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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2024
Bae Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Nashua, NH (US);
David E. Thompson, Nashua, NH (US);
BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Nashua, NH (US);
Abstract
A hand-held tool enables accurate, micro-radian rotation of a control element. The tool includes an adjustment shaft extending distally from an adjusting element, and a reducer within a housing that mechanically couples the adjustment shaft to a distal tool shaft. Rotating the tool as a whole directly rotates the tool shaft, while rotating only the adjustment shaft causes the reducer to apply a smaller rotation to the tool shaft according to a reduction factor that can be between 16 and 1024. The adjusting element can be a manually rotated knob, or a motor, such as a stepper motor, actuated by a switch, such as a momentary contact, rocker, or pushbutton switch. The reducer can include one or more planetary gear stages, and/or one or more strain wave gear stages. The tool can have a length not more than 5 inches and a diameter not more than 0.6 inches.
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