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US 12,320,676 B2Granted
Dual rotary variable differential transducer
AssigneeSensata Technologies, Inc.
InventorsSaeed Yazdani, Prem Trivedi
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards rotary variable differential transducers. The transducer may include a housing and an armature shaft included within the housing. The transducer may further include an input shaft configured to mate with an airplane shaft. The input shaft may be located independently from the armature shaft.
Claims8
A rotary variable differential transducer comprising:
- a housing;
- an armature shaft included within the housing;
- an input shaft configured to mate with an airplane shaft, wherein the input shaft is independent from the armature shaft;
- a segmented anti-backlash gear attached to the armature shaft;
- a pinion gear shaft assembly configured to drive the segmented anti-backlash gear thereby creating a single stage gear reducer assembly;
- and
- a plurality of stop pins included on each side of the segmented anti-backlash gear, wherein the plurality of stop pins configured to prevent the segmented anti-backlash gear from disengaging with the pinion gear shaft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.