1392 results about "Linear actuator" patented technology

A seating unit includes: a frame having a pair of arms, wherein each of the arms includes a cutaway portion in a lower rear area thereof, the cutaway portion configured to receive a tread and a riser of a riser arrangement; a backrest; a seat; a first footrest; a reclining mechanism; and a linear actuator. The reclining mechanism is connected between the backrest, seat, and first footrest, the reclining mechanism comprising a series of pivotally interconnected links and configured to move the seating unit between: (a) an upright position, in which the backrest is disposed at a first generally upright backrest angle relative to the seat, the seat is disposed at a first generally horizontal seat angle and at a first longitudinal position, and the first footrest is retracted below a forward portion of the seat; and (b) a fully reclined position, in which the backrest is disposed at a second backrest angle relative to horizontal that is shallower than the first backrest angle, the first footrest is extended in front of the seat, the seat has a second seat angle that is deeper relative to horizontal than the first seat angle, and the seat has a second longitudinal position that is rearward of the first longitudinal position. The reclining mechanism includes a footrest mechanism attached to the first footrest, the footrest mechanism configured to control relative movement of the first footrest relative to the seat. The linear actuator is attached to the reclining mechanism and the footrest linkage and configured to move the backrest, seat and first footrest between the upright and fully reclined positions. The linear actuator and the footrest linkage reside entirely below a front portion of the seat and in front of the cutaway portion of the arms.

A powered chair comprises a chair framework, which includes a pair of oppositely disposed armrests, a chair seat frame which is fixedly connected to the pair of armrests, a footrest, a backrest, a first linear actuator mounted upon the pair of armrests and operatively connected to the footrest, and a second linear actuator mounted upon the armrests and operatively connected to the backrest. When the first and second linear actuators are actuated, they can respectfully actuate or move the footrest and backrest, however, in view of the fact that the first and second linear actuators are not operatively connected to the chair seat frame, and in view of the additional fact that the chair seat frame is fixedly mounted upon the pair of armrests, the chair seat frame will remain stationary despite movements of the footrest and backrest, to any one of their multiple positions, as a result of the actuation of the first and second linear actuators.

A recliner chair, love seat, or sofa comprises a backrest, a seat, a footrest, and pairs of symmetrical, oppositely disposed linkage members for moving the backrest between upright and reclined positions, and for moving the footrest between retracted and extended positions. A protective cover is fixedly attached to the footrest such that opposite sides of forward portions of the pairs of symmetrical, oppositely disposed linkage members are covered so as to prevent parts of young children or pets from being caught within the forward portions of the pairs of symmetrical, oppositely disposed linkage members as the pairs of symmetrical, oppositely disposed linkage members are moving the footrest between its retracted and extended positions. In addition, a single linear actuator is utilized to move both the backrest between its upright and inclined positions, and to move the footrest between its retracted and extended positions.

An actuating mechanism for a powered furniture piece comprises a base, a seat rail operatively connected to the base, a back support bracket, a footrest mounting bracket, an ottoman drive link, a linear actuator, and a control link, such that when the linear actuator is extended to a first predetermined position, the footrest mounting bracket will be moved from a retracted position to an open position, the back support bracket will be maintained at an upright position, whereby the actuating mechanism will be disposed at a TV position, and when the linear actuator is extended to a second predetermined position, the back support bracket will be moved from the upright position to a reclined position whereby the actuating mechanism will be disposed at a fully RECLINED position.

The invention discloses a high dynamic response control method and system for a linear actuator of a humanoid robot, and the method comprises the steps: collecting the pressure and moment data of a contact point, carrying out the data preprocessing and signal calibration processing, and obtaining the calibration pressure and moment data; based on the calibrated pressure and torque data, performing high-frequency signal extraction to obtain dynamic change characteristics, and performing distribution diagram construction in combination with the pressure and torque data to obtain a pressure distribution diagram and a torque distribution diagram; performing data fusion processing according to the pressure distribution diagram and the torque distribution diagram, generating real-time contact area distribution, and performing dynamic prediction model construction based on the pressure and torque data to obtain a dynamic prediction model; according to the dynamic prediction model, actuator output force and joint angle adjustment amount are calculated, output torque and angle compensation amount are generated, torque distribution optimization and force feedback compensation are carried out, and an optimized final control signal is obtained. According to the method, high-dynamic response control of the controller can be realized.

