Inchworm motion linear motor based on electromagnetic clamping mechanism

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9306439-B2
Application number	US-201113884949-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 6, 2011
Priority date	Nov 12, 2010
Publication date	Apr 5, 2016
Grant date	Apr 5, 2016

Abstract

An inchworm motion linear motor based on an electromagnetic clamping device in a technical field of electromagnetic motors includes more than two electromagnetic clamping mechanisms which are arranged in pairs and mutually symmetrically connected. The electromagnetic clamping mechanism includes magnetic field generation devices, rolling bodies, an output shaft and a shell body, wherein the magnetic field generation devices are fixedly arranged outside the shell body; and the shell body and the rolling bodies are sleeved outside the output shaft in sequence. The inchworm motion linear motor based on the electromagnetic clamping device can be manufactured into an electric control super-large clamping force device by sensitively controlling mechanical rigid locking and releasing states with electromagnetically. The clamping device can be manufactured into a driving device or the linear motor with super-large load and precise movement.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electromagnetic clamping mechanism, comprising magnetic field generation devices, rolling bodies, an output shaft and a shell body, wherein: the magnetic field generation devices are fixedly arranged outside the shell body; the shell body and the rolling bodies are sleeved outside the output shaft in sequence; and the output shaft comprises one or more rigid bars, plates, cables or steel cables which are formed by serially connecting middle expansion bodies.

2. The electromagnetic clamping mechanism as recited in claim 1 , wherein the shell body is an isosceles trapezoid or a hexagonal structure of mirror symmetry.

3. The electromagnetic clamping mechanism as recited in claim 1 , wherein the magnetic field generation devices comprise one of following:
(a) two electromagnetic coils which are respectively arranged on both sides of the shell body;
(b) two permanent magnetic bodies which are respectively arranged on both sides of the shell body; and
(c) an electromagnetic coil and a permanent magnetic body which are respectively arranged on both sides of the shell body.

4. The electromagnetic clamping mechanism as recited in claim 1 , wherein a section of the shell body is an isosceles trapezoid, a hexagonal structure of mirror symmetry or a spindle shape.

5. The electromagnetic clamping mechanism as recited in claim 1 , wherein the rolling bodies are made of ferromagnetic materials or ferromagnetic-nonferromagnetic composite materials.

6. The electromagnetic clamping mechanism as recited in claim 1 , wherein the rolling bodies are more than one ball bearing or roller.

7. An electromagnetic clamping mechanism, comprising magnetic field generation devices, rolling bodies, an output shaft and a shell body, wherein:
the magnetic field generation devices are fixedly arranged outside the shell body; the shell body and the rolling bodies are sleeved outside the output shaft in sequence; and the output shaft comprises one or more rigid bars, plates, cables or steel cables which are formed by serially connecting middle expansion bodies;
the magnetic field generation devices comprise one of following:
(a) two electromagnetic coils which are respectively arranged on both sides of the shell body;
(b) two permanent magnetic bodies which are respectively arranged on both sides of the shell body; and
(c) an electromagnetic coil and a permanent magnetic body which are respectively arranged on both sides of the shell body;
a section of the shell body is an isosceles trapezoid, a hexagonal structure of mirror symmetry or a spindle shape;
the rolling bodies are made of ferromagnetic materials or ferromagnetic-nonferromagnetic composite materials;
the rolling bodies are more than one ball bearing or roller; and
the shell body is an isosceles trapezoid or a hexagonal structure of mirror symmetry.

8. An inchworm motion linear motor comprising more than two electromagnetic clamping mechanisms as recited in claim 1 which are arranged in pairs and are formed by symmetrically connecting the middle expansion bodies, wherein the inchworm motor linear motor has long-distance movement or back-and-forth motion by alternatively controlling one sides of the electromagnetic clamping mechanisms to be clamped and the other sides of the electromagnetic clamping mechanisms to be released.

Assignees

• Yang Bintang
• Univ Shanghai Jiaotong

Inventors

• Yang Bintang

Classifications

• H02K33/00 Primary

  Motors with reciprocating, oscillating or vibrating magnet, armature or coil system (arrangements for handling mechanical energy structurally associated with motors H02K7/00, e.g. H02K7/06) · CPC title

• H02K57/006

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H02K99/20 Primary

  Motors · CPC title