranged in parallel in the rotation direction.

In the present invention, it is possible to suitably absorb the backlash in the rotational direction between the transmission member and the wheel gear by the buffer portion.
According to a seventh aspect of the invention, in the electric actuator according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, the opening / closing body having a damper interposed between the vehicle body and the electric body is electrically opened / closed. It is characterized by being.

  In the present invention, when the opening / closing body having the damper interposed between the vehicle body is opened / closed, the load applied to the electromagnetic actuator is significantly changed, so that the effect of suppressing abnormal noise during opening / closing can be further exhibited.

The invention according to claim 8 is an opening / closing device including the electric actuator according to any one of claims 1 to 7.
According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an opening / closing device in which abnormal noise from the electric actuator during opening / closing of the opening / closing body is suppressed.

  Therefore, according to the above described invention, it is possible to suppress the generation of abnormal noise when the opening / closing body is opened / closed.

DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1, an electric back door system 1 according to the present embodiment includes a back door 3 as an opening / closing body hinged to the rear upper part of a vehicle body 2, an opening / closing device 4 that electrically opens and closes the back door 3, And a damper 5 that supplementarily applies a force in the opening direction to the back door 3.

  The opening / closing device 4 is connected to the electric actuator 11 attached to the roof portion of the vehicle body 2, and the opening / closing link mechanism 12 connected to the electric actuator 11 and the back door 3 to open and close the back door 3 based on the power of the electric actuator 11. The back door 3 can be opened and closed by driving the electric actuator 11. In FIG. 1, the solid line indicates the fully closed state of the back door 3, and the two-dot chain line indicates the fully open state of the back door 3.

  The damper 5 has a configuration of a gas piston filled with high-pressure gas, and both end portions thereof are connected to the rear portion of the vehicle body 2 and the back door 3, respectively. The damper 5 generates a load that assists the opening operation of the back door 3, and serves to support the back door 3 in the fully open position.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the electric actuator 11 includes a motor 13 as a drive source, and a speed reduction mechanism 14 that decelerates the driving force of the motor 13 and outputs it to the opening / closing link mechanism 12.

  The speed reduction mechanism 14 has a gear housing 21 attached to the output side of the motor 13. A pair of bearings 22 are fixed to the gear housing 21, and the pair of bearings 22 rotatably support the base end portion and the longitudinal intermediate portion of the output shaft 23. The distal end portion of the output shaft 23 protrudes to the outside of the gear housing 21, and the opening / closing link mechanism 12 is connected to the distal end portion. A rotor 24 is attached in the vicinity of the base end portion of the output shaft 23 in the gear housing 21. The rotor 24 is fixed to the output shaft 23 and rotates integrally with the output shaft 23.

  Further, the output shaft 23 rotatably supports the wheel gear 26 at a position on the tip side of the rotor 24. The wheel gear 26 is disposed in the gear housing 21 and meshed with a worm shaft 25 that rotates by driving of the motor 13. Accordingly, the wheel gear 26 is rotated by driving the motor 13. A metal clutch plate 27 as a transmission member is attached to the side surface of the wheel gear 26 on the rotor 24 side (one side surface in the axis L direction).

  As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the wheel gear 26 has a circular shape, and the output shaft 23 is inserted through the center thereof. The wheel gear 26 is made of a resin material, and a gear portion 31 that meshes with the worm shaft 25 is formed on the outer peripheral portion thereof. Further, the wheel gear 26 is formed with a fitting portion 32 (protruding portion) that protrudes in the direction of the axis L from the side surface on the rotor 24 side (see also FIG. 2). Six fitting portions 32 are formed on the same circumference around the axis L of the wheel gear 26, and each fitting portion 32 has an arc shape.

  The clutch plate 27 has a circular plate shape and is assembled so that its plate surface is perpendicular to the axis L of the wheel gear 26. The clutch plate 27 has the output shaft 23 inserted in the center thereof. The clutch plate 27 is formed with six fitting holes 40 (insertion holes) into which the fitting portions 32 of the wheel gear 26 are respectively fitted. Each fitting hole 40 has a shape (arc shape) corresponding to the fitting portion 32 and is formed on the same circumference around the axis L. Further, the fitting holes 40 are formed at equal intervals in the circumferential direction. The circumferential dimension of the fitting hole 40 is set larger than the circumferential dimension of the fitting part 32.

