Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Controllable normal force mechanism with minimum energy consumption
- Patent Title (中): 具有最小能耗的可控法向力机构
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Application No.: US13854196Application Date: 2013-04-01
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Publication No.: US09321466B2Publication Date: 2016-04-26
- Inventor: Changrak Choi , Dimitrios Chatzigeorgiou , Rached Ben-Mansour , Kamal Youcef-Toumi
- Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Applicant Address: US MA Cambridge SA Dhahran
- Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology,King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
- Current Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology,King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Cambridge SA Dhahran
- Agency: MIT Technology Licensing Office
- Agent Sam Pasternack
- Main IPC: B61B13/00
- IPC: B61B13/00 ; H01F7/02
Abstract:
Force control system. The system includes a first pair of permanent magnets for providing a normal force on the wheel of a robot adapted for n-pipe inspections. A second pair of magnets is provided with opposite polarity so that a rotor containing magnets may be rotated with a minimum of torque required and therefore with a minimum of energy expended.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140290763A1 Controllable Normal Force Mechanism with Minimum Energy Consumption Public/Granted day:2014-10-02
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