Title:
IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO BRAKING MECHANISMS
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2015122952
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide eddy-current braking mechanisms which can solve problems in the prior art and can limit the speed of rotation of a rotor over a wide range of applied loads or torques.SOLUTION: In an eddy-current braking mechanism, including a rotor, rotatable about a rotor axis, at least one electrically conductive member is coupled to the rotor for rotation therewith; at least one magnet is configured to apply a magnetic field extending at least partially orthogonal to the plane of rotation of the conductive member; and, upon rotation of the rotor, the conductive member is configured as references or to move at least partially radially from the rotor axis into the applied magnetic field.
Inventors:
CHRISTOPHER JAMES ALLINGTON
ANDREW KARL DIEHL
BRUCE JOHN ROBERTSON
ANDREW KARL DIEHL
BRUCE JOHN ROBERTSON
Application Number:
JP2015022428A
Publication Date:
July 02, 2015
Filing Date:
February 06, 2015
Export Citation:
Assignee:
EDDY CURRENT LTD PARTNERSHIP
International Classes:
H02K49/02
Domestic Patent References:
JP2000316272A | 2000-11-14 | |||
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JPS60226763A | 1985-11-12 | |||
JPS62171458A | 1987-07-28 | |||
JP2001017041A | 2001-01-23 | |||
JPH1098868A | 1998-04-14 | |||
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yasuhiko Murayama
Shinya Mitsuhiro
Tatsuhiko Abe
Shinya Mitsuhiro
Tatsuhiko Abe