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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2017
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Robert J. Atmur, Whittier, CA (US);
William Patrick Sargent, Fullerton, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 7/116 (2006.01); F16H 1/32 (2006.01); H02K 41/06 (2006.01); F16H 23/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 1/321 (2013.01); H02K 7/116 (2013.01); H02K 41/065 (2013.01); F16H 23/10 (2013.01); H02K 2213/03 (2013.01);
Abstract
A mechanical virtual elliptical drive, including an input motor, a wobble plate, a stator gear, and an output plate. The input motor may have a rotation axis, a substantially flat surface, and a rounded protrusion extending from the flat surface. The wobble plate may have a wobble axis disposed at a non-zero angle relative to the rotation axis. The rounded protrusion of the motor may engage a substantially flat face of the wobble plate, thereby causing the wobble plate to nutate around the stator gear.