公开(公告)号：US20130177276A1

公开(公告)日：2013-07-11

申请号：US13348045

申请日：2012-01-11

申请人： Boying B. ZHANG ,  Hong ZHANG ,  Louis D. VIOLANTE

发明人： Boying B. ZHANG ,  Hong ZHANG ,  Louis D. VIOLANTE

IPC分类号： G02B6/26

CPC分类号： G02B6/3604 ,  G02B6/3823

摘要： The present invention is a limited rotation Fiber Optic Rotary Joint (FORJ) of one or more optical channels. This will enable one or more optical signals to pass across a rotational interface for a fixed number of rotations. For many applications, such as a winch or certain robotic joints, an unlimited number of rotations in either direction is unnecessary. For these types of applications a limited rotation FORJ is an attractive option because they typically have lower loss, are less complex, and have higher reliability.

摘要翻译： 本发明是一个或多个光学通道的有限旋转光纤旋转接头（FORJ）。 这将使一个或多个光信号通过旋转界面以进行固定转数。 对于许多应用，例如绞车或某些机器人接头，任何方向的无限次转动是不必要的。 对于这些类型的应用，限制旋转FORJ是一​​个有吸引力的选项，因为它们通常具有较低的损耗，较不复杂并具有较高的可靠性。

公开(公告)号：US20120043850A1

公开(公告)日：2012-02-23

申请号：US13185749

申请日：2011-07-19

申请人： Boying B. ZHANG ,  Hong Zhang ,  Louis D. Violante

发明人： Boying B. ZHANG ,  Hong Zhang ,  Louis D. Violante

IPC分类号： H01R39/28

CPC分类号： H01R39/28 ,  F16H1/28 ,  F16H55/10

摘要： A simple planetary or epicyclic gear mechanism consists of a sun gear in the center, an internal or ring gear with a common axis with sun gear, and at least one planet gear. The planet gear is located between the sun gear and ring gear, and meshes with both the sun gear and the ring gear. If the ring gear is stationary, when sun gear rotates, the planet gear not only rotates about its axis, its axis also rotate around the axis of sun gear. In stead of employing the sliding motion between the ring and the brush in electrical slip ring, the current invention makes use of a plurality of conductive gears, particularly a planetary gear mechanism, to transfer electrical power, and/or signal(s) between relatively rotatable objects.

摘要翻译： 一个简单的行星齿轮或行星齿轮机构由中心的太阳齿轮组成，具有与太阳齿轮的公共轴线的内部或齿圈以及至少一个行星齿轮组成。 行星齿轮位于太阳齿轮和齿圈之间，并与太阳齿轮和齿圈啮合。 如果环形齿轮是静止的，当太阳齿轮旋转时，行星齿轮不仅围绕其轴线旋转，其轴线也围绕太阳齿轮的轴线旋转。 本发明不是在电滑环中使用环和电刷之间的滑动运动，而是利用多个导电齿轮，特别是行星齿轮机构来传递电功率和/或相对的信号 可旋转物体。

公开(公告)号：US20120207430A1

公开(公告)日：2012-08-16

申请号：US13028464

申请日：2011-02-16

申请人： Hong ZHANG ,  Boying B. ZHANG ,  Louis D. VIOLANTE

发明人： Hong ZHANG ,  Boying B. ZHANG ,  Louis D. VIOLANTE

IPC分类号： G02B6/42

CPC分类号： G02B6/3604 ,  G02B6/4249

摘要： An active off-axis optic slip ring system is disclosed. The invention eliminates the huge number of fiber bundles and photodiodes in most published patents. A couple of conventional optical components such as mirrors and prisms are used to transmit optical signals with high, quality and low optic losses. The optical signal pick-up is realized through a pair of prisms mounted on the rotor of motors. It is an active, hi-directional rotational optical transmission device which could be used for multi-mode, or single mode fibers without the limitation to the through bore diameters.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种主动的离轴光学滑环系统。 本发明在大多数公开的专利中消除了大量的光纤束和光电二极管。 使用诸如镜子和棱镜之类的常规光学组件的几个传输具有高质量和低光损耗的光信号。 通过安装在电机转子上的一对棱镜来实现光信号拾取。 它是一种主动的，高度方向的旋转光学传输装置，可以用于多模式或单模光纤，而不受通孔直径的限制。

公开(公告)号：US20120148189A1

公开(公告)日：2012-06-14

申请号：US13188123

申请日：2011-07-21

申请人： Boying B. ZHANG ,  Hong ZHANG ,  Louis D. VIOLANTE

发明人： Boying B. ZHANG ,  Hong ZHANG ,  Louis D. VIOLANTE

IPC分类号： G02B6/28 ,  G02B19/00 ,  G02B27/30

CPC分类号： G02B19/0052 ,  G02B6/3604 ,  G02B27/30

摘要： The multiple channel fiber optic rotary joint of this invention can transmit an increased number of optical signals simultaneously through the de-rotating mechanism without increasing the size of the de-rotating mechanism. It also allows for the recapturing of the signals with relative ease. This is accomplished through the use of an optical condenser and/or an optical expander that reduces or expands the overall all beam structure without significantly altering the relative structure. The expanders and condensers are inverse structures in that if an optical signal is condensed when passing from right to light through the condenser it is expanded when passing left to right through the same condenser.

