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US 2010/0158641 A1Published application
Manipulator System
AssigneeDelaware Capital Formation, Inc.
InventorMichael J. Harper
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Abstract
A manipulator system having a slave tong with an input, a master handle having two outputs, and a planetary gear assembly having a sun gear, a planet gear, and a ring gear and is configured to receive the two outputs of the master handle and provide a single input to the slave tong.
Claims16
A manipulator system comprising:
- a slave tong having an input;
- a planetary gear assembly having a first output, a first input, and a second input, wherein the first output is in mechanical communication with the slave tong, and the first input and second input are in mechanical communication with the first output;
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- a master arm in communication with the first input and the second input of the planetary gear assembly.
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A manipulator system comprising:
- a slave tong;
- a master handle in communication with the slave tong;
- a first mechanical communication chain responsive to directive motion of the master handle;
- a second mechanical communication chain responsive to directive input of the master handle;
- a planetary gear assembly having a first input, a second input, and a first output, wherein the first mechanical communication chain is coupled to the first input, and the second mechanical communication chain is coupled to the second input;
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- a third mechanical communication chain responsive to the first output of the planetary gear assembly, configured to elicit responsive motion of a slave tong.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.