Abstract: A rotary actuator includes a rotation shaft rotatably driven by a motor, an internal gear provided on an outer side of the rotation shaft in a radial direction of the rotation shaft, a rotation output section provided between the rotation shaft and the internal gear in the radial direction to reduce a rotation speed outputted from the rotation shaft and to output a power in conjunction with the internal gear, a cylindrical housing portion fixed to the internal gear, and an attachment member integrated with an outer wall of the housing portion. The internal gear has a protrusion protruding from an outer wall of the internal gear, and the housing portion has a recess into which the protrusion is inserted. The attachment member has an attachment hole that is different from the recess in position in a circumferential direction of the housing portion.

Abstract: A gear device includes a drive gear and a driven gear. The drive gear includes first and second toothed portions, which are coaxial with each other. A radius of a pitch circle of teeth of the first toothed portion of the drive gear is different from a radius of a pitch circle of teeth of the second toothed portion of the drive gear. The first and second toothed portions of the drive gear are displaced from each other in a circumferential direction of the drive gear. The driven gear includes a toothed portion, which is meshed with the first toothed portion of the drive gear.

Abstract: A shift-by-wire (SBW) device includes a capacitor, which stores electric power. When an abnormality occurs in a battery or an electric power supply system, an actuator of the SBW device receives electric power from the capacitor and changes a shift range of an automatic transmission to a P range at least once. Furthermore, when a lever of a P range releasing arrangement is operated, the P range of the automatic transmission is released.

Abstract: A reference position detecting apparatus includes an electric motor and a motor control unit. The electric motor includes a plurality of first coils and a plurality of second coils. The electric motor further includes a rotor that rotates when at least one of the plurality of first coils and the plurality of second coils is supplied with electricity. The motor control unit controls electricity supplied to either one of the plurality of first coils and the plurality of second coils to rotate the rotor to a limit position in a movable range of an object.

Abstract: A rod-lock mechanism is provided in an automatic transmission for a vehicle. The rod-lock mechanism has an engaging pin which will be engaged with a rod when the rod is in its initial position, so as to hold the rod in its initial position. The rod-lock mechanism further has an electric actuator for driving the engaging pin when electric power is supplied, so that the engaging pin is brought out of engagement from the rod. A forced parking current supply unit controls electric power supply to the electric actuator. When the electric power is supplied to the electric actuator, the rod is moved in a direction of a parking position to bring a vehicle into a parking condition.

Abstract: An electric pump includes a stator, a rotor, a shaft, a bearing part, and a pump unit. The stator has a magnetic part, and the stator forms a rotation magnetic field when a coil of the stator is energized. The bearing part has a longitudinal central position that is positioned on an imaginary plane perpendicular to a rotation axis of the rotor. The imaginary plane is positioned within an inner range defined between longitudinal end portions of the magnetic part of the stator.

Abstract: A plurality of concavities and convexities is provided on tips of all rotor teeth 24 of the SR motor 5. Depths of the concave portions ? are deep on an edge side where a stator tooth 23 and rotor tooth 24 first approach and are shallow as a facing area between the stator tooth 23 and rotor tooth 24 increases. Therefore, magnetic resistance between the stator tooth 23 and rotor tooth 24 becomes high at an early stage of the stator tooth 23 and rotor tooth 24 facing each other and becomes low as the facing area between the stator tooth 23 and rotor tooth 24 increases. As a result, torque fluctuation can be suppressed at a time of a large current and a minimum generation torque can be increased at a time of a small current.

Abstract: A shift-by-wire control system includes a parking lock device that brings an output shaft of an automatic transmission device to a lock state when a range switching unit switches to the P-range. The parking lock device brings the output shaft to a lock-release state when the range switching unit switches to another shift range. An electric motor actuates the range switching unit and the parking lock device in accordance with an instruction of an operator. A manual device transmits manual operation force of the operator to the parking lock device when the electric motor stops. The manual device includes a one-way transmission unit permitting transmission of the manual operation force in a direction toward the lock state, and prohibiting transmission of the manual operation force in a direction toward the lock-release state.

Abstract: A shift range switching apparatus connects with a motor for switching a shift range of an automatic transmission. The shift range switching apparatus includes a switching unit that is operated by the motor for switching the shift range. The shift range switching apparatus further includes a control unit that outputs a driving current to the motor for switching the shift range to one of a P range, an R range, an N range, and a D range. The control unit controls the driving current at one of a plurality of set values in accordance with a switching pattern of the shift range. The switching pattern may be defined by a combination of two of the P range, the R range, the N range, and the D range.

Abstract: A shift range switching device is provided to a shift-by-wire system for an automatic transmission device. The shift range switching device includes a range switching unit for switching a shift range of the automatic transmission device between a P range and the other range. The shift range switching device further includes an actuator including an electric motor and a reduction device. The reduction device transmits driving force of the electric motor to the range switching unit for actuating the range switching unit as instructed. The reduction device has a variable reduction ratio. The reduction device transmits the driving force in switching of the shift range from the P range to the other range at a reduction ratio, which is greater than a reduction ratio in switching of the shift range from the other range to the P range.

