Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Three-dimensional cam mechanism
- Patent Title (中): 三维凸轮机构
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Application No.: US12451712Application Date: 2008-05-28
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Publication No.: US08418572B2Publication Date: 2013-04-16
- Inventor: Takayuki Takahashi , Seong Hee Jeong , Yoshihito Ozawa , Kunio Shimada , Yaoyang Zheng , Kazuhiko Fukuda
- Applicant: Takayuki Takahashi , Seong Hee Jeong , Yoshihito Ozawa , Kunio Shimada , Yaoyang Zheng , Kazuhiko Fukuda
- Applicant Address: JP Fukushima
- Assignee: National University Corporation Fukushima University
- Current Assignee: National University Corporation Fukushima University
- Current Assignee Address: JP Fukushima
- Agency: Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
- Agent James E. Armstrong, IV; George N. Chaclas
- Priority: JP2007-144504 20070531
- International Application: PCT/JP2008/060253 WO 20080528
- International Announcement: WO2008/149878 WO 20081211
- Main IPC: F16H25/00
- IPC: F16H25/00

Abstract:
A three-dimensional cam mechanism capable of selecting a cam guide surface shape freely to improve the degree of freedom for selecting a target locus on the follower side, transmitting power between orthogonal axes and performing a reversible operation. A three-dimensional cam guide surface (2 (3)) is formed in a cam (1), and the cam guide surface (2) is caused to guide a cam follower (6 (7)) formed at a predetermined angle at one end of a follower side link (4), so that the rotational movement of the cam (1) is translated into the swinging movement at the other end of the follower side link (4). Thus, smooth operations of the cam are obtained by the selection of the shape of a supporting member and by the free design of the cam guide surface shape, without being limited to the power transmission between the orthogonal axes or followed by backlash.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100116072A1 THREE-DIMENSIONAL CAM MECHANISM Public/Granted day:2010-05-13
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