584 results about "Drag torque" patented technology

The invention relates to measures for controlling or reducing drag torque occurring in a multi-plate clutch device (202) due to temperature-related increased viscosity of an operating fluid which is supplied to the plates in operation. The aim of the invention is to enable a motor vehicle to be started or operated even at low temperatures. According to one aspect of the invention, a motor vehicle comprising a drive train is especially provided. Said drive train comprises a drive unit (238), gearbox (330) having a first gearbox input shaft and a second gearbox input shaft, and a clutch (202) having a first clutch device which is associated with the first gearbox input shaft, and a second clutch device which is associated with the second gearbox input shaft, for transferring torque between the drive unit and the gearbox. Said clutch devices are embodied in the form of plate clutches to which an operating fluid can be supplied, especially a cooling oil in order to operate the same. Said gearbox (330) is associated with an actuator device and a control device (316) for controlling the actuator device, the arrangement of which enables the gears associated with the first and second gearbox input shafts to be engaged and disengaged. According to the invention, the control device (316) is designed in such a way that at least one gear is automatically engaged by means of the actuator device (236), as a result of the clutch release of the vehicle.

The present invention is directed to a downhole apparatus for quickly generating and regulating variable output electric power by varying the alignment of a pair of axially adjacent permanent magnets rotating within an armature having electrically conductive windings. Each of the permanent magnets comprises a plurality of permanent magnetic segments having circumferentially alternating magnetizations. One of the permanent magnets is fixed to the drive shaft, and the other permanent magnet is movably mounted on the drive shaft to enable the alignment or misalignment, as desired, of the magnetizations of the respective magnetic segments on the pair of permanent magnets. When the magnetizations are completely aligned, the maximum electrical power is generated in the windings of the main armature; conversely, when the magnetizations are completely misaligned, zero electrical power is generated. Thus, the output power is regulated by varying the alignment of the pair of permanent magnets, which is accomplished with a drag torque generator which creates a drag torque that is transmitted to the movable permanent magnet by a torque converter.

A transmitting apparatus includes a disengaging device that disengages a driving force from a front-wheel differential device to a first driving-force transmitting direction converting unit 20 and a multi-plate clutch mechanism provided between an output of a rear-wheel differential device and a right-rear wheel and capable of successively adjusting a fastening force. Drag torque when the fastening of the multi-plate clutch mechanism is released is set smaller than friction torque of a rear-wheel drive system between the first driving-force transmitting direction converting unit and a second driving-force transmitting direction converting unit. A controller unconnects the disengaging device and releases the fastening of multi-plate clutch mechanism when switching to a two-wheel drive mode, thereby stopping the rotation of the rear-wheel drive system.

Methods and systems are provided for controlling a vehicle system including an engine that is selectively shut-down during engine idle-stop conditions, the vehicle system further including a hydraulically actuated transmission component. One example method comprises, during an idle-stop engine shut-down, adjusting a hydraulic actuation of the transmission component to adjust drag torque on the engine to stop the engine.

A method for operating a vehicle braking system for motor vehicles including a hybrid or electric drive and hydraulically actutable wheel brakes on the front axle, wherein the wheels associated with the rear axle are driven at least partially by an electric motor that can be operated as a generator to recover braking energy and, in generator mode, exerts a braking force on the vehicle wheel associated with the respective axle, thereby generating a drag torque including the braking torque and the regeneration torque of the electric drive, the drag torque being separately regulatable on the front and rear axles. To prevent overbraking of the rear axle and a loss of driving stability of the vehicle, a regeneration torque acting on the rear axle is controlled or regulated such that the drag torque acting on the rear axle does not exceed a maximum drag torque value associated with that axle.

