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Description
【0001】
【産業上の利用分野】
本発明は滑り軸受装置に関する。さらに詳しくは、建設機械、とくにパワーショベルのエンジンコントロール装置のように、大きい温度差がある使用環境において用いる滑り軸受装置に関する。
【0002】
【従来の技術】
一般的な滑り軸受装置においては、「かじり」が生じないように軸部材よりも軸受側の方を軟質材料で形成するか、あるいは軸受側に銅合金製などの比較的軟質の材料からなるブッシュを冷やし嵌めなどで固定することが多い。しかし使用環境の温度差が大きい場合、低温時または高温時に軸と軸受ないしブッシュとの隙間が小さくなり、かじりを生ずることがある。
【0003】
そのため従来は、精度の低いものではあらかじめ軸と軸受間のクリアランスを大きくとっておく。また少ないクリアランスないし高い軸受精度が要求される場合は、軸および軸受側の材質として、熱膨張率が等しいもの、あるいは近いものを採用し、隙間をほぼ一定に維持するように設計している。さらに熱膨張率の異なる軸側とブッシュとを鋳込みなどで固く結合し、その中間の熱膨張率を得るようにして軸受との隙間を少なくすることも提案されている(特開昭48−99539号公報参照)。またころがり軸受の外輪を固定する支持構造に関しても、熱膨張に伴う軸方向のズレや半径方向のガタつきを抑制する機構が種々提案されている(特開昭48−99539号公報、実開平2−146213号公報、実開平2−146214号公報など参照)。
【0004】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】
前記従来の方法のうち、あらかじめクリアランスを大きくとっておく方法では、高温時のかじりなどを防止することを目的とする場合、すなわち軸の熱膨張率が軸受のそれより大きい場合は、低温時のクリアランスがきわめて大きくなり、逆に低温時の問題を解消しようとすれば高温時のクリアランスが大きくなり、いずれの場合も軸受精度がわるくなる。また軸と軸受の熱膨張率をほぼ同じにする場合においても、構成要素の材質上の特性から、熱膨張率に等方性がないことがある。たとえば合成樹脂製の軸、軸受の場合には分子配向の問題で、等方性が得られない。さらに軸受にはラジアル荷重がかかるため、局部的に発熱して等方的でなくなり、隙間が均等でなくなる場合がある。
【0005】
本発明は上記のような使用環境の温度差が大きい場合の滑り軸受において、周囲温度の高低に関わらずクリアランスをできるだけ均等にし、ガタやかじりの発生を防止することを技術課題とするものである。
【0006】
【課題を解決するための手段】
本発明の軸受装置は、内周面が円筒状の回転摺動面となっている軸受部材と、その軸受部材の内周に配設され、外周面および内周面の両方がそれぞれ円筒状の回転摺動面となっているリング状のスリーブと、そのスリーブの内周に配設され、外周面が円筒状の回転摺動面となっている軸部材とからなり、前記軸受部材および軸部材が、熱膨張率のたがいにほぼ等しい合成樹脂製であり、前記スリーブが軸部材および軸受部材よりも熱膨張率が低い銅合金製であることを特徴としている。
【0007】
また前記回転摺動面が、それぞれ軸方向の長さに比して3倍以上の大きい径を備えているものにおいても好適に採用されうる。またそのような軸受装置においては、前記軸受部材を固定して軸部材側を回転させる通常の使用方法のほかに、軸部材側を固定して軸受部材側を回転させるような逆の使用方法を採用してもよく、さらに軸部材および軸受部材の双方をそれぞれ同心状に回転自在としてもよい。
【0008】
【作用】
高温時には、軸部材および軸受部材が熱膨張するが、スリーブはそれらに比較すると熱膨張の程度が少ない。そのためスリーブは軸部材の表面に固定され、スリーブと軸受部材との間に隙間があく。そのときスリーブは軸部材の熱膨張によりいくらか拡大されるので、スリーブと軸受部材との間の隙間はそれほど大きくならない。そしてこの状態で、スリーブの外周面と軸受部材の内周面との間で摺動しながら軸受部材およびスリーブが回転する。低温時には逆にスリーブは軸受部材側に固定され、スリーブの内周面と軸部材の外周面との間で摺動する。この状態でも隙間は少ない。
【0009】
本発明の滑り軸受装置においては、軸受部材および軸部材の熱膨張率をスリーブの熱膨張率との差と比較してほぼ等しくしておくのが好ましく、それにより高温時および低温時の隙間の変化が一層少なくなる。また軸受部材および軸部材を合成樹脂製とし、スリーブを金属製、とくに真鍮などの銅合金製とするときは、かじり防止効果が大きい。さらに本発明の滑り軸受装置は、その隙間を小さくしているので、摺動面の直径が軸方向の長さに比して3倍以上と大きい場合には、とくに軸心の傾きを抑制する効果が大きい。
【0010】
【実施例】
