US 11,654,584 B2
Actuator
Cheng-Kai Huang, Taichung (TW); Zhi-Xiang Chen, Taichung (TW); Chi-Ying Lin, Taipei (TW); and Chien-Ping Wu, Taipei (TW)
Assigned to INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Hsinchu (TW)
Filed by INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Hsinchu (TW)
Filed on Aug. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/402,104.
Claims priority of application No. 110122453 (TW), filed on Jun. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0402149 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. B25J 19/06 (2006.01); F16D 3/56 (2006.01); F16D 3/66 (2006.01); F16D 3/62 (2006.01); B25J 17/02 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 19/068 (2013.01) [B25J 17/0241 (2013.01); F16D 3/56 (2013.01); F16D 3/62 (2013.01); F16D 3/66 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An actuator, comprising:
a casing;
an output disc, rotatably disposed on the casing;
a transmission component, rotatably disposed on the casing;
a cable, disposed through the transmission component and having an end connected to the output disc;
a first power source, disposed on the casing and connected to the transmission component, wherein the first power source is configured to drive the transmission component to rotate relative to the casing; and
a tension adjustment assembly, comprising:
a lever, having a first end and a second end opposite to each other, wherein the first end is connected to another end of the cable;
an elastic component, connected to the casing and the second end of the lever; and
a slidable component, slidably disposed on the casing and in contact with a portion of the lever located between the first end and the second end of the lever, wherein the slidable component is slidable along the lever to change a position thereof relative to the first end and the second end so as to adjust a tension of the cable.