ELECTRICAL MECHANISMS (EMECS): DESIGN METHODS AND PROPERTIES

摘要

In earlier work [22] a synthesis of electrical machines and mechanisms, and a new set of devices called electrical mechanisms (electrical mechanisms) was proposed. In electrical mechanisms irregularly shaped magnets are attached to different parts of the mechanism, and provide customizable tangential forces in different configurations. The presence of these tangential forces differentiates electrical mechanisms from other mechanisms. In this invention we present methods to design these magnets based on integral equations involving continuous and/or discrete variables, under a variety of constraints. We show that properly designed electrical mechanisms offer surprising properties - we can design slider-crank mechanisms which can present oscillatory forces to the load, even when driven by a constant force.