A driving force transmission device for four-wheel-drive vehicle based on the two-wheel drive of front wheels is provided. In the case of the two-wheel drive of front wheels, a multi-disc clutch mechanism for controlling the driving force distribution to a rear wheel output shaft, and a disconnection/connection mechanism for disconnecting and connecting a rear wheel differential and a right rear wheel drive shaft are provided, and in the two-wheel drive of front wheels, the dragging torque of the multi-disc clutch mechanism is made smaller than the friction torque of a rear wheel driving force transmission section, and the front wheel differential and the right rear wheel drive shaft are disconnected by the disconnection/connection mechanism, thereby the rotation of the rear wheel driving force transmission section is stopped.

An apparatus for providing a dynamically variable resistive load during exercise includes a wheel unit, a resistance generator, a torque transfer device, an angle measuring device, and a control unit. The wheel unit rotates in response to exertion of a user-applied force during an exercise stroke. The resistance generator generates a resistive torque for resisting rotation of the wheel unit when the user-applied force is exerted. The torque transfer device transfers a fraction of the resistive torque from the resistance generator to the wheel unit. The angle measuring device detects angular rotation of the wheel unit during each exercise stroke. The control unit, in accordance with the angular rotation of the wheel unit during a current exercise stroke, controls the torque transfer device to adjust the fraction of the resistive torque that is transferred to the wheel unit.

A shiftable clutch device for disconnecting a first drive machine from a drive train and connecting it thereto, including a control device that can be actuated by a pressure medium, is characterized according to the invention in that the shiftable clutch device includes two partial clutches, a first partial clutch forming a main clutch and a second partial clutch forming a drag clutch, which are disposed and configured such that each is adapted to produce a drag torque in an end position of the control device, a first opening end position characterized by an open state of the main clutch and a second closing end position characterized by a closed state of the main clutch.

The invention relates to a horizontal shaft magnetic suspension wind driven generator, comprising a stationery part and a rotating part; the stationery part comprises a radial magnetic bearing stator part, an axial magnetic bearing stator part, a generator stator part, a front protective bearing, a rear protective bearing, a stator shell and a blower tower; the rotating part comprises a blade, a hub, a rotating shaft, a radial magnetic bearing rotor part, an axial magnetic bearing rotor part and a generator rotor part; an axial magnetic bearing is composed of a permanent magnet without a control system, a radial magnetic bearing is a permanent magnet bias magnetic bearing, the permanent magnet provides bias flux density, and control force is adjusted by current; the blower rotor realizes five-freedom-degree stable suspension, can completely eliminate the mechanical friction of the rotating part and the stationery part, reduce starting resisting moment and starting wind velocity of the blower and improve the wind energy utilization rate. All components of the invention have rational and compact layout, the maintenance of the blower can be reduced and the service life is prolonged.

The invention provides a full-pose-and-position active-passive compliant robot and a valve screwing-twisting method utilizing the robot, and relates to a robot and a valve screwing-twisting method utilizing the robot. The full-pose-and-position active-passive compliant robot and the valve screwing-twisting method utilizing the robot aim to solve the problems that an industrial robot cannot conductlarge overall motion, and the operating range is narrow; rigid collision and radial contact force are generated between an end actuator and a valve handwheel; damage of operating devices is possiblycaused due to the fact that screwing-twisting resistance torques of different valves are different; and the valve handwheel can produce axial displacement while rotating, and axial contact force of the tail end is brought. The full-pose-and-position active-passive compliant robot comprises a wheel type moving platform, a four-degree-of-freedom manipulator and a compliant end actuator, the four-degree-of-freedom manipulator is mounted on the wheel type moving platform, and a six-axis force sensor is mounted between the four-degree-of-freedom manipulator and the wheel type moving platform; the compliant end actuator is mounted at the tail end of the four-degree-of-freedom manipulator, and a six-axis force sensor is mounted between the compliant end actuator and the four-degree-of-freedom manipulator; and through information of the two sensors, impedance control can be conducted on the wheel type moving platform and the four-degree-of-freedom manipulator. The full-pose-and-position active-passive compliant robot and the valve screwing-twisting method utilizing the robot are suitable for robot remote operation, robot compliant control and valve screwing-twisting operation.

