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US 6,471,028 B1Granted
Mechanical module with variable characteristic set by the act of installation
AssigneeMoog Inc.
InventorLowell Van Lund Larson
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AssigneeMoog Inc.
InventorLowell Van Lund Larson
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A torque-limiting module (20) is adapted to be mounted on a body (21) at any of a plurality of locations. Each location has a particular mounting geometry that mandates the relative position and orientation of the module relative to the body. The body includes a housing (28) adapted to be mounted on the body, in input shaft (22), an output shaft (29), a coupling (30) between the shafts, a brake (31) arranged to act between the housing and output shaft for braking the shafts when the torque transmitted by the output shaft exceeds a predetermined value, a spring (84) urging the brake to move toward a position at which the output shaft will be released, a cam surface (25) mounted on the body at each of the locations, a cam follower (32) mounted on the module for movement along an axis and engageable with the cam surface at any location, and wherein the module has a variable characteristic, such as torque, that is settable as a function of the position of the cam follower relative to the module.
In a mechanical module adapted to be interchangeably mounted on a body at any of a plurality of locations, said body having at each of said locations a particular geometry that cooperates with said module to mandate the relative position of said module with respect to said body at such location, said module having a housing adapted to be mounted on said body and having a setting member that is movable relative to said housing within a permissible range of movement to set a functional variable characteristic of said module, the improvement comprising:
In a mechanical module adapted to be interchangeably mounted on a body at any of a plurality of locations, said body having at each of said locations a particular geometry that cooperates with said module to mandate the relative position of said module with respect to said body at such location, said module having a housing and having a setting member arranged for movement relative to said housing within a permissible range to set a functional variable characteristic of said module, the improvement comprising:
A torque-limiting module adapted to be mounted on a body at any of a plurality of locations, said body having at each location mounting features that mandate the relative position and orientation of said module relative to said body, said module comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.