US 12,313,151 B2
Drive power transmitting mechanism
Koichi Obana, Tokyo (JP); Kazuya Kikuchi, Tokyo (JP); and Hiroshi Osawa, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/550,169
Filed by Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 17, 2022, PCT No. PCT/JP2022/012414
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 12, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/209983, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 6, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-057987 (JP), filed on Mar. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0151297 A1, May 9, 2024
Int. Cl. F16H 37/04 (2006.01); F16H 1/06 (2006.01); F16H 55/18 (2006.01); F16H 63/30 (2006.01); F16H 35/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16H 37/04 (2013.01) [F16H 1/06 (2013.01); F16H 55/18 (2013.01); F16H 63/3013 (2013.01); F16H 2035/005 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drive power transmitting mechanism comprising:
a first rotor having a first outer circumferential surface and rotatable about a first rotational axis;
a second rotor having a second outer circumferential surface pressed against the first outer circumferential surface and rotatable about a second rotational axis due to a frictional force produced between the second outer circumferential surface and the first outer circumferential surface;
a first gear rotatable in unison with the first rotor about the first rotational axis;
a second gear rotatable in unison with the second rotor about the second rotational axis;
a first support member by which the first rotor and the first gear are rotatably supported for rotation about the first rotational axis;
a second support member by which the second rotor and the second gear are rotatably supported for rotation about the second rotation axis; and
a link extending along a line joining the first rotational axis and the second rotational axis and interconnects the first support member and the second support member, wherein
the first gear and the second gear are brought into mesh with each other when the second outer circumferential surface slips against the first outer circumferential surface.