  Also, the clutch plate 27 is formed with six intermediate portions 41 and 42 that are located between the respective fitting holes 40, and every other intermediate portion (first intermediate portion 41) in the circumferential direction thereof. Elastic members 50 as buffer portions are fixed to both sides in the circumferential direction. In the following description, an intermediate portion where the elastic member 50 is provided is referred to as a first intermediate portion 41, and an intermediate portion where the elastic member 50 is not provided is described as a second intermediate portion 42. The circumferential dimensions of the intermediate portions 41 and 42 are set to be equal to each other, and the circumferential dimension between the fitting portions 32 where the first intermediate portion 41 is disposed is the fitting where the second intermediate portion 42 is disposed. It is set larger than the circumferential dimension between the portions 32. In this embodiment, the 2nd intermediate part 42 and the fitting part 32 which opposes this 2nd intermediate part 42 in the circumferential direction comprise the contact part.

  Hytrel (registered trademark) is used for the elastic member 50, and a cross section perpendicular to the axis L of the elastic member 50 is formed in a curved shape that is convex toward the fitting portion 32 facing in the circumferential direction. ing. Each elastic member 50 is interposed between the first intermediate portion 41 (one end portion in the circumferential direction of the fitting hole 40) of the clutch plate 27 and the fitting portion 32 of the wheel gear 26 in the circumferential direction (FIG. 4). (See also (a)). And in the state (state shown in Drawing 3) where each middle part 41 and 42 is located in the peripheral direction center between fitting parts 32, the end face of fitting part 32 which counters this elastic member 50, and The circumferential gap D <b> 1 is set smaller than the circumferential gap D <b> 2 between the second intermediate portion 42 and the end face of the fitting portion 32.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the clutch plate 27 is arranged in parallel with the rotor 24 in the gear housing 21 in the axial direction. An electromagnetic solenoid 28 fixed to the gear housing 21 is disposed on the opposite side of the rotor 24 from the clutch plate 27. When the electromagnetic solenoid 28 is turned on, the metal clutch plate 27 is pulled by the electromagnetic force toward the electromagnetic solenoid 28 and is brought into pressure contact with the rotor 24, so that the rotation of the clutch plate 27 can be transmitted to the rotor 24. On the other hand, when the electromagnetic solenoid 28 is off, no pulling force is generated on the clutch plate 27, and rotation transmission between the rotor 24 and the clutch plate 27 is disabled.

  In such an electric back door system 1, for example, when an instruction to open the fully closed back door 3 is given by an operation of a remote control device (not shown) or the like, the control device receives a signal from the remote control device. First, electric power is supplied to the electromagnetic solenoid 28, and the electromagnetic solenoid 28 is turned on. Thereby, a transmission path of the rotational force capable of opening the back door 3 from the clutch plate 27 to the rotor 24 is established.

  Next, electric power is supplied from the control device to the motor 13 of the electric actuator 11 to drive the motor 13. Then, the driving force of the motor 13 is transmitted in the order of the worm shaft 25 → wheel gear 26 → clutch plate 27 → rotor 24 → output shaft 23 → opening / closing link mechanism 12 → back door 3 so that the back door 3 opens. It has become.

  4 (b) and 4 (c) show the relationship between the wheel gear 26 and the clutch plate 27 when the back door 3 is opened by driving the electric actuator 11, and FIG. The graph of the load W applied to the electric actuator 11 until it reaches a fully open position from a closed position is shown. 4A to 4C show cross sections of the wheel gear 26 and the clutch plate 27 along the circumferential direction.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the load W applied to the electric actuator 11 is large at the beginning of the opening of the back door 3 and gradually decreases as the opening degree of the back door 3 increases. The reason why the load W decreases in this way is that the biasing force in the opening direction that the damper 5 applies to the back door 3 increases as the opening degree of the back door 3 increases. When the back door 3 is opened to a predetermined position (reverse position P), the load W applied to the electric actuator becomes zero, and when the back door 3 is further opened from that position, the damper 5 pushes up the back door 3. Thus, the load W is reversed from the normal load to the reverse load.

  At the beginning of the opening of the back door 3, as shown in FIG. 4B, the elastic member 50 causes the fitting portion 32 of the wheel gear 26 and the first intermediate portion 41 of the clutch plate 27 to rotate with the rotation of the wheel gear 26. Thus, the second intermediate portion 42 of the clutch plate 27 contacts the fitting portion 32 in the rotational direction. Thereby, the rotational force of the wheel gear 26 is transmitted to the clutch plate 27 through the elastic member 50 and the second intermediate portion 42.

