US 11,717,761 B2
Motion simulator
Chih-Hung Ouyang, Kaohsiung (TW); Yang-Chen Lin, New Taipei (TW); Zong-Yu Yu, Kaohsiung (TW); and Ching-Wen Chuang, Kaohsiung (TW)
Assigned to BROGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC., Kaohsiung (TW)
Filed by BROGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC., Kaohsiung (TW)
Filed on Dec. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/547,160.
Claims priority of application No. 110100843 (TW), filed on Jan. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0219093 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. A63G 31/16 (2006.01); A63G 31/02 (2006.01)
CPC A63G 31/16 (2013.01) [A63G 31/02 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A motion simulator, comprising:
a base;
a motion platform movably connected to the base;
a carrying platform, comprising a carrier arranged on the carrying platform;
a support assembly movably connected to the motion platform and the carrying platform, wherein the support assembly further comprises:
an actuator having a first end movably connected to the motion platform and a second end movably connected to the carrying platform; and
a support tube having a first end movably connected to the motion platform and a second end movably connected to the carrying platform; and
one of the actuator and the support tube cooperatively supports the carrying platform; and
a driver assembly for driving the motion platform to move relative to the base and driving the actuator to actuate the carrying platform to move relative to the motion platform;
wherein the actuator comprises a base portion and an extension portion, the base portion has a first end pivotally connected to the motion platform and a second end opposite to the first end of the base portion, the extension portion has a first end movably connected to the carrying platform and a second end opposite to the first end of the extension portion, and the second end of the extension portion is sleeved within the second end of the base portion such that the second end of the extension portion is telescopically extendible with respect to the second end of the base portion;
wherein the first end of the actuator is pivotally connected to the carrying platform by a first joint, such that when the extension portion of the actuator extends or contracts, the carrying platform pivots about the first joint;
wherein the support assembly includes one of the actuator and two of the support tubes, and the actuator is arranged between the two support tubes;
wherein the driver assembly further comprises:
a motor mounting seat fixedly arranged on the motion platform; and
a motor assembly hung at the motor mounting seat, wherein the motor assembly includes a driving motor hung at the motor mounting seat and an output fixedly connected to the base, the output is driven by the driving motor to rotate so as to rotate the motion platform with respect to the base.