250 results about "Flexible Mechanisms" patented technology

Network configuration hierarchy information is maintained using flexible mechanisms and methods for establishing routes and transferring information between nodes in ad-hoc data communication networks using on-demand multicast and unicast techniques. Communication nodes use network topology information to build and maintain a dynamically mobile, wireless, ad-hoc network capable of efficiently routing both unicast and multicast traffic. Network nodes that facilitate the collection and distribution of network topology and routing data are dynamically selected, configured, and maintained. Network traffic overhead necessary for maintaining and distributing network routing table information is held to a minimum and efficiently distributed across the network, thereby reducing the potential for network traffic bottlenecks due to network overhead processes.

The invention provides a macro-micro driven bidimensional integrated micro positioning platform, which is characterized by including a base, a flexible platform body, two voice coil motors, four piezoelectric ceramic actuators, two displacement sensors and a controller, wherein the flexible platform body is fixed on the base; the two voice coil motors are connected with the flexible platform body; and the controller is in signal connection with the two voice coil motors, the four piezoelectric ceramic actuators and the two displacement sensors. The macro-micro driven bidimensional integrated micro positioning platform adopts a parallel decoupling totally flexible mechanism, and has the advantages of a parallel mechanism, a flexible mechanism and a decoupling mechanism; a macro-motion platform and a micro-motion platform are integrally designed; the same piece of material can be adopted to manufacture the macro-micro driven bidimensional integrated micro positioning platform integrally, and the manufacture is simple and convenient; and the motion decoupling design is applied to the macro-motion platform and the micro-motion platform, so that the motion control is facilitated and the positioning accuracy is improved.

A foam pump having a flexible member for engagement with a dispenser, the pump being part of a refill unit including a product reservoir. The flexible connecting member extends from an extreme end of the pump and is received by an actuating carriage that is movably connected to an actuating mechanism. The flexible connecting member permits insertion of the pump into a dispenser, and may act to dampen actuating forces to reduce foam shearing. The flexible connecting member may be provided in the form of a flared tip that is received through an oval opening in the product dispenser, and the pump may include a locking member to prevent unwanted actuation thereof during insertion of the refill unit into the dispenser.

The invention discloses a flexible micro-positioning stage with two degrees of freedom, the design of the flexible micro-positioning stage with two degrees of freedom comprises a flexible mechanism and an integral structure, two piezoelectric ceramic drivers are adopted in the structure, the tail part of each driver is connected with a base through a bolt, and the top end of each driver is connected with a spherical joint through a thread, thereby realizing Hertz contact. The flexible mechanism of the positioning stage mainly comprises three parts of the base, flexible branched chains with entirely consistent structures and a supporting movable platform thereof. Two displacement sensors are used for measuring actual output of the movable platform and respectively fixed between the base and the movable platform through an L-shaped support and a Z-shaped support. The flexible micro-positioning stage is characterized by high resolution and fast dynamic response speed, and can be taken as an auxiliary positioning platform of a nano-imprint lithography positioning system for realizing micro-feeding and precise positioning.

The invention discloses a humanoid flexible mechanism arm device which comprises five fingers which are driven by six motors. Modular structures with same structures are adopted on four fingers (an index finger, a middle finger, a third finger and a little finger). Special effects of finger coupling transmission are achieved by a manner that the one motor, a reduction gearbox, a transmission mechanism and a flexible body are comprehensively utilized on the modular fingers. A thumb is driven by two motors, a pair of duplex bevel gears and a cross-shaped shaft are applied on a base joint transmission system to achieve buckling and side-sway movements, and good transmission effects and arrangement of the thumb and a palm are achieved. Each finger is provided with three joints which include a base joint, a middle joint and a far joint, the speed ratio is close to 1: 1: 1, and the mechanical arm is enabled to be close to a movement pattern of a hand. The humanoid flexible mechanical arm device has the advantages of being large in fingertip output force and rigidity, compact in structural arrangement, high in humanization degree, stable in grab and the like.

