Actuator for shift-by-wire system

Abstract

An acuator for a shift-by-wire system includes a drive motor installed inside a motor housing, the drive motor having a drive shaft, and a decelerator inside a decelerator housing coupled with the motor housing, the decelerator coupled to the drive shaft. The decelerator includes a sun gear connected to a first side of an eccentric part of the drive shaft, a ring gear engaged with the sun gear and fixed to the decelerator housing, an output shaft connected to a second side of the eccentric part, a first bearing coupled to one side of the eccentric part and supporting the sun gear, a second bearing coupled to the other side of the eccentric part and supporting the output shaft, and a power delivery unit coupled to the sun gear and the output shaft in a center region between the first and second bearings.In an embodiment an actuator includes a drive motor installed inside a motor housing, wherein the drive motor includes a drive shaft having a driving part fixed to a rotor of the drive motor, an eccentric part integrally connected to the driving part at a position off a shaft center of the driving part, and an elongated part elongated from the eccentric part with respect to the shaft center, and a decelerator inside a decelerator housing coupled with the motor housing. The decelerator is eccentrically coupled to the drive shaft and includes a sun gear rotatably connected to the eccentric part, a ring gear engaged with the sun gear and fixed to the decelerator housing, an output shaft rotatably connected to the elongated part, a first bearing coupled to the eccentric part and supporting the sun gear, a second bearing coupled to the elongated part and a power delivery unit coupled to the sun gear and the output shaft in a center region between the first bearing and the second bearing.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An actuator for a shift-by-wire system comprising:
 a drive motor installed inside a motor housing, the drive motor having comprising:
 a rotor, and 
 a drive shaft comprising a driving part having a central axis of rotation, an eccentric part and an elongated part, 
 wherein the driving part is fixed to the rotor, 
 wherein the eccentric part is integrally connected to the driving part at a position off the central axis of rotation, and 
 wherein the elongated part is elongated with respect to the central axis of rotation from the eccentric part; and 
   a decelerator inside a decelerator housing coupled with the motor housing, the decelerator eccentrically coupled to the drive shaft, the decelerator and including:
 a sun gear rotatably connected to a first side of an the eccentric part of the drive shaft; 
 a ring gear engaged with the sun gear and fixed to the decelerator housing; 
 an output shaft rotatably connected to a second side of the eccentric part the elongated part, wherein the output shaft integrally forms a flange part orthogonal to a shaft direction; 
 a first bearing coupled to one side of the eccentric part and supporting the sun gear; 
 a second bearing coupled to another side of the eccentric part the elongated part and supporting the output shaft; and 
 a power delivery unit coupled to the sun gear and the output shaft in a center region between the first bearing and the second bearing, wherein the power delivery unit includes radial groove parts radially formed arranged along a radial direction at an edge part of one surface of the sun gear corresponding to the output shaft and radial protrusions formed to be protruded protruding along a radial direction at an edge part of the flange part of the output shaft and coupled to the radial groove parts with a predetermined gap, and wherein the sun gear further includes a supporting part connected to the radial groove parts and supporting the flange part of the output shaft; and 
 a lubricant filled part filled with a lubricant and arranged between the flange part and the supporting part, 
 wherein the sun gear further includes crown parts arranged between the radial groove parts, 
 wherein a lubricant flow groove connected with the lubricant filled part is arranged in the crown parts and sealed by a cover part of the output shaft, 
 wherein the lubricant flow groove is arranged on upper surfaces of the crown parts along a rotational direction of the sun gear, and 
 wherein, during a phase movement of the sun gear, the lubricant filled in the lubricant filled part is circulatable through the lubricant flow groove to an adjacent radial groove part. 
   
     
     
         2 . The actuator for the shift-by-wire system of  claim 1 , wherein the radial groove parts and the radial protrusions are disposed to be mutually overlapped overlap in the center region between the first bearing and the second bearing. 
     
     
         3 . The actuator for the shift-by-wire system of  claim 1 , wherein the power delivery unit further includes crown parts formed radially along a radial direction between the radial groove parts of the sun gear. 
     
     
         4 . The actuator for the shift-by-wire system of claim  3   1 , further comprising arc surfaces of predetermined curvatures, wherein the crown parts form aneach arc surface of a predetermined curvature at a part in contact with the radial protrusion in thethe arc surfaces connects a respective crown part of the crown parts to a respective radial groove part of the radial groove parts. 
     
     
         5 . The actuator for the shift-by-wire system of  claim 4 , wherein theeach radial protrusion of the radial protrusions is in contact in a normal direction to thewith a respective arc surface of the arc surfaces along a rotating direction of the output shaft. 
     
     
         6 . The actuator for the shift-by-wire system of  claim 5 , wherein the respective radial groove part and thea respective radial protrusion of the radial protrusions are configured to transmit a rotation torque of a normal direction to the output shaft through the sun gear in the center region between the first bearing and the second bearing. 
     
     
         7 . The actuator for the shift-by-wire system of  claim 1 , wherein a lubricant filled part filled with a lubricant is provided between the flange part and the supporting part. 
     
     
         8 . The actuator for the shift-by-wire system of  claim 7 , wherein:
 the sun gear includes crown parts formed between the radial groove parts; and   a lubricant flow groove connected with the lubricant filled part is formed in the crown parts.   
     
     
         9 . The actuator for the shift-by-wire system of  claim 1 , wherein the output shaft further includes a cover part is integrally connected with the flange part and the radial protrusion protrusions. 
     