つぎに図面を参照しながら本発明の滑り軸受装置の実施例を説明する。図1は本発明の装置の一実施例を示す断面図、図2および図3はそれぞれ図1の装置の高温時および低温時の状態を示す要部拡大断面図、図4は本発明の装置における温度変化とクリアランスの変動との関係を示すグラフ、図5は本発明の装置を備えたアクチュエータの一実施例を示す断面図である。
【0011】
図1に示す滑り軸受装置Aは、軸心Sのまわりに回転する円板状の軸部材1と、その軸部材1の外周に回転自在に設けられるリング状のブッシュないしスリーブ2と、そのスリーブ2の外周に回転自在に設けられるカップ状ないしリング状の軸受部材3とから構成されている。なおここで回転自在というのは、後述するように所定の温度条件になったときに回転自在になる意味である。また本実施例では軸受部材3を固定し、軸部材1側を回転自在としているが、逆にしてもよく、また両方を共通の軸心Sまわりに回転させるようにしてもよい。
【0012】
前記軸部材1の外周面4およびスリーブ2の内周面5はそれぞれ円筒状の回転摺動面(以下、単に摺動面という)となっている。またスリーブ2の外周面6および軸受部材3の内周面7もそれぞれ円筒状の摺動面となっている。軸部材1の図面上で左側には段部8が設けられ、軸受部材3の右側にも段部9が設けられている。
【0013】
前記軸部材1と軸受部材3とはポリアセタール、ポリカーボネート、ポリアミドなどの強度が高いエンジニアリングプラスチックから構成されている。それらの熱膨張率α1、α2は通常4〜6×10-5/℃程度である。なお潤滑油を用いる場合は、それらの合成樹脂材料として耐油性を備えたものが好ましく、とくに高温下で用いる場合は耐熱性を有するものが好ましい。他方、スリーブ2は、真鍮などの銅合金あるいはアルミ合金などの熱伝導率が高く(22〜71kcal/mh ℃程度)、熱膨張率が16〜20×10-6程度と、前記軸部材1や軸受部材3の合成樹脂よりも小さい金属から構成されている。さらに軸部材1とスリーブ2のクリアランスC1は、常温では軸部材1の直径D1に対し、+0.1〜0.2%程度で、いわゆるすべり嵌めにされており、スリーブ2と軸受部材3のクリアランスC2は常温で同じくスリーブの直径D2に対し、+0.1〜0.2%程度ですべり嵌めである。
【0014】
したがって図1の装置Aは常温では、軸部材1とスリーブ2の間ですべるか、あるいはスリーブ2と軸受部材3との間ですべるかは、温度以外に摩擦係数、潤滑の状態、摺動面に加わる接線方向の力の大小などの条件に応じて定まる。この状態が図4において符号Nで示す中立領域である。なお図4の横軸は温度を、縦軸は温度による変位を示しており、斜めの線P1、P2およびP3はそれぞれ軸部材1、スリーブ2、軸受部材3の温度に基づく変化を模式的に示している。
【0015】
つぎに上記のごとく構成される軸受装置Aの環境温度が40℃程度に上昇すると、図4の右側に示すように熱膨張率が高い軸部材1と軸受部材3とは径がかなり増大し、スリーブ2はそれらほどは増大しない。そのため軸受部材3とスリーブ2の間のクリアランスC2は増加するが、スリーブ2と軸部材1の間のクリアランスC1は零を越えてマイナスになり、いわば締まり嵌合になる。これが図4の符号Hで示す高温領域である。そのため図2に示すように、スリーブ2は軸部材1と一体となり、スリーブ2の外周面と軸受部材3との間で相対的に回転することになる。なおこの状態で軸部材1とスリーブ2のクリアランスC1の絶対値が大きくなると、スリーブ2がいくらか伸ばされて直径が増大する。そのためクリアランスC2は直線的に増大することはなく、これより少ない値になる。
【0016】
つぎに環境温度が−20℃程度まで下がると、すなわち図4において左側の符号Lで示す低温領域になると、逆に軸部材1と軸受部材3が収縮し、スリーブ2はそれほど収縮しない。そのため図3に示すように、スリーブ2はマイナスのクリアランスC2で軸受部材3に固定され、軸部材1とスリーブ2との間のクリアランスC1が大きくなる。そのため軸部材1はスリーブ2との間で相対的に回転する。なお図1の装置ではスリーブ2と軸部材1の段部8との間に隙間C3を設け、環境温度が低下したときにスリーブ2の端面が両側の段部8、9で強く挟み込まれないようにしている。
【0017】
つぎに図5を参照して本発明の滑り軸受装置の実際の適用例を説明する。図5はパワーショベルなどの建設機械のエンジン出力を電気的に遠隔制御するために用いるアクチュエータBを示している。図5において11はベースであり、ベース11にはL字形のブラケット12が取りつけられている。ブラケット12にはフランジ13が合成樹脂製のハウジング14と共にねじ15で取りつけられており、フランジ13にはモータMが取りつけられている。モータMの軸16にはピニオン17が固着され、ハウジング14の図面左側の中空部の内面に固定したリングギア18およびピニオン17とリングギア18との間に介在される遊星ギア19と共に、遊星ギア式の第1減速機20を構成している。遊星ギア19はピン21によって、出力部材となるキャリア22上に回転自在に支持されている。
