Position switching device
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorsKyohei TAKAHASHI, Daigo ARAKIDA
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Abstract
A position switching device includes a rotating body, a drive unit, and a plurality of position switching rods. The rotating body has, on a surface, a plurality of position switching groove groups each defining a plurality of switching positions and rotates about one shaft as a rotation axis. The drive unit rotationally drives the rotating body in a first rotation direction or a second rotation direction opposite to the first rotation direction. The plurality of position switching rods each has one end engaged with corresponding one of the plurality of the position switching groove groups and the other end engaged with corresponding one of a plurality of position switching mechanisms.
Claims12
A position switching device comprising:
- a rotating body that has, on a surface, a plurality of position switching groove groups each defining a plurality of switching positions and rotates about one shaft as a rotation axis;
- a switching configuration provided in at least one position switching groove group of the plurality of position switching groove groups, and that causes a combination of the plurality of switching positions switched in an order determined according to a rotation to directly switch to a target combination not dependent on the order;
- a driver that rotationally drives the rotating body in a first rotation direction or a second rotation direction opposite to the first rotation direction;
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- a plurality of position switching rods each having one end engaged with corresponding one of the plurality of the position switching groove groups and another end engaged with corresponding one of a plurality of position switching mechanisms.
A rotating body that rotates about one shaft as a rotation axis used in a position switching device, the rotating body comprising:
- a plurality of position switching groove groups each defining a plurality of switching positions and formed on a surface;
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- a switching configuration provided in at least one position switching groove group of the plurality of position switching groove groups, and that causes a combination of the plurality of switching positions switched in an order determined according to a rotation to directly switch to a target combination not dependent on the order.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.