A fluid conveyance system for thin film material deposition includes a fluid distribution manifold and a substrate transport mechanism. The fluid distribution manifold includes an output face that includes a plurality of elongated slots. The output face of the fluid distribution manifold is positioned opposite a first surface of the substrate such that the elongated slots face the first surface of the substrate and are positioned proximate to the first surface of the substrate. The substrate transport mechanism causes a substrate to travel in a direction and includes a flexible mechanism that contacts a second surface of the substrate in a region that is proximate to the output face of the fluid distribution manifold.

The invention discloses a method for handling abnormal transactions of payment services, which comprises: when an abnormal transaction of a payment service happens, generating an abnormal transaction log containing transaction record necessary information; and handling the abnormal transaction according to set abnormal handling rules and the abnormal transaction log. The system comprises a service handling unit, an abnormal log generating unit and an abnormal handling unit, wherein the service handling unit is used for handling payment services; the abnormal log generating unit is used for generating the abnormal transaction logs containing the transaction record necessary information when the service handling unit finds the abnormal transactions of the payment services; and the abnormal handling unit is used for handling abnormal transactions according to the abnormal transaction logs and the set abnormal handling rules. The method and the system realize the automatic handling of the abnormal transactions of the payment services, eliminate human interference, reduce manual operation and improve handling efficiency. The method and the system have the advantages of simple structure, high timeliness, flexible mechanisms and the like.

The invention provides a simple, yet flexible mechanism for affixing items to a magnetic board such that they are accurately aligned to the board and to one another. Such mechanism allows positioning and repositioning of the items as desired by the user, including stacked configurations. Contact between the items and the board is aesthetically pleasing, and provides a bearing surface that allows for repositioning of items using a sliding motion. Further, aligning the items is convenient for the user and does not distract from the primary task at hand.

A flexible mechanism for routers to select the egress point for each destination prefix, herein referred to as tunable inter-domain egress (TIE) selection, comprises the step of ranking possible points of egress according to a metric, allowing network administrators to satisfy diverse goals, such as traffic engineering and robustness to equipment failures. A weighting function is discussed whereby known hot potato routing can be weighted against a fixed ranking scheme. TIE has been applied to data of two different autonomous systems posing different problems solved using integer-programming and multi-commodity flow techniques, respectively, to tune the TIE according to the weighting function to satisfy network-wide objectives. Experiments with traffic, topology and routing data from two different backbone networks demonstrate that TIE is both simple (for the routers) and expressive (for the network administrators) and can be practically applied in traffic engineering.

The invention discloses a movable automatic power charging and switching station for an electric automobile. The movable automatic power charging and switching station comprises a drawing automobile head, a semitrailer, and units, such as a cell storage cabin, a cell box, an automatic power switching device, an automatic charging and control system and the like which are mounted on the semitrailer. The cell storage cabin is a motor roller way cabin and can be used for storing a plurality of cell boxes; the cell boxes are standard exchange modules and connected with a cell cabin at the lower part of an automobile body by using a plurality of spring quick-open hooks; and the automatic power switching device comprises an electric motor roller, a removing apparatus for lines, a lifting platform and a plurality of unlocking/locking push rod mechanisms. The cell boxes are locked or unlocked with the cell cabin of the automobile body through mutual working of the lifting platform, the unlocking/locking push rod mechanisms and the quick-open hooks so that the dismounting and replacement of the cell boxes are realized; and a charger can be used for automatically charging the cell boxes. The movable automatic power charging and switching station has the advantages of complete system, tight structure, flexible mechanism, small construction investment and short period. Furthermore, the movable automatic power charging and switching station not only can be individually operated but also can combined with a centralized charging station to form a power switching network so that the requirement of automatically replacing the cells of the electric automobile is met.

