Patent ID: 6481306
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
A geared motor comprising:a housing receiving a worm connected to a rotatable shaft of said motor; a support shaft having one end secured to a base of said housing; a worm wheel meshed with said worm within said housing, said worm wheel being rotatably supported about and slidably engaged with said support shaft; a rotation transmitting member being rotatably supported about said support shaft within said housing through a through hole axially penetrating through a center of said rotation transmitting member, said through hole of said rotation transmitting member having an inner diameter larger than an outer diameter of said support shaft, at least a portion of one end of said rotation transmitting member located around said through hole being slidably engaged with one end of said worm wheel, said rotation transmitting member being drivingly engageable with said worm wheel for receiving rotation of said worm wheel; an output gear being shaped into a generally cylindrical shape and being rotatably supported about and slidably engaged with said support shaft, one end of said output gear being secured to the other end of said rotation transmitting member such that said output gear integrally rotates with said rotation transmitting member, at least a portion of said output gear being protruding out of said housing; and a seal member fitted around said support shaft, said seal member being sealingly engaged with an outer peripheral surface of said support shaft, an inner peripheral surface of said rotation transmitting member, said one end of said worm wheel and said one end of said output gear, respectively.