  When the opening degree of the back door 3 is increased and the load W applied to the electric actuator 11 is equal to or less than a predetermined magnitude, the rotational load between the wheel gear 26 and the clutch plate 27 is reduced. At this time, as shown in FIG. 4C, the second intermediate portion 42 of the clutch plate 27 and the fitting portion 32 of the wheel gear 26 that have been in contact with each other are separated from each other, and the space between the wheel gear 26 and the clutch plate 27 is separated. Only the elastic member 50 receives the load in the rotational direction. This state is continued in a predetermined section (opening amount A to opening amount B of the back door 3) before and after the load W applied to the electric actuator 11 is reversed. In addition, the magnitude | size of the load W which transfers to the state (state shown in FIG.4 (c)) which separated from the state (state shown in FIG.4 (b)) where the 2nd intermediate part 42 contacted the fitting part 32 is the following. It is determined by the dimension of the gap D1 between the elastic member 50 and the fitting part 32 and the dimension of the gap D2 in the circumferential direction between the second intermediate part 42 and the fitting part 32.

  When the load W applied to the electric actuator 11 is reversed, the rotational load applied to the clutch plate 27 tends to become unstable, but the elastic member 50 causes the rattling between the clutch plate 27 and the wheel gear 26. It is designed to absorb. As a result, the backlash in the rotational direction of the wheel gear 26 and the backlash in the axial direction of the worm shaft 25 are suppressed, and the generation of abnormal noise from these meshing portions is particularly suppressed.

  When the load W applied to the electric actuator 11 is reversed and becomes a reverse load, the rotational speed of the clutch plate 27 exceeds the rotational speed of the wheel gear 26. When the reverse load applied to the electric actuator 11 exceeds a predetermined magnitude, the right elastic member 50 in FIG. 4 is crushed in the rotational direction by the fitting portion 32 and the first intermediate portion 41, and the second The intermediate portion 42 (the right end surface in FIG. 4) and the fitting portion 32 come into contact with each other in the rotation direction.

  Thus, in the electric actuator 11 of the present embodiment, in a state where the load W (absolute value) exceeds a predetermined magnitude (the portion where the back door 3 begins to open and the portion where the back door 3 is fully opened), the elastic member 50 is The fitting portion 32 of the wheel gear 26 and the first intermediate portion 41 of the clutch plate 27 are crushed in the rotational direction so that the second intermediate portion 42 of the clutch plate 27 and the fitting portion 32 abut in the rotational direction. It has become. Thereby, since the load in the rotational direction between the wheel gear 26 and the clutch plate 27 escapes to the contact portion between the fitting portion 32 and the second intermediate portion 42, the rotational direction received by the elastic member 50 when the load is large. As a result, the deterioration of the elastic member 50 is suppressed.

  In the case where the back door 3 is closed from the fully open state to the fully closed state, there is a difference that the load W applied to the electric actuator 11 is reversed. It has come to be obtained.

Next, characteristic effects of the present embodiment will be described.
(1) In the present embodiment, an elastic member 50 is interposed between the wheel gear 26 and the clutch plate 27 to buffer the rotational impact between the two members due to elastic deformation. Shaking in the rotational direction between the clutch plate 27 and the wheel gear 26 when the load W is reversed can be absorbed by the elastic member 50. Thereby, generation | occurrence | production of the noise from the meshing part etc. of the wheel gear 26 and the worm shaft 25 at the time of opening and closing of the back door 3 can be suppressed.

  (2) In this embodiment, the wheel gear 26 and the clutch plate 27 are portions that directly contact each other in the rotational direction in a state where the elastic member 50 is crushed by the fitting portion 32 and the first intermediate portion 41 and elastically deformed. And the second intermediate portion 42 (contact portion). Therefore, when the load W applied to the electric actuator 11 is large, the load in the rotational direction between the wheel gear 26 and the clutch plate 27 can be released to the contact portion between the fitting portion 32 and the second intermediate portion 42. . Thereby, the load of the rotation direction which the elastic member 50 receives is reduced, and deterioration of the elastic member 50 can be suppressed.

  (3) In the present embodiment, the contact portion (the fitting portion 32 and the second intermediate portion 42) and the elastic member 50 are disposed on the same circumference with the axis L of the wheel gear 26 as the center. When the load W applied to the actuator 11 is large, the load in the rotational direction between the wheel gear 26 and the clutch plate 27 can be suitably released to the contact portion between the fitting portion 32 and the second intermediate portion 42.

  (4) In the present embodiment, the wheel gear 26 is formed with a fitting portion 32 as a protruding portion protruding in the axis L direction, and the clutch plate 27 is used as an insertion hole into which the fitting portion 32 is inserted. A fitting hole 40 is formed. The elastic member 50 is interposed between the fitting portion 32 and the fitting hole 40 (first intermediate portion 41) in the rotation direction. Therefore, the backlash in the rotational direction between the clutch plate 27 and the wheel gear 26 can be absorbed by the elastic member 50.

