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US 9,377,083 B2Granted
Multiple-output transmission
OwnerCaleb Chunginventor
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Abstract
A multiple-output transmission includes a drive motor and one or more stacked layers. Each layer includes one or more output gears, a drive gear, coupled to be driven by the drive motor, at least one idler gear, engageable with the drive gear, and means for indexing the at least one idler gear between multiple selectable indexing positions, thereby to selectively engage one or more of the output gears.
Claims22
A multiple-output transmission, comprising:
- a first turning mechanism, adapted to bi-directionally rotate about a first axis;
- a first drive gear, disposed adjacent to the first turning mechanism and adapted to rotate about a second axis that is at least parallel to the first axis;
- a drive motor, configured to drive the first drive gear;
- a plurality of first idler gears, rotatably disposed upon the first turning mechanism and engaged with the first drive gear;
- a plurality of first output gears, each first idler gear being positioned to engage one of the plurality of first output gears when the first turning mechanism rotates to one of multiple selectable indexing positions, the plurality of first output gears being selectively driven in multiple combinations depending on the selected indexing position;
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- an indexing mechanism, configured to selectively rotate the first turning mechanism in either direction between the indexing positions.
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A multiple-output transmission, comprising:
- a plurality of turntables, disposed substantially parallel to each other in a stacked relationship, each turntable adapted to rotate about a common first axis;
- a plurality of drive gears, each drive gear coaxially positioned adjacent to one of the plurality of turntables;
- a drive motor, configured to simultaneously drive the plurality of drive gears;
- a plurality of idler gears, at least one idler gear rotatably supported by each of the turntables and engageable with the respective drive gear;
- a plurality of output gears, at least one output gear positioned to engage with one of the idler gears of one of the turntables when the respective turntable rotates to one of multiple selectable indexing positions;
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- an indexing mechanism, configured to selectively simultaneously rotate the turntables between the indexing positions.
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A multiple-output transmission comprising:
- a drive motor;
- multiple stacked layers, each layer comprising:
- 1) one or more output gears;
- 2) a drive gear, coupled to be driven by the drive motor;
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- 3) at least one idler gear, engageable with the drive gear;
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- means for bi-directionally indexing the at least one idler gear of each layer between multiple selectable indexing positions, the indexing positions selectively engaging the at least one idler gear of any layer of the multiple stacked layers with at least one of the one or more output gears of the same layer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.