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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2022
Commissariat a L'energie Atomique ET Auxenergies Alternatives, Paris, FR;
Philippe Garrec, Gif sur Yvette, FR;
Alexandre Verney, Les Echelles, FR;
Abstract
A cable actuator () having a frame (); a screw () rotatably mounted on the frame () and extending along a first axis (Ox); a nut () cooperating with the screw (); a mechanism () for estimating the angular movement of the nut () about the first axis (Lx) relative to the frame (); and a distance sensor () secured to the frame () and having a winder () for winding a thread (), one end () of the thread () connected to the nut () at a connection point (). The distance sensor () is arranged in such a manner that the thread () changes curvature at a first point () situated in a first plane (P) orthogonal to the first axis (Ox).