Invention Application
- Patent Title: Belt Wave Drives
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Application No.: US15588293Application Date: 2017-05-05
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Publication No.: US20170241521A1Publication Date: 2017-08-24
- Inventor: Karen Shakespear Koenig , Pablo Eduardo Garcia Kilroy
- Applicant: SRI International
- Main IPC: F16H9/26
- IPC: F16H9/26 ; F16H55/38 ; F16H55/54

Abstract:
A belt wave drive transmission system and method are shown involving a first rotor (10) having a first drum configured to rotate about its axis of rotation and a second rotor (20) having a second drum configured to rotate about its axis of rotation, where the first rotor (10) is constrained to orbit concentrically about the axis of rotation of the second drum. A belt (30) encircles the first and second drums to couple the first (10) and second (20) rotors such that the first rotor (10) moves concentrically around the second rotor (20) as the belt (30) advances about a circumference of the second drum. In further refinements, the system and method involve electrically controllably coupling at least one of the first and second rotors to the belt.
Public/Granted literature
- US10371237B2 Belt wave drives Public/Granted day:2019-08-06
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