TWI497876B - Electromagnetic drive spheres and their vehicles - Google Patents

Description

Electromagnetic drive sphere device and its carrier

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to an electromagnetic drive, and more particularly to an electromagnetically driven globe device including a ball and an electrode assembly disposed on the ball and a carrier carried by the electromagnetically driven ball device.

Checking power transmissions is an indispensable device in all industries today. In most of the existing technologies, in order to be able to transmit the power generated by the power source to another component, some products are designed using a simple mechanism design, and some products are designed to use an electromagnetic drive. The principle.

Moreover, among the different application fields and equipments, most of them are dedicated to the transmission mechanism to meet the needs of different application fields. As a result, there are a variety of different drive mechanisms or power transmission devices on the market, and there is no room for common communication between them.

Although there are various power transmission mechanism designs in the prior art, most of these mechanisms have complex structures, which do not meet the needs of the industry in terms of component assembly and equipment maintenance. Even if the conventional device adopting the mechanism of the electromagnetic drive principle is complicated, the maintenance is difficult.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an electromagnetically driven sphere device that can be used to drive a sphere rotation by a simple electromagnetic drive, and can be applied to various fields of application.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a carrier constructed by combining an electromagnetically driven spherical device by combining a plurality of electromagnetically driven spherical devices at the bottom of a carrier supported by respective electromagnetically driven spherical devices. The control unit controls the electromagnetically driven spherical device at different positions to realize the forward, backward, and steering actions of the carrier.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention combines a complex array of electrode groups on a spherical surface of a sphere, each electrode group including a first magnetic pole and an adjacent second magnetic pole. At least one set of coils is spaced apart from the extended magnetic strip by an air gap and corresponds to the set of electrodes. A coil driving device is electrically connected to the coil for exciting the coil to generate an alternating magnetic field. An alternating magnetic field generated by the coil is applied to the electrode group to magnetically drive the ball to rotate.

In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the extended magnetic strip may be disposed on the surface of the sphere or embedded in the interior of the sphere, and the electromagnetic drive may be generated by the alternating magnetic field generating module.

In terms of the effects that can be produced by the present invention, the electromagnetic driving force can be generated by a simple alternating magnetic field generating module, and the spherical rotation can be driven, and can be applied to various application fields, and if a plurality of extended magnetic stripe configurations are used. The spherical surface of the sphere can drive the sphere to rotate in different directions of rotation. When a plurality of electromagnetic driving sphere devices of the present invention carry a carrier, the control unit controls the electromagnetically driven spherical devices at different positions, thereby realizing the forward, backward, and steering operations of the carrier.

The specific embodiments of the present invention will be further described by the following examples and the accompanying drawings.

100‧‧‧Electromagnetically driven sphere device

1‧‧‧ sphere

11‧‧‧ spherical

3‧‧‧Extended magnetic strip

31‧‧‧Electrode group

311‧‧‧First magnetic pole

312‧‧‧second magnetic pole

32‧‧‧baseband

4‧‧‧ shaft column

5‧‧‧Alternating Magnetic Field Generation Module

51‧‧‧ coil

6‧‧‧Coil drive

61‧‧‧Control unit

62‧‧‧Power unit

7‧‧‧ Carrier

I‧‧‧Arc direction extension

Fig. 1 is a circuit diagram showing a first preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the sphere in the embodiment of Fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a circuit diagram showing a second preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a circuit diagram showing a third preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a circuit diagram showing a fourth preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 6 is a schematic view showing the application of the present invention to a carrier.

Referring to FIG. 1 , it is shown that the electromagnetic drive ball device 100 of the first embodiment of the present invention includes a ball 1 . The spherical surface 11 of the ball 1 is formed with at least one extended magnetic strip 3 , and the extended magnetic strip 3 is formed by an arc. The plane extending direction I is laid along the spherical surface 11 of the sphere 1 (see also FIG. 2). The extended magnetic strip 3 includes a plurality of array electrode groups 31, each electrode group 31 including a first magnetic pole 311 (magnetic pole north pole) and an adjacent second magnetic pole 312 (magnetic pole south pole). In the embodiment shown in the drawings, a single extended magnetic strip 3 is described as an embodiment. In practice, a plurality of extended magnetic strips 3 may be formed on the spherical surface 11 of the sphere 1. The sphere 1 can be made of a rubber material or other suitable material for different fields of application.

The sphere 1 incorporates a shaft column 4 which passes through the geometric center of the sphere of the sphere 1 so that the sphere 1 can be rotated by the shaft column 4 as a center of rotation. The shaft column 4 can be recombined in a conventional application mechanism or bracket to position the shaft column 4 and position the ball 1.

An alternating magnetic field generating module 5 is disposed correspondingly on the upper surface of the sphere 1. The number of alternating magnetic field generating modules 5 corresponds to the number of extended magnetic strips 3 formed on the spherical surface 11 of the sphere 1. Of course, a single alternating magnetic field generating module 5 can be used to rotate the alternating magnetic field generating module 5 to correspond to the extending direction of the extended magnetic strip 3 so that the two are electromagnetically coupled with a simple operable rotary mechanism. relationship.

The alternating magnetic field generating module 5 includes at least one set of coils 51, lines The ring 51 is spaced apart from the extended magnetic strip 3 by an air gap and corresponds to the electrode group 31 on the extended magnetic strip 3.

The alternating magnetic field generating module 5 is electrically connected to a coil driving device 6. The coil driving device 6 can be operated by a power supply unit 62 under the control of a control unit 61 for exciting the coil 51 to generate an alternating magnetic field. The generated alternating magnetic field is applied to the electrode group 31 on the extended magnetic strip 3, which causes the extended magnetic strip 3 to be magnetically driven, thereby causing the spherical body 1 to rotate.