【0018】
ハウジング14の図面右側の空所内には、それぞれカップ状の第1リングギア25および第2リングギア26が互いに向き合うように固定されている。それらの一対のリングギア25、26の歯数はいくらか(たとえば3枚程度)異なっている。さらにそれぞれのリングギア25、26の中心孔には第1キャリア27および第2キャリア28がそれぞれ回転自在に支持されており、両方のキャリア27、28は遊星ギア29を支持するピン30および締結用のピン31によって結合されている。
【0019】
第1および第2キャリア27、28の中心孔には太陽ギア32の軸の両端が支持されており、太陽ギア32の軸の一端33は前記第1減速機20の出力部材であるキャリア22と共廻りするように結合されている。上記太陽ギア32、遊星ギア29、第1、第2リングギア25、26およびキャリア27、28は全体として第2キャリア28を出力部材とするファーガソンズパラドックスタイプの第2減速機34を構成している。
【0020】
前記ハウジング14の右側にはカップ状の合成樹脂製のプーリハウジング36が設けられ、そのプーリハウジング36はケーブル引き出し部37によってベースに固定されている。そしてハウジング14の開口端とプーリハウジング36の開口端の内周面38、39はそれぞれ円筒面状の回転摺動面とされており、それらの内部に断面矩形のリング状の銅合金製の第1スリーブ40が嵌合されている。その第1スリーブ40の外周面および内周面はそれぞれ回転摺動面とされている。
【0021】
他方、プーリハウジング36の右端の開口部の内周面41も回転摺動面とされ、その内周面41に薄肉リング状の銅合金製の第2スリーブ42が回転自在に嵌合されている。そしてプーリハウジング36の内部には、第2スリーブ42に回転自在に支持される筒状突起43をその一端に備え、第1スリーブ40に回転自在に支持される円板状の突出部44を他方の側面に備えたケーブル巻き取り用の合成樹脂製のプーリ45が収容されており、その中心の軸46が前記第2減速機34の出力部材である第2キャリア28に結合されている。
【0022】
本発明の滑り軸受装置は、上記プーリ45を支持する2個所に採用されている。すなわち軸受部材となるハウジング14およびプーリハウジング36の開口端の内周面38、39と、軸部材となるプーリ45の突出部44と、それらの間に介在される第1スリーブ40により第1滑り軸受装置A1が構成される。そして軸受部材となるプーリハウジング36の先端の開口部と、軸部材となるプーリ45の筒状突起43と、それらの間の第2スリーブ42とから第2滑り軸受装置A2が構成される。なお図5における符号Pは、ベース11に立設されるブラケット48に固定されたポテンショメータであり、ポテンショメータPの検出軸49はプーリ45に連結固定されている。またプーリ45の外周の溝50には、エンジン側に導かれるコントロールケーブルの内索51が巻きつけられ、その一端はプーリ45に係止されている。
【0023】
上記のごとく構成されるアクチュエータBの作用は従来のものと同じであり、外部よりモータMに対して正転、停止、逆転の駆動電流が流され、それに応じて第1減速機20および第2減速機34で減速された回転駆動力により、プーリ45が正転、停止、逆転の作用を行い、その上に内索51を巻き取ったり送り出したりしてエンジンのガバナないしスロットルなどの燃料調整装置を制御する。そして第1滑り軸受装置A1および第2軸受装置2では、図1の場合と同様に、外部環境の温度変化に応じて第1スリーブ40および第2スリーブ42が軸部材側または軸受部材側に固定された状態で軸部材を回転自在に支持する。したがって高温または低温時のいずれの場合においても、軸部材である突出部44および筒状突起43と第1スリーブ40および第2スリーブ42の内面とのクリアランス、さらに軸受部材であるハウジング14、プーリハウジング36の内周面と第1および第2スリーブ40、42の外周面との間のクリアランスが、それぞれ適正に維持され、芯ずれやかじりを防止しながら適切な回転作用を維持することができる。
【0024】
【発明の効果】
環境温度が40℃以上の高温または−20℃以下の低温になっても、軸受部材、スリーブおよび軸部材の間のクリアランスが適切に維持され、すべり回転が正常に維持される。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図1】本発明の滑り軸受装置の一実施例を示す断面図である。
【図2】図1の装置の高温時の状態を示す要部拡大断面図である。
【図3】図1の装置の低温時の状態を示す要部拡大断面図である。
【図4】本発明の装置における温度変化とクリアランスの変動の関係を示すグラフである。