Abstract: A reference position detecting apparatus includes an electric motor and a motor control unit. The electric motor includes a plurality of first coils and a plurality of second coils. The electric motor further includes a rotor that rotates when at least one of the plurality of first coils and the plurality of second coils is supplied with electricity. The motor control unit controls electricity supplied to either one of the plurality of first coils and the plurality of second coils to rotate the rotor to a limit position in a movable range of an object.

Abstract: A shift range switching apparatus includes an automatic transmission that includes a shift range switching device having a control rod for switching an actual shift range corresponding to rotation angle of the control rod. The shift range switching apparatus further includes an electric actuator that includes an output shaft connecting with the control rod. The electric actuator switches the actual shift range by rotating the control rod via the output shaft. The shift range switching apparatus further includes an assembly regulating device that allows the electric actuator to be detachable from and attachable to the automatic transmission when the actual shift range of the shift range switching device is set at a specific shift range.

Abstract: A reference position detecting apparatus includes an electric motor and a motor control unit. The electric motor includes a plurality of first coils and a plurality of second coils. The electric motor further includes a rotor that rotates when at least one of the plurality of first coils and the plurality of second coils is supplied with electricity. The motor control unit controls electricity supplied to either one of the plurality of first coils and the plurality of second coils to rotate the rotor to a limit position in a movable range of an object.

Abstract: A plurality of concavities and convexities is provided on tips of all rotor teeth 24 of the SR motor 5. Depths of the concave portions ? are deep on an edge side where a stator tooth 23 and rotor tooth 24 first approach and are shallow as a facing area between the stator tooth 23 and rotor tooth 24 increases. Therefore, magnetic resistance between the stator tooth 23 and rotor tooth 24 becomes high at an early stage of the stator tooth 23 and rotor tooth 24 facing each other and becomes low as the facing area between the stator tooth 23 and rotor tooth 24 increases. As a result, torque fluctuation can be suppressed at a time of a large current and a minimum generation torque can be increased at a time of a small current.

Abstract: A shift control system rotates an actuator to cause a wall of a detent plate to contact a roller of a detent spring, and detects the position of contact so as to detect the position of the wall of the detent plate. This wall position is set as a reference position of the actuator. Accordingly, the rotation of the actuator can appropriately be controlled even if an encoder which can only detect relative positional information is employed, and thus the shift range can appropriately be switched.

Abstract: A shift control system rotates an actuator to cause a wall of a detent plate to contact a roller of a detent spring, and detects the position of contact so as to detect the position of the wall of the detent plate. This wall position is set as a reference position of the actuator. Accordingly, the rotation of the actuator can appropriately be controlled even if an encoder which can only detect relative positional information is employed, and thus the shift range can appropriately be switched.

Abstract: A thin plate 80x forming a stator tooth 80 has two convex portions 83 on each of side faces 80b, 80c. Four convex portions 83 are a sharpened convex portion 83a of which a tip portion has a thickness thinner than a thickness of the thin plate 80x. When a bobbin 81 wound with an exciting coil 22 is press-fitted around the stator tooth 80, four lines of convex portions formed by laminating the thin plates 80x cut in an inner wall of the bobbin 81, the strength for fixing and holding the bobbin 81 can be increased in a radial, lamination and rotating directions, so that the position of the bobbin 81 assembled in a right position can be maintained.

Abstract: A brushless synchronous motor includes a stator having a plurality of phase coils, a rotor disposed opposite the stator, a magnetic sensor for detecting a rotation angle of the rotor, a power supply circuit connected to the phase coils, a control circuit for controlling the power supply circuit so that the motor rotates synchronously. In the above motor, a circuit board includes a wiring circuit connecting the phase coils with the power supply circuit, and the magnetic sensor is directly fixed to the circuit board so that dimensional variation of the magnetic sensor relative to the stator can be minimized.

Abstract: A reference position detecting apparatus includes an electric motor and a motor control unit. The electric motor includes a plurality of first coils and a plurality of second coils. The electric motor further includes a rotor that rotates when at least one of the plurality of first coils and the plurality of second coils is supplied with electricity. The motor control unit controls electricity supplied to either one of the plurality of first coils and the plurality of second coils to rotate the rotor to a limit position in a movable range of an object.

Abstract: A shift range change mechanism changes a shift range of an automatic transmission of a vehicle. A parking change mechanism disables rotation of a drive axle of the vehicle by engaging a park pole supported by a stationary member against a parking gear, which is rotated synchronously with the drive axle of the vehicle, at time of setting the shift range to parking. The parking change mechanism enables the rotation of the drive axle by disengaging the park pole from the parking gear at time of parking release of the shift range. An electric rotatable actuator drives the shift range change mechanism and the parking change mechanism. An SBW ECU controls power supply to an electric motor of the rotatable actuator. The SBW ECU increases an output torque of the electric motor only at the time of the parking release.