Power transmission system
AssigneeDuplicent, LLC
InventorCurren Emmett Krasnoff
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Abstract
A power transmission assembly includes a base, a rotating frame rotatably coupled to the base and configured to rotate about an axis, an output shaft coupled to the rotating frame, a weight selectively repositionable relative to the rotating frame, and a weight actuator configured to reposition the weight relative to the rotating frame to move the weight from a subtraction position located at a first height to an addition position located at a second height. The second height is greater than the first height such that a gravitational force on the weight drives the rotating frame to rotate about the axis and drive the output shaft.
Claims12
A power transmission assembly, comprising:
- a base;
- a rotating frame rotatably coupled to the base and configured to rotate about an axis;
- a container coupled to the rotating frame;
- an output shaft coupled to the rotating frame;
- a weight selectively coupled to and repositionable relative to the rotating frame, wherein the weight is a volume of flowable material received by the container;
- and
- a weight actuator configured to reposition the weight relative to the rotating frame to move the weight from a subtraction position located at a first height to an addition position located at a second height,
- wherein the second height is greater than the first height such that a gravitational force on the weight drives the rotating frame to rotate about the axis and drive the output shaft, and
- wherein the weight is decoupled from the rotating frame in response to the weight entering the subtraction position.
A power transmission assembly, comprising:
- a base;
- a rotating frame rotatably coupled to the base and configured to rotate about an axis;
- a track coupled to the rotating frame;
- an output shaft coupled to the rotating frame;
- a weight selectively repositionable relative to the rotating frame, wherein the weight is slidably coupled to the track such that the weight is selectively repositionable relative to the rotating frame along a path defined by the track, wherein the axis intersects the path such that the weight is repositionable to a position in which the axis intersects the weight;
- and
- a weight actuator configured to reposition the weight relative to the rotating frame to move the weight from a subtraction position located at a first height to an addition position located at a second height,
- wherein the second height is greater than the first height such that a gravitational force on the weight drives the rotating frame to rotate about the axis and drive the output shaft.
A power transmission assembly, comprising:
- a first base;
- a first rotating frame rotatably coupled to the first base and configured to rotate about a first axis;
- a first output shaft coupled to the first rotating frame;
- a first weight selectively repositionable relative to the first rotating frame;
- and
- a first weight actuator configured to reposition the first weight relative to the first rotating frame to move the first weight from a subtraction position located at a first height to an addition position located at a second height, wherein the second height is greater than the first height such that a gravitational force on the first weight drives the first rotating frame to rotate about the first axis and drive the first output shaft;
- a second base;
- a second rotating frame rotatably coupled to the second base and configured to rotate about a second axis;
- a second output shaft coupled to the second rotating frame;
- a second weight selectively repositionable relative to the second rotating frame;
- a second weight actuator configured to reposition the second weight relative to the second rotating frame such that a gravitational force on the second weight drives the second rotating frame to rotate about the second axis and drive the second output shaft;
- a first electromagnetic device coupled to the first output shaft;
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- a second electromagnetic device coupled to the second output shaft,
- wherein the first electromagnetic device is configured to provide electrical energy to the second electromagnetic device such that the second electromagnetic device drives the second rotating frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.