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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:
Oct. 03, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 03, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Faruk H Bursal, Waltham, MA (US);
Michael P Cunningham, Londonderry, NH (US);
Assignee:
Synkinetics, Inc., Lowell, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H / ; F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
74 63 ; 475196 ; 476 36 ;
Abstract
Method and apparatus for achieving high torque and speed reduction in a compact and light-weight low parts-count speed converter apparatus featuring a floating ground element that both provides a moving ground to the first stage and acts as an input to a second stage, wherein both stages cooperatively drive the output.