Balancing device
AssigneeOLogic, Inc.
InventorsTed W. Larson, Robert Allen
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Abstract
A balancing device includes an active balancing mechanism. The active balancing mechanism maintains the balancing device in an actively balanced state within a range of the active balancing mechanism. An auxiliary balancing mechanism is configured to support the balancing device in an unbalanced state that is outside the range of the active balancing mechanism and aid a transition of the balancing device to the actively balanced state that is within the range of the active balancing mechanism. A processor is configured to actively control the transition from the unbalanced state to the actively balanced state.
Claims29
A balancing device including:
- an active balancing mechanism wherein the active balancing mechanism maintains the balancing device in an actively balanced state within a range of the active balancing mechanism;
- an auxiliary balancing mechanism wherein the auxiliary balancing mechanism is configured to support the balancing device in an unbalanced state that is outside the range of the active balancing mechanism and aid a transition of the balancing device to the actively balanced state that is within the range of the active balancing mechanism;
- a processor configured to actively control the transition from the unbalanced state to the actively balanced state.
A method of balancing a device including:
- transitioning the balancing device from an unbalanced state to an actively balanced state using an auxiliary balancing mechanism wherein the auxiliary balancing mechanism is configured to support the balancing device in an unbalanced state that is outside a range of an active balancing mechanism and aid a transition to the actively balanced state that is within the range of the active balancing mechanism;
- controlling the transition from the unbalanced state to the actively balanced state;
- actively balancing the device using the active balancing mechanism wherein the active balancing mechanism maintains the balancing device in the actively balanced state within the range of the active balancing mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.