US 12,109,697 B2
Actuator arrangement
James B. Klassen, Osoyoos (CA); and Nathan Armstrong, Rocky View County (CA)
Assigned to Genesis Advanced Technology Inc., Surrey (CA); and 1478021 B.C. Ltd, Surrey (CA)
Appl. No. 17/418,882
Filed by Genesis Motion Solutions, LP, Wichita, KS (US); and Genesis Advanced Technology Inc., Surrey (CA)
PCT Filed Jan. 16, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/050330
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 28, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/148692, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/793,026, filed on Jan. 16, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1915013 (GB), filed on Oct. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0055227 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. B25J 9/10 (2006.01); B25J 9/12 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); H02K 7/00 (2006.01); H02K 7/10 (2006.01); F16H 7/02 (2006.01); F16H 19/00 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 9/104 (2013.01) [B25J 9/126 (2013.01); B25J 13/088 (2013.01); H02K 7/003 (2013.01); H02K 7/1012 (2013.01); F16H 7/02 (2013.01); F16H 19/005 (2013.01); H02K 2213/03 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An actuator comprising:
a motor having a motor housing and a drive shaft, the motor arranged to rotate the drive shaft relative to the motor housing about a drive shaft axis;
a first torque transfer device arranged to transfer torque from the drive shaft to a second shaft, the second shaft being rotatable about a second shaft axis parallel to and radially spaced from the drive shaft axis; and
an output torque transfer device arranged to transfer torque from the second shaft to the motor housing,
wherein:
when the motor housing is maintained in a fixed position, rotation of the drive shaft relative to the motor housing causes rotation of the position of the second shaft axis about the motor housing, or
when the position of the second shaft axis is maintained in a fixed position, rotation of the drive shaft relative to the motor housing causes rotation of the motor housing about the position of the second shaft axis.