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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2016
Lord Corporation, Cary, NC (US);
Michael Jarzomski, Apex, NC (US);
Luca Di Deco, Verona, IT;
Lord Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
Torque generating devices, systems, and/or related methods are disclosed. In one aspect, a torque generating device () may include a housing (), at least one top and one bottom pole (), at least one side pole (), at least two rotors () for rotating within the housing, a shaft () supported by bearings (), at least a first stator () disposed between portions of the at least two rotors (), magnetically responsive (MR) material disposed within the housing () and at least partially surrounding the first stator () and the at least two rotors (), and a coil () for generating a magnetic field, wherein an amount of torque generated by the torque generating device () increases in proportion to an amount of electrical current supplied to the coil (). In another aspect, a method of generating torque may include providing a torque generating device () and rotating the at least two rotors ().