Title:
物体間の摩擦面としての操舵可能ユニット
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2014517223
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
Disclosed are steerable units that enable the variability of the friction force's magnitude and direction by using rolling contacts, in which the angle of the rolling contacts with respect to the surface containing the steerable unit can be controlled, as an object's frictional surface. This allows an object to adjust the direction and magnitude of the force it transfers through friction and also allows the received frictional force's direction and magnitude to be varied by the receiving object's rolling contacts. Also disclosed are applications of the steerable units in various machines.
Inventors:
WATTS, RONALD GEORGE
Application Number:
JP2014510623A
Publication Date:
July 17, 2014
Filing Date:
May 18, 2012
Export Citation:
Assignee:
WATTS, RONALD GEORGE
International Classes:
F16H13/08; F16H15/40; F16H49/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Fukami patent office