The invention discloses a double-lasso driving flexible joint used for an exoskeleton robot, which comprises a drive mechanism, a pre-tightening mechanism, a lasso transmission mechanism, a flexible mechanism and an exoskeleton joint. A motor drives a drilling roller to rotate; the two ends of a rope are respectively fixedly connected with the driving roller and a load roller; a driving torque is delivered to the load roller through the lasso transmission mechanism; the load roller is fixedly connected with the exoskeleton joint to drive the joint to move; a positioning hole and a positioning groove both capable of limiting the motion range of the joint are formed in the load roller; the pre-tightening mechanism adjusts a pre-tightening force of a rope by changing the screwing depth of a pre-tightening bolt so as to avoid looseness of a drive system; the flexible mechanism enables the joint to achieve flexibility and can measure an output torque based on a displacement offset of the motor and the joint. The double-lasso driving flexible joint used for the exoskeleton robot can realize separation of the motor and the exoskeleton robot, overcomes the problems of the quality of each joint of the exoskeleton and too great inertia, and can perform precise position control and force control on the drive joint.

An integrated circuit, a method of generating a layout of such an integrated circuit using standard cells, and a standard cell library providing such standard cells, are disclosed. The method of generating the layout comprises forming a plurality of rows, and populating each row with a plurality of standard cells chosen in dependence on the functional components required by the integrated circuit, each standard cell having its abutment area abutting the abutment area of at least one adjacent standard cell in the row. Within each row, each standard cell in that row is arranged to have a voltage connection area that is aligned with a common routing track, but with each standard cell having its voltage connection area configured so as not to extend across the entire width of the standard cell. Within each row, for each standard cell in the row, the voltage connection area of that standard cell is then connected to one of a plurality of voltage supplies having regards to a voltage requirement of the corresponding functional component defined by the standard cell, and independent of the voltage supply to which each adjacent cell in the row is connected. This provides a particularly flexible mechanism for placing standard cells during the layout operation, since standard cells that are required to run off the same voltage supply no longer need to be placed together.

A DNA sequencing tray (92) holds an array of sample wells (82) in a rank and file pattern by means of rigid file members (85) connected by flexible mechanisms (87) permitting the pattern to be expanded to change the center-to-center spacing between adjacent wells (82) form 9 mm to 10.8 mm.

The invention discloses a combined pipeline washing and spraying robot. The combined pipeline washing and spraying robot comprises a moving mechanism, a spraying mechanism and a milling mechanism, wherein the moving mechanism is arranged at the rear end of the whole device, wherein the moving mechanism comprises a driving motor, a worm and a worm gear; one end of the driving motor is fixedly connected to an intermediate shaft at the left side; the spraying mechanism comprises spraying guns which are arranged at equal intervals around the intermediate shaft and are rotated synchronous with theintermediate shaft; the milling mechanism is arranged at the right end of the whole device; the motor is arranged in a flexible mechanism; and one end of the motor is connected to the flexible mechanism through a spring. According to the combined pipeline washing and spraying robot, the moving mechanism mainly composed of the worm gear and the worm is capable of driving the whole device to move ina pipeline; and meanwhile, the milling mechanism is arranged at the front part of the whole device, and dirt on the inner wall of the pipeline can be removed by milling through a cutter; and moreover, a novel cutter coating is adopted, and the process of passivating processing can be avoided, so that the influence of toxic passivating liquid on surrounding environment is avoided, and as a result,the purpose of environmental protection is achieved.

A method and an apparatus to implement a flexible mechanism for enforcing coherency among caching structures have been disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a translation-lookaside-buffer (TLB), a cache to provide temporary storage for a data block, and a memory management unit to implement a first cache-coherency mechanism if the processor is in a first mode and to implement a second cache-coherency mechanism if the processor is in a second mode. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

The invention discloses a space floating object capturing device in the field of aerospace technology. The space floating object capturing device comprises a floating platform with a propelling device, an auxiliary adjusting device and a capturing device; the floating platform is connected with an aerospace carrier through a flexible mechanism; the flexible mechanism comprises multiple sets of wire roller systems fixed on the surface of the aerospace carrier, multiple sets of wire rolling mechanisms arranged in the aerospace carrier or the floating platform, and wire sets which have two ends respectively connected with a dragging motor and a floating platform and pass through the wire roller systems; According to the space floating object capturing device, the floating platform provided with the propelling device is controlled by the plurality of wires, the capturing device is carried by the platform, the floating platform is driven by the jet propelling device to be close to a target, and the posture and angle of the platform are adjusted by controlling the lengths of wires connected with the floating platform and the auxiliary adjusting device. The space floating object capturing device has the advantages of simple structure, small size, easiness in implementation of control, being capable of mounting in carious aerospace devices and capable of recycling for use and the like.