【図5】本発明の装置を備えたアクチュエータの一実施例を示す断面図である。
【符号の説明】
1 軸部材
2 スリーブ
3 軸受部材
A 滑り軸受装置
B アクチュエータ
20 第1減速機
34 第2減速機
38 内周面
39 内周面
40 第1スリーブ
42 第2スリーブ
43 筒状突起
44 突出部
45 プーリ
A1 第1滑り軸受装置
A2 第2滑り軸受装置[0001]
[Industrial application fields]
The present invention relates to a sliding bearing device. More particularly, the present invention relates to a sliding bearing device used in a use environment having a large temperature difference, such as an engine control device of a construction machine, particularly a power shovel.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In a general sliding bearing device, a bush made of a soft material on the bearing side of the shaft member so as not to cause “galling”, or a bush made of a relatively soft material such as a copper alloy on the bearing side It is often fixed with a cold fit. However, if the temperature difference in the usage environment is large, the gap between the shaft and the bearing or bush may become small and galling may occur at low or high temperatures.
[0003]
Therefore, conventionally, a clearance between the shaft and the bearing is set large in advance if the accuracy is low. When a small clearance or high bearing accuracy is required, a material having the same or similar coefficient of thermal expansion is adopted as the material for the shaft and the bearing side, and the clearance is designed to be kept substantially constant. Further, it has also been proposed that the shaft side having a different coefficient of thermal expansion and the bush are firmly coupled by casting or the like to obtain a middle coefficient of thermal expansion so as to reduce the gap between the bearings (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 48-99539). No. publication). As for a support structure for fixing an outer ring of a rolling bearing, various mechanisms for suppressing axial displacement and radial play due to thermal expansion have been proposed (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 48-99539, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 2). -146213, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 2-146214, etc.).
