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US 8,143,823 · App. 12/382,378 · Granted Mar 27, 2012

Bidirectional different speed ratio electric motor driving device with bidirectional input

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Patent No.
US 8,143,823
App. No.
12/382,378
Granted
Mar 27, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention discloses that the output end of the electric motor capable of being operated in bidirectional rotation is transmitted to the input end of different rotating speed ratio and direction output transmission device, and it is through the output end of the different rotating speed ratio and direction output transmission device to further provide different directional rotating output for driving the rotating load, wherein the user can operatively control the driving input direction to provide different rotating directional different speed change ratio output in different driving input direction.

Claims (20)

1. A bi-directional different-speed-ratio electric motor driving device with bi-directional input, comprising:

an electric motor having an output arranged to rotate in either of two directions;

an electric motor operative control device for the electric motor, said control device controlling at least a rotating direction of said electric motor;

an input device for providing instructions to said electric motor operative control device;

a first transmission device having a power input directly or indirectly connected to the output of said electric motor, said first transmission device having a bi-directional output and a speed change ratio that depends on a rotating direction of said power input, whereby changing a rotating direction of the electric motor changes a rotating speed of an output of the first transmission device;

a rotating load having a power input directly or indirectly connected to the output of said first transmission device,

wherein a rotating speed or torque of said power input to said load is controlled by changing a direction of said motor.

2. A bi-directional different-speed-ratio electric motor driving device with bi-directional input, as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a second transmission device connected between the output of the electric motor and the power input of the first transmission device.

3. A bi-directional different-speed-ratio electric motor driving device with bi-directional input, as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a second transmission device connected between an output of the first transmission device and the power input of the rotating load.

4. A bi-directional different-speed-ratio electric motor driving device with bi-directional input, as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a second transmission device connected between the output of the electric motor and the power input of the first transmission device, and a third transmission device connected between an output of the first transmission device and the power input of the rotating load.

5. A bi-directional different-speed-ratio electric motor driving device with bi-directional input, as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first transmission device includes at least one of a gear train, friction wheel train, chain and sprocket train, belt and pulley train, transmission crankshaft, wheel train, fluid transmission device, and electromagnetic transmission device.

6. A bi-directional different-speed-ratio electric motor driving device with bi-directional input, as claimed in claim 5 , wherein said first transmission device has a same speed change ratio for different rotating directions of said electric motor output.

7. A bi-directional different-speed-ratio electric motor driving device with bi-directional input, as claimed in claim 5 , wherein said first transmission device has different speed change ratios that depend on said electric motor output.

8. A bi-directional different-speed-ratio electric motor driving device with bi-directional input, as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising at least one additional transmission device installed between the first transmission device and either or both of the electric motor and the rotating load, wherein the second transmission device includes at least one of the following devices: (a) a gear-type, belt-type, or friction-type fixed-speed-ratio transmission device; (b) a stepped or stepless variable speed device operated manually, by mechanical force, by fluid force, by centrifugal force, or by rotating or counter-rotating torque; (c) a transmission device having an operatively controllable relative directional relationship between input and output ends; and (d) a clutch device operated manually, by mechanical force, by fluid force, by centrifugal force, or by rotating or counter-rotating torque.

9. A bi-directional different-speed-ratio electric motor driving device with bi-directional input, as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a current-detecting device for detecting an electric motor load current by detecting voltage, electromagnetic induction, a magnet field, or heat accumulation, said current-detecting device providing feedback to the electric motor operative control device,

wherein when a load current exceeds a predetermined value for a predetermined time, the electric motor operative control device changes a rotating direction of said electric motor output to a rotating direction that provides an increased electric motor output speed and increased rotating speed or torque to said power input of said load.

10. A bi-directional different-speed-ratio electric motor driving device with bi-directional input, as claimed in claim 9 , wherein when the load current falls below said predetermined value, said electric motor is either manually controlled through the input device, or automatically controlled through the electric motor operative control device, to return to an original rotating direction.

11. A bi-directional different-speed-ratio electric motor driving device with bi-directional input, as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said first transmission device is a separate device from said electric motor.

12. A bi-directional different-speed-ratio electric motor driving device with bi-directional input, as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said first transmission device is integral with said electric motor.

13. A bi-directional different-speed-ratio electric motor driving device with bi-directional input, as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said first transmission device and a second transmission device are integral with said electric motor.

Continuity (2)
Continuation In Part 12314948 · Dec 19, 2008
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