Actuator, remote triggering device, governor assembly and elevator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11524871-B2
Application number	US-201816169595-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 24, 2018
Priority date	Oct 27, 2017
Publication date	Dec 13, 2022
Grant date	Dec 13, 2022

Abstract

An actuator, a remote triggering apparatus, a governor, and an elevator. The actuator includes: a mandrel, the mandrel having a proximal end and a distal end, and the mandrel being driven to move from a contraction position toward an actuation position; a mandrel sleeve; and a shell, the shell defining a channel, wherein the actuator further includes at least one sliding member, and when the mandrel moves from the contraction position toward the actuation position, the at least one sliding member is located at a first radial position where the mandrel is joined to the mandrel sleeve, such that the mandrel sleeve can move along the channel together with the mandrel; and wherein at the actuation position, the at least one sliding member moves outward radially to a second radial position where the mandrel sleeve is joined to the shell, thus locking the mandrel sleeve.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An actuator, comprising:
a mandrel, the mandrel having a proximal end and a distal end, and the mandrel being driven to move from a contraction position toward an actuation position;
a mandrel sleeve, the mandrel sleeve being sleeved on the distal end of the mandrel; and
a shell, the shell defining a channel,
wherein the actuator further comprises at least one sliding member, and when the mandrel moves from the contraction position toward the actuation position, the at least one sliding member is located at a first radial position where the mandrel is joined to the mandrel sleeve, such that the mandrel sleeve can move along the channel together with the mandrel; and wherein
at the actuation position, the at least one sliding member moves outward radially to a second radial position where the mandrel sleeve is joined to the shell, thus locking the mandrel sleeve;
wherein the mandrel comprises a mandrel stick located at the proximal end and a mandrel rod located at the distal end and connected to the mandrel stick;
wherein a coil is arranged at the periphery of the mandrel stick, and the mandrel stick is made of a magnetic material, wherein the mandrel is driven to the actuation position by a magnetic field generated by the coil when the coil is powered on.

2. The actuator according to claim 1 , wherein the mandrel comprises a slope, the slope acts on the at least one sliding member and applies a radially outward component force to the at least one sliding member, and the radially outward component force urges the at least one sliding member to move from the first radial position to the second radial position.

3. The actuator according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one sliding member is spherical, cylindrical, or ellipsoidal.

4. The actuator according to claim 1 , wherein the mandrel is driven by an electromagnetic driving apparatus.

5. The actuator according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one sliding member comprises a pair of opposite sliding members or more sliding members that are distributed uniformly along the periphery of the mandrel.

6. The actuator according to claim 1 , wherein the mandrel has a groove, the mandrel sleeve has at least one opening of which the number and position correspond to those of the sliding members, and the at least one sliding member is located at the first radial position between the groove of the mandrel and the at least one opening of the mandrel sleeve.

7. The actuator according to claim 6 , wherein one side of the groove of the mandrel close to the proximal end defines a slope, and the slope acts on the at least one sliding member and applies a radially outward component force to the at least one sliding member.

8. The actuator according to claim 6 , wherein the mandrel comprises a mandrel body, a mandrel contraction part, and a slope between the mandrel body and the mandrel contraction part.

9. The actuator according to claim 8 , wherein the mandrel further comprises a cap covering a tail end of the mandrel contraction part, and the slope, the mandrel contraction part, and the cap jointly define the groove on the mandrel.

10. The actuator according to claim 1 , wherein a recessed part is provided on an inner side of the channel of the shell, the recessed part is located at a radial outer side of the at least one sliding member at the actuation position, and at the actuation position, the at least one sliding member is pushed out by the mandrel and moves to the second radial position between the recessed part of the shell and an opening of the mandrel sleeve.

11. The actuator according to claim 10 , wherein the recessed part is spherical.

12. The actuator according to claim 10 , wherein the recessed part has a first portion close to the proximal end and a second portion close to the distal end, the first portion of the recessed part has a slope angle less than 45 degrees, or the first portion of the recessed part has a slope angle less than that of the second portion of the recessed part.

13. The actuator according to claim 1 , wherein after the mandrel reaches the actuation position and the at least one sliding member moves to the second radial position, the mandrel is decoupled from the mandrel sleeve, and the mandrel is driven to further move forward with respect to the mandrel sleeve in the mandrel sleeve, a side wall of the mandrel limiting the at least one sliding member to the second radial position.

14. The actuator according to claim 1 , wherein a first reset spring is disposed between the mandrel and the mandrel sleeve.

15. The actuator according to claim 1 , wherein a rear end of the mandrel has a boss, and a second reset spring is disposed between the boss at the rear end of the mandrel and an inner side of the actuator.

16. The actuator according to claim 1 , wherein the shell constitutes an actuator front cover, the actuator front cover comprises a flat part and a cylindrical part protruded from the flat part, and the cylindrical part defines at least a part of the channel.

17. The actuator according to claim 16 , wherein the actuator front cover is connected to an actuator end plate and an actuator inner cover through a bolt, and the actuator inner cover defines a notch that accommodates a second reset spring.

18. A remote triggering apparatus for a governor, comprising the actuator according to claim 1 .

19. The remote triggering apparatus according to claim 18 , further comprising: a contact plate enabled by the actuator to move from an idle position to an operating position, wherein the actuator acts on the back of the contact plate, and the contact plate is rotatably fixed at one end through a pin and a contact plate reset spring.

20. A governor, comprising the remote triggering apparatus according to claim 18 and a sheave having a centrifugal mechanism.

21. The governor according to claim 20 , wherein the remote triggering apparatus further comprises: a contact plate enabled by the actuator to move from an idle position to an operating position, the actuator acts on the back of the contact plate, and the contact plate is rotatably fixed at one end through a pin and a contact plate reset spring, wherein the pin defines a rotation center of the contact plate.

22. An elevator, comprising the actuator according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Otis Elevator Co

Inventors

• Shi Zhengbao

Classifications

• B66B5/044 Primary

  Mechanical overspeed governors · CPC title

• H01F7/124

  by mechanical latch, e.g. detent · CPC title

• H01F7/123

  by ancillary coil · CPC title

• H01F7/1607

  Armatures entering the winding · CPC title

• H01F7/121

  Guiding or setting position of armatures, e.g. retaining armatures in their end position · CPC title