Strain wave drive bearing assembly
AssigneeGoodrich Actuation Systems Limited
InventorsLukasz TUREK, Jonathan Alan DARBY, Pawel Aleksander CHMIELEWSKI
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Abstract
A bearing assembly for a strain wave drive includes a full complement of bearing components arranged to be mounted closely adjacent each other around the peripheral extent of a wave generator. The number of bearing components is the maximum number of said bearing components that can be accommodated in the peripheral extent. The assembly can be includes in a strain wave drive that includes a wave generator arranged to rotate about an axis and having an elliptical cross-section and a flex spline mounted around the wave generator. The bearing assembly can be located around the wave generator between the wave generator and the flex spline.
Claims15
A bearing assembly for a strain wave drive, the assembly comprising:
- a number of bearing components arranged to be mounted closely adjacent each other around the peripheral extent of a wave generator,
- wherein the number of bearing components being the maximum number of said bearing components that can be accommodated in the peripheral extent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.