- 专利标题: Somersaulting motion of soft bodied structure
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申请号: US16170978申请日: 2018-10-25
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公开(公告)号: US11081975B2公开(公告)日: 2021-08-03
- 发明人: Umesh N. Gandhi , Danil V. Prokhorov , Michael Paul Rowe , Ryohei Tsuruta
- 申请人: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- 申请人地址: US TX Plano
- 专利权人: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- 当前专利权人: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- 当前专利权人地址: US TX Plano
- 代理机构: Darrow Mustafa PC
- 代理商 Christopher G. Darrow
- 主分类号: H02N1/00
- IPC分类号: H02N1/00 ; F15B21/06 ; F15B15/08 ; B25J9/06 ; B25J18/06
摘要:
The soft bodied structures and systems for controlling such devices are described herein. The soft bodied structures can, through a series of soft hydraulic actuators, move from a first position to a second position by a somersaulting motion. The system can include connecting to a first contact point of the surface using a surface attachment. The rigidity of the controllably resistive material can then be increased. The medial hydraulic actuators can be actuated to expand the exterior medial surface, creating a bend. The device can then attach to a second contact point using the surface attachment and the end portion actuator of the unattached end portion. Then, the surface attachment of the first attached end portion can detach. The medial hydraulic actuators and the controllably resistive material can then relax, followed by detaching the surface attachment of the second attached end portion.