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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2014
Applicant:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Inventors:
Douglas C. Hofmann, Altadena, CA (US);
Brian Wilcox, La Canada, CA (US);
Assignee:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 37/02 (2006.01); F16H 49/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 49/001 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49467 (2015.01); Y10T 74/19642 (2015.01);
Abstract
Bulk metallic glass-based strain wave gears and strain wave gear components. In one embodiment, a strain wave gear includes: a wave generator; a flexspline that itself includes a first set of gear teeth; and a circular spline that itself includes a second set of gear teeth; where at least one of the wave generator, the flexspline, and the circular spline, includes a bulk metallic glass-based material.