A two-motor lift and recline system for a powered chair comprises a base, at least one footrest / ottoman support bracket for mounting and supporting a footrest or ottoman thereon, at least one seat rail for mounting and supporting a seat thereon, at least one backrest support bracket for mounting and supporting a backrest thereon, a first linear actuator mounted upon the base and operatively connected to the at least one footrest / ottoman support bracket for moving the at least one footrest / ottoman support bracket between extended and retracted positions, and a second linear actuator mounted upon the at least one seat rail and operatively connected to the at least one backrest support bracket for moving the at least one backrest support bracket between fully upright and fully reclined positions.

An electric linear actuator has a housing extending along a longitudinal axis. A spindle is provided in the housing and extends along the longitudinal axis. A rod is coaxially coupled to the spindle and extends from a proximal end located in the housing to a distal end located outside the housing. The rod is movable along the longitudinal axis in response to rotation of the spindle. A circuit board is located in the housing adjacent the proximal end of the rod. The circuit board includes a linear inductive sensor having a linear axis oriented parallel to the longitudinal axis. The linear inductive sensor senses an actual position of the proximal end of the rod.

A linear actuator system includes a linear actuator and an integrated pump assembly connected to the linear actuator to provide fluid to operate the linear actuator. The integrated pump assembly includes a pump with two fluid drivers, each fluid driver comprising a prime mover and a fluid displacement assembly to be driven by the prime mover such that fluid is transferred from a first port of the pump to a second port of the pump. The pump assembly also includes two valve assembles to isolate the pump from the system. The linear actuator system also includes a controller that establishes the pump in a normal mode of operation in which the prime movers are independently driven and switches to a fail-safe mode of operation in which only one prime mover is operated.

A positive drive differential assembly including a differential with an input pinion configured to operably engage with a drive shaft so as to permit the drive shaft to rotate the pinion. A bi-directional overrunning clutch assembly is configured to transmit torque between the pinion and two drive axle segments. A pinion disconnect assembly is provided for controlling transmission of rotation to the pinion and including a rotary coupler. A linear actuator is connected to the rotary coupler and configured to translate the rotary coupler between connected and disconnected positions.

An end effector for a picking robot, and a method of use, the end effector comprising: a body; a shaft slidably coupled to the body and extending along a longitudinal axis between a proximal end and a distal end, the shaft having a vacuum lumen extending therethrough along the longitudinal axis; a suction cup coupled to the distal end of the shaft such that an interior volume of the suction cup is in fluid communication with the vacuum lumen; a vacuum generator connected to the vacuum lumen at the proximal end of the shaft and configured to create suction therethrough; and a linear actuator configured to slide the shaft along the longitudinal axis between an extended position in which the suction cup is relatively farther from the body and a retracted position in which the suction cup is relatively closer to the body.

The technology described herein is directed towards a reconfigurable surface device that reflects an impinging electromagnetic signal, with a phase profile determined by vertical positioning of a flexible metallic ground plane beneath metallic resonating elements of the reconfigurable surface. The vertical positioning forms different gaps between portions of the flexible ground plane and the respective metallic resonating elements above those portions, to determine the direction of the reflected beam. In one implementation, four individually linear actuators (vertical driving motors) are mechanically coupled to the corners of the ground plane of a metasurface (panel). These actuators and motors are independently controlled to establish the phase profile, by determining the amount of vertical positioning of each corner of the flexible ground plane to steer the reflected beam. The low-cost design can operate to steer millimeter wavelength beams in many wireless communication scenarios.

