Patent ID: 11892288
Assignee: AGILITY ROBOTICS, INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H  B  F | IPC F  G

Claim 0:
1. A transmission comprising:
a housing;
a carrier adjustably mounted to the housing, the carrier having a first side that faces in a first direction, and a second side that faces in a direction other than the first direction;
an input shaft having a longitudinal axis and coupled with the housing;
an output shaft a sharing the longitudinal axis, and coupled with the housing and the input shaft such that rotation of the input shaft about the longitudinal axis also causes the output shaft to rotate about the longitudinal axis;
an input sensor comprising an input-encoder and an input-target, the input-encoder disposed on the first side of the carrier and the input-target disposed on the input shaft and positioned relative to the input-encoder to cause the input-encoder to generate an input signal as the input-target moves relative to the input-encoder, the input signal representing a position of the input shaft relative to the housing;
an output sensor comprising an output-encoder and an output-target, the output-encoder disposed on the second side of the carrier and the output-target disposed on the output shaft and positioned relative to the output-encoder to cause the output-encoder to generate an output signal as the output-target moves relative to the output-encoder, the output signal representing a position of the output shaft relative to the housing;
wherein the carrier is movable along the longitudinal axis to change a longitudinal distance between the input-target and the input-encoder.