VARIABLE STROKE/CLEARANCE MECHANISM

摘要

AN ASSEMBLY INCLUDES A CYLINDER AND A PISTON ASSEMBLY HOUSED WITHIN THE CYLINDER AND CONFIGURED FOR RECIPROCAL MOTION RELATIVE TO THE CYLINDER. THE PISTON ASSEMBLY AND CYLINDER INCLUDE A MAGNET (230) AND COIL (234) CONFIGURED TO UNDERGO RELATIVE MOTION WITH THE RELATIVE MOTION OF THE PISTON ASSEMBLY AND CYLINDER. THE ASSEMBLY INCLUDES A TRANSITION ARM (214), AND A ROTATING MEMBER (222) COUPLED TO THE PISTON ASSEMBLY BY THE TRANSITION ARM. THE RECIPROCAL MOTION IS LINEAR IN SPACE AND SINUSOIDAL IN TIME.