Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fiber optic rotary joint and an optical signal transmission method using the same, which can utilize a large portion of a ring to increase the data rate and transmit up to many channels of information.SOLUTION: A fiber optic rotary joint 100 comprises: a plurality of waveguides 110 to 180 attached onto a stator 102 and each connected to an optical pickup RX-0; a plurality of optical transmitters TX-A to TX-P attached onto a rotor 104 and rotatable together with the rotor 104; a position determining device for determining a circumferential location of at least one of the plurality of optical transmitters TX-A to TX-P; and a switch for instructing each optical signal, transmitted from the plurality of optical transmitters TX-A to TX-P, to be received by predetermined one of the optical pickups.
Abstract:
These and other objects of the present invention are achieved by a segmented waveguide for a fiber optic rotary joint. The segmented waveguide is mountable to the existing stator surface. The segmented waveguide is capable of receiving signals from the rotor. The fiber optic rotary joint includes a rotor and an existing stator surface. The rotor is rotatable through a full 360 DEG and is concentric to the existing stator surface. The rotor has one of a plurality of light transmitters and light receivers connected to a first circumference of the rotor. The segmented waveguide includes a reflective waveguide surface shaped to match a portion of existing stator surface. At least one waveguide support supports the reflective waveguide surface and is connectable to the existing stator. At least one of a light transmitter or light transmitter is optically coupled to a reflective waveguide surface.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an improved torque motor to facilitate construction by a MEMS technique. SOLUTION: The torque motor includes a base, four polepieces extending away from the base, the polepieces being separated from one another and being arranged at the corners of an imaginary polygon, each polepiece terminating in an electrode; a coil surrounding each of the polepieces; an armature pivotally mounted on the base, the armature having a portion arranged to move toward and away from an attached one of the electrodes, respectively, to define a variable-reluctance air gap therebetween; a permanent magnet mounted on one of the base and armature and polarized in a direction parallel to the pivotal axis of the armature; and wherein at least a portion thereof is formed by the MEMS technique. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an improved shock absorber for decelerating and moderating the movement of a rod-like member with respect to a housing near either end of its stroke. SOLUTION: The bidirectional self-contained stroke end shock absorber 20 comprises the housing 21; the rod 22 movable relative to the housing; a single fluid-filled variable volume chamber 23 communicating with a fluid sump 24 through an orifice 65; and a lost motion mechanism for selectively reducing the volume of the variable volume chamber near each end of the stroke of the rod-like member. The lost motion mechanism forcibly feeds a fluid from the variable volume chamber through the orifice to decelerate the movement of the rod-like member at the end of the stroke. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an actuator 20 for selectively displacing an output member 23 against the opposed load L, in response to an output 24 of a motor 23. SOLUTION: This actuator includes a first power transmission mechanism 50 for displacing the output member to the motor with a first nominal ratio to the motor output, a second power transmission mechanism 60 for displacing the output member to the motor with a second nominal ratio to the motor output, and selectors 34, 39 connecting the motor output to the output member, only via the first power transmission mechanism 50 when the load is less than a predetermined value, and connecting the motor output the output member via the first and second power transmission mechanisms 50, 60 when the load is more than the predetermined value. The power applied to the load by the output member is the sum of the power transmitted via the first and second power transmission mechanisms.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electrical hydraulic servo actuator with redundancy suitable for fail safe. SOLUTION: In a redundant control system, a logic crossing coupling is arranged between independent servo actuators 101A and 101B that have hydraulic actuators 106A and 106B, respectively. Logic valve devices 103A, 103B, 104A, 104B, 105A, 105B are connected to the hydraulic actuators 106A, 106B and control valves 102A, 102B. A hydraulic pressure input signal and an electrical input signal are inputted to the devices 103A, 103B, 104A, 104B, 105A, 105B. The redundant control system is suitably operational in a mode that the hydraulic actuators 106A, 106B operate or freely operate in response to or unrelated to a control signal, or in a mode that movement of a load controlled as a function of a hydraulic signal and an electrical signal inputted to the logic valve devices 103A, 103B, 104A, 104B, 105A, 105B unrelated to the control signal and is constructed such that the logic valve devices 103A, 103B, 104A, 104B, 105A, 105B generate hydraulic pressure output signals that become input signals of other actuators.
Abstract:
PURPOSE: To reduce actual vibration by adding counter-vibration to disturbance vibration from the outside to a structure. CONSTITUTION: A vibrating force generator 19 capable of imparting sine counter- vibration to a structure 20 according to a given electric signal is mounted on the structure 20, an accelerometer 21 generating an output signal (a) having amplitude, phase and frequency according to detected vibration is mounted at a vibration measuring point of the structure 20 and a tunable filter 16 resonating at a controllable frequency is provided. An adaptive frequency estimator 22 generating a tuning signal θ is provided, the tuning signal θ of the estimator 22 is imparted to the filter 16, an output signal of the accelerometer 21 is imparted to the filter 16, a resonance frequency of the filter 16 is continuously adjusted, the resonance frequency is made equal to the frequency of the output signal of the accelerometer 21 and the resonance frequency is amplified by the output of the filter 16. An output signal of the resonating filter 16 is given as an electric instruction signal (y) to the vibrating force generator 19 and counter-vibration is added to the structure.
Abstract:
PURPOSE: To provide an improved entertainment vehicle motion simulation system for a game corner. CONSTITUTION: A simulator 10 includes a base 11 and a capsule 14 having at least partially a spherical smooth outside surface 15, and this capsule 14 enables roll, pitch, and yaw angular motions with a pivoting point 16 as a center at the center of the spherical surface, and the pivoting point can be raised and lowered in vertical directions along a vertical axis (z)-(z) to the base 11. An actuator 35 is operationally arranged, and the capsule 14 is selectively moved for the base 11 at any of 4 degrees of freedom. The outside surface 15 of the capsule 14 is formed in a shape in which any part of the capsule 14 is not moved outside the motional limit of a virtual vertical cylinder 41 having a diameter (d) almost equal to the diameter of the spherical surface by the motion of the capsule 14 at the four degrees of freedom.