The invention discloses a method and a system for automatically adjusting the rotation angle of an engine blade. The method for automatically adjusting the rotation angle of the engine blade comprises the following steps: collecting historical parameters of an engine, collecting real-time data of the engine, carrying out multi-dimensional data fusion on the data to extract key information, screening remarkable influence factors, and constructing a parameter influence network diagram; a four-channel long-short-term memory prediction model is established, four channels output corresponding prediction results respectively, and constraint and error correction are carried out on the prediction results; a corner angle is calculated according to a four-channel output prediction result, constraint limitation and a parameter influence network diagram, and an output corner instruction is directly mapped into actuator displacement; through compensation of a nonlinear actuator, the adjustment precision is guaranteed, and it is ensured that the actuator accurately executes a rotation angle instruction; and the model is lightened, so that the finally obtained decision tree model can efficiently run in an embedded system. The rotating angle of the engine blade can be automatically adjusted under different working conditions, and the adjusting efficiency of the rotating angle of the engine blade is improved.

The utility model discloses a barrel cake gripping apparatus for a nuclear power station, which belongs to the field of barrel cake gripping apparatuses and comprises a connecting frame, a fixing disc is fixedly connected to the bottom of the connecting frame, holding claws are movably connected to four sides of the fixing disc, a linear actuator is fixedly connected to the top surface of the fixing disc, and a servo motor is fixedly connected to one side of the linear actuator. According to the arranged connecting mechanism, after a positioning rod on the bottom face of a mounting base is inserted into a positioning hole in the top face of a connecting frame, a concave plate is overturned upwards to enable an inserting plate to be aligned with a connecting opening, a screw knob is rotated to push a pressing plate to move through a rotating block till the inserting plate installed on the bottom face of the pressing plate penetrates through the connecting opening to be inserted into a limiting opening, and then the screw knob cannot be rotated; therefore, the purpose that the gripping apparatus is conveniently installed and fixed on the telescopic arm to be used is achieved, the gripping apparatus can be conveniently and timely detached from the telescopic arm to be maintained or replaced after the subsequent gripping apparatus breaks down, then the gripping apparatus can be conveniently detached and used on the telescopic arm, and the working efficiency is improved.

A new and improved powered chair comprises a chair frame, a backrest assembly, a seat assembly, a footrest assembly, a linkage system, and a linear actuator operatively connected, by the linkage system, to the backrest assembly, the seat assembly, and the footrest assembly for actuating the backrest assembly, the seat assembly, and the footrest assembly between various positions. The seat assembly comprises a seat plate having a substantially V or L-shaped configuration wherein a rearward leg of the V or L-shaped seat plate has a distorted or elongated N or Z-shaped configuration which includes a central, substantially horizontally extending section that, along with the seat plate, can accommodate an enlarged chair seat for, in turn, accommodating large or tall chair users.

The present disclosure is directed to a multifunctional tailgate door and cargo load system that includes a multidirectional bumper apparatus with adaptable tow hitch receiver. The multifunctional tailgate door is adjacent to a cargo bed area having a rail system attached to the multifunctional tailgate door. The rail system having a linear actuator includes a rotary actuator hinge that enables the multifunctional tailgate door to function in a first direction and in a second direction. The multidirectional bumper apparatus is operable in a first direction and in a second direction, and may work in conjunction with the multifunctional tailgate door. The multifunctional tailgate door has at least one anchor that works in conjunction with the cargo load system. The cargo load system includes a plurality of ports in a rear cargo floor surface having a plurality of winches and at least one motor for securing a cargo load.

A measurement system for a focal distance measurement of an optic includes: a translation stage including a base and platform configured to translate in linear motion relative to each other in an automated manner driven by a linear actuator; a reference material disposed on the translation stage and having a surface opposite the optic to be measured; a measuring device configured to measure a gap between the surface of the reference material and a distal tip of the optic in an automated manner; a spectrometer in optical communication with the optic; and a controller configured to operate the translation stage, the measuring device, and the spectrometer and to determine a focal distance of the optic based on a spectral characteristic of a measurement spectrum and on a final gap between the surface of the reference material and the distal tip of the optic at which the spectral characteristic is determined.

A removeable vehicle hardtop lift apparatus is described which includes a lower platform, an upper platform and a linear actuator there-between. The upper platform may have adjustable supports, The linear actuator may be configured to move the upper platform linearly. The linear actuator may include a drive mechanism with a hand crank that is operable to cause the linear actuator to raise and lower the upper platform.

