Patent attributes
A gear device includes a first gear, a second gear, and a third gear. The second gear is constituted of first meshing teeth that mesh with teeth in a first row of teeth of the first gear, second meshing teeth that mesh with teeth in a second row of teeth of the first gear, third meshing teeth that mesh with teeth in a third row of teeth of the third gear, and fourth meshing teeth that mesh with teeth in a fourth row of teeth of the third gear. The helix directions of the first meshing teeth and the third meshing teeth are the same direction. The helix directions of the second meshing teeth and the fourth meshing teeth are the same direction.