The invention discloses a bogie of narrow gauge railway vehicle, which comprises a wheel pair, a side frame, a vibration absorber, a swing bolster and a braking device. The wheel pair is connected with the side frame in a rolling way through a rolling bearing device; the side frame and the swing bolster form a bogie body structure through central mounting; a dual-acting elastic side bearer is laid in a swing bolster side bearer box; and the swing bolster side bearer box and the swing bolster are cast into a whole body. The invention optimizes structures of the wheel pair, a vehicle axle, the swing bolster and the side frame, and ensures that the wheel pair meets running requirements of narrow gauge (especially 1067mm gauge), and the structural strength of main bearing structures, such as the swing bolster and the side frame, meets bearing requirements of an 18t axle load bogie. The central mounting adopts a dual-stage variable stiffness spring, increases the empty natural bow, and meets different requirements on the central mounting in different operating conditions. By adopting the frictional vibration absorber of the control type bogie, the diamond resistant rigidity of the bogie is improved. By adopting the dual-acting elastic side bearer, stable turning drag torque is provided for the running of a vehicle, and the running speed of the vehicle is increased.

An object of the present invention is to detect the generation of a drag torque in a locking mechanism, in a hybrid vehicle in which a speed change mode can be changed between a fixed speed change mode and a stepless speed change mode by the action of the locking mechanism. In a hybrid vehicle, a brake mechanism is a wet multiplate brake apparatus and can selectively lock a motor generator. On the other hand, in a case where the drag torque is generated in the brake mechanism, if the motor generator is in a positive rotation state, an actual motor generator torque (first torque) is greater than a torque (less as a reaction torque, second torque) calculated from the operating condition of the hybrid vehicle by the amount of the drag torque. If the motor generator is in a negative rotation state, the first torque is less (greater as the reaction torque) than the second torque. The ECU uses this phenomenon to detect the drag torque.

A selectable one-way clutch that can prevent unintentional rotation of a selector plate by a drag torque is provided. In the selectable one-way clutch, a selector plate having a first aperture for letting through a strut is interposed between a fixed plate and a rotary plate while being allowed to rotate between an engagement position and a disengagement position. The selectable one-way clutch comprises: a protector plate interposed between the rotary plate and the selector plate; and a second aperture formed on the protector plate to let through the strut when the selector plate is rotated to the engagement position.

A method for damping vibrations in a stepper motor with micro-stepping control which comprises the steps of identifying the force amplitudes and phase shifts of multiple harmonic detent torques of the stepper motor, such as the first, second and fourth harmonic detent torques, and tuning the stepper motor with different current commands until minimum friction and resistive torque are obtained. Thereafter, a compensating harmonic current derived from said force amplitudes and phase shifts of the said multiple harmonic detent torques is injected into a current command during operation of the stepper motor to compensate for torque ripples.

The invention provides a vascular intervention surgical robot operating handle with handfeel and a control method thereof. The vascular intervention surgical robot operating handle comprises an operating device, a force loading mechanism and a torque loading mechanism, and the operating device, the force loading mechanism and the torque loading mechanism are arranged on a machine frame; the operating device gives out an operating instruction for rotating and/or pushing and pulling a conduit guide wire; the force loading mechanism feeds push-pull resistance exerted by the conduit guide wire when the conduit guide wire is pushed and pulled back to the operating device; the torque loading mechanism feeds resistance torque exerted by the conduit guide wire when the conduit guide wire is rotated back to the operating device; the push-pull resistance is generated by elastic force formed between the force loading mechanism and one end of a handle of the operating device; the resistance torque is generated by friction formed between the torque loading mechanism and the operating device. According to the vascular intervention surgical robot operating handle with the handfeel and the control method thereof, the operating device is utilized to operate the rotation, push-pull and the combination thereof of the conduit guide wire; the resistance or the resistance torque of the conduit guide wire in a patient side in an intervention process can be fed back to the operating device, the handfeel and an operation presence feeling of a doctor are strengthened, and the safety and stability of a surgical operation are improved; coupling of force and torque is solved.