摘要翻译： 本发明的多通道光纤旋转接头可以通过去旋转机构同时传输增加数量的光信号，而不增加去旋转机构的尺寸。 它还允许相对容易地重新捕获信号。 这是通过使用光学冷凝器和/或光学膨胀器来实现的，其可以在不显着改变相对结构的情况下减小或扩大整个所有光束结构。 膨胀器和冷凝器是反向结构，因为如果当从右到右通过冷凝器时光信号被冷凝，则当从左向右通过相同的冷凝器时，其膨胀。

公开(公告)号：US20160018599A1

公开(公告)日：2016-01-21

申请号：US14332938

申请日：2014-07-16

申请人： Boying B. ZHANG ,  Hong ZHANG ,  Louis D. VIOLANTE

发明人： Boying B. ZHANG ,  Hong ZHANG ,  Louis D. VIOLANTE

IPC分类号： G02B6/28

CPC分类号： G02B6/3604 ,  G02B6/28 ,  G02B6/29395 ,  G02B6/32 ,  G02B6/3628 ,  G02B27/30

摘要： The multiple channel fiber optic rotary joint of this invention can transmit an increased number of optical signals simultaneously through the de-rotating mechanism without increasing the size of the de-rotating mechanism. It also allows for the recapturing of the signals with relative ease. This is accomplished through the use of an optical condenser and/or an optical expander that reduces or expands the overall all beam structure without significantly altering the relative structure. The expanders and condensers are inverse structures in that if an optical signal is condensed when passing from right to light through the condenser it is expanded when passing left to right through the same condenser.

摘要翻译： 本发明的多通道光纤旋转接头可以通过去旋转机构同时传输增加数量的光信号，而不增加去旋转机构的尺寸。 它还允许相对容易地重新捕获信号。 这是通过使用光学冷凝器和/或光学膨胀器来实现的，其可以在不显着改变相对结构的情况下减小或扩大整个所有光束结构。 膨胀器和冷凝器是反向结构，因为如果当从右到右通过冷凝器时光信号被冷凝，则当从左向右通过相同的冷凝器时，其膨胀。

公开(公告)号：US20120213472A1

公开(公告)日：2012-08-23

申请号：US13029377

申请日：2011-02-17

申请人： Louis D. VIOLANTE ,  Boying B. ZHANG ,  Hong ZHANG

发明人： Louis D. VIOLANTE ,  Boying B. ZHANG ,  Hong ZHANG

IPC分类号： G02B6/26

CPC分类号： G02B6/3604

摘要： A Passive Bi-Directional Off-Axis Fiber Optic Rotary Joint (FORJ) with a center bore has been invented in which an optical signal can be transmitted across a rotating boundary without using the centerline or axis of rotation of the FORJ. Rather a fiber bundle is used to transmit the optical signal across a single mechanical rotational interface.

摘要翻译： 已经发明了具有中心孔的被动双向离轴光纤旋转接头（FORJ），其中可以在不使用FORJ的中心线或旋转轴线的情况下在旋转边界上传输光信号。 相反，纤维束用于通过单个机械旋转界面传输光信号。

公开(公告)号：US20100195956A1

公开(公告)日：2010-08-05

申请号：US12646198

申请日：2009-12-23

申请人： Boying B. ZHANG ,  Hong Zhang

发明人： Boying B. ZHANG ,  Hong Zhang

IPC分类号： G02B6/42 ,  G02B6/32

CPC分类号： G02B6/3604 ,  G02B6/32

摘要： A multi-channel fiber optic rotary joint has been invented in which optic signals can be transmitted simultaneously from a rotating fiber optic collimator array and a stationary fiber optic collimator array in air and in other optic fluids. A de-rotating lens, a cylindrical GRIN (Graded Index) lens, is positioned in the path between said rotating fiber optic collimator array and said stationary fiber optic collimator array, and arranged for rotation relative to each fiber optic collimator arrays at a rotary speed equal to one-half the relative rotational rate between said rotating and stationary fiber optic collimator arrays.

摘要翻译： 已经发明了一种多通道光纤旋转接头，其中光信号可以从旋转光纤准直器阵列和固定的光纤准直器阵列同时传输到空气和其它光学流体中。 旋转透镜，圆柱形GRIN（渐变折射率）透镜被定位在所述旋转光纤准直器阵列和所述固定光纤准直器阵列之间的路径中，并且布置成以相对于每个光纤准直器阵列以旋转速度旋转 等于所述旋转和固定光纤准直器阵列之间的相对旋转速率的一半。