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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 1992
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Duane H Grimm, Rockford, IL (US);
Assignee:
Sundstrand Corporation, Rockford, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
475342 ; 475205 ; 475225 ; 475330 ;
Abstract
A geared rotary actuator (1) including a compound input stage (3, 5) and a compound output stage (4, 6) with the input stage (3, 5) including a sun gear (24) with gear portions (24a, 24b) respectively meshing with a drive gear (23) and further gear (25). Input/output link members (28, 29) connect the input stage (3, 5) with planet gears (26, 27) of the output stage (4, 6) so as to provide uninterrupted controlled speed, torque and power delivery to an output (31, 32) and through shaft (S) of the geared rotary actuator (1) even upon an occurrence of a jam in the geared rotary actuator (1).