  (5) In the present embodiment, since a plurality of elastic members 50 are arranged in the rotational direction, the elastic member 50 suitably absorbs the rattling in the rotational direction between the clutch plate 27 and the wheel gear 26. Is possible.

  (6) In the present embodiment, the electric actuator 11 is for electrically opening and closing the back door 3 in which the damper 5 is interposed between the electric body 11 and the vehicle body 2. Therefore, since the fluctuation of the load applied to the electric actuator 11 becomes significant when the back door 3 is opened and closed, the effect of suppressing abnormal noise during opening and closing can be further exhibited.

In addition, you may change embodiment of this invention as follows.
In the above embodiment, the elastic member 50 as the buffer portion is provided in the first intermediate portion 41 of the clutch plate 27, but is not particularly limited to this, for example, FIGS. 6 (a) and 6 (b) and FIG. You may comprise as shown to 7 (a). As shown in FIG. 7A, the elastic member 61 as a buffer portion is fixed to the side surface of the wheel gear 26 on the rotor 24 side and protrudes in the axial direction of the wheel gear 26. The clutch plate 27 is formed with a buffer insertion hole 62 penetrating in the axial direction, and an elastic member 61 is inserted into the insertion hole 62. That is, the elastic member 61 constitutes a protruding portion itself that is inserted into the insertion hole 62. As shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, there are three elastic members 61 and buffer insertion holes 62 at equal intervals in the circumferential direction on the radially inner side of the fitting portion 32 and the fitting hole 40, respectively. Is provided. Even in such a configuration, as in the above-described embodiment, in the state where the load W applied to the electric actuator 11 exceeds a predetermined magnitude, the elastic member 61 has the buffer portion insertion hole as shown in FIG. The intermediate portion 42 of the clutch plate 27 comes into contact with the fitting portion 32 in the rotational direction. Further, when the load W applied to the electric actuator 11 is reversed, as shown in FIG. 7C, the intermediate portion 42 and the fitting portion 32 are separated from each other, and only the elastic member 61 includes the wheel gear 26 and A load in the rotational direction between the clutch plates 27 is received.

  Even with such a configuration, it is possible to obtain substantially the same operational effects as in the above embodiment. Moreover, according to such a structure, since the 1st intermediate part 41 can be comprised as an abutting part contact | abutted with the fitting part 32, the shape of the clutch plate 27 can be increased and the number of abutting parts can be increased. Note that the number of the elastic members 61 and the buffer portion insertion holes 62 is not limited to three, and may be smaller or larger than three. Further, the elastic member 61 and the buffer portion insertion hole 62 may be provided on the radially outer side than the fitting portion 32 and the fitting hole 40. Furthermore, the elastic member 61 may be fixed to the clutch plate 27 and the buffer portion insertion hole 62 may be formed in the wheel gear 26.

-In the said embodiment, although Hytrel (trademark) was used for the elastic member 50, it is not limited to this, Other elastomers, rubber | gum, etc. may be sufficient.
In the above embodiment, the elastic member 50 is separately used as the buffer portion. However, for example, an elastic piece as the buffer portion may be integrally formed at the circumferential end of the fitting portion 32 of the wheel gear 26. . According to such a configuration, an increase in the number of members can be suppressed.

-In above-mentioned embodiment, although the elastic member 50 was provided in three places, it is not limited to this, You may have more or less than three places.
In the above-described embodiment, the fitting hole 40 as the insertion hole is formed to penetrate, but may be a hole that does not penetrate.

  In the above embodiment, the wheel gear 26 is provided with the fitting portion 32 as the projecting portion, and the clutch plate 27 is formed with the fitting hole 40 as the insertion hole, but on the contrary, the wheel gear 26 is formed with the insertion hole. However, the clutch plate 27 may be provided with a protrusion.

  In the above embodiment, the elastic members 50 may be provided in all the intermediate portions 41 and 42 so that there is no contact portion where the wheel gear 26 and the clutch plate 27 directly contact in the rotation direction.

  In the above embodiment, the speed reduction mechanism 14 of the electric actuator 11 is provided with an electromagnetic clutch mechanism (such as the rotor 24 and the electromagnetic solenoid 28). However, the electromagnetic clutch mechanism may be omitted.

  -In above-mentioned embodiment, although the electric actuator 11 was applied to the electric back door system 1, it is not limited to this in particular, For example, you may apply to an electric slide door system, an electric trunk system, etc.

