Inertial masses mediated rotational energy coupler
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    Inertial masses mediated rotational energy coupler 失效
    惯性质量介导的旋转能量耦合器

    公开(公告)号:US5134894A

    公开(公告)日:1992-08-04

    申请号:US767823

    申请日:1991-09-30

    申请人: Isaac Y. Tam

    发明人: Isaac Y. Tam

    IPC分类号: F16H33/18

    CPC分类号: F16H33/18 Y10T74/18368

    摘要: A rotational energy coupler generally regarded to as a transmission is described, wherein rotational energy is transmitted through inertial media. An input unit transmits rotational energy to a set of inertial masses by driving the inertial masses to gyrate. An output unit recovers rotational energy from the gyrating inertial masses by altering their natural travelling paths through a guiding system that guides the gyrating inertial masses into paths along which the distance to the axis of rotation of the output unit is not constant. As a result, an unidirectional torque is generated on the output unit. If the output unit rotates, rotational energy is consumed, if not, rotational energy is conserved. The magnitude of the torque so generated is related to the rotation rate difference between the input unit and the output unit in an exponential manner, namely: the magnitude of the torque is proportional to the square of the rotation rate difference. The range of the magnitude of the torque is much wider than the range of the rate difference. The guiding system of the output unit has an unique feature of having no tangible track to guide the inertial masses so as to reduce friction. The output torque is unidirectional so that one-way clutches that convert oscillating torque into unidirectional torque are unnecessary.

    摘要翻译: 描述了通常被认为是变速器的旋转能量耦合器,其中旋转能量通过惯性介质传递。 输入单元通过驱动惯性质量向旋转体传递旋转能量到一组惯性质量。 输出单元通过改变其旋转惯性质量块的自然行进路径,通过引导系统来回收旋转能量,所述引导系统将旋转惯性质量引导到沿输出单元的旋转轴线的距离不恒定的路径。 结果,在输出单元上产生单向转矩。 如果输出单元旋转,则消耗旋转能量,否则转动能量被保存。 所产生的转矩的大小以指数方式与输入单元和输出单元之间的转速差有关,即:转矩的大小与转速差的平方成比例。 扭矩幅度的范围远大于速率差的范围。 输出单元的引导系统具有独特的特征,即没有有形轨迹来引导惯性块以减少摩擦。 输出转矩是单向的,不需要将振荡转矩转换成单向转矩的单向离合器。