The invention belongs to related technical field of optimum structural design, discloses a method for topological optimization of multiphase material flexible mechanisms under stress constraints, and aims at optimizing structures of the multiphase material flexible mechanisms. The method comprises the following steps of: (1) constructing a multiphase material level set topological description model to describe distribution of a multiphase material structure; (2) constructing a rigidity interpolation model and a separable stress interpolation model to respectively calculate elastic rigidity and stress of the multiphase material structure; and (3) constructing a weighing method and stress punishment-based multiphase material flexible mechanism parameterized level set topological optimization model, optimizing output displacement and flexibility of a flexible mechanism, and controlling local stress of the multiphase material structure. The method is applied to topological optimization design of multiphase material flexible mechanisms under stress constraints, the optimized multiphase material flexible mechanisms have the advantages of being high in flexibility and high in rigidity, flexible knot parts of the multiphase material flexible mechanisms do not have single point hinge phenomenon, the structural strength requirements are satisfied, and the stress concentration problems are eased.

The invention discloses a displacement sensor type piezoceramic driver based on a flexible mechanism. The piezoceramic driver comprises a flexible mechanism, connection bodies, a matrix, a displacement sensor, a tube type piezoceramic and a piezoceramic sleeve, wherein the flexible mechanism consists of two-double parallel-four bar mechanisms which are mutually vertical; the two double-parallel four-bar mechanisms share a center rod; adjacent bars of each double parallel four bar mechanism are connected through flexible hinges; one end of the center rod is provided with an installation position of a tool rest; the other end of the center rod is connected with the matrix through the piezoceramic sleeve; the tube type piezoceramic is installed in the piezoceramic sleeve; the displacement sensor installed on the matrix is arranged on inside the piezoceramic sleeve and is used for sensing a displacement signal of the center rod; the tube type piezoceramic drives the center rod; and four side bars, parallel to the center rod, in the flexible mechanism are connected with the matrix through a connecting body respectively. The displacement sensor type piezoceramic driver based on the flexible mechanism has higher rigidity, output displacement and inherent frequency.

The invention discloses a long bone resetting robot in series-parallel connection, which comprises a serial connection part and a parallel connection part, wherein the serial connection part comprises a near-end fixing mechanism and a far-end fixing mechanism which are connected or disconnected through a positioning rod; each of the near-end fixing mechanism and the far-end fixing mechanism comprises a fixing plate, a locking bolt, a connecting rod, a connecting rod mounting base, a bracket rod and a latch clamping mechanism; the latch clamping mechanism comprises a connecting bolt and a latch; the parallel connection part comprises a far-end platform panel, a far-end platform connecting plate, a far-end platform pressing plate, a near-end platform panel, a near-end platform connecting plate, a near-end platform pressing plate and a stretching rod mechanism; and the stretching rod mechanism comprises a connecting hinge, a sleeve and a connecting rod. The long bone resetting robot in series-parallel connection is mainly used for realizing a function of assisting the resetting of long bone fracture by the robot under a closed condition. The long bone resetting robot in series-parallel connection has the characteristics of flexible mechanism, large work space, convenience in operation, and the like, and has an excellent application prospect.

The invention discloses a flexible mechanism topology optimization design method based on self-adaptive constraint. The method is used for solving the problem of single hinge existing in flexible mechanism topology optimization. The method comprises the following steps that an initial design area is given, finite element grids are divided, a finite element model of a current effective structure isformed, and meanwhile a mapping relation data file of a maximum design area grid model and the finite element model of the current effective structure is generated and stored; Performing finite element analysis to obtain displacement vector data under an actual load and a unit virtual load; Establishing a function expression of adaptive constraint based on the mutual strain energy, the flexibility, the volume and the mechanism comprehensive flexibility function change rate, establishing an approximate optimization model, converting the model into an approximate quadratic mathematical programming model, and obtaining a topological variable solution; And automatically updating the structure topological variable, and reading the structure grid and the model data to form a new structure system finite element model. The above steps are repeated, and the optimal topology can be obtained when the iteration process converges.

