公开(公告)号：US20180266402A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-20

申请号：US15986895

申请日：2018-05-23

Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION

Inventor： Masaya TAKAHASHI

IPC: F03G7/06 ,  A61B1/005

Abstract: A variable-stiffness actuator includes a shape-memory member that increases in stiffness on heating, a heating member arranged to surround the shape-memory member along a longitudinal axis of the shape-memory member, and a heat transmitting medium arranged to surround the heating member along a longitudinal axis of the heating member. The heating member generates heat in response to supply of a current, so as to heat the shape-memory member. The heat transmitting medium is deformed to decrease an inner diameter of the heat transmitting medium to come into contact with the heating member, so as to cool the heating member. The heat transmitting medium is deformed to increase the inner diameter to come out of contact with the heating member.

公开(公告)号：US20150061463A1

公开(公告)日：2015-03-05

申请号：US14538041

申请日：2014-11-11

Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION

Inventor： Masaya TAKAHASHI

IPC: H02K33/00

CPC classification number: H02K33/00 ,  H02K41/033 ,  H02N2/025 ,  H02N2/062

Abstract: An inertial drive actuator includes a displacement unit which generates a minute displacement in a first direction, and in a second direction, a coil which generates a magnetic flux, a movable object which has a surface facing at least one surface of the coil, and a first yoke which converges the magnetic flux generated by the coil, at a predetermined position, a detecting unit which detects an electric signal of the coil, reflecting a change in the magnetic flux near the coil based on a positional relationship of the movable object and the coil, and a judging unit which judges a position of the movable object, and the inertial drive actuator drives the movable object by controlling a frictional force acting on the movable object, by controlling the magnetic flux generated by the coil, and the coil carries out generation of the magnetic flux and detection of the magnetic flux.

Abstract translation: 惯性驱动致动器包括位移单元，该位移单元在第一方向上产生微小位移，在第二方向上产生产生磁通的线圈，具有面向至少一个线圈表面的表面的可移动物体，以及 第一磁轭，其将由线圈产生的磁通在预定位置收敛，检测单元，其检测线圈的电信号，反映线圈附近的磁通量的变化，基于可移动物体和 线圈和判断单元，其判断可移动物体的位置，并且惯性驱动致动器通过控制作用在可移动物体上的摩擦力来驱动可移动物体，通过控制由线圈产生的磁通量，并且线圈执行 产生磁通量和磁通量的检测。