# US 2016/0146693 A1 · Apparatus For Driving A Rotor > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2016/0146693 A1 - Document ID: US20160146693A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/889,957 - Filed: 2014-05-07 - Published: 2016-05-26 - Earliest claimed: 2013-05-10 - Assignees: Universal Balancing Limited - Applicants: Universal Balancing Limited - Inventors: Steve Fowler - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20160146693A1 ## CPC - G01M 1/32: by adding material to the body to be tested, e.g. by correcting-weights - F16D 1/101: {without axial retaining means rotating with the coupling} - F16D 3/50: with the coupling parts connected by one or more intermediate members (F16D3/16 takes precedence) - G01M 1/04: Adaptation of bearing support assemblies for receiving the body to be tested - H02K 7/003: {Couplings; Details of shafts (means for mounting rotors on shafts H02K1/28)} - H02K 7/04: Balancing means - F16D 2001/103: {the torque is transmitted via splined connections} - G01M: TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES OR STRUCTURES; TESTING OF STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - F16D: COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES - H02K: DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power {H03K3/53}) ## Abstract A mounting apparatus for a rotor, including: a first portion for connection to a driving means, for rotation about a first rotational axis; a second portion comprising a mounting assembly adapted for engaging with a portion of the rotor so as to hold the rotor relative thereto, configured for rotation about a second rotational axis; and a connection member connecting the first portion to the second portion so that rotational movement of the first portion effects rotational movement of the second portion about the second rotational axis, wherein the connection member is configured substantially to prevent radial movement of the second portion relative to the first portion, while enabling inclination of the first rotational axis relative to the second rotational axis. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A mounting apparatus for a rotor, including: a first portion for connection to a driving means, for rotation about a first rotational axis; a second portion comprising a mounting assembly adapted for engaging with a portion of the rotor so as to hold the rotor relative thereto, configured for rotation about a second rotational axis; and a connection member connecting the first portion to the second portion so that rotational movement of the first portion effects rotational movement of the second portion about the second rotational axis, wherein the connection member is configured substantially to prevent radial movement of the second portion relative to the first portion, while enabling inclination of the first rotational axis relative to the second rotational axis. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A mounting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first portion is a drive assembly configured for connection to a motor for providing rotation about the first rotational axis. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) A mounting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the connection member is positioned in a plane which extends substantially perpendicularly to the first rotational axis. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) A mounting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the connection member is disposed in a plane which extends substantially radially away from the first and/or second rotational axes. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) A mounting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the connection member is radially rigid. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) A mounting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the connection member is torsionally rigid. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) A mounting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the connection member comprises an outer ring and an inner ring spaced from and concentric with the outer ring, the outer ring being connected to the first portion and the inner ring being connected to the second portion, the outer ring and inner ring being connected by a plurality of extension members. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) A mounting apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the extension members are spaced evenly circumferentially from one another about an axis of the connection member. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) A mounting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the mounting assembly includes an engaging formation adapted to engage and hold rotationally fast thereto an end portion of the rotor. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) A mounting apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the engaging formation is provided by a splined recess adapted to engage one or more splines formed on the end portion of the rotor. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) A mounting apparatus according to claim 10 wherein the engaging formation is a male formation for engaging a recessed female formation provided in or on the end of the rotor. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) A mounting apparatus according to claim 10 wherein the engaging formation is a female formation for receiving a male formation provided at or on the end of the rotor. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) A mounting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the mounting assembly includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced radially moveable holding formations, each configured to abut a portion of a surface of the rotor. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) A mounting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second portion includes a recess to receive the whole or a substantial part of the mounting assembly. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) An apparatus for driving a rotor, including a first and a second mounting apparatus each according to claim 1, for receiving respective first and second opposite ends of a rotor, and at least one motor connected for driving one or both of the first and second mounting apparatuses. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) A balancing machine including an apparatus according to claim 15, further including a plurality of measuring devices disposed at positions between the first and the second mounting apparatuses for measuring unbalance in a rotor mounted in the machine. ### Claim 20 (canceled) ### Claim 21 (canceled)