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Of the above conventional methods, the method in which the clearance is set large in advance is used to prevent galling or the like at a high temperature, that is, when the thermal expansion coefficient of the shaft is larger than that of the bearing, The clearance becomes extremely large, and conversely, if the problem at low temperature is to be solved, the clearance at high temperature becomes large, and in either case, the bearing accuracy is deteriorated. Even when the shaft and the bearing have substantially the same coefficient of thermal expansion, the coefficient of thermal expansion may not be isotropic due to the characteristics of the constituent materials. For example, in the case of shafts and bearings made of synthetic resin, isotropy cannot be obtained due to the problem of molecular orientation. Furthermore, since a radial load is applied to the bearings, heat is generated locally and is not isotropic, and the gaps may not be uniform.
[0005]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has a technical object to make the clearance as uniform as possible regardless of the ambient temperature and prevent the occurrence of rattling and galling in the sliding bearing when the temperature difference in the use environment is large as described above. .
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The bearing device of the present invention has a bearing member whose inner peripheral surface is a cylindrical rotational sliding surface, and is disposed on the inner periphery of the bearing member. Both the outer peripheral surface and the inner peripheral surface are cylindrical. The bearing member and the shaft member include a ring-shaped sleeve which is a rotational sliding surface, and a shaft member which is disposed on the inner periphery of the sleeve and whose outer peripheral surface is a cylindrical rotational sliding surface. However, it is characterized in that it is made of a synthetic resin having almost the same thermal expansion coefficient, and the sleeve is made of a copper alloy having a lower thermal expansion coefficient than that of the shaft member and the bearing member .
[0007]
Also the rotary sliding surface may also be employed suitably in which has a length larger diameter more than three times compared to the respective axial direction. Further, in such a bearing device, in addition to a normal usage method of fixing the bearing member and rotating the shaft member side, a reverse usage method of fixing the shaft member side and rotating the bearing member side is used. Alternatively, both the shaft member and the bearing member may be concentrically rotatable.
[0008]
[Action]
The shaft member and the bearing member are thermally expanded at a high temperature, but the sleeve has a lower degree of thermal expansion than those. Therefore, the sleeve is fixed to the surface of the shaft member, and there is a gap between the sleeve and the bearing member. At that time, since the sleeve is somewhat enlarged due to the thermal expansion of the shaft member, the gap between the sleeve and the bearing member is not so large. In this state, the bearing member and the sleeve rotate while sliding between the outer peripheral surface of the sleeve and the inner peripheral surface of the bearing member. Conversely, when the temperature is low, the sleeve is fixed to the bearing member side and slides between the inner peripheral surface of the sleeve and the outer peripheral surface of the shaft member. Even in this state, there are few gaps.
[0009]
In the sliding bearing device of the present invention, it is preferable that the coefficient of thermal expansion of the bearing member and the shaft member is substantially equal to the difference from the coefficient of thermal expansion of the sleeve, so that the clearance at high and low temperatures can be reduced. Change is even less. Further, when the bearing member and the shaft member are made of synthetic resin and the sleeve is made of metal, particularly copper alloy such as brass, the effect of preventing galling is great. Further, since the clearance of the slide bearing device of the present invention is reduced, the inclination of the shaft center is suppressed particularly when the diameter of the sliding surface is more than three times the axial length. Great effect.
[0010]
【Example】
Next, embodiments of the sliding bearing device of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing an embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention, FIGS. 2 and 3 are enlarged cross-sectional views of essential parts showing the state of the apparatus of FIG. 1 at high temperature and low temperature, respectively, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing an embodiment of an actuator provided with the apparatus of the present invention.
