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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2019
GE Precision Healthcare Llc, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Ryan Schimpf, Saratoga Springs, UT (US);
GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
Methods and system are provided for an imaging system. In one example, the imaging device, comprises a curved arm and a carrier that engages and supports the curved arm, wherein the curved arm is configured to move relative to the carrier. The imaging system further comprises a belt extending through the carrier and traversing around a periphery of the curved arm. A drive system of the imaging device comprises a motor, a drive shaft rotatably driven by the motor, and a drive pulley coupled to the drive shaft via a clutch mechanism, wherein the drive pulley is configured to rotate and engage with the belt to move the curved arm without moving the carrier, wherein the clutch mechanism is configured to switch between an engaged state and a disengaged state, wherein the engaged state comprises the driveshaft being rotatably coupled to the drive pulley and wherein the disengaged state comprises where the driveshaft is uncoupled from the drive pulley, and wherein the clutch mechanism is configured to switch between the engaged state and the disengaged state in response to a force applied to the curved arm.