Motor mounting assembly and method of use
AssigneeThe Overly Hautz Motor Base Company
InventorThomas Copanas
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Abstract
A motor mounting assembly for supporting a motor is disclosed. The motor mounting assembly comprises a spring reactive pivot base having a top portion, a base portion, and at least one spring; and a shaft mounted gearbox operatively coupled to the base portion. The input shaft of the shaft mounted gearbox is configured to be operatively coupled to the motor through a mechanical coupling. The input shaft is configured to turn at a first rotational speed and the output shaft is configured to turn at a second rotational speed that is different from the first rotational speed of the input shaft. A method of using a motor mounting assembly to operate a mechanical system is also disclosed.
Claims18
A motor mounting assembly for supporting a motor, the mounting assembly comprising:
- a spring reactive pivot base having a top portion and a base portion pivotably coupled to the top portion and at least one spring operatively coupled to the top portion and the base portion to bias the top portion away from the base portion, the top portion configured to support a motor;
- and
- a shaft mounted gearbox operatively coupled to the base portion, the shaft mounted gearbox having an input shaft and an output shaft;
- wherein the input shaft of the shaft mounted gearbox is configured to be operatively coupled to the motor through a mechanical coupling so as to turn the input shaft at a first rotational speed;
- and
- wherein the shaft mounted gearbox is configured to rotate the output shaft at a second rotational speed that is different from the first rotational speed of the input shaft.
A method of using a motor mounting assembly to operate a mechanical system comprising:
- providing a motor mounting assembly comprising:
- a spring reactive pivot base having a top portion and a base portion pivotably coupled to the top portion and at least one spring operatively coupled to the top portion and the base portion to bias the top portion away from the base portion;
- a motor operatively coupled to the top portion;
- and
- a shaft mounted gearbox operatively coupled to the base portion, the shaft mounted gearbox having an input shaft and an output shaft, the shaft mounted gearbox configured to rotate the output shaft at an output rotational speed based on an input rotational speed of the input shaft;
- wherein the motor is operatively coupled to the input shaft of the shaft mounted gearbox through a mechanical coupling;
- coupling the output shaft to a rotatably mounted component of the mechanical system;
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- operating the motor so as to turn the input shaft at the input rotational speed and the output shaft at the output rotational speed so as to rotate the rotatably mounted component of the mechanical system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.