[0011]
A plain bearing device A shown in FIG. 1 includes a disk-shaped shaft member 1 that rotates about an axis S, a ring-shaped bush or sleeve 2 that is rotatably provided on the outer periphery of the shaft member 1, and a sleeve thereof. 2 and a cup-shaped or ring-shaped bearing member 3 that is rotatably provided on the outer periphery of 2. Here, the term “rotatable” means that it can rotate when a predetermined temperature condition is reached, as will be described later. Further, in this embodiment, the bearing member 3 is fixed and the shaft member 1 side is rotatable, but it may be reversed, or both may be rotated around a common axis S.
[0012]
The outer peripheral surface 4 of the shaft member 1 and the inner peripheral surface 5 of the sleeve 2 are respectively cylindrical rotating sliding surfaces (hereinafter simply referred to as sliding surfaces). The outer peripheral surface 6 of the sleeve 2 and the inner peripheral surface 7 of the bearing member 3 are also cylindrical sliding surfaces. A step portion 8 is provided on the left side of the shaft member 1 in the drawing, and a step portion 9 is also provided on the right side of the bearing member 3.
[0013]
The shaft member 1 and the bearing member 3 are made of engineering plastics having high strength such as polyacetal, polycarbonate, and polyamide. Their thermal expansion coefficients α1 and α2 are usually about 4 to 6 × 10 −5 / ° C. In addition, when using lubricating oil, what was provided with oil resistance as those synthetic resin materials is preferable, and when using at high temperature, what has heat resistance is preferable. On the other hand, the sleeve 2 has a high thermal conductivity (about 22 to 71 kcal / mh ° C.) such as a copper alloy such as brass or an aluminum alloy, and a thermal expansion coefficient of about 16 to 20 × 10 −6. The bearing member 3 is made of a metal smaller than the synthetic resin. Further, the clearance C1 between the shaft member 1 and the sleeve 2 is about +0.1 to 0.2% with respect to the diameter D1 of the shaft member 1 at room temperature, and is a so-called slip fit. C2 is a slip fit at about +0.1 to 0.2% of the sleeve diameter D2 at room temperature.
[0014]
Therefore, whether the device A in FIG. 1 slides between the shaft member 1 and the sleeve 2 or between the sleeve 2 and the bearing member 3 at room temperature depends on the friction coefficient, the lubrication state, the sliding surface in addition to the temperature. It depends on conditions such as the magnitude of the tangential force applied to. This state is a neutral region indicated by a symbol N in FIG. In FIG. 4, the horizontal axis indicates the temperature, and the vertical axis indicates the displacement due to the temperature. The oblique lines P1, P2, and P3 schematically show changes based on the temperatures of the shaft member 1, the sleeve 2, and the bearing member 3, respectively. Show.
[0015]
Next, when the environmental temperature of the bearing device A configured as described above rises to about 40 ° C., the shaft member 1 and the bearing member 3 having a high coefficient of thermal expansion as shown on the right side of FIG. The sleeve 2 does not increase as much. For this reason, the clearance C2 between the bearing member 3 and the sleeve 2 increases, but the clearance C1 between the sleeve 2 and the shaft member 1 exceeds zero and becomes negative, that is, a tight fit. This is the high temperature region indicated by the symbol H in FIG. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 2, the sleeve 2 is integrated with the shaft member 1 and rotates relatively between the outer peripheral surface of the sleeve 2 and the bearing member 3. In this state, when the absolute value of the clearance C1 between the shaft member 1 and the sleeve 2 is increased, the sleeve 2 is somewhat extended and the diameter is increased. Therefore, the clearance C2 does not increase linearly and becomes a smaller value.
[0016]
Next, when the environmental temperature is lowered to about −20 ° C., that is, in the low temperature region indicated by the symbol L on the left side in FIG. 4, the shaft member 1 and the bearing member 3 conversely contract, and the sleeve 2 does not contract so much. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3, the sleeve 2 is fixed to the bearing member 3 with a negative clearance C2, and the clearance C1 between the shaft member 1 and the sleeve 2 is increased. Therefore, the shaft member 1 rotates relative to the sleeve 2. In the apparatus of FIG. 1, a gap C3 is provided between the sleeve 2 and the step portion 8 of the shaft member 1 so that the end surface of the sleeve 2 is not strongly sandwiched between the step portions 8 and 9 on both sides when the environmental temperature is lowered. I have to.
