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

Claim 14:
15. A method of correcting for manufacturing tolerances in an actuator to ensure correct input-sensor gaps and output-sensor gaps between encoders and targets, the method comprising:
providing an actuator having at least a housing, a carrier mounted at a first position on the housing, an input shaft, an output shaft, a motor for rotating the input shaft and the output shaft, a transmission coupling the input shaft to the output shaft via a transmission, an input sensor for determining the rotational speed and location of the input shaft, the input sensor having a input-target disposed on the input shaft and an input-encoder disposed on the carrier, and an output sensor for determining the rotational speed and absolute location of the output shaft, the output sensor having an output-target disposed at a second position on a body movably affixed to the output shaft and an output-encoder disposed on the carrier;
adjusting the first position of the carrier in relation to the input-target until the input-sensor gap between the input-encoder and the input-target is in an operational range; and
adjusting the second position of the output-target in relation to the carrier until the output-sensor gap between the output-encoder and the output-target is in an operational range.