US 12,253,157 B2
Systems and methods of use of slew drivers with sensor carriers
Adam Plesniak, Huntington Beach, CA (US); Peter Hruby, Scottsdale, AZ (US); and Brandon Larson, Lakewood, CA (US)
Assigned to Kinematics, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed by Kinematics, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed on Apr. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/733,725.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/182,400, filed on Apr. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0349462 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. F16H 57/01 (2012.01); F16H 57/021 (2012.01); F16H 57/029 (2012.01); F16H 57/039 (2012.01)
CPC F16H 57/01 (2013.01) [F16H 57/021 (2013.01); F16H 57/029 (2013.01); F16H 57/039 (2013.01); F16H 2057/012 (2013.01); F16H 2057/0213 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
20. A slew drive system comprising:
a worm gear shaft having an end wall;
a sensor carrier comprising a deformation element, wherein the deformation element is a cantilevered deformation element; and
one or more sensors coupled to the deformation element;
wherein the sensor carrier is coupled to the end wall of the worm gear shaft.