ELECTROMECHANICAL REGENERATIVE TRANSDUCER Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: electrical and mechanical engineering; energy storage and conversion. SUBSTANCE: transducer designed to control energy storage and transmission processes and to convert one kind of energy to other has case accommodating driving and driven shafts, at least three converting mechanisms arranged in tandem and made in the form of differential mechanism with out-of-round central wheel featuring prevailing negative variable transmission ratio when out-of-round central wheel is motionless; two output shafts of which one is rigidly coupled with out-of-round wheel and serves as driven shaft; second output shaft is composite structure formed by minimum three hollow coaxial shafts rigidly coupled with gear wheels that form composite central wheel rigidly coupled with driving shaft; and carrying axles of double-row satellites which are in mesh with central wheels and ensure kinematic coupling between each coaxial shaft and driven shaft. Solid links are made in the form of electromagnets whose armatures and coils are fixed on their respective coaxial shafts forming composite output shaft. Coaxial shafts carry slip rings electrically insulated from each other and from coaxial shafts and electrically connected to electromagnet coils. Transducer is provided with sensors responding to position of satellites relative to out-of-round central wheel; these sensors generate electric current pulses and electromagnets are controlled by current pulses supplied in step with phase position of satellites relative to out-of-round central wheel to respective electromagnet coil depending on transducer mode of operation. EFFECT: enhanced functional capabilities of transducer. 3 cl, 5 dwg, 1 tbl