Schematic which shows the electric back door system of this embodiment. Sectional drawing of an electric actuator. (A) (b) The side view which looked at the wheel gear and the clutch plate from the axial direction. (A) (b) (c) Sectional drawing for demonstrating operation | movement of a wheel gear and a clutch plate. Explanatory drawing which shows the load concerning the electric actuator at the time of an action | operation. (A) (b) The side view which looked at the wheel gear and clutch plate of another example from the axial direction. (A) (b) (c) Sectional drawing for demonstrating operation | movement of the wheel gear of another example, and a clutch plate.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 2 ... Vehicle body, 3 ... Back door as opening / closing body, 4 ... Opening / closing device, 5 ... Damper, 11 ... Electric actuator, 13 ... Motor, 23 ... Output shaft, 25 ... Worm shaft, 26 ... Wheel gear, 27 ... Transmission member Clutch plate as 32, fitting portion as a projecting portion, 40 ... fitting hole as an insertion hole, 42 ... second intermediate portion as a contact portion, 50, 61 ... elastic member as a buffering portion, 62 ... Buffer insertion hole, L ... axis.

Claims (8)

An electric actuator for electrically opening and closing an opening / closing body provided rotatably on a vehicle body,
A motor as a drive source;
A worm shaft that rotates by driving the motor;
A wheel gear meshing with the worm shaft;
A transmission member assembled to the wheel gear and transmitting the rotation of the wheel gear to the output shaft of the electric actuator;
A cushioning portion interposed between the wheel gear and the transmission member and buffering a rotational impact between the two members by elastic deformation ;
The wheel gear and the transmission member have contact portions that directly contact each other in the rotation direction without the buffer portion in the state where the buffer portion is elastically deformed
The wheel gear and the transmission member are
When a load applied to the electric actuator exceeds a predetermined magnitude during the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing body, the buffer portion is elastically deformed and the contact portion directly contacts each other in the rotation direction without the buffer portion. While touching
When the load applied to the electric actuator during the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing body does not exceed a predetermined magnitude, the load in the rotational direction between the wheel gear and the transmission member is separated while being separated at the contact portion. An electric actuator characterized in that the buffer portion interposed between the two members receives the electric actuator. The electric actuator according to claim 1,
The load applied to the electric actuator during the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing body changes based on the opening degree of the opening / closing body,
When the load applied to the electric actuator exceeds a predetermined magnitude, the load in the rotational direction between the wheel gear and the transmission member is large, and the load applied to the electric actuator does not exceed the predetermined magnitude The load in the rotational direction between the wheel gear and the transmission member is reduced,
When the load applied to the electric actuator exceeds a predetermined magnitude, the buffer portion and the contact portion receive a load in the rotational direction between the wheel gear and the transmission member. Actuator. The electric actuator according to claim 1 or 2,
The electric actuator according to claim 1, wherein the contact portion and the buffer portion are arranged on the same circumference centering on an axis of the wheel gear. An electric actuator for electrically opening and closing an opening / closing body provided rotatably on a vehicle body,
A motor as a drive source;
A worm shaft that rotates by driving the motor;
A wheel gear meshing with the worm shaft;
A transmission member assembled to the wheel gear and transmitting the rotation of the wheel gear to the output shaft of the electric actuator;
A cushioning portion interposed between the wheel gear and the transmission member and buffering a rotational impact between the two members by elastic deformation;
One of the wheel gear and the transmission member is provided with a protrusion that protrudes in the axial direction of the wheel gear, and the other is formed with an insertion hole into which the protrusion is inserted.
The electric actuator according to claim 1, wherein the buffer portion is interposed between the protruding portion and the insertion hole in a rotation direction. An electric actuator for electrically opening and closing an opening / closing body provided rotatably on a vehicle body,
A motor as a drive source;
A worm shaft that rotates by driving the motor;
A wheel gear meshing with the worm shaft;
A transmission member assembled to the wheel gear and transmitting the rotation of the wheel gear to the output shaft of the electric actuator;
A cushioning portion interposed between the wheel gear and the transmission member and buffering a rotational impact between the two members by elastic deformation;
One of the wheel gear and the transmission member is provided with a protrusion that protrudes in the axial direction of the wheel gear, and the other is formed with an insertion hole into which the protrusion is inserted.
The electric actuator characterized in that the buffer portion constitutes the protruding portion itself. In the electric actuator according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
An electric actuator characterized in that a plurality of the buffer portions are arranged in parallel in the rotation direction. In the electric actuator according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
An electric actuator for electrically opening and closing the open / close body having a damper interposed between the vehicle body and the vehicle body.   An opening / closing device comprising the electric actuator according to claim 1.

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