Rotating Utility Adapter for Robotics Binding Prevention
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing robotic assembly systems face challenges in delivering utilities like fluid and electrical current while allowing for multi-directional movement without interference, as conventional systems often impede the movement of robotics components during utility delivery.
Innovation Solution
A material delivery interface featuring a central fluid hub with a rotating inner portion and a spirally wound divider within a rotating disk, which maintains a consistent length to prevent binding and allows for flexible conduit operation, enabling seamless delivery of utilities like fluid and electrical current to multi-directional robotics components.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional utility delivery systems are used in robotic assemblies, then utilities can be delivered to robotics components, but the systems impede the multi-directional movement of robotics components
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the utility delivery system itself movable through the incorporation of a rotating disk that can rotate about a central axis. This rotating disk carries conduits and electrical cables that dynamically adjust their position and configuration as the robotic component moves, allowing the system to adapt to multi-directional movements while maintaining continuous utility delivery. The rotating disk mechanism enables the utility delivery interface to move with the robotic component rather than remaining fixed, thus resolving the contradiction between movement freedom and utility delivery reliability.
2Stability of the object's composition
If rigid conduits are used for utility delivery, then structural stability is maintained, but binding occurs during rotational movement
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies flexible shells and thin films by using a spirally wound divider within the rotating disk to define a continuous spiral cavity. This spiral configuration allows the conduits and cables to flex and unwind smoothly during rotation without binding or tangling. The spiral cavity provides a flexible pathway that accommodates the dynamic movement of the rotating disk while maintaining the structural integrity of the utility delivery system, thus resolving the contradiction between structural stability and rotational movement smoothness.
3Ease of manufacture
If fixed utility delivery interfaces are used, then installation simplicity is achieved, but adaptability to various orientations and rotations is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by designing a rotating disk mechanism that can accommodate multiple functions within a single structure. The rotating disk not only delivers utilities but also adapts to various orientations and rotations of the robotic component. The spiral cavity and rotating disk configuration allow the same interface to handle different movement patterns and orientations, making the utility delivery system universally applicable to various robotic component configurations without requiring multiple specialized interfaces, thus resolving the contradiction between installation simplicity and orientation adaptability.
Data Source
AI summary
A material delivery interface includes a fixed assembly that is coupled to a primary structural attachment. The fixed assembly includes a fluid inlet and a wired input, wherein the fixed assembly defines a central axis. A rotational assembly is rotationally coupled to the fixed assembly and that rotates about the central axis with respect to the fixed assembly. The rotational assembly includes an inner portion having a fluid outlet in fluid communication with the fluid inlet and an outer portion having a wired output, wherein a conduit extends from the wired input to the wired output.