Abstract: A cam transmission mechanism includes a rotary disk, a camshaft, contact members and a housing. The rotary disk has a periphery formed with equidistant projections, any two adjacent ones of which define an accommodating recess. The camshaft includes a shaft rod and a cam body that has at least one groove communicated with some of the recesses of the rotary disk. The groove and the recesses cooperate to form a plurality of confining spaces, within which the contact members are accommodated freely rollably for rotation transfer from the camshaft to the rotary disk. The housing is connected to the rotary disk for confining the contact members in the confining spaces, respectively.

Abstract: The invention relates to a refinement of a spindle drive (1), and to a louvered window or a louvered shutter having a spindle drive for moving louver elements such that applied return forces and return torques can be absorbed better, and in particular without placing a load on the drive motor. For this purpose, the spindle drive (1) has a specially designed return stop mechanism (6) arranged between a drive shaft of a drive motor (3) and a threaded spindle (4).

Abstract: A redundant load transmission includes an input shaft configured to receive a rotational torque from a primary drive, an output shaft configured to transmit the rotational torque to an actuator, and a coupling assembly configured to connect the input shaft to the output shaft to transmit the rotational torque. The input shaft is configured to receive the rotational torque from the primary drive and transmit the rotational torque through the coupling assembly when the coupling assembly is in a primary drive configuration. The coupling assembly is configured to be disconnected from the input shaft and transmit a rotational torque to the output shaft from a secondary drive when the coupling assembly is in a secondary drive configuration.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a function module, a body, and a motor assembly. The body includes an accommodation space for accommodating the function module. The motor assembly includes a drive motor, a gear, a rotation output shaft, a displacement mechanism, and a latch. The drive motor includes a shaft. The gear is fixedly attached to the shaft. The rotation output shaft includes a gear teeth portion. The gear teeth portion is coupled to the gear. The rotation output shaft is connected to the function module and is configured to drive the function module to rotate. The displacement mechanism synchronizes with the shaft and is separated from the rotation output shaft. The displacement mechanism includes a linear motion component. The latch is connected to the linear motion component, and is configured to engage the function module.

Abstract: A soft robot includes a main body configured as a tube inverted back inside itself to define a pressure channel, such that when the channel is pressurized, the main body everts, and inverted material everts and passes out of a tip at a distal end of the main body. A fluidization tube for passing air or other fluid through a core of the main body in the fluidization tube, wherein the fluidization tube engages the main body such that the fluidization tube is ejected as the distal end as the main body everts and joins part of the side of the main body as the main body everts and extends its distal tip.

Abstract: The present invention concerns an angular transmission device comprising: An input shaft and an output shaft, An assembly arranged for coupling the input shaft with the output shaft so that the output shaft can be rotationally driven by the input shaft, the assembly comprising a rotary actuator and a linear mobile, the rotary actuator being coupled with the input shaft and moves the mobile in a translation motion relative to the actuator, the mobile being coupled with the output shaft so that the rotation of the input shaft drives the rotation of the output shaft; the assembly further comprises a flexible blade fixed to said mobile and looped around the output shaft, so that when the actuator moves the mobile, the flexible blade drives the rotation of the output shaft. The invention also comprises a method using said device.

Abstract: A modular telescopic arm by motor control includes a knuckle module, a telescopic module, an outer sleeve module and an inner sleeve module. The telescopic module is disposed to one end of the knuckle module. The telescopic module includes a ball screw assembly. The ball screw assembly has a screw shaft, and a nut disposed around the screw shaft. The nut is able to slide along the screw shaft. The outer sleeve module is mounted around the one end of the knuckle module. The screw shaft is longitudinally mounted in the outer sleeve module. The inner sleeve module is disposed to the one end of the knuckle module, and the inner sleeve module surrounds a part of the telescopic module. The outer sleeve module surrounds the inner sleeve module. One end of the inner sleeve module is fastened around the nut.

Abstract: An actuator and a transmission structure thereof. The transmission structure (3) includes a screw nut (31) and a ratchet guiding sleeve (32). The screw nut (31) includes one or a plurality of pawls (311). The ratchet guiding sleeve (32) is mounted on the screw nut (31), and the screw nut (31) is able to rotate relative to the ratchet guiding sleeve (32). The ratchet guiding sleeve (32) includes a ring ratchet (321) disposed on an inner circumference thereof and a plurality of track slots (322) disposed on an outer circumference thereof. One or a plurality of pawls (311) abut against the ring ratchet (321), thereby achieving the effect of smooth movements of the actuator (10) and the transmission structure (3).

Abstract: A transmission for a vehicle includes a transmission shift unit that receives a shift command of the vehicle, a driving unit that generates a driving force for causing the transmission shift unit to be switched between positions, and a controller configured to control the driving unit for causing the transmission shift unit to be switched between the positions depending on whether a preset condition is satisfied. In particular, the driving unit includes a first stator to generate magnetic flux, a first rotor including first inner permanent magnets and second inner permanent magnets and configured to be rotated by the magnetic flux transmitted to the first inner permanent magnets, outer permanent magnets, a second rotor disposed between the second inner permanent magnets and the outer permanent magnets, and a clutch unit disposed between the first rotor and the second rotor.

