DISPLACEMENT AMPLIFIER, METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLACEMENT DIRECTION OF DISPLACEMENT AMPLIFIER, AND ROTATION ACTUATOR

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bidirectional and interactive displacement amplifier.SOLUTION: A rotation actuator controls the displacement direction, by driving a plurality of buckling actuator portions asynchronously. Each buckling actuator portion includes first and second linear input actuat...

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Main Authors DEVIN MICHAEL NEAL, HARUHIKO HARRY ASADA
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 11.09.2014
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CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
ELECTRIC MACHINES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
ELECTRICITY
GENERATION
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Summary:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bidirectional and interactive displacement amplifier.SOLUTION: A rotation actuator controls the displacement direction, by driving a plurality of buckling actuator portions asynchronously. Each buckling actuator portion includes first and second linear input actuators, a first rotary joint for binding one ends of the first linear input actuators tightly to a common ground, a second rotary joint for binding one ends of the second linear input actuators tightly to a common ground, and a third rotary joint for binding the other ends of the first and second linear input actuators each other. The plurality of buckling actuator portions are engaged with a recirculation rail, and driven harmonically to produce a resultant force onto the recirculation rail.
Bibliography:Application Number: JP20140086407