     
         10 . An actuator for a shift-by-wire system comprising:
 a drive motor installed inside a motor housing, the drive motor having comprising:
 a rotor; 
 a drive shaft comprising a driving part having a central axis of rotation, an eccentric part and an elongated part, 
 wherein the driving part is fixed to the rotor, 
 wherein the eccentric part is integrally connected to the driving part at a position off the central axis of rotation, and 
 wherein the elongated part is elongated with respect to the central axis of rotation from the eccentric part; and 
   a decelerator inside a decelerator housing coupled with the motor housing, the decelerator eccentrically coupled to the drive shaft , the decelerator and including:
 a sun gear rotatably connected to a first side of an the eccentric part of the drive shaft; 
 a ring gear engaged with the sun gear and fixed to the decelerator housing; 
 an output shaft rotatably connected to a second side of the eccentric part the elongated part, wherein the output shaft integrally forms a flange part orthogonal to a shaft direction; and 
 radial groove parts radially formed arranged along a radial direction at an edge part of one side surface of the sun gear corresponding to the output shaft and radial protrusions formed to be protruded protruding along a radial direction at an edge part of the output shaft and coupled to the radial groove parts with a predetermined gap and ,  
 wherein the sun gear further includes a supporting part connected to the radial groove parts and supporting the flange part of the output shaftand 
 a lubricant filled part filled with a lubricant and arranged between the flange part and the supporting part, 
 wherein the sun gear further includes crown parts arranged between the radial groove parts, 
 wherein a lubricant flow groove connected with the lubricant filled part is arranged in the crown parts and sealed by a cover part of the output shaft, 
 wherein the lubricant flow groove is arranged on upper surfaces of the crown parts along a rotational direction of the sun gear, and 
 wherein, during a phase movement of the sun gear, the lubricant filled in the lubricant filled part is circulatable through the lubricant flow groove to an adjacent radial groove part. 
   
     
     
         11 . The actuator for the shift-by-wire system of  claim 10 , wherein the radial groove parts and the radial protrusions are provided to be in contact along a rotating direction of the output shaft in a normal direction. 
     
     
         12 . The actuator for the shift-by-wire system of  claim 10 , wherein the sun gear further includes crown parts radially formed along a radial direction between the radial groove parts of the sun gear. 
     
     
         13 . The actuator for the shift-by-wire system of  claim 12 , wherein:
 the radial groove forms a first circular arc of a first predetermined curvature extending from an inner wall to an end side of the crown parts; and   the crown parts form a second circular arc of a second predetermined curvature from the end side toward an edge end side of the sun gear.   
     
     
         14 . The actuator for the shift-by-wire system of  claim 13 , wherein:
 the crown parts form an arc surface in which the first circular arc and the second circular arc meet each other; and   the radial protrusion is in contact with the arc surface in a normal direction along the rotating direction of the output shaft.   
     
     
         15 . The actuator for the shift-by-wire system of  claim 10 , further comprising a bearing coupled to one side of the eccentric part and supporting the sun gear. 
     
     
         16 . The actuator for the shift-by-wire system of  claim 10 , further comprising a bearing coupled to one side of the eccentric elongated part and supporting the output shaft. 
     
     
         17 . The actuator for the shift-by-wire system of  claim 10 , further comprising a first bearing coupled to one side of the eccentric part and supporting the sun gear and a second bearing coupled to another side of the eccentric elongated part and supporting the output shaft. 
     
     
         18 . An actuator for a shift-by-wire system comprising:
 a drive motor installed inside a motor housing, the drive motor having comprising:
 a drive shaft comprising a driving part having a central axis of rotation, an eccentric part and an elongated part, 
 wherein the driving part is fixed to a rotor, 
 wherein the eccentric part is integrally connected to the driving part at a position off the central axis of rotation, and 
 wherein the elongated part is elongated with respect to the central axis of rotation from the eccentric part; and 
   a decelerator inside a decelerator housing coupled with the motor housing, the decelerator eccentrically coupled to the drive shaft , the decelerator and including:
 a sun gear rotatably connected to a first side of an the eccentric part of the drive shaft; 
 a ring gear engaged with the sun gear and fixed to the decelerator housing; 
 an output shaft rotatably connected to a second side of the eccentric partthe elongated part; and 
 radial groove parts radially formed arranged along a radial direction at an edge part of one side surface of the sun gear corresponding to the output shaft and radial protrusions formed to be protruded protruding along a radial direction at an edge part of the output shaft and coupled to the radial groove parts with a predetermined gap;, 
   wherein the sun gear further includes crown parts radially formed arranged along a radial direction between the radial groove parts of the sun gear;,   wherein the radial groove forms a first circular arc of a first predetermined curvature extending from an inner wall to an end side of the crown parts; and   wherein the crown parts form a second circular arc of a second predetermined curvature from the end side toward an edge end side of the sun gear   wherein a lubricant filled part is filled with a lubricant and arranged between a flange part of the output shaft and a supporting part of the sun gear,   wherein a lubricant flow groove connected with the lubricant filled part is arranged in the crown parts and sealed by a cover part of the output shaft,   wherein the lubricant flow groove is arranged on upper surfaces of the crown parts along a rotational direction of the sun gear, and   wherein, during a phase movement of the sun gear, the lubricant filled in the lubricant filled part is circulatable through the lubricant flow groove to an adjacent radial groove part.   
     
     
         19 . The actuator for the shift-by-wire system of  claim 18 , wherein the radial groove parts and the radial protrusions are provided to be in contact along a rotating direction of the output shaft in a normal direction. 
     
     
         20 . The actuator for the shift-by-wire system of  claim 18 , wherein:
 the crown parts form an arc surface in which the first circular arc and the second circular arc meet each other; and   the radial protrusion is in contact with the arc surface in a normal direction along the rotating direction of the output shaft.