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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2017
Applicant:
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Inventors:
Derick S. Balsiger, Mayer, AZ (US);
Nicholas R. Van De Veire, Tempe, AZ (US);
Zaffir A. Chaudhry, S. Glastonbury, CT (US);
Huan Zhang, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Assignee:
HAMILTON SUNSTRAND CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 49/00 (2006.01); H02K 7/116 (2006.01); B64C 13/34 (2006.01); B64C 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 49/001 (2013.01); H02K 7/116 (2013.01); B64C 13/34 (2013.01); B64C 2009/005 (2013.01); F16H 2049/003 (2013.01);
Abstract
A compound harmonic actuator is provided and includes a motor, a flex spline disposed about the motor and a wave generator radially interposable between the motor and the flex spline. The wave generator being rotatably drivable by the motor and shaped to form the flex spline into an elliptical shape with an axis such that wave generator rotations drive rotations of the axis of the ellipse of the flex spline.