The utility model provides a reaction tank for heat transfer fluid production. The reaction tank comprises a reaction kettle main body, an omnidirectional flow mixing assembly and a convection ring seat, a linear actuator is arranged on the top surface of the reaction kettle main body and drives the omni-directional flow mixing assembly to do lifting motion in the reaction kettle main body. The omni-directional flow mixing assembly comprises a circulating guide cylinder, a driving machine cylinder and a centrifugal impeller, the flow speed of liquid in the circulating guide cylinder is increased through high-speed rotation of the centrifugal impeller, and high-speed conveying and flow mixing stirring of the liquid are achieved. The convection ring seat is positioned at the bottom end of the omnidirectional flow mixing assembly, and liquid convection spraying is performed through a plurality of spraying holes, so that the liquid is fully mixed in the reaction kettle main body, and the stirring uniformity of the liquid is ensured. The liquid mixing device can realize liquid layered mixing in the vertical direction, avoids local uneven mixing, improves the mixing efficiency of heat conduction liquid, and is suitable for efficient stirring of various complex liquids.

A grease filling method for a ball screw device includes the steps of covering an outer periphery of a screw shaft protruding from one end portion of a nut with a covering member, supplying grease to a portion between a nut inner peripheral surface on one end portion side of the nut and the screw shaft, inserting the protruding screw shaft into a nut inner side while being covered with the covering member, bringing a tip of the covering member in an insertion direction closer to an end portion of an infinite circulation path on the one end portion side of the nut, and sending the grease supplied to the nut inner side to a region of the infinite circulation path, pulling out the covering member together with the screw shaft from the one end portion of the nut, and taking out the covering member from the screw shaft.

A remotely controlled powered chair may include a support frame, a seat pivotally mounted on the support frame, an rotary actuator mounted between the support frame and the seat to drive the seat to move relative to the support frame, a backrest pivotally mounted on the seat, and a linear actuator mounted between the seat and the backrest to drive the backrest to move relative to the seat. Thus, the rotary actuator may be controlled by an electrically control device to drive the seat to pivot relative to the support frame reciprocally in a pendulum manner so that the seat is pivoted relative to the support frame automatically. In addition, the linear actuator may be controlled by the electrically control device to adjust the inclined angle of the backrest so as to provide a comfortable sensation to the user.

An adjustable bed base has a stationary frame and a stationary seat platform raised above the stationary frame via a riser. An articulating platform includes multiple platforms hinged together. Two platforms are hinged to the stationary seat platform. Front and rear linear actuators articulate the deck such that head and foot platforms decline relative to the stationary seat platform when the linear actuators are retracted. The head and foot platforms are inclined when the linear actuators are extended.

The invention discloses continuous melt impregnation equipment based on dynamic pressure regulation, which comprises a rack, a fiber band cleaning mechanism and an impregnation mechanism are arranged in the rack, the fiber band cleaning mechanism comprises a driving assembly and two height adjusting assemblies, and the impregnation mechanism comprises a melt bath tank used for accommodating matrix resin in a molten state, the device comprises at least one heating device and at least one resin temperature sensor. The invention relates to the technical field of fiber compounding. According to the continuous melt impregnation equipment based on dynamic pressure adjustment, a precise servo linear actuator is combined with a force sensor and a displacement sensor, so that an impregnation pressure adjusting mechanism with high response and high precision is formed. The mechanism can adjust a roller gap with micron-level precision and respond to a control instruction with millisecond-level response speed, so that the real-time performance and accuracy of impregnation pressure adjustment are ensured, and the system can change according to different fiber bundle characteristics and resin viscosity.

