FLUIDIC ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE ACTUATOR AND SWAGING PROCESS THEREFOR
    3.
    发明申请
    FLUIDIC ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE ACTUATOR AND SWAGING PROCESS THEREFOR 有权
    流体人造肌肉执行器及其改变过程

    公开(公告)号:US20130318791A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-12-05

    申请号:US13674387

    申请日:2012-11-12

    IPC分类号: B23P11/00 B21D39/04

    摘要: A fluidic artificial muscle actuator consisting of an inner elastic bladder surrounded by a braided filament sleeve and sealed off on either end with end fittings. Pressurization of the actuator produces force and/or motion through radial movement of the bladder and sleeve which forces the sleeve to move axially. Both contractile and extensile motions are possible depending on the geometry of the braided sleeve. The fluidic artificial muscle actuator is manufactured using a swaging process which plastically deforms swage tubes around the end fittings, braided sleeve, and pressure bladder, creating a strong mechanical clamping action that may be augmented with adhesive bonding of the components. The swaging system includes the swaging die and associated components which are used to plastically deform the swage tube during assembly of the actuator.

    摘要翻译: 流体人造肌肉致动器由内部弹性囊包围,其由编织的丝束套管包围,并在两端用末端配件密封。 致动器的加压通过使套筒轴向移动的囊和套筒的径向运动产生力和/或运动。 取决于编织套管的几何形状,收缩和伸展运动都是可能的。 流体人造肌肉致动器使用模锻工艺制造,该锻造工艺使模具管围绕端部配件,编织套筒和压力囊塑性变形,产生强大的机械夹紧动作,其可以通过部件的粘合剂粘合来增强。 模锻系统包括型锻模具和相关联的部件,其用于在组装致动器期间使挤压管道塑性变形。

    Adaptive energy absorption system for a vehicle seat
    4.
    发明申请
    Adaptive energy absorption system for a vehicle seat 有权
    汽车座椅自适应能量吸收系统

    公开(公告)号:US20100179730A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-07-15

    申请号:US12661435

    申请日:2010-03-17

    IPC分类号: B60R21/015

    摘要: An adaptive energy absorption system for a vehicle seat that functions in dual-modes, including a primary mode during severe (shock event) operation and a secondary mode during normal (non-shock event) operation. When operating in primary mode, the present system automatically adjusts a VPEA in real-time to keep loads transmitted to the occupant's body below acceptable injury threshold levels, and can recover to perform said function for multiple shock events. When operating in secondary mode the system reduces vehicle vibration transmitted to the occupant, thereby reducing fatigue and increasing situational awareness.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于车辆座椅的自适应能量吸收系统,其在双重模式下工作,包括在严重(休克事件)操作期间的主模式和正常(非冲击事件)操作期间的次模式。 当在主模式下工作时,本系统实时自动调整VPEA,以将负载传输给乘客的身体低于可接受的伤害阈值水平,并可恢复执行多次冲击事件的所述功能。 当在二次模式下操作时,系统减少传递给乘员的车辆振动,从而减少疲劳和增加情境意识。

    Active spinal support system
    6.
    发明授权
    Active spinal support system 有权
    主动脊柱支撑系统

    公开(公告)号:US09370237B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-06-21

    申请号:US14181148

    申请日:2014-02-14

    摘要: A wearable spinal support system having an upper body adapter engaging the head and/or torso of a wearer and a lower body adapter engaging the hips/pelvis, the upper and lower body adapters joined by an articulated structural column. The structural column is made up of stacked vertebral elements each having an aperture provided there through such that a tendon can be fed through the aligned apertures of the vertebral elements. The tendons are fixed at one end and each engaged to mechanical control element at the other end such that the tension/payout in each tendon is independently variable under direction of a controller receiving sensor feedback in order to support the loaded upper body of the wearer and position it relative to the lower body when desirable according to the controller.

    摘要翻译: 一种可穿戴的脊柱支撑系统,其具有接合穿戴者的头部和/或躯干的上部身体适配器以及接合臀部/骨盆的下部主体适配器,上部和下部主体适配器通过铰接的结构柱连接。 结构柱由堆叠的椎骨元件组成,每个椎骨元件具有设置在那里的孔,使得可以通过椎骨元件的对齐的孔进给腱。 腱固定在一端,并且每个腱在另一端处固定到机械控制元件,使得每个腱中的张力/支撑在控制器接收传感器反馈的方向下独立地变化,以便支撑穿着者的上身, 根据控制器的需要,相对于下体定位它。

    ACTIVE SPINAL SUPPORT SYSTEM
    7.
    发明申请
    ACTIVE SPINAL SUPPORT SYSTEM 有权
    主动支撑系统

    公开(公告)号:US20140224849A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-08-14

    申请号:US14181148

    申请日:2014-02-14

    IPC分类号: A45F5/00

    摘要: A wearable spinal support system having an upper body adapter engaging the head and/or torso of a wearer and a lower body adapter engaging the hips/pelvis, the upper and lower body adapters joined by an articulated structural column. The structural column is made up of stacked vertebral elements each having an aperture provided there through such that a tendon can be fed through the aligned apertures of the vertebral elements. The tendons are fixed at one end and each engaged to mechanical control element at the other end such that the tension/payout in each tendon is independently variable under direction of a controller receiving sensor feedback in order to support the loaded upper body of the wearer and position it relative to the lower body when desirable according to the controller.

    摘要翻译: 一种可穿戴的脊柱支撑系统,其具有接合穿戴者的头部和/或躯干的上部身体适配器以及接合臀部/骨盆的下部主体适配器,上部和下部主体适配器通过铰接的结构柱连接。 结构柱由堆叠的椎骨元件组成,每个椎骨元件具有设置在那里的孔,使得可以通过椎骨元件的对齐的孔进给腱。 腱固定在一端,并且每个腱在另一端处固定到机械控制元件,使得每个腱中的张力/支撑在控制器接收传感器反馈的方向下独立地变化,以便支撑穿着者的上身, 根据控制器的需要,相对于下体定位它。

    Fluid-driven artificial muscles as mechanisms for controlled actuation
    10.
    发明申请
    Fluid-driven artificial muscles as mechanisms for controlled actuation 有权
    流体驱动的人造肌肉作为受控致动的机制

    公开(公告)号:US20080035798A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-02-14

    申请号:US11502360

    申请日:2006-08-11

    IPC分类号: B64C9/22

    摘要: A fluid contact surface actuation system for a vehicle, including a first fluid contact surface constructed and arranged to act against a first fluid passing over the first fluid contact surface; and a first fluid actuator coupled to the first fluid contact surface to move the first fluid contact surface between a first position and a second position to enable control of the vehicle in a predetermined manner, the first fluid actuator having a first resilient bladder that receives a second fluid such that pressure of the second fluid moves the first bladder between a contracted configuration and an expanded configuration.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于车辆的流体接触表面致动系统,包括构造和布置成抵靠经过第一流体接触表面的第一流体作用的第一流体接触表面; 以及联接到所述第一流体接触表面的第一流体致动器,以使所述第一流体接触表面在第一位置和第二位置之间移动,以使得能够以预定方式控制所述车辆,所述第一流体致动器具有第一弹性囊, 第二流体,使得第二流体的压力在收缩构型和膨胀构型之间移动第一囊。