US 12,188,545 B2
Geared drive system providing intermittent motion
Nikhil Kumar, Albuquerque, NM (US); and Nathan Schuknecht, Golden, CO (US)
Assigned to ARRAY TECH, INC., Albuquerque, NM (US)
Filed by Array Tech, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (US)
Filed on Jul. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/358,446.
Application 18/358,446 is a division of application No. 17/650,489, filed on Feb. 9, 2022, granted, now 11,711,052, issued on Jul. 25, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/147,425, filed on Feb. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0370015 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. F16H 27/06 (2006.01); F16H 29/12 (2006.01); F24S 25/70 (2018.01); F24S 30/00 (2018.01); F24S 30/425 (2018.01); H02S 20/32 (2014.01)
CPC F16H 27/06 (2013.01) [F16H 29/12 (2013.01); F24S 30/425 (2018.05); H02S 20/32 (2014.12); F24S 25/70 (2018.05); F24S 2030/12 (2018.05); F24S 2030/134 (2018.05); Y02E 10/50 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mounting assembly, comprising:
an arced connecting member that includes:
a first plate;
a second plate positioned adjacent to the first plate; and
a plurality of pegs interposed between the first plate and the second plate;
an intermittent-motion drive system that includes:
a drive wheel positioned at least partially between the first plate and the second plate;
a protrusion extending from a center of a base surface of the drive wheel, the protrusion being shaped to interface with one or more pegs of the plurality of pegs,
a first protruding wall that extends from the base surface of the drive wheel; and
a second protruding wall that extends from the base surface of the drive wheel, wherein the first protruding wall is located closer to the center of the drive wheel than the second protruding wall.