Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rotatable coupling
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Application No.: US14671304Application Date: 2015-03-27
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Publication No.: US09866035B2Publication Date: 2018-01-09
- Inventor: Brian Doughty , Steven Shamlian , Jeffrey Curtis
- Applicant: iRobot Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MA Bedford
- Assignee: iRobot Corporation
- Current Assignee: iRobot Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Bedford
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: B25J19/00
- IPC: B25J19/00 ; H02J5/00 ; G01D5/347

Abstract:
A rotatable coupling includes an input housing rotatably coupled to an output housing by a tube fixed to the output housing and on which tube the input housing rotates. The coupling includes two magnetic flux concentrators disposed about the tube and defining therebetween an annular cavity, a first concentrator fixed to the input housing and a second concentrator fixed to the output housing, such that relative rotation of the housings causes relative rotation of the concentrators on either side of the annular cavity. The coupling includes concentric coils disposed within the annular cavity that permit power transfer across the coupling, a first coil fixed to the input housing and a second coil fixed to the output housing; an emitter fixed to the input housing; and a receiver fixed to the output housing and positioned to receive the signals from the emitter during the relative rotation of the housings.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160279808A1 ROTATABLE COUPLING Public/Granted day:2016-09-29
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