Method for assembling a worm screw motor-reduction gearbox combination with a double kinematic chain, and a motor drive reduction gearbox combination resulting therefrom

Claim 3

A method according to claim 1, comprising the steps of positioning the driven shaft and its associated output wheel within the casing, then positioning the driving shaft with the double worm screw within the casing, and finally positioning the two double gear units, by engaging said pinions of said double gear units on said output wheel before engaging the wheels of the said double gear units on said first and second worm screw portions of said driving shaft.

Claim 4

A method according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein said casing is integral with the motor of the motor-reduction gearbox combination and is closed by means of a cover, the output shaft of the said motor constituting said driving shaft having said first and second worm screw portions.

Claim 5

A motor-reduction gearbox combination including a motor; a casing having a floor; a driving shaft within said casing; means on said driving shaft defining first and second worm screw portions of opposite hand having k 1 and k 2 thread starts, respectively, k 1 and k 2 being integers greater than 1; a driven shaft in said casing; an output gearwheel on said driven shaft and in said casing; and first and second kinematic chain means connecting said driven shaft to the driving shaft, each said kinematic chain means comprising a respective double gear unit comprising a wheel having n teeth and a pinion having p teeth, said pinion and wheel being coaxial with one another and fixed against relative rotation with respect to one another; wherein said wheel of the double gear unit of said first kinematic chain means meshes with said first worm screw portion of the driving shaft and the wheel of the said double gear unit of the second kinematic chain means meshes with the said second worm screw portion and the pinions of both said kinematic chain means mesh with said output gearwheel carried by the driven shaft, wherein the ratio n/p of said double gear unit of the first kinematic chain means is equal to the integer k 1 and the ratio n/p of said double gear unit of the second kinematic chain is equal to the integer k 2 , and wherein said output gearwheel is arranged in said casing between the driving shaft and the floor of the casing.

Claim 6

A motor-reduction gearbox combination including a motor; a casing having a floor; a driving shaft within said casing; means on said driving shaft defining first and second worm screw portions of opposite hand having k 1 and k 2 thread starts, respectively, k 1 and k 2 being integers greater than 1; a driven shaft in said casing; an output gearwheel on said driven shaft and in said casing; and first and second kinematic chain means connecting said driven shaft to the driving shaft, each said kinematic chain means comprising a respective double gear unit comprising a wheel having n teeth and a pinion having p teeth, said pinion and wheel being coaxial with one another and fixed against relative rotation with respect to one another; wherein said wheel of the double gear unit of said first kinematic chain means meshes with said first worm screw portion of the driving shaft and the wheel of the said double gear unit of the second kinematic chain means meshes with the said second worm screw portion and the pinions of both said kinematic chain means mesh with said output gearwheel carried by the driven shaft, wherein the ratio n/p of said double gear unit of the first kinematic chain means is equal to the integer k 1 and the ratio n/p of said double gear unit of the second kinematic chain is equal to the integer k 2 , and wherein said output gearwheel is arranged in said casing between the driving shaft and the floor of the casing.

Claim 7

A motor-reduction gearbox combination according to claim 4, including first and second pins upstanding from said floor of the casing for rotatably supporting said two double gear units, and a bearing fastened to said floor of the casing and intended to accommodate the driven shaft which extends through said casing floor.

Claim 8

A motor-reduction gearbox combination according to claim 4, wherein said motor is an electric motor.

Claim 9

A motor-reduction gearbox combination according to any one of claims 4 to 6, wherein said first and second worm screw portions of the driving shaft have pitches of the same arithmetic value and the same number of thread starts, and the two double gear units are mutually identical.

Claim 10

A motor-reduction gearbox combination according to any one of claims 4 to 6, wherein said two double gear units are arranged within said casing on either side of the driving shaft.

Claim 11

A motor-reduction gearbox combination according to any one of claims 4 to 6, wherein said driven shaft is connected to a vehicle windscreen wiper drive linkage.