In the foregoing embodiment, the extended magnetic strip 3 is formed by abutting the plurality of electrode groups 31 adjacent to each other, or may be formed by combining the plurality of electrode groups 31 on the surface of the base tape 32 (refer to FIG. 3). Show the second embodiment).

Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing the electromagnetic drive ball device of the third embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, a plurality of electrode groups 31 are formed adjacent to each other and can be embedded under the spherical surface 11 of the sphere 1.

Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing the electromagnetic drive ball device of the fourth embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the plurality of electrode groups 31 are spaced apart from each other by a distance and can be vertically embedded under the spherical surface 11 of the sphere 1 such that a plurality of spaced apart magnetic poles are formed on the spherical surface 11 of the sphere 1.

In the application direction, the present invention can be applied to various different application fields. If a plurality of extended magnetic strips are arranged on the spherical surface of the sphere, the sphere can be driven to rotate in different rotation directions. While a plurality of electromagnetic drive ball devices 100 of the present invention are coupled to the bottom of a carrier 7 (see FIG. 6), the carrier 7 is supported by the respective electromagnetic drive ball devices 100. The control unit 61 controls the electromagnetically driven spherical device 100 at different positions, thereby realizing the advancement, retreat, steering, and the like of the carrier 7. Depending on the field of application, the carrier 7 can be, for example, a car, an item carrier, a power assisted cart or the like.

The above embodiments are merely illustrative of the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and other modifications and changes can be made by those skilled in the art in light of the above-described embodiments of the present invention. However, various modifications and changes made in accordance with the embodiments of the present invention are still within the scope of the invention and the scope of the invention as defined below.

100‧‧‧Electromagnetically driven sphere device

1‧‧‧ sphere

11‧‧‧ spherical

3‧‧‧Extended magnetic strip

31‧‧‧Electrode group

311‧‧‧First magnetic pole

312‧‧‧second magnetic pole

4‧‧‧ shaft column

5‧‧‧Alternating Magnetic Field Generation Module

51‧‧‧ coil

6‧‧‧Coil drive

61‧‧‧Control unit

62‧‧‧Power unit

I‧‧‧Arc direction extension

Claims (9)

An electromagnetically driven sphere device comprising: a sphere having a spherical surface; at least one extended magnetic strip disposed along a spherical surface of the sphere in a direction of arcuate extension, the extended magnetic strip comprising a plurality of complexes coupled to a baseband An electrode group, each electrode group includes a first magnetic pole and an adjacent second magnetic pole; an alternating magnetic field generating module comprising at least one set of coils, spaced apart from the extended magnetic strip by an air gap distance, and corresponding to The electrode group on the extended magnetic strip; a coil driving device electrically connected to the coil for exciting the coil to generate an alternating magnetic field; wherein the alternating magnetic field generated by the coil is applied to the electrode on the extended magnetic strip The group is caused to magnetically drive the extended magnetic strip to rotate the sphere. The electromagnetically driven spherical device of claim 1, wherein the spherical body incorporates a shaft column that passes through a geometric center of the sphere of the sphere such that the sphere is rotated by the shaft as a center of rotation. The electromagnetically driven sphere device of claim 1, wherein the extended magnetic strip is formed by abutting the plurality of electrode groups adjacent to each other. An electromagnetically driven sphere device comprising: a sphere having a spherical surface defining at least one predetermined electrode path on the spherical surface; a complex array of electrode groups, a predetermined electrode path embedded inside the sphere of the sphere, each embedded The electrode assembly includes a first magnetic pole and an adjacent second magnetic pole; an alternating magnetic field generating module comprising at least one set of coils, spaced apart from the extended magnetic strip by an air gap distance, and corresponding to the electrode set; A coil driving device is electrically connected to the coil for exciting the coil to generate an alternating magnetic field; wherein the alternating magnetic field generated by the coil is applied to the electrode group to magnetically drive the electrode group to rotate the sphere. The electromagnetically driven spherical device of claim 4, wherein the spherical body incorporates a shaft column that passes through a geometric center of the sphere of the sphere such that the sphere is rotated by the shaft as a center of rotation. A carrier for an electromagnetically driven sphere device includes: a carrier; a plurality of electromagnetically driven sphere devices disposed at a bottom of the carrier for supporting the carrier, and each of the electromagnetically driven sphere devices includes: a sphere having a a spherical surface on which at least one predetermined electrode path is defined; a complex array of electrode groups, a predetermined electrode path embedded in a spherical surface of the sphere, each electrode group including a first magnetic pole and an adjacent second magnetic pole An alternating magnetic field generating module comprising at least one set of coils spaced apart from the extended magnetic strip by an air gap and corresponding to the electrode set; a coil driving device electrically connected to the coil for exciting the coil An alternating magnetic field is generated; wherein the alternating magnetic field generated by the coil is applied to the electrode group to magnetically drive the electrode group to rotate the ball, thereby driving the carrier to move. A carrier for an electromagnetically driven spherical device according to claim 6, wherein the ball is coupled to a shaft column that passes through a geometric center of the sphere of the sphere such that the sphere is rotated by the shaft as a center of rotation. . The carrier of the electromagnetic drive ball device of claim 6, wherein the plurality of electrode groups are linked adjacent to each other and disposed on an extended magnetic strip. The carrier of the electromagnetic drive ball device of claim 8, wherein the extended magnetic strip comprises a base tape, and the plurality of electrode sets are combined on a surface of the base tape.