Externally actuated figure
    1.
    发明授权
    Externally actuated figure 有权
    外部启动图

    公开(公告)号:US08761927B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-06-24

    申请号:US12971995

    申请日:2010-12-17

    IPC分类号: G06F19/00 B25J17/02

    摘要: A system for externally actuating an animatronic figure. The system including a first robotic mechanism configured as a remote center mechanism for rotating a first rod about a first remote center point. The first rod is attached to a first driven part of the figure with the first remote center point spaced apart from the figure. The system includes a second robotic mechanism rotating a second rod about a second remote center point. The second rod is attached to the second driven part of the animatronic figure, and the second remote center point is spaced apart from the animatronic figure. The system includes a third robotic mechanism rotating a third rod about a remote center point, with the third rod attached to a third driven part of the figure, and the three robotic mechanisms are concurrently operable via a computer-based controller to provide the figure with twenty-one degrees of freedom.

    摘要翻译: 用于外部致动一个动画人物的系统。 该系统包括构造为用于围绕第一远程中心点旋转第一杆的远程中心机构的第一机器人机构。 第一杆被附接到图的第一被驱动部分,其中第一远离中心点与图形间隔开。 该系统包括使第二杆围绕第二远程中心点旋转的第二机器人机构。 第二杆连接到动画图形的第二被驱动部分,并且第二远程中心点与动画图形间隔开。 该系统包括第三机器人机构,使第三杆围绕远程中心点旋转,第三杆连接到图的第三被驱动部分,并且三个机器人机构可以经由基于计算机的控制器同时操作以向该图提供 二十一个自由度。

    Multi-stage active suspension actuator

    公开(公告)号:US11124035B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-21

    申请号:US16115603

    申请日:2018-08-29

    摘要: A suspension actuator includes an upper mount, a lower mount, a first actuator mechanism, and a second actuator mechanism. The upper mount is connectable to a sprung mass of a vehicle. The lower mount is connectable to an unsprung mass of the vehicle. The first actuator mechanism forms a first load path between the upper mount and the lower mount. The first actuator mechanism is one of an electromagnetic linear actuator mechanism or a ball screw actuator mechanism. The second actuator mechanism forms a second load path in parallel with the first load path between the upper mount and the lower mount. The second actuator mechanism is one of a mechanical linear actuator mechanism, an air spring actuator mechanism, or a hydraulic actuator mechanism.

    Joint Assembly
    6.
    发明公开
    Joint Assembly 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240123785A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-18

    申请号:US17964475

    申请日:2022-10-12

    IPC分类号: B60G11/24

    摘要: A joint assembly couples a linear actuator to a body. The joint assembly includes a first body having a first surface and a second body having a second surface. The first body is coupled with the second body. The first surface and the second surface have arcuate configurations that are complementary to facilitate rotation of the first body relative to the second body about a first axis, a second axis, orthogonal to the first axis, and a third axis, orthogonal to both the first axis and the second axis. The joint assembly also includes a damper disposed between the first body and the second body and configured to dampen translational motion of the first body toward the second body in response to movement of the linear actuator relative to the body.

    Suspension systems
    8.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11179991B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-23

    申请号:US16902821

    申请日:2020-06-16

    申请人: Troy A. Carter

    发明人: Troy A. Carter

    摘要: A vehicle includes a vehicle structure, a wheel assembly, a control arm that is connected to the wheel assembly and the vehicle structure by pivot joints, and an active suspension actuator that is connected to the control arm and to the vehicle structure. The vehicle also includes an air reservoir that includes a first port and an air spring that supports the vehicle structure with respect to the control arm and is able to compress and expand. The air spring includes an internal working volume, the air spring includes a second port that is in fluid communication with the internal working volume, and the second port is connected to the first port to allow exchange of air between the internal working volume of the air spring and the air reservoir in response to compression and expansion of the air spring.

    Suspension systems
    10.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11345209B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-31

    申请号:US16850369

    申请日:2020-04-16

    摘要: A suspension system for a vehicle that has a vehicle body, a first wheel assembly that includes a first wheel hub, and a second wheel assembly that includes a second wheel hub. The suspension system includes a crossbar that is pivotally connected to the first wheel hub of the first wheel assembly and is pivotally connected to the second wheel hub of the second wheel assembly. The suspension system also includes a first active suspension actuator that is located near the first wheel assembly, is connected to the vehicle body, is connected to the crossbar, and supports the vehicle body with respect to the crossbar. The suspension system also includes a second active suspension actuator that is located near the second wheel assembly, is connected to the vehicle body, is connected to the crossbar, and supports the vehicle body with respect to the crossbar.