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US 12,612,957 B1Granted
Segmented gear synchronization system
OwnerAllen E. Nejahinventor
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Abstract
A system for managing and accommodating variations in the operational interfaces involved in the linkage of segmented gears that expand radially, to include improvements to the mounting and articulation of the segment portions of the gear and subsystems for controlling and ameliorating the effects of linear variations in the plane of rotation and variations in the coordinated changes in the radius of multiple segmented gears in a linkage system with the incorporation of a microprocessor.
Claims9
A system, comprising:
- a gear having a plurality of movable portions that are individually or collectively movable to adjust a dimension or a shape of the gear, each portion having a leading edge and a trailing edge;
- a microprocessor programmable to control the position of the plurality of movable portions;
- a sensor positioned within sensing distance of a first movable portion;
- the sensor operatively connected to the microprocessor to provide position information of the first movable portion;
- and
- the microprocessor programmable to use the position information to adjust the position of the first movable portion.
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A system, comprising:
- a first gear and a second gear, each having a plurality of movable portions that are individually or collectively movable to adjust a dimension or a shape of their gear, each portion having a leading edge and a trailing edge;
- a microprocessor programmable to control the position of the plurality of movable portions;
- one of the plurality of sensors positioned within sensing distance of each of the movable portions;
- the plurality of sensors operatively connected to the microprocessor to provide position information of each of the movable portions;
- and
- the microprocessor programmable to use the position information to adjust the position of each of the movable portions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.