Fault-tolerant rotary actuator

Tesar, Delbert

Title: Fault-tolerant rotary actuator

Abstract

A fault-tolerant actuator module, in a single containment shell, containing two actuator subsystems that are either asymmetrically or symmetrically laid out is provided. Fault tolerance in the actuators of the present invention is achieved by the employment of dual sets of equal resources. Dual resources are integrated into single modules, with each having the external appearance and functionality of a single set of resources.

Inventors:: Tesar, Delbert

Issue Date:: 2006-10-17

Research Org.:: ~Individually Owned Patent

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1175952

Patent Number(s):: 7122926

Application Number:: 10/665,729

Assignee:: Tesar, Delbert

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: H - ELECTRICITY H02 - GENERATION H02K - DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y10 - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

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H - ELECTRICITY H02 - GENERATION H02K - DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES
H02K16/00 - Machines with more than one rotor or stator {
H02K7/10 - Structural association with clutches, brakes, gears, pulleys or mechanical starters

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y10 - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
Y10T74/20317 - including electric motor

H - ELECTRICITY H02 - GENERATION H02K - DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES
H02K7/1085 - {Magnetically influenced friction clutches}
H02K7/116 - with gears

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DOE Contract Number:: FG04-94EW37966

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 42 ENGINEERING

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The Start of a New Movement
journal, August 2002

Sharke, Paul
Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 124, Issue 08
https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2002-AUG-3

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