IP Library Granted Patent US 7,501,731
Granted Patent B2
US 7,501,731 · App. 11/370,593 · Granted Mar 10, 2009

Apparatus for enhancing hobby servo performance

Assignee: BTR Robotics Limited Liability Company
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Patent No.
US 7,501,731
App. No.
11/370,593
Granted
Mar 10, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus is disclosed for enhancing the operation performance of a servo. The apparatus comprises a rotational enhancement mechanism configured to functionally engage an output shaft associated with the hobby servo and a support panel displaced from the servo and having a aperture formed therein for receiving the rotational enhancement mechanism.

Claims (10)

1. An apparatus for enhancing the operational performance of a hobby servo, comprising:

a rotational enhancement mechanism configured to functionally engage an output shaft associated with the hobby servo;

a support panel displaced from the servo and having an aperture formed therein for receiving the rotational enhancement mechanism;

wherein the rotational enhancement mechanism comprises a spline mount plate configured to functionally engage a hobby servo output spline having gear teeth; and

wherein the rotational enhancement mechanism comprises a shaft hub attached to the mount plate and configured to receive an auxiliary shaft.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the rotational enhancement mechanism comprises an auxiliary shaft and wherein the aperture formed in the support panel is configured to receive the auxiliary shaft.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the rotational enhancement mechanism further comprises a bushing positioned within the aperture and configured to receive the auxiliary shaft.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 and further comprising at least one spacer positioned between the support panel and the hobby servo.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the spline mount plate is configured to functionally engage a hobby servo output spline having more than twenty gear teeth.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the spline mount plate is configured to functionally engage a hobby servo output spline that has a gear teeth configuration selected from a set of configurations that includes a twenty-three tooth configuration, a twenty-four tooth configuration, and a twenty-five tooth configuration.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2010
From: BTR ROBOTICS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
To: ROBOTZONE, LLC
Reel/Frame 025169/0460 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 8, 2006
From: PETTEY, BRIAN T.
To: BTR ROBOTICS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
Reel/Frame 017660/0855 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 6065994100 · Mar 9, 2005
Related Publication 20060213319A1 · Sep 28, 2006