Balancing device for a rotating member and associated methods

US7267029B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• LORD Corporation · US

Inventors

• Russell E. Altieri · Cary, US
• Thomas Edward Schulte · Delbrück, DE
• Jeffry D. Sharp · Brighton, US
• Brian Hackett · Saline, US
• William S. Jensen · Seattle, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 13, 2002
• Grant date: Sep 11, 2007
• Expiry date: Nov 13, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T74/2127
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A balancing device including a positionable member associated with a rotating member having an axis, wherein the positionable member has a substantially constant mass, and wherein the positionable member is disposed at a first position about the axis of the rotating member. The balancing device also including an actuation device disposed at a distance from the positionable member, wherein the actuation device is operable for selectively generating a force, and wherein the force is operable for moving the positionable member from the first position to a second position about the axis of the rotating member, thereby balancing the rotating member.