The invention discloses a two-dimensional parallel flexible micro-motion platform based on piezoelectric driving. The two-dimensional parallel flexible micro-motion platform comprises a fixed frame and a worktable which is arranged in the middle of the fixed frame. T-shaped displacement decoupling flexible mechanisms with the same structure are arranged around the worktable, every two adjacent T-shaped displacement decoupling flexible mechanisms are perpendicular to each other, wherein the outer sides of two adjacent T-shaped displacement decoupling flexible mechanisms are provided with symmetric displacement amplifying flexible mechanisms with the same structure, inner sides of two sides on the fixed frame close to the symmetric displacement amplifying flexible mechanisms are provided with grooves, piezoelectric stack drivers are arranged in the grooves, and displacement driving ends of the piezoelectric stack driver are in contact with the symmetric displacement amplifying flexible mechanisms. According to the micro-motion platform, the cross-coupling displacement in X and Y axial directions can be eliminated, the positioning precision is high, the stroke reaches 100 micrometersor more, the requirements of nanometer-level precision can be satisfied, and the micro-motion platform has the advantages of compact structure, strong anti-interference ability and low processing cost.

The embodiment of the invention provides a soft robot system which is applicable to detection operation of complex environments and unknown fields, based on SMA, self-feedback and SSMA driving, combines external feedback, and matches soft joints and rigid joints. The modules namely an SSMAs driver element module, a flexible mechanism module and foot SMA driver modules are provided, wherein electric current flowing through SSMAs is adopted to control the telescopic length of the SSMAs so as to control the integral contraction of the robot; the parallel structure of SMA and SSMA realizes SMA self-feedback and the external feedback of the SSMA, so that the accurate control on the soft robot is realized; an external 3D shell is used for connecting the front rigid part with the rear rigid part of the robot, so that the soft robot system has better flexibility; a square spring supports a flexible silica gel shell to provide restoring force and other power; two groups of SMA driver modules in front of and at back of each foot structure are controlled respectively, so that the feet motion is realized, and the motion of the robot is realized along with other units.

The invention discloses a rapid positioning platform based on collinear flexible assembly of a plurality of power assemblies, which comprises a fixed soleplate, a movable soleplate capable of linearlymoving is arranged on the fixed soleplate, a floating soleplate is supported on the movable soleplate, and an engine positioning module pin shaft and a gearbox positioning module pin shaft are arranged on the floating soleplate; a replaceable engine positioning module is connected with the engine positioning module pin shaft, and a replaceable gearbox positioning module is connected with the gearbox positioning module pin shaft. The rapid positioning platform adopts a modularized design method to achieve reasonable and simple design of an assemblage positioning system of the power assemblies,not only greatly reducing the tool investment cost, but also greatly improving the collinear flexible production capability of different products; the rapid positioning platform has flexible mechanism motion, rapid and reliable transposition, rapid and accurate module replacement, long service life and convenient maintenance, and is particularly suitable for the mass and collinear flexible assemblage of serial plurality of series of vehicle types of power assemblies and vehicle bodies.

The invention discloses a two-in-parallel parallel decoupling flexible microposition mechanism, which is based on piezoelectric ceramic driving, and is characterized in that: the product comprises a movable platform, four flexible branched chains, two piezoelectric ceramic drivers, one rigid bracing frame and one pedestal; the mechanism is used for supporting four flexible branched chains and forms a Chinese character Tian shaped structure together with the rigid bracing frame of the movable platform, and the movable is located in the center, and four flexible branched chains with rectangular designs are uniformly distributed outside the four rigid edges of the rigid bracing frame, and each flexible branched chain is composed of an internal double-four rod flexible mechanism and an external double-parallelogram flexible mechanism; two piezoelectric ceramic drivers have the same structures, and one is placed horizontally and the other is placed vertically; the pedestal has a square framework structure with a hollow central section, and a sidewall structure protruded upwards along the frame near four drift angles is provided, simultaneously four block shaped protrusions are extended from the bottom to the internal direction of the pedestal.