Modular Gear Motor Housing for Flexible Detector Combinations
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing gear motor designs require multiple types to accommodate different detector combinations, leading to increased manufacturing costs due to the need for customizations.
Innovation Solution
A gear motor design that includes a motor, speed reducer, and detectors (rotation and torque) with modular detector disposition sections, allowing for flexible configuration and shared components across various types, reducing manufacturing costs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple types of gear motors are designed to accommodate different detector combinations, then detector configuration flexibility is improved, but manufacturing costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The housing is designed with multiple detector disposition sections that can accommodate different types of detectors (rotation detectors and torque detectors) in various combinations. This universal design allows a single gear motor type to serve multiple detector configuration needs, eliminating the requirement for multiple specialized gear motor types and thereby reducing manufacturing costs while maintaining detector configuration flexibility
Solution Approach 2:
The housing is divided into multiple distinct detector disposition sections, each capable of independently accommodating different detector types. This segmentation allows for modular assembly where detectors can be selectively installed in different sections based on specific application requirements, enabling cost-effective production through standardized components with flexible assembly
2Adaptability or versatility
If customizations are made for different detector combinations, then detector compatibility is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
A single gear motor design incorporates multiple detector disposition sections that can accommodate various detector types (rotation detectors at different positions and torque detectors), making one gear motor type compatible with multiple detector combinations. This eliminates the need for multiple specialized gear motor types, thereby reducing device complexity while maintaining detector compatibility
Solution Approach 2:
The detector disposition sections are designed to allow flexible assembly and configuration of different detectors based on application needs. This dynamic configurability enables a single standardized gear motor type to adapt to different detector requirements without requiring multiple fixed-design gear motor types, reducing overall system complexity
Data Source
AI summary
Provided is a gear motor including a motor, a speed reducer, a first detector disposition section in which a first rotation detector that detects rotation of a rotor shaft is disposed, a second detector disposition section in which a second rotation detector that detects rotation of an output member of the speed reducer is disposed, and a third detector disposition section in which a torque detector is disposed, in which the gear motor is operable when the first rotation detector is disposed in the first detector disposition section, the second rotation detector is disposed in the second detector disposition section, and the torque detector is disposed in the third detector disposition section, and is operable even when a portion thereof is disposed.