Abstract: The present disclosure related to a travel stop assembly for preventing rotation, and undesired locking, of a shaft. The travel stop assembly may comprise a shaft that extends along an axis and is rotatable about the axis. A lead screw may extend along the axis and be operatively engaged, and rotatable, with the shaft about the axis. A nut may be in threaded engagement with the lead screw and axially movable along a length of the lead screw upon rotation of the lead screw. At least one stop pin may operatively engaged the lead screw and the at least one stop pin may extend from the lead screw perpendicularly relative to the axis. The stop pin may be positioned on the lead screw to stop rotation of the lead screw and the stop pin may prevent locking of the nut to the lead screw.

Abstract: A linear drive mechanism includes a drive gear connected to an actuator. A first assembly is connected to the drive gear. The first assembly includes a first plurality of leadscrew assemblies connected to a first output link of the drive mechanism. A second assembly is connected to the drive gear. The second assembly includes a second plurality of leadscrew assemblies connected to a second output link of the drive mechanism. The first output link is positioned opposite the second output link and the first assembly and the second assembly are located between the first output link and the second output link.

Abstract: A linear actuator includes a motor, a screw mechanism, and a bearing. The motor includes a stator and a rotor rotatable relative to the stator. The rotor includes a rotor shaft element. The screw mechanism includes a screw element and a follower drivingly engaged with the screw element, with rotation of the screw element causing the follower to shift axially along the screw element. The elements are drivingly intercoupled. The bearing rotatably supports a first one of the elements. The first one of the elements provides support to a second one of the elements such that the bearing also rotatably supports the second one of the elements.

Abstract: A motor control method for a shift-by-wire system recognizes a current position of a switched reluctance (SR) motor at a point in time when a shifting request is input as a start position and determines whether the current position of the SR motor is the same as a target position, applies a current for rotating the SR motor toward the target position when the current position and the target position are not the same, counts time until a point in time when an actual motion of the SR motor is sensed, performs advanced-angle control of increasing a rotation speed of the SR motor when the counted time exceeds the time reference value, and measures a current applied to the SR motor and increases the advanced-angle control or performs retarded-angle control of decreasing the rotation speed of the SR motor, depending on the measured current value.

Abstract: A high-speed stroke-type moving device for an elongate flexible body having at least one supply line. The device has a guideway for guided displacement of the body, having a spiral portion, in which at least part of the body is compactly accommodatable in a plurality of spaced tracks which are not in mutual contact and extend substantially spirally inwards. The invention provides that the body has a line guideway for the at least one supply line. According to the invention, the line guideway here has a first sub-portion which is guided in the spiral portion and an unguided second sub-portion having a first end which is connected at the end to the first sub-portion and a second end which is connected at the end to a rotary feedthrough for the at least one supply line. A corresponding device having an energy chain is furthermore disclosed.

Abstract: An actuator includes a cylinder sandwiched between a fixing plate fixed to the other end surface of a supporting plate together with a servomotor and a bearing housing, a ball screw shaft having one end protruding into the cylinder through through holes of the fixing plate, a slide block screwed with one end of the ball screw shaft in the cylinder, a cylindrical-shaped piston coupled to an end of the slide block and reciprocatably located in the cylinder, linear motion bearing units located inside the bearing housing to movably support the piston, and linear motion bearing units located in the cylinder to movably support the slide block.

Abstract: A multi-process machine suspension device is equipped with two hydraulic cylinders for rotating the machine relative to an arm supporting it. One cylinder is pivoted to another arm and the other cylinder to the machine frame. Both cylinders are pivoted by one end to a freely rotating intermediate arm pivoted to the same frame joint as the arm supporting it.

Abstract: A modular telescopic rotation arm by motor control includes a fastening element, a first knuckle module, a first flange, a telescopic module, an outer sleeve module and an inner sleeve module. The first knuckle module is disposed in one end of the fastening element. One end of the first flange is connected to one end of the first knuckle module. The telescopic module is partially disposed in the fastening element. The telescopic module includes a second knuckle module. The second knuckle module is disposed in the fastening element. The outer sleeve module is connected to the first flange, and the telescopic module is partially surrounded by the outer sleeve module. The inner sleeve module is surrounded by the outer sleeve module.

Abstract: A rotary to linear actuator, comprises a drive crankarm that rotates in a first axis of rotation; a first and second gearset connected to the drive crankarm through a second crankarm; and a piston captured between the first gearset and the second gear set, wherein the first and second gearsets rotate a crankarm connected to one end of the piston, wherein the piston is caused to move linearly upon rotation of the crankarm.

Abstract: A gearbox includes a first divided body and a second divided body, and a shaft projection is formed on and a through-hole is formed in divided surfaces of the first divided body and the second divided body. A second recess on the second divided body side includes a second arc portion formed concentrically with an axis center of a worm wheel, and an upper linear portion and a lower linear portion which extend linearly toward the first divided body side from both ends of the second arc portion. A first recess on the first divided body side includes a first linear portion which extends linearly in a direction orthogonal to an intersecting direction, and an upper arc portion and a lower arc portion which are formed continuous to both ends of the first linear portion.

Abstract: Actuation systems and methods for actuating a telescopic structure are provided. The actuation system can include a chain cartridge including a drive chain engageably coupled to a drive mechanism actuated by an actuator coupled to a power supply. The drive chain can include a plurality of inter-connected links conveying at least one cable within an interior space of each inter-connected link. The system can also include a telescopic structure including a plurality of segments configured to extend and retract telescopically and conveying the drive chain therein. The drive chain can couple to a distal segment of the plurality of segments. The drive mechanism can impart a linear translation force on the plurality of inter-connected links to cause the distal segment to extend or retract from the telescopic structure. Methods of actuating the actuation system described herein are also provided.