US 2003/0066291 A1Published application

Internally powered compact actuator for robotic applications

OwnerClaudio Filipponeinventor

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Abstract

Robotic, and Exoskeletal designs and applications may require a direct conversion of power in the form of electrical, hydraulic, or mechanical actuation. By utilizing actuators powered by a miniaturized power source located inside the actuator the normally cumbersome external systems for power generation and distribution are eliminated. In this invention a piston-cylinder assembly integrated concentrically inside the core of a special burner provides a controlled power-stroke to be utilized as the actuator for robotic and similarly actuated structures. Each actuator has its own fuel reservoir and can be operated independently of each other through an internal computer system, as well as the action of one or more self-powered actuator(s) can be controlled by an external computer so as to execute programmed routines involving several actuators simultaneously.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An internally powered compact actuator powered by fossil fuels configured to produce electric and mechanical energy, the system comprising:

At least one air inlet;
At least one fuel pump;
At least one injector;
At least one burner activator chamber;
At least one combustion chamber;
A thermal hot or cold fuel vaporizing and metering injection system;
A computerized controller;
A series of symmetrical electrodes;
A high-voltage generator and controller for cold plasma discharge
An internal alternator, driven by a vapor turbine and controlled by said computerized controller;
At least one compressor turbine;
A high-voltage generator and controller for hot plasma
At least one gas turbine;
A thermal flywheel;
A compact heat exchanger;
A working fluid in a closed loop;
At least one actively controlled and actuated working fluid pump;
A spring loaded piston-cylinder assembly;
A controlled and actively actuated vapor exhaust valve;
A controlled and actively actuated vapor valve;
A cooling heat-exchanger;
A mechanical coupler outputting force from the actuator;
An electric output;
An electric input for control purposes;
A working fluid storage tank;
An actively controlled brake system;
At least one electric alternator;
At least one vapor turbine;
At least one combustion gases outlet.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 10/265,149Filed 7 Oct 2002
Priority: 5 Oct 2001
Published: 10 Apr 2003
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification3 codes

F15B 15/18
Fluid-actuated devices for displacing a member from one position to another; Gearing associated therewith: combined units comprising both motor…
F15B 2015/208
Other details , e.g. assembly with regulating devices: special fluid pressurisation means, e.g. thermal or electrolytic
F15B
Systems acting by means of fluids in general