[0017]
Next, an actual application example of the plain bearing device of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 shows an actuator B used for electrically remotely controlling the engine output of a construction machine such as a power shovel. In FIG. 5, reference numeral 11 denotes a base, and an L-shaped bracket 12 is attached to the base 11. A flange 13 is attached to the bracket 12 by a screw 15 together with a synthetic resin housing 14, and a motor M is attached to the flange 13. A pinion 17 is fixed to the shaft 16 of the motor M, and a planetary gear together with a ring gear 18 fixed to the inner surface of the hollow portion on the left side of the housing 14 and a planetary gear 19 interposed between the pinion 17 and the ring gear 18. The 1st reduction gear 20 of type | formula is comprised. The planetary gear 19 is rotatably supported by a pin 21 on a carrier 22 serving as an output member.
[0018]
A cup-shaped first ring gear 25 and second ring gear 26 are fixed in the space on the right side of the housing 14 in the drawing so as to face each other. The number of teeth of the pair of ring gears 25 and 26 is somewhat different (for example, about three). Further, a first carrier 27 and a second carrier 28 are rotatably supported in the center holes of the ring gears 25 and 26, respectively. Both the carriers 27 and 28 are provided with a pin 30 for supporting the planetary gear 29 and for fastening. The pins 31 are connected to each other.
[0019]
Both ends of the shaft of the sun gear 32 are supported in the center holes of the first and second carriers 27 and 28, and one end 33 of the shaft of the sun gear 32 is connected to the carrier 22 that is an output member of the first speed reducer 20. They are combined to rotate together. The sun gear 32, the planetary gear 29, the first and second ring gears 25 and 26, and the carriers 27 and 28 constitute a Ferguson's paradox type second speed reducer 34 having the second carrier 28 as an output member as a whole. Yes.
[0020]
A cup-shaped pulley housing 36 made of synthetic resin is provided on the right side of the housing 14, and the pulley housing 36 is fixed to the base by a cable drawing portion 37. The inner peripheral surfaces 38 and 39 of the opening end of the housing 14 and the opening end of the pulley housing 36 are respectively cylindrical surface-shaped rotational sliding surfaces, and a ring-shaped copper alloy made of a ring-shaped copper having a rectangular cross section is formed therein. One sleeve 40 is fitted. The outer peripheral surface and the inner peripheral surface of the first sleeve 40 are rotational sliding surfaces.
[0021]
On the other hand, the inner peripheral surface 41 of the opening at the right end of the pulley housing 36 is also a rotational sliding surface, and a thin ring-shaped copper alloy second sleeve 42 is rotatably fitted to the inner peripheral surface 41. . The pulley housing 36 has a cylindrical protrusion 43 rotatably supported by the second sleeve 42 at one end, and a disk-shaped protrusion 44 rotatably supported by the first sleeve 40 on the other side. A pulley 45 made of a synthetic resin for winding a cable provided on the side surface is accommodated, and a central shaft 46 is coupled to a second carrier 28 which is an output member of the second speed reducer 34.
[0022]
The sliding bearing device of the present invention is employed at two locations that support the pulley 45. That is, the first slip is caused by the inner peripheral surfaces 38 and 39 at the open ends of the housing 14 and the pulley housing 36 serving as bearing members, the protruding portion 44 of the pulley 45 serving as a shaft member, and the first sleeve 40 interposed therebetween. A bearing device A1 is configured. The second sliding bearing device A2 is configured by the opening at the tip of the pulley housing 36 serving as a bearing member, the cylindrical protrusion 43 of the pulley 45 serving as a shaft member, and the second sleeve 42 therebetween. 5 is a potentiometer fixed to a bracket 48 erected on the base 11, and a detection shaft 49 of the potentiometer P is connected and fixed to a pulley 45. An inner cable 51 of a control cable led to the engine side is wound around the groove 50 on the outer periphery of the pulley 45, and one end of the inner cable 51 is locked to the pulley 45.
