Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Variable spring constant torque coupler
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Application No.: US14712046Application Date: 2015-05-14
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Publication No.: US09676104B2Publication Date: 2017-06-13
- Inventor: George H. Sutton, Jr.
- Applicant: Yaskawa America, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IL Waukegan
- Assignee: YASKAWA AMERICA, INC.
- Current Assignee: YASKAWA AMERICA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Waukegan
- Agency: Mori & Ward, LLP
- Main IPC: F16D3/56
- IPC: F16D3/56 ; B25J19/06

Abstract:
A torque coupler includes a first torque plate having a first slot extending in a radial direction, and a second torque plate having a second slot extending in the radial direction. The second slot has a side formed of a flexible beam. A cam plate is pivotable about an axis, and has a cam slot having a first portion at a first radial distance from the axis and a second portion at a second radial distance, where the second distance is greater than the first distance. A torque transfer member is slidably received within the first slot, the second slot, and the cam slot. The transfer member transferring torque between the first and second torque plates. A drive device rotates the cam plate about the axis, which causes the first cam slot to radially slide the transfer member along the flexible beam.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150330458A1 VARIABLE SPRING CONSTANT TORQUE COUPLER Public/Granted day:2015-11-19
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