TOROIDAL MECHANICAL MUSCLE Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: conversion of energy carrier inherent energy into mechanical movement. SUBSTANCE: muscle has flexible shell filled with energy carrier and reinforced over entire generating surface with flexible non-stretched threads at linear pitch affording shell deformation without loss of tightness; shell is reinforced over entire generating surface of tore with non-stretched threads at angular and linear pitch affording shell deformation without loss of tightness; base surface of toroidal mechanical muscle is formed due to reinforcing shell with flexible non-stretched threads along annular sector or sectors on tore surface. EFFECT: enhanced reliability. 1 dwg