Patent · US Expired

Linear actuator mechanism for converting rotary to linear movement including one end pulley Line attached to the stationary anchor and other end attached to the take-up drum

US5752811A · kind A · utility

20Cited by
16References
20Claims
0Family size

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateNov 15, 1996
Grant dateMay 19, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 15, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/18848
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A linear actuator and pump unit for precision displacement of fluids in which a positive displacement, piston pump is coupled to an actuator mechanism having a carriage on a guide that is displaced by a rotary drive connected to a take-up drum on an anchor structure that has a pulley line anchored to the anchor structure looped around a first idler pulley on the carriage, looped around an idler pulley on the anchor structure, looped around a second anchor structure on the carriage, and connected to the take-up drum, the positioning of the carriage being detected by a sensor and the rotary drive that controls the precision operation of the piston pump.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.