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US 6,619,146 B2Granted
Traveling wave generator
AssigneeThe Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
InventorPeter Kerrebrock
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Abstract
A traveling wave generator includes at least a base link and end link and an intermediate link; a pivot device pivotably interconnecting each pair of links; a drive mechanism interconnecting each pair of links including a drive shaft and a cam on the first link of the pair and on the second link of the pair a follower for engaging the cam for inducing a traveling wave motion in the links; a flexible power transmission device interconnects the shafts of each of the base and intermediate links; and a motive source rotates the shafts.
Claims13
A traveling wave generator comprising:
- at least a base link, an end link and an intermediate link;
- a pivot device pivotably interconnecting each pair of links;
- a drive mechanism interconnecting each pair of links including a drive shaft and a cam on a first link of the pair and on the second link of the pair a follower for engaging the cam for inducing a traveling wave motion in the links;
- a flexible power transmission device for interconnecting the shafts of each of the base and intermediate links;
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- a motive source for rotating the shafts.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.