Electrical generator or motor structure – Non-dynamoelectric – Piezoelectric elements and devices
Reexamination Certificate
2006-07-11
2006-07-11
Budd, Mark (Department: 2834)
Electrical generator or motor structure
Non-dynamoelectric
Piezoelectric elements and devices
C310S331000, C310S800000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07075213
ABSTRACT:
A motor transmission element includes an axle, an expandable circumferential component and multiple rolled electroactive polymer (EAP) devices. The circumferential component is located at a contact radius from the axle for connection to a different rotating body and is mechanically connected to the axle. The rolled EAP devices are mechanically connected to the circumferential component and the axle. Each rolled EAP device has a pair of input electrodes and is configured to deform substantively parallel to a roll longitudinal axis upon application of a voltage difference. Deformation of a rolled EAP device causes a change in the contact radius. A voltage difference that expands the rolled EAP device increases the contact radius, and thereby the circumference of the transmission element. By varying the voltage, a continuously variable ratio can be achieved between a rate of rotation of the transmission element and a rate of rotation of the second body.
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