[0023]
The operation of the actuator B configured as described above is the same as that of the conventional one, and forward, stop, and reverse drive currents are supplied from the outside to the motor M, and the first reduction gear 20 and the second reduction gear are accordingly supplied. The pulley 45 is rotated forward, stopped, and reversely by the rotational driving force decelerated by the speed reducer 34, and the inner cable 51 is wound or sent out on the pulley 45, and a fuel adjusting device such as an engine governor or a throttle. To control. In the first sliding bearing device A1 and the second bearing device 2, as in the case of FIG. 1, the first sleeve 40 and the second sleeve 42 are fixed to the shaft member side or the bearing member side according to the temperature change of the external environment. In this state, the shaft member is rotatably supported. Therefore, in either case of high temperature or low temperature, the clearance between the projecting portion 44 and the cylindrical projection 43 that are shaft members and the inner surfaces of the first sleeve 40 and the second sleeve 42, the housing 14 that is a bearing member, and the pulley housing The clearance between the inner peripheral surface of 36 and the outer peripheral surfaces of the first and second sleeves 40 and 42 is appropriately maintained, and an appropriate rotational action can be maintained while preventing misalignment and galling.
[0024]
【The invention's effect】
Even when the environmental temperature is a high temperature of 40 ° C. or higher or a low temperature of −20 ° C. or lower, the clearance among the bearing member, the sleeve and the shaft member is properly maintained, and the sliding rotation is normally maintained.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing an embodiment of a plain bearing device of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing a main part of the apparatus of FIG.
FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part showing a state of the apparatus of FIG. 1 at a low temperature.
FIG. 4 is a graph showing the relationship between temperature change and clearance fluctuation in the apparatus of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing an embodiment of an actuator provided with the apparatus of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Shaft member 2 Sleeve 3 Bearing member A Sliding bearing apparatus B Actuator 20 1st speed reducer 34 2nd speed reducer 38 Inner peripheral surface 39 Inner peripheral surface 40 First sleeve 42 Second sleeve 43 Cylindrical protrusion 44 Protrusion 45 Pulley A1 First sliding bearing device A2 Second sliding bearing device
Claims (3)
前記軸受部材および軸部材が、熱膨張率のたがいにほぼ等しい合成樹脂製であり、前記スリーブが軸部材および軸受部材よりも熱膨張率が低い銅合金製である滑り軸受装置。A bearing member whose inner peripheral surface is a cylindrical rotational sliding surface and a bearing member disposed on the inner peripheral surface of the bearing member, both the outer peripheral surface and the inner peripheral surface are cylindrical rotational sliding surfaces. A ring-shaped sleeve, and a shaft member that is disposed on the inner periphery of the sleeve and whose outer peripheral surface is a cylindrical rotational sliding surface,
A sliding bearing device in which the bearing member and the shaft member are made of a synthetic resin substantially equal in thermal expansion coefficient, and the sleeve is made of a copper alloy having a lower thermal expansion coefficient than the shaft member and the bearing member .
前記スリーブが、熱伝導率が高く、しかも軸部材および軸受部材よりも熱膨張率が低い材料から構成され、前記軸部材および軸受部材の双方がそれぞれ回転自在である滑り軸受装置。 A bearing member whose inner peripheral surface is a cylindrical rotational sliding surface and a bearing member disposed on the inner peripheral surface of the bearing member, both the outer peripheral surface and the inner peripheral surface are cylindrical rotational sliding surfaces. And a shaft member that is disposed on the inner periphery of the sleeve and whose outer peripheral surface is a cylindrical rotational sliding surface,
A slide bearing device in which the sleeve is made of a material having a high thermal conductivity and a thermal expansion coefficient lower than that of the shaft member and the bearing member, and both the shaft member and the bearing member are rotatable.
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