Axial motor using wobble plate and electrostatic actuators
US12155321B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 22, 2022 |
| Grant date | Nov 26, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 18, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH02K7/003
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An axial motor assembly is provided with fluidic electrostatic actuators mounted between an end plate and a wobble plate. A computer-implemented drive subsystem executes instructions to create voltage delivery patterns through a power supply to operate the actuators to create nutational motion in the wobble plate. A cam transfers the nutational motion into rotational motion and, in turn, into shaft power. The actuators can be linearly-contractile shelled electrostatic actuators, linearly expansive donut electrostatic actuators and multi-directionally expansive segmented donut electrostatic actuators. Drive method steps include initializing drive variables; determining, upon detecting a control command, a respective deformation target for each actuator; determining, based on the drive variables and the deformation targets, the voltage delivery pattern; and throttling the power supply to drive the actuators using the voltage delivery pattern. Upon detecting a response change in axial motor operation, drive variables can be dynamically recalibrated.
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