In a first aspect of the present invention there is provided a wind turbine comprising a tower, a nacelle mounted on the tower, and a rotor mounted to the nacelle. The rotor comprises a hub and at least three wind turbine blades. Each blade extends between a root and a tip. Each blade further comprises a connection point located between the root and the tip. The wind turbine further comprises a plurality of blade connecting members, each blade connecting member being connected between corresponding connection points of a pair of wind turbine blades. The wind turbine further comprises a tensioning system for adjusting the tension in each blade connecting member. The tensioning system comprises a plurality of linear actuators, each linear actuator being coupled between the hub and a respective blade connecting member. Each linear actuator is configured to adjust the tension in the blade connecting member.

A device for wall mounting a display including a mount assembly and a swivel mechanism assembly. The mount assembly includes a television mounting portion and an extending / contracting portion and the swivel mechanism assembly moveable between a first and a second configuration and including a biasing component. The extending / contracting portion includes a lower arm, an upper arm, a front bracket, a wall mounting bracket, one or more gas springs, and a linear actuator. The one or more gas springs and the linear actuator may lower and raise the television mounting portion. The biasing component is configured to bias the television mounting portion to swivel in a first or a second direction when the swivel mechanism assembly is in the first configuration when the display mounting portion is lowered. The mount assembly may include a set screw to set a swivel stop for the first and the second swivel directions.

A linear actuator includes a housing; a motor module that includes a motor; and a drivetrain module coupled to the motor module. The drivetrain module includes a ball screw coupled to the motor, a ball nut coupled to and configured to linearly ride on the ball screw during rotation of the ball screw, a rod coupled to the ball nut and configured to extend or retract from the housing based on the ball nut linearly riding on the ball screw during rotation of the ball screw, and an anti-rotation bushing coupled to the rod and including at least one slot configured to engage with and linearly ride on a key coupled to an inner surface of the housing based on the ball nut linearly riding on the ball screw during rotation of the ball screw. The anti-rotation bushing is further configured to restrain the rod against rotation during extension and retraction.

The invention provides a linear actuator and a humanoid robot, and relates to the field of linear actuators. The linear actuator comprises a shell assembly, a driving piece, a torque transmission assembly, a ball screw assembly and an execution rod. The driving piece, the torque transmission assembly and the ball screw assembly are all installed in the shell assembly, and a driving shaft of the driving piece extends into the input end of the torque transmission assembly and is in static friction connection with the torque transmission assembly. The ball screw assembly comprises a screw shaft and a nut, and the output end of the torque transmission assembly is connected with the screw shaft; the nut is in threaded connection with the lead screw shaft and is in sliding fit with the shell assembly. One end of the execution rod extends into the shell assembly and is connected with the nut. According to the linear actuator provided by the invention, the technical problems of high system complexity and cost and low force control response speed caused by the fact that a linear actuator in the prior art cannot realize reverse driving and needs to be provided with a force sensor are solved.

A method includes disposing an intervention service tool within a tubular. The intervention service tool includes an anchoring system, a shifting system, and a linear actuator system. The tubular includes a shifting profile geometry disposed within the tubular at a first location. The anchoring system, the shifting system, and / or the linear actuator system is actuated. Shifter system pressure, linear actuator system force / pressure, and displacement of the shifting system is measured. A known graph of the shifting profile geometry is compared to one or more of a measured pressure, a measured force, or a measured displacement. A position of a key disposed on the shifting system is determined relative to the shifting profile. The shifting profile geometry is engaged with the key based on the position of the key. The shifting profile geometry is positioned at a second location that is different from the first location.

An adjustable bed base has a stationary frame and a stationary seat platform raised above the stationary frame via a riser. An articulating platform includes three platforms, head and foot platforms being hinged to the stationary seat platform. Front and rear linear actuators articulate the deck such that the head and foot platforms decline relative to the stationary seat platform when the linear actuators are retracted. The head and foot platforms may be inclined when the linear actuators are extended. In some configurations, all three platforms may be co-planar. The raised seat platform of the articulated platform facilitates those who sleep face down.

A method of operating a robot includes operating a robot that includes a body assembly that includes a frame formed of at least one body joint assembly, and at least one pair of joint linear actuators that form the at least one body joint. The method further includes controlling the at least one pair of joint linear actuators to operate in combination to adjust the at least one body joint assembly in two degrees of freedom through differential linear actuation.