IP Library Granted Patent US 10,693,341
Granted Patent B1
US 10,693,341 · App. 16/271,294 · Granted Jun 23, 2020

Motor hubs for shutter mechanisms

Inventor: Daniel E. McAuley (Irvine, CA)
Assignee: N2 Imaging Systems, LLC
H02K5/24G03B9/10H02K7/116G10K11/162
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Patent No.
US 10,693,341
App. No.
16/271,294
Granted
Jun 23, 2020
Kind
B1
Abstract

A motor hub system for shutter actuation includes a shaft sleeve including a base flange and an externally threaded collet extending axially from the base flange along a rotation axis. A flanged nut with internal threads is in threaded engagement with the collet, wherein the internal threads are in a threaded portion of the flanged nut that extends axially from a flange of the flanged nut. A washer is compressed axially between the base flange of the shaft sleeve and the flange of the flanged nut.

Claims (16)

1. A motor hub system for shutter actuation comprising:

a shaft sleeve including a base flange and an externally threaded collet extending axially from the base flange along a rotation axis;

a flanged nut with internal threads in threaded engagement with the collet, wherein the internal threads are in a threaded portion of the flanged nut that extends axially from a flange of the flanged nut; and

a washer compressed axially between the base flange of the shaft sleeve and the flange of the flanged nut.

2. The system as recited in claim 1 , further comprising a shutter flag mounted about the collet axially between the washer and the base flange for vibration isolation.

3. The system as recited in claim 2 , wherein the shutter flag is compressed between the washer and the base flange to mitigate vibration of the shutter flag relative to the base flange.

4. The system as recited in claim 2 , further comprising an output shaft engaged within the collet for rotation of the shutter flag about the rotation axis.

5. The system as recited in claim 4 , further comprising a motor operatively connected to a gearbox, wherein the output shaft is an output shaft of the motor and gearbox wherein the motor actuates rotation of the shutter flag.

6. The system as recited in claim 5 , wherein a solid physical pathway for sound waves is defined from the output shaft, through the collet, to the base flange, to the shutter flag.

7. The system as recited in claim 6 , wherein the solid physical pathway for sound waves turns 90° from the output shaft into the collet, turns 90° in the collet toward the base flange, and turns back 90° degrees from the collet into the base flange.

8. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the collet includes inward facing contact area configured to engage a motor/gearbox shaft and a relieved area axially adjacent the inward facing contact area, wherein the relieved area has a larger diameter than the inward facing contact area.

9. The system as recited in claim 8 , wherein the inward facing contact area is separated into a plurality of contact surfaces separated by axial slots.

10. The system as recited in claim 8 , further comprising a frame with an imaging sensor seated in the frame, wherein the shutter flag is configured to move from a first position clear of the imaging sensor to a second position that occludes the imaging sensor.

11. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the collet includes a plurality of axially extending fingers circumferentially spaced apart from one another across respective slots.

12. The system as recited in claim 11 , wherein the threaded portion of the threaded nut biases the fingers inward.

13. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the washer includes an elastic material and is deformed by being compressed between the base flange of the shaft sleeve and the flange of the flanged nut.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2021
From: N2 IMAGING SYSTEMS, LLC
To: KNOBBE, MARTENS, OLSON & BEAR, LLP
Reel/Frame 058532/0688 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2019
From: MCAULEY, DANIEL E.
To: N2 IMAGING SYSTEMS, LLC
Reel/Frame 048297/0334 →
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